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  1. Zulu Survival

    What would be the best POD for the Zulu to end up more like Japan or at least Ethiopia by the end of the 19th century. I was thinking defeating the Boers in the 1830s and 1840s might be a good one, along with Shaka not being assassinated, and better acquisition and integration of firearms into...

  2. Post-1862 Confed Vic - True American Marxism

    In the later part of the Civil War, the South approached in some regions being on production and socialist levels similar to the early Soviet Union. Could an victorious or guerrilla confederate state find solace in the words of Marx(excluding the issue of slavery, of course)

  3. "They wanted me to be another Washington"...

    What if Napoleon had indeed been another Washington and had retired to be a famous mathematician and physicist between 1803 (the end of the war of the Second Coalition) and 1808 (before the invasion of Iberia)? What effects would this have on world history?

  4. WI: French Vic at the Battle of the Nile = Napoleon's Empire of Asia

    As the title says, if for any number of reasons, the French win at the Nile (along with Nelson dying during the battle, he got a head wound during it), how will this change the fate of the Egyptian Campaign. Will a better supplied Napoleon be able to set out on his conquest of the East or will...

  5. 19th Century - The Anglo-Russian War (poss. World War I)

    Inspired by reading a book on the Great Game recently, I was struck by how many times Britain and Russia almost came to open war over various flash-points in the Balkans, Caucasus, Persia, and Central Asia/India. Knowing more about it makes me surprised that just the Crimean went hot. So, what...

  6. What If: No or limited outside aid to Afghan resistance in the 80s

    Do know if this has been done before, but what if, for whatever reason, there was no US aid to the Afghan resistance in the 80s and only limited help from Pakistan and the Arab states (lip service, but no real money, weapons, advisers, or volunteers). I don't expect this to be a glorious Soviet...

  7. Map Challenge - Make it so!

    With a POD at the most of 1917, figure out how the world can look like this by 2053. The later the POD the better (or rather cooler:cool:). I cant read cyrillic, but Im guessing the color represent the following: Blue - Union of the Americas (under US leadership) - Capital - Kingston, Jamaica...

  8. WI: Continental Army destoryed Long Island 76

    So the CA does not escape LI in 1776 and Washington is likely killed or captured. What happens from there?

  9. WI: Le Mort de Napoleon

    I'm thinking of writing a timeline starting with the death of Napoleon at the height of the Empire (1807-1812), anytime before he crosses the Nieman for the invasion of Russia. Still, this vast period of time gives me several options for possible PODs. Below are the ones I have picked out as...

  10. WI: Timur vs The Ming

    1405 - Timur sets out from Samarkand for his greatest campaign yet, the conquest of China! But (unfortunately or fortunately, most likely the latter) he dies before the expedition is even over the mountains. His last orders are for the army to march on, but without his iron will behind them...

  11. AH Challenge: Toussaint Louverture is made a Marshall of France

    How can François-Dominique Toussaint Louverture, the most famous leader of the 1792 Haitian Revolution, become a Marshall of France (either under Napoleon or some similar ATL setup)?

  12. WI: The Golden Horde converts to Christianity

    In OTL, the Khans, by the middle 14th century, had decided to convert to Islam in order to solidify their realm and have better relations with their southern neighbors in the ME. It seems that really didn't pay off in the end. What would happen if they instead choose the religion of their...

  13. The English Republic lasts beyond Cromwell

    What PODs would be needed (other than the obvious measure of Cromwell a good successor instead of his son Richard) to make sure the Republic continues beyond 1660?

  14. The Warring States Period - Qin is not the victor

    What POD would prevent the Qin from becoming the unifiers of China? What kingdom could take their place in that role? How would Chinese history be different if the First Emperor had not been an absolutist Legalist megalomaniac, but perhaps a follower of Confucian or Taoist political philosophy?
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