empire

I'm working on a project titled "Emperor William: Conqueror of Britannia." It's an alternate history where William the Conqueror successfully expands his rule to Britannia. I'm really eager to hear everyone's input and feedback on this concept! What are your thoughts? I would also like to add I...

I was reading a few months ago about the reasons why the Romans created the empire that united the Mediterranean, and I was struck by a few of them: 1. The location of the Apennine Peninsula in the middle of the Mediterranean. 2. The considerable human resources of the peninsula. 3. The...

Chapter One: Two State Solution and Pacific Coast Dissatisfaction With communications and travel restricted between the Pacific West Coast and the Atlantic East Coast with the capital of Washington ideas of a separate West Coast Republic, a Pacific Republic dated back as far as Jefferson. When...

What I mean by “instant empires” are empires such as the Arabic Caliphates, the Mongol Empire, or Napoleonic France, empires that came out of seemingly nowhere because conditions were perfect for them and they had a king/general who was smart/lucky enough to take advantage of that. Are there any...

CHAPTER 1 The Marriage. The Young Prince of Portugal, Joao II is still waiting for him to suceed his father, he has alot of plans with the nation of Portugal. He bravely joined his Father in the campaign in Morocco against Arzilha and is ready to become King of Portugal when its needed. His...

What is the most amount of land one man (or woman, though less likely for obvious reasons) could conquer in their lifetime? Some great conquerors that come to mind are Alexander, who started but also died young, and Genghis Khan, who was already past his prime when he founded his empire...

How would you picture alternate colonial empires in the Americas, from the 16th and 17th centuries onward? Either Italian, German, etc. Cristopher Columbus, for example, asked for financing from Genoa and Venice for his trip before going to Castile. Klein-Venedig (Welserland) was a German...

I personally believe it would be cool if this type of union was able to happen but unfortunately I can't think of a way for this to happen. Is this timeline even possible without it being ASB? My main goal is given Koreans Equal rights in the the Empire and Possibly not have Japan expand into China.

what if the greek city states united into a greek federation that slowly became more centralized over time? what if this new nation state held off the Roman's advance, slowly taking more territory over time? how would this affect european history?

It's always boggled my mind how the United Kingdom, one of the largest colonial empires in history barely controlled any territory in Europe with the exception of Cyprus and Malta. So, what if the British actually, say had more colonies or territories on mainland Europe? My first idea is a...

In OTL, Africa has been dealt with a rather bad card, from geography, to deceased to Invaders, what if in another reality, several African civilisation survival all of their hardship and prosper, and enter rivalry. Your mission, should you choose to accept, is with below conditions, create at...

My idea comes from when Antonio, Prior of Crato escaped to the Azores during the war of Portuguese succession. So, perhaps he manages to get the crown from Phillip and makes the Azores another kingdom in Portugal along with the Algarve. What territories can they get? I suppose they could get...

Here are facts about the ancient Philistines: 1. The ancient Philistines can clearly conquer and exterminate all of the Jews. 2. The Philistines can clearly decisively crush all of the revolts of the Jews against them. 3. The weak Jews never subdued, defeated, or conquered the Philistines...

Karl Lamp was a German who came to Peru in 1867 as an immigrant, but was crowned as an Inca by some indigenous people. So he wanted to reestablish the Inca empire. His attempt failed him and he was expelled from the country in 1883. He returned later and met with his subjects and militants (who...

Stronger Essences of the Old World An Antique Late Antiquity ATTENTION, probably it will have bad grammar and orthography. I am still learning English. Also this is my first TL! The Legendary Restoration of Gens Mamilia As the year 258 AUC aproaches, later would be renamed as 496 BC. What...

This AHC is for sharing your ideas on how to achieve alternate (that is, non-Ottoman) empires in the mediterranean basin and associated lands that are large or powerful. Earliest POD would be somewhere between late 1300s and early 1400s (to butterfly the Ottoman domination of course), but not so...

Challenge: Have an empire or kingdom or rumpstate, from a stent of decline and brink of collapse, bounce back, becoming powerful, reclaiming lost territory, and reestablishing itself as a powerful entity. Some choices include: Western Roman Empire Seleucid Empire Eastern Roman Empire Kingdom...

(Karens are women seeming to be entitled or demanding beyond the scope of what is normal. What if the Karens of the nation rose up and formed their own Karen Empire that takes control of the world and... April fools, now let’s get serious with this scenario, please don’t ban me, it’s just a...

Hello everyone, to my first ever timeline posted in AlternateHistory.com. I saw a lack of Indian timelines in here and thought why not write my own :D Sorry if my English is kind of wacky. It is not my first language. Constructive criticism is deeply appreciated. I am not a connoisseur of...

Looking at the history and geography of East Asia you can see how for most of its history all east asian countries were very minor actors while China was the only giant and top dog of the pack, due to its sheer size and its more advanced and centralised state. In Europe the situation was very...