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Would it be possible for the Viking age to continue until the 19th century?
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This was OTL and they were among the groups called "Finns" by the Norse (i.e. modern Finnmark in Norway). So what about that would...
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Sea of Blood, Sea of Ice--The Mongol Conquest of Japan
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-XLV- "A Wisest of Great Khans" In 1307, Ayurbarwada seized the throne of the Mongol Empire from his Muslim kinsman Ananda after a...
Thursday at 5:17 PM
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Ideas for Thalassocracies
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The Spanish and Portuguese empires were heirs to 2,000 years of past civilisation and its technological and social achievements. I don't...
Thursday at 4:18 PM
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How would a Chinese/Japanese colonization of the Americas differ from European colonization?
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I could see that. But any sort of colonialism requires markets beyond just one's own, and the real big market is China which OTL was a...
Thursday at 8:02 AM
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Ideas for Thalassocracies
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I'm not sure it's possible to have a trans-oceanic thallasocracy prior to the innovation of modern shipping. Medieval Norway only...
Thursday at 4:14 AM
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AHC: Better 13th Century for the Crusader States
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Maybe something like this map from my TL. Crusader success will most rely on an alliance with the Ilkhanate, but the core problem is...
Thursday at 2:32 AM
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How would a Chinese/Japanese colonization of the Americas differ from European colonization?
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East Asians had lower demand for fur because the culture believed that wearing animal skins was barbaric. They preferred it as blankets...
Wednesday at 5:32 AM
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Miscellaneous <1900 (Alternate) History Thread
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They were kind of at a "cul-de-sac" so to speak culturally and economically. The Itelmen culture was fairly static for millennia and...
Wednesday at 4:42 AM
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Effects of Haida raids on the Pacific Northwest, West Coast of the USA and Canada using outrigger canoes from 850 AD onwards?
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The Haida raids of OTL were driven in part by their superior firepower and in part by their ability to better mobilize their society due...
Monday at 2:22 PM
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How would a Chinese/Japanese colonization of the Americas differ from European colonization?
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I think in a lot of ways it would be akin to the French sort of colonisation based around acquiring trade goods and remitting it back to...
Monday at 2:16 PM
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Can Switzerland be even bigger?
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The Three Leagues were a long-time ally of the Swiss Confederacy and at one point ruled the three valleys within the modern Italian...
May 25, 2024
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How Isolated Would Vinland be in the Little Ice Age?
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The colonists of New France had a lot more going for them technologically and economically than a bunch of Norse herdsmen and would-be...
May 25, 2024
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How Isolated Would Vinland be in the Little Ice Age?
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My issue is that unlimited expansion down to New England or down the St. Lawrence doesn't really seem plausible since within 150-200...
May 23, 2024
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How Isolated Would Vinland be in the Little Ice Age?
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Ignoring my disagreements with that model of population and expansion, the result of any substantial Vinland is quite large. It would...
May 23, 2024
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