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Your challenge is to take a European queen and have her openly come out as a lesbian (possibly after taking the throne). She then proceeds to force through a marriage to her same-sex partner, arguing that the Old Testament only forbids male homosexuality and not female. She says she is willing...

What happens if the Neanderthals develop writing before modern humans? Would they have had a better chance at surviving to the present day? Would they have been able to transmit knowledge more effectively?

Just went to the Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh and was surprised to realize he died only at 58 due to complications from surgery. Supppse he reaches 90. How would his work have changed over time, and would there be any major impact on society?

Rosalind Franklin was a prominent scientist and did most of the research in tbe discovery of DNA. Science was her main passion and refused to have kids so she could work on it. She was going all in on scientific research but contracted ovarian cancer and died age 37. Suppose she survives and...

Islam seemed to do OK.

the point is the convert has to follow everything else

What happens if Paul resolves the circumcision debate by saying: "You have to follow Jewish law in order to join our community. According to the law, infants must be circumcised at 8 days old. The time of a ritual is important in many of our traditions. If you join us at an age later than 8...

Suppose the Neanderthal learn how to work bronze and have some technological advantage against Homo sapiens at the time of first contact. Who comes out on top?

Hi! Just stumbled across this thread. I didn't read it all, but since this is Katherine Howard, imagine the following scenario. In a London bar, someone gets drunk, loses his inhibitions, and announces to the world: "I have quadruplets!" "Ha! You are so fortunate! The king is the father...

Just saw Alfred died relatively early at age 50, likely due to an illness. What happens if he lives to be 80? ITTL he lives exactly 30 years longer than IOTL and dies of natural causes.

What happens if Charlemagne is the brother who does early and Carloman gets all Frankish territory? Does Carloman build an empire like Charlemagne did OTL? Is there even a Holy Roman Empire?

I just read the king of Italy dismissed Mussolini once things started getting out of hand. Could Wilhelm II have done the same thing to Hitler once Hitler started showing his true colors? If so, who would Wilhelm have chosen to replace him?

Makes me wonder what the terms of the armistice would be and who would get what territory at this point. An armistice in early 1918 would save several months of butchery. If it's in 1917 after a 1916 Truce things get even more interesting.

Is it possible for the Christmas Truce to gain enough momentum for it to end the war? I can see it happening later in the war (maybe if they first try it in 1916) when people realize no one is making any progress and consequently settle for a "draw". The trick is convincing the leaders of the...

Here's something I just read about Commodus: ------ Was Emperor Commodus really a bad guy as we saw in the movie Gladiator? Great question! He was WAY worse in real life compared to Gladiator. Gladiator portrays Commodus as this obsessive power-hungry monster concerned with the love of the...