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  1. Was the Spanish-American War or an Analogue Unavoidable?

    1. Inevitability: No to the Spanish-American War, Yes to an Analogue. The events that led up to the Spanish-American War was definitely a windfall for America, but America was now ready to expand abroad: the same-old "we're better than the natives" logic definitely hadn't died in the West at...

  2. China Westernizes Timelines

    Point taken. However, I was only talking about the Qing Dynasty. Buddhism and the Jesuits preceded that. Communism was after 1900. If you can get China to adopt a Western style government, Communist or not, before then, let me know. I just don't really see it being likely, especially...

  3. AHC: World Domination

    Thank you all for noting that the American Revolution is more difficult to avoid than most think. Alternate European scenarios that haven't been mentioned yet: The War of the Spanish Succession provides the opportunity for France, but if France surrenders in 1708 or 1709 (it's one of the other...

  4. Worst Possible outcome of the War of Spanish Succession for France?

    Your doubts really remind me of the similarities this settlement has to the Polish-Saxon Crisis after the Napoleonic Wars. Similarly, while all of Europe had been at war for quite, such a shift in the balance of power could not be tolerated. Just as there is a fair chance a new war would have...

  5. The Return of A Slightly Less Skeletal Timeline

    Hello, everyone! This is the return of a timeline I've been working on for a friend who is a huge fan of the Civil War. It was originally a lot more bare than this, but thanks to everyone's help it's gotten much better and more realistic. Any comments and pointers from you guys on the quality of...

  6. China Westernizes Timelines

    Good luck. A central value to China since time immemorial was the supremacy of Chinese ideas. It was the center of its own world, and its neighbors revolved around it. That's one of the major factors that prevented it from getting along with the Europeans. When the Qing Dynasty wanted to...

  7. AH Challenge: American/French Quebec

    You are aware that the ENTIRE Portuguese monarchy fled to Brazil and (re)established Portugal to be ruled from Brazil DURING the Napoleonic Wars, right?

  8. AHC: The Latest and Earliest Chance to Destroy Roman Republic and Empire

    Well, the earliest way to destroy it is to not have it form in the first place..:D

  9. AHC: Earliest Chinese Republic

    Are we talking a Republican-esque government (meaning the idea was Chinese to begin with) or a Republican government by Western standards (meaning the Chinese learned about the Western idea and then adopted it)?

  10. Japan doesn't close up

    What if we have a strong Emperor with a solid Christian backing? True, there were plenty of weak Emperors, but what if this guy isn't or he's weak but a more powerful Christian in the background wants to keep him on the throne? (Christians did have the guns...)

  11. Japan doesn't close up

    The majority of my knowledge about Japan is later than the Closing, but what if either the Shogun or Emperor convert to Christianity? Considering it was the Christians with the guns I can imagine a Japanese Christian rising to power. If the Emperor was Christian I doubt anyone would have the...

  12. DBWI: America and France trade fates?

    No kidding. Why do so many people think that just because a place speaks English that it won't become any sort of power? Spanish and French places are definitely more successful IOTL, but Anglophone places could have had a shot too.

  13. Napoleon conquers the world

    Was writing while you posted that. That's fine. I'm done and hopefully won't ever do that again. My apologies for derailing the thread.

  14. Napoleon conquers the world

    I'm not the first to cross between pre-1900 and post-1900 here, but if that's so awful, I won't do it again. When did I dismiss Russia? I warned against romanticizing it and overpowering it. That doesn't mean they're trash. Read what I actually wrote rather than accuse me of sentiments that...

  15. Napoleon conquers the world

    A casual remark about a comparable example is not a strawman, threadjacking is having an alternative discussion on a thread about something else-which your attacks are now making me do, and EVERYONE was dirty back then. Showers weren't common. I'm not comparing them to "clean" people, I'm...

  16. Napoleon conquers the world

    What did I do? You came out of nowhere and attacked me! If I offended anyone, it was accidental! How was I racist? Reality is ugly, I wasn't being cruel, I was warning against romanticism. Russia is a strong nation that could and did take Napoleon. They often get less respect than they...

  17. Napoleon conquers the world

    I suppose I was being more general about Russia than simply during the Napoleonic Wars. I meant fighting Russia in general. However, you're romanticizing a bit. If Russia was as stellar as you're putting it all the Slavic regions in Europe would have been under it by now. Did you notice how...

  18. Build it, and they will come (Asian Immigrationt to the US in the 19th century)

    China and Korea certainly aren't going to modernize on the scale of Japan. A little while ago someone asked how to get China to "pull a Meiji". You can't "pull a Meiji", that's like asking Poland to "pull a Rome". It was an event tied to a certain people in a certain location with a certain...

  19. Napoleon conquers the world

    Because your counter-arguement of "This is not true." is so much better?

  20. Napoleon conquers the world

    It's not like I hate Russia, I just think it's important to acknowledge that the Russians weren't wearing gold armor in a glorious chase of Napoleon. They deserve plenty of credit in war. WWII wasn't Britain and the US saving the world, it was Russia taking the pain and then turning around and...
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