Colonial Australia encourages large scale Indian migration. Would require a hell of a POD (perhaps competing French claims on the continent, leading to a rush to “fill” the land). A few generations of intermixing later you’ve got an Anglo-Indian nation.
In both cases France was matched by a power of equal economic and demographic power (the Habsburg dominions), something England couldn’t boast for a few centurie.
Jared’s timeline “Lands of Red and Gold” creates such a scenario with two major diseases causing all sorts of chaos in 17th century Europe after contact with an alternate Australia.
Again, I’m not saying that a church decree could stifle the long term development of gunpowder, instead mearly slow it’s development. Much like the ban on European christians engaging in Finance, or the trade Guilds monopoly on manufacturing sooner or later therewill be sufficient demand to...
In Regards to mining I agree it is highly unlikely to be stifled once demand is created, but in a scenario where there is sufficient initial barriers of cost and custom to limit the startup gunpowder production, such a demand would be much slower to develo. If, for example, the church becomes...
Yeah, the timescale makes it difficult to suppress, but I was just spitballing an idea.
Perhaps have the monastic movement start earlier in the region around 1000ad or so, and have the whole region considered “holy” and as guarding the gates of hell (what with the whole brimstone smell and all)...
As others have noted, it’s the rise of gunpowder weapons that spell the end of steepe nomad warfare. Prior to gunpowder efforts to limit the effectiveness of cavalry where expensive in terms of time and money (massed longbowmen required years of training, pikes and legion/hoplite warfare...
A thermonuclear exchange in the 1960s or 70s might achieve this. Basically eliminate the OECD and Soviet blocs, after all a lot of nuclear strategy of the time was centered around destroying any potential power centres (economic or otherwise). In that scenario Africa rises, in relative terms at...
Agreedthe immediate aftermath of Lincoln offers Matilda’s best chance, her rival is captured and after the chaos of the anarchy consolidation and coronation is achievable. Perhaps better continental support , or better public relations with disaffected nobles and commoners comes into play.
Your best bet is probably to have Cesare Borgia live long enough to consolidate and expand his Italian empire, but not long enough to establish a dynasty, so that upon his death the lands revert to Papal control.
Yeah as Elfwine has said the biggest issue is probably that Gascony was considered an integral part of France, and sooner or later the French are going to translate their demographic advantage over England into a military advantage and seize back the territory. Perhaps if you could get the...
In 1776 NY city had a population of around 25,000….by 1820 it was around 122,000. For NY state it was 150-200,000 for 1776 and 1,372,000 by 1820. Ny benefited massively by being the premier point of immigration to the US during a period of huge demographic change. With an alternate point of...
Getting Pompey to agree to such a risky adventure post battle of Lauron would be tough. After Sertorius lesson in regards to the limits of his military talents, Pompey rarely took the risky gambles that Ceaser seemed to revel in….of which a Parthian invasion undoubtedly would be. far better to...
Fair enough, but does NY without the OTL demographic momentum experienced prior to 1815 (the year construction began), not to mention the very real economic appeal of bypassing the British controlled St. Lawerence seaway still push forwards with the idea.