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The Good Berry: A Wild Rice Domestication TL
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Wax does not mean "beeswax". To quote myself: Lots of plants and animals make wax. In OTL Native Americans used all kinds of waxes...
Today at 2:14 PM
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Native Americans did collect honey, like the Mayans of the Yucatan for example. However, the European honeybee is an extremely...
Today at 2:14 PM
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That's a good question. North America has bees, but nothing that produces wax and honey on the scale of the European honeybee IIRC...
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I wish I knew more about the archaeology and societies of this region, since this idea does have potential. It's curious there wasn't a...
Friday at 9:08 PM
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Impacts on Asia of a Portuguese South Africa
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The Dutch were initially interested in taking Mozambique Island, so much so that they laid siege to the island in 1607, 1608, and again...
Friday at 7:28 PM
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AHC: Form alternate/new ethnic groups of the world
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Haoles: Location: Kingdom of Hawaii (Japanese Protectorate) Ancestry: Predominantly US American; minority British, French, Russian, and...
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Maybe with a proper irrigation system the São Francisco river could be like the Nile of Brazil. Unfortunately this region is very...
Friday at 11:13 AM
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I have absolutely no data whatsoever on native Brazilian population density prior to the arrival of the Portuguese, so I unfortunately...
Thursday at 11:41 PM
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Alternate History Discussion: Before 1900
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The Sao Francisco is a long river that flows from the southeast to northeast region of Brazil, linking the southeastern mountains to the...
Thursday at 5:44 PM
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Good Vinland PODs?
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There’s a saga about King Harald Bluetooth Gormson planning to invade Iceland, because the Icelanders have insulted him, he send a...
May 10, 2024
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Good Vinland PODs?
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I wonder if settling Labrador (Markland) first would have been the key to a successful Vinland. Labrador has a similar climate to...
May 9, 2024
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Challenge: With a POD after 1750, Jewish settlers and natives in the Pacific Northwest create many small and medium businesses based on fisheries
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Can I fit elements of this challenge into my long-running FWOAN (British victory at Saratoga in 1777) setting Rapt? I can see British...
May 7, 2024
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No European colonies in Africa and Asia
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Step 1: Either the Mughals manage to keep themselves together, or they get replaced quickly, without a long period of instability...
May 6, 2024
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Without Boer settlement, could the Bantu have reached the Cape?
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The only way I see the Bantu adapting to the region's climate is by abandoning farming entirely (a difficult proposition) and taking up...
May 6, 2024
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Names for a Danish empire/greater Denmark?
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North Sea Empire, Danelaw, the [insert dynasty here] Empire, Scandinavia (if the conquest does not include parts of England and/or...
May 6, 2024
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