What would you change about history?

[Bhikkustan]

Make buddhism the world religion. Convert Jesus!

[Confederate Ramenia]

Judaism never develops, monotheism, Christianity and Islam, come from Roman religion, Zoroastrianism, Platonism, and possible Buddhist influence alone.

[The Hobbesian Metaphysician]

Judaism never develops, monotheism, Christianity and Islam, come from Roman religion, Zoroastrianism, Platonism, and possible Buddhist influence alone.

What a waste.

Yahwist monotheism still thrives in Judah, and Israel leading them being more or so stuck in the Deuteronomic phase of their faith. Christianity, and Islam possibly don't develop since both heavily borrow from portions of Judaism ( Islam even more so). Neoplatonism still develops in a Europe dominated potentially by a more henotheistic faith as the dominate empire experiences an infusion of Yahwism, and Zoroastrianism.

[Nationes Pii Redivivi]

Judaism never develops, monotheism, Christianity and Islam, come from Roman religion, Zoroastrianism, Platonism, and possible Buddhist influence alone.

What a waste.

Yahwist monotheism still thrives in Judah, and Israel leading them being more or so stuck in the Deuteronomic phase of their faith. Christianity, and Islam possibly don't develop since both heavily borrow from portions of Islam ( Islam even more so). Neoplatonism still develops in a Europe dominated potentially by a more henotheistic faith as the dominate empire experiences an infusion of Yahwism, and Zoroastrianism.

Or, simpler, go back in time and convince everyone to worship Prince Philip.

[The Wolven League]

What a waste.

Yahwist monotheism still thrives in Judah, and Israel leading them being more or so stuck in the Deuteronomic phase of their faith. Christianity, and Islam possibly don't develop since both heavily borrow from portions of Islam ( Islam even more so). Neoplatonism still develops in a Europe dominated potentially by a more henotheistic faith as the dominate empire experiences an infusion of Yahwism, and Zoroastrianism.

Or, simpler, go back in time and convince everyone to worship Prince Philip.

Oh god...

[Ifreann]

Or, simpler, go back in time and convince everyone to worship Prince Philip.

Oh god Phillip...

Ficks'd.

[Iwassoclose]

Make buddhism the world religion. Convert Jesus!

Nope. Take Tibet for example. Buddhism there flourished and monasteries were able to grab on to power. They became defacto rulers, arbitrarily creating taxes in their local region, making laws and raising up armies in times of need (which they failed spectacularly when China invaded).

[Herrebrugh]

More lasers.

[Husseinarti]

Make buddhism the world religion. Convert Jesus!

Nope. Take Tibet for example. Buddhism there flourished and monasteries were able to grab on to power. They became defacto rulers, arbitrarily creating taxes in their local region, making laws and raising up armies in times of need (which they failed spectacularly when China invaded).

An army force of 8,000 v 40,000. I hoped they'd lose.

[The Wolven League]

Oh god Phillip...

Ficks'd.

Of course.

[The Wolven League]

Nope. Take Tibet for example. Buddhism there flourished and monasteries were able to grab on to power. They became defacto rulers, arbitrarily creating taxes in their local region, making laws and raising up armies in times of need (which they failed spectacularly when China invaded).

An army force of 8,000 v 40,000. I hoped they'd lose.

My money is on the 8000.

[Iwassoclose]

Nope. Take Tibet for example. Buddhism there flourished and monasteries were able to grab on to power. They became defacto rulers, arbitrarily creating taxes in their local region, making laws and raising up armies in times of need (which they failed spectacularly when China invaded).

An army force of 8,000 v 40,000. I hoped they'd lose.

Nah, Chinese rule is no better esp. with how they went about with taking over Tibet and its later exploitation of its population and natural resources.

[Husseinarti]

An army force of 8,000 v 40,000. I hoped they'd lose.

Nah, Chinese rule is no better esp. with how they went about with taking over Tibet and its later exploitation of its population and natural resources.

I mean in terms of manpower.

They ' failed ' because they weren't able to cover the same amount of ground the Chinese could.

[Braberland]

Should've never given up the colonies.

Then literally everyone would be better off. Well, except for Belgian Congo but who would entrust the Belgians anything anyways?

[Mahdistan]

Hard to say. I guess kick Stalin out of the U.S.S.R. before he started screwing it over and put Trotsky in power.

[Genivaria]

Just to be a bit different I'd have the Republic of Carthage win the Punic Wars against Rome and become the sole power in the Mediterranean.

I wonder what the result would be if a trade-based naval power held dominance instead of an agrarian and conquest based land power.

I agree, it would be very interesting to see how different the world would be.

A definitely more peaceful region that is dominated by trade and prosperity that would also be more inclusive I think.

[Conscentia]

I agree, it would be very interesting to see how different the world would be.

A definitely more peaceful region that is dominated by trade and prosperity that would also be more inclusive I think.

Why so?

[Genivaria]

A definitely more peaceful region that is dominated by trade and prosperity that would also be more inclusive I think.

Why so?

The Carthaginians were more focused on simply trading with their neighbors instead of conquering them for ever more land.
Peaceful trade leads to better relations with other cultures instead of grudges and hostilities, which is what you get even when you conquer them.

While in today's world certain industries do profit from war the fact remains that war is generally bad for trade and the economy.

[Ragnarheim]

Ensure the Vikings established a more permanent kingdom here in England.

[Conscentia]

Why so?

The Carthaginians were more focused on simply trading with their neighbors instead of conquering them for ever more land.
Peaceful trade leads to better relations with other cultures instead of grudges and hostilities, which is what you get even when you conquer them.

While in today's world certain industries do profit from war the fact remains that war is generally bad for trade and the economy.

Pax Romana and Pax Mongolica would appear to indicate otherwise.

Given how large Carthage was I have my doubts that Carthage wasn't interested in expansion.

[Conscentia]

Ensure the Vikings established a more permanent kingdom here in England.

If you had the Vikings win in 1066 and had them defeat the Normans too, the result could've been a Viking dynasty in England.


... I wonder if there is any sequence of events that could've preserved Cnut's North Sea empire.

[Pope Joan]

Let's have Sadat survive the assassination attempt, and build a prosperous peaceful regime in Egypt.

[The Tricolour]

French Revolution either never existed or was put down in the Bastille.

That's what my nation's made for.

[Genivaria]

The Carthaginians were more focused on simply trading with their neighbors instead of conquering them for ever more land.
Peaceful trade leads to better relations with other cultures instead of grudges and hostilities, which is what you get even when you conquer them.

While in today's world certain industries do profit from war the fact remains that war is generally bad for trade and the economy.

Pax Romana and Pax Mongolica would appear to indicate otherwise.

Given how large Carthage was I have my doubts that Carthage wasn't interested in expansion.

Pax Romana only existed within the borders, and not even then at several points.
Pushing people out of their lands tends to make enemies.

And I didn't mean to imply that Carthage had zero interest in expansion, just that they didn't have the 'Expand or Die' mentality that the Romans have, especially after the Marius reforms started promised citizenship and land for service in the Legion, at that point the Romans HAD to keep expanding or everything would break down, which is exactly what happened in the end.

[Gyllia]

Make the Spanish never invade the Aztecs