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The People had been wanderers for as long as anyone could remember, moving from place to place, living off the lands and never returning to the same location within a generation. Such a life style had served the People for countless generations and while the People had not always thrived, they...

The largest killer of Native Americans, a big reason they couldn't fight off European imperialism and also a big reason so much of their culture got lost afterwards, are the European epidemics sweeping through the population. After millennia of separate development, they did not have the...

Resonance 1.1 When one crosses the Aenore River to the north of the frigid wastes of Wulfheim, they are transported into paradise. Greenery as far as the eye can see, rolling hills, and gentle valleys all make this land a blessed place. Aenora. The country of the gods. A country...

Newly discovered evidence is upending our understanding of how early settlers made a life on the island — and why they suddenly disappeared The remnants of a Viking barn still stand at what had been the settlement of Gardar. (Ciril Jazbec) On the grassy slope of a fjord near the southernmost...

There's recently been some controversy on this forum on the exact history revolving around the illegitimate Prussian Occupation of Germany (January 18, 1871 - November 9, 1918) and the nature of its dissolution. I feel that this discussion leaves out one major unaddressed issue, however, and...

Today is the centennial of the signing of the Armistice of Compiègne, ending the First World War. So ended a war that killed at least fifteen million people. A war that brought the end of the Russian, Austro-Hungarian, Ottoman, and German Empires. A war that with it's end set the stage for...

Natrp: The World is Yours This will be a turn-based mechanics-lite narrative history game running from classical antiquity straight into modern times. To play, simply fill out the form below as a response in this thread. Nation Name: Language Base: History: Location: Language base will...

This is more a general history question - I tried some google searches but failed to find anything I am trying to find out what the average family would have lived in as far as houses during the Thirteenth Century in the middle to northern areas of what is now Germany? Large architecture...

This thread is for posting information on common cliches in Alternate History, providing information on some of the more common yet implausible AH stories such as Nazi and CSA victory timelines and other general information that may be useful to aspiring Alternate History writers. Its purpose...

So yeah, a team at Penn State found Even Older Cheese Residue while looking at some fatty residue on pottery from a dig in Croatia. This is of course a landmark discovery, yadda yadda, huge implications, yadda yadda, and again shows that literally everything new on the Paleolithic and Neolithic...

Greetings Товарищи! After some talking with @Caesar_33 , I realized there was no thread to do things like discuss the USSR's internal and external policies, debate their impacts, and both share and request sources as needed, both for writing timelines and for simply trying to learn. Thus, out...

Prologue It is an ancient Mariner, And he stoppeth one of three. 'By thy long grey beard and glittering eye, Now wherefore stopp'st thou me? The Bridegroom's doors are opened wide, And I am next of kin; The guests are met, the feast is set: May'st hear the merry din.' He holds him with his...

Instead of eastern German states being absorbed into the German Federal Republic like in OTL, does anyone have any ideas for scenarios where the GDR and the FRG form a new country which is clearly a separate entity from them both and a successor to them both as well? This would take place in the...

What and how did people eat before modernity? Did people eat out before modernity? Where did you go to eat out? Did you have choices? Did they compete with each other? What did you eat once you got there? How did you pay for it? When did people start Tipping? Trying to find answers to these...

Ok guys. So I've been thinking of kerosene lamps... Let's say that there's a crystal. Insanely easy to find. Like, common and easy to find as quartz. Easy to carve and polish, too. So this crystal has a very special property. It absorbs light. It's basically the equivalent of a light bulb. 1...

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-08-17/worlds-oldest-cheese-discovered-in-ancient-egyptian-tomb/10133178 So, are you feelin lucky?

Welcome to my newest (and hopefully last for a while) quest! Before we begin pick your year (3000 BCE to present day) to your starting location (Any inhabitable land on Earth) as well as your main stat. Note that the mechanics can and will change depending on your choices here, although the...

I wonder what would happen in fashion if the Qing never conquers the whole of China and China proper remains under an ethnic-Chinese dynasty. From what I've gathered, not all of the people in the Qing Dynasty adopted the Queue hairstyle and Manchu clothing. Some Daoshi and Buddhist do still...

Brain4Breakfast is a channel that caters specifically to history Unlike some channels of its kind, B4B leans heavily into the visuals - its videos must be watched (and sometimes paused) for full enjoyment Visuals are mainly derived from Polandball illustrations and traditional media and art...

Look Upon My Works You are Air, and you are troubled. The order of the world is no longer as it should. Disorder rules the spirits of the people, families break their agreements, sons and daughters wed those they should not and animals revolt in fear. It is your duty to guide the people, and...

Darkness had descended upon Europe. From the coasts of the Atlantic to the marshes of Poland, stretched a colossus of evil. Nazi Germany ruled with an iron fist, oppressing all who dissented. Poland had been first, torn between two flanks. Gallant Belgium had fought hard, but there would be no...

I'm trying to design a fictional anticommunist insurgent group to oppose my communist nation in a project I'm working on. To make for better world-building, I want my group to take some influences from real-life groups that existed during the Cold War. Specifically, I'm looking for right-wing...

Instead of the Nazis under Hitler coming to power Germany, the Strasserist Black Front seizes power sometime in the early 30’s. How would German society be changed? What economic projects would be attempted? What happens to the Jews? How does the capitalist world and the Soviet Union see this...

In World War II, what did Japan do in a concrete way for Germany and what did Germany do for Japan? I think a case might be able to be argued that German did help Japan to some extent by keeping the Western powers busy enough that they could not expend as great assets towards Japan as...

The shady past of the colour pink A hue now associated with innocence once had a murkier meaning: Kelly Grovier looks at the ways in which pink has represented violence and seduction. Pink is a double-edged sword. While red is raucous and racy, and white is prim and pure, pink cuts both...