I think this is the best idea. Have a Saxon kingdom crystallize with a bigger agricultural sector and a leader who is a competent commander in war. If that happens for two or three generations, the Saxons might expand into most of what is now Western Germany.
Meanwhile the Carolignians fall into...
Charlotte Corday slips on the wet floor. Marat survives and eventually outmaneuvers Robespierre, but becomes more and more infirm, so the Terror ends in a whimper without the Jacobins divided.
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So I got a long way behind on this - I haven't commented in around three years:frown:. I've been reading it through since the Christmas holidays.
Ouch. What actually constitutes the target? The dockyards, the canal, the buildings? Or the city in general?
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P.S. It's a shame when I...
The odds are against reunification. I'm struggling to think of a single country that was divided by civil war/independence struggle that subsequently reunited.
Maybe Yemen, but that's still not a done deal. Germany was not partitioned by civil war. Korea is perhaps the best bet, but it hasn't...
The Arabs would be like other conquerors throughout history: They form a new upper class and their kingdoms/empires keep going for as long as their dynasties have vigor. Later on they split up or get replaced by more local dynasties.
Persia has a much stronger civilisation than the Arabs at this...
How about a Swedish-Polish war for northern Russia in the seventeenth century? I can imagine a Swedish-Polish border running east from Estonia to Moscow and points beyond.
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Interesting idea here.
What has happened with the Mormons? Salt Lake City lies in Mexico here. Given the Texas experience, I think the Mexicans will be wary of another bunch of gringos settling on their side of the frontier, even if they say that Uncle Sam is persecuting them.
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A very novel idea which I don't think I've seen before.
It was said that when John Major was opposite Tony Blair at the dispatch box, given their backgrounds, they should have been leading each others' parties. I can see a similar case to make with Jim Laurie and David Davis.
I wonder if...
Surely the best analogy is China? OTL the Han Empire fell apart, but was eventually gathered together again by the Tang, who exceeded their predecessors. So if Rome falls, have a successor Empire rise in the seventh century or so which reassembles the Empire, but includes Germany as well.
For...
Drakaverse would be far too graphically violent if they weren't careful. I suppose the worst excesses could take place off screen, or we could see the characters' reactions. Would Hollywood ever go for something so dystopic?
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I agree that the most likely prospect is for India/Pakistan. It would be a catastrophe, but not world-ending.
Has anyone seen the HBO movie/series By Dawn's Early Light? That shows how some of these issues play out.
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I tend to agree with this. There may be more small scale reform, as there was in agriculture OTL 1979. The anti-western rhetoric may still be there, but there would be more trade much earlier.
Would this affect Hong Kong? Maybe an earlier Shenzen zone?
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My thoughts as well. They probably feel that they can win without extra help. Italy wouldn't be offered anything, except perhaps a 'gentlemens agreement' about spheres of influence in the Balkans.
They're certainly not overjoyed at the prospect of Russian 'help' later on.
Just as an...