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Why would a society persecute people who are antisocial misanthropes (sociopaths, psychopaths, narcissists, and sadists)? [closed]
An alternate-historical story is set in a third-world country in 1977 of the Gregorian calendar (the year George Lucas' masterpiece, Star Wars, was released). The country is a Costa Rica pastiche (...
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Multi-Sophont Alliance, Episode 1: Is It Even Possible? [closed]
This question, if not the entire series, is based on the premise behind this painting by Dylan Bajda:
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Set in the world of Serina, the creatures on the boats are called "gravediggers" ...
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A Unified, Global Bronze Age, How It Would Affect America [closed]
Here are the points of departure to this scenario:
China, not Southwestern Asia, began the Bronze Age in 3300 BCE
Either China or the nearby steppes of Central Asia, not Eastern Europe, was the ...
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How Would Political and Religious Structures Function in a Buddhist Medieval Europe? [closed]
In this alternate history timeline, the Roman Emperor Justinian declared the state religion to not be Christianity, but Buddhism. This wouldn't be too much of a stretch, as Buddhism predated ...
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What POD Would I Need to Make the European "Flag Samurais" a Reality? [closed]
In honor of the much-delayed Tokyo Olympics, Japanese artists (I've never found their names) have drawn the flags of all the nations personified as anime warriors. For this question, let's focus on ...
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What Point(s) of Departure Would the Native Americans Need to Sail Across the Atlantic and Colonize Europe?
Just a few days ago on DeviantArt, I found this map by MoshiDungo:
The title of the map is What if the Americas colonised Europe? As the title explicitly implies, it shows a pre-Columbian Europe ...
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Society of producers, humans who can produce solid material from their bodies and it is used to make clothes, tools and buildings
In this world humans are kind of like spiders: they can produce their own building material.
This substance can be used to make clothing resistant to heat and cold depending on the variation.
It ...
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How to find out if someone is guilty of adultery?
Cheaters are considered to be inferior humans with defective genes and just like mentally ill people and individuals born with various handicaps are eliminated from the gene pool.
Capital punishment ...
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Native American Society in a World Where Beringia Is Still High and Dry [closed]
Multiple times in Earth's geological history, a bridge connected Asia to North America, bringing in an influx of colonists. Without Beringia, North America would never have the iconic Triceratops or ...
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Aborting Abrahamism [closed]
Let's imagine that some powerful evil eldritch abomination decided to hijack Roman Republic 45 BC, saving Caesar in the last moment and fashion itself as Mercurius (Hermes), who was sent by Olympus as ...
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A Permanent Norse Presence in America, Part II: How Would Europe React to This?
Previously, I had asked a question on what point of departure I would need to make the Norse's presence in North America permanent. Perhaps the best answer I got was summarized right here:
If one ...
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How should a military society function [closed]
I am developing a made up nation known as the Imperial Republic of Vitami. This nation is ultimately based around knowing and being masters of warfare.
Real world basic training is early childhood ...
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What is the least "world changing" reason why the government would pay for you to keep a llama during your 44th year of life? [closed]
I want to make a short story about an Earth just like ours, except it's commonly accepted that at the age of 43, the government allows people to have a llama in their house. The government pays for ...
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What would an Alternate North America, where Native Americans and Europeans assimilated in a more civil way, look like? [closed]
I'm working on a concept but I'm having a hard time imagining what it would look like, from a historical accuracy perspective.
If Native Americans and different European colonists were able to live ...
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The Camelry Has Arrived
This is a series of maps of Old World empires:
And now look at the pre-Columbian New World empires:
We're not 100% sure why Old World empires were so huge and New World empires so small, but a good ...
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