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Elfwine
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What if the outcome of the "Glorious" Revolution had been decided by a sword duel between King James VII & II and William of Orange?
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There's a lot of question marks to if James would have spared the Irish centuries of misery, for one thing. I think it would be...
Yesterday at 8:52 PM
Elfwine
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What if the outcome of the "Glorious" Revolution had been decided by a sword duel between King James VII & II and William of Orange?
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Is that bit on the role of the Irish in government any different than anything earlier, as in making a stronger point of it? Just...
Yesterday at 12:46 PM
Elfwine
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What if the outcome of the "Glorious" Revolution had been decided by a sword duel between King James VII & II and William of Orange?
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It makes about as much sense as William being interested in resolving this with a sword duel.
Tuesday at 1:22 PM
Elfwine
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What if the Byzantine empire & the kingdom of Georgia fused via Royalty-marrying royalty?
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There's also the question why the Georgians would want this union, for that matter. Even apart from wildly varying succession laws...
Sunday at 6:23 PM
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The Byzantines saw themselves as superior to most everybody else and would have not accepted such an union.
Sunday at 6:21 PM
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What if the Russians gained independence from the Mongols much earlier?
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Because that is not how diplomacy and politics work - surely a short term Alliance works, but in the long term, the three polities have...
Sunday at 1:11 PM
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Not so invincible after all: Fastest declines of powerful dynasties and noble houses 1200-1500AD
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With the HRE that is not a clear cut. In Northern Italy there was a long standing conflict how far the emperor ruled that part of the...
Friday at 2:58 AM
Elfwine
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Not so invincible after all: Fastest declines of powerful dynasties and noble houses 1200-1500AD
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How much would you put their collapse as domestic problems vs. foreign ones?
Friday at 2:33 AM
Elfwine
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Not so invincible after all: Fastest declines of powerful dynasties and noble houses 1200-1500AD
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The reason I'm not sure is that someone could argue that Edward IV dying without an adult heir doesn't seem that invincible, but it sure...
May 8, 2024
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US Balkanization- Long Term Russian Hyperpower
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Louisiana would either remain part of the Spanish Empire, be given back to France again, or conquered sometime by Britain (probably...
May 8, 2024
Elfwine
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Not so invincible after all: Fastest declines of powerful dynasties and noble houses 1200-1500AD
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The House of York's end seems like it ought to count as at least worth mentioning, although I'm not sure what "within five years or...
May 8, 2024
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Consequences of No Restoration of the French Parlements?
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In reality, not much considering I'm sure most of the promises would be empty, however, the king isn't looking for allies in a conflict...
May 8, 2024
Elfwine
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Consequences of No Restoration of the French Parlements?
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This one raises a question as far as what could have been and what was not a possibility: What stops the bourgeoise from seeing the King...
May 7, 2024
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WI: rice and rubber became cultivated in the Mediterrranean and Europe starting from Roman times?
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The other thing is that no one knows if this is going to be worth the effort and expense in advance. Not to say that means they don't do...
May 6, 2024
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Here's the problem--the natural rubber content in the Kazakh dandelion is about 8-10x lower than modern rubber trees. I am not certain...
May 5, 2024
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