Alternate history scenarios: What if?

[SpaceShip]

One of the funniest short films I've seen is in the Blackadder series, where Blackadder has a time machine and goes back to different high spots in the past and everything gets changed - hilarious! Worth a watch.

[Dave]

Originally Posted by SpaceShip

One of the funniest short films I've seen is in the Blackadder series, where Blackadder has a time machine and goes back to different high spots in the past and everything gets changed - hilarious! Worth a watch.

That was specially made to be shown at the Millennium Dome Exhibition in 2000. I saw it twice then but not since. It has since been shown on Sky One (and possibly the BBC), but I missed it. I wish I could see it again.

[Spartan27]

It's good to see such a welcoming support to a "Yank"....how about this, when wwIII starts over there, I'll be having a BBQ with my good friend Ace.

However, I think as one said it...we are on the same team and not one country did it all in wwII.

[WhiteCrowUK]

Originally Posted by Delvo

Pondering different outcomes of WWII is massively overplayed to the point of "boring", and rather unrealistic anyway.

I think one of the problems with the alternate reality is that it's always easier if people know the history period a little more intimately. World War II has the benefit of being a period that everyone knows roughly about - although there are always polls showing that 60% of kids don't know who won!

[CrwfrdCM]

Hi Everyone

I have one scenerio what if columbus never made it to the americas Lost at sea, or the indians saw them as a threat and just killed them. and then there is the matter of columbus's ships either burned or the natives kept them

Chirs

[Ice fyre]

The blackader back and fourth I think it was called is available on the complete Black adder Dvd set. I picked it up for twenty five quid, all the specials are on it. Also when you think about it the first Blackadder was kind of an alternate history.

[The Ace]

Oh come on, Ice, everybody knows Henry Tudor cooked the books to make it look like he won at Bosworth.

[Ice fyre]

I do remmber a phrase something about the victors writing history?

[chord0]

for a good author on alternate history see books by Poul Anderson
chord0

[Littlethief]

Hi guys im new here but I have a alternete histroy idea
Back in the 11 century(I think) china started building gigantic trading ships. After 50 years the emperor decided to stop building these ships. Would would have happened if he had decided not to?

[The Ace]

Thanks, Littlethief, we really needed to look at that one.

A Chinese empire in the Pacific, probably crushing the Mongols and preventing the rise of Japan and dealing with the West on equal terms.

A dynamic, curious and strong empire replacing an arrogant, isolated and weak mess. Uh, what British Empire ?

[Ursa major]

Or an empire so obsessed by the world that was open to it across the sea that it neglected its land borders and fell even faster to the Mongols.

[Littlethief]

thanks guys but ive thoght up some more scenearios
What if abraham linclon hadn't been shot
What If there had been a warer climate Around the time of erick the red and instead of just going to newfoundland had went farther down the coast

[old wallie]

The WW2 scenario where the US doesn't get involved in Europe would more logically end up with a western armistice with much of France, Italy, and other assorted parts of Europe in German hands, with large parts of eastern Europe controlled by Russia.
The peace would be forced on Germany by Russia.

The Luther scenerio was promoted by the movable type printing press. Printers were always looking for things to print, that would sell. A church contraversey was just the ticket for sales. Without the printing press, Luther's bitching would be a footnote in church history.

David Drakes' "Belsarius" series is a real blend of alternate history and science fiction and a fun read.

[JoanDrake]

WI Alexander had lived and conquered the world?

He could have, he was only 32 when he died and he was never defeated.

What would the world be like today if China, India, Persia, Scythia and even Europe had all come under one man in 330BCE?