Life is the sum of many small events. Make a different choice and everything could change. The same is true for history.
This community is for discussing alternate history fiction and content speculating the "what ifs" that could have sent history into a different direction.
The image below was created by me using a website. What if I had used an image of Doc Brown from Back to the Future II drawing alternate timelines on a blackboard? Would I have been sued for copyright infringement a few months after posting this? Would the Electronic Frontier Foundation have defended me in court making a "fair use" defense?
Speculating about timelines that would have resulted from different outcomes is fun!
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I'm watching Outlander.
That sounds interesting.
Suggestion: What would have happened if Hannibal had destroyed Rome?
Or should we do this on dbuzz?
It's an interesting scenario. I am more knowledgeable about American history so I'd rather let someone else speculate on the ripple effects of alternate events during Europe's Iron Age. :-)
Anything on DBuzz goes to their community so you'd have to cross-post to the Alternate History community if you do that. DBuzz is also a pretty limited format for speculating about events occurring differently in time. This community is for something more like what the YouTube channels AlternateHistoryHub, Monsieur Z and Whatifalthist do. Posts about "This is what happened in 'our' history, now let's have it not happen or have it happen differently. What can be speculated to have likely resulted from this different scenario?"
Since you've expressed interest in this community I'll write a post later this week about an alternate history of the 1986 Challenger explosion.
Great. I'm looking forward to it.