Alternate Timelines

Europe

Scenarios set primarily in European countries and territories

What If Eratosthenes' Calculation of Earth's Circumference Led to Earlier Global Exploration?

Exploring how world history might have unfolded if ancient civilizations had used Eratosthenes' accurate measurement of Earth's size to launch transoceanic voyages, potentially creating a globalized world millennia earlier.

January 17, 2023 Read More →

What If the Crusades Never Happened?

Exploring how European, Middle Eastern, and world history would have unfolded if Western European powers never launched military expeditions to the Holy Land.

January 5, 2023 Read More →

What If the Battle of Teutoburg Forest Never Happened?

Exploring how world history would have unfolded if Rome had avoided its devastating defeat in Germania and continued expansion eastward beyond the Rhine.

December 17, 2022 Read More →

What If Greek Atomism Became the Dominant Scientific Theory?

Exploring how science and philosophy might have developed if Democritus and Leucippus's atomic theory had become widely accepted in the ancient world, potentially accelerating scientific understanding by millennia.

December 4, 2022 Read More →

What If the Byzantine Empire Reconquered the Western Mediterranean?

Exploring how European history would have unfolded if Justinian's reconquest had succeeded more completely and endured, reuniting much of the old Roman Empire.

November 23, 2022 Read More →

What If Boudicca Defeated the Romans?

Exploring how world history would have unfolded if Boudicca's rebellion successfully drove Romans from Britain, creating an independent Celtic kingdom.

November 5, 2022 Read More →