All Scenarios
Browse all alternate history scenarios across different time periods and regions.
What If Chicago's Ward Politics Took a Different Form?
Exploring the alternate timeline where Chicago developed a different ward system, potentially transforming its machine politics, urban development, and social fabric.
What If Child Labor Laws Were Never Passed?
Exploring the alternate timeline where child labor laws failed to materialize in the early 20th century, dramatically altering economic development, education systems, and social welfare across the globe.
What If China Democratized in the 1990s?
Exploring the alternate timeline where the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests led to successful democratic reforms in China, fundamentally altering the global economic and geopolitical landscape of the 21st century.
What If China Never Abandoned Ocean Exploration?
Exploring the alternate timeline where the Ming Dynasty continued the Treasure Fleet voyages, potentially reshaping global colonization patterns, trade networks, and the modern world order.
What If China Was Never Forced Open to Western Trade?
Exploring the alternate timeline where China successfully resisted Western imperialism in the 19th century, maintaining its isolation policy and developing on its own terms without the Opium Wars and unequal treaties.
What If China's C9 League Universities Developed Earlier?
Exploring the alternate timeline where China's elite universities formed a prestigious alliance decades before the actual C9 League, potentially transforming China's scientific development, global influence, and the entire landscape of higher education.