Scenarios about 'cotton production'
The cultivation and processing of cotton for commercial use, which emerged as a key global commodity during the 18th and 19th centuries. Cotton production profoundly shaped economic development, labor systems including slavery in the American South, and industrialization through textile manufacturing. In alternate histories, changes to cotton production patterns can dramatically alter colonial economies, labor movements, and the development of industrial capitalism.
What If The Aral Sea Disaster Was Prevented?
Exploring the alternate timeline where Soviet planners recognized the ecological consequences of their irrigation schemes, preventing one of the worst environmental catastrophes in human history.
What If The Aral Sea Never Dried Up?
Exploring the alternate timeline where Soviet irrigation projects didn't devastate Central Asia's Aral Sea, preserving one of the world's largest inland bodies of water and the ecological and economic systems that depended on it.