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If C16th Castille/Aragon/Portugal can convert Iberia to Catholicism, could a religious French monarchy do the same in the Maghreb in C19th?
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I would not know about Kabyle specifically, but a French conversion campaign would likely target any areas with marginalized groups...
Wednesday at 10:53 AM
Cryptic
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If C16th Castille/Aragon/Portugal can convert Iberia to Catholicism, could a religious French monarchy do the same in the Maghreb in C19th?
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I think the answer regarding migrants would be a "yes" regarding all groups. IOTL, French sponsored 'Pied Noir' settlers in Algeria...
Wednesday at 10:04 AM
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If C16th Castille/Aragon/Portugal can convert Iberia to Catholicism, could a religious French monarchy do the same in the Maghreb in C19th?
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Iberia was Christianized 400 ad, several hundred years prior to the Moorish occupation. Iberia was then re- Christianized in stages as...
Wednesday at 9:58 AM
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I agree 5-10% is probably the central likelihood. But I think an Albanian type number is surely possible. Especially if some Iberian...
Tuesday at 2:21 PM
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If C16th Castille/Aragon/Portugal can convert Iberia to Catholicism, could a religious French monarchy do the same in the Maghreb in C19th?
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Albania was a small country that could well of had a lower "convert critical mass" required for a true mass conversion. For example...
Tuesday at 2:11 PM
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How much of a boost to Japan's economy, if any, could a retained Taiwan have given?
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Taiwan got off lightly in WWII. Though a mass landing was contemplated in the general sense by the USA, Mac Arthur's "Return to the...
Monday at 11:43 AM
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Would Asia/the world of the twentieth century have been better off if Japan lost the Russo-Japan War, was stalemated, or deterred from attacking?
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Ooops, I did not mean to imply that China, as a whole, would still become a Japanese colony following a defeat in the Russo Japanese...
May 8, 2024
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Would Asia/the world of the twentieth century have been better off if Japan lost the Russo-Japan War, was stalemated, or deterred from attacking?
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I think this is too sweeping. Rather, Japan seemed to have two expansionist goals in mind: A- Establish their own colonial Empire...
May 8, 2024
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USSR gets absolute victory in the Winter War, effects on WW2.
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Sweden would see the Red Army on its borders as a direct threat to their existence. Then factor in the historic Swedish community in...
May 3, 2024
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AHC: optimize Soviet performance in WW2
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The Soviets and now, Russians evidently consider that their finest military accomplishment of the war was the counter blow that followed...
May 3, 2024
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What if Spain somehow won the Spanish-American War
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Winning the war could be a stretch, but a better prepared Spanish military could have given the US some nasty surprises that could lead...
May 1, 2024
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AHC: Albania included in Italian unification
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Albanian Catholics exist, and existed, but they are a minority. "Greek Orthodox" refers to rite, not ethnicity (but you are right on the...
Apr 29, 2024
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What would a Communist Britain name things?
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My guess is that the declare anti colonialist sentiments of British socialist / Communists verse the Zardust's "exceptions always...
Apr 29, 2024
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The 1911 Act allowed for it's replacement by an elected senate.
Apr 28, 2024
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How could the Oregon dispute have gone differently?
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Maybe give the British some reinforcements.... - Coastal tribes in what is now Washington State are all staunchly pro British...
Apr 26, 2024
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