colonialism

Would it be possible to make large scale colonialism last to the modern day? It could be in any form, with colonials having few or fully equal rights. It could even be a loose, decentralized federation. Also, what effect would this have on the modern day?

Some sort of Greek state colonizes a part of Africa before the end of the 1800s. Could it happen and what would it look like/where would it be? My guess would be most likely Cyrenaica or even all of Libya instead of the Italians. POD after 1700.

"Maurits Pasques de Chavonnes (1654–8 September 1724) was governor of the Cape of Good Hope from 1714 till 1721." Part 1: Free Families From The Fatherland Three centuries ago, on 24 June 1716, a very important letter arrived from Amsterdam in Cape Town; a letter that would change the future...

With a pod of 1492, have the most important colonies of each European empire take over or become the center of the empire. For example, the United States will control the former British Empire. Ukraine will control the former Russian Empire. Brazil will control the former Portuguese Empire...

With a POD of 1776, have the United States own all or most of Australia. Bonus points if you get in New Guinea, New Zealand, and other South Pacific islands as well.

With a POD of 1492, have Russia colonize all or most of what is modern-day Canada. Bonus points for having Soviet Canuckistan if butterflies allow.

In our timeline, there are countries and even entire continents worth of populations mostly made up of the descendants of european settlers who got there in the context of modern colonial efforts. Which of these lands and continents could have most easily dodged the bullet, without throwing in...

What other European powers could have (realistically) colonized? Colonizing America or Africa works, bonus points if you post a map!

So, i've been reading a bit of The Shield Of Liberty and i am here to ask. Is there another feasible location for a colony styled like the Thirteen Colonies of Britain? -Some limited autonomy, with possibility of federation between the colonies -Varied economic riches and types of production...

With a POD after 1 AD, how could an empire originating from Mesoamerica colonize part of Europe (probably Spain) before 1600?

“[A]lthough we may now be unknown as a state or power, yet we have the advantages by united efforts of our increasing population, in a diligent attention to agriculture, arts, and literature, of attaining, at no distant day, to as conspicuous an elevation as any state or power on the continent...

With a POD of 1707, have the British Empire control all the world except for Europe. They must have the Americas, Africa, Asia, Australia, the Pacific, and Antarctica.

Eden and Empire Preface What follows is an excerpt from this timeline’s thirteenth volume of the eleventh edition (1910) of The Encyclopædia Britannica taken from pages 864-867 (1)... HUGUENOTS, the name given from about the middle of the 16th century to the Protestants of France. It was...

Preface. Out of Time Line Forward This thread is based on a previous TL that I grew dissatisfied with and ended. Since then I have reworked major elements of the story and am trying to make this TL more detailed than my last one. The TL is about an Alaskan nation founded in the 1700`s by Russia...

Timeline in a Week (ish): Mamluk Congo Another timeline? But what about Renovation? I got a bit of writers block. Wanted to see if doing something will get the creativity running. Oh, so what's this about? A Post Colonial Congo... in 1900 :D Insanity. Not exactly! There's a fun...

Hello Torten Hello Monologue Is this a Timeline? Yes it is. So, what is it about? Kaiser Fredrick III actually gets to reign. Didn’t you do that in the past? Friends across the sea? Possibly. Yes you did. Well, it’s the rewritten version. It’s been improved. Ok then. But this isn’t a...