colonisation

The Karamanli of Libya were an interesting bunch to say the least. They arrived in Libya in 1711, their founder was a Janissary, and seized the governorship of Libya (then the Ottoman province of Tripolitania) and ruled it as a functionally independent state until the 1830s. Their last ruler...

When the Castilians permanently established contact between the old and new worlds, the inhabitants of the americas had several inherent disadvantages, perhaps the most notable being a lack of immunity to old war diseases. But, also of note was their lack of access to horses and livestock...

Hello all, So, yesterday was the Twelfth of July -- the anniversary of the Battle of the Boyne. I was wondering -- what would have happened if James II defeated William of Orange? I think it quite unlikely for James to retake England or Scotland -- he'd already been ousted by William, who had...

List of major countries : Francia, Burgundy, Venizia, Aragon, North sea empire, Iberia, Austro Slovakia, Tatarian Empire, Russian rebels, Taiping Republic, Japanese Shogunate, Libyan Empire, Konigsberg, Hannover-Saxe. Date : 1910

If the Confederacy achieved separation from the United States, either by avoiding or winning the civil war, what would be the character of slavery in any colonies it would have? I strongly suspect that Slavery as an institution will not last forever, even in an independent confederacy, but I...

Which nations, dynasties, cultures, or peoples had the potential to establish lasting colonies in the New World, after 1492? For nations which attempted to colonise the New World but failed to establish a lasting colonial presence -- how might their colonies have been successful, and what would...

Settling in unknown lands has always fascinated me. It just sounds so beautiful to arrive in a new land and to have a completely fresh start to build your own society from scratch. Indeed, many nations begun this way, America and Israel come to mind. People who had poor fortunes in their own...

So we all know that Christopher Columbus tried for years to get a European power to sponsor his voyage across the Atlantic. But what if Henry VII Of England sponsored him instead of Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand Of Spain?

I'm wondering what various patterns of colonisation for the West Indies could have unfolded: Spain was obviously the country who started it all up, followed by England, France and the United Provinces. And then through wars isles were passed between power... ... but what if those countries...

After reading about the history of the Afrikaners and the Great Irish Famine, I've started to wonder: what if the British began encouraging Irish immigration to their African colonies? The Irish diaspora caused by the potato famine is well known, as starving farmers traveled from Boston to...

What if the Lost Colony was able to get off the ground and became a successful English colony. What would be the effects of a surviving Roanoke ? How would this impact colonisation going forward?

Idea I've had for a timeline with a pod of 1848 with possible some minor pods before then. Feel free to comment and offer criticism on the timeline. Thank you. Mexican Cession The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ended the Mexican-American war on February 2, 1848. The treaty would see the United...

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So I'm thinking about this idea I had. Basically, Austria strongarming colonial endeavours causes Hungary and Croatia-Slavonia to secede, ending Austria-Hungary. An Austria that still controls South Tyrol and Trentino, Czechia, Slovakia and Istria. The Kingdom of Hungary secedes whole, meaning...

So I'm having fun with a TL where Spain's endeavours in the New World go a little less well than OTL, meaning that Spain has less silver going into its coffins, and so that it cannot hold on to the United Provinces/Nethelands/Low Countries as long. So what if the Dutch Republic managed to get...

OOC (out of character for those who are new): DB means 'double-blind' where we ask a question which actually occurred in our timeline (OTL) from the perspective of someone in another TL where this happened differently. Anyway, gunpowder was thought to have been accidentally developed by the...

Could there be a population of foreign-born residents of Shanghai that remained after the end of the Concessions? Would they wield any significant economic or political influence? Would it have been possible at all for the Nationalist Government to negotiate a peaceful return of the concessions...

Assuming the English got to the Triple Alliance/Aztecs first (English Columbus in the north then later voyagers post-1500 began travelling south to look for a Central Passageway to Asia to bypass Portuguese African route monopoly), then what and how would the English approach to colonising or...

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I mean, it's all nice and dandy to call new colonised places after whatever king is on the throne at the time (way too many French Louises by the way), but I wonder what other names could inspire the Frenchies (apart from "Nouvelle France" ofc) to describe this vast territory they claim as theirs.