Essay:Alternate history scenarios
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This essay is for any alternate history scenarios people have. they don't have to be completely historically accurate, it can be a scenario that you imagine. But it should be deviant from the history we know today in some way. This is only for human history, not natural history.
My alt history scenarios[edit]
Native American confederations/the Americas were never colonized[edit]
In this scenario, Europe never colonized the Americas, so various native American tribes and confederations were able to eventually join into kingdoms not unlike European territories. However, Native American kingdoms are much more in tune with nature than their European counterparts, incorporating the surrounding wildlife into their territories (such as green walls and natural river/forest borders.
Iran remained Zoroastrian[edit]
France started World War 2[edit]
The October Revolution never happened[edit]
In this scenario, the Russian Revolution ended in February. While I’m no big fan of the Great Man Theory, is an exception, and even though the social structures also played a crucial role on it, which is ironically considering Marx’s theory of history.
How wasn’t Kerensky ousted from power? He never came to power. That’s because Template:Georgy Lvov made a deal with the Germans, similar to Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
right after the February Revolution. This weakened his position, but guaranteed enough support from the army, so the October Coup didn’t happen. Lenin didn’t come back from Switzerland, since he only did because of the Germans. As a result, there was no Bolshevik Regime. The far-left was still powerful, and so was the monarchists and the far right, but the Kadets and the moderate Socialist Revolutionaries were still the main force in the country. As a result, the result of the Russian Constituent Assembly was respected and Russia became a liberal republic in 1917. There was no Russian Civil War, as the army was mostly united and reactionary and revolutionary forces didn't have enough power to fight each other outside the Duma.
The fact that Russia left the war earlier in this scenario is not enough to change the result of the First World War and the Treaty of Versailles. As a result, Russia regained most of the territories she lost in this alternative Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, but it didn't invade Poland, although the relationships between the two countries were still strained. More to come soon. GeeJayKWhere all evil dwells Where every lie is true 14:46, 15 June 2023 (UTC)