Alternate Timelines

All Scenarios

Browse all alternate history scenarios across different time periods and regions.

What If The Amazon Rainforest Was Never Deforested?

Exploring the alternate timeline where the Amazon rainforest remained intact, preserving its biodiversity and critical role in global climate regulation, with profound impacts on environmental systems and human development.

What If The American Civil Rights Movement Had Different Local Strategies?

Exploring the alternate timeline where civil rights activists employed different tactical approaches at the local level, potentially altering the trajectory, pace, and legacy of the movement that transformed American society.

What If The American Civil War Never Happened?

Exploring the alternate timeline where the United States avoided its bloodiest conflict through compromise, permanently altering the nation's development, the timeline of slavery's abolition, and global geopolitics.

What If The American Community College System Developed Differently?

Exploring the alternate timeline where America's community college system evolved as elite technical institutes rather than open-access institutions, dramatically reshaping higher education, workforce development, and social mobility in the United States.

What If The American Revolution Failed?

Exploring the alternate timeline where the American colonists failed to win independence from Great Britain, potentially reshaping the development of democracy, global power structures, and colonial movements worldwide.

What If The American Revolution Never Happened?

Exploring the alternate timeline where the American colonies remained under British rule, fundamentally altering the development of modern democracy, global geopolitics, and the entire course of modern history.