All Scenarios
Browse all alternate history scenarios across different time periods and regions.
What If Socrates Was Never Executed?
Exploring how Western philosophy and intellectual development might have unfolded if Socrates had not been executed in 399 BCE but instead continued teaching and developing his ideas into old age.
What If The Wright Brothers' First Flight Failed?
Exploring how aviation history and technological development might have unfolded if the Wright brothers had not achieved powered flight in 1903, potentially delaying the dawn of the aviation age.
What If The Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand Failed?
Exploring how the 20th century might have unfolded if the assassination that triggered World War I had been prevented, potentially averting or delaying the global conflict that reshaped modern history.
What If Captain Cook Never Reached New Zealand?
Exploring how New Zealand's history would have unfolded if James Cook had not charted its coastline in 1769-1770, potentially delaying European colonization and creating a fundamentally different trajectory for Māori society and the development of the nation.
What If The Challenger Disaster Never Happened?
Exploring how space exploration, NASA's trajectory, and public perception of spaceflight might have evolved if the Space Shuttle Challenger had not been lost in 1986.
What If The Berlin Wall Never Fell?
Exploring how the Cold War might have continued and global geopolitics would have evolved if the Berlin Wall had remained standing beyond 1989.