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| 13 Sep 2011 03:58 PM |
| For reference-Chunk of land/ice connecting Alaska and Kamchutka said to of existed during the Fourth Ice Age is believed to have been the enabler for traveling humans to reach the Americas. |
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| 13 Sep 2011 05:14 PM |
I would believe major centers of attention would be The great lakes, Mississippi River, St. Lawrence River, British Columbia, California. These should be areas where civilizations may have thrived (where Canada & USA is in our world). Tribal would make way to ancient civilizations. There may have been a civilization such as the mongols that made there way into North america but the ancient civilizations would of blockaded Southern America. Religion Would influence North America dramatically. The Americas would not be as targeted by the Europeans, instead Oceania and parts of Africa will be focused. New world powers would take foot, fight and maby blow up the world :D |
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| 13 Sep 2011 05:32 PM |
| Thorae you're assuming that with this change that the Cold war would happen and saying if one did happen it would be between the USSR and the US. |
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| 13 Sep 2011 05:40 PM |
True.
I'm guessing colonization would start much earlier and Russia would rule for a long time having the Bridge as a virtual highway into the Americas. Transpacific trade would become extremely valuable very quickly, and nations would war over having colonies in the Pacific and might even attempt to conquer the bridge.
All the while you would have things happening in the 19th century much earlier and technological advancements in the world much quicker due to many wars. Religons of all sort might reach North America, reach the importance they had in the 1630s per se, even some Asian or Arab religons too considering the closeness to the Pacific.
Columbus would still be seen as a hero though as he would've discovered a European alternative to reach the Americas.
Also Flat Earth would've been debunked a lot earlier as well. |
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| 13 Sep 2011 05:56 PM |
| I just relized how we could make a Country Rulers thread from tthis |
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| 13 Sep 2011 06:01 PM |
| That sounds like a good name. |
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| 13 Sep 2011 07:18 PM |
| Northern Native Americans would've had a rout to Russia, war would weaken both of the society's, Natives would adopt firearms from Russia early on, and might have destroyed Europeans that came to America. |
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| 13 Sep 2011 07:23 PM |
Nope nope.
Since Russian colonialism could've happend given this much earlier before guns became the weapon of the norm consideirng it is right there, the Natives would not have obtained them. The far northern natives are not a warring people they are much more similiar to the hunter gathers of the Stone Ages and Ice Ages. Therefore the well organized European armies could've stamped them out but not as easily as weapons would be somewhat similiar both would be dependant on archery and melee but the Russians would be at the use of metal whilst the Natives still using what they could find. The natives would not stand a chance. |
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| 13 Sep 2011 07:28 PM |
Well, we'd be looking, not at our Native Americans, but a new breed of Native American. They'd look more russian/asiatic, and could possess Iron working, and Possibly gunpowder, BEFORE the Europeans. We are forgetting the major empire of yesteryear. CHINA. |
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| 13 Sep 2011 07:31 PM |
Techncally I included china.
Native Americans are already asiatic.
No. Because normal spreads of humans would still occur.
Picture this, so we now all grasp this concept....
Instead of colonization happening in large in 1492, try 1000. Everything before would've been relatively the same minus a few changes along the way to make Russian tsarists and Viking sailors just as adventurous. |
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| 13 Sep 2011 07:32 PM |
| China could rise with work, though they'd have a fat chance at competing with Russia and would've likely have been exploited by Europeans as a foothold in the pacific. |
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| 13 Sep 2011 07:34 PM |
Can we stop building bridges and start burning them? I mean ffs. Nations played a lot more nicely when you had a million man army ready to march into your cities and strategically carpet bomb yer lands. _________________
They were also nationalistic, war-like, and ass-backwards. |
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| 13 Sep 2011 07:35 PM |
Who said this is bridge building? Arguably this would start more wars than in our time.
@Thorae
I read that article recently but this question has been teeming in me for a while. |
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| 13 Sep 2011 07:48 PM |
>Nationalism >Outperforming everyone else
^this is what causes wars.
WW1 WW2 Conflicts caused by Western Imperialism Somewhat Cold War conflicts
^All stem from nationalism largely.
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| 13 Sep 2011 07:56 PM |
>Space Race
Part of a technically nationalist conflict that umbrellas multiple conflicts.
>Industrial revolution
While it didn't cause it drived wars like the War of 1812, and in New Imperialism. Basically the World War II effect.
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