Probably not, to preserve it, you'd need a POD during Aristotle's life-time, and good storage will mean that the bulk of his work is not lost in a damp cellar (as in OTL). So it'll presumably be available and widely disseminated (his known works were, after all, in OTL).More Aristotle's stuff survives would have an impact only after Antiquity, no?
Probably not, to preserve it, you'd need a POD during Aristotle's life-time, and good storage will mean that the bulk of his work is not lost in a damp cellar (as in OTL). So it'll presumably be available and widely disseminated (his known works were, after all, in OTL).
So the effects will be pretty much immediate, and they'll only grow stronger over time.
Day was chosen over Manning in the Alliance's first leadership election precisely because the other members thought he'd have more appeal to Ontario/Quebec than Manning. They were right, in the sense that 1 is an infinitely greater number than 0 - the Alliance took 2 seats in ON compared to the 0 they had before under Manning, due to Day's gaffes and the perception built by the CBC & Liberals that he was a fanatical evangelical social conservative.Just how popular is Day in Ontario and Quebec? Because I'm not sure how strong is the Canadian Alliance in those areas. I also wonder if a different outcome of the Meech Lake Accord also means someone like John Turmel would eventually shed his perennial status and actually win a seat if he ran as part of the Canadian Alliance.
Probably not, to preserve it, you'd need a POD during Aristotle's life-time, and good storage will mean that the bulk of his work is not lost in a damp cellar (as in OTL). So it'll presumably be available and widely disseminated (his known works were, after all, in OTL).
So the effects will be pretty much immediate, and they'll only grow stronger over time.
‘Less Batshit North Korea’.
So, still authoritarian and officially communist, but more akin to Vietnam in terms of partial liberalization and openness to market reforms.
Horrific fundamentalists of a religion that started with a wildly successful warlord establishing a new stable state is not actually that wild. The only question is dodging or pushing through international pressure that tries to preserve the "Big Lie" of territorial stasis at truly baffling costs. Which likely comes down to "get a successful coup early", because coups inherit international standing to have talks openly by wearing the skin of the previous government, whereas legitimizing a new state is basically impossible.'AHC: The ISIS Caliphate permanently survives'
OK, this is a horror scenario, but out of morbid curiosity, I want to see if there's any realistic way that it can actually happen.
‘United Indochina By 2023’.
Somehow that title makes me think of guillotines and goose-stepping.Maybe it’d be called The Triumph of Reason or something to that effect
Well, millennia...since Aristotle’s brand of inquiry remains dominant from the get-go and would probably engender a Scientific Revolution millennia before OTL. Quite possibly a much earlier Industrial Revolution around the Med, as well, though off-hand, I don’t know whether the surrounding countries were sufficiently “resource-endowed” for that.
It's still quite possible (perhaps probable) that monetheism does fit very well into the Aristotelian idea of the kosmos. After all, it neatly brings you to a proper First Cause. Rather than a monotheist theologian (like Saint Thomas) integrating Aristotelian philosphy into the doctrines of his Church, you may see the reverse: an Aristotelian philosopher integrating monotheist theology into the doctrines of his School.Although… I’d think with a POD that far back, you’d butterfly Christianity and actual Scholasticism, despite there being an ATL analogue to at least the latter (if not necessarily the former). Come to think it, that means Islam gets butterflied, too, which kills off two of three Abrahamic faiths and leaves the fate of Judaism rather “open-ended” here. Despite that, it’d certainly have a slew of “interesting” theological-philosophical ramifications, since a more reason-based approach understanding the world negates “The Gods have no bounds and can do as they please!” excuse that more… “Schizophrenic” believers tend towards.
Somehow that title makes me think of guillotines and goose-stepping.
Well, millennia...
If you assume these things take a bit of time, you could see the POD leading to an intellectual tradition that is set to foster that sort of thing. The formation of that intellectual trend could be relatively quick, and could begin to bear fruit even early on. Say that you arrive at some ATL "scholasticism" somewhere around 100 BC. The climate that produces this is also producing certain advances in science and certain technological innovations, although ones that certainly can't be called "industrial". Think treatises on agricultural methods, and creative improvements for water-wheels and hydraulic pumps. Large mechanical clocks, and dissertations on mathematics.
Look at OTL's rough speed of scientific and technological advancement. Add something of a margin to account for inevitable dead ends, and for the fact that certain "background inventions" that were around by OTL AD 1100 just weren't around in 100 BC (so they have to be "home-grown", first). Let's say that you could reach the rough tech level of OTL AD 1500 by AD 500 or so. From there, I think you may reasonably expect things to progress towards an industrial revolution in roughly the same time-span we saw in OTL, post-1500.
So it's more millennium, really. You could be about a thousand years ahead of OTL, science-and-tech-wise.
It's still quite possible (perhaps probable) that monetheism does fit very well into the Aristotelian idea of the kosmos. After all, it neatly brings you to a proper First Cause. Rather than a monotheist theologian (like Saint Thomas) integrating Aristotelian philosphy into the doctrines of his Church, you may see the reverse: an Aristotelian philosopher integrating monotheist theology into the doctrines of his School.
This could occur if Central Asia and India are united into a greater cultural sphere. This can be easily acheived if Central Asia and India are united by an empire long enough for the two regions to share the same religious traditions, considering that religion and culture are closely linked and a common religion is an excellent way for a coherent cultural sphere to develop.'AHC: Deep Central Asian integration with South Asia, especially with India'
'AHC: Deep Central Asian integration with South Asia, especially with India'
This could occur if Central Asia and India are united into a greater cultural sphere. This can be easily acheived if Central Asia and India are united by an empire long enough for the two regions to share the same religious traditions, considering that religion and culture are closely linked and a common religion is an excellent way for a coherent cultural sphere to develop.
Buddhism is a great option. The religio was already popular in pre-Islamic Central Asia and, I assume, would eventually become the predominant religion of India if India's historical trajectory was not derailed by the Islamic conquests.
I suppose this could plausibly be done with a POD that allows the Maurya and Mauryan successor states to have greater control, and (over time) cultural influence, over Central Asia.
However, I'm fond of having a more-successful Hephthalite empire conquer much of India, to go along with their OTL conquests in Central Asia. Because India is the more populous, rich and prestigious region of the empire, the empire would shift its focus southwards. The Indian influence would naturally "indianize" their elites. Indian religious traditions like Buddhism would become dominant in the empire, which was a major religion in the Hephthalite realm in OTL anyway. So, Central Asia would likely become a Buddhist heartland much as it was in OTL before the Islamic conquest.
Iran/Persia would be a problem, considering that Central Asia was also part of "Greater Iran" and would thus be a target by Iranian attempts at conquest, much as in OTL. Indeed the Sassanids joined the Turks in the sixth century to defeat the Hephthalites. I think, though, that an early POD could avert this. Perhaps a more successful Eastern Rome that pursues an "Eastern" strategy instead of Justinian's western vanity project can defeat the Persians enough to allow the Indo-Hephthalites to consolidate.
As the centuries pass, assuming also that Islam never arises (which is likely with this early POD anyway), Central Asia would be closely linked, integrated, with India in various aspects - religiously, culturally, politically, etc.
Alternatively, however, we can imagine a POD after the Islamic conquests.
We know that the Ghurids and Ghaznavids controlled not only much of Central Asia, but also invaded and conquered parts of India which massively derailed India's historical development (but that's another subject). The successors of the Ghurids eventually established the Delhi Sultanate. This, over time, would form the nucleus of the great Mughal Empire that controlled most of India and even lands of Central Asia (such as Afghanistan).
If you want greater integration between Central and South Asia, think of a greater and more successful "Mughal" Empire that definitively absorbs much more of Central Asia - and keeps it (so no Russian or Chinese conquest). India would probably have a much larger Muslim population in this scenario, thanks to extended rule by Muslim elites which makes it more favourable for Islam to flourish. Over time, links between South and Central Asia are created and maintained. I'm sure this scenario can fulfill the requirements of the AHC.
This is a matter worth discussing on its own terms. Generally speaking, I think the thesis of slavery discouraging industry is entirely wrong. It's based in an incorrect universal application of developments that were actually very particular to the American situation. Specifically: in the USA, the presence of slavery in the South seems to have retarded the growth of industry, and therefore (the reasoning goes) it must be true that slavery always stands in the way of industry.Romans with steam machines - it would be interesting,althought...they had slaves,so why build costly machines?