Board Thread:Timeline Discussions/@comment-25205072-20150422083509/@comment-5435873-20150625180159

Due to the Chinese rebelling earlier, the Ming (or Song, or whatever succeeds the Mongols in ATL) develop a more centralized chain of command, and a more powerful military. Thus, they are able to keep the Manchus at bay, and prevent a Qing Empire from ever arising. However, as the Ming outlives its welcome on Earth, it begins to develop preportional economic problems. To the south and west, peasant rebellion begin to develop. But the final nail in the coffin is laid, when the Qingdao revolution completely overthrow the Ming bloodline, causing various military juntas to form across the country. Not long after, the country is reunified under a nationalist government, which pushes the country towards modernization. Give or take 20 years, and a Semi modernized China looks to conquer the island of Taiwan. However, a fully modernized Japan has the same plans, and the two nations duke it out. Despite Japan being more advanced, China isn't outclassed by much, as iron hulled ships have only been invented. Due to both of the countries' imperialistic nature, whoever takes Taiwan/Formosa also takes the Philippines. As for the islamic world, I think that, with the loss of anatolia, The Ottoman Republic should turn eastwards and capture portion of the Mughal Empire. I'm still not sure whether to give Uyghurstan to China or The Ottomans. I also drew out my interpretation of what France and the HRE would look like in this timeline, and I also drew some possible political borders for North America.