Board Thread:Timeline Discussions/@comment-4923787-20130202175501/@comment-32656-20130425084801

Decapitate is from French, and exsanguinate is a medical term that appeared around 1800. While from Latin, it likely was "coined" on the mainland somewhere.

Chinese culture itself does not prohibit it - many times though history the attitude was in fact in favor of such things. It's far more about the Emperors than anything else.

China could be stable, and it could be unstable - all depends on what they do. May not even be any of those listed groups. Not like there's going to be any shining examples from the West here.

Yes, there really is no alternate minerals for fuel sources.

Solar not a good candidate at all.

Water power - and wind to a far lesser extent - was a major source of power in starting the IR, actually. Most of the early factories were located on streams/rivers for that reason. Have a look at the IR in New England, as an example.

More bands would be unlikely. The flag remains more or less the same today, remember.

All of the states would claim to be Roman. The Italy-based one would do no such thing. The Eastern Empire would not do change to being called "Greek" either.

Persians and the Eastern Empire would never ally.

Remember, too - anytime one of the three would appear to be on the verge of dominating, the other two would join against it, at least temporarily.

Add delete tags to the flags you want gone. I'll look into it then.