Talk:No Colonization

This is an interesting concept. It is more to the point than another idea that postulated no advancement of technology after the time of the early Roman Empire. However, a line that the point of divergence was "in the 1400's" needs to be expanded a little. Why was there no exploration and/or colonization? Was it because of political instability in Europe? Were Spain, Portugal and England (among others) preoccupied with things at home?

A little back story would add some reality to this alternate history. Perhaps the "No colonization" is not absolute, but only limited to the "back door" continent of Africa. The extensive, and earlier, colonization of Africa would provide a place for the British to expand without going near as far. A redirected "United States of Africa" could emerge in sub-Saharan Africa. A parallel development, substituting the deforestation of Africa for the open range expansion of North America, would add quite a dynamic to the world of the 21st century NC world.

Perhaps, for some reason, the empiricism of European nations is completely squelched. I am not sure how this would happen, but I'm sure something could cause it. Maybe an enlightened spirit of unity causes all of Europe to focus on becoming a united body, content on becoming an early "super-power" which eventually will be threatened by and/or threaten the rising empires around the world in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

Just some ideas. --SouthWriter 17:59, June 14, 2010 (UTC)