Differently

This is an alternate timeline with several points of divergence, the main focus being the continuation of several states and cultures that came to an end in our timeline. Many countries resist foreign invasions that would change everything, others conquer some more land to expand their territory and some areas of the planet remain essentially the same. There are other kinds of changes, too, such as Hitler becoming a thriving philosopher and Steve Jobs being still alive to this day.

This is a work in progress. Since I'm not much experienced in developing ATLs, you're welcome to help me and suggest changes, especially if you notice something implausible or unlikely. I want to improve this project as much as possible.









Timeline
A timeline with a brief description of some main PoDs.


 * Ancient and medieval history
 * 30 BC: Egypt resists Roman invasion. The Christian influence on the country is smaller and the traditional religion is more prevalent.
 * 640: The Sassanid Empire and the Arabs agree on a truce.
 * 642: Egypt resists Muslim invasion. Islam doesn't expand beyond the southern Arabic peninsula. However, over the centuries the Arabs maintain an economic dominance over Iberia and Europe.
 * 700: Carthage claims independence from Byzantium as the Carthaginian Republic.
 * 1204: Byzantium resists sacks and invasions by the crusaders.
 * 1272: Byzantium resists the invasion by Charles I of Anjou, which formed Albania.
 * 1365: After resisting centuries of raids by Slavic peoples, Macedonia is never conquered and remains part of Byzantium.


 * Modern history
 * 1516: Egypt is conquered by an expansionist Second Sassanid (Persian) Empire.
 * 1606: Willem Janszoon and his fleet explore the whole Australian coast and claim the continent.
 * 1620: Dutch colonization of Australia begins, with the continent being integrated to the Dutch commercial empire. England and France, however, do not let the Dutch Empire expand to the Pacific.
 * 18th century: The Sassanid Empire splits in two.


 * 19th century
 * 1828: Brazil wins the Cisplatine War.
 * 1857: The Taiping rebellion ends.
 * 1861-65: The US loses the Civil War. The Confederate States of America are formed.
 * 1864: Empress Cixi dies of disease, after which China undergoes a period modernization and westernization, becoming a constitutional monarchy in the process.
 * 1867: Alaska is not purchased by the US.
 * 1882: British forces invade Sassanid Egypt and liberate the country after an agreement. Egypt is once again a free state.
 * 1883: Bolivia wins the War of the Pacific.
 * 1889: The Brazilian monarchy is not abolished.
 * 1892: Australia gets independence from the Netherlands.
 * Late 19th century: China loses some of its provinces but later regains them.


 * 20th century
 * c. 1900: Britain conquers much of Sassanid territory and Central Asia.
 * 1910: The Portuguese monarchy is not abolished. Japan doesn't invade Korea (Differently); a modernized China supports Korea's defense against Japan, so the Joseon monarchy survives.
 * 1912: The Qing Dynasty is not abolished.
 * 1914: Austria-Hungary does not join World War I and gives territory to neighboring nations.
 * 1918: After the end of World War I, Germany becomes a fully constitutional monarchy (instead of a republic) and gives independence to all its colonies. The three Baltic nations gain independence from the Russian Empire.
 * 1920s: The Arabs in the Arabian Peninsula rebel against the British Empire and form a unified Islamic Nation under the Saudi family.
 * 1921: Mongolia (with Outer Mongolia) becomes independent from China.
 * 1930s: Instead of a Nazi Party, a different Pan-Germanic Party, which uses a planned language called Teedish, rises in Germany. Instead of political and military power, Hitler seeks cultural integration of Germanic countries and initiates an artistic movement. Anton Drexler and Heinrich Himmler are involved. Hitler becomes a philosopher and starts a movement called Hitlerism. He spreads Asatru neopaganism through the Germanic world.
 * 1940s: Germany declares war on Poland to get access to Danzig. Since it violates the Treaty of Versailles, Britain, Italy and France interfere. This Polish-German war shapes both countries' today borders and Kalinigrad becomes part of Poland.
 * 1946: With no involvement in war, the Kingdom of Italy is never abolished.
 * 1950: The Sassanids achieve their independence from Britain.
 * 1974: The Abyssinian Empire is not abolished. The Soviet Union falls.
 * c. 1965: The US win the Vietnam War with help from China. Vietnam is united under the Republic of Vietnam.
 * 1975: After the end of the Soviet Union, Ukraine, Belarus and Kazakhstan do not become independent republics, but autonomous republics within Russia.
 * 1992: The Australian Union is formed (Members include: Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, and Malaysia)
 * 1995: Quebec becomes an independent republic.


 * 21st century
 * 2001: 9/11 doesn't happen. The World Trade Center still exists to this day.
 * 2002: East Timor doesn't get independence from Malaysia (OTL: Indonesia).
 * 2003: Steve Jobs accepts to be operated and survives his cancer.
 * 2008: The monarchy of Nepal is not abolished.
 * 2016: Malaysia votes to leave the Australian Union
 * 2018: Malaysia votes to ignore the first referendum and remain in Australian Union.