Editing Blank Slate 0 You do not have permission to edit this page, for the following reasons: The action you have requested is limited to users in one of the groups: Users, FANDOM Staff, FANDOM Helpers, Wiki Managers, Content Team Members. Please log in to edit this wiki.Joining Alternative History is free, and it only takes a minute.We hope that you sign in, and become a member of the community!Click here to log in or create an account more + You can view and copy the source of this page: <p style="text-align:center;">''Blank Slate is a Community Timeline, meaning anyone can contribute. ''</p> [[File:Map_of_Human_Migration_(Blank_Slate).png|thumb|300px|Map of Human Migration]]On October 12, 1492, Christopher Columbus made a discovery that would change the world: he found a New World. This "new" world wasn't without habitants, however. The Taíno people who lived in the jungles of the Bahamas would be only the first Amerindian people to encounter the white explorers from the East. From the Apache to the Arawak, the Cherokee to the Cree, the Iroquois to the Inca, the Maya to the Mapuche, the Zuni to the Zapotec, the millions of Amerindian peoples would be decimated by disease, enslaved, and relegated to second-class citizenship. But what if Columbus truly discovered a New World, one in which there weren't any natives. What if he found a '''Blank Slate'''? ==Point of Divergence== [[File:Woolly_Mammoth_Hunt.png|thumb|300px]]Flash back fifteen thousands years. A migratory tribe of would-be future Amerindians is hunting in the cold Siberian wasteland of Beringia. Woolly mammoth are the tribe's primary target, and they have been tracking a large herd heading east for a couple of weeks now. The wind suddenly changes, alerting the mammoths of the tribe's presence. It flees off into the distance, never to be seen again. The tribe's elders decide to pursue the herd into the east, planning to go where no man has gone before - the New World. But suddenly, a scent comes in from the shifted wind: mammoth. A promising young hunter of the tribe urges his compatriots to pursue the western herd and return to familiar territory. The elders reluctantly agree. The new world thus remains pristine - that is, until the arrival of Polynesian peoples, followed soon thereafter by Vikings. Almost a millennium later, widespread colonization would take hold of the Americas... See the [[Timeline (Blank Slate)|Timeline ]] to figure out how the Blank Slate ends up settled. ==Contributors== All contributors must agree to abide by [[QSS and QAA]] and the [[Editorial Guidelines (Blank Slate)|Editorial Guidelines]]. Please read these before signing up to contribute. Any substantial violations of these policies will result in your removal from the project. Please sign your name below if you plan to contribute to Blank Slate. *{{Rex Sig 2}} *{{FireSig4}} *{{Octs Sig}} *{{Saturn's Sig}} *{{JoshSig2}} *[[File:Prinsenvlag.svg|35px|link=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince%27s_Flag]] [[User:TechnicallyIAmSean|<font color="Navy">'''Hail Sean!'''</font>]] <small>([[User talk:TechnicallyIAmSean|Get a free potato here]])</small><br /> *--[[User:Orangebird763|<font color="orange">'''Orange'''</font>]] (→[[Message Wall:Orangebird763|My wall!]]←) ==Footnotes== {{BlankSlate}} Templates used on the current version of this page: Template:BlankSlate (view source) Template:FireSig4 (view source) Template:JoshSig2 (view source) Template:Navbox (view source) (protected)Template:Octs Sig (view source) Template:Rex Sig 2 (view source) Template:Saturn's Sig (view source) Return to Blank Slate. Edit summary Preview Mobile Desktop Show changes