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Mōko Shūrai Ekotoba 2

Why should this flower delay so long
  To show its tremulous plumes?
Now is the time of plaintive robin-song,
  When flowers are in their tombs.

Through the slow summer, when the sun
  Called to each frond and whorl
That all he could for flowers was being being done,
  Why did it not uncurl?

("The Last Chrysanthemum", Thomas Hardy)


In 1274 and 1281, the Mongols tried to invade the Japanese islands twice. Their efforts were failed both from the heavy resistance from the Japanese as well as the natural factors, the storm, that kept destroying the Mongol invading armadas. This historical episode has many lasting impacts for the Japanese people, including a myth that Japan was unconquerable and protected by divine powers as well as the continuation of warrior rule in the Japanese society.

However, what if the Mongol invasion of Japan had succeeded? What will happen to the Japanese society at all? What are the impacts of this divergence in the future? This timeline will explore that possibility.

This timeline is first started by FirstStooge (talk) on 16:48, February 12, 2012 (UTC)

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Main POD[]

The successful Mongol invasion to Japan in 1282 changed the Japanese society drastically. Japan was subjugated as a tributary state for Yuan Dynasty for about 80 years. The failure of the Bakufu military government to defy the invasion led to the collapse of warrior rule in the island. Japanese society and culture thus become less militarized than in OTL. Together with the court aristocratic class, a new class of bureaucratic scholars emerged and dominated the politics of Medieval Japan. New social order based on Confucianism was established, resulted to the period of domestic peace and stability. As result, there is no Sengoku period; science, technology, and education were more emphasized during this peacetime era.

See: Mongol invasions of Japan

Other PODs[]

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A holm divides a river, creating two stream routes.

Cherry, Plum, and Chrysanthemum is a "catch-all" timeline and contains many sub-timelines on it. Outside the main Point of Divergence, this timeline has many points of divergence, mostly minor and has limited impact or Butterfly Effect outside the boundary of its time and location. That kind of departure point is called on this timeline as a Holm, Germanic word for an islet in the middle of river, in an analogy that islet that only dividing the stream, but not creating another river from it.

Major Holms[]

  • 1283 – Burmese monks from the Conjeveram-Thaton school move from Bagan Kingdom to Assam in the north and convert Subinphaa of Ahom to Theravada Buddhism (see India).
  • 1814 – Napoleon I of the French Empire accepts the terms of surrender offered by the Sixth Coalition and abdicates thereafter, leaving the throne to be ascended by his infant son Napoleon II (see France).
  • 1818 – Frederick VI of Denmark is elected as the Crown Prince of Sweden (see Scandinavia).
  • 1844 – Henry Clay is elected President of the United States, defeating Democrat James K. Polk (see Jacksonian Democracy).
  • 1864 – The Confederate States of America seceding from the United States (see Confederate States and War of Southern Secession).
  • 1871 – Leopold of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen is elected and crowned as the King of Spain (see Spain under the Hohenzollerns).
  • 1912 – Theodore Roosevelt is elected to the third term as the President of the United States (see Theodore Roosevelt and United States presidential election, 1912).
  • 1921 – Joseph Stalin dies due to the complications from acute appendicitis (see Soviet Union).

Minor Holms[]

One or more minor holms usually being only an ornament in a larger, major holm. Its influences on my timeline ranged from very small to nothing, so it is not even diverging the history.

  • 1613 – Dmitry Troubetskoy is elected as the Tsar of Russia, albeit not hereditary. Russia is an elective monarchy from 1613 to 1661 (see Russian Empire).
  • 1776 – Benjamin Franklin is elected as the President of the Continental Congress (see Benjamin Franklin and American Revolution).
  • 1793 – Prince Augustus Frederick, son of King George III of Great Britain, is ordained priest of Church of England (see Augustus Frederick) (adopted from The Bishop Royal).
  • 1812 – Elbridge Gerry is elected fifth President of the United States (see Elbridge Gerry) (adopted from President Elbridge Gerry).
  • 1920 – C. B. Fry accepts the offer to the Albanian throne and is crowned as King Charles I of the Albanians (see Albania).

Editorial guidelines[]

Canon[]

Cherry, Plum, and Chrysanthemum is a semi-open timeline. Every contributing writers should considers first on the canonical development of existing timelines. Any article can be accepted by the reviewer as canonical in this timeline as long as it does not deviate or differ with the canon of Cherry, Plum, and Chrysanthemum and has good grammar and organized writing of narratives with soundly plausible scenario or story. What is considered to be a canon and what can change it can be discussed further with the owner-reviewer of this timeline as long as it can be accepted by the rationale of the owner-reviewer. It is also absolutely forbidden to create another POD before the major diverging event of the timeline (1282) which itself is considered as unmovable and unchangeable.

For further understanding of the idea of canon, proposals, and probability, please read first about QSS and QAA.

Proposals[]

Anyone who wishes to contribute to this timeline can put up a proposed article. However, to credit a writing rule from one of the most distinguished fellows of this community, JorgeGG, please create a proposal that relevant to this alternate timeline, or in his words: "Don't waste time explaining things that are the same in OTL." If a proposal is still lacking divergence or mainly consisting almost similar history to the real-life, then it should not be created at the first place.

To put up a proposed article, please copy the following template at the top of article: {{Proposal|timeline = Cherry, Plum, and Chrysanthemum}}

Publick Occurrences - News Headlines[]

For more information, see Publick Occurrences

February 11, 2023: Hans Modrow, former East German leader, dies aged 95: Flag of Germany (King of America) EAST BERLIN - Hans Modrow, the former Premier of East Germany who implemented reform-oriented policies in East Germany during the 1990s, has died. He was 95. Modrow presided the opening and liberalization of East Germany economy, turning the political course of Eastern Bloc countries. State funeral will be accorded to the late premier.

November 9, 2022: An earthquake hits northern India: Flag of India (CPC) NEW DELHI - An earthquake in northwestern Indian state of Nepal killed at least six villagers, four of whom were children, when the tremor damaged mud and brick dwellings in isolated Himalayan foothill towns. Residents of New Delhi, India's capital, to the southwest of earthquake epicentre were also jolted awake by the impact of the tremor. Indian President Arvind Kejriwal has offered condolences to bereaved families.

October 29, 2022: The United Arab Republic launched missile attacks across western Ethiopia: Flag of the United Arab Republic (CPC) CAIRO - Following the dispute on shared use of Nile river water after the opening of Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam in August 2022, UAR President Mohamed Morsi authorized missile attacks to western Ethiopia. Addis Ababa strongly condemned the attack as "a violation of Ethiopian sovereignty", appealing for a national resistance against the Ittihadi aggressive military movement. Military build-up from both sides have been concentrated around the Ittihadi-Ethiopian border since September 2022.

October 21, 2022: King Harald I resigned from the throne of Finland after 31 years of reign: Flag of Finland HELSINKI - After reigning for 31 years since 1991, King Harald I formally announced his abdication from the throne of Finland, citing his advanced age and declining health. The king is to be replaced by the heir apparent, his son Crown Prince Kaarle Magnus who is now declared as King Kaarle II. Harald had declared his intention to abdicate before the Parliament of Finland since 2021 in the follow up of two successive heart and hip replacement surgeries.

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Incorporated timelines[]

Below is listed several timelines and pages associated with such timelines which incorporated into Cherry, Plum, and Chrysanthemum. The timelines below are properly adopted following the adoption policy and considered appropriate to be merged into this timeline based on following reasonable justifications.

  1. The narratives of incorporated timelines are not changing the already canonical narrative of Cherry, Plum, and Chrysanthemum whether because they are outside the major points of divergence or they occupy the empty territory of scenario which not yet to be written down as a canon.
  2. The narratives of incorporated timelines are not changed by the already canonical narrative of Cherry, Plum, and Chrysanthemum in anyway whatsoever that diverging from the original intentions of their creators according to the principles of QSS and QAA.
  3. The incorporated timelines are not worked in for five years and more or created by the users who are banned permanently from this wiki, thus eliminating or minimizing conflicts of interest between the creator/old caretaker with me, the new caretaker.

Therefore, the following is the list of said timelines and the associated pages which are adopted, incorporated and expanded into the main narrative of Cherry, Plum, and Chrysanthemum:


This article is part of Cherry, Plum, and Chrysanthemum

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