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What if history went differently?
Rome that never fell, Mongols who never stopped, a Napoleon who won. Each one is a real run of the game on the real borders of its age. Open any of them and play it yourself.
What if Alexander the Great had lived?323 BC · Empire of Alexander survived and ended with 7.4% of the world, up from 5.5%.What if Carthage had beaten Rome?323 BC · Carthaginian Empire survived, holding 1.1% of the world, about where it started.What if the Roman Empire never fell?1 · Roman Empire survived and ended with 8.3% of the world, up from 6.2%.What if the whole world declared war on Rome?1 · Roman Empire survived and ended with 10.2% of the world, up from 6.2%.What if Han China never fell?1 · Han Empire survived and ended with 5.9% of the world, up from 4.2%.What if the Abbasid Caliphate never fell?800 · Abbasid Caliphate survived, holding 5.9% of the world, about where it started.What if the Byzantine Empire never fell?800 · Byzantine Empire survived, just: 0.5% of the world, down from 0.6%.What if the Tibetan Empire had kept growing?800 · Tibetan Empire survived, just: 2.7% of the world, down from 3.2%.What if the Mongols conquered the whole world?1279 · Mongol Empire survived and ended with 27.4% of the world, up from 21.2%.What if the whole world united against the Mongols?1279 · Mongol Empire survived, holding 22.1% of the world, about where it started.What if the Aztec Empire survived?1492 · Aztec Empire survived and ended with 0.3% of the world, up from 0.1%.What if the Inca Empire survived?1492 · Inca Empire survived and ended with 1.2% of the world, up from 0.6%.What if the Ottoman Empire never fell?1600 · Ottoman Empire survived, holding 7.5% of the world, about where it started.What if Ming China ruled the world?1600 · Ming China survived and ended with 5.8% of the world, up from 4.4%.What if the Mughal Empire never fell?1600 · Mughal Empire survived and ended with 1.6% of the world, up from 1%.What if Napoleon had won?1800 · France survived and ended with 5.1% of the world, up from 3.6%.What if Qing China had stayed on top?1800 · Qing Empire survived, holding 9.2% of the world, about where it started.What if the Russian Empire never fell?1914 · Russian Empire survived, holding 23.9% of the world, about where it started.What if Austria-Hungary survived?1914 · Austro-Hungarian Empire survived, just: 0.2% of the world, down from 0.5%.What if the British Empire never ended?1914 · British Empire survived and ended with 12% of the world, up from 8.3%.What if the Soviet Union never collapsed?1960 · Soviet Union survived, just: 15.3% of the world, down from 22.8%.What if Yugoslavia never broke up?1960 · Yugoslavia survived and ended with 0.3% of the world, up from 0.2%.
Every page is a real run of the Play God on Earth engine (deterministic: same seed, same result). Historical facts are not implied; this is a game. Historical borders: historical-basemaps by Andre Ourednik.