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What if the Aztec Empire survived?

Aztec Empire survived and ended with 0.3% of the world, up from 0.1%.

What if the Aztec Empire survived?: 1992

In 1492 Columbus is at sea and the Aztecs rule central Mexico. Here they get a golden age before anyone arrives. We started on the real borders of 1492 and let the world run for 500 years.

Its share of the world

  1. 1492: 0.1%
  2. 1502: 0.2%
  3. 1517: 0.2%
  4. 1542: 0.2%
  5. 1592: 0.2%
  6. 1642: 0.2%
  7. 1692: 0.2%
  8. 1792: 0.2%
  9. 1892: 0.2%
  10. 1992: 0.3%

Year by year

At its height, in 1893, it held 0.3% of the world.

The world in 1992

In 1992, Siberians ruled 12.9% of the Earth, ahead of Chagatai Khanate and Bantu peoples. 102 nations were left standing.

"Nobody saw that coming. I did, but I was not asked." Max, for the record

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More what-ifs from 1492

What if the Inca Empire survived?

More what-ifs from history

What if the Roman Empire never fell?What if the whole world declared war on Rome?What if Han China never fell?What if Alexander the Great had lived?What if Carthage had beaten Rome?What if the Abbasid Caliphate never fell?What if the Byzantine Empire never fell?What if the Tibetan Empire had kept growing?

Is this what would really happen?

No one can know. This is one run of a game engine that simulates every country on the real map: wars by temperament, armies from land and people, civil wars, golden ages. Same seed, same result, every time.

Can I try it myself?

Yes. Press Play this world: the same seed opens in your browser, free, and unfolds the same way until you change something.

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.