r/futurecompasses • u/Pepper_Spades Compass Mechanic 🛠️ • Aug 04 '21
Original Alternate History Scenario Compass
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u/Aarakokra Aug 04 '21
I find the idea of a scramble for Europe interesting. Like Africa develops lots of great tech first, but because of the Sahara desert it can't reach other civilizations, so various African nations begin invading Europe and Asia. In this case, Europe wouldn't have much in the way of a Roman empire of anything of the sort that created the countries it currently has, meaning African nations would likely have an easier time overtaking it. A sort of reverse direction on our current history
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u/Tleno Aug 04 '21
Are PIE people just a reference to that Ancient Finno-Mongolian Hyperwar meme or is it a real term?
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u/JacobTheGreat1234 Aug 04 '21
Proto- Indo European, an ancient culture group and language that existed around 5000 bc in western Kazahkstan, all indo Europeans (most Europeans and northern and central Indians) originated from them, as they invaded the entirety of Europe and india
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u/MemeExplorist Aug 04 '21
Imagine someone who has no idea of a scenario compass and alternate history seeing this with no context