Well that garnered rather more attention than I expected! As you might gather from the detail of the maps, these were produced as part of a long running Shared Worlds forum game in which I turned Leichtenstein into a world power, complete with an overseas Empire in the Pacific Northwest and a...
The problem with this challenge is logistics and economics. The bulk of Anglo-Irish trade in this era was from London and the South East , going via the welsh ports to Dublin and cork. This means that the technically easier routes via Scotland would actually do little to cut time off the trip...
Ah. Darn. I assumed it was a more conventional concrete gravity dam. Serves me right I suppose. Well played fine sir. I suppose this could well be done , but it would need far more explosives than I reckoned on.
I think this author was working on pretty poor logic. The Galliard cut is massive , even a well packed freighter would have little chance of doing permanent damage. I mean , what's the worse that happens? A small section of the bank falls in , or causes a landslide. Those sorts of things happen...
It could theoretically work , but there are several reasons why it is unlikely. Aside from getting searched before entering , any vessel entering the locks would be under a pilot or mechanical hauliers. This would hinder any attempt to get especially close to the gates themselves. This is...
My Advice? Dont target the Canal. It would actually be easier just to treat it as a strateigic bottleneck and target vessels leaving or entering it
If you REALLY must disable it a full frontal assault is difficult. In both world wars there were major efforts to safeguard the canal from both...
Oh yes. In the planetary science community Mars is sometimes referred to (Jokingly) as "Antarctica without air". Even the relatively benign conditions found there (marginal temperatures , air pressure and gravity) , Human colonisation is going to be extremely difficult. At the same time it has...
Discussions like this are why I love this Forum.
A question for the experts here. Ive heard much about the possible transmittal of Buddhism and other South Asian philosophies to the West. Was Greco-Bactria in communication with the rest of the Hellenistic world at this time? My impression was...
As a amateur historian of Antarctic studies , Id say this one is a dead end in most scenarios. Lets go through this one at a time.
Lets start with energy. Various options have been explored here ranging from Stirling engines to coal powered generators. Regardless of their efficiency given 70s...
Though parts of the Congo are extremely deep the river in its entirety is very difficult to navigate. North of Boma (Where the river meets the Atlantic) the Livingstone Falls and associated rapids make more than 200 miles of the course completely unnavigable , and it is not until one reaches the...
Short Awnser: No.
Long Awnser: Definately not.
There are two sides to this , the variable pattern of slave trading (particularly the different requirements of the carribean and North America) and demographics.
The plantations of the Caribbean were , unlike the South , always primarily...
Be wary. I get the impression the name of Ro has changed many times depending on who was occupying/ruling/winning at the time. Out of curiosity what is the actual history of the Island? I spent some time on Castelorizo during the summer , and having visted the museum there I got the impression...