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| | |  Belisarius series: Encyclopedia II - Alternative history fiction - History of alternate history fiction
Alternative history fiction - Antiquity.
The earliest example of alternative history appears to be Book IX, sections 17-19, of Livy's History of Rome from Its Foundation. He contemplates the possibility of Alexander the Great expanding his father's empire westward instead of eastward and attacking Rome in the 4th century BC.
Alternative history fiction - 19th century.
The earliest alternative history published as a complete work, rather than an aside or digression in a l ...
See also:Alternative history fiction, Alternative history fiction - History of alternate history fiction, Alternative history fiction - Antiquity, Alternative history fiction - 19th century, Alternative history fiction - Early 20th century, Alternative history fiction - Cross-time stories, Alternative history fiction - Introducing the paratime patrol, Alternative history fiction - Development of more sophisticated framings, Alternative history fiction - The Connecticut Yankee wins at last!, Alternative history fiction - Major U.S. writers explore alternate histories, Alternative history fiction - Contemporary alternate history in popular literature including the s-f genre, Alternative history fiction - Alternate history in the contemporary fantasy genre, Alternative history fiction - Elements of Alternate History, Alternative history fiction - The boundaries of alternative history, Alternative history fiction - Alternative history in other media, Alternative history fiction - Points of divergence, Alternative history fiction - Counterfactual and virtual history, Alternative history fiction - Sidewise Award for Alternate History, Alternative history fiction - Published alternative histories, Alternative history fiction - Online alternative histories Read more here: » Alternative history fiction: Encyclopedia II - Alternative history fiction - History of alternate history fiction |
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| | | | Belisarius series: Encyclopedia II - Belisarius - Belisarius in fiction Belisarius was featured in several works of art before the 20th century. The oldest of them is the historical treatise by his very own secretary, Procopius, the Anecdota, commonly referred to as the Arcana Historia or Secret History, it is an extended attack on Belisarius and Antonia, indicting him as a love-blind fool and his wife as unfaithful and duplicitous. Later works include the 17th century poem by Friedrich de la Motte Fouque, Beliar, the John Oldmixon drama The life and history of Belisarius, who conq ...
See also:Belisarius, Belisarius - Early life and career, Belisarius - Campaigns against the Vandals, Belisarius - Campaigns against the Ostrogoths, Belisarius - His later life and campaigns, Belisarius - The legend of Belisarius as a blind beggar, Belisarius - Belisarius in fiction, Belisarius - Named after him Read more here: » Belisarius: Encyclopedia II - Belisarius - Belisarius in fiction |
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| | | | Belisarius series: Encyclopedia II - Alternative history fiction - Alternative history in other media Several films have been made that exploit the concepts of alternative history, most notably Kevin Brownlow's It Happened Here. Another such film is 2009 Lost Memories, a Korean film supposing that Hirobumi Ito was not assassinated by An Jung-geun in Harbin, China, in 1909.
Many movies about alternate pasts, however, focus on individuals rather than historical events and some students of AH would say these are not alternate histories (e.g., Frank Capra’s It's a Wonderful Life, and more recently the films < ...
See also:Alternative history fiction, Alternative history fiction - History of alternate history fiction, Alternative history fiction - Antiquity, Alternative history fiction - 19th century, Alternative history fiction - Early 20th century, Alternative history fiction - Cross-time stories, Alternative history fiction - Introducing the paratime patrol, Alternative history fiction - Development of more sophisticated framings, Alternative history fiction - The Connecticut Yankee wins at last!, Alternative history fiction - Major U.S. writers explore alternate histories, Alternative history fiction - Contemporary alternate history in popular literature including the s-f genre, Alternative history fiction - Alternate history in the contemporary fantasy genre, Alternative history fiction - Elements of Alternate History, Alternative history fiction - The boundaries of alternative history, Alternative history fiction - Alternative history in other media, Alternative history fiction - Points of divergence, Alternative history fiction - Counterfactual and virtual history, Alternative history fiction - Sidewise Award for Alternate History, Alternative history fiction - Published alternative histories, Alternative history fiction - Online alternative histories Read more here: » Alternative history fiction: Encyclopedia II - Alternative history fiction - Alternative history in other media |
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| | | | Belisarius series: Encyclopedia II - Alternative history fiction - Elements of Alternate History There are certain elements which are common to all alternate histories, whether they deal with history on the micro-level (personal alternate histories) or the macro-level (world-changing events). These elements include
A point of change from the history of our world prior to the time at which the author is writing
A change which would alter history as it is known
An examination of the ramifications of that change
Alternate histories do not
Need to be set in the past
Need to show the point of divergence
Need to ...
See also:Alternative history fiction, Alternative history fiction - History of alternate history fiction, Alternative history fiction - Antiquity, Alternative history fiction - 19th century, Alternative history fiction - Early 20th century, Alternative history fiction - Cross-time stories, Alternative history fiction - Introducing the paratime patrol, Alternative history fiction - Development of more sophisticated framings, Alternative history fiction - The Connecticut Yankee wins at last!, Alternative history fiction - Major U.S. writers explore alternate histories, Alternative history fiction - Contemporary alternate history in popular literature including the s-f genre, Alternative history fiction - Alternate history in the contemporary fantasy genre, Alternative history fiction - Elements of Alternate History, Alternative history fiction - The boundaries of alternative history, Alternative history fiction - Alternative history in other media, Alternative history fiction - Points of divergence, Alternative history fiction - Counterfactual and virtual history, Alternative history fiction - Sidewise Award for Alternate History, Alternative history fiction - Published alternative histories, Alternative history fiction - Online alternative histories Read more here: » Alternative history fiction: Encyclopedia II - Alternative history fiction - Elements of Alternate History |
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| | | | Belisarius series: Encyclopedia II - Alternative history fiction - The boundaries of alternative history This leads to readers encountering stories which read as though they were alternate history, but which are not. An example would be Robert A. Heinlein's The Man Who Sold the Moon. Written in the 1940s, it posits that the first moon launch is run by a private organization rather than a government agency in the 1960s. New readers encountering the book may well presume that this is alternative history since it is clearly a counter-factual depiction of the first moon launch, now almost 40 years in the past. However, when written ...
See also:Alternative history fiction, Alternative history fiction - History of alternate history fiction, Alternative history fiction - Antiquity, Alternative history fiction - 19th century, Alternative history fiction - Early 20th century, Alternative history fiction - Cross-time stories, Alternative history fiction - Introducing the paratime patrol, Alternative history fiction - Development of more sophisticated framings, Alternative history fiction - The Connecticut Yankee wins at last!, Alternative history fiction - Major U.S. writers explore alternate histories, Alternative history fiction - Contemporary alternate history in popular literature including the s-f genre, Alternative history fiction - Alternate history in the contemporary fantasy genre, Alternative history fiction - Elements of Alternate History, Alternative history fiction - The boundaries of alternative history, Alternative history fiction - Alternative history in other media, Alternative history fiction - Points of divergence, Alternative history fiction - Counterfactual and virtual history, Alternative history fiction - Sidewise Award for Alternate History, Alternative history fiction - Published alternative histories, Alternative history fiction - Online alternative histories Read more here: » Alternative history fiction: Encyclopedia II - Alternative history fiction - The boundaries of alternative history |
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| | | | Belisarius series: Encyclopedia II - Alternative history fiction - Online alternative histories soc.history.what-if is a Usenet newsgroup devoted to discussing alternative histories. This newsgroup has spawned a number of interesting alternative timelines, including an online role playing game which has run continuously since 2000 called SHWI-ISOT with a POD in 1800 and in which the characters are based on the players being sent from the 21st century back to an alternate early 19th Century, where they have started altering history. Th ...
See also:Alternative history fiction, Alternative history fiction - History of alternate history fiction, Alternative history fiction - Antiquity, Alternative history fiction - 19th century, Alternative history fiction - Early 20th century, Alternative history fiction - Cross-time stories, Alternative history fiction - Introducing the paratime patrol, Alternative history fiction - Development of more sophisticated framings, Alternative history fiction - The Connecticut Yankee wins at last!, Alternative history fiction - Major U.S. writers explore alternate histories, Alternative history fiction - Contemporary alternate history in popular literature including the s-f genre, Alternative history fiction - Alternate history in the contemporary fantasy genre, Alternative history fiction - Elements of Alternate History, Alternative history fiction - The boundaries of alternative history, Alternative history fiction - Alternative history in other media, Alternative history fiction - Points of divergence, Alternative history fiction - Counterfactual and virtual history, Alternative history fiction - Sidewise Award for Alternate History, Alternative history fiction - Published alternative histories, Alternative history fiction - Online alternative histories Read more here: » Alternative history fiction: Encyclopedia II - Alternative history fiction - Online alternative histories |
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| | | | Belisarius series: Encyclopedia II - Alternative history fiction - Alternative history in other media Several films have been made that exploit the concepts of alternative history, most notably Kevin Brownlow's It Happened Here. Another such film is 2009 Lost Memories, a Korean film supposing that Hirobumi Ito was not assassinated by An Jung-geun in Harbin, China, in 1909.
A few movies about alternate pasts, however, focus on individuals rather than historical events and some students of AH would say these are not alternate histories (e.g., Frank Capra’s It's a Wonderful Life, and more recently the films ...
See also:Alternative history fiction, Alternative history fiction - History of alternate history fiction, Alternative history fiction - Antiquity, Alternative history fiction - 19th century, Alternative history fiction - Early 20th century, Alternative history fiction - Cross-time stories, Alternative history fiction - Introducing the paratime patrol, Alternative history fiction - Development of more sophisticated framings, Alternative history fiction - The Connecticut Yankee wins at last!, Alternative history fiction - Major U.S. writers explore alternate histories, Alternative history fiction - Contemporary alternate history in popular literature including the s-f genre, Alternative history fiction - Alternate history in the contemporary fantasy genre, Alternative history fiction - Elements of Alternate History, Alternative history fiction - The boundaries of alternative history, Alternative history fiction - Alternative history in other media, Alternative history fiction - Points of divergence, Alternative history fiction - Counterfactual and virtual history, Alternative history fiction - Sidewise Award for Alternate History, Alternative history fiction - Published alternative histories, Alternative history fiction - Online alternative histories Read more here: » Alternative history fiction: Encyclopedia II - Alternative history fiction - Alternative history in other media |
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| | | | Belisarius series: Encyclopedia II - Alternative history fiction - Counterfactual and virtual history See main articles: historical revisionism, virtual history
Historians also speculate in this manner; this type of speculation is known commonly as "counterfactual history" or "virtual history". There is considerable debate within the community of historians about the validity and purpose of this type of speculation.
For alternative histories which some assert to be factual rather than speculative, see conspiracy theory and historical revisionism.
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See also:Alternative history fiction, Alternative history fiction - History of alternate history fiction, Alternative history fiction - Antiquity, Alternative history fiction - 19th century, Alternative history fiction - Early 20th century, Alternative history fiction - Cross-time stories, Alternative history fiction - Introducing the paratime patrol, Alternative history fiction - Development of more sophisticated framings, Alternative history fiction - The Connecticut Yankee wins at last!, Alternative history fiction - Major U.S. writers explore alternate histories, Alternative history fiction - Contemporary alternate history in popular literature including the s-f genre, Alternative history fiction - Alternate history in the contemporary fantasy genre, Alternative history fiction - Elements of Alternate History, Alternative history fiction - The boundaries of alternative history, Alternative history fiction - Alternative history in other media, Alternative history fiction - Points of divergence, Alternative history fiction - Counterfactual and virtual history, Alternative history fiction - Sidewise Award for Alternate History, Alternative history fiction - Published alternative histories, Alternative history fiction - Online alternative histories Read more here: » Alternative history fiction: Encyclopedia II - Alternative history fiction - Counterfactual and virtual history |
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| | | | Belisarius series: Encyclopedia II - Malwa - Culture The culture of Malwa has been significantly influenced by Gujarati and Rajasthani culture, because of their geographic proximity. Marathi influence is also visible, because Malwa was the recent rule by the Marathas. The main language of Malwa is Malvi, although Hindi is widely spoken in the cities. This Indo-European language is subclassified as Indo-Aryan. The language is sometimes referred to as Malavi or Ujjaini. Malvi is part of the Rajasthani branch of languages; Nimadi is spoken in the Nimar region of Madhya Pradesh and i ...
See also:Malwa, Malwa - History, Malwa - Geography, Malwa - Demographics, Malwa - Economy, Malwa - Culture, Malwa - Tourism, Malwa - Notes Read more here: » Malwa: Encyclopedia II - Malwa - Culture |
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| | | | Belisarius series: Encyclopedia II - Belisarius - His later life and campaigns The retirement of Belisarius came to an end in 559, when an army of Slavs and Bulgars crossed the Danube River to invade Byzantine territory for the first time and threatened Constantinople itself. Justinian recalled Belisarius to command the Byzantine army against the Bulgar invasion. In his last, successful, campaign, Belisarius defeated the Bulgars and drove them back across the river.
In 562, Belisarius stood trial in Constantinople on a charge of corruption. The charge was likely trumped-up, and modern research suggests that his ...
See also:Belisarius, Belisarius - Early life and career, Belisarius - Campaigns against the Vandals, Belisarius - Campaigns against the Ostrogoths, Belisarius - His later life and campaigns, Belisarius - The legend of Belisarius as a blind beggar, Belisarius - Belisarius in fiction, Belisarius - Named after him Read more here: » Belisarius: Encyclopedia II - Belisarius - His later life and campaigns |
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| | | | Belisarius series: Encyclopedia II - Belisarius - Campaigns against the Ostrogoths Justinian now resolved to restore as much of the Western Roman Empire as he could. In 535, he commissioned Belisarius to attack the Ostrogoths. Again, he chose well, as Belisarius quickly captured Sicily and then crossed into Italy proper, where he captured Naples and Rome in 536. The following year, he successfully defended Rome against the Goths and moved north to take Mediolanum (Milan) and the Ostrogoth capital of Ravenna in 540, where the Goth king Witiges was captured. Shortly prior to the taking of Ravenna, the Ostrogoths offered to m ...
See also:Belisarius, Belisarius - Early life and career, Belisarius - Campaigns against the Vandals, Belisarius - Campaigns against the Ostrogoths, Belisarius - His later life and campaigns, Belisarius - The legend of Belisarius as a blind beggar, Belisarius - Belisarius in fiction, Belisarius - Named after him Read more here: » Belisarius: Encyclopedia II - Belisarius - Campaigns against the Ostrogoths |
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| | | | Belisarius series: Encyclopedia II - Belisarius - Campaigns against the Vandals For his efforts, Belisarius was rewarded by Justinian with the command of a great land and sea expedition against the kingdom of the Vandals, mounted in 533-534. The Byzantines had both political, religious, and strategic reasons for mounting such a campaign. The pro-Byzantine Vandal king Hilderic had been deposed and murdered by the usurper Gelimer, giving Justinian a legal pretext for mounting an expedition. Furthermore, the Arian Vandals had periodically persecuted the Chalcedonian Christians within their kingdom, many of whom made their ...
See also:Belisarius, Belisarius - Early life and career, Belisarius - Campaigns against the Vandals, Belisarius - Campaigns against the Ostrogoths, Belisarius - His later life and campaigns, Belisarius - The legend of Belisarius as a blind beggar, Belisarius - Belisarius in fiction, Belisarius - Named after him Read more here: » Belisarius: Encyclopedia II - Belisarius - Campaigns against the Vandals |
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| | | | Belisarius series: Encyclopedia II - Belisarius - The legend of Belisarius as a blind beggar According to a story that gained popularity during the Middle Ages, Justinian is said to have ordered Belisarius' eyes to be put out, and reduced him to the status of homeless beggar condemned to asking passers-by to "give an obolus to Belisarius" (date obolum Belisario), before pardoning him. Most modern scholars believe the story to be apocryphal, though Philip Henry Stanhope, 5th Earl of Stanhope, a 19th century British philologist who wrote Life of Belisarius--the only exhaustive biography of the great general--believed the ...
See also:Belisarius, Belisarius - Early life and career, Belisarius - Campaigns against the Vandals, Belisarius - Campaigns against the Ostrogoths, Belisarius - His later life and campaigns, Belisarius - The legend of Belisarius as a blind beggar, Belisarius - Belisarius in fiction, Belisarius - Named after him Read more here: » Belisarius: Encyclopedia II - Belisarius - The legend of Belisarius as a blind beggar |
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| | | | Belisarius series: Encyclopedia II - Belisarius - Early life and career Belisarius was probably born in Germane or Germania, a city that once stood on the site of present day Sapareva Banya in south-west Bulgaria. Some suggest that he was of Romanized Slavic ancestry, on the grounds that his name is somewhat similar to the Slavic "Beli Tsar" ("White Prince"), but most contemporary historians disregard this theory as the word tsar was first used in the 10th century, well after Belisarius' death.
He became a Byzantine soldier as a young man, serving in the bodyguard of the Emperor Justin I. Fo ...
See also:Belisarius, Belisarius - Early life and career, Belisarius - Campaigns against the Vandals, Belisarius - Campaigns against the Ostrogoths, Belisarius - His later life and campaigns, Belisarius - The legend of Belisarius as a blind beggar, Belisarius - Belisarius in fiction, Belisarius - Named after him Read more here: » Belisarius: Encyclopedia II - Belisarius - Early life and career |
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| | | | Belisarius series: Encyclopedia II - Malwa - Economy The region is one of the world's major opium producers. It was this crop that resulted in close connections between the economies of Malwa, the western Indian ports and China, bringing international capitalism to the region in the 18th and 19th centuries. Malwa opium was a challenge to the monopoly of the East India Company, which was supplying Bengal opium to China. This led the British company to impose many restrictions on the production and trade of the drug; eventually, opium trading was pushed underground. When smuggling became rife, t ...
See also:Malwa, Malwa - History, Malwa - Geography, Malwa - Demographics, Malwa - Economy, Malwa - Culture, Malwa - Tourism, Malwa - Notes Read more here: » Malwa: Encyclopedia II - Malwa - Economy |
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