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From:Carlos Thompson <carlos_thompson@...>
Date:Saturday, April 8, 2000, 3:54
After skimming the discution on how some other concultures fit in Ill
Bethisad I could be sure Zera is not Bethisad... but is still suitable for
some other cultures like Saalangals.

Well.  Zera is the same Earth we know, and a good proportion of the same
peoples.  If I stick to the ideas I've already developed here some points
that compares Zera with OTL Universe:

1) More people settled in "America" before the Great Meeting (the European
conquering/colonization as known in OTL or the European invasion as
Hangkerim people call it in Zera).

2) European history was almost the same as in OTL* before the Great Meeting.
I'm aware of the buterfly effect, but the buterfly effect needs a series of
conditions... I'm asuming no buterfly had trigger any radical change in
European history before the 16th century.  This way, a Genoan called
Columbus, leading three Castillian ships reached Bahamas 12th Octuber 1492
in both OTL and in Zera timeline.

3) At the Great Meeting, there were some big nations in "America".  Some of
those nations couldn't resist invation, some could... and most of those
which were invaded were not anihilated and could fought back (with different
degrees of success).  From this point European history begun to be
different: no big shipments of American gold, Spain loosing earlier its
power in Europe, while English becoming earlier world dominators...

So basically any conculture that could solve existing without changing too
much European history, and is away enough of Hangkerim (Colombia and
Venezuela), Mesoamerica, Mississippi Basin and Paraná/Rio de la Plata Basin
will surely fit in Zera.

* well, basically I need Christian Spaniards, Genoans, Portugesses,
Englishmen and Frenchmen, Dutch and Danes... in my sketches there are also
Germans (but no Germany), Austrians, Russians, Japanesses, Swedes...but
their interaction with Hangkerimians were very little.

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