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Originally Posted by Randyman
Exactly my point. Any AH that includes "Africa as a sociopolitical powerhouse" has to warp and twist so hard that any result might as well be set on a terraformed Venus.
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If the Swahili coast culture had been able to spread inland, Africa would have had a much more important place in world history.
Still, think about the Gulf of Sidra. Change the geography of the gulf and stretch it south to the Sirir Tibasti area. Place a warm shallow arm of the sea deep into the Saharra. The trade links with Sub-Saharran Africa would be vastly better, and the cultural exchange far richer. Africa would be far more important in world history.
I still think high-yield crops getting to Africa earlier would be the easiest path to a powerful Africa in alternitive worlds.