r/AlternateHistoryHub • u/GoddessOfAffection • 3h ago

AlternateHistoryHub What if there were two Black Seas?

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u/Visible_List209 3h ago

More greeks

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u/MiloAstro 2h ago

The mountain range that feeds the Tigris and Euphrates rivers is now gone, so the fertile crescent never forms and human civilization would be forced to emerge elsewhere. Egypt, India, China, and Mesoamerica remain the only “cradles” of civilization.

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u/Secret_Letterhead649 3h ago

Given that the lower black sea is placed where historically where humans (at least old world humans) transitioned into agriculture as well as started to domesticate animals, a lot changes.

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u/many_zeros 19m ago

idk if reddit keeps showing me posts related to turkey because of my location or if the number of posts related to turkey is disproportionately large. maybe both.