(JOKE) Alternate History Timeline: Empires and Communes

Based on this game I played: http://abw.blue/zoom_en.php?id=140041

This is an alternate timeline which is... well, quite weird, and very much quite different from our own timeline. This dispatch outlines major events in this timeline, for which I have no better name than "Empires and Communes", as these two types of nations seem to proliferate in this alternate history.

Events in which Melicorium has direct involvement with are bolded.

~11000 BCE: The emergence of agriculture in the Indus River Valley Civilization. It is purported that the Indus peoples' deities taught them all the technology and methods needed for farming.
~3400 BCE: A Sumerian city sacrifices about 1,000 men during a severe drought.
1754 BCE: King Hammurabi of Babylon establishes the idea of controlled democracy in his code.
~770 BCE: The emergence of Greek democracy marks the beginning of a 300 year Pax Hellenica (Greek Peace).
753 BCE: Rome, which will be the future capital of the Hellenic world, is founded by Romulus and Remus.
400 BCE: Religious "Wars of Wheat" between Chinese and Indian civilizations ignite over control of the trade of wheat and wheat-based goods.
70 CE: Early Christians take up an armed revolt against the Roman Empire and vandalize Jerusalem. These events have become known as the Revolt of the Bread of Jesus.
732: Charles Martel repels the Umayyad Caliphate's invasion of Europe at the Battle of Tours.
800: Charlemagne is elected as the Carolingian Emperor by universal suffrage. It is purported that angels came to bless his inauguration.
870: The Vikings explore and colonize Iceland, Greenland, and the far east of North America.
979: Beginning of the Great Civilizing Crusades by the Carolingian Empire (Francia), which aims to bring Europe under its subjugation.
997: Francia covers all of mainland Western Europe by this time.
1000: Foundation of Vinland by Vikings in Newfoundland and the city of New Dublin by Vikings on Manhattan Island.
1066: Francia conquers England and Ireland, which become part of the Empire for about three centuries afterwards.
1077: The Vinnish begin a campaign of conquest of the lands beyond Newfoundland, which brings them into conflict with American Indians.
1088: A great library is constructed by the Franks in Rome.
1095: The efficiently organized Crusades repel the Seljuk Turks on their first try. The Kingdom of Jerusalem is established.
1133: The Arabian Peninsula is annexed by the Kingdom of Jerusalem with the assistance of Francia and the Papal States.
1150: The Khmer Empire (Cambodia) constructs Angkor Wat, a great temple as well as a library.
1154: An alliance of various American Indian tribes is formed in response to Vinnish expansionism.
1192: The Japanese monarchy is couped by scholars and shoguns. A Shogun-led democratic republic, the Great Japanese State, is established.
1193: Cambodia signs a peace treaty with the new Japanese republic.
1206: The Mongol Empire is formed and begins its expansion.
1210: Cambodia establishes The Great Exchange, aimed at introducing the world to Khmer culture.
1213: By this time, Vinland has conquered conchronic* Canada.
1215: Execution of the authors of the Magna Carta by the Frankish monarchy, who sees it as a threat to the current system of authoritarian democracy.
1219: A group of about 200 people from the island of Bohol, in the Philippine archipelago, grow tired of their social system, which emphasizes the importance of castes and the prioritization of one's family. Feeling the need to establish their own community where everyone cares for and has a commitment to each other equally, they set off to find a place far enough away from Bohol to establish their community.
1222: After three years of traveling throughout Southeast Asia and Australia, but finding that these places are already inhabited, the rouge Boholanos discover and land on an island that is today known as Dakong Pulo in Melicorian or Isla Grande in Spanish (both of which translate to "Large Island").
1271: Marco Polo begins his stay in Cambodia, gaining considerable knowledge at Angkor Wat.
1288: By this time, the Boholanos have explored and settled on the many other islands surrounding Dakong Pulo - the largest of which was named Pulo sa mga Ligong Memeng ("Island of the Swimming Cats", in reference to the large colonies of New Zealand sea lions inhabiting the island). They have multiplied exponentially as a result of their large families, and have separated into several different communities, each with their own government and lifestyles, but maintaining quite similar cultures.
1291: By this time, the Mongol Empire has dissolved.
1310: European powers set out to conquer Cambodia
1325: By this time, Vinland has conquered the conchronic western and central United States as well as Mexico, crushing Mesoamerican groups like the Aztecs.
1347: The Black Death is halted by intensive religious agriculture.
1350: Renaissance thinkers in the Papal States are put at the stake.
1351: Widespread peasant revolts occur throughout Francia and the Papal States, but are brutally put down.
1388: Construction of geoglyphs from Odin to Inti at Nazka, and the Pyramid to Thor at Tyothakkan.
1407: Writing of the Luminous History of the Khmer by an unknown author. The book becomes a popular source of enlightenment throughout the known world.
1424: The Tubigon (literally "place abounding in water") tribe in the northwest of Dakong Pulo have become the most powerful of the communities of the now-named Hilomong Kapulawan ("Secret (literally "quiet") Archipelago"), being the cultural and political center of the archipelago, sporting an efficient economy and trade system, and commanding a well-trained and disciplined army and navy. They are ruled by a powerful put democratically-elected datu (chief).
1438: By this time, Vinland has conquered conchronic Central America and western South America, crushing the emerging but strong Inca civilization.
1453: Constantinople becomes the cultural capital of the world.
1492: Christopher Columbus, making a voyage to find an oceanic route to India, discovers the Bahamas.
1498: Vasco de Gama opens an oceanic trade route to India.
1502: The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade begins in Frankish colonies in the Caribbean.
1517: The idea of Protestantism is created, which refutes the idea of ​​a peasant God. It becomes popular among the majority of people in Francia and the Papal States, which have grown weary of the oppression of their respective governances.
1517: The Catholic Church is overthrown by a universal wave of pro-Protestant demonstrations and revolts.
1520: Rome is burnt and vandalized. The former Pope, Leo X, is imprisoned by the new Protestant state in Italy, now known as Pastoral States.
1520: By this time, the Byzantine Empire has conquered Turkey and all of Central Asia. Later this year, Suleiman the Magnificent became Prime Minister of the newly formed Greco-Jerusalemite Republic (Byzantium), formed out of a political union between the Byzantine Empire and Jerusalem.
1522: Magellan's voyage, which set off in 1519, completes its circumnavigation of the Earth.
1588: The English defeat the Spanish Armada in a strategic victory.
1599: Shakespeare writes the play Indra, which is inspired by Khmer culture.
1607: The Vinnish pillage Jamestown, an attempted English colony in eastern North America.
1610: Grand Pastor Paul V canonizes Galileo for his scientific revelations pertaining to astronomy.
1612: The scientific method becomes widely adopted in Europe.
1615: England and Francia begin a campaign of colonization in North America, challenging the Vinnish.
1617: The Protestant Church incorporates logic into its official belief system.
1642: The English Civil War erupts between the Royalists and Parliamentarians.
1678: The English capture New Dublin from Vinland, and creates colonial territory extending throughout the eastern coast of North America.
1680: The Bible becomes the compilation of all scientific findings as of this time.
1683: By this time, Byzantium has extended to conchronic Somalia and India.
1684: Grand Pastor Innocent XI begins a program of reforming churches into schools.
1687: Isaac Newton is canonized by the Grand Pastor for his scientific revelations pertaining to physics and calculus. The Church begins a project to construct a vehicle that can shoot upward into outer space.
1700: The Ottoman Turks initiate a bloody revolt against Byzantium, eventually winning their independence.
1702: The Atomic Theory, whose author is to this day unknown, is written to explain the nature of matter.
1726: The Tubigon Chiefdom begins a campaign of conquest with the aim of unifying Hilomong Kapulawan.
1750: The Norwegian Matterhorn telescope discovers evidence of the Big Bang.
1773: Vinland signs a peace treaty with Britain, having Vinland send 50% of its share of raw materials to Britain in exchange for keeping their territorial integrity.
1773: Captain James Cook discovers Pulo sa mga Ligong Memeng during his second voyage, and names it Phoca Island (phoca is Latin for "seal").
1775: The American Revolutionary War begins, pitting American patriots against the British. The events inspire similar pro-republican movements in Europe.
1776: With the British having to fight a war on two fronts, the United States of America gains its independence.
1777: The British monarchy is overthrown, and the democratic Union of Britain is created.
1777: The Carolingian Empire is overthrown as well, and is replaced with the Frankish Federation.
1788: By this time, Britain, Francia, and Byzantium have colonized much of Southeast Asia and Oceania.
1789: Francia establishes the universal basic income, aiming to raise the wages of the poor.
1796: Humanity is suddenly making considerable progress in the medical sciences, purportedly with divine assistance from God. This becomes known as the "Miracle of Medicine".
1801: Every major city in Eurasia now has a Universal Medical Center. Infant mortality has fallen below 1 death per 1,000 births.
1803: Black slaves in Haiti revolt against their subjugation by Frankish colonists, willing to spread the "Wind of Freedom" across the world. A voodoo spirit allegedly ordered them to do this.
1804: Napoleon Bonaparte, president of Francia, wages war against Norway, the Pastoral States, and Byzantium in order to extend Frankish influence and liberal democracy in Europe.
1805: Haiti invades the United States and neighboring Frankish colonies to liberate slaves, but the campaign fails.
1806: Haitian forces support the Norwegian-Pastorial-Byzantine alliance against Francia in order to get revenge. Brittany is captured.
1807: Napoleon is pressured into abolishing slavery in Frankish colonies. However, he continues his aggression against the alliance.
1808: Napoleon claims possession to Austronesian islands discovered earlier by his British allies in the hopes of bolstering Frankish influence.
1810: Frankish colonies throughout Latin America take advantage of the lowered amount of colonial troops in their territory and begin to revolt against foreign rule.
1812: An alliance of many of Hilomong Kapulawan's communities, led by Tubigon, revolts against the Frankish occupation. The revolt is unsuccessful, and the archipelago is made into a Frankish colony.
1815: Napoleon loses for a final time against the European alliance and is exiled. However, Francia's gained possessions remain under its control.
1817: The young revolutionary Simon Bolivar proclaims the Greater Colombian Federation, which covers all of South America.
1821: Bogota, the capital of Colombia, opens the largest university in the world to date.
1821: Mexico gains its independence, but is struggling to financially and politically support itself.
1830: The electrocardiogram and modern psychiatry are invented.
1831: Mexico votes to be annexed into Colombia.
1836: The Frankish colonial authorities initiate a systematic ban of Kapulawanese culture and native economies, forcibly replacing them with Christianity and a mercantilist economy. Some natives take refuge in the central highlands of Dakong Pulo in order to escape persecution.
1848: Karl Marx's Communist Manifesto becomes widely popular throughout the world.
1849: Communist revolts in France and the Iberian Peninsula succeed. The Franco-Iberian Commune is established and secedes from Francia. Because of limited prison capacity, Francia sends many captured Franco-Iberian rebels, especially Spaniards, to Hilomong Kapulawan.
1853: The first prisoners of war in Hilomong Kapulawan are released by colonial authorities, and begin to live free lives with several government-sponsored benefits, including high minimum wage and low-cost education and healthcare. These freed Franco-Iberian prisoners become known as homblirados ("freed men"; a contraction of hombres liberados).
1854: Freed Spaniards living on Phoca Island adopt the native name of the island. A shortened, Hispanicized variant of the name, Melicoreino ("kingdom of the mengligo" (which by now is the native name for sea lions)), becomes widespread among Spanish-speakers.
1857: By this time, Britain has fully conquered the Indian subcontinent from Byzantium.
1859: Charles Darwin is canonized by Grand Pastor Pius IX for his biological discoveries, especially evolution and the genetic map of humanity. The evolution of species replaces Genesis in the Bible.
1861: Colombia and Haiti support the USA and freed American slaves against the rebel Confederate States of America and Vinland in the First Great American War.
1865: Colombia, Haiti, and the United States are victorious in the war. The United States has codified the abolishment of slavery into the Constitution, and it achieves its expansion to the Pacific Ocean by annexing Vinland's southernmost territories.
1868: The shogunate government in Japan is overthrown by the communist Japanese Proletarian Revolution. The Republic of Japan is established.
1871: Colombian-occupied Louisiana and Florida vote to join the Federation.
1872: Peaceful communist demonstrations in Britain occur. The Parliament now has a communist majority.
1878: Colombia adopts a progressive socialist regime.
1880: Francia, the Pastoral States, and Byzantium attempt to colonize Africa, but are repelled by the African natives with the support of Colombia and Haiti. The various African nations form the African Proletarian Alliance.
1881: The non-profit International Union for the Preservation of Human Cultures is founded in Francia.
1887: Widespread riots by Kapulawanese natives, with support from the IUPHC, occur in opposition to Frankish rule. This period becomes known as the Kapuyang Adlaw or Días Agotadores (Exhausting Days). Despite the proliferation of the demonstrations, they fail to achieve their goals as they are put down with military force. However, the demonstrations popularized the use of the name Melicoreino in reference to the entirety of Hilomong Kapulawan for reasons of brevity - so much so that it eventually became the most common name for the archipelago among both natives and homblirados.
1893: Demonstrations for the right to female suffrage occur in New Zealand.
1898: Francia gives Melicorian authorities some autonomy over self-rule, declaring Melicorium to be nominally, but not legally, independent from it. The new government of the State of Melicorium, led by Alejandro Rodriguez, greatly extends the anti-Kapulawanese cultural campaign. They also shut down local businesses and confiscate property, regardless of the background of their owners, in order to supplant them with government-sponsored colonies from the Frankish mainland. Their stated intent was to "help support all-benefiting Frankish national projects for the greater good". The colonial government becomes infamous among both native Melicorians and homblirados for its staunch corruption and police brutality.
1902: France-Iberia implements a system of social security for all of its citizens.
1903: The Holy Satellites, which send religious radio signals around the world, are launched by the Pastoral space agency.
1905: Japan repels a Russian invasion in the Russo-Japanese War.
1914: The African Proletarian Alliance forms into a single united nation, the African Union.
1917: The Russian monarchy is overthrown and is replaced by a republic, which is then couped by communists. This has become known as the Russian Revolution.
1918: The Spanish Flu is eradicated by advanced medical technology before it spreads outside of Franco-Iberia.
1920: Adolf Hitler founds the German National Communist Party, which advocates for greater national autonomy as well as communism.
1922: The Pastoral space program initiates a mission to colonize Mars.
1927: The Chinese Civil War erupts between the Nationalists and Communists.
1929: The Black Thursday Economic Crash plunges the world into the Great Depression, which devastates the global, but especially the American economy.
1939: The Soviet Union invades Eastern Europe, challenging Francia and igniting the Great War. It eventually pits socialist and communist nations like the Soviet Union, Britain, Franco-Iberia, Colombia, Africa, and Japan, and liberal democratic and imperial powers like Francia, the Pastoral States, Byzantium, Vinland, the United States, and Haiti, against each other.
1940: Taking advantage of Francia's situation, a general armed rebellion, now known as the Melicorian Revolution, begins against the colonial government. The Melicorian National Armed Forces and rebel groups receive financial and military support from Colombia, the Soviet Union, and communist insurgents in Francia. The two most prominent groups involved in the revolution are the radical leftist Melicorian People's Party and the conservative Alliance for National Liberty.
1945: A ceasefire agreement is created, putting an end to the Great War. The terms are that Britain, Francia, and Byzantium have to grant independence to their colonies in Asia and Oceania, and that all territory conquered by either side during the conflict shall be incorporated into the main occupiers' territory. The United Nations is also formed to meditate any future conflict between nations.
1946: After temporary rule by an interim government following total Melicorian independence, the Democratic Republic of Melicorium is proclaimed.
1948: Colombia and Russia support communist movements in China and the newly independent colonies, becoming known as the Proletarian Spring.
1948: The United States implements staunch anti-communist policies, angering Colombia and prompting it to invade. This causes the Second Great American War between Colombia and the American-Vinnish alliance.
1949: The United States and Vinland are overwhelmed by the vast Colombian forces. The US is annexed into Colombia.
1952: India exceeds a billion inhabitants and acquires the atomic bomb. It is on its way to becoming a world power.
1953: Highly advanced contraceptive devices are invented.
1955: By this time, several conflicts in Southeast Asia and Oceania have been fought as part of the Proletarian Spring, which has succeeded in China, Korea, and Vietnam. Cambodia's Angkor Wat has unfortunately been destroyed by the war. India is the post-conflict mediator, imposing lasting peace in the region.
1955: Colombia signs a lasting peace treaty with the Soviet Union.
1957: The Soviet Union, inspired by the Pastoral space program, initiates the conquest of the solar system by launching Sputnik.
1958: Indian engineers invent the microchip and electronic computing.
1959: The Soviet Union, Colombia, Francia, Byzantium, and India begin building the International Space Station.
1967: By this time, India holds 40% of the global GDP.
1970: The Soviet Union begins the construction of Lunagrad, a tourist and industrial city on the Moon.
1981: The Pastoral States and the Soviet Union being terraforming Mars.
1983: India begins mining asteroids in the Asteroid Belt for minerals.
1987: The United Nations implements a policy in which every person living in its member states has sponsored social security for life.
1990: Johannesburg hosts the first United Nations International Peace Summit.
1992: The Pastoral States launches St. John, an agricultural space station revolving around the sun indented to increase global feeding efficiency.
1993: The Soviet Union establishes a colony on Europa named Nadeyatsya.
1999: The Pastoral States launches Flumen, the first faster-than-light spacecraft in history.
2001: For the first time in history, over 99% Colombia's Congress belongs to the Communist Party.
2001: The Islamic fundamentalist group Al Qaeda, based in and opposed to Byzantium, destroys the towers of the Karl Marx Center in New York. As a result, Colombia promptly invaded Byzantium, and since then, a global coalition has been formed to fight Islamic extremism throughout the world.
2020: For reasons yet unknown to science, four Melicorian astronauts of the Japanese space program accidentally discover teleportation into other universes by using a faster-than-light spacecraft. Melicorium promptly joins the Coalition of the South Pacific, headquartered on an extrauniversal planet known as Pacifica.

*A word I made up to describe something from our timeline. Like concurrent applies to something only from the present day, conchronic applies to something only from our timeline.

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