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Lands of Red and Gold

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Lands of Red and Gold	comment	Lands of Red and Gold (LORAG) is an ongoing work of Alternate History by Jared of AlternateHistory.com (previously the author of the Decades of Darkness).The premise behind Lands of Red and Gold is that the serendipitous mutation of a native Australian plant during the Neolithic enabled the development of agricultural and later urban civilizations on the Australian landmass, similar to those in ancient China, the Middle East and Mesoamerica.The timeline starts several millennia ago, when a tribe of Australian aborigines begin to domesticate a local crop called the red yam (Dioscorea chelidonius) in the Murray River basin. This results in the development of a sedentary culture based on irrigated agriculture and the raising of waterfowl. Gradually, the knowledge of agriculture spreads to neighboring tribes, and by 2500 BCE an urban civilization emerges, complete with cities, complex social structures, and centralized political rule.Over the following millennia this civilization waxes and wanes, evolves into newer forms, generates offshoots, and generally turns Australia into a very different place from the one we know. The first contact with European explorers takes place in 1618, and from that moment world history is going to take a different course.You can find the TL here and here (in two parts) and also on the AH.com wiki (complete with a handy chapter guide and additional factoid subpages). You can also download it in Word or RTF format from Jared's website (LORAG section). See also Lands of Fire, which has a similar name and also deals with Australian Aboriginal cultures.
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Lands of Red and Gold / int_1480f8fe	comment	Scary Amoral Religion: In-universe, this is frequent reaction of the Dutch and other European nations to some aspects and rituals of the Atjuntja empire's state religion. Subverted in that, while the religion's rituals require the occassional human torture and human sacrifice (in order to renew balance between pleasure and pain in the world, from the natives' point of view), this happens quite rarely and the people sacrificed to death by torture are actually Atjuntja nobles.
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Lands of Red and Gold / int_2919486a	type	The Conqueror
Lands of Red and Gold / int_2919486a	comment	The Conqueror: Several of the native rulers and dynasties prior to contact with the outside world, especially the founder of the Yadji dynasty and empire in the 13th century AD. In a reversal that occurs about four centuries later, Pieter Nuyts, the historical Dutch explorer and diplomat, tries to pull the exact same thing on the Yadji. He fails miserably and is forced into exile with the Gunnagal. However, the victory of the Yadji over the Dutch has merely prolonged the survival of their empire.
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Lands of Red and Gold / int_2bf1fd90	type	Proud Merchant Race
Lands of Red and Gold / int_2bf1fd90	comment	Proud Merchant Race: The native Nangu or "Islanders" from what we know as Kangaroo Island, become a whole nation of prosperous coastal sea traders once more advanced sailing and ship-building techniques are introduced to native Australians (thanks to increasing contact of the continent's east coast with MÄ�ori sailors from New Zealand). Also, in the later chapters, a European example occurs in the form of the Dutch explorers and merchants who set foot in Australia/Aururia. Humourously, both the Nangu and the Dutch seem to recognise a certain commonality of purpose, despite their different cultures.
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Lands of Red and Gold / int_2d768e2d	type	Succession Crisis
Lands of Red and Gold / int_2d768e2d	comment	Succession Crisis: A civil war among the Yadji gives Pieter Nyuts what he sees as an opportunity to invade.
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Lands of Red and Gold / int_39441318	type	Horny Vikings
Lands of Red and Gold / int_39441318	comment	Horny Vikings: The MÄ�ori in alt-New Zealand go through a long period of overseas raiding, looting, pillaging, and colonisation. Much like Vikings of the southern hemisphere, though with bonus ceremonial cannibalism. They even call these raiders Pakanga.
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Lands of Red and Gold / int_4482e1ef	type	Divided States of America
Lands of Red and Gold / int_4482e1ef	comment	Divided States of America: One of the most interesting changes in this timeline outside of Australia is that due to a variety of factors all linked directly or indirectly to the presence of the Aururian civilizations, the English colonization of mainland North America is slowed such that rival powers such as the Dutch, French and Swedes are never displaced, and the United States and Canada never come into being.
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Lands of Red and Gold / int_52388345	type	Elective Monarchy
Lands of Red and Gold / int_52388345	comment	Elective Monarchy: Many of the native Aururian states (such as the Atjuntja, Gutjunal and Daluming) have elected kings or emperors, chosen by the leading aristocrats or priests. In most cases these "elections" are nominal to confirm the previous monarch's chosen successor, but sometimes the electors' choice matters.
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Lands of Red and Gold / int_5c300c3b	type	The Berserker
Lands of Red and Gold / int_5c300c3b	comment	The Berserker: The Death Warriors of the Yadji Empire, who are usually deployed to battle in times of great need, when the empire seems to be overwhelmed by enemies and is in need of vicious shock troops. They also double as a kind of Church Militant Praetorian Guard. One of the older Death Warriors that appears in a few chapters is a Cultured Warrior.
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Lands of Red and Gold / int_60194b82	type	Spanner in the Works
Lands of Red and Gold / int_60194b82	comment	Spanner in the Works: Thomas Totney, a charismatic madman who believed that he was a Prophet of God, hijacks what was a straightforward mission of Gunboat Diplomacy and turns it into a complete mess. Subverted ultimately as English were eventually able to capitalize on the situation and gain more leverage and influence over the Bundjimay then they would have otherwise.
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Lands of Red and Gold / int_63557923	type	Death World
Lands of Red and Gold / int_63557923	comment	Death World: Amazingly, Australia becomes even more of a Death World (at least, for Europeans) than it is in our universe. Not only are all the usual suspects still there, but native diseases that the Aururians have built up resistance to are fatal to the Europeans. When the explorers bring them back home, they cause the equivalent of the European arrival to the New World, in reverse.
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Lands of Red and Gold / int_77aedc5c	type	Horse of a Different Color
Lands of Red and Gold / int_77aedc5c	comment	Horse of a Different Color: Averted. Despite some minor lighthearted joking from other AH.com members, Jared has confirmed that there is simply no way of having believable beasts of burden or cavalry animals even in this alternate Australia. Kangaroos are impractical and are nearly untamable, while emus aren't strong or intelligent enough to pull carts or act as horses. This also ties into the timeline's fictional history: An early great empire spanning much of southeastern Australia starts becoming unmanageable due to having grown too big. Since there are no beasts of burden or land vehicles available, even the mighty and skilled armies of the empire have a problem of being constantly overstretched, despite there being garrisons and foot messengers in every province. In short, it's an massive inversion of Easy Logistics. The native cultures can only rely on boats and dog-drawn travois (making their situation reminiscent to that of Native Americans). During the 12th-14th century, simple wagons are finally invented in one of the empires in the southeastern part of the continent - however, this invention doesn't really spread to other Australian cultures, due to the protectiveness of its originators.
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Lands of Red and Gold / int_81c72ad5	type	Vestigial Empire
Lands of Red and Gold / int_81c72ad5	comment	Vestigial Empire: In the twilight of the Imperial Era, the Empire of Watjubaga was little more than a glorified city state that controlled even less territory than that Classical Era kingdom from which it sprang.
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Lands of Red and Gold / int_83adb272	type	Crystal Dragon Jesus
Lands of Red and Gold / int_83adb272	comment	Crystal Dragon Jesus: Invoked by Gunya Yadji, Regent of the Yadji Empire who reorganizes the priesthood of the Empire along lines similar to that of the Church of England to bring the priests more firmly under his control.
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Lands of Red and Gold / int_8b6e8d7	type	Anachronic Order
Lands of Red and Gold / int_8b6e8d7	comment	Anachronic Order: A lot of the chapters, particularly the earlier ones, but most of them do flow together chronologically once you finish them and continue further reading.
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Lands of Red and Gold / int_8e20979	type	Wham Episode
Lands of Red and Gold / int_8e20979	comment	Wham Episode: Chapter 25: "The Gates of Tartarus", where Marnitja burns through Europe.
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Lands of Red and Gold / int_90c54800	type	Scrapbook Story
Lands of Red and Gold / int_90c54800	comment	Scrapbook Story: To a large degree. It's a part-textbook, part-prose narrative.
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Lands of Red and Gold / int_92286f7f	type	Precursors
Lands of Red and Gold / int_92286f7f	comment	Precursors: The Gunnagal culture is the earliest of all Australian civilizations and influences all others to come (including younger offshoot states that eventually become empires of their own and gradually displace the original Gunnagal realm).
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Lands of Red and Gold / int_94f55dc4	type	ButterflyNets
Lands of Red and Gold / int_94f55dc4	comment	Butterfly Nets: Played straight at first. Outside Australia and New Zealand, world history is virtually the same as ours until 1618, when the first European explorers make landfall on the southwestern coast of Australia. The trope is averted after that first contact, when the Butterfly of Doom starts steering the rest of world history as we knew it until then onto an equally alternate path.
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Lands of Red and Gold / int_9823f7c	comment	Proud Warrior Race: Several of the alternate native ethnicities and nations are well-known and feared for their military prowess. Subverted in that few of the cultures are stereotypical warrior societies. More often than not, the natives are farmers, craftsmen or merchants first, warriors second.
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Lands of Red and Gold / int_ab2df806	type	Red Baron
Lands of Red and Gold / int_ab2df806	comment	Red Baron: The great conqueror Mowarin becomes known simply as "the Hunter".
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Lands of Red and Gold / int_bad22526	type	What If?
Lands of Red and Gold / int_bad22526	comment	What If?: The mutation of an existing species of humble Australian tuber plant into a more productive offshoot species changes the history of an entire continent. And since the 17th century onward, the altered history of Australia changes the rest of the world as well...
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Lands of Red and Gold / int_bb01ad0e	type	Cool Boat
Lands of Red and Gold / int_bb01ad0e	comment	Cool Boat: Thanks to their propensity to travel and trade by sea and increased contact with MÄ�ori sailors, the Nangu and Kiyungu are one of the few native nations that have highly developed, large and varied types of seagoing vessels. They even invent pintle-and-gudgeon fin rudders for their largest ships independently of Europeans, making said sailships more advanced than the usual oar-rudder types.
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Lands of Red and Gold / int_c4cd07fa	type	Pyramid Power
Lands of Red and Gold / int_c4cd07fa	comment	Pyramid Power: A certain group of headhunters...
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Lands of Red and Gold / int_c75df49a	type	Shout-Out
Lands of Red and Gold / int_c75df49a	comment	In a later chapter, it is mentioned that the religion of the Kiyungu has a locally-unique deity that has no counterpart in the pantheons of other Gunnagal-descended cultures. While his exact name is never decoded by historians and linguists, they deduce that it meant roughly "He Who Must Be Blamed". This is a Shout-Out to a long-standing AH.com meme about board member and Look to the West author Thande being to blame about nearly anything.
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Lands of Red and Gold / int_df1a0454	type	Fantasy Pantheon
Lands of Red and Gold / int_df1a0454	comment	Fantasy Pantheon: Both invoked and subverted. The common religion of the Gunnagalic peoples (the main farming societies) include a shared set of deities. Some of these the author has adapted from real Aboriginal beliefs (such as the Rainbow Serpent and Crow) while others seem to be made up entirely (such as the Green Lady and the Fire Brothers).
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Lands of Red and Gold / int_eb2eb10f	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Lands of Red and Gold / int_eb2eb10f	comment	Istanbul (Not Constantinople): Australian toponyms are predictably not the ones we are familiar with. The continent itself is known as Aururia. Tasmania becomes known as Cider Island. Even the names of many of the native tribes and ethnicities are different - sometimes completely, othertimes the changes in the etnonym are more subtle (e.g. the fictional Junditmara shared ancestors with our historical Gunditjmara). To avoid getting readers disoriented, one of the subpages of the project's main wiki page is dedicated to the alternate geography of Australia - with maps of various parts of the continent in different historical eras and a very thorough glossary that lists every alternate place name and where its location in our real history would be.
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Lands of Red and Gold / int_f7c30ca9	type	Sea Stories
Lands of Red and Gold / int_f7c30ca9	comment	Sea Stories: The chapters focusing on the Dutch, Nangu, Kiyungu and MÄ�ori exploratory voyages certainly fit this trope. Of particular note is a chapter focusing on the exploits of Nangu captain Werringi (later known as Kumgatu the Bold) and his Badass Crew.
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Lands of Red and Gold / int_ffad4e9f	type	Shown Their Work
Lands of Red and Gold / int_ffad4e9f	comment	Shown Their Work: Impressive amounts of research have gone into this timeline, and the author isn't afraid to let it show. For one, he actually gives a well-researched rebuttal of the common argument that "native Australians didn't develop agriculture because there are no domesticable Australian plants". In reality, a lot of Australian plants have been domesticated in our history, but none of them are good "founder crops" - i.e. crops that are easy to plant and harvest and are vital to learning the basics of proper agriculture. The fictional red yam (a cousin of real Australian yam plants that gives higher yields than them) serves as the founder crop that never occurred in our history. The natives learn how to repeatedly farm it, and gradually learn to farm and harvest other domesticable species as well. Their efforts are later boosted by the adoption of another native ethnicity's idea of raising fish in simple man-made ponds. Later, they domesticate various kinds of waterfowl (raised in the same fish ponds), raise emus on pastures and tame quolls to hunt smaller pests in a manner similar to cats. Eventually, several civilizations crop up all over Australia thanks to the exchange of ideas and resources and make discoveries in metallurgy, architecture, warfare and astronomy. The later establishment of contact with the MÄ�ori helps boost knowledge of seamanship as well (in exchange, the MÄ�ori get new agricultural knowledge, crops and livestock).
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