History is not inevitable. It is shaped by individual choices, accidents of nature, and shifts in thought.
A hinge point is a specific moment in European or world history (NOT American history) where, if one detail had changed, the trajectory of the entire continent—and the world—would have been fundamentally altered.
Task:
You will research a real historical event, analyze its actual impact using primary and secondary sources, and then construct a logically sound counter-history narrative that explores how that change would ripple through at least two other units of our course.