It could be any civilizations . Must be 1750 max , not a modern setting .
Exemple of scenarios I would be interested in :
– the contact happen but no colonization
-the colonization happen but differently and by differents civilizations (chineses/ottoman empire/byzantine empire)
-the contact didn’t happen
-the contact happen but differently (Malian sailors/polynesians/Irish monks)
– the worlds is completely differents (no horses in Europe/horses in America)
– the setting expands on contacts before Columbus like the Vikings or the Polynesians and make them more impactful
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Civilizations: A Novel, by Laurent Binet
Pity your cut off point is 1750 – as Cahokia Jazz by Francis Spufford is a re-imagining of history, based on what if the Native Indian peoples were not nearly wiped out by smallpox, but became the dominant peoples of America. The story takes place in an alternate 20th century which still has similarities with the real one – but a lot of differences. For a synopsis, have a look at Wikipedia.
I haven’t read it yet, but I think You Dreamed of Empires by Álvaro Enrigue fits
They once walked like the wind
Seventh son. Red prophet series by Orson Scott Card. And there’s another about people going back in time to change the course of Columbus landing , I think he’s the same author but I can’t remember the title
If you can push the dates a bit, Moniquill Blackgoose’s Nampeshiweisit books are set in the 1820s. There’s a bunch of alternate stuff, but the big thing is that the IRL east coast of the US is colonized by Vikings in the north and Basques in the south. The MC is an Indigenous woman from what I think would be the Wampanoag in our world, who bonds with a dragon and has to go to a dragon school run by the colonizers.
“Lion’s Blood” by Steven Barnes is an alternate history set in 1863 and features an America colonized by Muslims with white Christians as the imported slave caste.