Best Empire in History? (Corrected)

Originally Posted by ReluctantSamurai

My vote goes to an empire not on the list: the Ancient Egyptian Dynasties, in particular, the Old Kingdom or Kingdom of the Pyramids.

From them we get some of the world's earliest literature, advanced mathematics (which the Greeks borrowed heavily from), early forms of practical medicine, technology such as the ramp, the lever, rope trusses, paper, and of course.......the Pyramids and all they entail (mathematics, astronomy, and engineering).

Apologizes for the absence of Egypt, but i do feel this vote is coming to a close. If you want it to end, just sya the word.

Originally Posted by Audacia

Now after all this, I still voted Roman Empire lol, because I do not really consider the US as an empire, but more as a nation that stands as a symbol for others to look up to, not to conquer the known world.

Hate to burst your nationalistic bubble, but:

1) The USA is not a nation
and
2) It's not exactly the best model to look up to, mane. Seriously, how could you even state such a thing? I don't mean to sound too insulting or personal, but wow.

Originally Posted by Megas Methuselah

Hate to burst your nationalistic bubble, but:

1) The USA is not a nation
and
2) It's not exactly the best model to look up to, mane. Seriously, how could you even state such a thing? I don't mean to sound too insulting or personal, but wow.

Why wouldn't you call the USA a nation? Just curious.

Lol. He says some pretty ironic things. After all, didn't Rome see itself as a model for the world? A model to look up to and emulate? America is the modern Roman Empire. We just don't kill people in stadiums.

I'm from the USA. But I think were far from worthy of being anyone's role model. We're not perfect, we've made a lot of mistakes, and without aknowleging most of them or correcting them, but there are some things good about it. We had some noble ideas in it's founding. All men should be equal, and I hope we're still trying to honor that. I know I do.

The US is a rolemodel for who? Canada?

The US is a rolemodel for who?

For me.

Originally Posted by Louis VI the Fat

For me.

/=

megas....... so bitter.

Originally Posted by Centurion1

megas....... so bitter.

http://www.google.com/images?client=...=&oq=&gs_rfai=

He's in there; somewhere.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigra..._United_States

Legal immigration to the U.S. increased from 250,000 in the 1930s, 2.5 million in the 1950s, 4.5 million in the 1970s, and 7.3 million in the 1980s to about 10 million in the 1990s.[51] Since 2000, legal immigrants to the United States number approximately 1,000,000 per year, of whom about 600,000 are Change of Status immigrants who already are in the U.S. Legal immigrants to the United States now are at their highest level ever at over 37,000,000 legal immigrants. Illegal immigration may be as high as 1,500,000 per year with a net of at least 700,000 illegal immigrants arriving each year to join the 12,000,000 to 20,000,000 that are already there.[52] (Pew Hispanic Data Estimates [53]) Immigration led to a 57.4% increase in foreign born population from 1990 to 2000.[54]

Seems quite a few folks don't share in the anti-American schpeel.................

Let's try to keep the thread on subject.


One can share one's opinion about America, or other currently existing 'Empires', for a comparion with Empires throughout history, to argue which one you think is 'the best'. For a full political exploration of current 'Empires', the Backroom is the designated arena.

Originally Posted by Tsar Alexsandr

Why wouldn't you call the USA a nation? Just curious.

From an european point of view, the US is more like a bunch of different people living in the same geographical area and trying to make profit. The same applies to Canada as well. Different communities living in different neighbourhoods and avoiding contact with eachothers as much as possible.

Apologizes for the absence of Egypt

No apologies necessary The Old Egyptian Dynasties are often overlooked for a lot of reasons, one of which, I believe, is that they are not touched upon much in history classes. I was fortunate enough to have a grade school teacher who did, and my imagination was always fired by trying to imagine what it was like during all those thousands of years (ca. 3100 BC to ca. 340 BC).

Does the "French Empire" option imply the Napoleonic Empire?

Originally Posted by bopa the Magyar

Does the "French Empire" option imply the Napoleonic Empire?

they spoke French, didn't they?