Ironside 17:33 08-20-2014
Originally Posted by Kralizec:
A lot of the empires or states that Ironside mentioned where certainly powerful and influential in their day, but I question wether they had a lasting impact on history after their demise. Seleucids and Ottomans, for example.
I was thinking of the creation of the Middle East as the Arabic block and the scientific and cultural achivements they had in that region. But that's earlier than the Ottomans and was done in a more fractioned state afaik. The Ottomans acted as preserver, but didn't add much.
The list was a bit more to think less Eurocentric, but I don't know enough to judge on how much influence you can trace from the Seleucids today in the Middle East. I agree that it probably isn't much.
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