
Originally Posted by
Aemilius Paulus
I called it the Syrian Empire because that is the way it is called in Russia, by everyone and everything. Don't ask why, I don't know myself. Could be because of the fact that Antioch was the capital of it for quite some time.
Please, call me anything but ignorant in history. One could not make a greater insult than that. History is pretty much all I live for. I excel in it and that is my main strength. I never said Russia was unimportant. What I really said, If you have read it more carefully, was that you can call Russia and Ukraine unimportant and it will not offend me, unlike you getting offended for having your country slandered that way. Russia was very important, especially during 19th and 18th centuries. However, some people might argue that nations like Britain were more important. During WWII and Cold War, one would be an idiot to deny Russia's importance. It was a major world power then, with one of the largest and best armies and also with the largest land territory.
I would not agree however that Russia was very important in the 1500s-1600s though. Ivan IV was an important Russian figure and he greatly expanded Russia's territory, but outside of Russia, his impact was very limited. After him there was the lengthy Time of Troubles, which cut off Russia from mast foreign powers, although Poland as well as some other Central European Catholic nations did intervene. Peter I was another momentous ruler but he mainly impacted countries such as Sweden and Ottoman Empire, whom he fought against as well as Poland, who was likewise involved in the Great Northern War. Effects on, say, Western Europe were somewhat significant but not as important as minor policies of Britain or France of that time, for example. There were nations far more crucial than Russia at that time. The first time Russia really becomes a world power was during the Seven Years War and of course the Napoleonic Wars.
For God's sake, don't assume that I do not know who Ivan IV or Peter I was. I probably even know more about them than you, having done extensive research on both of them. They were one of the most famous tsars of Russia, and being Russian I ought to know more than any other foreigner. You know your Armenian history better than me, without a doubt, but I have Russian history on my side. I also specialize in Antiquity as well as European history from the Dark Ages to now. My knowledge of Armenia on the other hand only covers a tiny bit of ancient history, the time between the fall of Sleukids to the time when Byzantine Empire fell (the period I know most about), some fragmented knowledge during Early Middle Ages and quite a bit of modern, 20th century history. I am sure you know the history of Armenia better than that.
It is either you're trying to prove your nation's importance too hard, or your nationalistic ego is a bit too inflated.
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