5 Most Powerful Empires

[Conserative Morality]

well yes, but soon enough if Russia would have made it first if we weren't in WWII

Pretty big if, what with FDR throwing a hissy fit over 'teh ebil japs' across the pacific.

[Conserative Morality]

ohhh.... I can see how the US wouldn't fit into that catagory, unless you counted states as territories

Extensive territory? Check. Third largest nation on Earth,

[Oh My Gad]

Post you're list below

1. United States of America Now
Extremely powerful, highly mobile military, very large and influential economy and culture
2.British Empire 1900
No need to explain....
3. Mongol Empire 1279
The motherfuckers controlled the world
4. French Empire 1810
EXTREMELY influential culture, powerful land army for most of the 19th century, big economic contender
5. China, at any time ever
Once again, no need to explain

I can't believe you didn't say rome. Needless to say, out of all the worlds greatest empires, none have lasted longer than 300 years, and the US is on 233...

Yeah!!! ROME, ROME, ROME *everyone chants rome*

[Conserative Morality]

I can't believe you didn't say rome. Needless to say, out of all the worlds greatest empires, none have lasted longer than 300 years, and the US is on 233...

Pardon? Rome lasted over 450 years, and that's the Imperial system alone. If you include the expansion of the Republic (Which was most certainly an Empire in the territorial sense), you've got another 500 or so years added on there.

[Avenio]

ohhh.... I can see how the US wouldn't fit into that catagory, unless you counted states as territories

Extensive territory? Check. Third largest nation on Earth,

Canada.

Extensive territory? Check. Second largest nation on Earth? Check.

[Brostan]

duh:
1.Sealand
2. Vatican City
3. Monaco
4. Malta
5. San Marino

I can understand the Vatican but when was San Marino an empire?

Surely, he was simply in jest.

Kalibarr: I did not jest, and don't call me shirley!

Also sorry to you French but well...

True, France never had much victories, but Napoleon was special. He won and fought more battles than Alexander the Great, Fredrick the Great, Caesar and Hannibal combined.

I got
french military victories에 대한 약 1,730,000개 결과 중 1 - 10. / 0.24초

Napoleon wasn't French he was Corsican, and he did not fight more battles than all of them combined

[Oh My Gad]

ohhh.... I can see how the US wouldn't fit into that category, unless you counted states as territories

Extensive territory? Check. Third largest nation on Earth,

well like you said, it's all debatable....
The US doesn't consist of more than one nation like the UK does,
The US doesn't have one supreme ruler.
But on the other hand......
The US is the 3rd largest nation on earth.
Totally debatable

[Conserative Morality]

Canada.

Extensive territory? Check. Second largest nation on Earth? Check.

There you go!

And a nice military to boot.

[Avenio]

Napoleon wasn't French he was Corsican, and he did not fight more battles than all of them combined

He served in the French army, and became Emperor of France, all the while Corsica was, and still is, a French territory.

[Frezens]

I can't believe you didn't say rome. Needless to say, out of all the worlds greatest empires, none have lasted longer than 300 years, and the US is on 233...

Pardon? Rome lasted over 450 years, and that's the Imperial system alone. If you include the expansion of the Republic (Which was most certainly an Empire in the territorial sense), you've got another 500 or so years added on there.

Whoops.

[Oh My Gad]

I can't believe you didn't say rome. Needless to say, out of all the worlds greatest empires, none have lasted longer than 300 years, and the US is on 233...

Pardon? Rome lasted over 450 years, and that's the Imperial system alone. If you include the expansion of the Republic (Which was most certainly an Empire in the territorial sense), you've got another 500 or so years added on there.

WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 500 years!

[Brostan]

True. The Sumerian gave the world civilization. The Romans gave the world engineering. The Spanish gave the world a sense of exploration. We give the world American Idol.

EDIT: And Paris Hilton

Actually, we gave the world Nuclear Technology.

Make of that what you will.

well yes, but soon enough if Russia would have made it first if we weren't in WWII

Russia would not have made nuclear weapons or anything nuclear if the US didn't make them first, Stalin would have found a reason to kill all of the scientists.

[Conserative Morality]

well like you said, it's all debatable....
The US doesn't consist of more than one nation like the UK does,

Pardon?

The US doesn't have one supreme ruler.

The US government is the one supreme authority. Authority /=/ Single person

[Conserative Morality]

He served in the French army, and became Emperor of France, all the while Corsica was, and still is, a French territory.

He was born, what, one-two years after Corisca was transferred from Italy to France?

[Avenio]

He served in the French army, and became Emperor of France, all the while Corsica was, and still is, a French territory.

He was born, what, one-two years after Corisca was transferred from Italy to France?

Even closer, he was born on August 15, 1769, while the Republic of Corsica fell in May earlier that same year.

[Dontgonearthere]

I can't believe you didn't say rome. Needless to say, out of all the worlds greatest empires, none have lasted longer than 300 years, and the US is on 233...

Pardon? Rome lasted over 450 years, and that's the Imperial system alone. If you include the expansion of the Republic (Which was most certainly an Empire in the territorial sense), you've got another 500 or so years added on there.

WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 500 years!

While not a 'great empire' in the territorial sense, Venice controlled the European economy for a long time, and lasted more than twice that long.

[The Ambrose Islands]

I can't believe you didn't say rome. Needless to say, out of all the worlds greatest empires, none have lasted longer than 300 years, and the US is on 233...

Pardon? Rome lasted over 450 years, and that's the Imperial system alone. If you include the expansion of the Republic (Which was most certainly an Empire in the territorial sense), you've got another 500 or so years added on there.

WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 500 years!

Yep. Rome lasted quite a while. At least until Caligula fucked it up.

[The Parkus Empire]

True. The Sumerian gave the world civilization. The Romans gave the world engineering. The Spanish gave the world a sense of exploration. We give the world American Idol.

EDIT: And Paris Hilton

We also gave the world some of its greatest music, art and literature, a myriad of inventions, and the idea that anyone can succeed, despite birth. And where we were once behind we are now progressive, being one of the few nations in the world that can proclaim a legalization of same-sex marriage in many areas, and civil unions virtually everywhere. We still lead in freedom of speech and have a government that, relative to the rest of the world, is respectful of privacy.

And we have the power to do anything, because we possess the greatest economy that can be imagined, and a people that love this nation more than its soul, and is finally looking toward the future.

[The Parkus Empire]

Napoleon wasn't French he was Corsican, and he did not fight more battles than all of them combined

He served in the French army, and became Emperor of France, all the while Corsica was, and still is, a French territory.

His father was born in Italy, his mother was born in Corsica. He had an unusual complexion and spoke with an accent that stayed with him until the early 1800's. He was brought-up hating the French, and wrote papers in school promoting the liberation of Corsica.

If you think he is "French", what do you mean by "French"? Culturally he sure the hell was not, and in France he initially had limited military career options as officer, because he was not considered French.

[Nadkor]

I can't believe you didn't say rome. Needless to say, out of all the worlds greatest empires, none have lasted longer than 300 years, and the US is on 233...

Pardon? Rome lasted over 450 years, and that's the Imperial system alone. If you include the expansion of the Republic (Which was most certainly an Empire in the territorial sense), you've got another 500 or so years added on there.

WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 500 years!

Yep. Rome lasted quite a while. At least until Caligula fucked it up.

Arguably it survived into the 1400s. Certainly, there is a continuous political and legal (if not cultural) state until 1453.

[The Ambrose Islands]

True. The Sumerian gave the world civilization. The Romans gave the world engineering. The Spanish gave the world a sense of exploration. We give the world American Idol.

EDIT: And Paris Hilton

We also gave the world some of its greatest music, art and literature, a myriad of inventions, and the idea that anyone can succeed, despite birth. And where we were once behind we are now progressive, being one of the few nations in the world that can proclaim a legalization of same-sex marriage in many areas, and civil unions virtually everywhere. We still lead in freedom of speech and have a government that, relative to the rest of the world, is respectful of privacy.

And we have the power to do anything, because we possess the greatest economy that can be imagined, and a people that love this nation more than its soul, and is finally looking toward the future.

I know, but I don't think that even those things can atone for the horror that is Paris Hilton.

[The Parkus Empire]

I know, but I don't think that even those things can atone for the horror that is Paris Hilton.

Well, Rome did have Caligula.

[The Ambrose Islands]

I know, but I don't think that even those things can atone for the horror that is Paris Hilton.

Well, Rome did have Caligula.

Exactly. And look how it fared afterwords.

Hilton for President 2020
(Do America a favor. Don't let this happen.)

[The Parkus Empire]

I know, but I don't think that even those things can atone for the horror that is Paris Hilton.

Well, Rome did have Caligula.

Exactly. And look how it fared afterwords.

Hilton for President 2020
(Do America a favor. Don't let this happen.)

She could run against Palin, that would be interesting.

[The Ambrose Islands]

I know, but I don't think that even those things can atone for the horror that is Paris Hilton.

Well, Rome did have Caligula.

Exactly. And look how it fared afterwords.

Hilton for President 2020
(Do America a favor. Don't let this happen.)

She could run against Palin, that would be interesting.

Now THAT's an election I look forward to watching from T.V. set in Canada!