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5/29/2015 1:31:37 AM
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Ermmmm... the British?
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  • Why????

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  • America is not an Empire? And how did the Mongol or Chinese empire unify anymore than the Soviet Union or British Empire? The British Empire still exists and as thriving due to the formation of the Commonwealth... the Mongol and Chinese were some of the most violent empires throughout history. The Roman Empire ruled with an Iron Fist and collasped within itself...

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  • The British pillaged everything and screw the Middle East while america asserts control over all the world has military bases al over the world and has the highest standard of living of any sizable empire

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  • Of course, America has never screwed the Middle East. Neither did France or Russia. Wake up call for you.; every single empire has screwed everyone within the territory they took. Every single one, without exception, and Britain was far from the worse.

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  • The moguls only helped India and when they fell India got worse the Romans built great works of infrastructure as did the Persians the Mongols never where around to do anything and the ottomans mantis bed the works of the Romans and Persians. I don't under stand were you get the stigmatism that empires just screw over places?

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  • The Marathas would beg to differ on the Mughals. As for Rome, classic imperialists. The infrastructure they built was for entirely self serving purposes, their architecture was often statements of power and domination, especially in conquered lands. They considered any culture alien to theirs as barbarian and savage. Yet arguably their most iconic piece of architecture is The Colosseum, find me a more stark monument to ancient savagery and barbarism than that. Their chroniclers would have you believe they brought civilisation and rule of law to places where it had not previously existed. Many archaeologists beg to differ. The Romans may have had a better organised and a more technologically advanced civilisation, but they were not more civilised than the people they conquered. The reason for their conquests and expansion was power, riches, and then prestige and politics. I could pretty much write that about every other empire, including and especially the British Empire. Nobody ever invades another country and impose their will upon its people for their own good. Even those who think they are, are guilty of breathtaking arrogance.

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  • Also, claiming the British screwes over the middle east, whilst supporting America... pot calling the kettle dude...

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  • The British drawed the countries of the Middle East based off of what looked the best and they can be faulted for all the choas that America is fruitlessly trying to undo.

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  • "Drawed" ...you're an idiot, and ignorant to the real world. Grow up and leave these subjects to people who know what they're talking about.

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  • You are being nice about that but anyways the countries they created and the boundaries they draw were terrible and would lead to choas

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  • America is not an Empire, and acserts no control over a lot of countries (they do try though, bless them) as for the highest standard of living, that's pure arrogance and ignorance talking. The best places in the world to live right now are New Zealand, Canada or several Scandinavian countries. They rate higher than America in all the major factors of living. You're a typical 'Muricanite who knows nothing of the global world. Go traveling, live in other countries, expand your closed mind... also, do somw historical research before you start a poll based thread regarding historical empires.

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  • We had that once but the rest of them are super cold and terrible and the shear size of America and its diversity is enough to call it an empire

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