What are the greatest civilizations of all time?

[morb]

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Originally posted by Serb
Mozhet pora eto ispravit?

luchshe?

[Serb]

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Originally posted by morb

ne-a. zdes' desyat let. skoro 11. proshlim letom pravda k rodstvinnikam v belgorodskuyu oblast' yezdil.

Nehilyi srok. Nu i kak tam?

Hotya ladno, a to shas oni orat nachnut chto u nih byla milaya beseda poka ne priperlis russkie i ne stali "spamit" na svoem obezyaniem yazike.

I voobshe mne pora idti, ranshe dvenadzatogo teper ne poyavlus. Tri dnya prazdnikov, ponimaesh.

[Ecthy]

Russians are just a bunch of nationalist alcoholics. How does size (of the country ) matter when half of it is woods and tundra?

[Akka]

Wonder why all the people ranks the "civilizations" considering their size. What makes a civ great is primarily its cultural achievement. Athenian greece was tiny, but still has influenced the whole mediterranean area forever.
England had a big colonial empire, but that's all. Can't even imagine how it would be before Greece or Egypt. I would put them somewhere in the 15th or 20th place.
Germany ? Would not put it into the first 25 first civ.
Huns ? Would not even consider it as a civilization.
Arabs would get a much better rank.
America would be a few ranks lower.
Incas, Aztecs, India would be several ranks higher.

[Ribannah]

Re: What are the greatest civilizations of all time?

Maybe it's time to offer an alternative list.
At the moment, mine looks something like this:

1. Greece (Europe)
2. China (Asia)
3. Rome (Europe)
4. France (Europe)
5. Arabia (Asia-Africa)
6. India (Asia)
7. England (Europe)
8. Babylon (Asia)
9. America (America)
10. Dutch (Europe)
11. Egypt (Africa)
12. Japan (Asia)
13. Germany (Europe)
14. Iroquois (America)
15. Maya (America)
16. Russia (Europe)
17. Turkey (Asia-Europe)
18. Norse (Europe)
19. Polynesia (Asia-Oceania)
20. Ethiopia (Africa)
21. Tiahuanaco (America)
22. Israel (Asia)
23. Anasazi (America)
24. Spain (Europe)
25. Korea (Asia)
26. Portugal (Europe)
27. Mali (Africa)
28. Australia (Oceania)
29. Mongolia (Asia)
30. Nubia (Africa)
31. Brazil (America)
32. Celts (Europe)

(Sorry Persia, Aztecs, Zulus. )

Note that this is not the order in which I would put them into the game, since I like some variety and geographic spread.

[aaglo]

Hey Ribannah, my queen! Where's Finland ?

[Ecthy]

thanks, Rib

[Dauphin]

Originally posted by Oerdin
Thus, in a way, the Scots took over the English and not the other way around.

In a way. Keep telling yourself that.

The question is, who has been the dominant partner in the relationship. No way you can construe it as Scotland.

[Serb]

Originally posted by Ecthelion
Russians are just a bunch of nationalist alcoholics. How does size (of the country ) matter when half of it is woods and tundra?

Look who telling this. One burger can drink an amount of beer during one day which Russian drinks during whole year.
And btw, you forget to mention that we are red-as$ commies also.

As for second, those territories are the richest source of all known natural resources.

[Serb]

Originally posted by Akka le Vil
Wonder why all the people ranks the "civilizations" considering their size. What makes a civ great is primarily its cultural achievement.

Absoulutely agreed. That's why my list is:

1. Russia.
2. blah-blah-blah
3. blah-blah-blah
.
.
. blah-blah-blah
25. USA.

Ah Ecthelion, almost forget about you.
26. Germany.

Have a nice day.

[SpencerH]

I feel like I'm having a Deja Vu! I thought we went through this just the other day

If you're gonna decide on the greatest civs shouldn't you put forward some definitions of greatest?

[SpencerH]

What makes a civ great is primarily its cultural achievement.

Then you've got to define culture. Its not the same as historical impact!

Originally posted by Serb

Absoulutely agreed. That's why my list is:

1. Russia.
2. blah-blah-blah
3. blah-blah-blah
.
.
. blah-blah-blah
25. USA.

Ah Ecthelion, almost forget about you.
26. Germany.

Have a nice day.

It looks testable. I'll support this one for now

[Dauphin]

Originally posted by SpencerH

If you're gonna decide on the greatest civs shouldn't you put forward some definitions of greatest?

The definition is surely: "The country you are from."

[Serb]

I feel like I'm having a Deja Vu! I thought we went through this just the other day

Perhaps he just has no imagination to find a new idea for thread?


P.S. Ok, Siredgar now I fell that I’m satisfied. My revenge is over. I’ll stop trolling, I’m promise. Chease-fire?

[Serb]

Originally posted by SpencerH
It looks testable. I'll support this one for now

No kidding?