What Country Has The Most Interesting History?

[BeBMan]

Legoland

[BeBMan]

Originally posted by Serb

It's Russian flag actually.

Hm, I thought it was the Soviet flag, and the Russian is in your location field

[Gangerolf]

Originally posted by Odin
Scandianvia, we went to Canada, sacked towns in Europe, brought government to Kiev, seved as the palace guards in Constant,inople founded Dublin, kicked Hapsburg ass and saved Lutheranism in the 30-Years War, kept the Nazis from making nukes, and lived happily ever after.

[Serb]

Originally posted by BeBro


Hm, I thought it was the Soviet flag, and the Russian is in your location field

This flag is still one of the state symbols of Russian Federation.

[MrWhereItsAt]

Originally posted by Jaguar

Least interesting: New Zealand

Originally posted by Immortal Wombat

You'd be surprised.

No he wouldn't. Our history is DULL as all hell.

China.

[Az]

That picture is beautiful, Gangerolf. Makes me want to fight for the glory of scandinavian kings.

[Dr Strangelove]

Just out of curiosity, what makes the history of a country interesting?

[Dr Strangelove]

Originally posted by Gangerolf

Did you photoshop modify the flags of Norway and Sweden, or were these flags flown briefly after the end of the Napoleonic Wars?

[Az]

Oh, Zigmund!

Originally posted by Dr Strangelove
Just out of curiosity, what males the history of a country interesting?

[Gangerolf]

I didn't photoshop it
They were flown from the 1840s IIRC until the breakup of the union between Norway and Sweden in 1905. Norway was forced into the union after the Napoleonic wars in 1814.

I think the painting is a propaganda thingy from the war between Denmark and Prussia in 1864.

[Dr Strangelove]

Originally posted by Gangerolf
I didn't photoshop it
They were flown from the 1840s IIRC until the breakup of the union between Norway and Sweden in 1905. Norway was forced into the union after the Napoleonic wars in 1814.

I think the painting is a propaganda thingy from the war between Denmark and Prussia in 1864.

I didn't realize that the union lasted that long, I thought that it ended in the 1840s.

Were Sweden and Norway allied with Denmark in 1864?

[Dr Strangelove]

Re: Oh, Zigmund!

Originally posted by Azazel

Whatever are you going on about?

[Gangerolf]

Yep, it lasted that long. Next year we can celebrate 100 years of full independence

No they weren't allied. But many wanted to send troops. I'm not sure why it didn't happen. The war didn't last long though. Denmark lost Slesvig, the southernmost part of the mainland, but got half of it back after WW1 IIRC.

[molly bloom]

Originally posted by Dr Strangelove
Just out of curiosity, what makes the history of a country interesting?

Cheeses.

And certain vegetables and fruits.

[Immortal Wombat]

Originally posted by MrWhereItsAt
No he wouldn't. Our history is DULL as all hell.

NZ's no China, sure, but then it only has a tenth of the length of recorded history. It might be fairly dull comparatively, but to call it the least interesting is probably exaggeration. You've had colonisation, a couple of wars, some decent political movements, a nice gold rush, three capital cities, and a long-standing cultural dispute or two. All that since 1800. I don't know how well documented the pre-European history is. It must be more interesting (per unit of time) than somewhere like Iceland or Bhutan.