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How, exactly, could you come up with this poll and NOT offer the Nazis? Or Red China? The Crusaders?
How, exactly, could you come up with this poll and NOT offer the Nazis? Or Red China? The Crusaders?
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and what's with the vikings? Sure they attacked cities and villages. But that doesn't make themt that bad. Surely not worse than nazi Germany.
I think we also need to judge by the scope of time the evil acts were in. Nazi Germany while produced many deaths, was in a very narrow period of time compared to say The spanish in the new world.Comment
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Maoist China was a big oversight from the choices, as was nazi Germany.
I voted for US - only because I know most of you wouldn't have it any other way
Hitler's Germany closely followed by Stalin's Russia would be my picks.
But the British and Roman empires deserve honourable mention for appearing to civilise while being rotten to the core.Any views I may express here are personal and certainly do not in any way reflect the views of my employer. Tis the rising of the moon..
Look, I just don't anymore, okay?Comment
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Let's see
according to Bin Laden and other militants it is the
United States of America
according to USA,Turkey and most of eastern Europe it is the
Soviet Union
according to noone because noone cares anymore it is the
British Empire
according to native americans it was (they basically have been killed off by now)
Spain
according to Greeks,Armenians,Serbians,Bulgarians,Syrians, Cypriotes, Russians etc it was/is
Ottoman Turks
according to noone it is:
Vikings
according to all the people they conquered it was:
Mongols
according to? Jews? - Asterix it was
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How do the Americans get such marks?
Some one tell me please...I need enlightenment of the methods
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I thought about china, but I don't really know much about it's history or what it's done, and I was more looking for expansionist or imperialist countries, anyways. And, I figured that nazi germany was a bit too brief a period to be put against such long lasting empires (not to mention succesful empires - which nazi germany was not).Originally posted by Alexander's Horse
Maoist China was a big oversight from the choices, as was nazi Germany.
Maybe I should of added France though, but I don't think that they are really comparable to Britain and Spain of the same period.
Anyways, my vote goes to Spain. I think every past, present, and future tyrant would be impressed at the savage arrogance they possesed during the colonization of the americas, and the inquisition.Rethink Refuse Reduce Reuse
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The Great Library was in Alexandra, and was burnt to the ground bye Julius Caesar in 57 A.D. The knowledge lost in the library (millions of anceint documents about millions, lost peoples, technologys...etc)
They say it set man back, scientifically by about 200 years.
The library supposedly had things about civilizations and patents, we never even knew existedComment
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Alexandria got burnt too? Craaaaaaaaaaaaap.
*throws away his papyrus Library of Alexandria card*
I found some links on the net.....the Mongols did sweep into Bagdad and destroy it's library.
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Ya, ask any philosper/historian/scientist about the Great library in Alexandria and they will cry.
It was the first time man came together and put all his common knowledge, history, and scrolls under one roof. Lost civilizations, everything.....
it is sad it was burned to down
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What's this I hear? Lost Civilizations? Lost knowledge? Aliens from Mars?
I smell Erich von Daniken in my coffee!
Would anyone like a Lost Continent of Atlantis cookie?
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Originally posted by Dominikos
What's this I hear? Lost Civilizations? Lost knowledge? Aliens from Mars?
Umm? Do you think Im kidding?
That library contain everything about the first 3000 years of civilization. People traveled from China on foot, just to put there scrolls and histrorical text in there.Comment
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Not bad for a guy who'd been dead for a hundred years...The Great Library was in Alexandra, and was burnt to the ground bye Julius Caesar in 57 A.D.
"When all else fails, a pigheaded refusal to look facts in the face will see us through." -- General Sir Anthony Cecil Hogmanay MelchettComment
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Sorry, did I mean 57 B.C.? Ya, thats what I meant
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Damn - you beat me to it Clem
Did Caesar really do that? I thought it accidentally caught fire.Any views I may express here are personal and certainly do not in any way reflect the views of my employer. Tis the rising of the moon..
Look, I just don't anymore, okay?Comment
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I see that someone recently either watched the discovery channel or read a book.
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