Whats your fav. empire/nation

muy_thaiguy · Post by **muy_thaiguy** » Sat Sep 01, 2007 7:22 pm

btownmeggy wrote:What are people basing their decisions on?

Clothing style is the only thing I can think of that matters, in which case the answer is clear:

the Minoans.

You better believe I have that same dress. And hat.

lord twiggy1 · Post by **lord twiggy1** » Sat Sep 01, 2007 7:23 pm

Iliad · Post by **Iliad** » Sat Sep 01, 2007 7:28 pm

btownmeggy wrote:What are people basing their decisions on?

Clothing style is the only thing I can think of that matters, in which case the answer is clear:

the Minoans.

You better believe I have that same dress. And hat.

I don't suppose you can grace us with a pic?

btownmeggy · Post by **btownmeggy** » Sat Sep 01, 2007 7:33 pm

Iliad wrote: I don't suppose you can grace us with a pic?

http://www.conquerclub.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=7785

Iliad · Post by **Iliad** » Sat Sep 01, 2007 7:34 pm

btownmeggy wrote:
Iliad wrote: I don't suppose you can grace us with a pic?
http://www.conquerclub.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=7785

I thought as much.

Tyr · Post by **Tyr** » Sat Sep 01, 2007 7:37 pm

lord twiggy1 wrote:and it wasnt really an empire it was more of a genocide against jews gypsies homosexuals and other "impure" people.

btw unless operation barbosa was betraying their alliance with russia, ataking russia was his worst mistake

operation barabosa was what the whole atack on russia was called

lord twiggy1 · Post by **lord twiggy1** » Sat Sep 01, 2007 7:38 pm

ok gotcha

mybike_yourface · Post by **mybike_yourface** » Sat Sep 01, 2007 8:01 pm

best nation in the world. Donation!

Tyr · Post by **Tyr** » Sat Sep 01, 2007 10:39 pm

i have only seen oyu in two threads and i already dont like you

Arbustos · Post by **Arbustos** » Sat Sep 01, 2007 10:40 pm

Tyr wrote:i have only seen oyu in two threads and i already dont like you

Iliad · Post by **Iliad** » Sat Sep 01, 2007 10:42 pm

Arbustos wrote:
Tyr wrote:i have only seen oyu in two threads and i already dont like you

I think he radiates other people with dislike!

Arbustos · Post by **Arbustos** » Sat Sep 01, 2007 10:44 pm

Iliad wrote:
Arbustos wrote:
Tyr wrote:i have only seen oyu in two threads and i already dont like you

I think he radiates other people with dislike!

Edit: Never mind.

Tyr · Post by **Tyr** » Sat Sep 01, 2007 10:46 pm

no really just that guy hes a self righteous asshole

Arbustos · Post by **Arbustos** » Sat Sep 01, 2007 10:47 pm

Tyr wrote:no really just that guy hes a self righteous asshole

I've been accused of being one of those

muy_thaiguy · Post by **muy_thaiguy** » Sun Sep 02, 2007 12:22 am

Arbustos wrote:
Tyr wrote:no really just that guy hes a self righteous asshole
I've been accused of being one of those

We all have Arb, we all have.

lord twiggy1 · Post by **lord twiggy1** » Sun Sep 02, 2007 12:43 am

Guiscard · Post by **Guiscard** » Sun Sep 02, 2007 6:40 am

Skittles! wrote:
Guiscard wrote:Gotta gow thet first one ever... the Assyrian Empire!

You really have to hand it to an empire that, when destroying a city, goes so far as to dig up and dump the ground it was built upon into the river!
Haha, yeah, that was a good empire.

Aren't you a history major, or something?

I'm currently studying for a PhD, yeh

I'm a medievalist, though, so I guess I should pick an empire from my period of study...

I'm gonna get controversial here:

The Islamic Caliphate (to the extent to which it can be called an Empire, and we are generalising slightly here... I'm taking it very generally.)

The Islamic Golden Age gave rise to immense feats of scholarship, developments of the arts, literature and science as well as philosophical and political thinking. The Muslims, rather than the renaissance Europeans, were the true heirs to ancient Greek intellectualism (indeed, Aristotle is only popular in European thinking through his championing by Arabic scholars). The Islamic empire expanded at a ridiculous speed, tolerated and integrated other cultures to a greater degree than the Mongols (an empire similar in their expansion) and held power for centuries.

Skittles! · Post by **Skittles!** » Sun Sep 02, 2007 6:54 am

I have to agree with you there, Guiscard.

The other day I went to see an expedition at the New South Wales Art Gallery. The expedition was called "The Arts Of Islam", and oh god, they had some pretty fabulous things there. It also told some history of some of the empires that had arisen with Islam, like the Ottoman Empire, and some other ones. It is truly something you have to see.

Jehan, if you read this, I suggest you go see it, and anyone else that's from NSW.

Malkithe · Post by **Malkithe** » Sun Sep 02, 2007 6:59 am

Pursuing masters in classics... studied Latin sense I was a little kid... gotta go with Rome, although I'm biased, and that's probably a typical answer.

Iliad · Post by **Iliad** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 3:03 am

Skittles! wrote:I have to agree with you there, Guiscard.

The other day I went to see an expedition at the New South Wales Art Gallery. The expedition was called "The Arts Of Islam", and oh god, they had some pretty fabulous things there. It also told some history of some of the empires that had arisen with Islam, like the Ottoman Empire, and some other ones. It is truly something you have to see.

Jehan, if you read this, I suggest you go see it, and anyone else that's from NSW.

Can't be bothered.

Tyr · Post by **Tyr** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 9:04 pm

sounds like a muslim lover is here

muy_thaiguy · Post by **muy_thaiguy** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 10:04 pm

Okay, Charlemagne's Holy Roman Empire (when he was alive).

Guiscard · Post by **Guiscard** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 5:26 am

Tyr wrote:sounds like a muslim lover is here

Skittles! · Post by **Skittles!** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 6:03 am

Tyr wrote:sounds like a muslim lover is here

Respecting a belief that extended the way Islam did is not loving, just respecting. It's truly amazing how Muslims moved from Middle East to North Africa & Iberia fast, like how the Buddhist (SP) Mongols swept through Asia and Eastern Europe.

It's kind of weird that Christianity didn't establish a Christian Empire. Well, a said Empire.

flashleg8 · Post by **flashleg8** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 6:06 am

Skittles! wrote:
It's kind of weird that Christianity didn't establish a Christian Empire. Well, a said Empire.

Would The Holy Roman Empire in the Germanic states qualify?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Roman_Empire