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Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2007 7:22 pm
by muy_thaiguy
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.
Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2007 7:23 pm
by lord twiggy1
Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2007 7:28 pm
by Iliad
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?
Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2007 7:33 pm
by btownmeggy
Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2007 7:34 pm
by Iliad
Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2007 7:37 pm
by Tyr
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
Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2007 7:38 pm
by lord twiggy1
ok gotcha
Donation!
Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2007 8:01 pm
by mybike_yourface
best nation in the world. Donation!
Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2007 10:39 pm
by Tyr
i have only seen oyu in two threads and i already dont like you
Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2007 10:40 pm
by Arbustos
Tyr wrote:i have only seen oyu in two threads and i already dont like you
Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2007 10:42 pm
by Iliad
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!
Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2007 10:44 pm
by Arbustos
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.
Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2007 10:46 pm
by Tyr
no really just that guy hes a self righteous asshole
Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2007 10:47 pm
by Arbustos
Tyr wrote:no really just that guy hes a self righteous asshole
I've been accused of being one of those
Posted: Sun Sep 02, 2007 12:22 am
by muy_thaiguy
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.
Posted: Sun Sep 02, 2007 12:43 am
by lord twiggy1
lol
Posted: Sun Sep 02, 2007 6:40 am
by Guiscard
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.
Posted: Sun Sep 02, 2007 6:54 am
by Skittles!
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.
Posted: Sun Sep 02, 2007 6:59 am
by Malkithe
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.
Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2007 3:03 am
by Iliad
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.
Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2007 9:04 pm
by Tyr
sounds like a muslim lover is here
Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2007 10:04 pm
by muy_thaiguy
Okay, Charlemagne's Holy Roman Empire (when he was alive).
Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2007 5:26 am
by Guiscard
Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2007 6:03 am
by Skittles!
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.
Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2007 6:06 am
by flashleg8
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
