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pres2032 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-01-05 11:29 PM
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Poll question: favorite kick-ass empire
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amber dog democrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-01-05 11:32 PM
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1. Japan in WW II
( if you want a kick ass empire )

and the Mongols in the 1200s.

But the Byzantines run a close third.
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faithfulcitizen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-01-05 11:32 PM
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2. other: USA!
;)
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kedrys Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-01-05 11:35 PM
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3. Klingon.
Oh, not fictitious? Er, the Mongols then. Only people to conquer Russia in winter - that's pretty studly...!
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Tektonik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-01-05 11:37 PM
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4. Napoleon
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rwheeler31 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-01-05 11:37 PM
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5. Roman
Stupid men in togas.
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realisticphish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-01-05 11:45 PM
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6. oh, come ON
Edited on Tue Mar-01-05 11:46 PM by realisticphish

:hippie: The Incorrigible Democrat
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Not_Giving_Up Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-01-05 11:51 PM
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8. Yep...that was my thought!
It would have taken me forever to get the pic...damn dialup!
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realisticphish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-01-05 11:55 PM
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13. google images
rules :) though im probably eating up some poor star wars fans bandwidth

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pres2032 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-01-05 11:51 PM
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9. ah yes! how could i have forgotten!
*slaps forehead*
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realisticphish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-01-05 11:56 PM
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14. jeez
i don't remember napoleon blowing up any planets ;)


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RevolutionaryActs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-02-05 12:18 AM
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16. Yeah! What realisticphish said!
:)
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deadparrot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-01-05 11:49 PM
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7. Whoohoo...Rome.
Granted, I'm a Latin geek and a lover of Roman history. But still. :)
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realisticphish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-01-05 11:54 PM
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11. semper ubi sub ubi
not real grammer, but the first sentance we learned in latin:)

the second was agricola somnis cum equiis :evilgrin:

I was a latinoid for 4 years ( we had names for the three languages at our school, french, latin, and spanish. latinoids, frenchies, and... kids that couldnt do the other two :P)

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progmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-01-05 11:51 PM
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10. i gotta give it up to the greeks
with the romans in close second.
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SmileyBoy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-01-05 11:55 PM
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12. As a Turk, I gotta go with the Ottoman.
:D
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Anarcho-Socialist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-02-05 12:17 AM
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15. The British Empire, one quarter of the Earth's land, plus all of the sea
and very naughty.
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CanuckAmok Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-02-05 12:28 AM
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21. Yes, good times...
My family on my father's side were Empire military. Some of my ancestors were stationed in India, Bermuda, Hong Cong/Manchuria, and during the Boer War.

"The sun never sets on the British Empire".

...I can't help but notice the Thirteen Colonies are absend from your Empire map. Must be a typo.

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Anarcho-Socialist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-02-05 12:58 AM
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25. The map is the British Empire in 1921
and so the 13 colonies weren't on there.
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CanuckAmok Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-02-05 01:07 AM
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26. A likely story!
but certainly arguable!
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Anarcho-Socialist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-02-05 01:16 AM
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27. lol, well since you insist
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CanuckAmok Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-02-05 01:18 AM
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28. That's better. Thanks.
Although I guess if you add the 13, you have to remove Lower Canada (Quebec)...so it probably works out to be the same square mileage.
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jpgray Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-02-05 12:19 AM
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17. Aztec. Giant city in lake. Human sacrifices. (nt)
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Huckebein the Raven Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-02-05 12:21 AM
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18. France under Napoleon
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Chicago Democrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-02-05 12:22 AM
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19. None! Empires SUCK and involve killing people and stealing their land!
Say NO to Empire and all glorification of Empires! The only sure thing about empires is that they all FALL!
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pres2032 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-02-05 12:27 AM
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20. ok, count to 10...
breathe in...breathe out...breathe in....breathe out...

hehe, you can be sure that we all know and acknowledge all the bad things that empires have done, but then so have most countries. We're just having a little fun. :-)
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CanuckAmok Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-02-05 12:30 AM
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23. "Ah, well...they did give us the aqueducts, I'll give you that"
But besides the aqueducts, name one thing the Romans have done for us!
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amber dog democrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-02-05 12:10 PM
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30. Well, they gave us I Claudius
and Claudius the God.
I so loved that BBC series !
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Spider Jerusalem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-02-05 12:14 PM
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31. Roads? Laws? Etc?
Hehe.
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Endangered Specie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-02-05 12:29 AM
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22. Romulan.
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Anarcho-Socialist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-02-05 01:18 AM
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29. Romulans are good, just as long as they stick to their own side
of the Neutral Zone.
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Darranar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-02-05 12:33 AM
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24. A fallen empire. n/t
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Spider Jerusalem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-02-05 12:17 PM
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32. One has a hard time...
associating the French and ass-kicking. They were usually the kickees, not the kickers, from the Plains of Abraham to Dien Bien Phu...but, you want to put 'em on the list, okay...
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