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Firstly and most importantly we beat the french numerous timesWe maintained international naval supremacy up until more recent times which was the key too our empire.We braught civilization free trade and liassez faire economics to to much of the worldWith 900 civil servants and and army of 70,000 we were able to control 250 million people in India (which was much larger than it is today including countries like pakistan etc) name any country who can do way with beurocracy like that in modern times. we also control 1/5 of the world at our peak i mite add.We industrialised the world bringing trains to india etc.We made ourselves the world police to stamp out the evil slave trade using our naval might.We shrank the world by installing telegraph lines across the worlds oceans and utilising steam ships shrinking traveling times and being able to deliver messages in hours where previously it took months. we can still rub it spains face that we own jabrulta and they'll never get it back we even made the first television! a mechanical one tho.We even gracefully gave up the majority of our empire after ww2 while other thaught to keep/enlarge theirs.What truely sets our empire above everyone elses is the industrialisation we baught to the world and the promotion of trade.This is all off the top of my head please feel free to add i may come up with some more. Also list other countries and your reasons why you think they are great and we can discuss which is the greatest
The British Empire was OK... It doesnt match up well to some of the other great powers throughout history though.Quote from: Don Rizzle on August 17, 2004, 06:34:28 AMFirstly and most importantly we beat the french numerous timesWe maintained international naval supremacy up until more recent times which was the key too our empire.We braught civilization free trade and liassez faire economics to to much of the worldWith 900 civil servants and and army of 70,000 we were able to control 250 million people in India (which was much larger than it is today including countries like pakistan etc) name any country who can do way with beurocracy like that in modern times. we also control 1/5 of the world at our peak i mite add.We industrialised the world bringing trains to india etc.We made ourselves the world police to stamp out the evil slave trade using our naval might.We shrank the world by installing telegraph lines across the worlds oceans and utilising steam ships shrinking traveling times and being able to deliver messages in hours where previously it took months. we can still rub it spains face that we own jabrulta and they'll never get it back we even made the first television! a mechanical one tho.We even gracefully gave up the majority of our empire after ww2 while other thaught to keep/enlarge theirs.What truely sets our empire above everyone elses is the industrialisation we baught to the world and the promotion of trade.This is all off the top of my head please feel free to add i may come up with some more. Also list other countries and your reasons why you think they are great and we can discuss which is the greatest
Quote from: Don Rizzle on May 10, 2006, 03:16:12 AMiraq would just get annexed by iranThat would be a great solution. If Iran and the majority of Iraqi's are pleased with it, then why shouldn't they do it?
iraq would just get annexed by iran
It was big yes but it was held together by a navy and they had little influence on the actuale populations. Rome is easily the greatest Empire to ever exist as it is the birth of Western civilization. Brittania got its name from Rome. Its influence extends to this day. England wasnt a super power for all that long. Spain had an empire just as good and France at it hieght was just as strong.
that is what set ours above all the others in my opinion our empire was built on trade where as the french empire was more for power, but with trade you gain money and through money you gain power, going back to the india example we started off trading with them and that india company eventually took control of india and then when their were disputes over how things should run in india the crown took power. another thing look at the remains of the spanish empire today you got south america which is poor, similar story with the french. and look at where we went you have america canada australia new zeeland etc.the roman example was much better as really did transform each country but it wasn't as far reaching
Quote from: tommyilromano on August 20, 2004, 07:50:27 AMIt was big yes but it was held together by a navy and they had little influence on the actuale populations. Rome is easily the greatest Empire to ever exist as it is the birth of Western civilization. Brittania got its name from Rome. Its influence extends to this day. England wasnt a super power for all that long. Spain had an empire just as good and France at it hieght was just as strong. rome didn't manage conquer all of england
You Britons also gave Sting, IMO one of the greatest musicians alive...if you're into that kind of music.