what countries have been superpowers at one time in history ?

Ancient Times: Egypt, Greece, Roman Empire, China

Medival: Arab Empire, China, India

From 1500 to 1945: Britain, France, Russia and Spain

France, Never France, I just have a thing against french people, trying to force their language down my throat...

Napolean was close but I wouldn't consider it a "superpower"

British Empire = win

Roman Empire = win

Britain (And still are in my opinion) ... Mongolia too ... and Russia.Whight_Knight

Its a shame Mongolia never advanced from the days of Genghis, they are still goat herders living in wooden huts.

France, Never France, I just have a thing against french people, trying to force their language down my throat...

Napolean was close but I wouldn't consider it a "superpower"

Led_poison

Do you live in Quebec or something? LOL

British Empire = win

Roman Empire = win

Samwel_X

Persian Empire= win (except when they try to take over Les Bos)

[QUOTE="Whight_Knight"]Britain (And still are in my opinion) ... Mongolia too ... and Russia.Spartan_385

Its a shame Mongolia never advanced from the days of Genghis, they are still goat herders living in wooden huts.

still not bad for people who live in wooden huts ;)

Sadly it was only the USA and USSR that attained the rank of superpower, the rest were just "great powers", apparently. james28893

this is what it says on wiki

superpower is a term first applied in 1944 to the United States, the Soviet Union, and the British Empire. Following World War II, the British Empire ceased to exist as its territories became independent, and the Soviet Union and the United States were regarded as the only two superpowers, then engaged in the Cold War

[QUOTE="james28893"]Sadly it was only the USA and USSR that attained the rank of superpower, the rest were just "great powers", apparently. deadeye012006

this is what it says on wiki

superpower is a term first applied in 1944 to the United States, the Soviet Union, and the British Empire. Following World War II, the British Empire ceased to exist as its territories became independent, and the Soviet Union and the United States were regarded as the only two superpowers, then engaged in the Cold War

OK then, I was taught that to be a superpower one required a significant amount of land, resources and more importantly nuclear devices.

Ancient Times: Egypt, Greece, Roman Empire, China

Medival: Arab Empire, China, India

From 1500 to 1945: Britain, France, Russia and Spain

TheWalrusBeast

this guy got it. Cept he neglected the USA.

[QUOTE="deadeye012006"]

[QUOTE="james28893"]Sadly it was only the USA and USSR that attained the rank of superpower, the rest were just "great powers", apparently. james28893

this is what it says on wiki

superpower is a term first applied in 1944 to the United States, the Soviet Union, and the British Empire. Following World War II, the British Empire ceased to exist as its territories became independent, and the Soviet Union and the United States were regarded as the only two superpowers, then engaged in the Cold War

OK then, I was taught that to be a superpower one required a significant amount of land, resources and more importantly nuclear devices.

yes your right about that however the British empire had significant land resources from the lands it conquered and without the British there would be know nuclear devises one of Americas terms in coming into the war was that the British had to surrender its atomic research to them if the UK had made an atomic bomb a few years early they would still be a superpower today ;)

I think they've all been said, but:

Portugal
USA
Russia/Soviet Union
Britain
Spain
France
Rome
Egypt
China
Germany

All I could think of. I'd say Japan, but I think that was only within itself rather than throughout a large area like the others.

Offically, I think just the United States and the USSR were "superpowers". But I have no idea what makes a country a superpower. nintendorocks

During the 90's the US at one point was considered to be a hyper power A hyperpower or omnipower is a state that is militarily, economically, and technologically dominant on the world stage. The term was first used to describe the United States in the 1990s, but has also been applied, retroactively, to earlier states like the British Empire

Wikipedia FTW