What was the most glorious Empire in history of Man? (poll)

There was no glorious empire because they were all built upon the backs of the thousands, if not millions, who were killed in the pursuit of one government trying to bring about global hegemony.

tycoonmike

I find it funny how there's not even and option for the persian empire. Which is almost unanomously agreed by educated historians to be the first empire to effectively conquer the known world; however, instead of glorify that mangificent civilization we choose to glorify Alexander III of Macedon and throw a "the Great" at the end of his name for systematically committing mass genocide and rape upon the Persian peoples instead of actually accepting their civilization like the persians did to the different peoples they conquered. No, instead this "great" decided to burn entire cities to the ground (most notable is Persepolis) and have his way with the people.

The Persian Empire was the single greatest empire in the world on the grounds that it was the first and set the standard for others to follow.

I'd go with Roman, then British.

I really don't know EXACTLY what they contributed. but I say ROman cause they have Spartans!! lol

hobo290

Umm, I think you mean the Greeks.

where's Egypt?:shock:

The TC failed hard.

You're missing almost allof the empires that have effected civilization the most, yet you have "Germaic" on the list... Comon? What the hell.

[QUOTE="tycoonmike"]

There was no glorious empire because they were all built upon the backs of the thousands, if not millions, who were killed in the pursuit of one government trying to bring about global hegemony.

Arab-man666

The five largest empires by landmass:

1. British Empire (The near complete destruction or disbandment of entire cultures, most notably Native American and African cultures, the former to be later continued by the United States)

2. Mongol Empire (Entire cities and cultural areas destroyed and depopulated under the expansion of Genghis and Ogadai Khan, ex. Urgench, Samarkand)

3. Russian Empire (The treatment of the Serf class under the Czarist dictatorship and nobility)

4. The USSR (The treatment of native Cossacks, the brutal suppression of religion and the arts, as well as the Stalinist purges of the 1930s)

5. Spanish Empire (The persecution of Central and Southern American populations to the point of near extinction, only now beginning to recover)

Need I go on?

you skipped the British empire or the Greek Empire, but from the list the Roman is probably the bestWings_008

I'm sorry where is the British Empire? that owned.. a third of the globe...GenTom

[QUOTE="Wings_008"]you skipped the British empire or the Greek Empire, but from the list the Roman is probably the best123625

I would say the Roman Empire

You forgot about the Babylonian Empire.

You forgot about the Babylonian Empire.

XCyberForceX

I would put in the Chinese. What would the Europeans do without gunpower?

:P I have a love/hate relationship with the Spanish Empire.

The Roman Empire for me

The Roman empire or the British.

AMERICA !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Norg