Which country has the most interesting history? US or UK?

Robin Hood is gay :o Maid Marion is gonna be devastatedxaos

In this movie he's not gay :P Take that.

UK.

Without them the US wouldn't exist.

I voted for the UK, although being British I'm slightly bias. I have read about and watched documentaries on American history, although I found it boring.

The "who invented what" derailment a few pages back was a funny read, too.

[QUOTE="xaos"]Robin Hood is gay :o Maid Marion is gonna be devastatedairshocker

In this movie he's not gay :P Take that.

Maybe that's why it's so terrible?TELLMEYOURLIFE

To each their own. It was one of my favorite movies this year.

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And Robin Hood came out today.

xaos

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I do know some of British history, I don't know all of it but I know a lot of it.

The internet was invented in America though and you can't have the internet without a computer. Look who invented the computer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Presper_Eckert

Ninja-Hippo

But now you're completely contradicting yourself. First you said you don't know much of UK history, now you say you don't just know some but you know a LOT. Which is it?

Second, the computer was never 'invented'. Nobody one day said 'EUREKA!' and made a computer. The first *working* computer was actually made in Manchester, England, which is often credited as the city which invented the computer. Even that is inaccurate however, because computers is such an ambiguos term that some historians cite machines made as long ago as the 1600s as being 'computers'.

You wikipedia article relates to the modern day PC as we know it, which was put into proper production by IBM. That by no means = 'invention'.

Pointless debate is pointless however. Like i said, inventing stuff does not = great history.

I live in Manchester. ^_^

I voted for the UK, although being British I'm slightly bias. I have read about and watched documentaries on American history, although I found it boring.

The "who invented what" derailment a few pages back was a funny read, too.

KlepticGrooves

I guess the UK,as

They got a longer history.

and

The strangest and and most uneak royal line. Of all the royal lines in Europe, Briton's always seem to stand out in history. From the greats like Richard and Elizabeth, to those that dissolved into insanity like Mary and George III.

the uk has way more history then america does by far. the first records come about 2000 years ago when the romans came

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[QUOTE="joshrocks2245"]

I do know some of British history, I don't know all of it but I know a lot of it.

The internet was invented in America though and you can't have the internet without a computer. Look who invented the computer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Presper_Eckert

CBR600-RR

But now you're completely contradicting yourself. First you said you don't know much of UK history, now you say you don't just know some but you know a LOT. Which is it?

Second, the computer was never 'invented'. Nobody one day said 'EUREKA!' and made a computer. The first *working* computer was actually made in Manchester, England, which is often credited as the city which invented the computer. Even that is inaccurate however, because computers is such an ambiguos term that some historians cite machines made as long ago as the 1600s as being 'computers'.

You wikipedia article relates to the modern day PC as we know it, which was put into proper production by IBM. That by no means = 'invention'.

Pointless debate is pointless however. Like i said, inventing stuff does not = great history.

I live in Manchester. ^_^

well I AM from the US, I'm going to list my home country first.

iran i don't care i will make it option

UK. It's all about the monarchy baby. Six wives and inventing your own church? We need more Henry's.

U.S. hasn't been around nearly as long. So much awesome U.K. history. I'd put my money on the U.S. for the past few hundred years though.

China and Japan are alot more interesting. Though if only out of those two, I'd go with the UK. Do you guys know that China's harsh drug laws (death penalty for all smugglers/dealers) is due to the british ruining the country for money?

[QUOTE="TELLMEYOURLIFE"]Maybe that's why it's so terrible?airshocker

To each their own. It was one of my favorite movies this year.

Didn't touch past epics like Gladiator though.

China and Japan are alot more interesting. Though if only out of those two, I'd go with the UK. Do you guys know that China's harsh drug laws (death penalty for all smugglers/dealers) is due to the british ruining the country for money?

Espada12

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China and Japan are alot more interesting. Though if only out of those two, I'd go with the UK. Do you guys know that China's harsh drug laws (death penalty for all smugglers/dealers) is due to the british ruining the country for money?

Murj

Pretty much, the British and pretty much Europeans have been a scourge on the world throughout history. No offense to anyone, just facts.

i wouldn't go with racism , civil war , extermination of the indian race and the only excuse is that they are "savages" , wiping 2 japanese cities off the planet ..... but the uk is no better honestlyMAZ85

I'd say the UK was alot worse.

The UK has just been around for so much longer than we have, it would be inaccurate to say our history was more interesting imo.

I'd say it depends on how far back you looked, and wether or not your inquiries are about who was the biggest douchebag.

I go with the one which actually HAD a bona fide empire.

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China and Japan are alot more interesting. Though if only out of those two, I'd go with the UK. Do you guys know that China's harsh drug laws (death penalty for all smugglers/dealers) is due to the british ruining the country for money?

Murj

yep, little old us bullied the chinese into letting us ship drugs through their ports, just thinking about that seems insane

our history is great, get out and see some national trust / heritage property, a couple of jacobean / georgian / victorianmansions etc just in the middle of nowhere, its brilliant and they're pretty much all over

I don't know... I might have to wait another 75 years. But, for now, the UK.

(Ironically, I'm from the US! :P)

Without a doubt, UK history. Much of the US history stemmed from that anyway, but obviously one country has been around a lot longer than the other, which makes a difference.

The UK obviously. I'm not American nor British.

I go to the University of Manchester. >.>SolidSnake35

I heard it's terrible. :P

My mate goes there though, rest go Huddersfield.

UK/it's area. Been around much longer.

The US. Yeah, the UK has been around longer, but most of its history to me is just soul-crushingly boring. The only really interesting parts were the English Civil War, and the events of the late 18th-20th centuries. The US was founded by ingenious Enlightenment thinkers, conquered a continent, and rose to become the anchor of the Liberal Democratic world.

The US. Yeah, the UK has been around longer, but most of its history to me is just soul-crushingly boring. The only really interesting parts were the English Civil War, and the events of the late 18th-20th centuries. The US was founded by ingenious Enlightenment thinkers, conquered a continent, and rose to become the anchor of the Liberal Democratic world.

fidosim

The British did a similar thing, except they conquered two-thrids of the world.

US has had a lot more happen despite being around a fraction of the time.

Just about every Western European nation in my opinion has a more interesting history than the United States.

The UK, it goes back muchfurther. I love how my tiny little country is so powerful for its size.