kingblaze84;8744001 said:
The_Jackal;8743741 said:
Most of them weren't even empires but
>Nazi Germany
>Ottoman empire
>Portuguese
>United States
Those four or objectively wrong and whoever came up with this list should be ashamed.
The person who made this list isn't too far off, the Romans, Mongolians, Spaniards, Iranians and British had very large empires.
I agree but this list is mostly shit. Only the Romans, spaniard, British, actively participate a policy of expansion and we're successful at it.
The Mongolians was as much an "Empire" as the Holy Roman empire was an "empire
silverfoxx;8744009 said:
Ottoman Empire and the Ming Dynasty ran shit for a min though
Ottoman empire was strong during the 16th 17th century but fell into strong decline after that. Here is something particularly funny. To mehmed IV probably the strongest emperor of the Ottoman from the Cossacks. They basically beat him in a battle but mehmed still demanded there surrender. Here is there reply to his message.
Zaporozhian Cossacks to the Turkish Sultan!
O sultan, Turkish devil and damned devil's kith and kin, secretary to Lucifer himself. What the devil kind of knight are you, that can't slay a hedgehog with your naked arse? The devil excretes, and your army eats. You will not, you son of a bitch, make subjects of Christian sons; we've no fear of your army, by land and by sea we will battle with thee, fuck your mother.
You Babylonian scullion, Macedonian wheelwright, brewer of Jerusalem, goat-fucker of Alexandria, swineherd of Greater and Lesser Egypt, pig of Armenia, Podolian thief, catamite of Tartary, hangman of Kamyanets, and fool of all the world and underworld, an idiot before God, grandson of the Serpent, and the crick in our dick. Pig's snout, mare's arse, slaughterhouse cur, unchristened brow, screw your own mother!
So the Zaporozhians declare, you lowlife. You won't even be herding pigs for the Christians. Now we'll conclude, for we don't know the date and don't own a calendar; the moon's in the sky, the year with the Lord, the day's the same over here as it is over there; for this kiss our arse!
- Koshovyi Otaman Ivan Sirko, with the whole Zaporozhian Host.