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Post by kaiserwilhelmii on Mar 8, 2018 8:34:34 GMT
So I've asked many of my friends what they think is the most important nation or region in European history and I get the generic Roman Empire and Greece answers. That's all well and good but what do you guys think is the most important post-476 A.D.? Whenever I ask them this question I get weird and unusual answers which vary wildly.
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Post by Elizabeth on Mar 8, 2018 8:45:17 GMT
I suck at this part...hmm. Britain?
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Post by AmericanCharm on Mar 8, 2018 8:49:57 GMT
It’s hard to narrow it down to just one, my vote goes to the British Empire.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 8, 2018 8:55:14 GMT
Either Russia or Germany. I think they share 1st place.
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Post by kaiserwilhelmii on Mar 8, 2018 9:02:52 GMT
Either Russia or Germany. I think they share 1st place. I'd have to agree with you partially on this one. I believe it's Germany due to the many conflicts and revolutionary inventions that took place in the region such as the printing press, reformation, Habsburgs, Wars of Religion (up to and including the 30 Year's War), 7 Years War, Hannoverian rulers of England, and later the British Empire, the Napoleonic wars, revolutions of 1848, German Unification, and the obvious WW1 and WW2. Including the resurgence of the German economy of modern day. There's many more but I believe these are the most important points. Thoughts? |
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Post by Διαμονδ on Mar 8, 2018 13:26:48 GMT
Of course, the Russians/Germans! The British Empire left not an important trace in the history of Europe, but rather behind its side-chapels!   |
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Post by Hraefn on Mar 9, 2018 22:09:15 GMT
Germany, At least the area. It's affected a crap ton of places over history, e.i Fall of the Western Roman Empire, the migration of Angles and Saxons, which you know is definitely influential lmao, the HRE, Germany in WWI and II, the Habsburgs in Austria. The whole region was insanely influential to Europe.
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Post by Διαμονδ on Mar 9, 2018 22:43:22 GMT
Germany, At least the area. It's affected a crap ton of places over history, e.i Fall of the Western Roman Empire, the migration of Angles and Saxons, which you know is definitely influential lmao, the HRE, Germany in WWI and II, the Habsburgs in Austria. The whole region was insanely influential to Europe. As a result, Germany has become a passing house and loses its face!  |
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Post by Clovis Merovingian on Mar 9, 2018 22:46:05 GMT
Germany for Europe, England for the world.
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Post by joustos on Mar 10, 2018 22:54:32 GMT
Most important - in what sense? Politically? (Some of you have already answered in this respect.) Culturally? I would say Italy, since the 17th century, because Galileo invented the method of the science of nature (which now is worldwide and very consequential), because Volta invented the first generator of current electricity (which is the fuel of modern technology and the life of modern humans), and because, since the 14th century, Italian music composers (and then European composers) created "tonal music", in contradistinction to the medieval "modal music". "Tonicity" is typical of "classical music", of Jazz, and of Rock, etc., but it was temporarily attacked by Distonalism ("stonatura", atonalism, serialism, which have been fortunately abandoned by esthetic people).
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Post by joustos on Mar 11, 2018 16:06:17 GMT
An addition about electricity: A few years ago, physicist Colombo and the Italian Space Agency produced the first electricity generator that can and is being used on the international space craft: the tethered "satellite", which is dragged along a space craft that revolves around the earth. (By Faraday's principle of induction, as the wires which come from the "satellite" pass over the earth's magnetic field, electrons are induced to flow. Thus the craft needs not carry immense batteries, petroil... or a waterfall....to generate electricity for all of its needs.)Space cities are now feasible, if we develop the technology to synthesize water in space laboratories.
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