03-12-2004 05:31									#121
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quote: China* and Japan*'s history has only been particularly interesting relatively recently too.

Ehhhh?

	03-12-2004 05:37									#122
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quote: Originally posted by Ned Interesting: 1) Roman 2) English 3) American 4) Jewish

Muhahaha.

	03-12-2004 06:46									#123
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A silly question. The answer is obvious:

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	03-12-2004 06:51									#124
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So not Russia?

	03-12-2004 09:14									#125
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North, Central, and South American prior to Europe invading Them.
A month or two ago they found some bones here in the US that are at lease 15,000 years older than the last oldest bones found. So now we know that someone lived here at lease 25 to 30 thousand years ago.

	03-12-2004 12:23									#126
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quote: Originally posted by Kalius Well Sandman, considering Britain comes from the Roman term for the land south of Hadrian's Wall, I can see the Scottish involvement in the land...

The Roman terms 'Africa' and 'Asia' have expanded a bit as well.

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quote: Originally posted by GePap ... and India until 1857 was still under a company and not the Crown.

Someone hasn't heard of Lord North's Regulating Act, or any of the other acts (such as the 1784 India Act) which impacted on the East India Company and its status under the Crown, and who governed India for whom.

	03-12-2004 21:18									#128
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quote: Originally posted by Serb A silly question. The answer is obvious:

The history of Russia moves beyond interesting into sad and depressing.

	03-12-2004 21:32									#129
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quote: Originally posted by Sikander Why were they well on the way to hunting the buffalo to extinction before whites gave them a helping hand then?

Wha??? Dude, there were way more buffalo than there were plains Indians.

	05-12-2004 10:45									#130
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quote: Originally posted by BeBro So not Russia?

It's Russian flag actually.

	05-12-2004 10:54									#131
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Most interesting: Italy
Least interesting: Andorra -- not a single war in its over 600-years of existence. Come on guys! Get with the program! This is Europe for crying out loud!

	05-12-2004 11:16									#132
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Scandianvia, we went to Canada, sacked towns in Europe, brought government to Kiev, seved as the palace guards in Constant,inople founded Dublin, kicked Hapsburg ass and saved Lutheranism in the 30-Years War, kept the Nazis from making nukes, and lived happily ever after.

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Interesting discussion.

I'll side with Anacyreon, and the peninsula of Anatolya.

As for a nation state, it would have to be China.

My personal fave for both of these, given my own biases would have to be England for nation state, and Italy from the Po to the Tiber for geographical region.

	05-12-2004 13:47									#134
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quote: brought government to Kiev

yeah, right.

Do you by chance need this fancy bridge I have for sale?

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Finland

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Legoland

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quote: Originally posted by Serb It's Russian flag actually.

Hm, I thought it was the Soviet flag, and the Russian is in your location field

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quote: Originally posted by Odin Scandianvia, we went to Canada, sacked towns in Europe, brought government to Kiev, seved as the palace guards in Constant,inople founded Dublin, kicked Hapsburg ass and saved Lutheranism in the 30-Years War, kept the Nazis from making nukes, and lived happily ever after.

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quote: Originally posted by BeBro Hm, I thought it was the Soviet flag, and the Russian is in your location field

This flag is still one of the state symbols of Russian Federation.

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quote: quote: Originally posted by Jaguar Least interesting: New Zealand Originally posted by Immortal Wombat You'd be surprised.

No he wouldn't. Our history is DULL as all hell.

China.

	12-12-2004 18:44									#141
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That picture is beautiful, Gangerolf. Makes me want to fight for the glory of scandinavian kings.

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Just out of curiosity, what makes the history of a country interesting?

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quote: Originally posted by Gangerolf

Did you photoshop modify the flags of Norway and Sweden, or were these flags flown briefly after the end of the Napoleonic Wars?

	12-12-2004 18:50									#144
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quote: Originally posted by Dr Strangelove Just out of curiosity, what males the history of a country interesting?

	12-12-2004 18:56									#145
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I didn't photoshop it
They were flown from the 1840s IIRC until the breakup of the union between Norway and Sweden in 1905. Norway was forced into the union after the Napoleonic wars in 1814.

I think the painting is a propaganda thingy from the war between Denmark and Prussia in 1864.

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quote: Originally posted by Gangerolf I didn't photoshop it They were flown from the 1840s IIRC until the breakup of the union between Norway and Sweden in 1905. Norway was forced into the union after the Napoleonic wars in 1814. I think the painting is a propaganda thingy from the war between Denmark and Prussia in 1864.

I didn't realize that the union lasted that long, I thought that it ended in the 1840s.

Were Sweden and Norway allied with Denmark in 1864?

	12-12-2004 19:07									#147
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quote: Originally posted by Azazel

Whatever are you going on about?

	12-12-2004 19:27									#148
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Yep, it lasted that long. Next year we can celebrate 100 years of full independence

No they weren't allied. But many wanted to send troops. I'm not sure why it didn't happen. The war didn't last long though. Denmark lost Slesvig, the southernmost part of the mainland, but got half of it back after WW1 IIRC.

	12-12-2004 19:38									#149
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quote: Originally posted by Dr Strangelove Just out of curiosity, what makes the history of a country interesting?

Cheeses.

And certain vegetables and fruits.

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quote: Originally posted by MrWhereItsAt No he wouldn't. Our history is DULL as all hell.

NZ's no China, sure, but then it only has a tenth of the length of recorded history. It might be fairly dull comparatively, but to call it the least interesting is probably exaggeration. You've had colonisation, a couple of wars, some decent political movements, a nice gold rush, three capital cities, and a long-standing cultural dispute or two. All that since 1800. I don't know how well documented the pre-European history is. It must be more interesting (per unit of time) than somewhere like Iceland or Bhutan.