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Beijing ~ Singapore ~ Toronto ~ All hail to the new Rome
Sep 2001
time: 00:15
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Several most important concepts of the Western Civilization, such as human rights, representative democracy, industrialization, and capitalism, had nothing to do with Romans. |
Exactly. The Romans influenced a lot of other races, but they themselves didn't really stay around to do that much.
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>1500 years,nah that isn't that long |
And the Chinese? >4000 years... And for half of that 1500 years, the Romans were a small republic in the Italian peninsula. For at least 3500 years, the Chinese were a major world power.
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And the Romans assimilated all those they conquered,they were able to expand like they did because they absorbed knowledge like a sponge and adapt it to their needs. |
For about 1500 years. Then they disappeared under the barbarians and ended up like the Babylonians - assimilated BY the surrounding ethnic groups. The Chinese kept assimilating surrounding groups for 4000+ years, not once losing its ethnic identity.
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Wouldn't it be unfair to compare the ENTIRE Western civilization to China? |
Of course. We are arguing ROMANS vs CHINESE, not THE WEST vs CHINESE.
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02-09-2001 02:53
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