lol, what? First, your source is even more worthless than Wikipedia...
Second thing, comparing selective measures to prove some how that Romans were ahead of Han Chinese by any magnitude is a joke only an insecure European would pull...
Han Chinese and Romans were both leading civilizations of world in terms of over-all population, industrial production, military power, scientific inventions, and so on.
Only an illiterate European would try to put Rome miles ahead of Han China... Both had advantages over the other and vice versa.
Anyways...
lol, Romans crushed everyone of those civilizations, while their empire lasted for a millenia and it's eastern incarnation for a millenia more after that.
lol, EVERY new civilizations arises after "crushing" previous civilization...Are you that retard?
Ottomans
crushed Roman empire at the end (oh well, Byzantine if you like)...What does that prove? PS, 'lasting' is no measure to judge a civilization. Ottoman Empire last 700+ years or so..but it was a weak, sick empire at the end..Powerless. Same goes for Byzantines towards their end...Arabs routed Byzantines out from major provinces/states with smaller, ill equipped forces as early as in 7th century..so much for "lasting centuries" ...lol...
In contrast you offer "superpower" Islamic empires that lasted a mere 900 years. You also conveniently forget that Islamic civilizations got their knowledge from the Greeks, while harping on and on how the Greeks got everything from Egypt, Assyrians etc...
No retardo, they "lasted" 1300 years BUT remained "super powers" for 1000 years...see, I am not a retard to count mere "lasting" as some sort of achievement...Ottoman Empire remained the undisputed superpower of Europe till say mid 17th century...After that, they declined w.r.t European powers such as French etc...even though Ottomans "lasted" another 250 years or so...
Also, Islam is there for merely 1400 years...if you take Islam as a historical force which formed the basis of a new civilization (as some historians argue) then,
Islamic Civilization arguably holds the best success ratio among
ALL human civilizations in recorded history...Lets look at last 2000 years..Out of 1400 years of its history, Islam remained global dominant civilization for 1000+ years...that is, 70%+ time of its
entire existence! NO other civilization even comes close to this! Only close contender is West...In last 2000 years, Christian West remained dominant civilization for barely 600 years (1st to 3rd century AD, 1600s onwards)...this is merely 30% time of its existence in last 2000 years...Islamic Superpowers/Islamic people remained global leaders of humanity from 7th to 18th century. Islamic Superpowers and Great powers like Early Islamic Caliphate, Ummayad Empire, Abbasid Empire, Ottoman Empire,Mughal Empire, Timurid Empire, Safavid Empire etc dominated much of known globe during this time era in terms of total wealth, economic output, industrial production, military power, and scientific production for centuries..just like British, Germans, French dominated much of globe after 18th century..
But again, Romans were physical people like Sumerians, Assyrians, IVC people etc and they died out...Islam is one of the, if not THE, greatest socio-political-religious historical force..which can't be compared to Romans...
Comparing Christianity and Islam will make more sense...
Romans also dwarfed any economy the Han Chinese had, uh and the little Caliphate was insignificant Here dummy:
At one point, Mughal Empire in India
alone held
25% of TOTAL global GDP output, and I'm not even counting Ottoman Empire, and Islamic Persian Empires during the same era.....
Unless your insecure soul wants to argue that Romans held 50%+ of total GDP output of humanity, Romans were a no match to the wealth of Islamic World at its height...but then again, only a retard like you will compare things like that..Romans were a great power of their era...Ottomans, Mughals, Abbasids etc were great powers of theirs...stop comparing things like a kid.
At its peak around the mid-2nd century AD, Roman stock is estimated at 10,000 t, five to ten times larger than the combined silver mass of medieval Europe and the Caliphate around 800 AD
What is the source of this quote? Can I get the book and page number? Wikipedia doesn't mention much...
Also, its funny to see retardness like this from you...So comparing Rome
at its height to Caliphate in its rising stages?
Leave aside greatest Islamic powers, how about comparing wealth of Rome at its height to wealth of Mughal Empire at its height?! Guess what kid? Forget silver coins of rome, Mughals had control of the
ONLY diamond minds in the world at that time...As I said, romans were no way near as wealthy as Muslim great powers..
Here is a depiction of Mughal court by a visiting French chronicler...
Do you see the vastness of the court? The wealth? Hint: ALOT of the things you see in this black and white picture were made of pure gold embroidered with precious stones/marbles etc...
Btw, the
largest percentage share of total GDP output of world ever held by a European power was British Empire which held 25% of global GDP at its height...Thats what I have read. I'll be willing to evolve my perspective though...
Considering i've proved you wrong on your oh so cherished history, your predictions of the future are also useless.
Proved wrong? on what thing?
Kido, you're an immigrant. Enuff said. While i live in a city founded by the Romans, less then 500 km north of Rome.
Who gives a sh!t if it was founded by Romans? Romans were Mediterranean people anyways....Please don't say now that you are a direct descendant of Roman emperor Caesar
LOl, now that we've educated you that standing armies were a standard thing in the past and the first one was created in the west you suddenly changed the criteria to modern standing army. Pathetic much?
No kido, you didn't understand the point from the beginning. The concept of modern standing armies was passed to Europe by Ottomans..that was the whole point! Remember, the dumb kid was blabbering about how others only copy west..my post was in response educating him how Westerners also copied others' success. Simple.
Your posts are BS, that's why he asked in which institution you got it from
Then again, taxi drivers don't go to university, do they?
I don't know about taxi drivers...ask your dad if he went to college or not?
Your delusions are related to your fantasy that Islamic world was some sort of superpower while it didn't even last a millenia and
What does this 'millenia' thingy has to do with super power status? Average age of a super power is 200 years...Educate yourself, dumbo. British did not last millenia either...
PS, Empires of Islamic World remained superpowers/greatpowers for 1000+ years...unless you believe Spain was a stronger power than the Ottoman Empire in early 16th century or so
even at that, it wasn't a single entity but pathetic little kingdoms that fell to Europeans as soon as they showed up on their shores.
Dumbo, even 'Western world' isn't one kingdom...similarly, Islamic Empires like Abbasids, Ummayads, Ottomans, Mughals, Safavids, Timurids etc were superpowers/great powers arising from Islamic World and often competed with eachother too...Same as western powers in their prime era (19th-20th century)...
Also, Europeans only arrived at the shores of Islamic World when they had already surpassed them (in 18th-19th century onwards)...Before that, it were powers of Islamic World "arriving" the shores of Constantinople, Spain, E.Europe, and invading mainland European lands in Hungry, Romania, Balkans etc etc...what a tool...
Only the Ottomans were a power
Ottomans were a power in Europe, E.Mediterranean..and yes, strongest superpower on the planet for centuries..but they were not the 'only' power...but then again, you aint a bright cookie....
Ummayad Empire, stretching from Spain to borders of India, with its rule stretching over 15,000,000 km of land area and about 30% of total humanity at its height wasn't a "power" off course LOL...
Switzerland can buy every soul in Pakistan lol.
We aren't europeans who sell their souls and girls to others....
You'd be happy if you came from a tiny, useless nation like Switzerland, or even Romania.
Yeah, i'll get to sleep around alot..since girls in these nations are known for prostitution...I mean..cheap and easy prostitution...
In conclusion, you can post whatever sourceless gibberish you wish in your next post, i'll just make you look like a fool with links and sources.
Sourceless? lmao!! Challenge any of my information...and I'll give you sources...duhhh..dummy.