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3/2/2014 8:48:21 PM
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Which civilisation has contributed the most to the world?
These are just the ones off the top of my head, so feel free to add to the list if you think I've missed any.
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America
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USA! USA! USA!
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Overall? The Classical Countries Last 150 years, America
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Edited by SI19: 3/3/2014 8:13:29 PMGreece. Because you know, they're myths are still around, they have well-known figures (Archimedes & Pythagoras just off the top of my head), and were one of the few advanced centres for culture and technological advancement at the time. I would probably say the Romans were the worst, considering they trampled over most of the world to get their advancements, and then led to the Victorians which did the exact same 2000 years later. (Ancient Greece and the surrounding area was a bit of a battleground, but it was only localized to just there) TLDR: Greece promoted culture and technology, Romans and Victorians crushed everybody else's. but [i]expanded the most[/i] . (Hey, even the Victorians were borne out of the Roman invasion of Britain, and an independent America was borne out of the failures of the Georgians a monarchy before.)
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6 RepliesTo be fair, the British have contributed concentration camps, too.
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7 RepliesUSA is winning......seriously?
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1 ReplyEdited by jim the mokey: 3/3/2014 7:33:50 AMNo Arab's, they did invent maths which is probably the most important contribution.
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5 Replies. . .
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My biased opinion says the USA. But my unbiased might have to go with Greece.
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1 ReplyMesopotamia Big daddy of all
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It's a toss up for me between the ancient Greeks and Arabs with the perfecting of Distillation and eventual whiskey production that bled into the European countries from it. The Chinese were doing it as well, but who cared?
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I would say that Greece gave the stepping stones, Rome improved it, and then the U.S. Mastered it.
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Hard to quantify
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Sumerians.
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Roman Empire hands down.
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Who has contributed most to the world? Having to think made me realize how small the word really is :( However, you never said anything about good or bad contribution, so I'll go ahead and remember stuff from my History classes and go with the Roman Empire, though in a really close competition.
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19 RepliesAncient Greece gave us philosophy and democracy. Romans gave us military organisation and better philosophy. Victorians gave us the modern world. The U.S. gave us the idea of liberty and inalienable rights. I don't really know what the Spanish have done. France gave us Napoleon. Byzantine Empire gave us Christianity. It's a toss-up between the Byzantines and Victorians. *Looks at poll* 3 votes for Victorians. 6 votes for Americans. What the f-
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Hard to say.
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Roman because hot Italian girls for us to masturbate to
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People who say USA probably don't know much about the other options. I'm not saying USA hasn't contributed anything because they have, electricity, automobiles, light bulbs. I think Ancient Greece or Roman Empire has, that's just my opinion.
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I don't know, I'll put a random vote in there
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Gonna have to go with McDonalds or Brazzers.
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Probably Rome with the laws but then again Greece has democracy and Byzantine had culture architecture and preserved Christianity.
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USA, we gave you guys cheerios and the thigh master
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4 RepliesYou forgot the Arabics
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9 RepliesBy sheer number of patents and spending, the USA by a long shot.
