(July 12, 2013 at 3:19 pm)Chuck Wrote: Yes, the point is the Chinese had it before, has it now, the British burned briefly, not all that brightly except in their own minds, and is now just a whisp of smoke.
Of course the Chinese had it first, it's right next to China, that's what makes it such a big accomplishment that the little Island of Britain was so powerful it managed to sail to china and take a territory away from them.
It's fair enough if you don't think the British empire was the most powerful of all time but to say it wasn't even that powerful is plain ridiculous by any standards.
Try typing as I have into google, "was the British empire powerful" Google will auto change your question to " Why was the British empire so powerful" Because that is a more sensible question, everyone knows the British empire was very powerful, that's why you're speaking the English language now.
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Impersonation is treason.
