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Poll

Who was/were the best conqueror/s?

Genghis Khan24%24% - 17
Alexander The Great24%24% - 17
The Romans22%22% - 16
The Arabs1%1% - 1
The British15%15% - 11
The Spanish2%2% - 2
The French1%1% - 1
Other, please do tell......7%7% - 5
Total: 70
2006-06-27 16:34:45
=OBS= EstebanRey
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You can base your answer on anything you like...land gained, strategy used, post-conquer success of land etc......

It's a flip up between the British and Genghis for me. 

The British Empire has covered most of the globe at one point or another and the countries that were once colonies have more often than not prospered compared to Genghis' ex-territories (Australia, India, USA, Canada etc). 

However, I have to go for Genghis Khan, simply because what he did was a total conquest.  He did bugger all to look after and everything to terrorise the people of his new lands, but just the sheer amount of land gained makes him by default the best conqueror......besieds, I didn't want to be accused of being overly patriotic
2006-06-27 16:37:36
CameronPoe
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Alexander The Great, for conquering so much, so young in a much bigger world back then.
2006-06-27 16:37:51
mcminty
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I'd say Hernán(do) Cortés and his conquistadors.



...spanish.


Mcminty.
2006-06-27 16:38:56
herrr_smity
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I'm going for the Romans
2006-06-27 16:43:03
Marconius
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Toss up between Khan and the Romans.  The breadth of the Romans power, plus all of the systems, technology, artwork and philosophy they inspired is just absolutely amazing.
2006-06-27 17:01:00
ATG
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CameronPoe wrote:

Alexander The Great, for conquering so much, so young in a much bigger world back then.
Ditto.
2006-06-27 17:04:39
-=]DeatH1337[=-
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+51|6874|England
LMFAO why did you put the French in the poll ?
2006-06-27 17:07:59
bigp66
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the romans because of what marconius said, but do give the brits some credit for counquering 1/4 of the world's landmass for a period of time.
2006-06-27 17:08:42
rolluf69
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ghengis for his reign lastded a bit longer then alexander,but alexanders impact was bigger!!!!
and if you wonder why the french are there go read your history books!
2006-06-27 17:10:22
Ty
Mass Media Casualty
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Overall, I say the Romans, although that can't be attributed to one man, or such small a time as Alexander the Great had.
Fucking shitty movie with hundereds of historical innacuracies, but I'm going to go with Al regardless.
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2006-06-27 17:11:17
spastic bullet
would like to know if you are on crack
+77|6781|vancouver
Raise your hand if you speak a Germanic language.  Then vote null, like you almost always have to.
2006-06-27 17:14:56
ATG
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-=]DeatH1337[=- wrote:

LMFAO why did you put the French in the poll ?
Napolean??? Hello???
2006-06-27 17:15:30
rolluf69
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Tyferra wrote:

Overall, I say the Romans, although that can't be attributed to one man, or such small a time as Alexander the Great had.
Fucking shitty movie with hundereds of historical innacuracies, but I'm going to go with Al regardless.
we all speak roman langeus(except asia and arabic and african country's wich are a lt if youhink about it?)
2006-06-27 17:16:14
JahManRed
wank
+646|6868|IRELAND

The Romans,
Mainly for creating a new kind of warfare and approach to conquering. They Conquered to stay. Built infrastructure and one of the first governments and held onto it for 500 years. That takes will.
Oh and for invading England but prity much for leaving us alone.
Plus they killed that long haired hippy jesus.  ;P

Last edited by JahManRed (2006-06-27 17:16:57)

2006-06-27 17:20:13
-=]DeatH1337[=-
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Alexanderthegrape wrote:

-=]DeatH1337[=- wrote:

LMFAO why did you put the French in the poll ?
Napolean??? Hello???
My bad i completely forgot about The Battle of Waterloo.
2006-06-27 17:28:24
Ilocano
buuuurrrrrrppppp.......
+341|6907

What about the Aztecs?  The Persian empire.  The Egyptians?  Shouldn't Alexander be grouped under Macedonians?  Mongol empire instead of just Genghis?  The good ole US of A would be my choice though.

Last edited by Ilocano (2006-06-27 17:29:20)

2006-06-27 17:31:35
rolluf69
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genhis was a mongol!
alexander was a greek by origin
and the us of a was a English colony,what did they conqeur?
2006-06-27 17:44:39
Ilocano
buuuurrrrrrppppp.......
+341|6907

rolluf69 wrote:

genhis was a mongol!
alexander was a greek by origin
and the us of a was a English colony,what did they conqeur?
Yes, but selection should be by individual OR nation, not both.  Genghis did have offsprings.

Alexander was Greek, but his army was working for the Macedonians.

USA, colony at first, but as a nation, the US was an Imperialist during the Age of Imperialism (Manifest Destiny, expansionism, Boxer Rebellion, Japan, Panama Canal, Spanish-American War, Cuba, Nicaragua, Philippines, Midway, Samoa, Hawaii)  The US has a history of using force to get their way...

I also forgot about the Islamic Caliphate.
2006-06-27 17:46:22
Jepeto87
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What are the Soviet Union and the satellites it created? Then its close allies it brought to power like China etc... There well could have been 2 Billion people in that empire (including the dud African communist countries like Angola etc)  Just putting it out there!

But id probably say the English although I believe the Greatest empire ever was the Romans.

Cheers!
2006-06-27 17:46:46
]GoD[JiN
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Alexanderthegrape wrote:

CameronPoe wrote:

Alexander The Great, for conquering so much, so young in a much bigger world back then.
Ditto.
o.O

Genghis Khan started not mutch older then a child by the time he die,d he had conquerd Asia right up to the shores of China never got to japan his men couldnt get past the beatchs for the samurai warriors "mad men with long swords !" he tryed 3 times then gave up he also got India and the middle east ......witch the holy crusad,s had failed to do for 100,s of yrs he got Russia then he rode in to the EU were they thort the world was coming to an end ......30.000 hourse riding over the horizon sounded like thunder and no one had ever seen any one that looked like the Mongols ! it was thort they were devil,s and the end of the word was upon them.... the Kights of the time were no match for the mongol,s as the mogol army was THe first to use house,s in battle ""Cavelry"" 100% no one had ever done it before  it was comented on how his 30,000 house men pwnd 1,000,000 chinies in a day the ground was muddy with blood ,almost to England he leard of his father,s ill,ness and whent home never to come so far west again

once he had a country he let the ppl in it do as they liked they could worship there own gods etc and live how they like,ed .......one of the reasons the mongol ruled for so long .....unpon Genghis Khan,s death his sons let it go to hell and the mongle rain ended .........you can go to any main city in the easten world and see in some  ppls faces there monglo heratage

in short he pwnd the hole known world exept for japan the long sail over there and the samurai warriors were more then they could match

romans .........couldnt even beat the scots were menny races they couldnt beat the grate wall not only went over the north of the UK but carryed on over the EU to, to keep out the gauls they couldnt beat as well spawning the grounds for the cartoon ""asterix the gaul" if any one can remember
arads ......plz
spanish .....ummm
french ......excuse me ?
british .......not quite the same scale realy they used guns vs pionty sticks most the time 
alexander the grate .......one of the worlds all time grate comanders ....land.. didnt get that mutch realy he beat grate odd,s to win some battles was his clame to fame imo

i have a passion for history

now "The Monkey King " there,s some pwnage for you right there !
2006-06-27 17:48:29
rolluf69
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true but not as conqereur or thing like that.
and you should indeed not forget the islam(or even ataturk being not so long ago krimeriam wars?)
and alexander was grek of birth and the real macedonion empire was after his death
2006-06-27 17:51:54
rolluf69
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]GoD[JiN wrote:

Alexanderthegrape wrote:

CameronPoe wrote:

Alexander The Great, for conquering so much, so young in a much bigger world back then.
Ditto.
o.O

Genghis Khan started not mutch older then a child by the time he die,d he had conquerd Asia right up to the shores of China never got to japan his men couldnt get past the beatchs for the samurai warriors "mad men with long swords !" he tryed 3 times then gave up he also got India and the middle east ......witch the holy crusad,s had failed to do for 100,s of yrs he got Russia then he rode in to the EU were they thort the world was coming to an end ......30.000 hourse riding over the horizon sounded like thunder and no one had ever seen any one that looked like the Mongols ! it was thort they were devil,s and the end of the word was upon them.... the Kights of the time were no match for the mongol,s as the mogol army was THe first to use house,s in battle ""Cavelry"" 100% no one had ever done it before  it was comented on how his 30,000 house men pwnd 1,000,000 chinies in a day the ground was muddy with blood ,almost to England he leard of his father,s ill,ness and whent home never to come so far west again

once he had a country he let the ppl in it do as they liked they could worship there own gods etc and live how they like,ed .......one of the reasons the mongol ruled for so long .....unpon Genghis Khan,s death his sons let it go to hell and the mongle rain ended .........you can go to any main city in the easten world and see in some  ppls faces there monglo heratage

in short he pwnd the hole known world exept for japan the long sail over there and the samurai warriors were more then they could match

romans .........couldnt even beat the scots were menny races they couldnt beat the grate wall not only went over the north of the UK but carryed on over the EU to, to keep out the gauls they couldnt beat as well spawning the grounds for the cartoon ""asterix the gaul" if any one can remember
arads ......plz
spanish .....ummm
french ......excuse me ?
british .......not quite the same scale realy they used guns vs pionty sticks most the time 
alexander the grate .......one of the worlds all time grate comanders ....land.. didnt get that mutch realy he beat grate odd,s to win some battles was his clame to fame imo

i have a passion for history

now "The Monkey King " there,s some pwnage for you right there !
the mongols where actualy the ones who at first killed all the men and young boys so that the invaded country couldn't raise any enemy's
2006-06-27 17:58:54
Ilocano
buuuurrrrrrppppp.......
+341|6907

rolluf69 wrote:

the mongols where actualy the ones who at first killed all the men and young boys so that the invaded country couldn't raise any enemy's
And they say that Genghis may have had over 20000 offsprings...

"...this famous historical figure’s Y-chromosome is now found in about 16 million men across a vast stretch of Asia from Afghanistan to Manchuria. In some regions, at least a quarter of the living males are his direct male line offspring.

He has been roughly 800,000 times more successful at propagating his Y-chromosome than the average man of his era."

rolluf69 wrote:

true but not as conqereur or thing like that.
Read up on how the US acquired Hawaii and the Philippines and tell me that they are not conquerors.

Last edited by Ilocano (2006-06-27 18:05:29)

2006-06-27 18:03:25
rolluf69
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Ilocano wrote:

rolluf69 wrote:

the mongols where actualy the ones who at first killed all the men and young boys so that the invaded country couldn't raise any enemy's
And they say that Genghis may have had over 20000 offsprings...

"...this famous historical figure’s Y-chromosome is now found in about 16 million men across a vast stretch of Asia from Afghanistan to Manchuria. In some regions, at least a quarter of the living males are his direct male line offspring.

He has been roughly 800,000 times more successful at propagating his Y-chromosome than the average man of his era."
that was their goal kill all the men let us make new offspring and he was very very very gooooooood at it
2006-06-27 18:05:20
Darkhelmet
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Alexander.

 

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