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Did you know that, though most schools (At least in the United States) teach that the Mongol Empire was the biggest empire in history, two other empires, the British Empire and the Soviet Union, beat it?

Naito Raizu wrote:

Did you know that, though most schools (At least in the United States) teach that the Mongol Empire was the biggest empire in history, two other empires, the British Empire and the Soviet Union, beat it?

Is this speculation or did you actually find this somewhere? I don't see how this could be an accurate study.

I wouldn't be surprised. American textbooks get a lot of stuff wrong. More than they should, atleast.

GirlChan wrote:

Naito Raizu wrote:

Did you know that, though most schools (At least in the United States) teach that the Mongol Empire was the biggest empire in history, two other empires, the British Empire and the Soviet Union, beat it?

Is this speculation or did you actually find this somewhere? I don't see how this could be an accurate study.

http://empires.findthedata.org/compare/1-2/British-Empire-vs-Mongol-Empire

e-e, thought dependign of how you mesure a coninent it can vary a lot, so idk if this is accurate

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Did you know that there was a chicken that lived without a head for 18 months O_O

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@ Girlchan: I crossed checked quite a few sites that all had data on total land controlled by the empires in history. The Brits and the Soviets beat the Mongols, not by a lot, but they still beat them. I would post the urls, but I checked this a month ago and my comp auto deletes my site history on the first day on each new month. And I don't know how to turn it off. DX

Also, did you know that there seems to still be an argument between the Brits and the Americans about the end of the Revolutionary War? According to the Brits, the king gave up and pulled out, and according to the Americans, the Brits got their asses handed to them in the war.

I love watching these arguments at my school because it ends with the Europeans and the Americans trying to kick each other's asses. Kinda like last week where the Europeans and the Asians tried to knock each other's blocks off. Ahh, what a great school. XD

@Naito The British beat the Mongols in total landmass, but in population I think they might have beat the British. I'm not entirely sure because I can't remember the exact figures (they can vary, but my figures have come from Ph.Ds, so I'm not sure how accurate yours are), but the Mongols had a huge influence over population over it's lifespan. Not saying it did beat the British in that aspect, but I would say that's it's arguable.

Completely arguable in that perspective. But empires are more viewed by how much land they controlled rather than the population. I really haven't seen another viewing. Though, and not to get into a heated argument or anything, I'm not entirely sure they beat the British or Soviets in population, seeing as most of the time, the cities that the Mongols conquered had their populations slaughtered most of the time. And untalented workers were used as human shields in other battles, so that probably effected the population numbers in some way. Very few seemed to survive when the city was invaded. And I don't know the numbers the Mongols began with, but I'm sure it was small, seeing as they really only conquered China because the country was divided at the time the Mongols invaded, due to land being lost in the northern half of their mini empire

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