Inoculator9 Posted October 6, 2002 Share Posted October 6, 2002 Interesting guy, Vlad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devastator_Mech Posted October 7, 2002 Share Posted October 7, 2002 He said WWI. Japan was on our side then not on Germany's as in the second World War.Was Japan in WW1? Oh well.... they still chose the wrong ally anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caid Ivik Posted October 7, 2002 Share Posted October 7, 2002 [quote author=ExAtreides Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devastator_Mech Posted October 7, 2002 Share Posted October 7, 2002 What people are the "christianisms"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Usul Posted October 7, 2002 Share Posted October 7, 2002 I think he means christendom (all of christianity) or christians. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devastator_Mech Posted October 8, 2002 Share Posted October 8, 2002 Don't the people fight between country's? When has it gone to fight between religions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caid Ivik Posted October 8, 2002 Share Posted October 8, 2002 Linguistically, I don't know if it's better to write "christianism" or "christianity", if you understand slovak word "krestanstvo" it would be best. Fight between Ottomans and Byzantian Empire was a fight between nations, essenced by for it's region unique christian culture of Byzantia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devastator_Mech Posted October 8, 2002 Share Posted October 8, 2002 Did they later fight the Mongolians or something? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DjCiD Posted October 8, 2002 Share Posted October 8, 2002 Christianism is not a word, what were you trying to mean:Christianity - the Christian religion, the state of being ChristianChristendom - all Christians collectivelyCaid i was just wondering how you pronouce the slovak Krestanstvo. is the 'krestan' pronounced the same as 'christian' but with more accent on the k? and what sound does the 'tvo' make at then end? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razorox Posted October 9, 2002 Share Posted October 9, 2002 it was the mongolian empire. It occupied almost entire asia (china, russia, vietnam, etc. eastern part of europe and part of the middle east. it was the largest empire everYes, Ghengis Khan (of Mongolian origin) created an empire stretching from Hungary to Japan, and from Vietnam to Siberia in the year 1211. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terror Posted October 9, 2002 Share Posted October 9, 2002 good, finally someone who recognizes my post :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devastator_Mech Posted October 9, 2002 Share Posted October 9, 2002 Your post is in the 1st page man!!Although the Mongolian Empire was humongous, but thats also part of the reason why it fell so quickly. Slow communication and transportation problem is killer. Another reason is the emperor's death which speed up the process. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terror Posted October 9, 2002 Share Posted October 9, 2002 true, luckily... i'm glad i'm not under mongolian rule right now :). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devastator_Mech Posted October 9, 2002 Share Posted October 9, 2002 If that really was the case, I bet $1 milliob you'll say, "I'm glad we're not ruled by Americans now"And what your typing now would obviously not be english. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caid Ivik Posted October 9, 2002 Share Posted October 9, 2002 Christianism is not a word, what were you trying to mean:Christianity - the Christian religion, the state of being ChristianChristendom - all Christians collectivelyCaid i was just wondering how you pronouce the slovak Krestanstvo. is the 'krestan' pronounced the same as 'christian' but with more accent on the k? and what sound does the 'tvo' make at then end?So "christianity" would be better. "Krestan" means christian (as we say "Kristus" for "Christ"; it would be better written "krest'an" but sign of soft "t" isn't in english, it's said like "krestyan", accent is on "r"). Suffix "-stvo" means everything composing the meaning of normal word, like english "-ity" or I see sometimes "-ism". On "-stvo" is normally secondary stress. So we say "k'restyanst'vo", where ' means stress. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devastator_Mech Posted October 9, 2002 Share Posted October 9, 2002 Spelling might matter, but how you pronounce it isn't really that important as long as the person your speaking to knows what your saying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edric O Posted October 9, 2002 Share Posted October 9, 2002 This topic contains many historical inconsistencies, and I need to clarify them.1. The Western Roman Empire fell in 476 AD. By that time, Attila the Hun was long dead. The Huns weakened the Romans, but they didn't completely defeat them. The man who put an end to Imperial Rome was Odoacer, a mediocre leader of a German tribe. He practically walked in and took the city - there wasn't much left of Rome to fight with.2. The Eastern (also called Byzantine) Empire fell in 1453 (NOT 1353!!) That's almost 1000 years after the fall of the Western Empire. I don't know about you, but I don't consider a thousand years to be "soon".3. Romania was never actually conquered by the Ottomans (tough luck, Ex 8) ). It was too much trouble, because we Romanians had a brilliant defense (we always sucked in offense though). So the Ottomans just made peace treaties that put Romania under their "protection".4. Vlad the Impaler's cousin was the one that FREED him, not the one that jailed him!! That cousin's name was Stefan the Great, and he kicked Ottoman ass for 47 years. (1457-1504) He was defeated only once, by a huge army lead by the Ottoman Sultan himself.Talk about being a pain in the Ottomans' side - the Sultan had to come here in person. Too bad he was kicked out soon afterwards. 8) Eventually Stefan died of old age, though. Damn... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DjCiD Posted October 9, 2002 Share Posted October 9, 2002 Spelling might matter, but how you pronounce it isn't really that important as long as the person your speaking to knows what your saying.i had asked him how to pronounce it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razorox Posted October 9, 2002 Share Posted October 9, 2002 Although the Mongolian Empire was humongous, but thats also part of the reason why it fell so quickly. Slow communication and transportation problem is killer. Another reason is the emperor's death which speed up the process.That is irrelevent to the question at hand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sardauker-Kirov Posted October 9, 2002 Share Posted October 9, 2002 You ment irrelevant? :)Anyways, this topic is about large empires and countries, and the Mongols would be at home in this thread.They almost conquered the whole world. :O Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apollyon Posted October 9, 2002 Share Posted October 9, 2002 You ment irrelevant? :)Anyways, this topic is about large empires and countries, and the Mongols would be at home in this thread.They almost conquered the whole world. :Oum, not really.They didnt even conquer all of Europe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sardauker-Kirov Posted October 10, 2002 Share Posted October 10, 2002 Europe was spared because Ghengis Khan son was dying or something, Bla bla, I'm not quite sure.So they called off the invasion.Besides, the Europian countries hardly had a decent army in those days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caid Ivik Posted October 10, 2002 Share Posted October 10, 2002 This topic contains many historical inconsistencies, and I need to clarify them.3. Romania was never actually conquered by the Ottomans (tough luck, Ex 8) ). It was too much trouble, because we Romanians had a brilliant defense (we always sucked in offense though). So the Ottomans just made peace treaties that put Romania under their "protection".Good old Dracula repelled them, but also biggest part of Romania was hungarian, which was a vassal for Turkey (we call that land "Sedmohradsko" or Land of Seven Castles). Other part was under russian influence, some hectars were also in ottoman hands. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anathema Posted October 10, 2002 Share Posted October 10, 2002 "Good old Dracula"? The guy was a homicidal maniac! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caid Ivik Posted October 10, 2002 Share Posted October 10, 2002 Vlad IV.Dracula was a good count. He wasn't more brutal than his ottoman enemies. Edric Ordoscu would say more about him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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