What was the most powerful country in history ?

[ian]

I hope this isn’t too political but in your opinion what was the most powerful country in history please keep it civil.

I would also like your opinion on this post by Steven Reichert on Quora his post is a few pages down.

https://www.quora.com/Is-the-US-right-now-more-powerful-than-the-British-Empire-and-Mongol-Empire-during-their-glories

[HypersleepyNaputunia]

By longevity would it be China Too? 2000 bc to now even though there's no emperor they were never really conquered by anyone completely, maybe the opium war thing

[Mod Sloth]

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dont get me wrong, i have nothing against people who believe in it, its their life and their thing.

but after reading about history, its seems like lie to make money.

I hold everything against them, especially the clergy, but even the laity. However, in an attempt to avoid locking an interesting thread...

[Unexpected]

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I meant to say a non empire.

Well, then... based on population, China. Nearly half the population of the world lives there.

nope, 7 billion people in the world, a billion live in china, so 1/7 of the world's population

[Mod Sloth]

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Well, then... based on population, China. Nearly half the population of the world lives there.

and what about india? :D

Oooh, I forgot about India...

[Mod Sloth]

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Well, then... based on population, China. Nearly half the population of the world lives there.

nope, 7 billion people in the world, a billion live in china, so 1/7 of the world's population

Sorry, I confused some numbers. But still 1.35 billion plus influence over other countries...

[The Holy Chicken Overlord]

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nope, 7 billion people in the world, a billion live in china, so 1/7 of the world's population

China's population is over 3 billion people. 7 bil / 3 bil, = nearly half.

Uh.. No it's not. It really isn't.

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By longevity would it be China Too? 2000 bc to now even though there's no emperor they were never really conquered by anyone completely, maybe the opium war thing

The Mongols? Japan? Heck, the Qing dynasty were Manchus.

As to answer the OP, there really hasn't been one. Just about every country mentioned on this thread from the US to Rome were in such different times with such different situations it's hard to compare there.

[Unexpected]

i can't really describe a single most powerful country, so i'm going to go by era.

the most powerful ancient country was the roman empire.
the most powerful medieval country probably had to be the ottoman empire, like them or not.
the most powerful up to the 1900's was likely the russian empire, within decades they had expanded all the way into siberia, conquered most niehgboring countries and became a great power.

then the United States in the 1900's was at the height of it's power, and to this day remains one of the few powerful nations in the world rivaling china and russia

[Mr. Rubber Ducky]

Where's Poland?

[Mod Sloth]

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Where's Poland?

3 feet up the hill from North Korea.

[Mr. Rubber Ducky]

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Where's Poland?

3 feet up the hill from North Korea.

*heavy cough*

[HypersleepyNaputunia]

Poland Lithuania could have been a contender

[Skyvastern]

I would say in terms of economy then it was India which was one of the richest economy starting from around 1000BC and till 900AD.

And if you'll search on google or wikipedia then you'll find that starting from 0 AD to 2000, India and China have been the most richest economies in the world until ofcourse the rise of Britain and then USA.

[Mod Sloth]

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China's population is over 3 billion people. 7 bil / 3 bil, = nearly half.

Uh.. No it's not. It really isn't.

Check the edit, pal.

[Manef.Mbg♡]

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Im from Tunisia so ill say Tunisia ;=)

you wish you mudslime

u should kill your self bro im muslim* and im proud if u have problem with it add me lets take meet -.-

[Unexpected]

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you wish you mudslime

u should kill your self bro im muslim* and im proud if u have problem with it add me lets take meet -.-

someone's mad