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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_empires

Largest empires by landmass

Ancient empires
1. Achaemenid Persian Empire - 7.5 million km² (under Darius the Great)
2. Han Chinese...

I believe I am fluent only in France's French language.


France French
Québécois French (Quebecois French)
Swiss French
Belgian French
Other French dialect

I also forgot to add that the plural markers are one of the most difficult things to learn about the German language.

There are too many different plural markers in the masculine, neuter and...

Napoleon being called the greatest military strategist is a bit overrated. Have you overlooked his disastrous Russian campaign which decimated much of his army?

Was Napoleon's decision to invade...

Fabled Foreign Legion fading with time By SLOBODAN LEKIC, Associated Press Writer
Tue Oct 31, 2:23 PM ET

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061031/ap_on_re_eu/fading_foreign_legion


AUBAGNE,...

German
Likes: rich morphology, complex sentence constructions, three gendered cases (masculine, neuter and feminine) and distinctions between nominative, genitive, accusative, and dative cases....

I am currently learning four different languages at the same time.
French, German, Italian and Filipino/Tagalog.

Even though German has basically a similar grammar to the English, German is the...

New terms have evolved due to the notoriety of the Enron scandal and trial. To be "enroned" is to be victimized or wronged by the company or boss you work for. An "enronian" is any employee or...

Everyone, do you know that Old English (Anglo-Saxon) is the language of Beowulf? Old English seems almost more like a language than a dialect to me.

I've recently taken an interest in studying the...

Vidkun Abraham Lauritz Jonssøn Quisling (July 18, 1887–October 24, 1945) was a Norwegian fascist politician and officer. He held the office of Minister President in occupied Norway from...

Which English do you use normally?

I normally use American English and also use Philippine English sometimes with other Filipinos.

I usually say lechon instead of "suckling pig", buko juice...

The best form of government in my view is parliamentary democracy. But when it comes to corruption in the majority of the legislature, it is better to be led by a wise and enlightened dictator than...

Yeah, I guess so. Thanks anyway.

The Irish have a long history of hate with English so they even confused British with English.

Yes, I meant ancient Chinese.

I forgot about Ancient India and Aztec civilization. It seems I also forgot about Persian and Hebrew Civilizations.

Which civilization do you think is the greatest? I'm torn between Greek, Chinese and Roman civilizations, because they all have a very important part in world history.

I would say the greatest German ever is Manfred von Richthofen, alias the Red Baron and the ace of the aces. Note: Ace refers to a fighter pilot who made at least 5 recorded kills of other pilots,...

Maciamo, I don't think Gandhi considered himself British. He would have preferred to be called Indian. I recall Thomas Paine was born and grew in England.



But Sean Connery is the definitive...

I would say it is Manfred von Richthofen, alias the Red Baron and the ace of the aces. Note: Ace refers to a fighter pilot who made at least 5 recorded kills of other pilots, although a British ace...

I agree Churchill is great but I would go for Shakespeare.


By the way, Duo, Scots are British, too. You don't understand the distinction between England and Britain. Britain isn't only England....

More nominations:

Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (Turkey)- father of modern Turkey and the first President of the Republic of Turkey, who made Turkey the only country to resist the imposition of the...

But you can edit polls, right? And by the way who, in your opinion is the greatest briton?

Dr. Jose Rizal (Philippines)- the national hero of the Philippines and a martyr who fought hard for his people's rights before Mahatma Gandhi was born.

Mahatma Gandhi (India)

Sun Tze...

Dammit. I forgot to make it a multiple choice poll.

Here are the names plucked from the Greatest Britons List on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/100_Greatest_Britons

Winston Churchill (1874–1965), Prime Minister during World War II
Isambard Kingdom...