Poll: Your Favourite Empire

[Eleima]

Most importantly, where's the Galactic Empire? None of the empires listed had Death Stars.

Dammit, ninja'd! XD That is exactly what I thought at first.

Seriously, though, probably the British Empire because it was so large and relied one of the most powerful navies. Well, they had to, being such a sorry lot of tiny islands.

 

[Dana22]

My favorite empire is The Black Sun Empire.


And more seriously, I like British Empire from the colonial times.

 

[Puzzlenaut]

British Empire out of those -- think of the size of Britain -- it's absolutely tiny, and yet created the biggest empire that has ever existed!

Next would have to be the Romans though -- their military strategy and ridiculous level of civilisation compared to the rest of the world is inspiring.

 

[Valkyrie101]

The British Empire, because firstly I am British, and secondly it's objectively pretty impressive for a tiny island to rule a quarter of the world. Still prefer the aesthetic and the culture of the Pax Romana, however.

 

[TheAmokz]

I am disappointed by the lack of the Roman Empire.

Where's the roman?

Too small to make the cut, at a mere 2.2m sq miles! ¬_¬

There's gonna be a lot of these comments, isn't there?

Yes. Many.

I wanted to vote for the Byzantine Empire, but alas, it's not even technically an empire

I too wanted to vote Byzantine Empire...

But since i cant i guess my vote goes to the Mongolian empire since i am "mongoloid" myself.
http://www.mongolia-web.com/opinion/2084-are-the-finns-the-mongolians-of-europe

 

[Arsen]

The Spanish Empire.

They brought civilization, Christianity, and order to South America (at a greater rate than what was previously there) and without their chapter in history we wouldn't have a United States of America. Their impact upon the world is one of the greatest achievements known to man.

Despite the difference, one could say that the "Arab" and "Ottoman" empires need to be combined. Not to mention that their conquest of the Iberian Peninsula and their attempt to invade Europe is one of the most horrific chapters of humanity ever entered into the books.

Love the story of the Reconquista. It's one of the most beautiful rebellions and battles throughout human history that have a truly good ending.

 

[Midnight Crossroads]

As a ouiaboo, I'm obliged to pick the French Empire.

The Arab Caliphate, Maurya Dynasty under Ashoka, Sassanid Dynasty, and the Mughal Empire are all cool too.

 

[Christopher Waldron]

None, I despise imperialism, always leaves far to much death and destruction in it's wake.

 

[Sticky Squid]

Gonna go with the British here.

 

[Sonicron]

Holy Roman; they had the coolest flag!

Spoiler: flag

Spoiler: Personally, I prefer this rendition.

In all seriousness, I can't really pick one, and I'm not sure I want to. Imperialism has led to some quite disturbing things in the past.

 

[Seives-Sliver]

The British are my favorite, best army in the whole world at one point and is an island nation.

 

[BlueberryMUNCH]

I say sir, it simply has to be the British;D

 

[Singularly Datarific]

The Mongols were the only people in history to successfully invade Russia (even then, they only were able to make it a puppet-state).

 

[spartan231490]

I admire the empire of Alexander the great because he built that empire alone. Macedonia was relatively small until he began conquering the surrounding region, and he accumulated a huge amount of land not only alone, but in an amazingly short period of time. He was only 28 or something when he died. Mongolia was relatively large when Genghis Khan took control, he just expanded it, and then Kublai Khan conquered Chinese lands, although his empire was smaller total because he had less land to the west.

 

[silver wolf009]

What of the Incas? They were one of the greatest civilizations ever to live on the earth.

Spoiler

 

[Offworlder_v1legacy]

The British for the sheer size and the Mogolian for taking over most of Eurasia, including some of Europe, which is cool.

 

[Jadak]

Spoiler: Hands down.

That's what I came into this thread intending to vote for, was quite disappointed when I saw what it really was. Oh well...

 

[Pirakahunter788]

Spoiler: Hands down.

Palpatine would be proud.

 

[Atticus89]

Holy Roman; they had the coolest flag!

Spoiler: flag

I think my World Civilization professor said it best: "The Holy Roman Empire wasn't very Holy, wasn't very Roman, and certainly wasn't much of an Empire."

However, I will concede that the flag looks awesome.

 

[Psycho Cat Industries]

I demand Assyrians!