I think, Rome. Too bad Carthage lost the Punic Wars, and too bad the Visigoths didn't do to Rome what Rome did to Carthage.
2006-07-08 08:28:49 · 11 answers · asked by Morgan O 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Not sure any of the long-ago nations had the capacity to do damage, that we have found in more recent times.
- I think in the older eras, we read a lot about the wars, but most people in those nations lived their lives apart from the hue & cry. No one writes their stories, but the vast majority of humankind lived rural or semi-rural lives, far from the reach of city centers of Rome, Carthage, Sparta, etc.
- my vote would be the USSR. They were too accustomed to tyranny via the Tsars, and the socialist government that replaced them held more people in poverty and chains, as well as genocide than any nation in history - millions killed in the Ukraine, millions in the Gulag, millions in Poland in WWII, and millions in puppet states such as Cambodia, Cuba, Yugoslavia. In the 70 years of socialist rule, the rest of the world made amazing advances in healthcare, overall material well-being, nutrition, science etc. The soviet republics went backwards, except for the limited advances they made stealing secrets from the West, for the benefit of a very limited few at the top.
- 2nd vote would be Germany the "sick man of Europe" for over a century. Complicit in how many wars from the late 1700's through WWII; millions of Jewish people murdered, millions of Poles murdered, many other ethnicities . . .
2006-07-08 08:43:12 · answer #1 · answered by ein vogel frei 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd say that our friend who are currently hosting the World Cup. Not only can we blame them for the 'great wars.' but as a result the country of Israel was formed, and what has done more to create social, political, and religious strife since?
2006-07-08 15:33:08 · answer #2 · answered by psuche 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Vatican.
It continues to cause harm but nowhere near the levels in the Middle Ages with its direction of purges, witch hunts and inquisitions.
2006-07-08 16:14:03 · answer #3 · answered by mckellmail 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No one did.... The only think did the most damage was God's decison and Devils Decison...
They are the maker of Earth..
No one Did DaMage But Themselve...
2006-07-08 15:32:36 · answer #4 · answered by ~Peace~N~Love~ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rome is not a nation.
2006-07-08 15:32:01 · answer #5 · answered by snipps 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ever heard of the Holocaust? Germany
2006-07-08 15:42:25 · answer #6 · answered by hope 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In physical damage the U.S. in loss of life Russia.
2006-07-08 17:04:25 · answer #7 · answered by Gecko 1 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
North Korea probably will
2006-07-08 15:32:40 · answer #8 · answered by twix_soccerman 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rome.......ever heard of the dark ages??????
2006-07-08 15:40:12 · answer #9 · answered by PATTIE 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
UMM...LET ME THINK ABOUT IT... MAYBE THE NATION THAT I LIVE IN THE U.S.A. THE USA HAS AND IS DOING MORE DAMAGE TO THIS WORLD THAN ANYBODY ELSE
2006-07-08 15:35:09 · answer #10 · answered by JUJU 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋