how can a country that is 300 years old advance the world more, in that time, then the oldest civilizations?

Answer 1

"Advance the World more" is a very subjective statement. Was putting a Man on the Moon a greater advancement than the invention of the wheel? How about the first microchip - was that a greater advancement than the first written word? Think of the giant leap of imagination that was required to ever write that first word.

Without writing, basic mathematics and the wheel nothing else would have followed.

It is true that discoveries are being made at an ever-increasing pace (in many countries around the World) but almost all are based on the solid foundations of earlier basic discoveries and inventions.

To return to your question (which I assume refers to the USA). First of all bear in mind that the Industrial Revolution which forms the basis of the type of economy that underpins the USA today started in England.

The reason that the US has been undeniably successful has been it's ability to assimilate and nuture free thinking and entrepreneurial people who have moved there from many other different nations. This has been assisted in the past by the USA's relatively isolated position which has kept it comparatively free from the ravages of warfare over the centuries in contrast to Europe, for example. Even the wars that have involved the US have resulted in greater profit and industrial strength while in many instances European nations have suffered relative impoverishment because of their closer involvement (the wars took place on their soil!).

In effect the USA created conditions whereby it was able to "import" talent and allow it to grow and prosper in an unrestrained manner that was simply not possible in the Old World countries.

Answer 2

Xerxes DID defeat the 300 Spartans, at the Hot Gates of Thermopylae. The name "Thermopylae" is Greek for "Hot Gates." That is the battle depicted in the movie 300. Salamis was a naval battle fought within a few weeks of Thermopylae in the fall of 480 BC, where the Greeks lured the Persian navy into a trap and destroyed it. So, your question is really, "What would have happened had the Persians won the Battle of Salamis?" The answer is that they would have overrun all of Greece and eventually conquered even Sparta, although after a bloody fight. The Spartans never would have submitted voluntarily; they didn't even to Alexander, and he never forced the issue. I have a feeling that it wouldn't have lasted, though. The Greeks would have continued to resist Persian domination, and in time, I believe that they would have thrown the Persians back out of Greece, anyway. The Egyptians drove the Persians out, and in that era, they weren't nearly as formidable militarily as the Greeks. The Greek victories over Persia in 490 and in 480-79 BC weren't just luck. The Greeks had better tactics and were motivated to defend their homeland, while Xerxes' troops, as depicted in the movie 300, were little more than slaves. The Persians, after failing to conquer Greece, understood this and spent the next 140 years interfering in Greek affairs in order to prevent what Phillip II and Alexander eventually created--a unified Greek state (except Sparta). After Plataea in 479 BC, some of the Greek leaders had wanted to carry the war to Persia, but the governments of the various city-states couldn't agree on continuing the alliance, and went back to their silly squabbling and constant fighting. Xerxes and his successors often sent the losing sides in these wars money just to keep the Greeks fighting each other and not the Persians.

Answer 3

Amazing isnt it? Africa has really done very little. China did things long ago, but is doing nothing now. The middleeast has been taken over by Islam, which moves the people backwards, not forward. Europe is content with being fat, drunk, and stupid. Latin america is corrupt and moving nowhere. Central America is the same. Canada exists, but not doing much. Australia is chilling down there, but not up to much. India is on the move, and hopefully they will do good things someday. The USA is the mover and the shaker of the time.

Answer 4

the US represented the birth of capitalism which blew away all prior forms of economic systems. Since then, many other nations have caught on and have also made significant contributions. This, and the fact that technology grows exponentially, is why the last 300 years blew away the last 3000 in terms of advancements. That's pretty much it in a nutshell.

Answer 5

If you are refering to the US, we are only 230 years old and if you are, I think the answer to your question is because the years that the country has existed have been the years where there have been the GREATEST strides made in communication, probably contributing to a greater understanding of other countries/cultures, etc...

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Answer 6

it is not the country it is the aliens amongst us.man didn't sit in caves for all those centuries then all of a sudden get so smart.left to the Earthlings we would still be dragging our women into the cave by the hair of the head

Answer 7

Progressive thinking.

I apologize for being presumptuous and assuming you are talking about the United States.

Unfortunately, it seems that the progressive thinking of the U.S. is slowly ending.

Answer 8

Natural Resources and cunning politicians

Answer 9

Modern technology, progressive ideas like freedom of speech and freedom from religion.
Why do you think it is called Yankee ingenuity.

Answer 10

Because we are less polluted