I am 11.do you think that the Romon empire is the most successful world power in history?

Answer 1

If not the most successful, certainly one the most inventive check out this site


http://www.iol.ie/~coolmine/typ/romans/intro.html

Answer 2

I vote for Egypt. Their empire lasted thousands of years, had great wealth, had fabulous art and architecture (pyramids, temples), all built with great precision even though they did not have many tools, even had a woman Pharoh (Hatshepsut), and was a world power until Rome conquered what was left of them. They had to had carve the blocks for their monuments and move the huge stones to the site, which they did, creating temples and the pyramids with great precision -- precise enough for any modern engineer to be proud of.

Rome is second. Rome loved Greek (Athenian) culture and copied Greek gods, forms of poetry and art, the Greek idea of Democracy (Rome had a Republic for a short time). Under the Empire, they conquered all of Europe from England to what is today Istanbul and Northern Africa including Egypt. The Pax Romanorum lasted 300 or so years. But if you count the Roman Empire in the East (Byzantium) then there was a Roman empire until 1453 when Constantinople (now Istanbul) fell to the Ottoman Empire. The Romans had advanced sewer and water systems, so sophisticated that when the Roman Empire fell, the technology was not reinvented until modern times. They were great engineers, and with their use of cement, made huge structures like the Colisseum and provided water from the mountains via aquaducts - another engineering marvel.

However, both Egypt and Rome had a great number of slaves.

The 3rd contender is the British Empire. "The sun never sets on the British Empire" -- that was the expression - and India was the "Jewel in the Crown".
"British Empire was the most extensive empire in world history and for a substantial time was not only a major power but the foremost power in the world. It was a product of the European age of discovery, which began with the global maritime explorations of Portugal and Spain in the late 15th century, that inaugurated the era of the European global empires.

By 1921, the British Empire held sway over a population of between 470 and 570 million people, approximately one-quarter of the world's population. It covered about 14.3 million square miles (more than 37 million km²), about a quarter of Earth's total land area. Though it has now mostly evolved into the Commonwealth of Nations, British influence remains strong throughout the world: in economic practice, legal and governmental systems, society, sports (such as cricket and football), and the English language itself, to name but a few." (Wikipedia)

The British Empire - in terms of influence - was the most successful. English is the trading language in most of the world. English systems of government - which are democracies - are spread all over the globe.

Try searching in Wikipedia for articles

Answer 3

Yes, It was a real empire, not a kingdom or gang of nomads like some of the civilizations mentioned above. It lasted over 1,200 years. And we are still using some of the things they invented, improved, or stole... laws, engineering skills, organizational skills, military units and tactics. They are responsible for roads, water and sewer systems, universal money like the Euro, art, huge sporting events. Nascar can be traced back to the chariot races in the Circus Maximus.

You should study the Romans and others this year in 6th grade. All the civilizations you study were responsible for the way our civilization is today. There are many websites that will help you learn about how successful the Romans were.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

Good question, and a lot of good answers above. Empires have to be compared with their time in history, for instance its difficult to compare Roman and British Empires at their heights as technology, geographic knowledge etc was very different.

I didn't see anyone listing non-geographic empires above like the current US one, they own 60% of the countries in the world approximately (that is 60% of the countries in the world are in "receivership" to the World Bank, an semi-American organisation), they control the worlds oil sales by ensuring oil can only be sold internationally with dollars to persons they want it sold to (UN embargoes on those they don't like), their corporations in almost every nation and large portions of the worlds media, internet and software portfolios are US controlled, lastly their military destroys all threats to their internal and external economies without worrying about the after effect....sound like the Romans to anyone?

To answer your question, the Roman Empire was indeed a great one, whether it is the greatest to date is more matter of opinion than fact.

If you want learn more about Rome from the outsiders point of view try Prof. Terry Jones (from Monty Python) book Barbarians published by the BBC.

It details the Roman Empire from the point of view of the conquered peoples. Its a very easy read for an adult as it's informative, insightful and funny (rare for a history book), as an eleven year old asking serious questions like this you should be able to understand and thoroughly enjoy it.

The outsiders point of view is rarely taken into account when asking these sorts of questions, so perhaps you could also look into the question:


What is the is the most successful world power in history from the point of view of its conquered peoples?

Answer 6

A good question from one so young! The Roman empire can probably best be judged on what we still see of it today, language, roads, culture etc. In its time, yes it was probably was the most successful power, however one can not forget the contributions of the Chinese, Greeks (Macedonians really), Carthaginians and Egyptians, not to forget the British empire which covered a third of the world's surface at its height.

Answer 7

You have some great answers, but don't forget Carthage. The latest archaeology believes that Rome modelled itself on the civilisation of Carthage (North Africa) and then destroyed the evidence by completely demolishing and removing all evidence of the Carthaginian empire. Originally a settlement of Phoenicians, Carthage grew into a vast economic power throughout the Mediterranean Sea, accumulating wealth and influence through its economic prowess. Carthage was a superpower, at the same time as Rome was getting started in the 3rd Century BC, and was its rival for dominance of the western Mediterranean. Eventually this rivalry led to a series of wars known as the Punic Wars, each of which Carthage lost. These losses led to a decline in Carthage's political and economic strength, mostly due to the harsh penalties imposed on Carthage by Rome as conditions of the cessation of hostilities. The third and final Punic war ended with the complete destruction of the city of Carthage and the annexation of the last remnants of Carthaginian territory by Rome. Although a distinct Carthaginian civilization ceased to exist, the Romans copied much of it.

The Romans were never able to defeat the Carthaginian general, Hannibal, in battle until the rulers of Carthage betrayed him by refusing to send reinforcements. Hannibal committed suicide rather than let the Romans take him prisoner. After that, it was all downhill for Carthage.

The Romans won, so they wrote the history of the Punic Wars. They called all non-Romans "Barbarians" but their enemies, usually, were highly civilised and not barbaric at all. The Romans were very barbaric by comparison. When you think about the Circus and Gladiators fighting to the death to entertain the public, the Romans killed people for fun.

In addition, Rome consisted of a few extremely rich families and thousands of very poor people. It was not a very happy life for the majority of its citizens. And it practised slavery, invented crucifixion and a lot of other very cruel punishments. In conclusion, it was successful for a time, like many other empires, but collapsed, as the all do.

Answer 8

No, I believe the Greek and Chinese Empires were the most successful world power in history because of their contribution to our everyday living. Fair enough, the Romans gave us baths, roads and advanced warfare, but they didn't leave an everlasting mark because we went straight into the Dark Ages after they left.

Answer 9

This is a good and interesting question.

What do you judge success? How many years it lasted? How many people it governed?

Those are things that can be measured.

Other standards for judging success are harder to measure.

I think China's Tang Empire matched the Roman Empire in power and influence.

Answer 10

You should consider in you evaluation:

* Persian Empire;

* Several dinasties in China en Japan.
Specially from Gengis Khan (Mongolia), who rulled China (started a dinasty)
They created press, compass, and many other things many years before other european empire

* Inca Empire (Impressive extension and bigger cities in the world at that time)

* Egyptian (Who, despite Incas, Mayas and Aztecs) did so beautiful and huge buildings?

* Otoman empire (impressive but not so much)


To classify or define rules into a competion, you need always determine fatcs and give points to each one;
§suggestion:
Successful empire should have:
1. Extension
2. Period (number of years)
3. Art & Buildings
4. Militar capacity
5. Cultural achievments
......

Considering all this, I believe it would be between Chinese Dinasties or Egyptian. ... Perhaps Incas.

Answer 11

The Roman empire was very successful to a point - our own London is testimony to that. But Gengis Khan was pretty amazing with his lot conquering most of asia - even getting as far as vienna - they only pulled back because the bloke in charge died.

The British empire too was successful, if you mean by conquering a large amount of land. It was called the empire in which the sun never sets.

The Ottoman empire was huge - uniting most of the middle east and africa for centuries, huge Islamic empire, but one which tolerated Christianity within its bounds, with its own art and cultural revolution etc...

The Spanish empire of 16th and 17th Centuries was pretty extensive too, covering a lot of present day of South America.

The only downside of empire is that you have a tendency to destory other cultures and replace them with your own, the Romans never fully dislodged the celtic way of life in Britian but they made good 'inroads' excuse the pun! The Revolt by the ICENI who were from what we now call Norfolk are a good example of this, the Romans in revenge for her burning of London destroyed her kingdom. They built a wall to keep the welsh and the Scots out - so they had not fully taken over the whole of the British Isles.

But a lot of the celtic cheifs in England also accepted Roman rule, because the Romans made agreements with the heads of each tribe, and thats how they got a hold in the Britian. In fact it was a celtic leader from the south-east of England who invited the Romans in! A lot of these accepting tribesmen adopted Roman dress, coins, built roads and houses, copied the Romans. So I think on the whole the Romans did a good job in spreading their culture in the country.

The Ottoman empire and byzantine was pretty huge, had its own art, culture and everyone was welcome.

The British Empire in my opnion was most successful, huge amounts of territory, massive Navy to go with it, arguably the best Navy in the world, but also from a more shameful perspective we enslaved 6 million people. A lot of people all over the world speak English, as offsoots of our empire we not only took over territories, but we created new ones eg. Bermuda (although named after its spanish founder was an empty Island untill the British came along). Even in the early 20th century - we cut up the ottoman empire and created - Kuwait, Iraq and in 1940's Israel) There is a joke that churchill created Iraq in morning and Kuwait in the afternoon - he ignored cultural and religious divisons that existed in the former ottoman territories and that's why we have the problem there we have today, in part - so maybe we were not that successful after all.

The Spanish almost destroyed the Aztec and Inca cultures - they are still not equal with the 'spanish' culture even to this day - so the spanish may not have been fully successful, but have left a divide and a terrible legacy.

Another empire worth considering is the Dutch empire of the 17th Century, the world power of its day, its major legacy was the founding of the modern stock exchange and banks and major trade companies, like the East India Company, The Dutch empire to had territories in South America, Africa and the east indies particularly Indonesia, even today the natives dislike the Dutch, for suppressing their culture, so again there is a downside to empire.

But I hope this helps