If called upon, the Caliphate by far, the largest military force in the world. The only two empires that I've covered before who'd have larger militaries would be both the Mongol, and British empires. With all things being considered, the reunited modern Arab Caliphate would almost certainly be a potential world supe...
Roman authority in the Western part of the empire had collapsed, and a power vacuum left in the wake of this collapse; the central organization, institutions, laws and power of Rome had broken down, resulting in many areas being open to invasion by migrating tribes. Over time, feudalism and manorialism arose, two int...
Convinced he has reached the Indies, Christopher Columbus names them Indians. After a few exchanges, he leaves and explores the surrounding islands. Thinking he is in Asia, he looks for the kingdom of the Great Khan mentioned in the writings of Marco Polo. On an island called Quisqueya, which he renames La Hispaniola...
In a few days, the United States recognizes the new country. In exchange, it obtains a strip of land in perpetuity for the construction and operation of the Panama Canal. But the Panamanians quickly contest this treaty. During World War I, the European colonies are heavily involved. This is particularly true of Canad...
that's 0.004% of Earth's history. Not long, really. And, here we are now, living in a thin, moist layer on a small, wet rock. We call this rock: Earth. It is the product of the universe's deepest workings, the result of a constant process of creation and destruction, happening all of the universe, all the time, helpe...
While it is true that the Empire declined in the late 19th and early 20th century, its fall was not as inevitable as many European politicians believed. Founded in the 13th century, by 1900, the empire was over 700 years old, and had met and bested through policies of reform, more crises than many younger nations had...
