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> The greatest conquerer on Earth and its modern beneficiaries What'd England and the commonwealth do now?

• Turing_Machine 9y ago
  Maybe he's talking about Mongolia. :-)
  • 8bitsrule 9y ago
    or Alexander, 'the Great'
    • goatlover 9y ago
      Not sure exactly when the modern age began, but pretty sure it wasn't ancient Greece.
      • Turing_Machine 9y ago
        He said "modern beneficiaries", not that the conquest itself was modern. Maybe he was talking about Spain, Portugal, or the Netherlands.
        • chrischen 9y ago
          I’m talking about Americans and everyone here benefitting from the fruits of the conquest. We exist because it happened, and to deny it is to deny our own existence.
          • klibertp 9y ago
            You used the words: "the greatest conquerer" - it's just this that's doubted, not that the conquest happened. Historically, in terms of area, or percentage of (world) population involved, there are strong contenders for the title, other than the one you mention. Not to mention, some capital cities are stuffed with treasures they looted a millennium ago - so if you mean "the amount of conquest summarized over history" then your "greatest conqueror" doesn't seem that special at all.
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• chrischen 9y ago
  They were the greatest. Now they’re primarily for money laundering.