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Which of the following statements are true: - Crimea became part of Russia before Texas became part of US - Crimea became part of Russia before (around the
by d0mine 7y ago
Which of the following statements are true:
- Crimea became part of Russia before Texas became part of US
- Crimea became part of Russia before (around the time) US independence
- Kievan Rus' is older than Aztec Empire
- brnt 7y agoAh, I like this game! - Before the US, the colonies were English, French, Dutch, Swedish, etc. - Before the colonies, it was of course Native American land. - Before the Anglosaxons, Britain was Celtic. - Kievans are much older than Russians. Russia was created by a few Swedes forking the local Slav tribes. - Before Moscow, there were Poles Bulgarians and Mongols. Shall we go on?
- d0mine 7y agothat is the point. Should British demand their colonies back? Should Indians demand their land?
- HenryBemis 7y agoHeh, I cannot Reply to brnt's post so I am using 1 lvl higher. My favourite examples are ancient Greece, Rome, ancient Mongolia, etc. Cherry picking moments in time to redefine borders is dangerous to say the least. Give the Italians half Europe and Near East? Give Greece everything from South Italy (Magna Grecian) all the way to Afghanistan? Crimea was part of Russia, true. Give Italy what it had first and then we will give Crimea to Russia (and let's have a WW3 and all be dead me give the planet the break it deserves (from human stupidity))
- d0mine 7y agoHow many people speak Greek in Crimea? How many are native Russian speakers?
- thatcat 7y agoSo, people speak English many places and the UK doesn't have any right to control those areas.
- d0mine 7y agoLook at the context (Crimea, 2020). If we are choosing between ancient greeks and russians then the language/culture/identity of the people should matter.
- HenryBemis 7y agoThis is not about Ancient Greece/Rome/Russia/etc. My comment was: you cannot cherry pick which moment in History, a country's borders are convenient to you. I remember talking to a colleague from Poland that was proud that X centuries ago, Poland (or whatever the country/nation was called at the time had conquered big parts of then-Russia, even conquered Moscow. If we all think like that then a WW3 (Romans, Nazis, Mongols, etc.) is certain. Let's stick to the borders we got, and in the future let's rener them useless (e.g. European Union). I believe in a Star Trek society. Not "we kicked butts back then so let's get back those lands".
- d0mine 7y agoAccording to you, the East and West Germany shouldn't have merged to "stick to the borders we got"
- hkt 7y agoPeople speaking a language is not a useful way of choosing your borders. Otherwise most of Latin America can revert to Spanish control, the US can be annexed by the UK, countries like Morocco can be colonies of the French again. The fact is that spreading your language is a basic element of empire building. The fact that Crimea, Ukraine etc have so many Russian speakers reflects their past.
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