Civilizations

Im rather curious about your input on ancient civilization. Who would you say was the most successful during their time period. Stable government, unified religion, strong army....

there is a whole list of civilizations that were prosperous during their times... Egyptians, Greeks, Romans, Mayans....etc etc, there are so many to chose from and would like to hear your input about which civilization was most successful when they were around...

Also, wanted to see if i could lure Conrad into posting here ;)

For all the mystery of the Parthian dynasty there was none who had such effective fighting strategy's as well as the worlds most diverse and tolerant society.

The Inka (sometimes called Inca), definitely. They set up a collectivized society so efficient that they had huge surpluses of manufactured goods and so much spare labor that they built highways all over the Andes. Their military was without peers in the area and conquered all major nearby civilizations.

Of course, there's the obvious point of their empire falling to Pizarro, who had only a few hundred men. There were numerous causes of that, not least of which were the massive numbers of deaths from plague, the technological advantages of the Spaniards, and the power struggle under way for control (during which one side [temporarily] allied with the invaders).

Still, at their height, the Inca army could compete with most others in the world at the time, even considering their lack of worked metal, mounted troops, and siege engines.

A great civilization, the Native North American peoples. They took only what they needed, no more. They had strong senses of unity, family, loyalty, and honor. They were peaceful (for the most part) and they were without the self-corrupting influence of money. Unfortunately, they were destroyed by the greed of the pale faces and most of their culture has been lost.

The Japanese.
In particular the samurai.
Sengoku period is where (time frame) one heck a battle took place;
In the Sengoku period the battles of Kawanakajima 7000+ men died, with over 100 000 warriors participating in the 5 battles.
I just find it amazing how so many men can be brave enough to do for there clan.

MY ANCEINT EMPIRE...

Seriously I think the Romans where the most advanced military as they fought hard and worked together
Bet you didn't know this



146 BC -
Battle of Carthage ends: Scipio Africanus Minor captures and destroys Carthage, ending the Third Punic War

OK I copied that from wikipedia... I'm not that smart on ancient things(battles specifically) :(

The Dacians were very successful but they sided with pompeii and lost :(

Our civilisation we have the most advanced technology , warfare and medical advances we are simply the greatest race to ever grace this planet

sounds like a homework question

and on spike(T.V.) theirs a show called deadliest warrior, that could help u answer the most powerfull army

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sounds like a homework question

and on spike(T.V.) theirs a show called deadliest warrior, that could help u answer the most powerfull army

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Deadliest Warriors=Lies

Ninjas > Spartans

Spartans are overrated. Ninjas with their awesome ninja skills could own Spartans.

Oh god, please don't get me started on Deadliest Warrior. Its like 300: I absolutly LOVE it, but if that is where you get all your ideas on history then you have some serious issues.

I would say the Romans were certainly one of the most successful. They had the largest empire in history. (You could say that Ghengis Khan or Alexander the Great had a larger empire, but those only lasted as long as that person lived. So those don't count.) The only enemies they couldn't defeat were the Britans and some of the northern Germans, at least until the Hun's started their little rampage accross Asia. They had the best military of their time and the best technology.

I would have to say the early Sumerians. Sure, they may not have had the greatest society or the most stable governments, but they were the first. They were the first to have a writen language, Cuniform. Hammurabi created the world's first law code. They had the first walled cities, the first structured armies, the first stable city governments... the first empires!

I'd say that by being the first ones, the ancient Mesopitamians have eliminated much of the gravity of their faults, because they were the first to even try, and they certainly didn't fail miserably either!

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I would have to say the early Sumerians. Sure, they may not have had the greatest society or the most stable governments, but they were the first. They were the first to have a writen language, Cuniform. Gilgamesh created the world's first law code. They had the first walled cities, the first structured armies, the first stable city governments... the first empires!

I'd say that by being the first ones, the ancient Mesopitamians have eliminated much of the gravity of their faults, because they were the first to even try, and they certainly didn't fail miserably either!

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Wasn't it Hammurabi that created the first law code?

Yeah, my bad, Gilgamesh was just a king, I always get those two messed up, thanks for the correction.

The Celtic were the best warriors and had the best religious civilisation with rituals and the first to have mass

It depends in the circumstance in the battle field ninjas would not stand a chance against the phalanx since ninjas fight individually but for assassination attempts ninjas would win. But in a one on one fight i dont know who would win cuz ive never seen ninjas or spartans fight lol and in history they have never fought each other