ime not anti american ok , was chatting to some buisness type dude whilst waiting for my take away food, this guy reckons americas days as #1 are over, the iraq thing, all that kind of stuff, he reckons iraq will drain the usa, and maybe like china will step in????? **** knows, remember when brittania ruled the waves, ime stoned so ime sorry if you dont understand my meaning, THINK about it though,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
This is chronology of events in the history of mankind. So when someone tells you the Greeks and Romans form the cradle of human civilization, you can tell them Egyptians and Indians were building cities thousands of years before the so-called Western civilization even set a stone. 4-5 MILLION B.C .- Humans (Hominids - in primitive ape-like stages) first appear in AFRICA (EAST & SOUTH) 2.5 - 2 MILLION B.C. - Humans (Homo Habilis - humans with brain and dextrous fingers and Homo Erectus) appear in Africa 900,000 B.C. - Humans (Homo Sapiens) move towards WEST ASIA (MESOPOTAMIA - PERSIA -INDUS) 850,000 B.C. - Humans move towards LOWER EUROPE (ANATOLIA/ BALKANS). (ANATOLIA is mordern day Turkey) 450,000 B.C. - Humans move towards CHINA (NORTH) 200,000 B.C. - Humans seen in MIDDLE EUROPE 120,000 B.C. - Humans start occupying JAVA 100,000 B.C. - EARLIEST KNOWN FORM OF HOMO SAPIENS SAPIENS (AFRICA) 50,000 B.C. - Humans move towards AUSTRALIA 35,000 B.C. - Humans move towards UPPER EUROPE 30,000 B.C. - Humans set up in NORTH AMERICA 10,000 B.C - Humans migrate towards SOUTH AMERICA (ICE AGE ENDS) 10000-4000 B.C. - Humans start AGRICULTURAL/ HUNTING/ METAL WORKS 6000 B.C. COPPER FOUND IN WEST ASIA 5000 B.C. COPPER FOUND IN BALKANS 4000-2000 B.C. BRONZE/ COPPER IS WIDELY USED IN THE OLD WORLD (ASIA) 2000-1000 B.C. IRON IS FOUND IN WEST ASIA/ INDIA/ CHINA 3500 B.C.-1100 B.C. (EGYPTIAN EMPIRE AT ITS PEAK) - WORLD's FIRST CITIES COMES UP ON THE BANKS OF RIVERS NILE, TIGRIS/ EUPHRATES- URBAN (CITIES UR- URUK -BABYLON) 3200 B.C. WORLD's FIRST URBAN CIVILIZATION COMES UP AROUND NILES IN EYGPT - URBAN (CITY- MEMPHIS, THEBES) 3000 B.C. - 1500 B.C. - WORLD's NEXT BIGEST URBAN CIVILIZATION COMES AROUND - INDUS VALLEY CIVILIZATION- URBAN (CITIES - HARAPPA MOHENJO-DARO) 1800 B.C. - 1100 B.C. NORTHERN CHINA BEGINS URBANIZATION (CITIES - ZHENGZHOU SHANG KINGDOM) 2000-1100 B.C. GREEKS START THEIR URBANIZATION (I) KING MINOS OF THE ISLAND OF CRETE (AEGEAN EMPIRE) (2000-1700 B.C.) (II) MYCENAEN EMPIRE (PALACE OF KNOSSOS BECOMES THEIR MOST FAMOUS SYMBOL) 1650-1200 B.C. HITTITE EMPIRE (Turkey) 2000 B.C.- 1000 B.C. - LEVANT EMPIRE (Present day Israel) INCLUDES CITIES LIKE JERUSALEM, AMMAN, DAMASCUS, GAZA). IT EXPANDS TO INCLUDE MESOPOTAMIA (KIngdom of Mittanni and Kingdom of Hittite) AND EGYPT - KINGDOM OF MITANNI (MESOPOTAMIA) - KINGDOM OF HITTIE (ANATOLIA) - (BOGASKOY CITY) 1000-300 B.C. - POLITICAL AND SOCIAL CENTER OF INDIA SHIFTS FROM INDUS VALLEY TO THE MORE FERTILE GANGES PLAINS. BUDDHISM, JAINISM AND THE MYSTICAL VEDISM DEVELOPED IN THIS ERA. THE UPANISHADS (LAST PART OF VEDAS) URGED ESCAPED FROM PHYSICAL WORLD. RAMAYAN (AROUND 300 B.C.) AND MAHABHARATA STARTED AROUND 400 B.C. 1000-600 B.C. ASSYRIAN EMPIRE (MESAPOTAMIA & LEVANT) (CITY NIMRUD). (MESOPOTAMIA is mordern day Middle-East) 900-300 B.C. GREEK EMPIRE (GREECE, AEGEAN, WEST ANATOLIA, ITALY) (CITY-ATHENS) 300-100 B.C. HELLENISTIC WORLD (GREECE, WEST ANATOLIA, MESA) (KING ALEXANDER) 563 B.C. BIRTH OF BUDHA - BUDHISM BEGINS TO SPREAD 600 B.C.-640 A.D. PERSIAN EMPIRE - EGYPT, MESA, ASSYRIA, INDUS (PERSIAN EMPIRE ALSO CALLED ACHAEMENID EMPIRE) 1000 B.C.-50 A.D CELTIC EMPIRE IN EUROPE (BEYOND CACAUCUS MT.'S) 300 B.C. - 500 A.D. ROMAN EMPIRE (ITALY, SPAIN, FRANCE, GREECE, N.AFTRICA, ANATOLIA, LEVANT, EGYPT) 600-200 B.C. MAURYAN EMPIRE (KING ASOKA) CITY-PATALIPUTRA 300 - 400 A.D. -GUPTA DYNASTY UNITES INDIA AROUND 320 AD. ART, ARCHITECTURE AND LITERATURE ARE INDIA'S FINEST ACHIEVEMENTS OF THIS EAR. MATHEMATICAL INNVOATIONS IN INDIA INCLUDE THE ZERO AND USE OF DECIMAL NUMBERS 600-1000 A.D. ISLAM POWER SPREADS (622 AD MOHAMED/ MUSLIM ERA STARTS) 700-1100 A.D. VIKINGS RULE (N.W. EUROPE- SCANDINAVIAN, BRITISH, FRANCE, GERMANY, RUSSIA) 100-1600 A.D. OTTOMON TURKS RULE ANATOLIA, LEGANT, EGYPT, S-E EUROPE 1500-1600 A.D. SAFAVID RULE IN PERSIA 1200-1600 A.D. MOGHULS RULE IN INDIA 400 B.C.-1600 A.D. HAN-TANG-SONG-MING DYNASTIES IN THE ORIENT 1600-1900 A.D. MANCHU-CHING DYNASTY 1500-2000 A.D. EUROPEAN DOMINATION 2000 AD onwards - INDIAN DOMINATION???
excellent post!! India is vastly improving economics wise. However due to there social structure(cask system) I don't see them becoming a super power. China will overcome the US in economic terms soon.
IMO... China will drain the world of whats left of its natural resources very soon.. and America will want to stop that, to some degree at least.. something for us all to look forward to i think... another armchair war..
I would not call America down for the count just yet. We are still quite strong. We also still have an unmatched military if we need it. Everybody's got there own opinion though, and there are plenty of hater's to go around.
Yep SFC has a point there are plenty days ahead for the USA. We have nuclear weapons and a big fat economy. So no mater what the rest of the world wants they have to remember we can wipe them out like that. ( snaping finger sound ) And that is what makes America great in the end. Sad isn't it. I think it's time for Democracy not just a democratic style Republic. I think it should be a reality TV show so the people will get the news. It would be nice to see something like Medical care for everyone here and a new and improved social security that will increase benefits not syphon off funds for the Stock Market.. That one gets me.. How come if Social security is going bad it's a good idea to take money away from it? But most Americans won't get it trust me. God will come into the picture some place along the conversation.. Been there done that. And" target="_blank">http://democracynow.org/ And Misti.. over here "take away food" is a Bush reform. We call it "Take Out." Randy
QUOTE Quote: from starfleetcommand on 8:49 am on Dec. 24, 2004 I would not call America down for the count just yet. We are still quite strong. We also still have an unmatched military if we need it. Everybody's got there own opinion though, and there are plenty of hater's to go around. Well said SFC.
It takes oil to have an unmatched military which China and us will have completely devoured by centuries end.
Well fish I only hope our goverment/military already has the answer to the problem,and are only now refining it. That may be wishful thinking, but at this point if it makes you feel better I say run with it. (Edited by starfleetcommand at 2:15 pm on Dec. 26, 2004)
You dont sayyyy Anyway, if we want to see any type of difference its up to us, the people. Imagine this: We dont need 80% of what the Governments offering because we're self sufficient to the very core. Sound like a pipe dream?...maybe. But IMHO thats the only way we're going to see a change in this country, the politicians depend on us for votes, support and they also depend on our neediness big time. The less needy we are the more in control. If your not needed in some way, shape or form you can control... nothing. Support our military yes we need them God Bless em. As far as the economic, socio blah blah blah is concerned we need to take back control of our lives or play puppet to the likes of Bush and every other power hungry, planet destroying, money grubbing politician to have the audacity to step forward in a swarm of rhetorical lies.
