lordroel
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Post by lordroel on Aug 13, 2018 18:21:30 GMT
So what was the smallest empire ever, and no the British Empire, Roman Empire ore even the Mongol empire count as being the smallest empires ever to have existed.
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Post by eurowatch on Aug 13, 2018 19:06:33 GMT
Emperor Norton 1'st empire was on paper all of the US but more de facto confinded to San Fransisco. Or even more de facto: his house.
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Post by lordroel on Aug 13, 2018 19:15:47 GMT
Emperor Norton 1'st empire was on paper all of the US but more de facto confinded to San Fransisco. Or even more de facto: his house. You mean his mind, also his house was not officially recognized as a sovereign country by anybody so it does not count as smallest empire ever. |
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Post by spanishspy on Aug 13, 2018 19:37:02 GMT
The question here is how you define 'empire.' In some sense, any sovereign state is an empire to some degree, but the Vatican isn't what comes to mind when we hear the word 'empire.' Then we would have to make a definition and then whittle down the many hundreds of states that have existed to see what does and does not qualify. It's thorny.
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Post by lordroel on Aug 14, 2018 3:06:37 GMT
The question here is how you define 'empire.' In some sense, any sovereign state is an empire to some degree, but the Vatican isn't what comes to mind when we hear the word 'empire.' Then we would have to make a definition and then whittle down the many hundreds of states that have existed to see what does and does not qualify. It's thorny. I think more who are listed here: What is the smallest empire ever? direction. |
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