In Class today...
Arctic_Menace @ Wed Feb 28, 2007 9:28 pm
A friend of mine and I had a spare, so we decided to drop into an Ancient History Class. Here's a little quiz that we had to do...
Which Empire was the largest in terms of ancient history?
Arctic_Menace @ Wed Feb 28, 2007 9:28 pm
Hint: It's not what you think it is...
Tricks @ Wed Feb 28, 2007 9:32 pm
Well how far back. I know ancient, but what is considered ancient? It could be Romans, Greeks, Egyptians, Mayan.... What do you mean by largest? Largest amount of land? People? Strength? Geez... Not a very specific question is it... 
xerxes @ Wed Feb 28, 2007 9:35 pm
I'm going to go with the Macedonians on this one. But if not them, then I guess the Persians.
Arctic_Menace @ Wed Feb 28, 2007 9:40 pm
This is a trick question. It even escaped me at first.
Tricks, Ancient as in pre Dark Ages/During Dark Ages; otherwise, it'd be the British Empire hands down... 
Tman1 @ Wed Feb 28, 2007 9:40 pm
Vague. Nobody can answer that in terms of "ancient history". Exactly what is your time line? The Persians certainly had the largest empire by the time of classical Greece (600-400 BCE). After that, Alexander the Great obviously did, partitioning that....again vague.
Ancient history? Babylonians? Arkadians? HIttites? Egyptians? Who?
Tricks @ Wed Feb 28, 2007 9:42 pm
HA! I know what it is! I will PM Arky so I don't ruin it, and I am hoping this is a joke... 
Mr_Canada old @ Wed Feb 28, 2007 9:48 pm
Arctic_Menace Arctic_Menace:
Hint: It's not what you think it is...
It's not the Canadian Empire? DAMNIT.
Tman1 @ Wed Feb 28, 2007 9:51 pm
Sure you do....Of course, Chinese history is a lot older than western civilization.
Tricks @ Wed Feb 28, 2007 9:54 pm
Tman1 Tman1:
Sure you do....Of course, Chinese history is a lot older than western civilization.
Heh I was wrong. I said the Galactic Empire from Star wars. They said "A long time ago" So I figured it was ancient enough...
Arctic_Menace @ Wed Feb 28, 2007 9:55 pm
Here's another hint: They owned the Chinese...
Tman1 @ Wed Feb 28, 2007 9:57 pm
From those five options, I think I do know what it is.
Mr_Canada old @ Wed Feb 28, 2007 9:57 pm
Arctic_Menace Arctic_Menace:
Here's another hint: They owned the Chinese...
Uh....
Fuck, i dunno.
*chooses Macedonian for shits and giggles*
Tman1 @ Wed Feb 28, 2007 9:58 pm
Arctic_Menace Arctic_Menace:
Here's another hint: They owned the Chinese...
I'm afraid that option isn't on there.
Arctic_Menace @ Wed Feb 28, 2007 9:59 pm
$1:
From those five options, I think I do know what it is.
That's the trick; is the correct answer even on the list?
I know, this quiz took me 6 minutes to figure out...