MW2 Imagery already upsetting people.

[lestatdark]

@Reasonable

That's the best history summarization i've seen in this thread so far.

It's true, empires like the British, Mongol, Roman, Macedonian and Persian ones had fewer constrains and impositions to limit their subjugation power and thus they could take over by force and wit with much more disposition and ease, given their supremacy at that time; While the US has to deal with the modern consciousness of deterrance and global unity that severely limits certain areas of their influence.

I have no qualms in accepting that the US are the biggest economical empire in the history of humanity, and that their representation, whether it's diplomatical or militial, is also one of the most widespread as well. But what most people tend to forget, as it was shown on past posts, is to see the empires per se in the time frame that they existed, because most of the feats and accomplishments that past empires had, wouldn't be considered important in modern terms, while in their era terms were simply over-whelming.