Worlds most viralent Empire
 

Several States have been called Empires, some called Empires at different times in their existastance . . . of those that have been deemed Empires . . . which was the most viralent?

Did you mean "virulent"?

Yes I am sure I did, just am coming on the end of a long day. Sorry for my spelling errors.

I've plumpt for the British Empire....at one time the sun never set on it. and IMO it was the largest ever in it's heydey :yep:

oh no problem. I was just making sure as the word is so key to your poll.

Just being large doesn't necessarily qualify I think.

vir·u·lent
Function: adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from Latin virulentus, from virus poison
1 a : marked by a rapid, severe, and destructive course <a virulent infection> b : able to overcome bodily defensive mechanisms : markedly pathogenic <virulent bacteria>
2 : extremely poisonous or venomous
3 : full of malice : MALIGNANT <virulent racists>
4 : objectionably harsh or strong <virulent criticism>

Our history teaches us we've been all of those at some time or other :yep:

That is a lot of empires, I'm a little intimidated :)

Well when I looked it up on Wikipedia, this is a list that I found, plus five others not listed on the list, but mentioned. And the British Empire wasn't the only empire which the sun never set on in its hayday . . . and it wasn't the largest in terms of total % of the global population . . . or controlled land mass either.
I won't vote, as the poll originator, until the last day, or near to that.

But I'd love to know why the British Empire has gotten so many votes . . . so far.

Can'T compute - to many options, but each option described with too little detailed charactericstic concerning why to call it "virulent". Generally said, the majority of empires on that list qualifies for that description.

An empire that does not push to the "outside" (inner pressure) seems to stagnate and finally fall, since there is always outside powers (counter pressure) that work against it. seen that way, an empire cannot afford not to press to the oputside and react to challenges at it'S border perimeter. It's a need deriving from a self-dynamic that has little to do with willing intentions, and plans.

I decided or the British empire as it is the most recent empire to have had the largest influence on the course of world events. Not even Soviet Russia rivaled British influence throughout English colonization.

The British Empire stretched from the East Indies to the 13 American colonies, From South Africa to Egypt, from the British territory of Palestine to Iraq, from India to Hong Kong, the influence of the slow collapse of the British empire has definitively shaped for more than 300 years the events of world politics.

From the division of the middle east along geographic landmarks as opposed to tribal territories, to the independence of the American colonies and of India and the East Indies, to the cessation of Hong Kong to China, to the independence of South Africa and Egypt.

England has shaped the nations that influenced politics of the recent past (50+ years) modern politics (Iraq, Kashmir, West bank and Gaza Strip, South African Apartheid, and the loss of Hong Kong) and although the direct influence of the British Empire is now gone, the remains of that empires' policies will continue to influence the affairs of nations in the decades to come.

I would say that best defines the Klingon Empire.

LMAO :rotfl:

I take your point, having looked myself:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_empires

Despite the fact I'm British, I have to agree with Yahoshua :up:

none of the above how about the insect empire ?