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fearandwar:

After several centuries of constant expansion and being the pre-eminent empire throughout the world, the Ottomans learned the harsh lesson that eventually confronts all empires: no empire can rule forever.

Opening line of my lecture. I write like an arrogant asshole, which fits my personality well.

You: “no empire can rule forever.”

America: “Challenge accepted”

WIKILEAKS: Oh,REALLY ?

Posted on January 26, 2012 via Fear and War with 39 notes

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  I mean no offense or anything but at least America isn’t ravaged with other countries carpet bombing the hell out of us....
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  Iliveinacountrythatissafe. We’ve broken it down to a science. War every 6 years or so, awesomeness in between, travel in...
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  WIKILEAKS: Oh,REALLY ?
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  You: “no empire can rule forever.” “Challenge accepted”
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27. voicesofearth said: Maybe you could throw a line in there in reference to what the rest of the industrializing world called the Ottoman Empire by the late 19th c. & pre-WWI 20th, “The sick man of Europe.” I love the image that comes to mind when I think about that haha
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