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[-] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 45 points 2 months ago
[-] CarbonIceDragon@pawb.social 44 points 2 months ago

Unfortunately, quite a few guys end up obsessed with that one.

[-] uss_entrepreneur@startrek.website 32 points 2 months ago

Do science fiction empires count? Because I got imperium of man

[-] The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 27 points 2 months ago

Yes, but unfortunately the credits won't transfer out.

[-] jawa21@piefed.blahaj.zone 7 points 2 months ago

Sweet. Terran Empire it is. Everyone gets a goatee! I'm not a guy though so it may not count :(

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[-] A_cook_not_a_chef@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

Unofficial ruling:

Yes, they count.

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[-] MisterNeon@lemmy.world 21 points 2 months ago

I'm glad I got included as the orange speech bubble.

Today is Chicome Coatl (7 Snake) in the Tonalpohualli. Party on nerds.

[-] cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 2 months ago
[-] Trail@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Ah. The Persian empire then.

[-] Skua@kbin.earth 3 points 2 months ago

Well, one of several

[-] Danquebec@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

The most amazing empire.

Well, that one or the Inca empire.

[-] burgermeister@sh.itjust.works 14 points 2 months ago

I was assigned The Scythians late in life

[-] shneancy@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago

i was assigned Ancient Egypt pretty early on, i made my mum read to me things like the process of mummification for bedtime stories

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[-] Skua@kbin.earth 12 points 2 months ago

Mongol guy's font change has been living in my head all afternoon. Why is it only him? Why does getting the Mongol empire make him start speaking in a Charles-Rennie-Mackintosh-looking font? Like, the artist obviously likes to play it loose with typefaces in the rest of the comic too, but this one guy seems like the centre of the typographical attention and I do not understand the choices made

[-] CptBread@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago

Wait... You're only supposed to get one? Do I return the others somehow? Is there any support email or phone I can contact?

[-] sober_monk@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago

Does the Byzantine Empire count or do we kind of file that under Rome?

[-] The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

It has its own Wikipedia page, so it checks out.

[-] Saleh@feddit.org 4 points 2 months ago

What about the Holy Roman empire of German Nation?

[-] The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Hmm, it sort of shares the page, so sure thing.

[-] hansolo@lemmy.today 6 points 2 months ago

1,000,000% counts and is not the same thing as the Roman Empire.

[-] Skua@kbin.earth 7 points 2 months ago

I'd argue it is the same thing, it's just that the Roman Empire lasted so long and it was changing the whole time, so it's often necessary to compartmentalise it to a degree

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[-] MisterNeon@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

I think you get to make that call.

[-] reptar@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago

That wow looks like it's coming out of that butt

[-] Olhonestjim@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago

Only since the last season of Cosmos got me obsessed with the Indus Valley Civilization. I'm over 40.

[-] Skua@kbin.earth 3 points 2 months ago

This is arguably more of a Sumer question, but how do you feel about the theory that the Indus Valley Civilisation can be identified as the Meluhha that the early Mesopotamians traded with?

[-] Olhonestjim@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

I'm optimistic about it. It seems likely given the types of minerals found in Mesopotamian artifacts can be traced to mines near the Indus.

[-] Skua@kbin.earth 3 points 2 months ago

That's more or less where I'm at too. I do have to recognise some personal bias though. Partly because I don't know that much about the Indus Valley Civilisation. Partly because for some reason I find it quite frustrating to not have a "proper" name for a society when talking about them, even though I completely understand on a rational level that we just don't have enough information to know what they called themselves

Still, I totally understand how someone could become fascinated by this society in particular. We have so much evidence but never quite enough for solid answers in so many cases. It's a tantalising mystery

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[-] fritobugger2017@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago

I got the Grateful Dead as a freshman in uni and have stuck with that.

[-] carbonari_sandwich@piefed.social 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I think they're just supposed to be interests, not religions.

[-] Jankatarch@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Caliphates still count.

[-] Apeman42@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago

Mine just said "the Daevites", and the walls started dripping blood when I opened it. Should I be concerned?

[-] KazuyaDarklight@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago

Hmmm... "The Galactic Empire" eh? I can work with that.

[-] Deceptichum@quokk.au 8 points 2 months ago

Bah empires! Give me the wild people running free. I want to paint myself blue and run down a hill naked screaming at some Italians.

[-] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

Excuse me, mine says "Greater East Asian Co-Prosperity Sphere" but it's not doing anything. Can I get a new one?

[-] Rhaedas@fedia.io 7 points 2 months ago

Klingon. For glory!

[-] Zorsith 7 points 2 months ago
[-] fckreddit@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 months ago

I have been obsessed with the fall of empires because that means that this shitty capitalist hellscape won't be around forever.

[-] hansolo@lemmy.today 5 points 2 months ago

Songhai Empire? Hell yessssss!

[-] AmazingAwesomator@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

mordern wars, though mostly world war 2 here. so i guess its american and european modern empires.

[-] pachrist@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

If I pick the same country every time I play Civ, can I test out of this course?

[-] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 2 months ago

Sumerians. Cuneiform. Suck it everyone who came after.

Homer? Try the Epic of Gilgamesh, you posers!

Allow me to once again recommend The Fall of Civilizations Podcast. It's excellent.

[-] dwemthy@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

I got Dhakaani

[-] ThePyroPython@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

Could be worse, could be obsessed with the British Empire.

Those gammon cunts are a bit annoying.

[-] _LordMcNuggets_@feddit.org 3 points 2 months ago
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[-] fubarx@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

The Seleucid would like to have a word with management.

[-] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 months ago

Do the Etruscans count?

[-] gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 months ago

i got the martians. it's a future empire, does that still count?

[-] Soapbox@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 months ago

Ancient Egypt checking in.

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