Re: [OT] Frog Bashing

I can't speak for most of these, but I think you could make a very good
case
for China NOT fulfilling the conditions. From the Western point of view,
they were all Chinese and spoke Chinese, but basically the nation was
destroyed and a new nation emerged in the same place, a large number of
times. Often with a different cultural heritage (which, admittedly,
tended
to shift into the "average" Chinese cultural mix over the years).

on 02.5.29 2:55 PM, K.H.Ranitzsch at KH.Ranitzsch@t-online.de
scribbleth:
> 
>> Actually, I cannot think of any 'people' who have
>> created an 'empire' and lost it, that have been
>> able to reach 'empire' status again.
> 
> A worthwhile discussion of this would require a precise definition of
> 'people' and 'empire'
> 
> As a list of examples, I would suggest at least the following
candidates:
> Persia, India, China, Russia, Mexico, Germany, Macedonia/Byzantium

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