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War

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  1. Are you agreeing or disagreeing ........?
  2. Hmm I actually understood what you've said, and frankly I am in agreement with you; but I will not surrender to the idea of acupuncture just yet.
  3. Well first of all I have tried to reply the owner of the thread, but it kept boucing me back to the last page ( I thought my post would've been under his post ); secondly I can't make another thread of the same topic, isn't that spamming? And lastly how should I ask if I want to ask ' Why isn't India on the list ' I didn't say that and the reason I didn't name those tribes is because most people don't even know who they are. Ayn Rand is that woman who created Objectivism.
  4. That's a terrible joke, India is one of the 4 oldest civilizations
  5. That test could have been done by anyone and anyone could've falsified that report, that is not true evidence; but you know what? If you are still in belief that acupuncture does not work, its alright because I am tired of convincing people who are like the missionaries who thinks their dogma is the ultimate belief. So let's leave it at that.
  6. Where did you exactly read acupuncture doesn't work? And to those who thinks acupuncture does not work can you show me your evidence? I would like to view it myself to see if I may be wrong. And DavidOdden, I am asking his race because I feel he is speaking from a western perspective.
  7. Its not random, let me ask you this, are you a Chinese?
  8. Ok first of all to all three of you I am sorry I didn't read the post clearly because I just thought you want to hear some inventions by the Chinese that weren't well-known. To David, yes the next actual seismograph was only invented in 1703 by some French guy I forgot his name, but again I didn't know the topic better so I'll shut up. But I would like to point out about the point where you said the majority of people would believe the Chinese had invented the first earthquake detector because sometimes people remember the most trivial things and just for example, textbooks ( most that I know ) would credit the detector to the three gents, mainly Milne in opinion ( actually that's what my old textbook still says ). Practice of acupuncture - It does work, the Chinese aren't stupid and they know quite well how to handle most medical problems unlike the medieval times of the western world. Take a look at this picture I've found on Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Hua_t08.jpg. I know you are going to say something negative about this, so I'll start here by saying those Chinese Characters are identifying the vital parts of the human body. Our science is not yet advanced enough to explain many things, the human body is still a mystery so you cannot say it's just a bunk. Blast Furnace - This was quite random and I didn't know much about it, so I'll agree with you about the Africans ( Egyptians?) had been smelting as long as the Chinese have and the Westerners ( assuming you are saying Greeks ) might also have been smelting as long as they have. Dim Sum- I was just joking... Final Words - In my high school days, the teachers tell us the first printing press was invented during the Industrial Revolution; In grade 9, my teacher thought the Portuguese had invented the compass. I am making the same mistake all over again am I?=) They've made guns, but they just stopped doing it for what reasons? I don't know=p
  9. Well if you are talking about an invention that other civilizations didn't make later on ( let's say up to 1,000 years) and only the Chinese did, you can name a few: The first earthquake detector ( which has been used until the seismograph was invented by John Milne), practice of acupuncture ( modern science can still not explain how it really works ) , blast furnace (during the Han Dynasty, one of China's strongest times), and who can forget the lovely dim-sums. Of course there are more, but I really don't want to spend my day listing them.
  10. I've always favored the Chinese over other civilizations; not only because of Marco Polo's recordings, but I favored China mainly because of its culture and history. Bejing Olympics !!!!
  11. This is probably unrelated to what you two are arguing, but you should read the legendary journeys of Zheng He and the Seven Voyages
  12. I think I see what you mean, but if I can understand you correctly you are saying there is a possibility that even a stray dog can beat the U.S. Army?
  13. So who do you think is the greastest military leader?
  14. I think it all depends on how you were raised and the environment.
  15. Yes I do. But you have to admit the Nazi was the ruling empire during World War II. Okay maybe it's not an ' empire ', but you know what I mean.
  16. War

    Qin Shih Huang

    What do you mean by ' good emperor '?
  17. It is true Hitler failed to conquer the world, but during the 3 years Germany had conquer almost of all Europe and North Africa. I can't remember where else had they conquered, I am not sure they actually conquered Russia either. Sorry....
  18. Germany in World War II almost conquered the planet, there is always the exception with Japan as well.
  19. I probably laged, but if I've re-posted then forgive me. Why isn't Sun Tzu on the list? He wrote the 'Art of War' even though there are debates on whether he existed or not
  20. I say China, and I read a post about China's inventions compared to other civilizations. I just want to inform that person that the first ' earthquake detector' was invented in China. As for herbal medicines, I wouldn't say China is the only civilization that still practices it - India? - but it sure is popular.
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