Recent content by say1988

It is more two versions of the same thing. Each instance is categorized under both. If you get either, the other should be obvious.

Two related maps Scale is natural numbers from highest to lowest. Grey is zero.

Countries partially ruled over by a ruler styled "Khan"

Surely you jest. As a veteran of this forum, you must know that Poland is in North Africa.

Not really necessary, in four years there hasn't been any dispute. At one point the OP said within a day, but I don't believe it is necessary to specify. As to the Map, What goes US, Japan, Austria, Italy. Austria in particular seems very odd.

Cyprus recognized Palestine within days of the delcaration of independence. a large majority of countries recognize Palestine and many do business with Israel on a regular basis.

Russian military hardware?

The reason for that is that UK and US interests were very different immediately following WWII. It wasn't until much later that they became as entwined as they are today. The British had far more invested in China as well as concerns about Hong Kong. They were primarily concerned about having...

Only because of the arbitrary cut-off point. It is less interesting if you look at more detail. The UK was the first Western country to end relations with the ROC and recognize the PRC, in 1950. Canada only changed its recognition in 1970, almost exactly a year before the UN vote. Australia...

What do you mean? There was nothing fundamentally different about the Treaty of Westphalia and treaties before or after.

That has to be it. Red recognized the PRC before UN recognition. Blue after the UN switch recognition to the PRC. Light blue currently recognize the Republic of China (I knew this, but couldn't figure out the red/blue split). Bhutan doesn't recognize either.

I think that question was in reference to: "I think that during the Roman Empire much of the spread of Christianity within the empire was actually down to population movement rather than conversion."

Humans are not descended from Neanderthal, they were a separate species and a parallel branch of the Homo genus (there are some arguments that they are actual a separate subspecies of Homo Sapiens alongside humans (Homo Sapiens Sapiens) As to why they died out, nobody knows. The three most...

He is currently #9 after his Wimbledon semi-final.

They started a war, they did not intend to sart a major war (and they didn't in 1939).