Comparison between Empires in Early Middle Ages

[WWTVICTOR]

In the early middle ages Europe, there are many small kingdoms sharing the territories of the Western Roman Empire, who had already become a part of history. In the other side of the globe, the Islamic Caliphates and the Middle Kingdom rose to power, literature, poems, mathematics and technology were advancing rapidly. In this new thread, we will compare the empires and choose the strongest one.

The First Candidate: Vote for me please!
Name: Francia (or Frankish Empire, Carolingian Empire)
House: Carolingian Dynasty (the most well-known)
Capital: Aachen
Duration: 359 (481-840)-Reason: Ended of division of the empire
Maps:
The territory change between 481-814
Famous Monarchs: Charles Martel, Pepin the Short, Charlemagne

The Second Candidate: I come from Constantinople.
Name: Eastern Roman Empire (known as Byzantine Empire)
House: Justinian (the most well-known)
Capital: Nova Roma/Constantinople
Duration: 1153 (330-1453)-Reason: Collapsed due to the Siege of Constantinople
Maps:
Orange: Justinian's Conquests
Red: The Original East Roman Empire
Famous Monarchs: Constantine I, Justinian I, Basil II

The Third Candidate: How many camel do you have? I have 100000000!
Name: Abbasid Caliphate
House: The Abbasids
Capital: Baghdah
Duration: 508 (750-1258)-Reason: The Mongols sacked Baghdah, hence disestablished
Maps:
The Caliphate at her greatest extent in 850
Famous Monarchs: Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib, Al-Mansur, Harun al-Rashid

The Last Candidate: Are you one of my protectorates?
Name: Tang Empire (known as Tang Dynasty)
House: Tang Dynasty, the House of Lee
Capital: Chang'an
Duration: 289 (618-907)-Reason: Decline because of rebels and warlords
Maps:
The 1st one: Tang in 700, under central administration
The 2nd one: Tang in 616-710
Dark Blue: Shanxi Provience in 617, the foundation base for the Lees to revolt
Blue: Territory of Sui Dynasty in 618
Indigo: Submit the Oriental Turks territories (630-682)
Turquoise: Tibetan's King recognizes China as their emperor (641-670)
Light Turquoise: Submit the Occidental Turks territories (642-665)
Famous Monarchs: Taizong, Wu Zetian, Xuanzong (of Tang)

Which of them is the best for YOU?
*For those who don't vote for either one of four, state your reasons!!!
Acknowledgement: Wiki Commons
Please share your views with us!

 

[Masada]

श्रीविजय4lyfe.

 

[WWTVICTOR]

श्रीविजय4lyfe.

Mr. V-HD4lyfe?
What's that?

 

[Masada]

श्रीविजय/Śrīvijaya/Swīvijaya/Srīwijaya/Srī Vijaya/Çrījaya/Shih-li-fo-shih’/San-fo-chi’/Sarbaza/Palembang. That's ma nomination.

 

[WWTVICTOR]

श्रीविजय/Śrīvijaya/Swīvijaya/Srīwijaya/Srī Vijaya/Çrījaya/Shih-li-fo-shih’/San-fo-chi’/Sarbaza/Palembang. That's ma nomination.

Do you mean Srivijaya? Champa?
Your answers are quite weird, some like a city or province in Persia or France, some like a place in Romania. Could you explain/translate them to English please?

 

[Ajidica]

Byzantine, but I won't vote for it until you ditch Leo (who was nearly overthrown by his mother-in-law) and replace him with a better candidate. (My prefrences would be Alexius Comnenus, Basil II, Heraclius, or the Amorian dynasty Emperor whose name I am forgetting.)

 

[trexeric]

Go Franks!

 

[Dachs]

So, what exactly are we voting on, here? "Which Empire you like the best?" Yeesh.

(My prefrences would be Alexius Comnenus, Basil II, Heraclius, or the Amorian dynasty Emperor whose name I am forgetting.)

Theophilos?

 

[Masada]

Do you mean Srivijaya?

I would have thought: Śrīvijaya/Swīvijaya/Srīwijaya/Srī Vijaya kind of gave it away.

Your answers are quite weird, some like a city or province in Persia or France, some like a place in Romania.

Eh, that's because I threw the Persian name for it in the mix as well. I could have thrown the Arabic one in there as well: Zabang.

Could you explain/translate them to English please?

Śrī vijaya (Sanskrit): Shining Victory.

 

[LightSpectra]

Is this thread supposed to be a joke? That's a serious question. I have no idea how to react to this "empire pageant."

 

[Dachs]

I have no idea how to react to this "empire pageant."

I choose Theophano.

 

[LightSpectra]

Theophano, empress-consort to Kaiser Otto II, m i rite?

 

[Lord Baal]

I would have thought: Śrīvijaya/Swīvijaya/Srīwijaya/Srī Vijaya kind of gave it away.

Eh, that's because I threw the Persian name for it in the mix as well. I could have thrown the Arabic one in there as well: Zabang.

I love this word just on general principle now. I choose to replace "She Bangs" with "Zabang" whenever I hear that awful Ricky Martin song from now on.

I refuse to vote in this until after the swimsuit contest.

 

[Tee Kay]

Tawantinsuyu

 

[Dachs]

Theophano, empress-consort to Kaiser Otto II, m i rite?

Was actually thinking of a different Theophano - one that was actually selected as an Empress via a Byzantine marriage pageant - but I confused her with another marriage pageant winner, Maria of Amnia.

 

[WWTVICTOR]

Tawantinsuyu

The Incan Empire was established in the 15th century, that was already in Age of Discovery or Renaissance period, am I right?

 

[Tee Kay]

The Incan Empire was established in the 15th century, that was already in Age of Discovery or Renaissance period, am I right?

It's a bit weird to talk about the Renaissance when talking about a country that didn't participate. But then again, it's also a bit weird to apply the eurocentric term "Middle Ages" to the Tang or the Abbasids.

I missed the part where it says Early Middle Ages. So I'll nominate the Emirate of Cordoba and the Khazar Empire instead.

 

[Ajidica]

Theophilos?

Yeah, that is the one. Thanks.

 

[Quackers]

Out of all of those definitly the Tang!

 

[ParkCungHee]

Clan Breasail.