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Visual History of War, Religion & Government

networkseeker.com — Where has democracy dominated as the world's most popular form of government? How has the geography of religion evolved over the centuries? Who has controlled the Middle East over the course of world events? See 4,000 years of democracy in 90 seconds...

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  • tonytovar, on 04/17/2008, -0/+1Whoa! i really liked the flash video!
  • PaddyUK, on 04/17/2008, -1/+1According to this America spread democracy throughout the world. Didn't the British Empire do that more than America?
    • Picaroon, on 04/17/2008, -0/+1It doesn't necessarily say that America spread democracy. What it does show is that we were the first modern nation truly founded on the ideals of representative, republican, democratic rule. Most other countries today that have these things were inspired by the US. And while we established a government of these ideals, we got the framework from important thinkers all over the world, such as Enlightenment philosophers and the Roman Republic.
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