Japan

>Japan
>China
>Greece
>Israel

>some of the most important countries in history
>they've never been superpowers

But..
>Mongolia
>Persia
have

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA

>Israel
>A country

sry pal but japan is not important until the 20th century

I don't think the term superpower is really applied to countries before the 20th century

>greece
What greece?
Greece of today has nothing to do with ancient greece

>America
>never been important in global history
>superpower
Really makes you think

Isn't the historical consensus that there has only ever been two superpowers, the US and the CCCP.

I thought France, the UK, Spain ect counted as Great powers.

israel isreal my south of the border friend :^)

AYO

I thought

>France
>Spain
>UK
>Mongolia
>USA
>USSR
>Persia
>Rome
>Egypt

were all considered superpowers

>never been important in global history
nice bait

>Superpower is a term used to describe a state with a dominant position, which is characterised by its extensive ability to exert influence or project power on a global scale. This is done through the combined-means of technological, cultural, military and economic strength, as well as diplomatic international relations and soft power influence. Traditionally, superpowers are preeminent among the great powers.

The term was first applied to the British Empire, the United States and the Soviet Union. However, following World War II and the Suez Crisis in 1956, the United Kingdom's status as a superpower was greatly diminished. For the duration of the Cold War the United States and the Soviet Union came to be generally regarded as the two remaining superpowers, dominating world affairs. At the end of the Cold War and the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, only the United States appeared to fulfill the criteria of being a world superpower.

From WIki

AAAAAAAAAAAAA J

Persia was never a superpower

They always got rekt by the Greeks and later by the Byzantines

Ffs Persia was ruled by Turks for a millenia

Even then it was like 50 years and that's being very kind

>CCCP
I see you dmitri

>some of the most important countries in history
>Japan
Holy shit anime is one hell of a drug

Thank you. Poland and Lithuania have done more. Not to mention Austria.

I was thinking more of the samurai and shit, but I guess that doesn't really hold any weight in international terms.

weebs out

Countries that Were Superpowers:

-Britain
-USA
-Russia.
-Nazi Germany
-Napoleon's France
- Rome (not exactly country, but whatever)

>Nazi Germany

nah. it didn't have that much power projection to be considered as superpower. it was solely strong in mainland europe.

>USA has never won a war
>Israel has never lost a war

>Japan
>some of the most important countries in history
meh

Japan have been superpower enough for you to lose your life on a chink forum fapping to anime

Japan BTFO'd everyone else in the region until the end of WWII, all the surrounding Asian countries hate them for a reason

Israel is basically an extension of the US so it can be considered a superpower

I thought Japan was among the great powers in the first half of 20th century
>Britain
>France
>Germany
>America
>Russia
>Japan
>Austria-Hungary
>Italy
Maybe Ottomans

>The term was first applied to the British Empire

Egypt
Greece
Rome
Persia
Mongolia
Byzantine Empire
Ottoman Empire
Holy Roman Empire
Spain
France
Great Britain
USSR
USA
China

>Japan

>some of the most important countries in history

what?

We call it the CCCP in Swedish as well.

You beat up Russia and started ww2.

>Greece has never been a superpower
Also
>Japan
>one of the most important countries in history

>China
>not a superpower