Monday, February 01, 2010
Great Question...
My friend, Glenn and I were having a discussion the other day. He's finally back to school to get his BA. Because he is writing a persuasive paper, where he has to defend "his" culture as a civilization, we were discussing why...
1. A phonetic alphabet... were the basic, core elements defining a civilization. Yes. Basic Civ. We blahblahblah'd about hunter-gatherers settling down, producing food crops, leading to surpuses to support specialized classes, usually beginning with a surplus-supported Religious Class, and on and on. Well, I was in the middle of playing a round of Sid Meier's "Civilization IV" and, as we were nodding off-topic of Glenn's paper, I noted that I was negotiating with Frederick The Great.
2. Being either a city-state or a nation-state
3. Some form of government to oversee this city-state or nation-state
After some silly discussion, Glenn asked me "Has there been any other National Leader who was labeled, "The Great"?
I've been digging, and after Catherine The Great, who ruled in Russia at the same time Frederick was ruling in Prussia, and died shortly after, I've run aground.
Can you think of any other National Head suffixed with "The Great" after Catherine and Frederick?
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