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    Posted: 04-Feb-2006 at 14:08

1) 5000 years of history

2) the great wall

3) architecture

4) food

5) had a lot of ancient inventions
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1) The victory in the War of Independence against Soviet Russia.

2) The fact that we have been at our present location since the formation of our ethnicity and haven't carried out wars of invasion.

3) Not turning into a country of shifting dictatorships after the collapse of the USSR, but a democracy with Western and Nordic rolemodels. Moving away from the Soviet heritage as fast as the years make it possible.
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1. Go across the seas, explore the entire world, turn around the Earth by first time.

2. Make a bridge between the muslim, cassical an christian world.

3. Our painters, specially Velzquez, Goya and Picasso.
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Originally posted by Emperor Barbarossa

Well, my country has done some horrible things, but there are many things to be proud of.

(1) the Battle of New Orleans during the War of 1812- Where Americans outnumbered 2 to 1 beat a British army with only 500 casualties in the end

Jackson's men only beat off the first attack. Before the British could launch another attack they heard the war had already been called off.

So it was a draw - time out, and no penalty shootouts

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Originally posted by D.C.

Please excuse the lack of explaination to my choices here but its 2:30 in the morning here...I will include links where I can.

In general the way in which Australian fighting man has conducted himself in battle over the nations short history. Always fight with pride, respect and honor and the fact our adversaries respect us for such qualities (the Turks and Vietnamese are a prime example of this). Examples of said traits:

The Battle of Long Tan http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Long_Tan

The Battle for Beersheba http://www.lighthorse.org.au/histbatt/beersheba.htm

Well there are many other examples (Isurava, El Alamein, Gallipoli, Kapyong), you get the point.

There isn't anything else that I will put down as this is the reason I am a proud Australian, I'm not going to come up with any other reasons why its good to be Australian as they would just be fillers (I am happy being an Aussie don't get me wrong, but I don't have the national enthusiasm of some of AE's other members). We neither have the history nor the impact culturally to come up with anything else.

You forgot Don Bradman and Shane Warne.

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Well yeah, I guess I did forget our sporting achievements, then again I don't consider cicket a sport...spending 5 days out on a field is more akin to grazing.
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Originally posted by gcle2003


Jackson's men only beat off the first attack. Before the British could launch another attack they heard the war had already been called off.

So it was a draw - time out, and no penalty shootouts


It was not a draw. The British army in the area was completely decimated. Therefore, that battle was not a draw, but a Decisive American Victory, not a draw or any crap.

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Old culture

Korean Language

'Miracle of the Han River'=Rapid economic development from 1970's
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1. Multiculturalism

2. Non-aggressive foreign policy

3. Social progressivism (the recent Conservative victory is only a temporary setback)
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1)powerful capitalist economy

2)melting pot of the world cultures

3)stable government

4)powerful military
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we got nothing to be proud. now is one of the most ashamed time for my country. we only hope we can built a new glorious history by ourselves. our refulgence is in the future, not now, let along the past. 
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there are a lot of things to be proud in Turkish history

so i cant write just a few things



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Originally posted by sinosword

we got nothing to be proud. now is one of the most ashamed time for my country. we only hope we can built a new glorious history by ourselves. our refulgence is in the future, not now, let along the past. 



Man, go out of China , you know? The entire world look at China, your culture is expanding, your economy is the jealousy of 3/4 of the countries... No, believe me, this is not your worst time.
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Originally posted by Mila

1. "In this city, an amazing alchemy of cultures and religions merge into a single one - yet each keeping something of its character and being recognizable for what it is." While it is all but destroyed in the rest of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and severely damaged in Sarajevo, I am most proud of the centuries of religious and cultural diversity and tolerance that existed in Bosnia and Herzegovina. There are other cities around the world with mosques, churches, and synagogues - though most are not as close together, or were built at nearly the same time, as in Sarajevo. But certainly there are very few other places where villages with less than 2,000 people often have two or three different religious buildings.

2. Our ability to survive, and continue to hold old, against the nationalist objectives of our neighbors. From the era of the Bosnian Church, to today - we have never given in and become either Croatian or Serbian and - God willing - we never will. Likewise, our self-centered culture that - with the exception of siding with Croatia during the Second World War - has been focused mainly on being ourselves, on living, without the constant wars with outsiders commonplace in the histories of our neighbors.

3. The 1984 Winter Olympics. Sarajevo was the center of the world and we, in no way, disappointed.


I pretty much hold the same views on that.



On America.

1 - The Decleration of Independence

2 - The continious push for more internal democracy, even though the movement has been slower in the last three decades.
3 - The Bill of Rights
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-creating of great empires

-estabilishing empires for hundreds of years, not like the mongols after a 100 year ruled disappearing

-War of independence

-Allways finding a way to survive or to win while the most think its impossible

-Having real lived hero's, not fiction-made hero's such as arthur or something

-Having of no fear but expert in spreading fear such as "mamma il turchi"

-NOT BEING CONQUERED FROM ON THE BEGIN OF OUR EXISTANCE OF THIS DAMN WORLD!!



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Originally posted by DayI

-Having real lived hero's, not fiction-made hero's such as arthur or something

 

-NOT BEING CONQUERED FROM ON THE BEGIN OF OUR EXISTANCE OF THIS DAMN WORLD!!

 

1. Who do you think that was El Cid, Joan of Arc and the Black Prince???

2. LOOOOLLLLL!!! Hicsus, lybians, nubians, assirians, persians, greeks, romans, arabs, ottomans and finally english. Anybody you say?

 

 
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Egypt did all these?   j/k

Originally posted by DayI

-NOT BEING CONQUERED FROM ON THE BEGIN OF OUR EXISTANCE OF THIS DAMN WORLD!!




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Originally posted by Ikki

Originally posted by DayI

-Having real lived hero's, not fiction-made hero's such as arthur or something

 

-NOT BEING CONQUERED FROM ON THE BEGIN OF OUR EXISTANCE OF THIS DAMN WORLD!!

 

1. Who do you think that was El Cid, Joan of Arc and the Black Prince???

2. LOOOOLLLLL!!! Hicsus, lybians, nubians, assirians, persians, greeks, romans, arabs, ottomans and finally english. Anybody you say?

 

 

Meself did speak as a Turk not as a Egyptian or something. Also i mean with "not being conquered" not being conquered as a whole.
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Originally posted by Ikki

Originally posted by DayI

-Having real lived hero's, not fiction-made hero's such as arthur or something

 

-NOT BEING CONQUERED FROM ON THE BEGIN OF OUR EXISTANCE OF THIS DAMN WORLD!!

 

1. Who do you think that was El Cid, Joan of Arc and the Black Prince???

2. LOOOOLLLLL!!! Hicsus, lybians, nubians, assirians, persians, greeks, romans, arabs, ottomans and finally english. Anybody you say?

 

 



what about them? afaik they all got conquered by another and all of them dissappeard from the scene as of today.


edit: oh, you thought he's an Egyptian lol


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