What is the single most influential culture in history?
>>16949
prolly Greeks, followed by English
Roman
>>16949
some proto-culture that's lost to time
Macedonians, Egyptians, or the Romans perhaps
Mesopotamia, since they kind of started the whole civilization thing.
Hittites
>>16993
this
>>16949
American culture affects the whole world and has for decades.
>>16949
sub-saharan africa
China's got a pretty good shot at that.
>>17028
civilization started independently in multiple different places. Mesopotamia, Old Europe, China, and the New World. The question is which of those civilizations had the most impact on those that came after.
>>16949
Jews or Brits
>inb4 whats the difference?
>>17079
Damn skippie
>>16993
>>17106
As an ethnic group jews are very influential. As a culture - no, nobody knows or cares much about judaism, jewish traditions, etc. The most influence jews had has been from the middle ages till now and only in european countries while being assimilated into european societies/cultures.
also
>inb4 hollywood
Hollywood is American culture, not jewish
The United States of America
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Murica is the easy answer but prolly western civilization in general really
>>17415
>US
>culture
4chan lol
>>17484
You don't think of its elements as cultural because of how pervasive they are; this makes it hard to realize just how influential US culture is.
>Any other answer then Roman
The direct influence of Rome effects the world to this day
>>17701
Rome just copy/pasted Greek culture
>>17701
truth
>>17701
>new cultures don't arise from old ones
Fucking retard, technically "caveman culture" would be the most influential from your perspective
>>16949
The culture that had the most influence on history? Rome.
The culture that has the most influence in the present day? America.
>>17722
>copy/pasted Greek culture
Now that's just undermining what the Romans actually did. They helped spread Greek culture across Europe as well as taking other cultures and mixing in as well.
>>17364
But Christianity is based on Judaism
the Greeks obviously
>>16949
despite the fact that they're long washed-up, definitely the Greeks. Anyone who says otherwise hasn't realized the sheer volume of work from throughout Greek history, which doesn't include what's been lost over time
>>17752
That's why I said direct influence
Roman/Greek
Altai Mountain tribes
Southern Scandavian tribes
Greeks or China. Latter had regional influence, but a shitton of people live in the Sinosphere.
roman
they really shaped the world
then the countries that appeared after it died ruled the world for centuries (france, spain, portugal, italians states)
>>16949
Anglos.
>>16949
As of today, romans, greeks and U.S. americans.
Christianity.
>>17415
You may joke, but it's true.
We only come second to the Romans, though.
>>18142
I was serious
our influence is completely unprecedented
>>17984
Stop trying to latch on to the achievements of Americans
The joos
>>16949
It's a stupid question.
>>18377
thats a stupid answer
does it feel bad to live in a non-country
>>17082
kek
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>>16949
British/Anglo
>greeks
this is too stupid too be shitty meme. is this bored literally this retarded?
>>17810
democracy senpai
>>18033
kill yourself
>>16949
Italian by a massive margin
>>17779
So Rome then?
>>16949
>single most influential
Hebrew, as it influenced both Western and Middle Eastern civilizations
>>17079
This, desu
>>16949
WesternEuro+American, which you can argue are based in greco-roman culture
>>18885
Then what is the single most influential culture according to you?
>>16977
Romans are pretty much the forefathers of modern day Europe and Western/European culture but I'm not sure about that qualifying them in "all history".
>>17746
>>17701
>GOD TIER
Roman/Greek
>POLITICAL IDEALS TIER
British/Prussian
>SOCIETY TIER
Jews/American
>>16949
Probably Greek. From the 1790s onwards they've been steering world history from beyond the grave.
>>17554
Just remind me again, what language are we communicating in?
>>21807
All the Holocaust and WW2 threads up right now kinda reminded me of how influential Jewish culture was on the world. It affected all of Europe and the Middle East, Central Asia, Africa, and parts of South Asia. I don't think it's the most influential though because it wasn't independently created. I think it'd have to go to ancient Mesopotamia
>>16949
indo-european
>>16949
The Greeks pretty much founded Western civilization. Even Rome borrowed plenty from Greece.
Mediteranian.
>>17722
This. Latinshits would be nothing without the Greeks to copy from.
