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[–] teft@lemmy.world 25 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Someone fucked up. I got Klingons.

[–] Postmortal_Pop@lemmy.world 19 points 2 months ago

Mine just said "DIY". I guess this is what I get for being a forever DM.

[–] Sergio@slrpnk.net 21 points 2 months ago

Getting the Aztecs is pretty good bc then you get to read up on the Tlaxcaltec too! (one of the reasons the Spanish were successful in Mexico was bc the Tlaxcallans decided to use them against their rivals the Aztecs instead of just killing them - they ended up joining the new nobility.)

[–] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 20 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I originally got "Galactic," but then I got a letter a few years ago with "Maya." But like...I think they stack?

[–] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago

I mean, for one thing, the Rebel Base on Yavin 4 was filmed in Tikal, so they're definitely connected.

[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 15 points 2 months ago

Holy Roman Empire!!!!????

It was neither "holy", nor "Roman" nor an "empire"

[–] AmazingAwesomator@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

i got the american empire from 1910-1975 :/

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 20 points 2 months ago

Good soundtrack in the late period

[–] TwoBeeSan@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)
[–] InverseParallax@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Oof, sorry bro. :(

[–] Dunklets@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

Whelp...The Ottoman Empire

[–] Cryophilia@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

Yo Achaemenids is sick

[–] dumbass@leminal.space 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I must have been sick that day, I don't have an empire I'm obsessed over.

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Not even 'empire' in the loose sense, like the Athenian Empire? 🥺

[–] dumbass@leminal.space 2 points 2 months ago

Nah not even that, like they're all interesting in their own way tho.

[–] InverseParallax@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Ahem, I believe you are referring to the Delian League, the benevolent defensive cooperative centered on mutual aid and generous philanthropy?

[–] stevedice@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Friendly reminder that there was no Aztec Empire.

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)
[–] Waterdoc@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 months ago

It was the triple alliance, also called the Tenochca Empire.

[–] stevedice@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

My point isn't that they weren't an empire, it's that they weren't Aztecs. The name Aztecs was given to them due to... drum roll... European Hegemony.