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Answer: Approx.​ 4000 BCE: Urban life emerges in Sumer.​ Uruk is the preeminen.​.​.​ Top Stories from Your Feed Your Quora Digest Who were the most powerful countries in the world at different points in history? Chris Resro, Speculator 95.9k views Approx. 4000 BCE: Urban life emerges in Sumer. Uruk is the preeminent Sumerian city. 3000 BCE: Upper and Lower Egypt are unified, making Egypt the most powerful state in...  Read More » Can 1 M1A2 Abrams with unlimited supply defeat 100 WW2 tanks? Bryce Kroll, WW2 Enthusiast 78.7k views That’s a vague question. So let’s give the benefit of the doubt and say they are just your average tiger tank. I also assume this is a frontal assault you want, no flanky fl...  Read More » From a recent session What would make Trump supporters actually change their allegiances over to Hillary? Chris Cillizza, Political Reporter at Washington Post, Founder of "The Fix" blog 11.5k views No. N-O. NO. There is absolutely no way that someone who identifies as a “strong” supporter of Donald Trump at this point would leave that camp before the election — or maybe ...  Read More » Have you lost a street fight since you became a Black belts in martial arts? Martyn V. Halm, Pre-Conflct Control Instructor/Fiction Author/Agnostic Pragmatic Existentialist. 18.6k views "Have you lost a street fight since you became a Black belts in martial arts?" No, but not for lack of trying. Every time I get challenged to a fight, I say, 'Listen, I've be...  Read More » Who is/was the most incompetent world leader in history? Khalid Elhassan, Eclectic Rabbit Hole 26.7k views Hitler. As a politician, he was pretty good: he formed a political party practically from scratch, wrote its platform, identified issues that resonated with wide swathes o...  Read More » What are fighter pilots taught about ejecting in combat (when targeted/tracked by a missile)? John Chesire, Former Fighter Pilot; Current Opsimath; Top Writer 2016 36.8k views You don't, nor are you ever trained to do so. You never eject just because of a threat, or if a missile coming at you. (Otherwise I would have ejected many times.) In fa...  Read More » If there was a war of programming languages, which would you support and why? Cioroiu Adrian-Nicu, I am the real Vulgaris Magistralis 105.1k views Let's look at this from a comic book point of view: C is Tony Stark: ... Read More » Was there a massacre performed by the U.S. military after the Japanese troops had surrendered at Iwo Jima? Brandon Li, I have enough of an education to know how to use Google and the library 20.4k views No, the Japanese didn't give Americans the chance to massacre them. When battles, including Iwo Jima, turned south, Japanese troops did one of two things. They either kil...  Read More » What did you do immediately after selling your company? Peter Corbett, CEO of ISL-co 64.3k views I sold the business as of two days ago. Here's the play by play since then: Found out we closed when I got a cell signal landing on the tarmac in Montego Bay Jamaica in rout...  Read More » Why didn't Europe have an equivalent to ninjas? Daryl Tew, Even if we only have one good thing to share, it's still enough. 67.9k views I live and breathe in the shadows... If you're referring to professional assassins, Europe has had its fair share. The reason why Japan had their ninjas was because the samu...  Read More »   Read More in Your Feed Follow Quora on: Get the App for iOS and Android This email was sent by Quora (650 Castro Street #450, Mountain View, CA 94041). Choose which emails we send you through Email Settings or Unsubscribe.