[Impenitent]

</span><blockquote><span class="smallfont">Quote:</span><hr size="1" />Originally Posted by (Pooeypants,)
</span><blockquote><span class="smallfont">Quote:</span><hr size="1" />Originally Posted by (Impenitent,)
as well as the rise of portugal, spain and france... they invaded and colonized far more of the globe than the british did...<hr size="1" /></blockquote><span class='postcolor'>
But the British empire exerted more influence and spread their culture more so than those empires, at the peak it covered a quarter of the world and same amount in population...closest thing to a global government. Why do you think english is a global language?<hr size="1" /></blockquote><span class='postcolor'>

not really, north, central and south america as well as most of africa were controlled by the spanish, french and portugese... a quarter of the world? not in population, control perhaps, but not at the same time... why is english the global language? because america invents the technology and the entertainment for most of the world... winning the world wars helped as well... but english is not the only language spoken in the world...