The US is absolutely unique, lol. Unique in its cruelty and unique in the speed at which it gained global hegemonic power, and now unique in the speed at which its crumbling. Fascinating stuff!
Here’s a list of the third, admittedly debatable which supersede the US depending on when you define each individual beginning of the end and end of the end, but you’ll find at least one that suits you if you’re being honest:
The US is absolutely unique, lol. Unique in its cruelty and unique in the speed at which it gained global hegemonic power, and now unique in the speed at which its crumbling. Fascinating stuff!
Naw, there are higher records in all three cases.
An example for the first (though cruelty is hard to measure objectively):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atrocities_in_the_Congo_Free_State
For the second:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mongol_Empire
Here’s a list of the third, admittedly debatable which supersede the US depending on when you define each individual beginning of the end and end of the end, but you’ll find at least one that suits you if you’re being honest:
https://go2tutors.com/16-nations-that-rose-to-power-then-collapsed-almost-instantly/