Talk:Most powerful countries in different periods of time/@comment-58.179.129.203-20180123005659

The most powerful country in the world as of 2014, was by far still the United States of America. I meanwhile don't believe that India will ever be able to surpass China, but if it does will be very late further along during the 21st Century.

And as for the Roman Empire in 50 BC... there was no such thing. Even so, the Han Dynasty was at its peak of power then and easily overshadowed the Roman Republic (509-27 BC) which was in existence at that time. Having said that however, by 100 AD, the tide had turnt against the Han, the "Pax Romana" was in full reign.

India under the Mauryan (322-187 BC) or Gupta (319-605 AD) Empires should also be in one of those spots above, though to be fair, the Mauryans reached their heights in 260 BC under Ahshoka the Great. The Guptas however, should still be in one of those years from 300-500 AD though. And if not that, then at least consider the Indus Valley Civilization (3300-1300 BC) at least.

And why isn't the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644 AD) in the 1500 AD spot? It clearly had the largest population and therefore economy during that point in time, neither the Spanish Empire (1492-1975) nor Ottomans (1299-1922) at that point in time could have rivalled it? Same goes for the Tang Dynasty (618-907 AD) meanwhile in the 600 AD spot, as the Abbasids didn't even exist until halfway through said Chinese Era from 750 AD onwards ending 1258 AD.

Having said all that, please excuse my bluntness, I didn't want to offend you, but I feel as though the relevant facts should all be checked out first etc., before making such an ambtious list.