Statistics for Most Influential Countries in History

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#		Country	% Correct
3	Compass, Paper, Gunpowder, Printing	China	98%
9	Has fought in most World Conflicts since the 1800s	United States	98%
6	Largest Empire in History	United Kingdom	97%
12	Center of the Enlightenment	France	95%
4	Major Power of Eastern Europe	Russia	95%
22	Center of the Renaissance	Italy	92%
13	Created much of late 20th century Technology	Japan	92%
11	Connected Europe and the Americas	Spain	92%
10	Dominant European Power of the 20th Century	Germany	90%
5	Birthplace of Buddhism	India	89%
8	Survived for thousands of years in North Africa	Egypt	82%
19	Colonized from Americas to Africa to India	Portugal	81%
24	Most Influential in South America	Brazil	72%
28	Colonized much of Southeast Asia	Netherlands	68%
15	Conquered most of Asia	Mongol Empire	67%
16	Took down the Byzantines	Ottoman Empire	60%
17	Major Power of Central Europe	Austria-Hungary	57%
30	Historic Jewish Homeland	Israel	57%
7	Controlled Middle East for much of history	Achaemenid Empire	50%
1	Connected Europe, Africa, and Asia	Roman Empire	50%
21	Moved ideas between China & Japan	Korea	41%
26	Great Kingdom of Southeast Asia	Thailand	32%
18	Conquered #7	Macedonia	28%
25	Founded by Charlemagne	Holy Roman Empire	26%
29	Dominated Central America	Aztec Empire	24%
20	Early Mesopotamian Empire	Babylon	23%
14	World's First Democracy	Athens	22%
2	Spread Religion from Spain to China	Islamic Caliphate	21%
23	Great Trading Kingdom of West Africa	Mali Empire	18%
27	Modern Alphabet	Phoenecia	1%