Oh yeah sure thing......and the US contributed nothing..... Why stop at 500 years?
Israel
Greece
Rome
The US
Now read it.
If you look at the politics of the last hundred years, look and see how much of it was spent cleaning up the mess left from those 4 empires. I am also surprised the Netherlands didn’t make the list.
Well, the Greeks, Romans and Jews probably borrowed a few things from Pharaonic Egypt. So let's give the Pharoahs a shout-out!