 But actually, there were great empires before that. Before Rome was Alexander and his incredible empire that he spread all over the Middle East, all the way to the, right to the very doorsteps of India. And of course, in times prior to that, we have the Babylonian Empire, the great Assyrian Empires. All of them fell. And you know, it's surprising how few people today realize what a great empire the Islamic Empire was at one time in the history of the world.