What Was The Best Empire In History? (The Bracket, Vol. 190)

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🗓️ 25 September 2025

⏱️ 118 minutes

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What Was The Best Empire In History? Welcome to VOLUME 190 of The Bracket. Kenjac is host alongside Chief, Whtie Sox Dave, Vibbs and the Wonton Don. Follow The Bracket ►TWITTER - https://twitter.com/BracketPod ►INSTAGRAM - https://www.instagram.com/thebracket/ Follow Kenjac ►TWITTER - https://twitter.com/JackKennedy ►INSTAGRAM - https://www.instagram.com/jackennedy/ ►TIKTOK - https://www.tiktok.com/@ken_jac Intro - (0:00) 12 Holy Roman Empire v 5 Qing Dynasty - (3:38) 4 America v 13 New Kingdom of Egypt - (12:53) 8 Macedonian Empire v 9 Umayyad Caliphate - (24:44 ) 1 British Empire v - 16 Yuan Dynasty (40:59) 11 Persian Empire v 6 Spanish Empire - (44:29) 14 Portuguese Empire v 3 Roman Empire (54:31) 10 Byzantine Empire v Ottoman Empire - (1:03:53) 2. Mongol Empire v 15 Russian Empire (1:12:25) Playoffs - (1:22:37) Finals - (1:50:10) Download the Gametime app today and use code BRACKET for $20 off your first purchase Get your first month of BlueChew FREE Just use promo code BRACKET at checkout and pay five bucks for shipping. https://BlueChew.com #History #empires #barstoolsports

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0:00.0	Hey, lights camera bar stool listeners.
0:02.0	You can find us every Tuesday on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or YouTube.
0:07.4	Prime members can listen ad-free on Amazon Music.
0:10.8	All right, welcome to the bracket episode 190.
0:13.7	Today, we have a history-themed episode.
0:16.8	I've loved, I've always wanted to do one like this, but with our usual crew of people, it's kind of difficult because none of them are really into history too much.
0:25.1	So, but today we do have a fully onboarded history crew. We have Vibs who obviously co-hosts, Chrissid History. and then we got Donnie, who I've been to multiple historical sites now with White Sox Dave,
0:35.4	who also you just did like a tour, not just did like a year ago, I guess now,
0:38.6	did a big tour of not just like a year
0:37.7	ago, I guess now, did a big tour of all World War II sites in like Belgium, right? And Chief was also huge in a history. So very excited to do an episode where we are going to be doing, we're going to be sort of evaluating the best empires in history. I'm pumped. Love it. Yeah. Yeah. Very, very excited. Did you not know this going in?
0:54.8	Yeah, yeah, I knew it was going to be umpires.
0:56.6	We've been doing a segment at the end of our podcast. in history. I'm pumped. Love it. Yeah. Yeah. Very, very excited. Did you not know this going in?
0:54.8	Yeah, yeah, I knew it was going to be umpires. We've been doing a segment at the end of our podcast called High School, where we all get high and then choose a historical topic to talk about. So love diving deep on stuff like this. Or outer space. Yeah. That was. It does not have to be history.
1:10.6	Yeah, that was a trip.
1:12.5	Yeah.
1:13.2	But before we get to all that, let's talk about game. like this. Or outer space. Yeah. That was... It does not have to be his... Yeah, that was a trip.
1:12.5	Yeah.
1:13.2	But before we get to all that, let's talk about game time.
1:15.5	Look, you guys, if you watch, listen to anything, Barstle, you know everything that there is
1:18.7	to know about game time at this point.
1:20.8	The NFL is back.
1:22.0	Tailgates, packed stands, and that buzz before kickoff.
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