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re: What is your favorite period of History?
Posted on 9/26/23 at 6:34 pm to Bison
Posted on 9/26/23 at 6:34 pm to Bison
The politics and events leading up to, and then WWI breaking out is probably my favorite. All the small things that led to all of the eventual armed conflicts and escalation of war in the 20th century. It's crazy to think how some of those small events eventually caused the Holocaust, nuclear weapons, the Cold War, and even the current state of the Middle East.
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Posted on 9/26/23 at 6:38 pm to Bison
The 80's
Pre-80's I'm a pirate, smashing and plundering.
Pre-80's I'm a pirate, smashing and plundering.
Posted on 9/26/23 at 6:38 pm to deltaland
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WW2 fascinates me
Same. I’ve always said if I could go back and experience a historical event it would be fighting in the European theater during WW2. Mostly because I want to know if I could hack it. Especially D Day.
The men who came back built a hell of a country.
Posted on 9/26/23 at 6:57 pm to Bison
Easily the Renaissance which gave us the age of the polymath: Leonardo de Vinci, Shakespeare, Galileo, Columbus and Michelangelo.
The era where although limited to a certain class knowledge and education for their own sake was recognized. While we had the democratization of knowledge bolstered by public libraries the internet has truly brought knowledge to anyone that seeks it. Born from the Renaissance when knowledge was appreciated not just for pecuniary gain.
The second is the Industrial Revolution, so much good and so much bad packed into a small time period. Lately, I have been fleshing out the "bad" of Henry Ford to give context to the good that is traditionally taught.
The era where although limited to a certain class knowledge and education for their own sake was recognized. While we had the democratization of knowledge bolstered by public libraries the internet has truly brought knowledge to anyone that seeks it. Born from the Renaissance when knowledge was appreciated not just for pecuniary gain.
The second is the Industrial Revolution, so much good and so much bad packed into a small time period. Lately, I have been fleshing out the "bad" of Henry Ford to give context to the good that is traditionally taught.
This post was edited on 9/26/23 at 7:35 pm
Posted on 9/26/23 at 7:05 pm to Bison
WWI
Posted on 9/26/23 at 7:07 pm to Bison
Civil War and WWII Pacific Theater here
Posted on 9/26/23 at 7:08 pm to Bison
TheFappening
Posted on 9/26/23 at 7:09 pm to ThatMakesSense
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Pre White man in North America.
DeSotos’a trek thru North American was insane: packed with conflict with native tribes: the expedition is the reason for mustangs and feral hogs in the USA.
Posted on 9/26/23 at 7:16 pm to BeerMoney
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The pron era. Just the ability to view any kind of porn and beat my dick like it owes me money with no mercy. That period baw.
As to the actual subject of the thread, I consider the period between the American Civil War and the start of WWI to the the apex of Western Civilization.
This post was edited on 9/26/23 at 7:19 pm
Posted on 9/26/23 at 7:24 pm to Bison
I think it would be cool to have a history board. The Symposium as others have coined it. I'm in favor of that.
Edit: to answer the question, it would be the mid 19th century...
Edit: to answer the question, it would be the mid 19th century...
This post was edited on 9/26/23 at 7:25 pm
Posted on 9/26/23 at 7:24 pm to Bison
WW2 with the old west being a close second.
All the industry and whatnot to winning the war was crazy.
We toured several different locations around grace last summer with Normandy being at the top of my list, Pointe du Hoc, Sainta-Mere-Eglise.
One of the cooler things was the man made Mulberry Harbour at Arromanches.
All the industry and whatnot to winning the war was crazy.
We toured several different locations around grace last summer with Normandy being at the top of my list, Pointe du Hoc, Sainta-Mere-Eglise.
One of the cooler things was the man made Mulberry Harbour at Arromanches.
Posted on 9/26/23 at 7:24 pm to Bison
Trump presidency before corona
Posted on 9/26/23 at 7:29 pm to Darth_Vader
Napoleonic Wars.
ETA: Can't wait for the Napoleon film in November. I love Phoenix in the role but would prefer him 20 years younger.
ETA: Can't wait for the Napoleon film in November. I love Phoenix in the role but would prefer him 20 years younger.
This post was edited on 9/26/23 at 7:31 pm
Posted on 9/26/23 at 7:31 pm to Bison
Plantagenet Empire era.
Posted on 9/26/23 at 7:34 pm to Globetrotter747
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I love Phoenix in the role but would prefer him 20 years younger.
You know he’s gunna kill it tho. Dude can act. Should be a good film.
Posted on 9/26/23 at 7:38 pm to fr33manator
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Defenestration of Prague.
Definitely top 5 defenestrations
Posted on 9/26/23 at 7:39 pm to TexasTiger33
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think it would be cool to have a history board. The Symposium as others have coined it. I'm in favor of that.
Would maybe be combined with the Book Board
This post was edited on 9/26/23 at 7:40 pm
Posted on 9/26/23 at 7:39 pm to Darth_Vader
-The Civil War
-The American West circa 1840s-1870s (cowboys and the rise and fall of the Great Plains Indian tribes)
-WWI/WWII (including a few years post WWII when the ratlines lead Nazis out of Europe and the subsequent hunts for those fugitives)
-The American West circa 1840s-1870s (cowboys and the rise and fall of the Great Plains Indian tribes)
-WWI/WWII (including a few years post WWII when the ratlines lead Nazis out of Europe and the subsequent hunts for those fugitives)
Posted on 9/26/23 at 7:42 pm to Bison
Overall I gravitate to European medieval history. I also enjoy biblical history, ancient Middle East, Greece, Rome. Renaissance and early modern is also tight.
Posted on 9/26/23 at 7:43 pm to Bison
I’ve always been a Civil War and WWII buff, but I’d like to know more about the pre-Revolutionary era (French & Indian Wars) and the Korean War, both somewhat forgotten periods in our history.
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