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By *uroval OP Man
over a year ago
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Since lockdown started I've really been getting into reading and leaning about various bits of history. Mainly WWI and WWII as well as various other conflicts and it's been really interesting to read about the heroes of the various factions and their deeds.
So my question to you, fellow history people, what's your favorite time period to learn about?
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The Tudor period is fascinating. The politics of the time was insane and well the religious turmoil, wow.
I'd recommend European history as well, perhaps the Thirty Years war. If you like conflict. |
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over a year ago
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I spent 2 weeks in Vietnam Cambodia and Laos just before lockdown.. Made me look into the history more, certainly very different to films made with US bias! |
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"The Tudor period is fascinating. The politics of the time was insane and well the religious turmoil, wow.
I'd recommend European history as well, perhaps the Thirty Years war. If you like conflict."
Agree with this, along with the war of the roses that saw the tudors eventually come to power
It’s finding something that grasps your interest and draws you in. |
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By *mmabluTV/TS
over a year ago
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History I believe is very important aas we can learn a lot from it and teaches us to think about events in more logical way
The only way we an make less mistakes in modern times is to learn from history I believe |
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By (user no longer on site)
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I'd suggest looking at areas outside Europe. It's a big world and we should learn about more of it.
If you like "conflict" history or clash of cultures. Read about European interactions with various indigenous groups in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. |
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I'm into 20th century history. There is so much that changed the world and directly impacts our lives now. I have looked at the First World War especially, but also the second; the rise and fall of communism, Lenin, Stalin, Korea, Vietnam, Chernobyl; there are histories of the intelligence services; I wantto read about Suez and the Falklands war. It all tells me a lot about the world we live in now. Luke |
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As history is a continuum , there isn't one period I prefer over another. Each preceding era runs naturally into the next. Change is slow. The Edwardians don't suddenly become Elizabethans....
I prefer to check out the author before reading. I also prefer to read accounts of the same event from differing cultures which provides improved insight and widely conflicting accounts.
In the words of E. H. Carr...... I prefer my sacks to stand up. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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WW2 for me as well.
Band of brothers Stephen Ambrose
helmet for my pillow Robert leckie
With the old breed at peleliu and Okinawa eugene sledge
Parachute infantry David Webster
All excellent reads |
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When I went to Berlin we were passing a building that had a lot of holes on the front of it. I then realised they were bullet holes from the siege of Berlin in 1945. You could actually stand next to and touch a piece of history.
Same as a history teacher showed us that when we went to see Hadrians Wall. He told us to reach down and touch one of the stones. Then proceeded to tell us that hundreds of years ago, another person had touched the same stone. It amazed me that I could be so close to someone in the past we both, sort of, shared something. My mind is weird  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"As history is a continuum , there isn't one period I prefer over another. Each preceding era runs naturally into the next. Change is slow. The Edwardians don't suddenly become Elizabethans....
I prefer to check out the author before reading. I also prefer to read accounts of the same event from differing cultures which provides improved insight and widely conflicting accounts.
In the words of E. H. Carr...... I prefer my sacks to stand up. "
This is very sage advice. Most history is written by the victors. And can some times involve creative remembering |
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"Always been intrigued about the holocaust and was disappointed my trip to Poland was cancelled this year."
I went to Krakow a few years ago,the trip To Aushwitz was incredibly moving. I'd recommend it to anyone. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I always look at the Stuart period as fascinating, especially the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. Not least because of that legacy which is still fosters division here in Ireland. |
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"Always been intrigued about the holocaust and was disappointed my trip to Poland was cancelled this year.
I went to Krakow a few years ago,the trip To Aushwitz was incredibly moving. I'd recommend it to anyone."
That was my intentions. |
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"History I believe is very important aas we can learn a lot from it and teaches us to think about events in more logical way
The only way we an make less mistakes in modern times is to learn from history I believe"
To quote a very famous one.
"The only thing man learns from history is man doesn't learn from history!"  Let's hope this does change? |
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By (user no longer on site)
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0-200AD the rise & fall of the Roman Empire. Crazy how they conquered so much of the world. Same with the British - then following through the economics of the countries as they slowly broke away. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I like learning more about irish history. A lot of stuff to get through. The husband has always been big into history. Listens to a lot of podcasts about the world wars, soviet union etc "
Irish history is a maze. Portrayed in very black and white terms by the state and media. Thankfully some historians are now getting published who are not afraid to challenge convenient simplistic state propaganda. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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If pushed to name a 'favourites' then I would plump for the French Revolution/Napoleonic Wars, Russian Revolution and the Yugoslavian Civil war.
Recently I've read histories on the European slave trade, Chernobyl accident, American airforce in Ukraine during WWII, the Cold War, one on a murder around the time of Canute and a couple of family histories. |
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High to late middle ages, 12th to 15th century. Particularly England from the anarchy through to recovery from the first few waves of plague, but it's an interesting period throughout most of Europe.
My first degree is in economics and it's a fascinating period in terms of economic history as well as social history. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Tudor with emphasis on Elizabeth the first.
Especially Lucy Worsley's documentaries.
I might just have a little bit of a crush on her."
I have a bit of a thing for her....a smart, intelligent woman who likes dressing up 
....and I do like her red lipstick  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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I visited the Berlin Wall before it came down and was allowed to cross over the Eastern Berlin, wearing my USAF uniform. It was surreal, people came up to me just to touch the uniform. Shortly after, the wall came down, I felt such relief!
I spent a lot of days and nights in my chem warfare gear waiting for Russia to cross the border, little did I know 40 years later; I would have to apply some of those same principles to try and survive a pandemic!
Our past teaches us a lot, provided we don’t forget the very lessons along the way, as we journey into the future!
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By (user no longer on site)
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I adore history! I love getting lost in a good history book. From modern European history all the way back to classical civilizations.
I particularly enjoy ancient Greece, the illiad by homer is a great book that gives insight in to their culture and beliefs. Then there's the ancient architecture of Rome and Greece.
Then yes the conflicts and the many wars of independence across the globe, the wars for crowns and powers and world wars/cold wars. The politics, the drama, the king makers and gun powder plots.
I also enjoy the witch trials history in Europe and the Americas as morbid as that is. They do make a fascinating read.
There isn't a single part of history I don't like. Be it a pope a poet or a soldier. I'll read them all.  |
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By *uroval OP Man
over a year ago
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"I particularly enjoy ancient Greece, the illiad by homer is a great book that gives insight in to their culture and beliefs. Then there's the ancient architecture of Rome and Greece."
I've read through Stephen Fry's 'mythos' for Greek myth which is really enjoyable, though want to check out heroes side of it too. I do enjoy the tales of myth as well!
Really glad to see we have plenty of history people here! I think if I were to narrow it down to a specific favorite thing I'd say WWI. The politics behind it all are immensely complicated and the technical developments are really cool! |
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"I adore history! I love getting lost in a good history book. From modern European history all the way back to classical civilizations.
I particularly enjoy ancient Greece, the illiad by homer is a great book that gives insight in to their culture and beliefs. Then there's the ancient architecture of Rome and Greece.
Then yes the conflicts and the many wars of independence across the globe, the wars for crowns and powers and world wars/cold wars. The politics, the drama, the king makers and gun powder plots.
I also enjoy the witch trials history in Europe and the Americas as morbid as that is. They do make a fascinating read.
There isn't a single part of history I don't like. Be it a pope a poet or a soldier. I'll read them all. "
7 years of classics and what do I remember?
Xerxes' mother was Atossa. |
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Honestly right now is going to be In history books that our children's children's children will read about, the great pandemic of 2020,a modern age reduced to scavenging and isolations even with the technology we had we was still a primative species |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Since lockdown started I've really been getting into reading and leaning about various bits of history. Mainly WWI and WWII as well as various other conflicts and it's been really interesting to read about the heroes of the various factions and their deeds.
I am fascinated with 1800 engineering . And explorotive medicine .
Learning via the mistakes of the past will not guarantee success but it does offer alternatives.
So my question to you, fellow history people, what's your favorite time period to learn about?
K"
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