your favorite era

[mistertee49]

My favorite time period would have to be between 1800 up to about 1865. The time that the country was just getting settled. It would have been great to be a part of this country then.

 

[Russebby]

Depends on time and place.

US HISTORY: I study the Old West and the 1950's.

ANCIENT HISTORY: Greece, from the Persian Wars to the Roman invasion. Good three centuries to study there. Most important three centuries in Western history.

MEDIEVAL HISTORY: Byzantium, circa 500 anno domini. Have a bigtime crush on Theodora. Honorable mention to the Black Death

RENAISSANCE HISTORY: Anything having to do with the origins of the Reformation. Big Erasmus nut.

MODERN HISTORY: Between 1775 and 1825. Virtually all modern political and cultural issues in Europe and the US stem from this period in time. Yorktown, Napoleon, and Beethoven dwell here.

CONTEMPORARY HISTORY: WWII, but then again, who ISN'T a WWII buff? ALso a fascination with the Vietnam War.

ASIAN HISTORY: China, circa 1400. How the Mongols effected China, how China was in a position to literally conquer the world and decided not to--these things fascinate me.

AFRICAN HISTORY: The Empire era, circa 1000 anno domini. The African empires of Ghana, Songhai, and Mali were more advanced than anything Europe had to offer at that time.

LATIN-AMERICAN HISTORY: The life of Simon Bolivar intrigues me. Also, the rise of Marxism, how Western influence did more to turn the poor into Marxist guerrillas than anything the USSR could have done.

ARIZONA HISTORY: Anything having to do with Barry Goldwater, Carl Hayden, and the city of Flagstaff (my hometown), I gobble up.

 

[Latter-Day Saint]

the 1940's. y? simple: WW2. perhaps one of the greatest wars ever fought. plus the atomic bomb came into being

 

[Lifesaver]

Hmm... I've always loved the Victorian age, with its elevated morals, high education and personal freedom.

 

[Aduro Amnis]

1917-1991
Anyone wanna take a guess why?

 

[Lifesaver]

1917-1991
Anyone wanna take a guess why?

Because the notions of forced labour, mass executions and misery appeal to you in a positive way?

 

[Aduro Amnis]

Because the notions of forced labour, mass executions and misery appeal to you in a positive way?

No, because the US actually had to compete for a change.

 

[Beau]

I'd have to say that my favorite time period to study would be the late fifteenth-early sixteenth century's europe, especially during the reign's of Elizabeth I of England, and Prince Phillip of Spain. I have 5 books on that period, that describe many of the battle's and leader's in that time.


But I also enjoy learning about roman era (I'm about to start taking Latin) and up untill the sixteenth century...

And I could go on and on and on about history, so I'll stop here.

 

[Aduro Amnis]

I'd have to say that my favorite time period to study would be the late fifteenth-early sixteenth century's europe, especially during the reign's of Elizabeth I of England, and Prince Phillip of Spain. I have 5 books on that period, that describe many of the battle's and leader's in that time.


But I also enjoy learning about roman era (I'm about to start taking Latin) and up untill the sixteenth century...

And I could go on and on and on about history, so I'll stop here.

Learning Latin aye?
Tell me what 'Aduro Amnis' means

 

[HiredGoon]

1600-1800 America, especially 1754-1783.

 

[Glaz]

16th-19th century British history, especially the colonial/ military aspects. The British Empire at its peak, the greatest civilization in human history. Many lows, many highs, never dull. I'm no expert, but this era always captures my imagination.

 

[jewishprincess613]

I am into the 19th century, right up to the first part of the 20th century. That's my interest at the moment.

 

[Iamthelaw]

Feudal Japan

 

[oldrooster]

Germany from the victory during the Franco - Prussian war to the end of WW2.

 

[Inge87]

Northern Europe pre-/early Christianity

Scotland before it was absorbed by England

Reformation/Counter-Reformation

 

[Paladin Dave]

I like right now just fine . Of course, I wouldnt mind living as a viking or in the middle ages, as long as I got to be a knight.(unlikely, I know)

 

[Paladin for Christ]

The 1700's. It's interesting to learn about how the European Colonies formed, and those wigs were SO cool.

 

[HiredGoon]

The 1700's. It's interesting to learn about how the European Colonies formed, and those wigs were SO cool.

18th century history!

 

[amariselle]

The late 1800's/ Early 1900s are my favourite. I love the way that people dressed and the way they treated others.

The class system interests me, no I don't think it was fair, but interesting.
Society was so much different back then.

I have been a huge Titanic fan since I was in grade 7, and I learned so many things about society and fashion, just from researching the ship. The different people that were on it, all of that. I think it would have been so cool to experience the atmosphere on a ship like that.

Anyway, that's my favourite time period. Or even a little earlier in the 1800's with all those little western towns. Little communities, where everyone knew everyone else, and helped each other out.

 

[HunterJon]

My favorite era would be the mid 1800's till 1918 in the Chesapeake Bay area of Maryland and Virginia. This was the era when market hunting for waterfowl was still a legal profession and it was the time when someone could legally use a punt or battery gun in America. This was also the time when someone could easily buy and hunt with the big 8 gauge goose guns. How we turned such a bounty of waterfowl into todays numbers has always fascinated me.