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 Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 5:24 pm
as I said in another post, I'm really not too interested in 20th century history. I guess that's because everyone I know came from the 1900s. I'm more familiar with it.. how people looked and lived. I love learning about the history of past ages. everything from pre-historic times to the civil war. I'm mostly interested in western civilization (I guess because I'm of european descent) anywhere from ancient greece all the way up thru the renaissance. since moving down south, I acquired an interest in civil war history (there are a lot of battlefields here and lots of ghost stories! lol) and thru the movie Gangs of NY I became interested in the history of the city of my birth.
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Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2007 11:10 pm
Hm... I'd have to say the Digital Revolution or Rome. Totally different ends of the spectrum...
Say, when was the toilet invented? sweatdrop
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Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2007 4:02 am
heh the flushing toilet was invented in england in 1596.
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Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2007 12:57 pm
I've always been interested in the medieval era and in colonial times in America. The early history of America is intriguing, to think how drastically it changed and how fast, you know?
But the medieval way of living has always captivated me, not always in a good way. It amazes me how people lived during those times (why do they call it the Dark Ages anyway?)
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Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2007 2:34 pm
Sayer of the Truth I've always been interested in the medieval era and in colonial times in America. The early history of America is intriguing, to think how drastically it changed and how fast, you know? But the medieval way of living has always captivated me, not always in a good way. It amazes me how people lived during those times (why do they call it the Dark Ages anyway?) the dark ages is the time period between when Rome fell (around 450 AD) and around 1000 AD (roughly). this is because after Rome retreated from all it's outposts in europe and britain, society declined to the point of lack of written literature and contemporary history.. it was like a stagnation, they fell into darkness concerning learning and not much advancement was made. the reason for this could be due to the fact that after Rome fell, various barbarian invaders such as the Vikings (Danes, Norwegians, Anglo-Saxons) and the Goths (Visigoths, Ostrogoths, and one other kind I cant remember) decided it was a good time to pillage and take over the lands once under the protection of Rome.
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Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2007 10:16 am
Calypsophia Sayer of the Truth I've always been interested in the medieval era and in colonial times in America. The early history of America is intriguing, to think how drastically it changed and how fast, you know? But the medieval way of living has always captivated me, not always in a good way. It amazes me how people lived during those times (why do they call it the Dark Ages anyway?) the dark ages is the time period between when Rome fell (around 450 AD) and around 1000 AD (roughly). this is because after Rome retreated from all it's outposts in europe and britain, society declined to the point of lack of written literature and contemporary history.. it was like a stagnation, they fell into darkness concerning learning and not much advancement was made. the reason for this could be due to the fact that after Rome fell, various barbarian invaders such as the Vikings (Danes, Norwegians, Anglo-Saxons) and the Goths (Visigoths, Ostrogoths, and one other kind I cant remember) decided it was a good time to pillage and take over the lands once under the protection of Rome. It pains me to admit this but also during the dark Ages the Church (Catholic Church) flurished because of the people's ignorance. It's power was so great that the only people who were literate were basically cherygymen and I wanna say noblemen. And a father's inheritance was only given to the first son, so the others were financially screwed. So rather than go poor they became clergymen, and it was many of those kinds of men who had mistresses and the like. And the bible was not translated, at that time, into the common languages of the countries because the Church did not want any non-clergymen to read the scriptures (hence the non-literacy going around).
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Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2007 10:30 am
My favorite era, without question, is that of the Roman Empire. The technology, the philosopy, the military startagies, the arciteture...ooooohhhhh I just love it all!
In general I love ancient history the most. Egypt, Greece, Rome (obviously) are my three favorite anceint histories to learn of. I am beginning to learn about Persia's empire but that study is being put off at the time.
Last year I studied U.S. History and most of what I learned I have retained. XD every U.S. History question on "Are You Smarter Than A Fifth Grader?" I have gotten right! I've only missed about 3 world history ones I think...
I also know a lot about WWI & WW2, and the time inbetween the wars. Civil War I'm versed in, causes effects, etc.
Calypsophia, have you read The Red Badge of Courage? It's a very accurate narritive about the mentality of the civil war soldiers. Veterens of the Civil War said it was highly accurate in the novel's depiction of the warfare & mentailty.
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Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2007 1:09 pm
Ahh, I see. Makes sense then. I'm glad I didn't live way back when. O__o (And 'course, every time I think that I imagine someone in the future would think the same thing of our time right now.)
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Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2007 1:16 pm
Sakyh My favorite era, without question, is that of the Roman Empire. The technology, the philosopy, the military startagies, the arciteture...ooooohhhhh I just love it all! In general I love ancient history the most. Egypt, Greece, Rome (obviously) are my three favorite anceint histories to learn of. I am beginning to learn about Persia's empire but that study is being put off at the time. Last year I studied U.S. History and most of what I learned I have retained. XD every U.S. History question on "Are You Smarter Than A Fifth Grader?" I have gotten right! I've only missed about 3 world history ones I think... I also know a lot about WWI & WW2, and the time inbetween the wars. Civil War I'm versed in, causes effects, etc. Calypsophia, have you read The Red Badge of Courage? It's a very accurate narritive about the mentality of the civil war soldiers. Veterens of the Civil War said it was highly accurate in the novel's depiction of the warfare & mentailty. nope I'm afraid I havent, but it sounds intriguing. the Civil War has to be the saddest war our country has ever fought. brother against brother... literally too! a lot of families were split because of the war. many many people of both sides had family on the OTHER side. could you imagine what that would be like? I hope such a thing never happens again. Sakyh, I love the Roman Empire too! do you happen to have HBO (if not, it's also out on DVD)? There is an awesome series on the Roman Empire they have called Rome. I love it. it's a bit on the 'adult' side but the whole first season revolved around Julius Caesar and they're continuing in the second season with Octavius Caesar. aside from the fictional characters they place in it and their little side stories it appears to be fairly historically accurate. and since you like the era so much, I've got to recommend a 4-novel series called Emperor by Conn Iggulden. it's a series on Julius Caesar himself from when he was a young boy to his death (murder) in the Roman forum. I dont know about his portrayal of Julius' youth, but from the time he enters Roman politics it's quite accurate. it's definately a MUST READ for you smile heh, and coincidentally I've recently learned a bit about the Persian empire too from reading Heroditus. it's very... involved... lol to say the least smile
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Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2007 1:22 pm
Sayer of the Truth Ahh, I see. Makes sense then. I'm glad I didn't live way back when. O__o (And 'course, every time I think that I imagine someone in the future would think the same thing of our time right now.) I often wonder what the world will be like 1000 years from now. it's really scary to imagine actually. at the rate we're going, IF we havent destroyed the planet and killed ourselves off already, it will likely be one big industrial world. imagine the whole planet built up like NYC... all dirty and smoggy and stinky from factories. and even if we fix the global warming crisis we're in right now, likely there will still be little of the natural world left for us to enjoy and wildlife to flourish in. I hope it's not like that, but it seems to be the direction we're going. I wouldnt want to live in an atmosphere such as that.
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Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 2:10 pm
Calypsophia nope I'm afraid I havent, but it sounds intriguing. the Civil War has to be the saddest war our country has ever fought. brother against brother... literally too! a lot of families were split because of the war. many many people of both sides had family on the OTHER side. could you imagine what that would be like? I hope such a thing never happens again. Sakyh, I love the Roman Empire too! do you happen to have HBO (if not, it's also out on DVD)? There is an awesome series on the Roman Empire they have called Rome. I love it. it's a bit on the 'adult' side but the whole first season revolved around Julius Caesar and they're continuing in the second season with Octavius Caesar. aside from the fictional characters they place in it and their little side stories it appears to be fairly historically accurate. and since you like the era so much, I've got to recommend a 4-novel series called Emperor by Conn Iggulden. it's a series on Julius Caesar himself from when he was a young boy to his death (murder) in the Roman forum. I dont know about his portrayal of Julius' youth, but from the time he enters Roman politics it's quite accurate. it's definately a MUST READ for you smile heh, and coincidentally I've recently learned a bit about the Persian empire too from reading Heroditus. it's very... involved... lol to say the least smile Yes the time of the civil war must have been horrific. Even Lincoln's family was divided I believe. And the south has only truely recovered from the devestation (GA in particular. Sherman's march... evil ). No I have not seen Rome I'm afraid. It seems very interesting but I don't have HBO so...I'm kinda screwed there... sweatdrop The Emperor series sounds intriquing. I'll have to pick them up! Hehe, most of what I learn I learn from programs on the History Channel. I love reading but I retain more info throughing seeing and listening as I watch. (Or hands on but it's hard to learn history hands on) Two of my favorite programs on History channel about the Roman Empire are "Engineering an Empire: The Roman Empire" and "Modern Marvels: The Colosseum" Though I list those two because they're the only actual titles I remember off hand. sweatdrop But it's thanks to the History Channel that I know so much about the Romans. PLus I can see the beauty of Roman through computer imagery. Ooooo the Forum of Trajan (& his Basilica), the Colosseum built by Vespasian, Hadrian's wall & the Pantheon. Oh I would give anything to see those buildings as they looked back in their prime! Although the Pantheon doesn't look half bad today. it is the only truely surviving building out of the ones I just mentioned. I've only seen one lil snipit on the history channel about the empire of Persia so my knoweldge is very limited. redface Heroditus? The name sounds very familiar but...can't come up with anything... Heck I'm not even sure it is a name now that I'm really trying to think about it...
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Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 5:43 pm
Sakyh Calypsophia nope I'm afraid I havent, but it sounds intriguing. the Civil War has to be the saddest war our country has ever fought. brother against brother... literally too! a lot of families were split because of the war. many many people of both sides had family on the OTHER side. could you imagine what that would be like? I hope such a thing never happens again. Sakyh, I love the Roman Empire too! do you happen to have HBO (if not, it's also out on DVD)? There is an awesome series on the Roman Empire they have called Rome. I love it. it's a bit on the 'adult' side but the whole first season revolved around Julius Caesar and they're continuing in the second season with Octavius Caesar. aside from the fictional characters they place in it and their little side stories it appears to be fairly historically accurate. and since you like the era so much, I've got to recommend a 4-novel series called Emperor by Conn Iggulden. it's a series on Julius Caesar himself from when he was a young boy to his death (murder) in the Roman forum. I dont know about his portrayal of Julius' youth, but from the time he enters Roman politics it's quite accurate. it's definately a MUST READ for you smile heh, and coincidentally I've recently learned a bit about the Persian empire too from reading Heroditus. it's very... involved... lol to say the least smile Yes the time of the civil war must have been horrific. Even Lincoln's family was divided I believe. And the south has only truely recovered from the devestation (GA in particular. Sherman's march... evil ). No I have not seen Rome I'm afraid. It seems very interesting but I don't have HBO so...I'm kinda screwed there... sweatdrop The Emperor series sounds intriquing. I'll have to pick them up! Hehe, most of what I learn I learn from programs on the History Channel. I love reading but I retain more info throughing seeing and listening as I watch. (Or hands on but it's hard to learn history hands on) Two of my favorite programs on History channel about the Roman Empire are "Engineering an Empire: The Roman Empire" and "Modern Marvels: The Colosseum" Though I list those two because they're the only actual titles I remember off hand. sweatdrop But it's thanks to the History Channel that I know so much about the Romans. PLus I can see the beauty of Roman through computer imagery. Ooooo the Forum of Trajan (& his Basilica), the Colosseum built by Vespasian, Hadrian's wall & the Pantheon. Oh I would give anything to see those buildings as they looked back in their prime! Although the Pantheon doesn't look half bad today. it is the only truely surviving building out of the ones I just mentioned. I've only seen one lil snipit on the history channel about the empire of Persia so my knoweldge is very limited. redface Heroditus? The name sounds very familiar but...can't come up with anything... Heck I'm not even sure it is a name now that I'm really trying to think about it... Heroditus is a name smile it's the name of an early Greek historian who's been dubbed "the father of history". unfortunately, he's not always taken too seriously. he includes a lot of personal opinion and some scholars think he may have embellished, exaggerated, or in some cases made up entirely some of his claims. still... it's an interesting read, tho somewhat difficult due to how it's worded. I'm an avid reader of history. I've got books on the Celts, The 12 Caesars, Alexandar the Great, the 3rd Crusade, Pirates, US history, Queen Elizabeth and Anne Bolyne, Mary Queen of Scots, Ghengis Khan...... the list goes on and on..... (and I used to have even more than I do now). there was a program on the history channel not too long ago on the Kings of Babylon that started from the early days of Sumeria all the way up to modern day Iraq. the Sumerian, Assyrian, Babylonian, Persian conquests were all cited and their kings. it was interesting because I had recognized some of what was on the program from reading Heroditus. it's in Heroditus that Leonidas and Xerxes are first mentioned. I watch history channel a lot. my favorite programs are digging for the truth, cities of the underworld. there are other programs too, but they're not series. and as far as the Rome series is concerned, they're all on DVD!!! so you're not screwed smile
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Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2007 8:07 am
Calypsophia Heroditus is a name smile it's the name of an early Greek historian who's been dubbed "the father of history". unfortunately, he's not always taken too seriously. he includes a lot of personal opinion and some scholars think he may have embellished, exaggerated, or in some cases made up entirely some of his claims. still... it's an interesting read, tho somewhat difficult due to how it's worded. I'm an avid reader of history. I've got books on the Celts, The 12 Caesars, Alexandar the Great, the 3rd Crusade, Pirates, US history, Queen Elizabeth and Anne Bolyne, Mary Queen of Scots, Ghengis Khan...... the list goes on and on..... (and I used to have even more than I do now). there was a program on the history channel not too long ago on the Kings of Babylon that started from the early days of Sumeria all the way up to modern day Iraq. the Sumerian, Assyrian, Babylonian, Persian conquests were all cited and their kings. it was interesting because I had recognized some of what was on the program from reading Heroditus. it's in Heroditus that Leonidas and Xerxes are first mentioned. I watch history channel a lot. my favorite programs are digging for the truth, cities of the underworld. there are other programs too, but they're not series. and as far as the Rome series is concerned, they're all on DVD!!! so you're not screwed smile lol, I am when I'm broke, least initially. I can't work during the school year (PLus with the amount of homework I get daily it wouldn't be smart to get one anyhow). I'll nab em once I've finished my current project. XD I am trying to purchase all the classic novels. There are around 200 or so (I compiled a list XD) and I have almost 50 so far. w00ts! And along with that I'm also nabing various history books. XD Heck I even have an actual World History Textbook! The one in question is old and they were purchasing new ones so a friend and I were able to get two of the old ones. Yes I remember that program about the Kings of Persia. I remember watching some of it, but I was multitasking chores or soemthing I think and was somewhat distracted. I can't remember anything really about that one... I like the universe mini-sersies thing they've got going. The Presidents, the revolutionary war mini-series...Lost Worlds is awesome...I just discovered Weird U.S. and find it intriquing... But I really like the documentaries on just about...anything. I learn stuff from the History Channel that I haven't learned about in school. PLus it's cool to actually watch the programs about stuff I want to learn about. Oh My GOSH I'm an idiot! I HAVE Heroditus! I own The Histories! I knew that name sounded familiar! And it just hit me that I have it! redface I'm just...gonna go over to my little corner of shame now...
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Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2007 5:18 pm
Calypsophia Sayer of the Truth Ahh, I see. Makes sense then. I'm glad I didn't live way back when. O__o (And 'course, every time I think that I imagine someone in the future would think the same thing of our time right now.) I often wonder what the world will be like 1000 years from now. it's really scary to imagine actually. at the rate we're going, IF we havent destroyed the planet and killed ourselves off already, it will likely be one big industrial world. imagine the whole planet built up like NYC... all dirty and smoggy and stinky from factories. and even if we fix the global warming crisis we're in right now, likely there will still be little of the natural world left for us to enjoy and wildlife to flourish in. I hope it's not like that, but it seems to be the direction we're going. I wouldnt want to live in an atmosphere such as that. I agree 100%. It depresses me. I lived at Lake Tahoe for three years, and just thinking about how beautiful it was up there makes me sad to think they're still building houses (yes, even there) and doing construction. It's quite an ugly side to humanity. I don't know why most of us have to be such jerks when it comes to nature. Anyway! Getting off-topic... ninja
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Posted: Sat Sep 22, 2007 4:53 pm
Sayer of the Truth Calypsophia Sayer of the Truth Ahh, I see. Makes sense then. I'm glad I didn't live way back when. O__o (And 'course, every time I think that I imagine someone in the future would think the same thing of our time right now.) I often wonder what the world will be like 1000 years from now. it's really scary to imagine actually. at the rate we're going, IF we havent destroyed the planet and killed ourselves off already, it will likely be one big industrial world. imagine the whole planet built up like NYC... all dirty and smoggy and stinky from factories. and even if we fix the global warming crisis we're in right now, likely there will still be little of the natural world left for us to enjoy and wildlife to flourish in. I hope it's not like that, but it seems to be the direction we're going. I wouldnt want to live in an atmosphere such as that. I agree 100%. It depresses me. I lived at Lake Tahoe for three years, and just thinking about how beautiful it was up there makes me sad to think they're still building houses (yes, even there) and doing construction. It's quite an ugly side to humanity. I don't know why most of us have to be such jerks when it comes to nature. Anyway! Getting off-topic... ninja I dunno, I have hope that things will turn around. A lot of companies are trying to go green (eco-friendly) and more people are becoming away of what we're doing to the planet. Mind I think it will take an extreme hand to force industires to go green and stop doing things the old way. Like President Trumen and the desegregation of the military. I'm a firm beleiver in recycling rather than throwing everything in the garabge and shiuppping it off to the local dump. If everyone put out recycables as they did garabe recycling plants could be opened which would offer good jobs. But I'm just seeing the simplified version of that idea. I know there's a lot of complications & down sides in that senerio. XD I'm an optimist. I try to be a realest...but I'm an optimist at heart. No this is on topic! Cause our age shall be history someday! Heck stuff occuring now-a-days IS history in the making.
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