Period of history you find the most interesting.
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World War 2, and the decade or so after it. A common answer, I know, but it was really the lowest point in human history by FAR. Atrocities, civilian targets, racism and bias on all sides; it was so bad I highly doubt that there will ever be another war like it. That's a good thing, because a war like that shouldn't happen ever. Many major world events and situations today have their roots in World War 2, like the Middle Eastern tensions (Israel's formation was expedited largely due to the Holocaust), the Cold War (Nukes, and the extreme distrust of Stalin bred during the War), and the United Nations.
I mean, there will always be bad times, but let's face it: The Great Depression, followed by World War 2, was pretty much rock bottom for all mankind.
I mean, there will always be bad times, but let's face it: The Great Depression, followed by World War 2, was pretty much rock bottom for all mankind.
Yeah, WWII was pretty much the golden age of modern conflict. I doubt there'll be another war as large in scale or global impact. Not to mention it's some of the best: Submarine combat, sniping, air combat, etc.Jack the Potato said:
My favourite would have to be whatever ages dealt heavily with mythology. Not the boring Jewish, Islamic and Catholic crap, the good stuff like Norse gods, Greek gods, and Egyptian gods. Anything with lots of gods really.
I'm less a straight up historian and more of a military historian. To that end:
Specialist - Second Punic War, mid-Republic Rome in general, Imperial Napoleonic Wars & Wars of German Unification
Of interest - Both World Wars, the Enlightenment era, late-Republic early-Imperial Rome, Hellenic/Graeco-Classical & the Crusades
Casual - everything else that happened in the Mediterranean before 1850... -_-
Specialist - Second Punic War, mid-Republic Rome in general, Imperial Napoleonic Wars & Wars of German Unification
Of interest - Both World Wars, the Enlightenment era, late-Republic early-Imperial Rome, Hellenic/Graeco-Classical & the Crusades
Casual - everything else that happened in the Mediterranean before 1850... -_-
From the lead-up to World War 2 to the end of the Cold War.
One long, devastating sequence of events that really intrigues me.
One long, devastating sequence of events that really intrigues me.
This, the first great leap from blind faith had to be amazing.Keoul said:
Also strangely enough the 1900's so much innovation happened.
The modern era? Easily the most exciting. Your average joe has no idea what the next big technology will be, but there are people out there working on AI and artificial invisibility and improving nanotechnology and-
Apart from that, I find that asking which period of history is interesting is a bit pointless. What people always seem to mean by that phrase is 'period of European/Western history'; the time of the renaissance was probably not particularly interesting if you're looking at anywhere other than Europe.
Particular cultures are interesting to me. Aztec and Mayan and Incan, Roman and Greek. Feudal Japan. Et al.
Apart from that, I find that asking which period of history is interesting is a bit pointless. What people always seem to mean by that phrase is 'period of European/Western history'; the time of the renaissance was probably not particularly interesting if you're looking at anywhere other than Europe.
Particular cultures are interesting to me. Aztec and Mayan and Incan, Roman and Greek. Feudal Japan. Et al.
Well... the problem is that with most of the rest of the world, it's a case of a lack of tradition of recording and/or codifying contemporary events during pre-1700's (or thereabouts). Only really one other culture outside of Europe had historians/chroniclers, and that was China. All others either had no tradition of historiography or was fragmented or recorded by outsiders at best.someonehairy-ish said:
And there is a much greater prevalence of sources (shall we say) for virtually every period of European/Mediterranean history (even Arabic) for about 2000 years. Between 200BC & 100AD, you can count on one hand how many non-European historians there were, yet there were dozens (if not strictly speaking 'historians') in the Roman world. *shrug*
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I do also like Medieval Europe and the Napoleonic wars, but my heart belongs to Greece and Rome.
Interestingly enough, it were the Renaissance men who invented the imagery of everything pre-1450 as a 'Dark Age' of blind faith and anti-intellectualism. While they were, at the same time, far more medieval than we nowadays think. We think of them as 'modern', because 19th century thinkers got a stiffy from the Renaissance, covering all the "barbaric" and "pre-modern" aspects of what we now call the Renaissance with the mantle of love.Zack Alklazaris said:
Although it's hard to conceptualize medieval life correctly (that is, like they experienced their time themselves) from our modern perspective, it is relatively safe to say that the "Dark Ages" and medieval times were far more "enlightened" than we think.
For me it's pretty much the 20th century where everything was at, specifically WW2.
Seriously- Battlefield was a fool to ever leave it- WW2 has more varied potential for a brilliant action game than any single other period of human history ever. We only got sick of it because every game had you running up Omaha beach as the Americans again and again and again and again...
Not to mention the clash of the largest battleships ever made, before aircraft carriers rendered them obsolete. Tank warfare comes of age. Commando and guerilla/resistance warfare matures into a widespread formidable tactic. Predates night-vision and computers doing the fighting instead of raw cunning and elbow grease. Last total war fought without fear of nuclear attack. Largest tank, aerial and naval battles in human history. One of the final conflicts involving true dogfighting without automatic targeting. Fought all over the world, in just about every single type of terrain imaginable. A conflict in which one of the largest number of countries had a vested interest/participation. Some freaking sweet prison escapes.sextus the crazy said:
Seriously- Battlefield was a fool to ever leave it- WW2 has more varied potential for a brilliant action game than any single other period of human history ever. We only got sick of it because every game had you running up Omaha beach as the Americans again and again and again and again...
Battleships were more or less obsolete by the time the first aircraft carriers came around. The only reason we kept them is that they were handy for off-shore shelling, which was very necessary in the pacific. If anything the Yamato showed how vulnerable battleships were to air attack.Squilookle said:
Also, there have still been great air battles after WWII. MiG alley in Korea, the vietnam airwar, and to a small extent, the falklands war. In fact, automatic targeting doesn't necessarily make combat easy. In vietnam, we learned that relying solely on air to air missles is a terrible strategy.