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Anyone here love history?

PostPosted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 10:11 pm
by The Doctor
I personally do. Especially military history. I just love studying World War I and World War II.

One of my favorite shows these days is "Battlefield" because I love how they break it down section by section, and I love reading books on history too, like "The Crusades".

Who else likes history?

PostPosted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 10:13 pm
by bigsleepj
I enjoy history too, both military history and, erm, film history. :grin: That said, although I know a lot, I'd hardly call myself a part-time historian.

PostPosted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 10:15 pm
by Debitt
I quite enjoy history. ^_^;\ Chinese and Japanese history in particular. 'tis why one of my majors is East Asian Studies.

PostPosted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 10:30 pm
by Warrior 4 Jesus
History is a pretty broad topic. I enjoy reseraching events like the Russian Revolution and the eras of Ancient Egypt and the Medieval Times.
Japanese history is also pretty interesting.

PostPosted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 10:40 pm
by JesusFreak84
I'm a history major. ^_^

PostPosted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 11:33 pm
by Cognitive Gear
I'm not fond of Tests on History, however I do find the events themselves fascinating. This is probably because I am horrible with dates and names.

PostPosted: Fri Mar 09, 2007 2:25 am
by beau99
*Is an American Revolution buff*

PostPosted: Fri Mar 09, 2007 3:13 am
by Fish and Chips
History major representing. Political and military history of Europe and the modern world, and some rising interest in the Middle East and Japan.

Few things please me more than historical accuracy in films, games, Anime (Samurai Champloo is allowed some leniency), etc.

PostPosted: Fri Mar 09, 2007 4:23 am
by Lady Macbeth
World History, Ancient Civilizations is my forte, along with Family History (Genealogy). I can (and have) studied other forms of history, including Art History and Modern History, but I'm not as keen on them.

PostPosted: Fri Mar 09, 2007 4:45 am
by Technomancer
I'm definately a history buff, although my interests are fairly broad.

PostPosted: Fri Mar 09, 2007 6:22 am
by Sammy Boy
I like history, and know only enough to know that there are very, very large gaps in my knowledge of history...

PostPosted: Fri Mar 09, 2007 7:41 am
by WrestlingOtaku
I love history!! I normally enjoy learning American, and most recently, Japanese history (I blame Rurouni Kenshin.... >.>). Probably my favorite thing to study the Civil War and have read almost anything I can get my hands on about it. (Man, I must seem morbid or something....) I'm also thinking about becoming a history major, but I'm not sure whether I want to do that or become a meteorologist (sp?). Decisions, decisions.....

PostPosted: Fri Mar 09, 2007 8:10 am
by righteous_slave
I enjoy learning more about history, especially Biblical history and real American history that remembers our roots of faith. Learning about the events and societies of the Old and New Testaments always brings out more of the Scriptures.

PostPosted: Fri Mar 09, 2007 9:03 am
by Radical Dreamer
I enjoy learning about history, and I've enjoyed most of my history classes (the ones I didn't enjoy were due to the teacher XD). I'm pretty bad with remembering dates, but I find the events to be very interesting. It's not like I'm going off to be a history major in college, but I do enjoy it. XD

PostPosted: Fri Mar 09, 2007 12:34 pm
by mitsuki lover
:thumb:

History was my favorite subject in school.I like reading biogrpahies,autobiographies,genealogy,etc.all of which deal with history on a more personal level.You really can't understand for example why MacArthur was the way he was until you read up on his background.It helps to know
WHY people were the way they were in order to know why they did WHAT
they did.
As far as it goes and for personal reasons I especially enjoy reading up on the Civil War(American).

PostPosted: Fri Mar 09, 2007 3:57 pm
by Taliesin
I am horrible at dates but I love reading history especially ancient European history like the Romans and the Celts and Hannibal. I also love later European history with the war of the roses and divvying up Italy and all that jazz. My favorite trivial pursuit category is history

PostPosted: Fri Mar 09, 2007 8:22 pm
by LittleTokyo91
History is one of my favorite subjects. I like African American and Japanese history the most.

PostPosted: Sat Mar 10, 2007 7:49 am
by Hakaii
I love Egyptian history/ mythology and some other ancient cultures. I know some about Greek history/ mythology. I LOVE military history! Especially the history of the Air Force!! Thank God for Billy Mitchell.

PostPosted: Sat Mar 10, 2007 11:09 am
by Dante
I enjoy history, can't say that I have a great deal of time to study it, but I have at least had some opportunities from my liberal arts program in physics. Of course, I would prefer to make history rather than study it, but that is purely something of my intentions...

PostPosted: Sat Mar 10, 2007 1:15 pm
by mitsuki lover
Historical Events That Occured When I Was Alive:
*The Kennedy-Nixon Debates
*The Bay Of Pigs
*Vietnam
*Man Walking On The Moon
*Apollo 13
*Nixon's Trip To China
*Watergate
*Nixon's Resignation
*Reagan's Landslide Elections
*Gulf War I
*"I Did Not Have Sex With That Girl"
*"It All Depends On What The Meaning Of Is Is"
*9/11
*Iraq War
:wow!:

PostPosted: Sat Mar 10, 2007 1:16 pm
by Phantom_Sorano
I too enjoy history. Mostly things dealing with art and culture, but I prefer the time period before the Middle Ages with ancient Greece and Egypt. But I also love the Black Death, and the Renaissance.

PostPosted: Sat Mar 10, 2007 2:51 pm
by Alice
I'm interested in history but haven't actually studied any for some time.

I especially like English history, medieval times, and like Phantom_Sorano said, the Black Death. It's like a whole different world, and has the advantage of being true. (It seems to me that a lot of people from the past would have been impossible to make up.)

PostPosted: Sat Mar 10, 2007 2:53 pm
by meboeck
I also love history. I'm interested in Old Testament Middle Eastern history, but I'm most interested in American history and recent (past 200 years) European history.

PostPosted: Sat Mar 10, 2007 5:08 pm
by termyt
I love to discuss history. Most of my trival knowledge is spent in WWII and the US Civil War and I wouldn't consider myself an expert in anything, but it is fascinating to study.

PostPosted: Sun Mar 11, 2007 12:42 pm
by mitsuki lover
Termyt have you ever read the book The War Hits Home,The Civil War In Southeastern Virginia?

PostPosted: Sun Mar 11, 2007 12:57 pm
by Corkyspaniel
The Doctor wrote:I personally do. Especially military history. I just love studying World War I and World War II.

One of my favorite shows these days is "Battlefield" because I love how they break it down section by section, and I love reading books on history too, like "The Crusades".

Who else likes history?

I like WWII and Japanese history in general. But the deeper you get into studying the Holocaust, the sadder it gets. That's why I don't think I could be a SS teacher. ^_^ :dance:

PostPosted: Sun Mar 11, 2007 1:11 pm
by The Doctor
Wow, I can't tell you how happy I am to find how much people love history. I've been worried our generations will keep making the same mistakes over and over cause no one seems to know their history.

MAYBE if there are more people like us who know history, we won't repeat those mistakes (God willing).

I've studied World War II to the point that I enjoy studying World War I alot more now. There's so little discussed about the First World War these days that it truly intrigues me.

I also love the history of the United States, but I've studied our nation to the point that I'm satisfied with what I know.

Currently, I have a book on ancient Japan up to the Meiji era. It's very interesting, though I have yet to finish it.

I also love studying famous Military Generals like Patton, MacArthur (he was in command of the Philippine's when my Grandpa was stationed there. My Grandpa was a POW and MacArthur's promise to return meant alot to him), Sherman (Civil War), Robert E. Lee (Civil War), Georgi Zhukov, Napoleon, Duke of Wellington, Rommell, Pershing, Sir Douglas Haig (very controversial WWI commander of the British forces. Many hated him apparently), Hugh Dowding, Montgomery (though I think his only claim to fame should be El Alamein. Seems as though apart from that and the landings in Normandy, he wasn't good for much else), and Schwarzkopf.

PostPosted: Sun Mar 11, 2007 1:15 pm
by Fish and Chips
I was never that interested in WWI (thought it was just a land war) till I began to learn about the circumstances surrounding it, after which it grew on me.

Not that much into American history, but I do enjoy the odd collection of people we seem to have routinely voted into the presidency.

PostPosted: Mon Mar 12, 2007 1:24 am
by Kaligraphic
More a fan of classical history. Quick test, identify and complete the series: Seleucus, Ptolemy, Lysimachus, and who?

PostPosted: Mon Mar 12, 2007 1:36 am
by Fish and Chips
Kaligraphic wrote:More a fan of classical history. Quick test, identify and complete the series: Seleucus, Ptolemy, Lysimachus, and who?

Pete Best.

I know those are Alexander's generals/successors (Ptolemy later took authority over Egypt), but that's as far as my knowledge goes.