Who here likes history?

[eddielee]

I like American Civil War/Lincoln history, Egyptian history, and NC history.

 

[Apollo]

I love Greek Mythology and the time of Ancient Rome. They both fascinate me. And definately the time of Alexander the Great seeing how he has been my hero since childhood.

 

[EveretteB1975]

history was my favorite subject in school. It helps that i had an A in that class. i still find history very interesting. All history is very interesting.

 

[mikeyb]

History was my most favorite subject in high school. I really like ancient history. My TV is basically always on the History Channel. I love watching Lost Worlds, Digging for the Truth, Decoding the Past, Ancient Discoveries, and Engineering an Empire.

Before the movie 300 came out I went and did some research on my own to learn more about the epic battle between the Greeks and Persians. Would that make me a nerdy fag?

 

[RonnNY]

I love history. I didn't like it in school, but now at my leisure I read as much Modern European History as possible -- from, say, the 17th century onwards.

Only lately have I become interested in American history, and am reading as much of it as I can get hold of!

 

[Piquechampion]

OMG you are? cool... I thought I was the only one... I like the Hapsburgs interesting family... and well the Windsors the Tsars of Russia God... Um

Hapsburgs, Romanovs, Bourbons, Valois, Tudor, Stuarts, Capets, you name it, I love it!!!!!!

We should totally get together

 

[chas007]

I love history.

I took a "Black History" course that was offered for the first time in my high school (1971), and it was amazing how much information was not taught in regular history classes.

 

[Jory]

My top three favorite things in life

1. Sex

2. Chocolate

3 History

 

[Aussieguy01]

i love all history , i like to challenge and debate it , mainly the ancient era though but im open to all history , im alway7s reading about , i <3 it so much.

 

[ashonfire]

i love it

been reading "gay history" this passed week, innaresting stuff.

also into aus. history, greeks, renaissance, french rev.. all endlessly fascinating, to me anyway.

 

[naked gent]

And what makes history so interesting?

Here is a quotation by Will Durant:
"It is a mistake to think that the past is dead. Nothing that has ever happened is quite without influence at this moment. The present is merely the past rolled up and concentrated in this second of time. You, too, are your past; often your face is your autobiography; you are what you are because of what you have been; because of your heredity stretching back into forgotten generations; because of every element of environment that has affected you, every man or woman that has met you, every book that you have read, every experience that you have had; all these are accumulated in your memory, your body, your character, your soul. So with a city, a country, and a race; it is its past, and cannot be understood without it. "

HaraKiri anybody who quotes Will Durant is a pal of mine.

In my readings he writes the greatest sentences I've ever read, and when he displays it he has a great sense of humor.

I too love history and what I most enjoy about it is relating the mistakes of the past to the mistakes of the present. We tend to think that everything is new but the truth is everything is old. That which motivates people has not changed much over the last 4,000 yrs and it shows.

 

[nijuusei]

i tend to look more to the future..
though i've always appreciated ancient history..
especially when i'm in a romantic mood ^^
i remember.. when i was a kid i even wanted to become an Egyptologist

 

[Rali_hates_Mondays]

I lurve history! I'm gonna be reading history at Cambridge/Warwick/York university and I can't wait to debate with the academics!

At prep school I studied Romans, Greeks, a bit of Anglo Saxons, a bit on the Catholic Church and loads on the Tudors... at college, we did stuff on WW1, WW2, 20 century American social history, Vietnam War and the Cold War. Then in the 6th form we went back into medieval and studied the Wars of the Roses, which included the infamous Richard III (who is probably my favourite King!) and we also did stuff on the American Civil war. For the final modules I covered British policy: Appeasement 1919-1939 and Tudor Foreign policy. However at the moment I am getting a little tired of the Tudors as wonderful as they may be!

btw I suppose noone has an interest in economic history? My history teacher called it the "ugly sister of history" which I do agree with!

I've also been reading a tiny bit on "gay" history as well and it's quite different from reading your typical political history. I would defintely recommend reading an academic history book on gay people. It feels very rewarding and enlightening.

 

[Blueyes]

i hate it this year because i have a crap teacher but in the past i have loved it. I loved learning about ancient china, india, and saudi arabia especially

 

[Zondal2001]

I love it!

I especially like ancient Egyptian history, English history 1066 - 1945 and the American Civil war. I was lucky enough to have an excellent history teacher who made the subject very interesting which made me want to research thing further for myself.

 

[Hellfire]

Art History post-grad here! glad to see so many of you appreciate my area of expertise.

 

[operafan]

Hated it in HS but I love it now.

As an old history teacher, I wonder why that was? We just couldn't make it relevant to kids?

I'm sorry that kids don't like history much. I have always loved it --always hated Civil War stuff but now it's my favorite reading?!

 

[mike_n_herrin]

I do. i used to want to teach history when i was in high school and even first year of college. But then went back to wanting to be a scientist.

 

[star-warrior]

History in interesting. I'm currently reading Empress Wu by Jonathan Clements. She's was the only Chinese Empress to fully control the power of the throne, so much so, she declared her own dynasty, murdered and exiles some of her own family, killed her children and a lot of other nasties.

 

[Pushover]

I'm more interested in specific bits of history, rather than the whole. particularly the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries of Europe, and ancient Japan and Korea.