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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Do we have any history lovers. What’s your favourite historical topic?

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By *icecouple561Couple
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over a year ago

East Sussex

I enjoy reading about Elizabeth 1st her life and times and Tudor history in general. I also have a keen interest in pre-history in particular the bronze age.

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By *icecouple561Couple
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over a year ago

East Sussex

How about you, what's your favourite period of history?

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"I enjoy reading about Elizabeth 1st her life and times and Tudor history in general. I also have a keen interest in pre-history in particular the bronze age."

Nice. Bronze Age was very interesting to be fair. I’ve recently started educating myself on more modern times. But always enjoy reading about rise and fall of empires.

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By *a LunaWoman
over a year ago

South Wales

Ancient Egypt and Rome.

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By *icecouple561Couple
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over a year ago

East Sussex

"I enjoy reading about Elizabeth 1st her life and times and Tudor history in general. I also have a keen interest in pre-history in particular the bronze age.

Nice. Bronze Age was very interesting to be fair. I’ve recently started educating myself on more modern times. But always enjoy reading about rise and fall of empires. "

Ok, any particular empire?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

So so many. I'm fascinated with all of WW2 particularly how each oart of the world have a different start date for it.

I'm obsessed with the Windrush generation and their influence on British music and politics. The battle of Lewisham / New Cross fire and lovers Rock in particular.

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By *irtydevil666Man
over a year ago

bristol

Egyptians and pyramids fascinating how they built them.....or did they have help from outer space......

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I can spend hours on wikipedia reading through various historical eras.

WW2 is probably the area I read around the most.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I enjoy listening to podcasts about potential human civilisations that predate what is commonly accepted as the earliest civilisation the Sumerians. Some quite compelling evidence being looked at by academics. Could change the whole human story!

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By *inky_couple2020Couple
over a year ago

North West

There's a page on Facebook called "The History of Royal Women". Interesting articles from across the globes and periods of history.

I'm particularly interested in the era of the "three religions" in the Iberian Peninsula, so from 711AD to 1492AD...

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By *ornLordMan
over a year ago

Wiltshire and London

"Egyptians and pyramids fascinating how they built them.....or did they have help from outer space......

A Mars a day?

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By *pursChick aka ShortieWoman
over a year ago

On a mooch

Love history from the ancient to 70s, it’s hard to pick one as all have their different appeal, but I’ve probably read most about ancient civilisations, American Indians, war of the roses through to the end of James 1, the life and how it changed in the uk during the industrial revolution through to end of ww2

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"I enjoy reading about Elizabeth 1st her life and times and Tudor history in general. I also have a keen interest in pre-history in particular the bronze age.

Nice. Bronze Age was very interesting to be fair. I’ve recently started educating myself on more modern times. But always enjoy reading about rise and fall of empires.

Ok, any particular empire?

Right now it has to be the link between Egyptian and Roman Empire how the power shift occurred and how the Egyptians lost power and how they were concurred.

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By *ildbillkidMan
over a year ago

where the road goes on forever

I've been reading alot of alternative history, what if this happened instead of that, thrown in with some actual facts

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"So so many. I'm fascinated with all of WW2 particularly how each oart of the world have a different start date for it.

I'm obsessed with the Windrush generation and their influence on British music and politics. The battle of Lewisham / New Cross fire and lovers Rock in particular. "

A lot of conspiracy theories around this and the whole Ottoman Empire as well. It’s a very interesting topic.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I've been reading alot of alternative history, what if this happened instead of that, thrown in with some actual facts"

There’s some really good people looking at what we perceive to be fact. For instance megalithic structures in turkey from an ancient civilisation that predates the Sumerians by at least 4000 years. If that’s the case it changes our whole history.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"I've been reading alot of alternative history, what if this happened instead of that, thrown in with some actual facts

I read about this I’m sure. Is this where they found village and all the houses has the entrances on the roof?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I've been reading alot of alternative history, what if this happened instead of that, thrown in with some actual facts

I read about this I’m sure. Is this where they found village and all the houses has the entrances on the roof?"

It’s basically an ancient temple site. The top layer (the newest) is carbon dated around 13,000 years ago. They’ve used ground penetrating radar and the top layer is only the start. There’s temples etc underneath that layer that go back even further. It’s called gobekli tepe if you want to have a look yourself.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I've been reading alot of alternative history, what if this happened instead of that, thrown in with some actual facts

I read about this I’m sure. Is this where they found village and all the houses has the entrances on the roof?

Watching a youtube doc on this now. Thanks

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I've been reading alot of alternative history, what if this happened instead of that, thrown in with some actual facts

I read about this I’m sure. Is this where they found village and all the houses has the entrances on the roof?

Watching a youtube doc on this now. Thanks

No worries! I recommend Graham Hancock. He’s done like 5 podcasts with Joe rogan. Jump on them , so good!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I've been reading alot of alternative history, what if this happened instead of that, thrown in with some actual facts

I read about this I’m sure. Is this where they found village and all the houses has the entrances on the roof?

Watching a youtube doc on this now. Thanks

No worries! I recommend Graham Hancock. He’s done like 5 podcasts with Joe rogan. Jump on them , so good! "

I used to read a fair bit of Graham Hancock.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I've been reading alot of alternative history, what if this happened instead of that, thrown in with some actual facts

I read about this I’m sure. Is this where they found village and all the houses has the entrances on the roof?

Watching a youtube doc on this now. Thanks

No worries! I recommend Graham Hancock. He’s done like 5 podcasts with Joe rogan. Jump on them , so good!

I used to read a fair bit of Graham Hancock. "

He’s fantastic. He did a few podcasts with Randall Carlson on Joe Rogan. Carlson is an American geologist who basically backs up Hancock’s theories with plenty of evidence. Highly recommend mate

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By *rive u crazyMan
over a year ago

Sheffield

Being born in Rome, I have a sweet spot there but I like to read about all people history to understand the present habits. I live in Manchester and I'm amazed by how these men and women became the centre of the industrial revolution. I used to read a lot of WWII and I love to look at the BBC documentaries that may look too patriotic for a non-British but show the history from a different perspective than the one I was used

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By *inky_couple2020Couple
over a year ago

North West

"Being born in Rome, I have a sweet spot there but I like to read about all people history to understand the present habits. I live in Manchester and I'm amazed by how these men and women became the centre of the industrial revolution. I used to read a lot of WWII and I love to look at the BBC documentaries that may look too patriotic for a non-British but show the history from a different perspective than the one I was used"

What amazes you so much about Manchester being so heavily involved in the industrial revolution? Just curious

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Ancient Egypt and the Mesopotamians.

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By *icecouple561Couple
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over a year ago

East Sussex

"I enjoy reading about Elizabeth 1st her life and times and Tudor history in general. I also have a keen interest in pre-history in particular the bronze age.

Nice. Bronze Age was very interesting to be fair. I’ve recently started educating myself on more modern times. But always enjoy reading about rise and fall of empires.

Ok, any particular empire?

Right now it has to be the link between Egyptian and Roman Empire how the power shift occurred and how the Egyptians lost power and how they were concurred. "

Fascinating stuff. I find the influence the Greeks had on ancient civilisations very interesting too

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By *oelDorianMan
over a year ago

vanaheim

Feudal Japan, Ancient Greece, ancient Egypt, Ancient Rome and the renaissance Italy

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Genghis Khan, the mongol empire time, how he United a fractured waring nation of spilt tribes, after his own trials and tribulations, to go k to conquer 3rd of the known world at the time..

Alexander the great master tactician n warrior,

Boudica scourge of Roman Britain

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By *inky_couple2020Couple
over a year ago

North West

I like to keep my history factual/evidence based

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By *olly_chromaticTV/TS
over a year ago

Stockport

Living through history in the making at the moment. Twenty first century, pandemic number one.

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By *ikerdude2017Man
over a year ago

Rotherham

Medieval and I have armour

used to renanctment

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The Tudor period and also WW2

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Victorian times from. 1850 onwards

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I recently read Bill Bryson's book called "At home"... It was a fascinating book all about the history of how the different rooms in our houses have evolved in function over history. A very good read!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I've been reading alot of alternative history, what if this happened instead of that, thrown in with some actual facts

I read about this I’m sure. Is this where they found village and all the houses has the entrances on the roof?

That was really interesting, thanks

I’m fascinated by the Stone Age, Stonehenge, Skara Brae, West Kennet Longbarrow, the Carnac stones, so many ancient mysterious places.

How did they do it? It blows my mind.

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By *urls and DressesWoman
over a year ago

Somewhere near here

I find Saxons and tudors interesting. I find myself imagining what the world would have looked like then, I love stepping back in history

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Partners an Uber nerd. Anything military is his thing. Forever being forced to watch documentaries about battles and wars

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By *partharmonyCouple
over a year ago

Ruislip

I am very interested in 20th Century history (and from the mid 19th). It's the time that Europe the world we know today was formed. It shapes many of our attitudes and institutions.

Having grown up from the mid-70s, it's fascinating to understand many of the events that were talked about when I was young and shaped the world I know but had little understanding of.

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By *emini ManMan
over a year ago

There and to the left a bit

I dip in and out - find it all interesting, particularly modern history and have a fair high level knowledge of specific eras such as WW2 mostly gleaned from the TV/film, although sometimes that will spark me to read books/websites about specific events for instance read a very good book about the events leading up to and including the Battle Of Rorkes Drift during the Zulu Wars, or as a result of my Grandad being in the airborne during the war anything related to that will take my interest.

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By *he Mac LassWoman
over a year ago

Hefty Hideaway

I’m a history nerd.

Can’t wait until the dusty library archive opens again.

Local history is my specialism. We have a wealth of industrial history and the odd Roman finds here.

Academically though all my time is taken up with the Scramble for Africa.

I recommend the ‘We Are History’ podcast for a light listen.

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By *utcock61Man
over a year ago

glasgow

Ottoman Empire.

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By *moothdickMan
over a year ago

stoke

Modern history from 1900s to modern day... ww1 ww2 Vietnam with all the politics too

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By *inkyfilthymindMan
over a year ago

Heathrow / Berks

I am a pre-history nerd. Human behavioural evolution fascinates me. It’s a niche, I know.

I also enjoy 18th and 19th century, the influence of it for us today

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By *ealthy_and_HungMan
over a year ago

Princes Risborough, Luasanne, Alderney

Brythonic history .... which oddly enough seems to be airbrushed from schools in the UK

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By *ealthy_and_HungMan
over a year ago

Princes Risborough, Luasanne, Alderney

by the way, Dydd Gwyl Dewi Sant Hapus Pawb

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By *ranny-CrumpetWoman
over a year ago

The Town by The Cross

I have a degree in History. Doesn't make me an historian I know.

Different periods interest me less than how they are presented.

I like 'doing' history too, which is not reading books for 100% of the study.

I'm very much into sociological aspects.

I want to take part in something practical even if it's a local history group when covid is over. If I don't benefit from the group or they from me then i'll go and do my own thing.

I take care to 'know' the historian before I believe every word they put before me. It's pretty important for me to be aware of their methodology.

I am happy for period dramas to be way off the mark as it's only entertainment and can waiver historical fact in favour of audience figures but I do cringe when people believe the incidents portrayed to be true.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Tudor times fascinate me Henry VIII especially. C J Sansom wrote an excellent series of books based around this period.

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By *ranny-CrumpetWoman
over a year ago

The Town by The Cross

diwrnod hapus i bob Cymraeg ai peidio. Dw i'n siwr mod i wedi cael tipyn o Gymraeg ynof

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By *ranny-CrumpetWoman
over a year ago

The Town by The Cross

"Brythonic history .... which oddly enough seems to be airbrushed from schools in the UK"

How far does history extend back in time ?

How much time have the children got in school ?

Which are the most important places and times in history they should be taught and for what reason ?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I’m fascinated by the shenanigans in the Vatican and their approach to rejecting science. Then the elimination of the nightsTemplars when they became to powerful

If you want to be amazed by their antics

Google ‘the banquet of chestnuts’. Very naughty

Imagine a vicars and tarts party on a bigger scale

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By *ranny-CrumpetWoman
over a year ago

The Town by The Cross

"I am very interested in 20th Century history (and from the mid 19th). It's the time that Europe the world we know today was formed. It shapes many of our attitudes and institutions.

Having grown up from the mid-70s, it's fascinating to understand many of the events that were talked about when I was young and shaped the world I know but had little understanding of. "

I'm really enjoying 'Can't get you out of my head.' ...... the Adam Curtis 6 parter.

Definitely 20th century. Political and Cultural..... a sort of how we got to where we are now our paranoias and why banks accumulated so much power... BBC originally. I watch on You Tube.

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By *dsmithMan
over a year ago

Loudwater

The American prohibition era, and resulting organised crime.

There’s a PBS docu-series by Ken Burns, called Prohibition, that covers it all in about 6 hours. It was on Netflix but looks like it’s dropped off now.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Ancient Rome and Greece. Currently doing a diploma in Greek mythology

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By *ausageNmashCouple
over a year ago

Andover

Victorian London and WW1

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I've been reading alot of alternative history, what if this happened instead of that, thrown in with some actual facts

I read about this I’m sure. Is this where they found village and all the houses has the entrances on the roof?

That was really interesting, thanks

I’m fascinated by the Stone Age, Stonehenge, Skara Brae, West Kennet Longbarrow, the Carnac stones, so many ancient mysterious places.

How did they do it? It blows my mind.

It’s amazing isn’t it. Like the pyramid dimensions are to the ratio of the rate in which the earth spins on its access and is aligned to true north. Ancient civilisations were more advanced than we think.

All points to advanced humans way back in the human story being almost wiped out from cataclysmic events like asteroid strikes. There’s plenty of geological evidence to prove this.

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By *izzmasterzeroMan
over a year ago

Aberdeen

Someone above already mentioned Graham Hancock, I fucking love his shit it's so fascinating, I highly recommend watching his appearance's on Joe Rogan every episode will blow your mind, we are going to have to rewrite history because of what people like him are discovering, the episode where Randall Carlson joined them were pretty cool also.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Someone above already mentioned Graham Hancock, I fucking love his shit it's so fascinating, I highly recommend watching his appearance's on Joe Rogan every episode will blow your mind, we are going to have to rewrite history because of what people like him are discovering, the episode where Randall Carlson joined them were pretty cool also."

Yeah pal I mentioned all of that! I got bored at start of lockdown so binged watched them. Very interesting.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Germany post WW1 and the rise of the Third Reich.

Also really interested the Civil Rights movement in America

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By *erriAnneTV/TS
over a year ago

The shire

Anything from 1800 onwards. Famous battles and not so famous ones. I've studied ww1 for years and years and consider myself a bit of an expert on it.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Military history.

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By *naquest321Man
over a year ago

Carlisle

I like all types of History and when visiting historical sites, thinking about, whose gone before and the tales the walls could tell.

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By *etite_delightWoman
over a year ago

BunnyLand

ancient history lover here

Land of Mu and all lost civilisations

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Anything from 1800 onwards. Famous battles and not so famous ones. I've studied ww1 for years and years and consider myself a bit of an expert on it. "

I find battles so hard to remember and get into. Know which battle was which, when it happened, the causes, the after-effects on both sides. There's just so much to it

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By *ixedDevilMan
over a year ago

Bootyville

I find the French revolution and rise of napoleon pretty interesting. I like the period in Russian history around the 1917 mark with the rise of Lenin and the removal of the Tsars.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I have quite varied interests.

One area not covered is how particular industries have shaped the world. There is a very good book about the rise of the oil industry called 'The Prize'

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By *urovalMan
over a year ago

Grimsby

Normally I'm interested in ww1/2, however recently I've been reading into the swedish side of the 30 years war, which is fascinating to see how the tactics of Gustavus Adolfus are the forefather of modern strategy

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By *imon_hydeMan
over a year ago

Stockport

I love the medieval and Renaissance periods. Oh and the English civil war.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Anything Egyptian or medieval wars.

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By *a Fee VerteWoman
over a year ago

Limbo

I'm very interested in history of all types but veer towards social history in particular. I find the lives of 'ordinary' people fascinating, no matter what the era, location or culture. And I especially like reading about cultures dissimilar to my own because they expand your mind and give you food for thought. History doesn't have to be 'big' to catch my attention, a passing remark on a TV show or a short reference to something in a news story will often set me off on a mission to find out more about the most obscure of topics - a long ago demolished building or an all but forgotten local industry.

Having said that I do particularly enjoy the history of language development, London's past, its Tube system (and railways generally), and historical map reading - not just appreciating older maps but using and comparing successive versions to gauge changes across time. I'm very happy to spend time at well known historical landmarks or museums holding wonderful artefacts (British Museum and V&A spring immediately to mind) but if you open your eyes (and remember to look up) you'll usually find interesting remnants of the past everywhere. I get a real kick out of spotting that kind of thing and consequently researching its significance. For me, the best thing about history is how accessible it actually is - the way it's so often taught seems so narrow (understandable up to a point as it's a vast subject but it can also be deliberately narrow to present ideologies) and I'm sure that puts a lot of people off because no one's ever really pointed out it can be whatever you want it to be, pick any topic or person that interests you or is relevant to you as an individual and you can learn more about it/them by delving into its history. So many people think it's about a relatively narrow range of 'important' dates but although I have a very good recall for dates myself and enjoy quiz show questions because of it, it's so much more than that and contrary to popular belief amongst some it does have something for everyone.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

World ancient history/geography, early civilisations and 1850-1950, massive changes in human history.

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By *eoeclipseWoman
over a year ago

glasgow

"I enjoy reading about Elizabeth 1st her life and times and Tudor history in general. I also have a keen interest in pre-history in particular the bronze age.

Nice. Bronze Age was very interesting to be fair. I’ve recently started educating myself on more modern times. But always enjoy reading about rise and fall of empires.

Ok, any particular empire?

Right now it has to be the link between Egyptian and Roman Empire how the power shift occurred and how the Egyptians lost power and how they were concurred. "

I love ancient egypt & rome too, What I'd really love to knwo is where the heck all the advanced Egyptian knowledge went, especially medical. there's a scroll in new yourk with isn't far off what procedures are today, some is more advanced to the point surgeons are following their lead...obsidian scalpels = less scarring

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The Great War

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By *inaTitzTV/TS
over a year ago

Titz Towers, North Notts

I'm an expert on Early Medieval English history. c410 - 1066.

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By *icecouple561Couple
Forum Mod
over a year ago

East Sussex

"I'm an expert on Early Medieval English history. c410 - 1066."

Are you! Respect to you. I've a few books on this period waiting to be read.

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By *adame 2SwordsWoman
over a year ago

Victoria, London

I'm enjoying typing 'documentary' into YouTube search, and lets see where we go.

Done Russian history, China, various true crime, technicology, discovered in more detail bands and music. Love it.

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By *rive u crazyMan
over a year ago

Sheffield

What amazes you so much about Manchester being so heavily involved in the industrial revolution? Just curious

I like the history of men and women that worked, the ingenuity that was used to improve the machines and the industrial processes. History is not just conquerors wars. And I'm an engineer, I like to look at the solution that they found

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By *iablo soloWoman
over a year ago

southside

Lover of Tudor times here! Well just English history in general much prefer it to Irish history!

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By *atnip make me purrWoman
over a year ago

Reading

I find the White ship and the effect of its sinking precipitated a fascinating time in English history.

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By *ostguy321Man
over a year ago

Princes Risborough

I love history in all its forms but have a passion for early Greece and the rise of Rome.

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By *konCouple
over a year ago

cardiff

All of it

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By *ools and the brainCouple
over a year ago

couple, us we him her.

I love the pre lockdown history.

Did you know people used to go to a place called a "pub" and drink alcohol with friends and family??

Amazing I know!!!

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By *naswingdressWoman
over a year ago

Manchester (she/her)

Classical Greece. Almost any social or legal history.

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By *iablo soloWoman
over a year ago

southside

"I love the pre lockdown history.

Did you know people used to go to a place called a "pub" and drink alcohol with friends and family??

Amazing I know!!!"

That's years n years ago!

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By *ools and the brainCouple
over a year ago

couple, us we him her.

But I do love reading about the ottoman empire.

And the sacking of Constantinople and the Byzantium era.

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By *hampagne_Supernova_91Man
over a year ago

Manchester

I enjoy watching/reading about The Romans and also World War 2. Also anything regarding Chernobyl is really interesting!

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By *ud and BryanCouple
over a year ago

Boston, Lincolnshire

The late medieval period for us.

We reenact life during the reign of Kings Henry IV, V & VI

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By *ostguy321Man
over a year ago

Princes Risborough

"But I do love reading about the ottoman empire.

And the sacking of Constantinople and the Byzantium era."
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Great period, especially the siege of Rhodes and Malta

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By *ackformore100Man
over a year ago

Tin town

"Do we have any history lovers. What’s your favourite historical topic?"

Yes.. Modern history.. When we used to be able to meet work and have fun...

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By *ud and BryanCouple
over a year ago

Boston, Lincolnshire

"Medieval and I have armour

used to renanctment"

Used to? If you fancy getting back into it, we run a small but friendly society.

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By *2000ManMan
over a year ago

Worthing

Tudor history is interesting.

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By *rive u crazyMan
over a year ago

Sheffield

"I'm very interested in history of all types but veer towards social history in particular. I find the lives of 'ordinary' people fascinating, no matter what the era, location or culture. And I especially like reading about cultures dissimilar to my own because they expand your mind and give you food for thought."

I couldn't agree more

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Do we have any history lovers. What’s your favourite historical topic?"
you like hash?

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By *ty31Man
over a year ago

NW London

I've a few books of London history, a history of British pub names and about gangsters like Billy Hill and Jack Spot.

I've read a few of Max Hastings books on Vietnam and Korea.

I'm more interested in more modern history than ancient or medieval stuff. I like reading about how we came to be at the point we are at and the events that shaped the world today.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I work with historic buildings on a daily basis and love it. Our local history is so fascinating and brings so many interesting & unique stories.

Like recently dealt with a site thats connected to Sir Banastre Tarleton - google him!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Egyptian and Greeks are the ones that intrigue me the most

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By *sianmale89Man
over a year ago

Stockport

I love reading up on history from various parts off it as I like to read up on different parts off world history but it can differentiate depending on who wrote what you are reading and their point of view...

I’ve read pretty much most subjects from Roman empires to ottomans, African nations/tribes etc, Far East history particularly in Japan or China though one day I would like to read up on Genghis khan..

To medieval Europe/ Russia all the way to the previous century I.e. Romanovs/Lenin/rasputin , WW1 - WW2 or the dark ages/plague or the Prussian empires and so forth..

Reading up on systems such as from the rise off capitalism to say socialism/communist systems or the teachings off Marx (no I’m not into socialism etc I just like to read up on various parts off history)

Once I finish reading up on Marx I’m going to focus on reading up on Imperial Japan, 5,000 year history on African tribal nations, Latin America and the civilisations such as the Mayans, genghis khan or the Middle East...

Off course as well reading up on the North Americas with the Natives and the pilgrims, sla.very , civil war, founding fathers, independence etc..

Oh my I’m going on quite a bit and off course reading up on my own personal heritage regarding South Asia with the British raj and before that...

Medieval Britain was quite interesting to read up about too from the paganism to the warring tribes and the systems in place

Man oh man I could go on being a history enthusiast but then we would be here all night..

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By *ove2pleaseseukMan
over a year ago

Hastings

Not read all the post but love the Roman period they invented concreat how did we go from houses with floors back to mud hurts etc it's so interesting. But when you look at the persecution it's upsetting

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Can I recommend two Bill Bryson books

(1) Home - a historical investigation of how our homes have evolved

(2) Summer 1927 - the Lindbergh Atlantic attempt and other events of that year

Both fascinating funny and enthralling

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By *orny PTMan
over a year ago

Peterborough

"I've been reading alot of alternative history, what if this happened instead of that, thrown in with some actual facts"

Did that include things like?:

If Hitler had won WWWII

The Chinese invent glass, instead of the West

If the World wars never happened

Pythagorus/Hero discovered steam power and put it to good use.

All these things could have happened, but something else did.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I love many periods of history, but have a real love for the Plantagenets.

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By *inky_couple2020Couple
over a year ago

North West

What amazes you so much about Manchester being so heavily involved in the industrial revolution? Just curious

I take it you've had a good look in the Museum of Science and Industry? Some nice examples there plus The Rocket was there last time I went. There's a bunch of other key sites nearby too, like Quarry Bank Mill, where you can explore the industrial history (in normal times!)

I used to take students on tours of Manchester, taking in all the industrial revolution bits as well as earlier history.

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By *razzyhorseMan
over a year ago

cambridge

"I love many periods of history, but have a real love for the Plantagenets."

But which side are you on?

The anglo saxon period is shrouded in the unknown & mythical perhaps thats why it appeals to me...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I love many periods of history, but have a real love for the Plantagenets.

But which side are you on?

The anglo saxon period is shrouded in the unknown & mythical perhaps thats why it appeals to me... "

House of York, obvs.

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By *sianmale89Man
over a year ago

Stockport

Oooooh I almost forgot to add this at the time as my mind was going through an information overload akin to the opening off Pandora’s box in terms of history subjects I have read and enjoyed over the years...

Piracy and its effects on maritime trade and merchants ergo the deployment off the naval forces particularly the marines to combat their efforts..

Followed by smuggling and its either benefits or also consequences..

Inventions as well I find it interesting to read up on how things were created/invented from trial and error planning with proposals and eventual executions off the plans which made the inventions/items a success which we still use these days..

Espionage/politics it’s interesting to see how political and espionage agendas have influenced the world since ancient times be it rise in forms such as coups, elections, oustings, proxy wars, black mail, armed contras, assassinations, surveillance etc etc..

Even reading up on natural disasters or climate effects from severe weather recordings, floods, typhoons, famine, plague etc to reading up on mythology and its origins/influence on the world...

Finally to end what I’m saying war, a very much unpleasant/dark part off human history but none the less very important to learn it’s causes/effects and outcomes overall...

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By *rystal DreamtimeTV/TS
over a year ago

horsham

At the moment it seems to be Revolution . Watched a five part series on the Cuban revolution which sparked the current interest .. Fascinating

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By *inaTitzTV/TS
over a year ago

Titz Towers, North Notts

The anglo saxon period is shrouded in the unknown & mythical perhaps thats why it appeals to me... "

That's the period I'm an expert on. There is so much that is uncertain, from the Adventus, the early careers of Penda and Eowa, the circumstances surrounding the murder of Osthryth, the antipathy of Winchester to Aethelstan, I could go on. It's a fascinating age.

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By *isfits behaving badlyCouple
over a year ago

Coventry

I often get stuck down Historic rabbit holes. At the moment I'm fascinated by how the Victorians laid communications cables across the globe. And by making it possible to make global communications almost instant, rather than days transformed the world over night. Crazy in an age of steam to think of Queen Victoria and the president of the USA having a phone conversation. Often over looked but the telecommunications of the Victoria era is one of the biggest and most important leap forwards in human history.

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By *rystal DreamtimeTV/TS
over a year ago

horsham

“Reading up on systems such as from the rise off capitalism to say socialism/communist systems or the teachings off Marx (no I’m not into socialism etc I just like to read up on various parts off history) “

It seems to be a common theme that if one reads up on Karl Marx , one then feels obliged to point out that one is not a socialist or even more extreme a communist .

I’ve encountered this a few times as I have spoke to friends and colleagues regarding my interest in Cuba and in particular Guevara, whom as a person I find very interesting indeed and to some degree admire ..not least for his tenacity . I’m painted at times as a Wolfie Smith type character for showing an interest in such ..It does amaze me though at how much , particularly “ Marx is held in some type of fear ..Interesting though to hear what a non socialist , whom reads to learn and because of interest , conclusion to Marx is

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I love the pre lockdown history.

Did you know people used to go to a place called a "pub" and drink alcohol with friends and family??

Amazing I know!!!"

Dont know if it’s true but I’ve heard they were even allowed to go out in groups without wearing a mask or washing their hands every half hour

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By *sianmale89Man
over a year ago

Stockport

"“Reading up on systems such as from the rise off capitalism to say socialism/communist systems or the teachings off Marx (no I’m not into socialism etc I just like to read up on various parts off history) “

It seems to be a common theme that if one reads up on Karl Marx , one then feels obliged to point out that one is not a socialist or even more extreme a communist .

The human mind or way off thinking differs some jump to conclusions or go to the nearest thought process which comes to mind instead off at times wondering what it is that particularly intrigues one to read up on it....comes down to human nature /mindset and it’s association off certain topics in life.

Reading up on different social or economic systems from capitalism to socialism/communism I find educates my mind on the various pros and cons off both..

Ultimately capitalism is more successful due to its freedom off trade or ownership as compared to the latter but like anything else in life it is full off faults and down sides but the pros more out weigh the cons..

Hence forth that is reason why history has shown that capitalism has thrived more around the world as compared to communism or socialism which lets face it if it was successful or more prominent it would overshadow or be implement more across world wide nations..

I also enjoyed reading in the past about civil rights not limited to one country or group but various causes ranging from the history off it to what brought it forward and it’s effects/conclusion and the current changes which took place in part off it..

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By *rive u crazyMan
over a year ago

Sheffield

What amazes you so much about Manchester being so heavily involved in the industrial revolution? Just curious

I used to take students on tours of Manchester, taking in all the industrial revolution bits as well as earlier history."

I've visited MOSI a few times. Wonderful. Never been at the Quarry Bank Mill. I'll definitely go there as soon as it will be possible again. Thanks

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Do we have any history lovers. What’s your favourite historical topic?"

The Easter rising

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By *ildbillkidMan
over a year ago

where the road goes on forever

There is a series of books by eric flint starting with "1632" a town from modern times transported to Germany during the 30 years war

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I've been reading alot of alternative history, what if this happened instead of that, thrown in with some actual facts

I read about this I’m sure. Is this where they found village and all the houses has the entrances on the roof?

It is certainly interesting but I'm not sure in what way it changes our whole history? Certainly it is evidence of communal activity earlier than once thought.

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By *inky_couple2020Couple
over a year ago

North West

What amazes you so much about Manchester being so heavily involved in the industrial revolution? Just curious

I used to take students on tours of Manchester, taking in all the industrial revolution bits as well as earlier history.

I've visited MOSI a few times. Wonderful. Never been at the Quarry Bank Mill. I'll definitely go there as soon as it will be possible again. Thanks"

Have a read about the Angel Meadows area of Manchester too, lots of very interesting history and places you can still wander around today, to some extent.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I've been reading alot of alternative history, what if this happened instead of that, thrown in with some actual facts

I read about this I’m sure. Is this where they found village and all the houses has the entrances on the roof?

It is certainly interesting but I'm not sure in what way it changes our whole history? Certainly it is evidence of communal activity earlier than once thought.

Mr"

This is more than “communal activity” this is mass building on a grand scale. This predates what was originally thought to be the earliest civilisations by thousands of years. If this is the case we’ve seen how humans have advanced in the last 6000 years especially in the last 100 or so years but if there were civilisations even further back then who knows how advanced they became before a global cataclysmic event wiped them out? If an asteroid hit today who’d be the people more likely to survive? Wouldn’t be us it would be the Hunter gatherer like tribes in the Amazon etc whod have to start the story again.

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By *eoeclipseWoman
over a year ago

glasgow

"I've been reading alot of alternative history, what if this happened instead of that, thrown in with some actual facts

I read about this I’m sure. Is this where they found village and all the houses has the entrances on the roof?

It is certainly interesting but I'm not sure in what way it changes our whole history? Certainly it is evidence of communal activity earlier than once thought.

that is very true, most things way back when were made of bio degradable materials so its unlikely we'll never find some things, lots were using science like light bouncing off mirrors to light a room with a tiny window.

I agree it will be those hunter gathers and those who carry those gene traits will recreate what gets destroys.

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By *erriAnneTV/TS
over a year ago

The shire

"Anything from 1800 onwards. Famous battles and not so famous ones. I've studied ww1 for years and years and consider myself a bit of an expert on it.

I find battles so hard to remember and get into. Know which battle was which, when it happened, the causes, the after-effects on both sides. There's just so much to it

That's the whole reason why I love it so much. Its not as simple as some people make out. The complexities of it all is so fascinating.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Love a bit of history.

Victorian times, WW2 and the memory of our sex life being particular favourites.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I've been reading alot of alternative history, what if this happened instead of that, thrown in with some actual facts

I read about this I’m sure. Is this where they found village and all the houses has the entrances on the roof?

It is certainly interesting but I'm not sure in what way it changes our whole history? Certainly it is evidence of communal activity earlier than once thought.

I agree it will be those hunter gathers and those who carry those gene traits will recreate what gets destroys. "

Very much so. They probably decided against using such materials like plastic that harm the planet. If humans disappeared today everything about us would be wiped from the earth within 1000 years l apart from monuments like the pyramids etc.

Modern humans have been on earth for 200,000 and we are supposed to believe that in the last 6000 we have been civilised? What’s been going on for the past 194,000 years and why this sudden acceleration?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

History doctorate candidate here! I’m doing my doctoral thesis on the social and political impact remembrance has had on Britain.

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By *avidgeorge68Man
over a year ago

wakefield

I like the history of world war 2 Korea and Vietnam! Era's

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By *appycouple300Couple
over a year ago

North Dorset

WW2 fascinates me. Been on many battlefield studies and always find different angles to study.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I love all types of history and know loads of random facts

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I've been reading alot of alternative history, what if this happened instead of that, thrown in with some actual facts

I read about this I’m sure. Is this where they found village and all the houses has the entrances on the roof?

It is certainly interesting but I'm not sure in what way it changes our whole history? Certainly it is evidence of communal activity earlier than once thought.

I agree it will be those hunter gathers and those who carry those gene traits will recreate what gets destroys.

One of the reasons given for the acceleration is farming. Until you farm you you don't have spare energy for civilisations. The energy you get from hunter/gathering is what you need to survive. When you farm, one man can grow enough calories to power himself farming plus others who can do other jobs beside produce food. This gives you the ability to have soldiers, scientists, teachers, priests etc etc none of whom spend their working life finding food to eat.

To decide not to use plastic because it is harmful for the planet implies knowing what plastic is and that requires equipment and artifacts that would show up in such digs. The fact we only find stone suggests there was no metal in use (even though iron rusts it would leave a trace, gold, aluminium and others would likely survive). It seems highly unlikely that a civilisation that hadn't found aluminium would know how to make (and decide not to use) plastic.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I've been reading alot of alternative history, what if this happened instead of that, thrown in with some actual facts

I read about this I’m sure. Is this where they found village and all the houses has the entrances on the roof?

It is certainly interesting but I'm not sure in what way it changes our whole history? Certainly it is evidence of communal activity earlier than once thought.

I agree it will be those hunter gathers and those who carry those gene traits will recreate what gets destroys.

Mr"

In which at these ancient sites dated thousands of years before what academically accepted as start of mass agriculture is evidence of mass farming. So if there was mass farming up to 6000 years before initially thought the whole human timeline changes therefore it’s not unreasonable to suggest a civilisation perhaps reached a higher level than initially thought. And when a mass extinction level event occurred (which has happened many times to the earth) very small amounts of these advanced humans survived and colonised remaining Hunter gatherer tribes left on earth. I mean us as advanced humans flying to the Amazon in our helicopters with our current tech and “magic” medicine would seem god like to these people that haven’t seen the world outside of their tribe... we’d almost be described as gods by them... but that’s a slightly different rabbit hole to go down haha

If humans became extinct now in a thousand years time they’d be nothing on earth to show we were here apart maybe some megalithic structures.

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By *agneto.Man
over a year ago

Bham

20s, rise of national socialism, ww2.

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By *inky_couple2020Couple
over a year ago

North West

I can assure you if modern humans died off tomorrow, there's plenty in the earth or on the earth to highlight our existence.

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over a year ago

"I can assure you if modern humans died off tomorrow, there's plenty in the earth or on the earth to highlight our existence."

Apart from stone architecture they’d be very little. Yes they’d still be signs on 50/100 years. When you get to a few thousand years even cities would be barely visible or anything remaining that could be easily found.

This also highlights the issue with a lot of our info being stored online or on “the cloud”. A lot of our knowledge is no longer printed in books or into stone etc. If there was a mass extinction this would cause serious issues.

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By *revaunanceCouple
over a year ago

Exeter

More or less anything from the Napoleonic period onwards.

Currently reading 'An east end farewell - memoirs of an apprentice undetaker during the blitz'.

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By *inky_couple2020Couple
over a year ago

North West

"I can assure you if modern humans died off tomorrow, there's plenty in the earth or on the earth to highlight our existence.

We've built loads of metal framed buildings, metal transport things like aeroplanes, ships, cars etc. These things won't just disappear. There will always be a layer of soil that contains the rubbish we leave, much of which is not biodegradable, like plastics, metals and other artificially created materials. We sift through the rubbish heaps of Vikings, Romans etc to understand their lives and they had far less in the way of enduring material to leave. The silicone chips and rare earth elements that comprise modern electronics are also going precisely nowhere for many thousands of years (or ever, in some cases). We're leaving nuclear reactors, nuclear bombs, nuclear waste etc etc. We've left an indelible mark on the earth since, say 1945 and it will be observed long into the future of civilisation.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I can assure you if modern humans died off tomorrow, there's plenty in the earth or on the earth to highlight our existence.

Plastics would but again over thousand of years will degrade and yes radiation and also oil spills will occur.

Anything metal would be gone in a few hundred years and since that’s all we build with nowadays there won’t be much.

In a space of say 5000 years in the scheme of human history on earth that’s like a 5 minutes. Not much is left of life from 150,000 years ago and it’ll be the same for us.

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By *inky_couple2020Couple
over a year ago

North West

What metal will be gone in a few hundred years?! It might change shape, some metals will tarnish and rust but it's not going to disappear, dissolve or biodegrade!

We dig up metals from the iron age and bronze age now, almost as good as the day it was buried, especially if buried in an oxygen free environment.

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over a year ago

"What metal will be gone in a few hundred years?! It might change shape, some metals will tarnish and rust but it's not going to disappear, dissolve or biodegrade!

We dig up metals from the iron age and bronze age now, almost as good as the day it was buried, especially if buried in an oxygen free environment."

I’m meaning left standing.

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By *inky_couple2020Couple
over a year ago

North West

"What metal will be gone in a few hundred years?! It might change shape, some metals will tarnish and rust but it's not going to disappear, dissolve or biodegrade!

We dig up metals from the iron age and bronze age now, almost as good as the day it was buried, especially if buried in an oxygen free environment.

I’m meaning left standing. "

It'll eventually be buried or whatever but we dig up the remains of houses from all eras and make a bunch of assumptions about wooden postholes (after the wood has rotted away) and the like. Modern buildings are far more permanent and will definitely be observable in some form for many thousands of years. Just the foundations we dig, the massive mix of metals, brick, plastic panels etc etc. Ceramic or slate roof tiles on houses. Etc.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"What metal will be gone in a few hundred years?! It might change shape, some metals will tarnish and rust but it's not going to disappear, dissolve or biodegrade!

We dig up metals from the iron age and bronze age now, almost as good as the day it was buried, especially if buried in an oxygen free environment.

I’m meaning left standing.

With metal buildings without maintenance nature will take over and with rain fall they won’t last as long as you think in their current format. Structures would become compromised.

It’s amazing how we are finding massive structures and agriculture thousands of years before we thought possible. Therefore it’s a possibility that human civilisations stretch back even further

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By *eoeclipseWoman
over a year ago

glasgow

"I've been reading alot of alternative history, what if this happened instead of that, thrown in with some actual facts

I read about this I’m sure. Is this where they found village and all the houses has the entrances on the roof?

It is certainly interesting but I'm not sure in what way it changes our whole history? Certainly it is evidence of communal activity earlier than once thought.

I agree it will be those hunter gathers and those who carry those gene traits will recreate what gets destroys.

If humans became extinct now in a thousand years time they’d be nothing on earth to show we were here apart maybe some megalithic structures."

I doubt they would have bothered to look for oil (never mind equipment)...since it would be most likened to tar which other than a brilliant glue is dangerous so probably would have stayed away from it out of fear.

the reason why they believe farming started 6000 years ago is mesa whatsitcalled is because they have traced the genetics of grains like barley and wheat and found them relating to grasses found in dig sites etc. before this point there is no evidence suggesting purposeful farming, definitely the pureing of certain grasses to produce more grains but I agree with the other post suggesting that there just maybe no evidence for this, they may have planted in certain areas knowing both them and grazing animals migrated for summer/winter basically the same as the samo still do they follow the reindeer migration using yurks, they wouldn't leave traces, same with native tipees. That may be why we aren't finding settlements as such because you'd basically be looking for toilet area and a firepit that would be used each year upon return...bit of a needle in a haystack tbh.

villages and perm settlements maybe, but given how advanced the Egyptians, myan, inca etc were with medical & engineering, I doubt that the timeline is absolute. we are so far behind with natural engineering because we became so obsessed with machines and simply forgot, witch hunts, wars etc never help either.

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By *olly_chromaticTV/TS
over a year ago

Stockport

"I can assure you if modern humans died off tomorrow, there's plenty in the earth or on the earth to highlight our existence.

It is true though that there is vast amounts of current "documented" knowledge and culture that is doomed to be lost over time spans of only tens of years, even without any regression of civilisation. Today we have pictures and writings that have survived from thousands of years ago, symbols on stone can last for geological length periods, on vellum or even paper for hundreds of years. But information that is only stored in computers and on electronic media have built in obsolescence, the information is irretrievable the moment that the machines to access it are no longer available. Which does not take very long in the grand scheme of things.

I personally still have a few boxes of 3.5 inch floppy disks with old data on them; but no computer made in the last ten years has a floppy disk drive. I happen to still have an old drive that I could fit in a computer if I really needed to, but in just a few years I'm sure that the computer operating systems won't even know how to work such an obsolete piece of electronics.

When I was at university, dissertations and theses were printed and bound as books - the hardware and software to use these (the human eye and the ability to read) is not going obsolete. But the majority of academic texts are now only produced as PDF files. If stored in "the cloud" these can be lost for ever just by a cloud company making an error when upgrading its systems. But even if private copies are made on ones own personal media, and copied from one generation of media to another (floppy disks to DAT tapes, to CDs, to hard drives, to USB memory sticks, to SD cards, to micro SD cards...) the software needed to understand the PDF data format will be gone within just a few tens of years at most. Anybody got any WORDSTAR word processor files? The files may still exist, but I very much doubt there is a computer anywhere that is still capable of running the WORDSTAR program

A thousand years in the future, my guess is that the historians will have a wealth of information from pre-history right up to about 2000. But from 2000 onwards, only the tiny proportion of knowledge that gets committed to paper and specifically preserved for posterity. All the day-to-day records of ordinary people will be nothing but bits and bytes that have blown away in the wind...

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over a year ago

"I can assure you if modern humans died off tomorrow, there's plenty in the earth or on the earth to highlight our existence.

You put into words than my basic mind could ever do! Haha even an advanced civilisation years ahead of us would struggle to access our info today for your very reasons. The old way of stone is the best way.

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By *inky_couple2020Couple
over a year ago

North West

"I can assure you if modern humans died off tomorrow, there's plenty in the earth or on the earth to highlight our existence.

But the Beetham Tower will remain as an obvious obelisk designed to bring early 21st century Mancunians closer to our gods. Some of the gods dressed in blue religious garb, others in red

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By *eoeclipseWoman
over a year ago

glasgow

life after people from history channel is a good one to watch to see how long our modern structures would last....compared to those with out metal ours are just pish for longevity.

rust is my arch enemy, i'm forever fighting it on my cars & no, steel will not last even a hundred years if it isn't oxygen free.

the greek paladium (big one on hill in athens) was built using steel braces and it is these that rot and causes the collapses

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By *naswingdressWoman
over a year ago

Manchester (she/her)

Many underestimate how much ancient historians make, and from how little.

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By *hunky GentMan
over a year ago

Maldon and Peterborough

The Romans

What have they ever done for us???

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By *eoeclipseWoman
over a year ago

glasgow

"The Romans

What have they ever done for us???

destroyed the place...they didn't bring roads or half the shit we think they did, most has been proven to be no more than either a designed story or were just missing puzzles pieces, we have older ones discovered here in the UK, Petra was epic engineering & long before rome.

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over a year ago

Below is a great video by Graham Hancock about gobekli tepe and the impact it has on what perceive to be our history. Give it a watch guys and let me know what you think!

https://youtu.be/LVfttDdtN2A

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By *eoeclipseWoman
over a year ago

glasgow

"Below is a great video by Graham Hancock about gobekli tepe and the impact it has on what perceive to be our history. Give it a watch guys and let me know what you think!

https://youtu.be/LVfttDdtN2A"

It is interesting, However there is the Egyptian god Thoth who is meant to have said "not all knowledge is for that of humans" and the egyptian priests were the only ones privy to information specifically relating to Thoth (knowledge, wisdom, moon, writing, magic)

Now on one hand you could say they were censoring the media/information known or it could be the wisdom being kept secret to prevent the Atlantis event. we have no idea what happen to most of these very advanced societies that were completely obliterated with no apparent reason so we know it was sudden which usually means a unexpected natural event like Pompeii.

even the medical knowledge the Egyptians had was lost and hidden when Rome brought their presence to close, and look what rome done to the world...they annihilated it and absolutely driven by greed and power...not people you would give scientific knowledge to. could compare it to Kim & his Nukes...

Why the hell Einstein did not burn those damn plans entirely, we'll never know.

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By *eoeclipseWoman
over a year ago

glasgow

so glad I have the hunter gatherer gene though (adhd), it has been out of proper care taker use for too long

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By *orraine999Woman
over a year ago

Somewhere

WWII Battles of the Pacific

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over a year ago

"Below is a great video by Graham Hancock about gobekli tepe and the impact it has on what perceive to be our history. Give it a watch guys and let me know what you think!

https://youtu.be/LVfttDdtN2A

Why the hell Einstein did not burn those damn plans entirely, we'll never know."

Geologists have dated a cataclysmic event in a asteroid strike which is precisely the date Plato states that Atlantis was wiped out. It would have caused dramatic and instant destruction for large part of the earth. Now either it’s pure chance or Plato was able to date an geological proven event 9000 years before his time. He briefly touches on it in the video.

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By *orraine999Woman
over a year ago

Somewhere

"life after people from history channel is a good one to watch to see how long our modern structures would last....compared to those with out metal ours are just pish for longevity.

rust is my arch enemy, i'm forever fighting it on my cars & no, steel will not last even a hundred years if it isn't oxygen free.

the greek paladium (big one on hill in athens) was built using steel braces and it is these that rot and causes the collapses "

Life After People is a brilliant series

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By *eoeclipseWoman
over a year ago

glasgow

I actually just thought of similar advances that may have been in egypt.

you know the bird in a cage thing on string (it's in sleepy hollow) well the same method can be used as a centrifuge for separating out plasma from blood and as far as we have found the Egyptians were the first to have glass so they could have made a microscope, DNA can be extracted rather easily too, alcohol and a tiny bit of heat & hey presto there the building blocks right there...could be why their civilization fell though if I go by Thoth's words & Plato's tales.

some folk have a very keen eye for detail and most of their medical equipment although copper is the exact same or very similar designs to those in our operating theatres right now!

who ever claimed patent on them...your a fibber unless your thousands of years old

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over a year ago

"I actually just thought of similar advances that may have been in egypt.

some folk have a very keen eye for detail and most of their medical equipment although copper is the exact same or very similar designs to those in our operating theatres right now!

who ever claimed patent on them...your a fibber unless your thousands of years old

Haha do the ancient Egyptians accept PayPal?

It’s very interesting all of this. Even some materials and metallurgy in the pyramids perhaps points to use of electricity using hydro power too.

History isn’t exactly what they’ve written in text books for the past 100 years.

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By *eoeclipseWoman
over a year ago

glasgow

"I actually just thought of similar advances that may have been in egypt.

some folk have a very keen eye for detail and most of their medical equipment although copper is the exact same or very similar designs to those in our operating theatres right now!

who ever claimed patent on them...your a fibber unless your thousands of years old

Haha do the ancient Egyptians accept PayPal?

It’s very interesting all of this. Even some materials and metallurgy in the pyramids perhaps points to use of electricity using hydro power too.

History isn’t exactly what they’ve written in text books for the past 100 years. "

definitely they have for want of a better phrase 'white man washed' it

they had canals built to transport the stones, as for a right angle look at your thumb! you can make one right there and one of the very few in nature...that is our gift.

erm well I've seen hemp solar panels and batteries which are fairly simple

I mean acid...hmm lemons, oranges etc, cooper, check away you go. silver nitrate for mirrors, melted silver + tea leaves.

all the things we have are in nature we just lost HOW to harness them.

Cannot figure the gasses in a bulb...yet..the bulb glass is easy, unless they used methane...waste bio digester that is sealed and has pipes (cane tubes maybe) to travel it through....you know same thing they are suggesting we go back to now for our energy needs.

and I better stop telling secrets or Thoth will come get me...opps

not until the world is less greedy & power hungry anyway

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Indeed.

Pyramids themselves and how they were built must’ve have taken some ancient tech that we haven’t found traces of. To haul stones that big up that height as Graham Hancock would say “would need to be a big fucking ramp” talking miles long.

I’m just looking into the Thoth texts and Hermes from the Hermetic scripts etc. Very interesting thanks for pointing me towards them.

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By *eoeclipseWoman
over a year ago

glasgow

"Indeed.

I’m just looking into the Thoth texts and Hermes from the Hermetic scripts etc. Very interesting thanks for pointing me towards them. "

They have just solved the stone henge theory, they were pulled on rolling logs, island sites used sea (orkney/shetland etc), tbh its all about technique and physics, i'm tiny, look like little strength but can pull 2.2t truck lol

its the same if you look to Quackers, who we term as 'red necks' (cant think of a better term sorry & i do some thing they do) etc in America ask them to move a barn without machines... a whole town & a few logs will move that building no problem, we are just manually lazy.

if you could secure a strong a frame structure and pulley systems (hemp ropes, wooden carved pullies, imported timber, its all just leverage.

doesn't help hemp has been banned for near 100 years! need a fecking license to grow it even for the fibres and seeds, never mind the flower power medicine and soil regen properties...opps more secrets.

(jeez even forgots its name there..stupid adhd)

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over a year ago

"Indeed.

I’m just looking into the Thoth texts and Hermes from the Hermetic scripts etc. Very interesting thanks for pointing me towards them.

if you could secure a strong a frame structure and pulley systems (hemp ropes, wooden carved pullies, imported timber, its all just leverage.

(jeez even forgots its name there..stupid adhd) "

Well that’s another rabbit hole “flower power”.

Use of psychedelics in turn accelerated our growth and progression and have us art and expression and a sense of spirituality. Plenty of evidence of use of these drugs in human history like Moses and the burning bush etc.

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By *eoeclipseWoman
over a year ago

glasgow

"Indeed.

I’m just looking into the Thoth texts and Hermes from the Hermetic scripts etc. Very interesting thanks for pointing me towards them.

if you could secure a strong a frame structure and pulley systems (hemp ropes, wooden carved pullies, imported timber, its all just leverage.

(jeez even forgots its name there..stupid adhd)

Well that’s another rabbit hole “flower power”.

absolutely, the problem now is how they are used like to hide pains rather than to open the mind (I smoke believe it or not to shut mine up or i'll go quantum and back

)

some were always meant as medicines like poppy seed morphine aka heroin or coca plants for high accents (mountain tops) probably for rare plants etc.

lsd/ecstasy = cactus & many others again have medical purpose but are misused so much.

then there's things like yoga/martial arts etc & consciousness ...just wow.

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over a year ago

"Indeed.

I’m just looking into the Thoth texts and Hermes from the Hermetic scripts etc. Very interesting thanks for pointing me towards them.

if you could secure a strong a frame structure and pulley systems (hemp ropes, wooden carved pullies, imported timber, its all just leverage.

(jeez even forgots its name there..stupid adhd)

Well that’s another rabbit hole “flower power”.

absolutely, the problem now is how they are used like to hide pains rather than to open the mind (I smoke believe it or not to shut mine up or i'll go quantum and back

)

some were always meant as medicines like poppy seed morphine aka heroin or coca plants for high accents (mountain tops) probably for rare plants etc.

lsd/ecstasy = cactus & many others again have medical purpose but are misused so much.

then there's things like yoga/martial arts etc & consciousness ...just wow. "
.

It’s a war on consciousness I believe.

They’d rather people get hooked on prescription drugs in order to keep us in line instead of using natural herbs etc to cure pain and aid our mental thinking.

Evidence of Greeks and Romans spiking their wine and beer for this too with hundreds of substances from ergot found on wheat to magic mushrooms.

Links into Thoth scripts. We’ve lost our connection to our spiritual selves and the universe.

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By *eoeclipseWoman
over a year ago

glasgow

"Indeed.

I’m just looking into the Thoth texts and Hermes from the Hermetic scripts etc. Very interesting thanks for pointing me towards them.

if you could secure a strong a frame structure and pulley systems (hemp ropes, wooden carved pullies, imported timber, its all just leverage.

(jeez even forgots its name there..stupid adhd)

Well that’s another rabbit hole “flower power”.

absolutely, the problem now is how they are used like to hide pains rather than to open the mind (I smoke believe it or not to shut mine up or i'll go quantum and back

)

some were always meant as medicines like poppy seed morphine aka heroin or coca plants for high accents (mountain tops) probably for rare plants etc.

lsd/ecstasy = cactus & many others again have medical purpose but are misused so much.

then there's things like yoga/martial arts etc & consciousness ...just wow. .

It’s a war on consciousness I believe.

They’d rather people get hooked on prescription drugs in order to keep us in line instead of using natural herbs etc to cure pain and aid our mental thinking.

Evidence of Greeks and Romans spiking their wine and beer for this too with hundreds of substances from ergot found on wheat to magic mushrooms.

Links into Thoth scripts. We’ve lost our connection to our spiritual selves and the universe. "

that is exactly it, teach them what to think, not how to think (see that often) has been going for last 100 odd years & its easy to get people to follow when they don't know how to think for themselves.

as in greek/rome were drugging folk to keep them dull? it wouldn't surprise me.

exactly, we're forgot we are part of, not rulers of. world wasn't made for just us and we are supposed to look after other beings.

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over a year ago

"Indeed.

I’m just looking into the Thoth texts and Hermes from the Hermetic scripts etc. Very interesting thanks for pointing me towards them.

if you could secure a strong a frame structure and pulley systems (hemp ropes, wooden carved pullies, imported timber, its all just leverage.

(jeez even forgots its name there..stupid adhd)

Well that’s another rabbit hole “flower power”.

absolutely, the problem now is how they are used like to hide pains rather than to open the mind (I smoke believe it or not to shut mine up or i'll go quantum and back

)

some were always meant as medicines like poppy seed morphine aka heroin or coca plants for high accents (mountain tops) probably for rare plants etc.

lsd/ecstasy = cactus & many others again have medical purpose but are misused so much.

then there's things like yoga/martial arts etc & consciousness ...just wow. .

It’s a war on consciousness I believe.

They’d rather people get hooked on prescription drugs in order to keep us in line instead of using natural herbs etc to cure pain and aid our mental thinking.

Evidence of Greeks and Romans spiking their wine and beer for this too with hundreds of substances from ergot found on wheat to magic mushrooms.

Links into Thoth scripts. We’ve lost our connection to our spiritual selves and the universe.

as in greek/rome were drugging folk to keep them dull? it wouldn't surprise me.

exactly, we're forgot we are part of, not rulers of. world wasn't made for just us and we are supposed to look after other beings. "

Oh the very opposite of dull. They’ve found ancient wine carriers and jugs from Greek times containing many different types of spiked wine many of which have been psychedelics. For instance they believe that spiked wine and beer was used at Eleusis just outside Athens where people went to “speak to the gods”. Joe rogan does a podcast with Hancock and another guy who’s specialises in this field. Really good watch.

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By *arbarianzCouple
over a year ago

BARNSTAPLE

We are big history nerds in this house (shock horror, another thing to be nerdy about!)

for K it's all about royalty and that side..

for T it's all about war and the military side of history

love it.

Specifically the Romans, Vikings, Alfred the great era!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I do love African American history and colonialism history

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By *Cocksucker84Man
over a year ago

newcastle

Events leading up to and culminating in the French Revolution. The bloodshed, the way that excessive wealth was hoarded by the aristocracy while people were digging up corpses in cemeteries in order to try and eat. The way they wiped everything from the ancien regime including the calendar to try and start from fresh. It all fascinates me.

Also think Catherine the Great's reign was interesting, and anything dealing with the holocaust.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I love reading about ancient Egypt, Greece, South America, also like to read about the evolution of old religions and civilisations.

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By *orny PTMan
over a year ago

Peterborough

"I love the pre lockdown history.

Did you know people used to go to a place called a "pub" and drink alcohol with friends and family??

Amazing I know!!!

Dont know if it’s true but I’ve heard they were even allowed to go out in groups without wearing a mask or washing their hands every half hour

and even travel to foreign beaches and have sex with selected strangers...lucky sods.

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By *ionelhutzMan
over a year ago

liverpool

20th century ..particularly around the nazis.Did a degree in history and 1 of the modules was about the final solution.

Also Russia,the revolution,the rise of stalin etc

The cold war is dead interesting too.

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By *naswingdressWoman
over a year ago

Manchester (she/her)

"20th century ..particularly around the nazis.Did a degree in history and 1 of the modules was about the final solution.

Also Russia,the revolution,the rise of stalin etc

The cold war is dead interesting too."

I occasionally tinker in modern history. Occasionally

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By *ools and the brainCouple
over a year ago

couple, us we him her.

"20th century ..particularly around the nazis.Did a degree in history and 1 of the modules was about the final solution.

Also Russia,the revolution,the rise of stalin etc

The cold war is dead interesting too.

I occasionally tinker in modern history. Occasionally

Yes and when you read about the rampage the allied forces went on regards women and the r word, following on from the liberation of Europe and the end of ww2.

Absolutely shocking

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By *naswingdressWoman
over a year ago

Manchester (she/her)

"20th century ..particularly around the nazis.Did a degree in history and 1 of the modules was about the final solution.

Also Russia,the revolution,the rise of stalin etc

The cold war is dead interesting too.

I occasionally tinker in modern history. Occasionally

Yes and when you read about the rampage the allied forces went on regards women and the r word, following on from the liberation of Europe and the end of ww2.

Absolutely shocking

It's hard to look at honestly, any period of history, and not get at least a little depressed about the human condition.

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By *ionelhutzMan
over a year ago

liverpool

"20th century ..particularly around the nazis.Did a degree in history and 1 of the modules was about the final solution.

Also Russia,the revolution,the rise of stalin etc

The cold war is dead interesting too.

I occasionally tinker in modern history. Occasionally

Yes and when you read about the rampage the allied forces went on regards women and the r word, following on from the liberation of Europe and the end of ww2.

Absolutely shocking

I think the Russians were quite bad but considering how much they had suffered at the hands of the nazis..

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By *ionelhutzMan
over a year ago

liverpool

"20th century ..particularly around the nazis.Did a degree in history and 1 of the modules was about the final solution.

Also Russia,the revolution,the rise of stalin etc

The cold war is dead interesting too.

I occasionally tinker in modern history. Occasionally

Yes and when you read about the rampage the allied forces went on regards women and the r word, following on from the liberation of Europe and the end of ww2.

Absolutely shocking

It's hard to look at honestly, any period of history, and not get at least a little depressed about the human condition."

I find a lot of history in this country is sanitised.

I'm not sure if this goes on in other countries or not.

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By *ackformore100Man
over a year ago

Tin town

"20th century ..particularly around the nazis.Did a degree in history and 1 of the modules was about the final solution.

Also Russia,the revolution,the rise of stalin etc

The cold war is dead interesting too.

I occasionally tinker in modern history. Occasionally

Yes and when you read about the rampage the allied forces went on regards women and the r word, following on from the liberation of Europe and the end of ww2.

Absolutely shocking

It's hard to look at honestly, any period of history, and not get at least a little depressed about the human condition."

Talking of the human condition. I watched a film called the Stanford prison experiment based on a true story... Amazing what we can be conditioned to do in a very short space of time...

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By *naswingdressWoman
over a year ago

Manchester (she/her)

"20th century ..particularly around the nazis.Did a degree in history and 1 of the modules was about the final solution.

Also Russia,the revolution,the rise of stalin etc

The cold war is dead interesting too.

I occasionally tinker in modern history. Occasionally

Yes and when you read about the rampage the allied forces went on regards women and the r word, following on from the liberation of Europe and the end of ww2.

Absolutely shocking

It's hard to look at honestly, any period of history, and not get at least a little depressed about the human condition.

I find a lot of history in this country is sanitised.

I'm not sure if this goes on in other countries or not."

Absolutely it does.

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By *naswingdressWoman
over a year ago

Manchester (she/her)

"20th century ..particularly around the nazis.Did a degree in history and 1 of the modules was about the final solution.

Also Russia,the revolution,the rise of stalin etc

The cold war is dead interesting too.

I occasionally tinker in modern history. Occasionally

Yes and when you read about the rampage the allied forces went on regards women and the r word, following on from the liberation of Europe and the end of ww2.

Absolutely shocking

It's hard to look at honestly, any period of history, and not get at least a little depressed about the human condition.

Talking of the human condition. I watched a film called the Stanford prison experiment based on a true story... Amazing what we can be conditioned to do in a very short space of time... "

For sure. A horrifying but very interesting criminological experiment.

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By *iamondCougarWoman
over a year ago

Norfuck! / Lincolnshire

I’m an Egyptology fan

I’m also interested in a few famous people from way back - Anne Boleyn, Catherine Parr, Anne Franks, Marie Antoinette and latterly Christine Keeler

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