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What is your favourite historical period?
Ancient Greece
Ancient Rome
Ancient Egypt
Other Ancient Period
Islamic Golden Age
High Middle Ages
The Renaissance
Other Middle Age Period
Age of Discovery
Tokugawa shogunate
Ottoman Empire
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World War 1
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Crazed Flagellant




Idaho (for now)

 carlos13th wrote:
Where did you have the time and money to get five degrees?

Scholarships, grants and loans at the undergraduate level.
Fellowships, government, personal labor and endowments at the graduate level.

If you are not doing most, if not all, of the screwing around that the average student at college and university stupidly participates in, then there is lots more of time to be of use.
I did date and even got married, but that did not detract from my time to learn.
Television is a great time waster; without needing to follow this and that, there is a lot more time to work with.
Computer gaming is another huge time gobbler.
Social networking is another time abuser.
Taking whole terms off is another time hole.
If more people looked at time as a spendable, but limited resource, they would be far more wiser in their expenditure of it.

Also I learned at an early age to like to read, and I do not mean just stories.
I am talking about enjoying reading as an activity.
Enjoying reading makes it much easier to be good at it and understand far more what you are reading, which also saves time.

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I see no Hammer of Sigmar?  
   
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Wales: Where the Men are Men and the sheep are Scared.

Thanks for answering. You seem pretty defensive though. I wasn't criticizing you, I was genuinely asking.



 
   
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Cosmic Joe





Seriously? No one voted for the Byzantine Empire? Oh, snap. Its not even on the list. Typical Western mentality. It combines Ancient Greece, Roman, Middle Ages and some Turkish thrown in. Its a fascinating history that isn't really taught in American, British or really any Western schools. You have Theodora, a prostitute turned Empress, Justinian II who was deposed and came back with an awesome mask to seek bloody revenge on his enemies. You have Basil the Bulgar slayer who won a battle against the Bulgarians and had them all blinded but left every tenth one with one eye so they could lead the rest back home to Bulgaria. When the Khan saw his shattered army, he had a stroke right there and died. Let's not forget the Viking body guards or ancient flame throwers!

Here's a little site by me that explains in comic fashion who they are.
http://minimumwagehistorian.com/2012/02/23/who-are-the-byzantines/

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Also, check out my history blog: Minimum Wage Historian, a fun place to check out history that often falls between the couch cushions. 
   
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Crazed Flagellant




Idaho (for now)

 carlos13th wrote:
Thanks for answering. You seem pretty defensive though. I wasn't criticizing you, I was genuinely asking.

Did not mean to sound defensive.
I am a rather abrupt individual.

I am sorry if you took curtness as defensiveness.
I will work on that.
Even after all of the decades, I am still a work in progress.

I see no Hammer of Sigmar?  
   
Made in gb
Incorporating Wet-Blending





Wales: Where the Men are Men and the sheep are Scared.

 DouglasJB wrote:
 carlos13th wrote:
Thanks for answering. You seem pretty defensive though. I wasn't criticizing you, I was genuinely asking.

Did not mean to sound defensive.
I am a rather abrupt individual.

I am sorry if you took curtness as defensiveness.
I will work on that.
Even after all of the decades, I am still a work in progress.


It may have just been me misinterpreting, or likely somewhere between the two.

We are all a work in progress. Keeps things interesting.

What were the other degrees btw? out of curiosity.


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 MWHistorian wrote:
Its a fascinating history that isn't really taught in American, British or really any Western schools.


Thats probably the reason. You have persuaded me to look it up though.

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Idaho (for now)

baccalaureate:
History with a minor in Paleontology (yes, strange, but even as an adult, I really like dinosaurs, and mega-mammals are cool too; area of focus was Early Cretaceous of the Mesozoic)
Psychology with a minor in Human Physiology
advanced:
Military History
Neuropsychology
Anthropology
No doctorates - did not feel the need for one.

Three edits now.
You think they could give you one just for the spelling errors or flow problems.
One free edit before they lower the boom!
Yes, please.

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I see no Hammer of Sigmar?  
   
Made in gb
Guard Heavy Weapon Crewman




England

'Favourite' makes me look like a cold hearted guy, choosing ww2. I find it 'interesting'.

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Incorporating Wet-Blending





Wales: Where the Men are Men and the sheep are Scared.

Favourite may have been a poor choice of words for the title post tbh. Which do you have the more interest in would be more accurate.

Doesn't make you sound cold hearted though.

What is it that interests you about ww2 btw?



 
   
Made in ca
Pustulating Plague Priest






I've found every period has its interesting charm to it. I love them all for different reasons (or different aspects about them that interest me).

Faithful... Enlightened... Ambitious... Brethren... WE NEED A NEW DRIVER! THIS ONE IS DEAD!  
   
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Dark ages for me - a suitable long period of time that allows for completly differant settings such as the early saxons against the romano british, the Franks etc

and towards the end of that period the saxons against the danes, the normans, etc




 
   
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Saint Louis Mo

I'm saying Napoleonic Era because theirs no 7 years war which my favorite =P. Any who I like Horse and Musket the most bolt on the miniatures table and text book. This era of warfare just fascinates me not to mention the look of the armies from the era is pretty lol


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 MWHistorian wrote:
Seriously? No one voted for the Byzantine Empire? Oh, snap. Its not even on the list. Typical Western mentality. It combines Ancient Greece, Roman, Middle Ages and some Turkish thrown in. Its a fascinating history that isn't really taught in American, British or really any Western schools. You have Theodora, a prostitute turned Empress, Justinian II who was deposed and came back with an awesome mask to seek bloody revenge on his enemies. You have Basil the Bulgar slayer who won a battle against the Bulgarians and had them all blinded but left every tenth one with one eye so they could lead the rest back home to Bulgaria. When the Khan saw his shattered army, he had a stroke right there and died. Let's not forget the Viking body guards or ancient flame throwers!

Here's a little site by me that explains in comic fashion who they are.
http://minimumwagehistorian.com/2012/02/23/who-are-the-byzantines/


Byzantine Empire would be under Dark Ages

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Repentia Mistress





Glasgow, UK

Has to be Edwardian. Social change, stylish women, speeches in town halls - would love to visit!
   
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Pious Warrior Priest





English Russia.

 sierra 1247 wrote:
I love Ancient Rome, but i voted Napoleonic period because why not? Its a great time for Britain and, SHARPE!!


I preferred Hornblower! could beat Sharpe and be back to the Indy before the French had time to eat breakfast

Oh man, the first monster I see I'm going to sneak up behind him, whip out my wand, and shoot my magic all over his ass.

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Hurr! Ogryn Bone 'Ead!





中国

Well,

Cold war because pretty much every county was damn interesting after WW2, China in my view being the most, right from the civil war up to today, Russia, fall of the British empire, Rise of America and re-branding of the Axis. The ideas, music and art produced was some of the best ever made.

Other than that, the Roman era, Pre and Sub-Roman Britain, pre Islamic Arabia , Han China and the British empire i guess i find the most interesting but i always find some new lost world to get engrossed by. Its even better when they mix, like Roman and Han dynasty trading stories or the Sino-soviet split.

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1500
2000+ - The Sun'zu Cadre.
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1500 Pt of Sisters

'Serve the people'
 
   
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malaysia

World war 2 and 1

 
   
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Hurr! Ogryn Bone 'Ead!






Western Australia

Victorian Era until World War 1.

World War 1 was the beginning of the end of the Old World and the breakdown of the class system. It was the most atrocious war and one of the worst wastes of human life in the world.
With this war it began so many changes like true free speech, modernism and the rise of socialism and communism.
And because of World War 1, World War 2 happened because of the horrible end of Treaty of Versailles that led to the Rise of Hitler and World War 2.

World War 1 is the most inspiring imo about the horrors of war and the affect of class and ignorance in war. It created the greatest chain reaction in history.

"Tell the Colonel... We've been thrown to the Wolves." -Templeton.
1W OL 1D

I love writing fiction based upon my experiences of playing; check 'em out!
http://www.wattpad.com/user/baxter123  
   
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Human Auxiliary to the Empire





The Renaissance for sure. A time of artistic endeavor, architectural triumphs , civil liberties, and unrelenting discovery.

4000pts Tau
2500 pts Dwarfs
2000 pts Deathwolves
:1300 pts Orks
1000pts Harlequins
 
   
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Kinebrach-Knobbling Xeno Interrogator





The Renaissance 100% What other era can you take a family portrait with a codpiece?


 
   
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drinking tea in the snow

Bonus points for the horrified baby at the bottom of the portrait.

My answer is last thursday.

realism is a lie
 
   
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From a gaming point of view I have to go with WWII. I have played most of my historical games in that time period.

 
   
 
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