What is your favourite historical period?

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**Krellnus**

Sarpedon_702 wrote:
In America we tend to place ourselves on a podium and gloss over the rest. I am no patriot but a simple humanist that has no faith in a God and as this world turns sometimes laxes in his faith of humanity.

Now a histroy spanning a millenia or two holds far more interest for me partially because I ahve no place in it. Things alien hold an interest, but I digress, as I may be deemed a heretic or at least a radical.

I couldn't agree more to both statements (the first from a foreign perspective), Americans are the most arrogant humans to walk the Earth when comparing yourself to the rest of the world you are the only ones on the podium. The second statement is true anything alien should be and is fascinating.

@Augusts
Sociologically
-Only because the English one is as it was occupied by Romans, and it is not the most impartial system as your whole country is who owes who what favour and how big that favour was.

Diplomatically
Because George Washington didn't know when to follow greed, that was one of the times he should have.

Militarily
*sigh typical arrogant American there was also England, Australia, Canada and New Zealand that did all of the heavy lifting in Belgium and France

The Barmy Army developed radar the single most decisive aerial weapon of war (see battle of britain)
In WWII look up Kokoda and see the Australians hold off the Brunt of the Japanese Assault, you think your soldiers are tough?

Dramatically
Inventing Hollywood is nothing to be proud of mate.

Technologically
Again the Barmy Army invented Radar, AUSTRALIA has the first H1N1 (swine flu) vaccine which has approx. 2million doses ready and another 21million on the way, Australia also has Google the only Computing Company that destroys Microsoft online. America also invented Bugged versions of windows, Linux and Macs which are UBER ****.

But then, that is all boring stuff.

Ahh, being smarter than public school teachers.

Oh and WWII btw

**notabot187**

I would say my favorite is the Habsburg-Ottoman Wars. To be honest, I'm interested in the area from 1204 to the end of the WW1. (fall of Constantinople during the 4th crusade, to the end of the Ottoman Empire)

My second favorite would be Poland-Lithuania. Poland is the but of many joke these days, but it fought (and won) some of the most important battles in European history. It was also one of the largest countries ever in Europe (after merger with Lithuania, but before the partitions.)

**Orkeosaurus**

Krellnus wrote:Americans are the most arrogant humans to walk the Earth

Long post where I desperately try and discredit another country's accomplishments and make my own country seem better, while insulting someone who was never trying to belittle anyone else.

**SilverMK2**

My top would be WW2, followed by WW1.

I love the stiff upper lip attitude and the testing of people to the limits.

**Airmaniac**

Orkeosaurus wrote:
Krellnus wrote:Americans are the most arrogant humans to walk the Earth

Long post where I desperately try and discredit another country's accomplishments and make my own country seem better, while insulting someone who was never trying to belittle anyone else.

I'd hate to burst your bubble Orkeosaurus, but the single trait that I think of, when asked about Americans, is arrogance. It's not just me either, a lot of people think the Americans are the most arrogant nation in the world.

Oh, and the most interesting piece of history for me is Ancient Rome.

**Orkeosaurus**

It has nothing to do with bursting my bubble. Krellus' post was damn stupid, and went on from insulting Americans in general to specifically insulting Augustus for his post.

If you're going to call 300 million people arrogant with regards to their country's greatness, you sure as hell shouldn't do it while trying to discredit the legitimate accomplishments of others so that those of your country seem more impressive.

**legoburner**

Krellnus your post was simply wrong, might want to re-check google's stanford university origins again for starters. This thread is not the place for a country vs country argument, it is for commenting on why a period of history is your favourite so lets all move on and not discuss that post again. Any more posts on country vs country will simply be deleted.

**MeanGreenStompa**

I voted for other medieval.

My fascination has always been with the Khans and the Mongol Empire, it amazes me how a bunch of goat herding nomads ended up kicking everybody's butt from one end of the old world to the other. The mightest civilisations brought low by some stocky blokes on ponies. That one instance where, in the crusades, a muslim army was being besieged by a christian one, the mongols showed up and both sides were so bloody terrified that the muslims let the christians in and allied with them to try and defend against the eastern devils and the mongols still ate them for breakfast.

I have a love for samurai aesthetics and high medieval, the renaissance politics of the city states and the wars between Spain and Englund during the reign of the first Elizabeth, but the Mongols are just awe inspiring to me.

**Cancerien**

Mine would be any time from the fall of Rome to the end of the Renaissance, but esp the Viking Age. I don't know why, but I've always been interested by that time period.

**Morathi's Darkest Sin**

Three Kingdoms Era for me.

I'd always been a fan of chinese history and to a lesser extent Japanese history. However Dynasty Warriors 2 opened up an era I hadn't noticed before several years back, and now I'm heavily into the stories of that time.

**Great Unclean One**

Industrial revolution, stovepipe hats are awesome and also we had an empire ^_^ Also I do quite like steam trains, it's the pistons or something and also I really like steampunk!

**Madgod**

Yay for Ancient Rome! Greatest Empire ever! And so many amusing emperors! Commodus, Nero, Caligula...Always fun!

**kanelom**

for those into ancient rome.. check out my article THE Scholae Palatinae.

**Emperors Faithful**

Deleted by the modquisition for attacking nationality. Lets not get this thread closed people

**Mannahnin**

Redbeard wrote:I have friends and family who have served in Iraq and/or Afghanistan too. My brother was stationed in Iraq between 2002-4 My post is not about an individual's reaction to someone they know being killed. It is about the media's reaction to it.

Your initial post did not mention "the media" at all. I read it as applying to public sentiment as a whole, which would include the families of people WIA & KIA. At least one such person made a User Complaint. You might want to be a little more careful with your phrasing.

**acreedon**

Ancient Greece all the way. Also period of american exploration ~ manifest destiny i find extremely interesting.

**Khestra the Unbeheld**

Pre-Tokugawa Japan.

**Typeline**

I put Cold War.

I know dubya-dubya two: electric boogaloo was America's final hurrah and all, but I can't really cling to it anymore, it's just been done to death. So I got off of the dead horse and looked right ahead. Man, the 50's through the 90's are super cool. Especially how our government was total douchebags (I know they still are, but they seemed to lie/keep things quiet more) and the counter culture was pretty awesome-sauce. It seems all so much more important than what is going on now, but I think that's just me being disenfranchised by the media... or something else just as pretentious.

**Lint**

I put Industrial Revolution, but tnow that I think about it I'd really like to live in North America, pre- white man. That or the wild west. Yeah, living on the Ponderosa would be sweet.

**malfred**

Mannahnin wrote:
Redbeard wrote:I have friends and family who have served in Iraq and/or Afghanistan too. My brother was stationed in Iraq between 2002-4 My post is not about an individual's reaction to someone they know being killed. It is about the media's reaction to it.

Your initial post did not mention "the media" at all. I read it as applying to public sentiment as a whole, which would include the families of people WIA & KIA. At least one such person made a User Complaint. You might want to be a little more careful with your phrasing.

I think we just need to say his second post was his first post and carry on from there.

And for the record: my favorite historical period is whatever catches my fancy at the time. I
haven't settled on any one just yet.

**Breaker**

Warring States period in japan for me. Its actually what I'm looking to specialize in when I go for my grad work.

**M4k0**

Sigh... World War 2 games have been over done

**littleboyblues**

<------- I voted Renaissance...

**Llamahead**

I'm sad theres no Dark Ages function the period between the 4th to the 11th centuries is for me an utterly fascinating poorly understood period. Also I just like King Arthur and all!

**Sadetta131**

I votes WWII because this time period affected the world history so intense that alter the path of our culture.

BWT there would be no awesome war games if this terrible era does not occur.

**infilTRAITOR**

World War Second. Currently doing a uni degree in it. w00t!

**99MDeery**

My favourite period has to be that of Ancient Rome, fantastic battles (anyone remember Carthage, nope, oh yeh thats becuase it got burnt to a cinder), politics and as someone previously commented amusing Emperors. Also the way the Generals fought in there campaigns and that tactics and strategies used are awe inspiring.

Close 2nd has to the Cold War era, all the backhanded politics, spying etc etc makes for a very interesting read, and there were a good couple of wars in the period too (always a bonus) ie Vietnam and the Yom Kippur War.

Good topic to pick on, its really interesting stuff to see who's into what period.

**Happygrunt**

The cold war. Basicly all modern wepons, spies, armed conflict everywhere, the world is recovering from WWII, Germany spilts and regroups, north kora goes evil, china goes crazy, the USSR is in full power, communisum, Iron kurtain, I could go on and on about it. And all thouse things and more happened in the spawn of 40 years (1950-1990ish)

**papakeef**

id have to say greece, my younger life was filled with its mythologies and im now interested in how much they gave the world through their philosophies and inventions.

**warpcrafter**

I would like to put in a vote against the cold war, since I grew up then. There's nothing like having a nuclear holocaust in the back of your mind all the time to make questions like "Well little boy, what are you going to be when you grow up?" seem pretty pointless.