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Excluding Sci-fi / alternative reality, what is your favourite actual historical period for fiction/games/movies/whatever?

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i hope i voted right. i said age of discovery. i like the period of exploration to the end of the War of 1812. big period.

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My favorite period has always kind of been the Dark Ages following the fall of the Western Roman Empire, into the Viking Age and then the early Middle Ages...so I voted "Other Middle Ages."


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I would say the High Middle Ages to the Renaissance. Just something amazing about that period of time.

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Meiji Restoration in Japan.
   
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I've got to say Ancient Greece, all those gods. I guess my opinion has been jaded by all the books about ancient greece, but still, it was and still is the base of democracy.

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I can't believe so many people voted for WWII. I'm personally sick of the time period. I understand it wasn't THAT far off, but I can barely go a day without hearing something about it.

It's not good to progress into the future while forgetting the past, but people shouldn't get stuck in the past either, which I think is often the case with WWII.



 
   
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I voted WW2 although its more like the entire 20th century.

It seems wrong to write that I love war but its always been a fascinating subject especially WW2 since it was the most epic and endearing period of mankind imo; not to mention the amount of quality books and films on this particular subject blows any other war out of the water. Then again I am a military brat that got injured in the Marines.




 
   
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Industrial Revolution, because it was when America was just coming into it's own production-wise. And a majority of the country was still being explored.

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Strangely enough I must say as an American I find American history quite boring. If I were to pick any period piece of literature from American history, I'd say it would be Cooper's Last of the Mohicans.

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Interesting change in subject, could this mean a little more interest in historical on the site? or perhaps could someone pm a couple links to good historical wargaming forumns?

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I voted WW1, before people got weak. More people died in an hour in WW1 than have died in the entire iraq/afghanistan war, and there wasn't nearly as much whining about it.

   
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I believe tactics, mechanization, and technology have lowered war's mortality. I believe the total death toll during WW1 and WW2 exceeded 75 million this of course includes Hitler's holocaust and Stalin's genocide. Also, the simple flow of communication and the "instant on" availabilty of news has made the whining more apparent.

And those that died whined the least.

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Redbeard wrote:I voted WW1, before people got weak. More people died in an hour in WW1 than have died in the entire iraq/afghanistan war, and there wasn't nearly as much whining about it.


Redbeard, it is highly likely that some people reading this post have served or have family members serving in Iraq or Afghanistan. It is not improbable that some of these people have been wounded or killed.

Using the word "whining" in releation to this is in very poor taste at best, and extremely offensive at worst. May I request that you rephrase?

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I actually have two favorite history periods but I voted for the first one.

The crusades is my absolute favorite. I really got into it when I played Assassin's Creed and kept on getting more interested.

second is the discovery of the americas. Mainly the time with Cortez and the Aztecs which was really interesting


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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.

The media has blown things all out of proportion. You know, you invade someone else's country, and some of your soldiers are going to die. This is part of an invasion. We have lost less troops in Iraq/Afghanistan than in Vietnam, than in Korea, than in WW2, or WW1, or pretty much any armed conflict the US has been involved in since the Spanish-American war.

Taken as a whole, the coalition's casualty rates have been negligible. That's not to say that someone who lost their father/brother/son/wife/etc. does not or should not grieve for them.

But I'm sorry, the way the media portrays combat losses that are so significantly lower than in any other conflict we've been in can only be described as whining. It's as if they expected US troops to roll in completely unopposed and execute a bloodless war. That doesn't happen, it's an unrealistic expectation, and rather than piss and moan about losing a solider per week to roadside bombs, they should be noting how advances in military technology have kept the vast majority of service people overseas free from harm.

If you would like to suggest alternate words for the way the media has reacted to our less-than-expected combat losses, I'll be happy to revise my post.

   
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Sarpedon_702 wrote:Strangely enough I must say as an American I find American history quite boring. If I were to pick any period piece of literature from American history, I'd say it would be Cooper's Last of the Mohicans.


Strangely enough indeed! As a Patriot, I find that you wrote that in a forum disturbing.

American History boring? American history is incredibly interesting on many levels:

Sociologically
- Civil rights and Due Process derive from Roman Law and the Magna Carta eventually culminating in the most just impartial system of representative government on the planet.

Diplomatically
- George Washington has the opportunity to run the entire country after winning the revolutionary war, including his own personal investment in the government, and he steps down from potentially absolute power because of his ideals!
- The United States has fostered democracy and represented governments around the world ever since!

Militarily
- American military sacrifices and intervention have resulted in the liberation of many countries around the world including France, Holland, Belgium, The Philippines, Kuwait, Italy, Serbia, Israel, China, Panama, Korea, and Iraq.
- The American civil war saw the development of all the tactics and weapons that would dominate the coming war in Europe, repeating pistols, repeating rifles, machine guns, howitzers and explosive artillery shells, the decline of cavalry, submarines and UDT, the minie ball, aerial reconnaissance, standardized parts and mass production.
- American manufacturing power and innovation swings the tides of WW1 and 2
- Americans Pioneer Air Cavalry, Strategic Air Command, Ballistic Missiles, Aircraft Carriers...

Dramatically
- American patriots defeat the most powerful and capable military in the world and go on to found a country that then supplants it
- Americans invent Hollywood, Rock and Roll, Baseball, Hamburgers...

Technologically
- American military communication technology gives rise to the internet.
- American innovations include the assembly line, the automobile, GPS, the internet, satellite communications,...

...

But then, that's all boring stuff.

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I voted Tokugawa Shogunate, but actually that was pretty damn boring. Meiji Restoration after it was a very interesting period, but even more interesting was Sengoku Jidai just prior to it.


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I voted Ancient Greece, 'cause all the gods and stuff are AWESOME.

I should definatly learn more about the shogun and samurai 'cause ny great grandpa was one.


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warpcrafter wrote:Atlantean. Flying elephants shooting nuclear missiles cannot be beat.


Totally. The High Priests of Poseidon unleash their armies to bring Athens to its knees and then their kingdom sinks into the ocean...with flying elephants cracking off missiles converting the enemy into radioactive vapour.

However, World War II rules all history openly known to mankind. The equipment, the uniforms, the theatres,...rule.
   
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Torn between Ancient Rome and World War II..

My vote was for the Italians. Pizza Pizza!


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Redbeard wrote:But I'm sorry, the way the media portrays combat losses that are so significantly lower than in any other conflict we've been in can only be described as whining. It's as if they expected US troops to roll in completely unopposed and execute a bloodless war.


Where did the media and the public get such silly ideas?

"I can't tell you if the use of force in Iraq today will last five days, five weeks or five months, but it won't last any longer than that." Donald Rumsfeld.
"My belief is we will, in fact, be greeted as liberators." Vice President Dick Cheney
"Oh, no, we're not going to have any casualties." President GW Bush


Meanwhile, I voted for WWII. I would have picked the French Indian Wars, but the tanks weren't as cool back then.

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WW1 for the win. Gotta love the Land Raider.

The Emperor doesn't seem to do much for you but you sure are expected to be mutilated, suffer, and die to make him happy. And is he dead or what? If he's entombed that would mean he's dead as a doornail, right? So, how can he be happy about anything you do, or even give orders to anyone? Are you worshipping the dead now? Is that something you'd really want to do? Because it sounds freaking creepy to me.
 
   
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sebster wrote:
Redbeard wrote:But I'm sorry, the way the media portrays combat losses that are so significantly lower than in any other conflict we've been in can only be described as whining. It's as if they expected US troops to roll in completely unopposed and execute a bloodless war.


Where did the media and the public get such silly ideas?

"I can't tell you if the use of force in Iraq today will last five days, five weeks or five months, but it won't last any longer than that." Donald Rumsfeld.
"My belief is we will, in fact, be greeted as liberators." Vice President Dick Cheney
"Oh, no, we're not going to have any casualties." President GW Bush


Meanwhile, I voted for WWII. I would have picked the French Indian Wars, but the tanks weren't as cool back then.



I see someone got to this first. Thank you. And as far as my distaste for American history...I find it boring when compared to the rest of the world's histories. Public school indeed! Our main focus was American History and I excelled in that class. I also excelled in my civics classes in college. 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.

American history is recent and has been here for nigh three centuries. 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. For the Emperor and such!


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