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This is just a thread to talk and share knowledge about history and what history you're most Intrested in. Its hard to have discussions about history RL since people who are very Intrested in it are few and far between. But I'm hoping there will be other history buffs here who have also crammed their head with useless history facts and would love to discuss them somewhere.

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This is just a thread to talk and share knowledge about history and what history you're most Intrested in. Its hard to have discussions about history RL since people who are very Intrested in it are few and far between. But I'm hoping there will be other history buffs here who have also crammed their head with useless history facts and would love to discuss them somewhere.

 

Definitely a history major here! I mostly study ancient history and religions myself, though I enjoy historiography in general. What's your favorite area of it?

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I for one am an advocate of the importance of having an appreciation of history, even if only a superficial one. I tend to be most interested in post 19th century history (i.e. modern history), and it was also the most common time period that was covered in history class while I was still in school.

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Definitely a history major here! I mostly study ancient history and religions myself, though I enjoy historiography in general. What's your favorite area of it?

 

I'm most Intrested in diadochi, and especially the kingdom of Pontus (even though they aren't actually diadochi.) That and the Teutonic Order, and other religious orders of knights.

 

My general intrest is mostly the roman and medieval world though. Mostly because what got me into history were Rome total war and Medieval total war.

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I used to go full Twilight Sparkle on Greek mythology, I can most likely remember almost any god there is to remember, although I haven't been studying it to much a remember a great deal of the gods, what they are gods of, and why they are gods, and how much importance they have in most communities.

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I used to go full Twilight Sparkle on Greek mythology, I can most likely remember almost any god there is to remember, although I haven't been studying it to much a remember a great deal of the gods, what they are gods of, and why they are gods, and how much importance they have in most communities.

 

I know that whole Greek obsession thing. I've never met a history buff who didn't at one point learn everything there was to know about Greek mythology.

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I used to go full Twilight Sparkle on Greek mythology, I can most likely remember almost any god there is to remember, although I haven't been studying it to much a remember a great deal of the gods, what they are gods of, and why they are gods, and how much importance they have in most communities.

 

Neat. I like how mythology is kind of the "gateway drug" that gets casual enthusiasts to dig deeper into the a meaningful study of history. The catalyst for that is probably when somebody finally asks the question "why did people first begin this mythology, and why did they stop?" The answers pretty much always lead to a broader study of politics, geography, anthropology, economics and a hundred related fields. Good stuff.

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Neat. I like how mythology is kind of the "gateway drug" that gets casual enthusiasts to dig deeper into the a meaningful study of history. The catalyst for that is probably when somebody finally asks the question "why did people first begin this mythology, and why did they stop?" The answers pretty much always lead to a broader study of politics, geography, anthropology, economics and a hundred related fields. Good stuff.

 

Greek mythology is especially good for leading to other culture, because it first interests you in the greeks and what they did. Like their explorations that went as far as Britannia, Ethopia, the Crimea, and as far east as India. So then you get introduced to those people too, and so on...

 

Where does everyone here go to research history? I've been using World history.org. They have articles on just about everything from every time.

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I'm an encyclopedia when it comes to mythology(Mainly Norse and Egyptian).Pretty much the only part of history that caught my attention

Hence the name OdinForced

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Neat. I like how mythology is kind of the "gateway drug" that gets casual enthusiasts to dig deeper into the a meaningful study of history. The catalyst for that is probably when somebody finally asks the question "why did people first begin this mythology, and why did they stop?" The answers pretty much always lead to a broader study of politics, geography, anthropology, economics and a hundred related fields. Good stuff.

 

If you have watched The Avengers, I think Loki's speech is correct, most sentient lifeforms need to bow down to something, but only a few have the will to forge there own path, (That last half was not part of the speech but part of what I believe)
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While not huge history buff, I really enjoyed what I picked up as part of getting my Latin degree (useless in today's market, I know, but it was darn fun to get). Mythology/theology has always been my favorite subject, and even though I haven't gotten to spend much time with it over the last few years, I still love talking about it. I'm hoping to expand from Grecco-Roman and Norse into Babylonian soon. Turns out the free Kindle library has a ton of old texts available for download.

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"Any history nuts here?"

...

*raises hand slowly*

Yes... I am...

 

Its not hard for me to have a conversation 'bout history though. SInce my best friend is a history nut as well. Hell he gets Fs in all subjects but History hahaha! I have a general knowllegde but the subject. not special in anywhere specific, except maybe American history. But i'm Great at Mythology though. Mainly Greek and some Norse.

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i've always shown a slight interest in history but then i became slight obsession with the one hundred year war thank to a game that came out a few years back called BladeStorm (which i highly recommend) after that i just got more and more into it and i'v even taken part in re-enactments and use all kinds of mid evil weaponry (my favorites being the bastard sword and long bow)

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i've always shown a slight interest in history but then i became slight obsession with the one hundred year war thank to a game that came out a few years back called BladeStorm (which i highly recommend) after that i just got more and more into it and i'v even taken part in re-enactments and use all kinds of mid evil weaponry (my favorites being the bastard sword and long bow)

 

I love longbows as well. I learned all about them during a brief affair with medieval wales.

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I love longbows as well. I learned all about them during a brief affair with medieval wales.

 

yeah but the hundred year war was when they showed there true potential and effectiveness

i like to think that that war had the biggest impact on war itself, from the tactic used to the weaponry and even to how taxes would be effecting and it was a war the showed to worth and impact mercenary have as well.

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yeah but the hundred year war was when they showed there true potential and effectiveness

i like to think that that war had the biggest impact on war itself, from the tactic used to the weaponry and even to how taxes would be effecting and it was a war the showed to worth and impact mercenary have as well.

 

It's when the rest of the world noticed the longbows power, but before that the English discover its potential during their many invasions of Wales. The welsh longbow men would tear apart armies and, thanks to the bodkin arrow, the longbow was also armor piercing. The English noted this and adopted the longbow, and trained archers in its use. The French probably didn't adopt it as well during the 100 years war be because a longbow takes years of practice to use well, and enourmous strength was required to operate it. They just stuck with the long range and easy to use crossbow.

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It's when the rest of the world noticed the longbows power, but before that the English discover its potential during their many invasions of Wales. The welsh longbow men would tear apart armies and, thanks to the bodkin arrow, the longbow was also armor piercing. The English noted this and adopted the longbow, and trained archers in its use. The French probably didn't adopt it as well during the 100 years war be because a longbow takes years of practice to use well, and enourmous strength was required to operate it. They just stuck with the long range and easy to use crossbow.

 

i know, i also find it funny-ish that the tactic to use them in the war was made by the Black Prince, Edward of Wales
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