What historic subjects are you studying at the moment?

[The Decay of Meaning]

What historic subjects are you studying/reading about at the moment?

[tculi]

world war one

[tculi]

and im reading a book called the journey of crazy horse
its real good

[hippiejessica]

Just started World War II in US history.

[Ann-Akim]

perestroyka in russia 1984-1990, Michail Gorbachev
(though i doubt you've heard of it)

[Soberbeah]

Russo-Japanese War
War of 1812
Rise and fall of Rome

[General Electric]

Origins of WWII
New Zealand Search for Security
Settlement of New Zealand

[Stillravenmad]

Nothing right now, but I will probably read a book on Medieval history at some point this summer, because my house is lousy with 'em (my mom used to be a history major).

[fistermister]

The 1997/8 Asian financial crisis. Indonesian history.

[spooner]

perestroyka in russia 1984-1990, Michail Gorbachev
(though i doubt you've heard of it)
why? its not really that unknown.

[DQ Veg]

perestroyka in russia 1984-1990, Michail Gorbachev
(though i doubt you've heard of it)Hell, perestroyka changed the face of the whole planet. How could we not have heard of it, unless maybe we're from Pluto or something, no? Btw, are you Filipina? Vietnamese? Goodness, girl. You must really stand out in Sweden.

[LK1]

death and burial practices of the Roman (poor society V. rich society)

[x_WaX_x]

must add, simply because i'm absolutely loving what we're doing at the moment

Quebec politics, Duplessi, Rene Levesque.........ah i just love it, i get shivers down my spine when i watch the whole process of the PQ losing the elections

[green_revolution]

Enlightenement & French Revolution

[napolean inrags95]

the expansion of capitalism and consumption...progressivist era, 1877-1914

[SunLion]

The mass-extinction at the end of the Ordovician Period, and the Richmondian Invasion that preceded it :)

[tculi]

its the summer
yeaaaaa

[woodsman]

The development of civilization in the ancient middle east.

[heron]

couple things.....Indo-European origins, migrations and Germano-Celtic religious evolution.

And piracy.

[Ann-Akim]

Btw, are you Filipina? Vietnamese? Goodness, girl. You must really stand out in Sweden.
Haha, I'm from Kazahstan. Have you heard of it ?:p
But I grew up in Russia and then moved away!

[heron]

You are perfect, thats what you are.

[TheMadcapSyd]

Some Byzantine history.

[dawn_sky]

The establishment of a quasi-colonial state in Borneo by James Brooke.

[Ghost of ruins]

Ancient Roman history and middle ages

[SunLion]

I'm from Kazahstan. Have you heard of it?

Wow. I knew Kazaa and mp3's were popular, but I didn't know Kazaa bought a country! (j/k)

[ElChivato]

we're working on ancient civilizations like the chinese and the indians in my world history class, but i'm not really studying anything on my own right now.

[telecaster90]

We're at the beginning of the Two Party system with Jefferson and Adams.

[yonosoymedico]

the unofficial histories presented by modern conspiracy theorists..=)... after years of the school subjects i graduated by college and now feel free to ponder the other areas of our (hi)stories...

[ledzeppelinlover]

right know in school we're studying native americans, i think it's really interesting.

[Piney]

The Decline & Fall of The Roman Empire

[Sage Man]

Protestant Reformation. Just finished the Northern European Renaissance.

[drumminmama]

sounds like European elietism to me.

Gorby!

Anasazi peoples. Just saw a ton of petroglyphs and have to read about it now.
just finished reading about the junta in Chile (9/11/... 73, anyone?) wondering how long until it happens to Chavez.

[heron]

Folk songs of ENgland, Scotland Ireland and Wales...and the Scots Irish culture of Appalachia, through the music...

[WidespreadPanic]

We're studying America during Jackson's presidency in US History, in Art history we're studying early China and in US Literature we're doing stuff about the Puritans.

[fountains of nay]

I'm currently reading a book based on the Iranian revolution of the 70s, when Khomeini returned to Iran from exile in France and removed the Shah regime and Bakhtiar government.

[englandroxmysox]

At the moment Jesse Woodson James,He ROCKS

[wiccan_witch]

Last proper history paper I did was New Zealand Social history, but for fun I've been looking lately at a lot of Biblical History.

[DQ Veg]

I'm currently reading a book based on the Iranian revolution of the 70s, when Khomeini returned to Iran from exile in France and removed the Shah regime and Bakhtiar government.I think this was really kind of a turning point in modern history in a way-to me, it was really the beginning of modern Islamic fundamentalism, and it (the Iranian revolution) had an enormous impact on the whole rebirth-of-Islam phenomenon that we're seeing today.

[MollyThe Hippy]

the collapse of the british empire due to the rising interest in dental hygiene and dentures... actually the fall of the empire began at waterloo with the british soldiers removing dentures from the dead french soldiers... it is believed by many that it was a ploy of napolean to have his elite fighting forces die in battle for this effect

[fountains of nay]

I think this was really kind of a turning point in modern history in a way-to me, it was really the beginning of modern Islamic fundamentalism, and it (the Iranian revolution) had an enormous impact on the whole rebirth-of-Islam phenomenon that we're seeing today.

I would like to research more into what happened because I was reading a fictional story based upon real events, so does not hold facts etc, but it was interesting to read (WHIRLWIND by James Clavell).
I have a few Iranian friends though and have had a few discussions with them on the Iranian Revolution. I was particularly interested in their parents' opinions, whether they were pro-Khomeini or Pro-Shah and their reasons for leaving Iran etc.

Do you know of any books that I can read that actually tell the real-events?

[Airfern1313]

America in the 1950's

[tigerlily]

comparative genocide and the french revolution

[phriendofthedevil]

napoleonic era
and in my ap class (oh yes, im bragging now ) the 50s

[blueberryswirl]

Ancient Rome, Pompeii and Herculaneum, Roman Imperial women and families

[Piney]

Cleopatra, & Mark Antony

[tculi]

haha man i posted on this thread a long time ago
and we are studying world war 1 again
cant learn enough about war! psh

[amourcathy]

Ancient Greece & Roman Empire

[Aarkon]

:beatdeadh world war II and the government at that time

[hippielover01]

Currently we're studying the 50's and 60's in American History it's funny cuz my History teacher is a total hippie so I hope he ain't on here but he's totally cool and nice.

[freedomseeker]

The Great Depression

[dylanzeppelin]

i'm taking western civilization I currently and we are in the midst of the romans and just talked about spartans and phonenicans. interesting and weird and strange stuff. i just hope i am passing the course.

[sourdiesel06]

I've gotta pound out a 10 page research paper about one way that Woodrow Wilson changed the American experience by Monday. I guess I better get started.

[PerfectChaos8095]

war of 1812

[marysoul]

The great depression

[WanderingturnupII]

Aren't we doing a lab on that?

[TributetoME]

Norman invasion of England in 1066.

[White_Horse_Mescalito]

Currently studying WW 3 .. you know the one GW Bush started, I'm curious on how it's going to turn out. Right now we're in the midst of the economic crisis , not sure when the secondary revolution is going to begin. Should be interesting when we get to the next couple of chapters....:gnorsi::banghead:

[noela]

the fall of the roman empire, leading up to Medieval times. Verry interesting.

[darthkacie]

at the moment, I'm reading a book called Cocaine: An Unauthorized Biography.

the part I'm at now is mainly about the ancient people of South America, where the chewing of the leaf began, but the book goes through the entire story -- from those first beginnings, to medicinal uses, to the crazy drug culture still happening today.

interesting shit.

[bthizle1]

Usually I read up on multiple historical subjects at a time (try to balance that with philosophy), however for the time being I've been reading a lot about WWII. Currently reading a book called "The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich" by Chris Bishop and David Jordan....amazing book, highly recommend it to anyone that's interested in WWII as it covers the entire war and is fairly in depth too.

[zombiewolf]

The Renaissance period.
More specificaly, early 17th century Italian rapier dueling.

I am studying a translation by Tom Leoni of Salvator Fabris's monumental and influential work,
"Lo Shermo, overo Scienza d`Arme" ( on fencing or the knowledge of arms)

Salvator Fabris was arguably the most influential rapier master of his time.






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