History Thread

I know alot of people here like history so here's a place to discuss interesting events, characters and recent discoveries regarding all period's of History.

So.. Hitler. What a character.

Not enough people here intelligent enough for this thread.

Bit of a broad subject to discuss in one thread, don't you think?

LOL Chelsea fan starting thread about history. Irony lollol.

Like history, hate history class.

No point, it's all in the past now.



/Pip

Like history, love psychology.

As Polska said, there'll probably only be a few who frequent it. But I mean, say you just watched an interesting documentary or something and felt like talking about it, well you could use this thread

Good idea, so Thomas Crapper, what do you guys think of him?

Am I the only one who thinks that our age like, 2000 to now, will be really boring for people in the future to learn about?

SBSP wrote:Like history, hate history class.

I don't get people's problem with history class.

It is like honest to god one of the easiest things in school. Just read through the textbook once, take a few notes of important things and when it happened, and study them. Before a test read over the textbook once more and your done.

Cam wrote:Am I the only one who thinks that our age like, 2000 to now, will be really boring for people in the future to learn about?

Probably.

Cam wrote:Am I the only one who thinks that our age like, 2000 to now, will be really boring for people in the future to learn about?

9/11?

I love History Class tbh, even though I suck with dates

I think the slave trade was overrated. Africans were basically given a better life without the hassle of Visa's and all that, and were aloud to live in a good country rather than a 3rd world one. I bet there are poor Africans that would jump at the chance to work for people in America

polska. wrote:

SBSP wrote:Like history, hate history class.

I don't get people's problem with history class.

It is like honest to god one of the easiest things in school. Just read through the textbook once, take a few notes of important things and when it happened, and study them. Before a test read over the textbook once more and your done.

I had the worst teacher ever though. She got her degree online.

Cam wrote:Am I the only one who thinks that our age like, 2000 to now, will be really boring for people in the future to learn about?

Are you kidding me?

The last two decades have seen the biggest explosion of human technology development mankind has seen!

Maybe, some would argue otherwise.

I was watching Discovery as I usually do and it was about Dinosaurs. And one was a massive type of Crocodile, The Sarcosuchus. Imagine if they were still around

polska. wrote:

Cam wrote:Am I the only one who thinks that our age like, 2000 to now, will be really boring for people in the future to learn about?

Are you kidding me?

The last two decades have seen the biggest explosion of human technology development mankind has seen!

Not really something you learn about in History though. I guess you have the war on terror, but what else really is there?

Sean wrote:

polska. wrote:

Cam wrote:Am I the only one who thinks that our age like, 2000 to now, will be really boring for people in the future to learn about?

Are you kidding me?

The last two decades have seen the biggest explosion of human technology development mankind has seen!

Not really something you learn about in History though. I guess you have the war on terror, but what else really is there?

You don't learn about technology in history? What kind of class are you taking?

Forest wrote:I think the slave trade was overrated. Africans were basically given a better life without the hassle of Visa's and all that, and were aloud to live in a good country rather than a 3rd world one. I bet there are poor Africans that would jump at the chance to work for people in America

They were happy with their lives in Africa. They weren't living poorly either. Today's Africa was poor, Africa before Europeans included rich empires, one of the world's biggest centers of education in Timbuktu, and their rural populations who lived through agricultural means lived no worse off than European or Asian farmers of the same time.

polska. wrote:

Forest wrote:I think the slave trade was overrated. Africans were basically given a better life without the hassle of Visa's and all that, and were aloud to live in a good country rather than a 3rd world one. I bet there are poor Africans that would jump at the chance to work for people in America

They were happy with their lives in Africa. They weren't living poorly either. Today's Africa was poor, Africa before Europeans included rich empires, one of the world's biggest centers of education in Timbuktu, and their rural populations who lived through agricultural means lived no worse off than European or Asian farmers of the same time.

I was hoping no one would take the bait.

There's the emergence of Dubstep

polska. wrote:

Cam wrote:Am I the only one who thinks that our age like, 2000 to now, will be really boring for people in the future to learn about?

Are you kidding me?

The last two decades have seen the biggest explosion of human technology development mankind has seen!

What he said.

You could look at human society in 500BC and 1000AD and there wouldn't be that much difference, compare even 1900 to today though and the differences are massive. World politics seem pretty stable at the moment, there are no wars between major powers any more due to MAD and economic interdependencies, but the changes in lifestyle for the ordinary citizen are enormous.

No-one has taken my bait yet

SBSP wrote:

Sean wrote:

polska. wrote:

Cam wrote:Am I the only one who thinks that our age like, 2000 to now, will be really boring for people in the future to learn about?

Are you kidding me?

The last two decades have seen the biggest explosion of human technology development mankind has seen!

Not really something you learn about in History though. I guess you have the war on terror, but what else really is there?

You don't learn about technology in history? What kind of class are you taking?

No, I learn about German History, Russian Revolution, Irish Famine etc. Why what technology do you learn about?

Sean wrote:

polska. wrote:

Cam wrote:Am I the only one who thinks that our age like, 2000 to now, will be really boring for people in the future to learn about?

Are you kidding me?

The last two decades have seen the biggest explosion of human technology development mankind has seen!

Not really something you learn about in History though. I guess you have the war on terror, but what else really is there?

Thing is you're comparing a period of 1 decade to the rest of the world's existence.

I'm not a historian obviously but I doubt this decade is noticeably less eventful than the majority of previous decades, just assuming though.

Sean wrote:

SBSP wrote:

Sean wrote:

polska. wrote:

Cam wrote:Am I the only one who thinks that our age like, 2000 to now, will be really boring for people in the future to learn about?

Are you kidding me?

The last two decades have seen the biggest explosion of human technology development mankind has seen!

Not really something you learn about in History though. I guess you have the war on terror, but what else really is there?

You don't learn about technology in history? What kind of class are you taking?

No, I learn about German History, Russian Revolution, Irish Famine etc. Why what technology do you learn about?

You don't learn about the Renaissance or Industrial Revolution or that sort of stuff?