What are your favourite periods in history, and why?

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Bah, damn arqueubusiers...devaluing the noble art of single combat. In fact, didn't Takeda Shingen die because of being shot?

You think there would have been a Takeda shogunate instead of a Tokugawa one if he had lived? (I don't know enough about it to dispute...just find the period fascinating, never really studied the details.)

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[caamora]

Gee, what period in History is my fav? That is a hard one to answer, considering that I have my degree in History.

I would say that it would be Ancient Rome at the time of Julius Caesar and then Tudor England.

Yes, I watched Rome on HBO religiously and although there was a lot of historical inaccuracies, the general way the city looked was pretty close to what it must have been like.

[Holsety]

-Han China, from about 200 BC to around 200 AD, and the 3 Kingdoms period that followed

Nice choice...Romance of the Three Kingdoms...I highly recommend the novel as well.

I'm obviously biased toward certain eras but the few that I can think of would be:

Japan-Sengoku period (Beware the Tiger of Kai)
Prehistoric American Southwest (of course but then again it doesn't really count, I suppose)
The Victorian Age throughout the world
European Contact with the Americas
The Age of Exploration

Ya, I like the novel too. IMO it can be somewhat silly at times, but it's also quite good.

Oh, and I want to tack on that I'd be interested in seeing the Shinsengumi in action during the late toku period.

Yes, I watched Rome on HBO religiously and although there was a lot of historical inaccuracies, the general way the city looked was pretty close to what it must have been like.

I just wanna mention offhand, I think it's badass how much knowledge we have of ancient cities nowadays.

[caamora]

Yes, I took an entire class in college on world cities and civilization. It was probably one of the most interesting classes I ever took. The book alone was about four inches thick and I still have it (although I forget the name of it because I haven't picked it up recently).