🕰 History talk 🕰

[Foxolotl]

This thread is for discussing all things history-related!

Who are your favorite historical characters? Why?
What historical figures/eras are you learning about in school?
Do you ever wish you were born in a different time period?

Bonus question: are you related to any historical figures?

[AdamJ]

history is one of my fav classes, we are currently (re) learning about the amendments. there's a required test for our state for government so my school has a government class.

[fruitkiss]

histroy is my favorite subject, we currently learning about ancient civilizations Mesopotamia ! i also watch videos on youtube about history for fun. sometimes I wish to live in a different time period but I'm also gay, so I'm kinda scared of most-

[EpickFaylia]

I'm a huge Ancient Egypt history/mythology and Medieval Italy buff. I've always been enthralled by Ancient Egypt customs and beliefs, my favorite mythological figure being Ra and Minh. I've always loved the mythology surrounding the day/night cycle, and I think that if gods did exist, that Ra worked the hardest--the guy has to go to the underworld every day to get the sun back and bring it back to the Noon sky. As for Medieval Italy, I've always been intrigued by how mask culture was something that was used to disguise social status to commit crimes, or pursue relationships that were deemed unruly by society.

I'm not in school anymore, and this was all mostly self research in my spare time. :3c

[AdamJ]

I'm a huge Ancient Egypt history/mythology and Medieval Italy buff. I've always been enthralled by Ancient Egypt customs and beliefs, my favorite mythological figure being Ra and Minh. I've always loved the mythology surrounding the day/night cycle, and I think that if gods did exist, that Ra worked the hardest--the guy has to go to the underworld every day to get the sun back and bring it back to the Noon sky. As for Medieval Italy, I've always been intrigued by how mask culture was something that was used to disguise social status to commit crimes, or pursue relationships that were deemed unruly by society.

I'm not in school anymore, and this was all mostly self research in my spare time. :3c

Same!! i love ancient Egypt stuff.
they cared alot about their animals also.

[guroboss]

aaa I also love egypt! my bf and I recently got to go to a really interesting exhibition at an art museum near my school about thonis-heracleion and how the greeks and egyptians had a really interesting merged culture there! there was some really interesting stuff about osiris and serapis

[AdamJ]

ooh kinda related/unrelated but i remember going to an art museum and they had alot of mummies one year. i remember a really cool cat one.
now that im thinking back, they had pretty big cats. what breeds were they even? or what breeds would they be today?

im thinking either Servals, Ocelots, or maybe Caracals.
maybe those cats came from Egyptian cats? ive always been curious about it.

[minimire]

trying to bring back history talks to chicken smoothie
any history lovers still active here?

[SemiKaiju]

I definitely am! I’m currently learning about imperialism in the U.S. in my AP U.S. History class. I’m a huge history buff and love to learn about wars. I’m kinda only interested in the weird or darker parts of history if that sounds weird haha

[minimire]

ohh that's cool! i enjoy learning about wars too, though mainly the ones that took place during the ancient world or medieval times. this might be a weird question but which war did you find the most interesting?