(August 14, 2013 at 9:01 pm)Rev. Rye Wrote: I'm currently on an American Civil War kick. And, looking on Amazon.de, I've found that the book I believe to be the definitive account of the conflict, James McPherson's "The Battle Cry of Freedom" is even available in German, under the title of Für die Freiheit sterben. Sadly, Shelby Foote's three-volume account isn't available in German, but, of course, since the author was from Mississippi, a state that only officially ratified the abolition of slavery six months ago, it does have a slight Pro-Confederate bias.

I enjoy Foote's narrative. The confederacy makes for a more interesting story, though, even if their motives were questionable(through the lens of time.) I lived for years right on the edge of Chickamauga Battlefield, and was a soldier stationed on Ft. Bragg, so maybe I'm jaded.

Yeah, US history intrigues me. Also, ancient Chinese/Japanese/Egyptian history...for various reasons.

(August 14, 2013 at 9:04 pm)BadWriterSparty Wrote: I'm about to give a presentation about Old Baghdad for an Arabic intermediate course that I'm taking. This place was truly the center of the world until religion told the people there that most books should be burned.

Spock! I loved that episode!...Like the avatar pic!

...Wasn't that area referred to as the cradle of civilization? A lot of powerful ancient empires and kingdoms like Assyria, Babylon, and Sumeria rose and fell there...interesting history in that region.

I am interested in history, mainly the era between 137 - 100 million centuries BC, As well as the era between 46 million century BC and now.



Oh, you mean the era when hairless apes ran riot and tool making was king? Yeah, I am interested in that too.

(August 17, 2013 at 9:21 am)A Theist Wrote:

(August 14, 2013 at 9:04 pm)BadWriterSparty Wrote: I'm about to give a presentation about Old Baghdad for an Arabic intermediate course that I'm taking. This place was truly the center of the world until religion told the people there that most books should be burned.

Spock! I loved that episode!...Like the avatar pic!

...Wasn't that area referred to as the cradle of civilization? A lot of powerful ancient empires and kingdoms like Assyria, Babylon, and Sumeria rose and fell there...interesting history in that region.

Indeed. The crazy part is that I have to give the presentation entirely in Arabic.

(August 17, 2013 at 12:36 pm)BadWriterSparty Wrote:

(August 17, 2013 at 9:21 am)A Theist Wrote: Spock! I loved that episode!...Like the avatar pic!

...Wasn't that area referred to as the cradle of civilization? A lot of powerful ancient empires and kingdoms like Assyria, Babylon, and Sumeria rose and fell there...interesting history in that region.

Indeed. The crazy part is that I have to give the presentation entirely in Arabic.

Wow...good luck with the presentation...

Wonder what ever happened to the Sumerians? They didn't speak a Semitic language either did they?

(August 17, 2013 at 1:19 pm)A Theist Wrote:

(August 17, 2013 at 12:36 pm)BadWriterSparty Wrote: Indeed. The crazy part is that I have to give the presentation entirely in Arabic.

Wow...good luck with the presentation...

Wonder what ever happened to the Sumerians? They didn't speak a Semitic language either did they?

Sumarian was not a semitic language. But descendants of sumerians gradually adopted Akkadian, a Semitic language, as their vernacular. Sumarian language itself was retained as language of learning and education, sort of like Latin and Greek today, until interest in learning and education was swept away by Christianity and Islam.

There is not really any area of history which doesn't fascinate me.

(August 14, 2013 at 8:42 pm)bladevalant546 Wrote: I am a World War II buff myself, however history is one of my passions.

I spend all my hard earned cash on ww2 stuff..... i have a problem

I am too. Played plenty of COD2. Does that count? I say it counts.