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18 Jun 2010, 2:08 pm

I have loads. :lol: Revolutionary history, Ancient China, 19th century Britain...
I'm just wondering because at the moment I'm looking for one to do a long project on. :D


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18 Jun 2010, 2:13 pm

The second punic war, the era of the 5 good emperors and allied politics in the closing days of WWII.


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18 Jun 2010, 3:00 pm

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stmiyeLsErw[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ux4NWwez8rU[/youtube]


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18 Jun 2010, 3:17 pm

Neolithic era, Holocaust, Armenian genocide, WWII, late 19th and early early 20th C. Britain,


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18 Jun 2010, 3:29 pm

I love Victorian England!



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18 Jun 2010, 3:40 pm

IdahoRose wrote:
I love Victorian England!

The ones here at home just don't give it their best.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5N6sYJRGqgE[/youtube]


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18 Jun 2010, 3:46 pm

Wars of the Roses. Kept me occupied and fascinated for about six months.


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18 Jun 2010, 4:02 pm

Medieval and Renaissance Europe; Tudor England; 18th century; Victorian England; United States during the 20th century.



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18 Jun 2010, 4:09 pm

ALL history, of any period, and any region.


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18 Jun 2010, 4:09 pm

Mods and Rockers, Swinging London, Carnaby Street, and The British Invasion groups of the 60s.


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18 Jun 2010, 4:25 pm

Victorian/Edwardian/Creedonian eras.



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18 Jun 2010, 4:36 pm

Eastern Asian history, especially China from the Warring States to the Tang dynasty.



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18 Jun 2010, 5:08 pm

I usually like reading about modern history, in particular 20th century history.

Other then that, I'm mostly interested in natural history; the history of the planet Earth/Universe, and anything before written history.

I am also quite fond of anything by Jared Diamond.


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18 Jun 2010, 5:18 pm

The Battle of the Boyne and William, Prince of Orange
British Empire and both past and present-day colonial rule around the world
The fight against Home Rule in Ulster

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18 Jun 2010, 6:00 pm

Ancient Egyptians.



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18 Jun 2010, 6:17 pm

20th century.
20 years between the wars.
Totalitarian systems.


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