Which history would you visit? - Page 6

Sparrkie · 10-22-2007, 02:41 PM

I would love to have been there when the Salam Witch trails were on, to find out what was running through the thoughts of peoples minds to want to kill others for trival things

And to have been there when the first pyrimid was built

Leafblade · 10-24-2007, 03:30 AM

A question that I'm uncertain was answered. Would you be stuck in that time period you visited? Most of history may have its ups, but it also has its downs (long wars, slavery, more prejudice and discrimination). I would actually be more interested in seeing the future of our planet and if human influence has delt a lot of lasting damage.

Sparrkie · 10-24-2007, 04:23 PM

Well I am hoping that it is only just to visit because I wouldn't want to stay in the Salam witch trials because I don't think that I would survive very long because of the way everyone accused each other, truthfully I am amazed there were quite a lot of people alive by the end of it

17th Angel · 10-29-2007, 01:11 PM

Hold that tought.... I been focusing too much on PAST history.... What of future history? I want to visit the time when everyone is a good looking woman who wears hardly anything and that doesn't leave too much to the imagination... And funky fake ears and other bits of alien make up.... Where I can teleport.... sweet... Maybe weed will be excepted with an embrace of open loving arms then?

greymare · 10-30-2007, 10:29 AM

funny how weed is decriminalised in this country in the territory where all the politicians live (ACT) but not here in queensland. Hey 17th you could move here and be a pollie but I fear you are too honest for that. LOL love the grey

17th Angel · 10-30-2007, 11:24 AM

That is what people need :\ Seriously... A spokes person who will go on TV and be blunt and be real, and be pushed around by none.... Facts, nothing else no hidden agenda..... A person who will go LIVE on tv... and say *bleep* that, that is a bunch of *bleep*, Oh yeah well he can just *bleep* my *bleep*, Taxes? *bleeeeeeeep* *bleep* Maggie thatcher *bleep* so *bleep* the *bleep* and you know what? *bleeeeeeeep* and that you can take to the *bleep* bank. and so on....

Why do they pretend to be something better? Something amazing? They are no better than us, if they could only realise that, we'd have a better situation ;\

greymare · 10-30-2007, 11:41 PM

well, they do have to justify their enormous pay packets. therefore they must be better than us.

17th Angel · 10-31-2007, 04:30 PM

I believe they should get more than the average person lol, they are leaders... Sorry let me reprhase that... I believe they should get more than the average person as they are in leadership positions......

Neemai · 10-31-2007, 05:00 PM

Can we do more than one?

I'd like to visit India approx 5,000 years ago with a digital camera - the Indus Valley, ancient Saraswati river area, Dwarka region before the floods. It would be worth it just to stop all the arguments between modern historians, although the real purpose would be to do some Krishna spotting.

Then I'd go for Bengal (Gauda-desh) in the early 1500's to try and meet the two saintly fellows who started the public "Hare Krishna" movement.

While we're at it, how about an off-planet history. Ancient Moon world... might be a bit sparse. How about the moment the first word was spoken in our universe. That would be something to write home about!

... Neemai

17th Angel · 10-31-2007, 05:10 PM

Or how about back to the time jesus did these "miracles" then you'd know for sure one way or the other......

Family Guy - Jesus Video

greymare · 11-03-2007, 11:11 AM

I thinkId only like to go into MY past history and not do a few things I did. Regrets......Ive had a few........

Impqueen · 11-04-2007, 08:31 PM

I'd love to visit (preferably pre-Christian) Anglo-Saxon England, to get a feel for it that just isn't possible from books. I'd like to hear Beowulf told by the fireside and to hear all those stories that no-one ever wrote down (will have to brush up my Anglo-Saxon first

).

Penguin · 07-30-2008, 12:25 PM

Life and death of Jesus Christ for me.

sooty · 12-11-2009, 06:26 PM

I love to see many past periods of history, however I would particularly like to see Medievel England at the time of Henry I (c.1150) and also the Mycenaean/Minoan periods in Greece.

NightPhoenix · 01-15-2010, 05:12 PM

What a fun question.

I'm not sure I could pick just one but I've thought about this many times before and I kind of always come back to visiting the Roman Empire in the 1st century. Rome in it's prime I guess. Of course I'd want to travel through the Empire, starting in Judea, all the way to Rome itself. I'd probably have to pick 29AD as that is probably the most likely time Jesus of Nazareth was preaching in the Galilee. (though that could have been the year he was crucified ) (see I got all the big things in one time travel trip) I'd definitely want to check out Herod's temple as it was considered one of the wonders of the world at the time.

I'm also totally fascinated by ancient religions and would LOVE to see all the major Pagan Temples as well. Especially the biggies like the Temple of Diana in Ephesus and some of the Temples in Rome, not to mention Delphi.

I'd also love to see back further in time to see the Middle East at the time of Solomon's Temple, and again, I'd love to check out the other cults at the time. I admit, I'd be interested to see a Temple prostitution out of sheer curiousity.

4th and 5th century Rome would definitely be something I'd like to see as well...I guess I'd want to see for sure if some of our Christian saints were really involved in some of the more brutal things they are suspected of. (the murder of Hypatia etc)

Medieval Europe would be interesting, especially Ireland, just to see how "dark" the dark ages really were.

I'd also love to see North America before us Europeans got here and plowed over 2/3rds of the Continent. To see the "New World" when it was untouched by industrialization. I guess that makes me a romantic but that's ok.