| History buffs?
Posted: 10/6/2005 5:00:54 PM | Are there any other history buffs on POF?
If you could go on a timetravel BACK to 5 times(eras)/places.....where and when?....and Why? | |
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| History buffs?
Posted: 10/6/2005 5:11:54 PM | right here:
1. Ancient Rome
2. Ancient Egypt (I'd love to know how they built the pyramids)
3. The Spanish conquest of the Aztecs
4. To find the mysterious light seen in the distancece from the Titanic as she went down.
5. The meteor impact that killed the dinosaurs (From a high orbit of course) | |
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| History buffs?
Posted: 10/6/2005 5:23:47 PM | 1.Ancient Rome
2.Feudal Japan
3.See how and what Stonehenge was
4.Prehistoric Africa
5.Ancient Egypt | |
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| History buffs?
Posted: 10/6/2005 5:28:09 PM | First and foremost, I'd like to experience a week in ancient Rome. Anywhere in the Empire really.
Also wouldn't mind being around just after the Ch'in Dynasty united China just to see what it was like then.
Victorian London has a certain allure to me as well.
Not too keen on ancient Egypt exactly but I have to admit that I would have liked to have been there to see the upper and lower kingdoms united.
Would have liked to see Jesus first hand. Yeah, I'm a Jew, but so was he. lol
Too many really. Still, only would want to visit, nothing permanent. | |
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| History buffs?
Posted: 10/6/2005 5:42:51 PM | This is a tough question!
1. Ancient Rome, for the obvious debauchery
2. Old England as a pauper-I was told by a medium that I was a barmaid in a previous life. lol
3. Medieval England as a Queen-who wouldn't want to live as a Queen, but minus the chastity belt please
4. 1940's America, I have often thought the world should be more like the 40's, how romantic
5. Civil War, either side, it has always fascinated me
OP, you never said what yours would be? | |
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| History buffs?
Posted: 10/6/2005 8:18:07 PM | | I'd have to agree with everyone else and say Ancient Rome. But I'd also like to visit: France in the 13th century to see them build their gothic cathedrals, Florence in the time of Dante, Florence during the Renaissance, and finally Youngstown in 1915. (because I would like to visit my house during the year it was built.) | |
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| History buffs?
Posted: 10/7/2005 4:47:04 AM | I'd use it to solve old mysteries, like 'who was Jack the Ripper?' and stuff like that, I could solve the mysteries and spend the rest of my life resting on my laurels. | |
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cazar
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Joined: 4/28/2005
Msg: 8 | |
| History buffs?
Posted: 10/7/2005 4:51:07 AM | see Moses n the burning bush
ride with genghis khan
go with cortez
explore america before messed up
go to oldavi gorge in africa and look at first human .. | |
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longte
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Joined: 10/18/2004
Msg: 9 | |
| History buffs?
Posted: 10/7/2005 6:30:23 AM | 1] To read the books in the Alexander Library
2] To visit Atlantis
3] To see how beautiful Helen of Troy really was
4] To watch Leonardo Da Vinci at work
5] To watch anything and learn to understand
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| History buffs?
Posted: 10/7/2005 6:46:15 AM | Ankor
Pompeii, It was a party right?
Jesus's Life: Would love to learn sans the infinite contradictions.
The Renassiance
The Lewis & Clark Expedition. I'd break south with John Colter.
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| History buffs?
Posted: 10/7/2005 2:23:47 PM | I'm pleasantly surprised so many have responded
1)Ancient Nubia(Badarian,Kemet,"group A"circa 5000BC)-I'd like to see for myself the civilization that perhaps gave birth to all others.
2)Solomon's court/Shebian expidition.-To have witnessed and interacted with the "wisest of the wise" as well as 1 of the most beautiful spiritual,intelligent women in history would have been wonderful.(Of course,I'd have wanted her for myself;>)
3)Olmec America-The 1st civlization in the Americas with so many links to Nubia and China seems AMAZING.I'd love to find out how did it get there,why did it disappear or was it simply absorbed.
4)Florida during the "2nd Seminole War" or even during the 1st beginning in 1810-Seminole is part of my heritage and I'd loved to have been apart of its fight for soverignity and continued independence. The 2nd Seminole War also cooresponds with the largest and most successful slave rebellion in US history...and most people don't even know of it.
5)Court of Akenaton-Was Akenaton linked in any way to Joseph the Hebrew? Would have been great to have interacted with the 1st recorded monotheist in Egyptian history.
Now this was a close call since I'd also say an equal desire would have been apart of Menelik II's government as advisor.
I could go on and on...but I think those would be my top 5. | |
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jimi77
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Joined: 7/13/2004
Msg: 12 | |
| History buffs?
Posted: 10/7/2005 3:26:46 PM | The viking era as i am swedish..
atlantis if it ever really exsisted
rome.. but i would keep that chit low key as they like to make candles of people and lion meat.
the time of christ .. to walk with him, talk with him, and witness it in all in his sacrifce and glory.
egypt.. just to see whats going on wit the pharoh..
again.. I wouldent want to be a marty mc fly and stand out.. for fear of getting flogged, burnt, or worse. | |
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| History buffs?
Posted: 10/7/2005 6:22:31 PM | | Hellooooo!! McFlyyyy! lol I am surprised to see how many would like to see Jesus. I would too, but with my untrusting nature I would probably be one of the unbelievers (in that time and place). | |
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| History buffs?
Posted: 10/7/2005 6:25:25 PM | *shrugs*
Let's go!
"If I was a trader, I would trade a thousand pelts...
to sleep with Pocohantas; and to know how she felt"
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| History buffs?
Posted: 10/7/2005 6:41:13 PM | Ancient Egypt
Ancient Rome
England in the 1500s to see an original production of a Shakespeare play
Then I'd want to see the United States in the 1860s and the 1920s | |
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jimi77
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Joined: 7/13/2004
Msg: 16 | |
| History buffs?
Posted: 10/7/2005 8:08:38 PM | | humm.. good one about shakespeare... i would love to see some of the masters play their classical hits.. | |
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| History buffs?
Posted: 10/7/2005 8:27:44 PM | Hey, all:
Great question! As a biologist, and assuming both the fuel for the time machine was truely inexhaustible(!) and that MY age would be frozen, I would like to go back and witness the major extinctions and their causes that have occurred during earth's history. The most well known is the most recent at 65 million YA, but more castastrophic extinctions occurred at times before that.
I would also like to be able to watch the earth from a few thousand miles up, and watch the progression of the development of the land masses of the earth. Plate tectonics is an interesting subject, and to see it as it happens would be amazing.
I would also love to be able to watch the ORIGINAL discovery of the new world, which probably occurred twice and by 2 different Asian cultures which moved along the coasts of Asia and North America, then spread out when they reached the continental areas of No. America.
Cool idea! Actually, probably comes to more than 5, but, we're just dreamin'!
David | |
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jimi77
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Joined: 7/13/2004
Msg: 18 | |
| History buffs?
Posted: 10/7/2005 8:35:50 PM | here in michigan they think the egyptions were here mining copper as well as the vikings.. they even have some artifacts.
what if you go back 6000 years and there is no world.. | |
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| History buffs?
Posted: 10/7/2005 8:46:47 PM | The court of Louis XIV at Versailles...decadent..
Renaissance Rome..to see the masters of art...Michealangelo and DaVinci..
Victorian London would be interesting..but not during the "black plague"!
A chance to talk to the great philoshers Aristotle and Plato in Greece..
Paris in the early 1900's..bon vivant! | |
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| History buffs?
Posted: 10/8/2005 12:46:57 AM | 1. Witness the creation
2. The Garden of Eden
3. Ancient Egypt to witness the building of the pyramids, then the crossing of the Red(or Reed) Sea
4. Walk with and listen to Jesus first hand
5. Witness and hear Mozart creating some of the most beautiful music ever created
It would be such a shame to have to stop at only five. There are so many other times, places, and events that I would wish to see and learn from! This is certainly a fun thread, thanks for posting it! | |
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| History buffs?
Posted: 7/4/2007 4:15:18 AM | | I would like to go back to whenever it was we stopped communicating, and ask you why. I know you are a man of quality, morals and compassion, and have obviously decided not to put your profile on here, but only submit to the forums, which is a decision I respect, but I miss your friendship. As for the other time-travel experiences, I know I have lived many lifetimes, and would like to someday have a past life regression. | |
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