Do you prefer ancient history or modern history?

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Let's say ancient history would be between the very first civilisations (Mesopotamia) up until about the year 1700, and modern history is from 1700 onwards.

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  • megadriver
    4 years ago | pl

    I enjoy reading about history, or watching documentaries, but I hated remembering important dates for school.

    I get remembering a few important ones like the start and end of both world wars, a few important Bulgarian wars, the year Bulgaria was established, a few dates about US history and that's it.

    Why would I need to remember when some history hot shot was born, or died?! I don't care when Churchill, or Ben Franklin, or Otto von Bismark were born. It's more important to know what they did, than to remember stupid numbers.

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  • [Old Memory]
    4 years ago | pl

    If I'm watching a documentary, ancient history. If I'm studying about history, modern history because I feel like it's more relevant.

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  • libertybell
    4 years ago | pl

    I love learning about the 1800's,and imagining life back then. There's something about it, it's like magic. I love looking at photos from back then.

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  • paramore93
    4 years ago | pl

    I prefer prehistory. The mystery gives me chills.

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  • TerriAngel
    4 years ago | pl

    Ancient unknown history.
    I am curious about things of the past, the near present is all well documented.
    1 How exactly were the pyramids built?
    What did they look like new?
    What did that whole area look like?
    2 Stone hendge, who built it?
    When and why?
    3 Any truth to the sword in the stone?
    4 Most civilizations though not connected had storys of dragons.
    Theres a lot of mystery in the past.

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  • donteatstuffoffthesidewalk
    4 years ago | pl

    i sure dont

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  • Dot123
    4 years ago | pl

    Ancient alien history

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  • Primus
    4 years ago | pl

    I only like the most ancient forms of our history, including the natural history of earth and her inhabitants up until humans mastered agriculture. It all goes downhill from there.

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  • RoseIsabella
    4 years ago | pl

    1700? 300 years ago ain't ancient history.

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    • JellyBeanBandit
      4 years ago | pl

      Yeah it was hard to pick an exact dividing point. I was going to pick the year 1600, but I don't know if I'd call the 1600's modern history.

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      • RoseIsabella
        4 years ago | pl

        Ancient history is 60,000 BCE – 650 CE

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        • JellyBeanBandit
          4 years ago | pl

          But history began with writing, and therefore with civilisation (about 3,000 BC). Anything before that is prehistory.

          I admittedly didn't use any official designation for the division between ancient history and modern history, I just regard it myself at about 1600-1700.

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  • raisinbran
    4 years ago | pl

    Question is too broad. I tried.

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  • Doesnormalmatter
    4 years ago | pl

    Modern because its easier to understand but I don't car much about history at all tbh.

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