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Look, you know, our draws are not rigged they are just unlikely. (pt3)

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So many posts, we went through that last one so fast :D

New chat thread :rocker:
 
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I think people shoul have a grasp of world history. I have a better understanding of English history than other European history. Probably French Russian and German in that order. I like Chinese history a lot but it is quite a task. I'm really ignorant of Indian history except for colonial history. I read history all the tie but I'm not sure how much sticks in my head. I need quizzes after each book. :p

Watch the Ken Burns series The Civil War.

There are even black people in it. Women too.
 
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Agreed. Yet I must say that the dialogue, the very real way in which human emotion was portrayed in this film is what I liked most about it. I think I might rewatch once I´ve read up on the historical background of this period.

Medieval history has always been my favorite. But now in my latter years I have done more reading in u.s.history. As a student I never liked the civil war or anything after 1815. I did have a morbid fascination with the holocaust so I read every thing available there. Now I will read nearly anything I can find about anything. Books about wwII and the civil war are more plentiful. There are some great biographies on Catherine and Peter the great out now. I liked the Catherine one best.
Tsarist Russia, can´t go wrong with that :D My own tastes are rather similar to yours I must say, minus the penchant for US history. Did your fascination for the holocaust simply fizzle out because you were over-satiated with books on the subject or were there other reasons?
 
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