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Mar 09, 2014 06:19PM
Would anyone like to talk about history? Any particular event/time period?
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That is an interesting period. I also like some more recent stuff, like 1900s and later. That's just because we know SO much more and it appears a lot more vivid (on the surface) because of that. Imagine if we knew all of the details about the Renaissance that we know about really recent history... WOW!!!
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Now that's a good point. When I read interesting, unique stories about, say the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory or the strikes before the fire, I can't help but think, "There must have been someone in Rome who had such a different story, too." In a way, I wish we knew more, but in another way, I love being able to use my imagination. (Within a historical context, of course.)
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Here is a good history series about the medieval world.The Cambridge Medieval History. This is an incredible comprehensive series.
https://archive.org/details/cambridge...
The above link is to the archive.org version of volume 1. It is available in epub, mobi and other formats. It is free.
A better kindle copy might be had at Amazon.
http://www.amazon.com/The-Cambridge-M...
Original hardback copies run about $230
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The Birth of Venus (forgot the author)
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(I organize my books by date :D)
