What period in history would you have loved to go back and see for yourself

[electricdragon]

The tudor age, would be cool to see mary,elizbeth and edward get on and off the throne

Viva Revolution!would love to see the french revolution

The Defeat of napolean, that would be a gd time period

[carrie221]

Okay, ummm....

First, I would like to go back to the high point of the Roman Empire the Golden Age 1st or 2nd century Rome, to see the society and grandour of the empire

Next, I would like to go back to the start of the American Civil war and be there as states were leaving the union; I would love to watch the debates over states' rights and parallels to the American Revolution

After that, I would like to go back to Ancient Greece and talk to Socrates and Plato and Aristotle and Alexander the Great; just to see the chain of knowledge and also the laws of the era

Jumping around again, I would like to go to Ireland during the time right when Saint Patrick came so that I could see the changes in society and way of thinking

Hopping next to England, I would like to be there during Henry VIII's battle for his divorce from the first Catherine

Lastly, I would like to go to the early 1940s and see WWII

Okay, I know that is more than one but I have a degree in history instead of anything useful because I love history and find it interesting. This is my whittled down absolute lists of times to see.

[Curt Chiarelli]

It's a tie between Imperial Rome at the height of her glory in the First Century C.E. and La Belle Epoque Paris.

[English Rose]

Definitely Renaissance England... from Henry VIII's marriage to Katherine of Aragon through the end of Elizabeth's reign... ah, the magnificence of the Renaissance...

I'd also love to go back to the time of King Arthur, to see the Isle of Avalon...

[mosaix]

No question - The Garden of Gethsemane just after the crucifiction of Jesus.

In my view the one single event that has had the most significance to mankind over the past 2,000,000 years is the empty tomb.

I would watch very, very carefully.

[mosaix]

Originally Posted by mosaix

No question - The Garden of Gethsemane just after the crucifiction of Jesus.

In my view the one single event that has had the most significance to mankind over the past 2,000,000 years is the empty tomb.

I would watch very, very carefully.

That should be 2,000 years.....

[littlemissattitude]

I actually think it would be really interesting to see the time just after the Crucifixion as well, but taking it a little farther than just immediately after, I'd like to witness the time when Christianity was being born, the time talked about in the Bible in the Book of Acts.

I'm really fascinated with the interplay during that time between the very first Christians, who most of them were Jews, and the non-Jews who were the second wave of converts. Who really set Christianity on the road to what it is today? What were the politics involved? Should it really be called Pauliantiy (I know, no such word) rather than Christianity? Or did others besides Paul have just as much influence in the institution that was created then? Those are the sorts of questions I'd like to see the answers to.

And, like you said, mosaix, I'd watch very carefully.

[Cozener]

Well...if were talking about just going back and seeing I'd like to see the different stages of the evolution of man, starting all the way back to the australopithicenes and on up to the neandertals. It would also be great to go back and see dinasaurs and maybe even some Cambrian animals...talk about freaky. But if we're talking about going back and actually living in a particular time I'd probably pick the Pax Romana (assuming I couldn't live in this age. I don't really want to live my life out in some technologically primitive era. I love my computer games too much to say nothing of modern medicines, transportation, communications, etc).

[aarti]

I've been obsessed with Georgian and Regency England for more than a decade now, so I'm pretty determined on going there- but only if I could be a rich aristocrat ;-)

I also think seeing Mughal India would be fantastic.

As would seeing Ancient Rome, particularly with Marcus Didius Falco as a guide!

Oh, dear, I can't pick ...

[Briareus Delta]

Recent history for me, England around 1950 -1965. A more innocent age. The end of wartime rationing and the onset of the consumer society. Full employment, low crime rates and anything seemed possible. And, of course, the birth of rock 'n' roll. I could live there quite happily.

[Joel007]

I'd go back about 50 years after taking down historical information about things like horse races and other such gambling opportunities... then bank it all and come back here to recieve the interest

[Briareus Delta]

Originally Posted by Joel007

I'd go back about 50 years after taking down historical information about things like horse races and other such gambling opportunities... then bank it all and come back here to recieve the interest

Phillistine! Besides, you'd create too many chronoclasms and the Time Police would never let you get away with it.

[mightymem]

I would love to go back and experience the ottoman empire durings its height under suleyman, and maybe Rome during the republican times. I would just like to view though not actual live and interact as the times are most likely to be less glamorous then is in my head

[Nesacat]

Ancient India when the vast temples were just being built and the Gods walked the land.

Cambodia in the time when Angkor was being built and Bali when Borobudur was being built.

Egypt during time when the Sphynx was first built I can see for myself what the Sphynx and all the legends surrounding it are really about.

Japan during the Tokugawa era and the samurai. That has always been a fascinating period of history.

England when Stonehenge was first raised.

[Esioul]

I wouldn't mind seeing Stonehenge being built, too. Might clear up a few mysteries.