What is your favorite period of world history?

I'd have to say the American Civil War is my "favorite" era to learn about. That war was not what it was presented about in school years ago. Wasn't even hardly about stopping slavery.. it was about all NEW states coming into the union would be free and the south didn't like that. They could have kept their slaves, but they fought anyway. ANd the North didn't "win" the war... they just starved the south to death. Bottled up every avenue into the south, so nothing could get in or out... literally starved the south. Battle gurus have stated the South "won" the war based on battles etc, but the North starved the south so the south had to surrender.... never learned that in schoo. Thank goodness for the history channel!

I am interested in the American War before WW1. How interesting is it when soldiers from both sides line up shoulder to launch a volley of musket fire and reloading under fire? What most people don't know was, America fight and won freedom with the help from other countries to fight off the British. The American Civil War was the same thing such as the Irish. Basically, America need allies to help out except for the Pacific Theater during WW2, that is one war they can be proud of winning.

I love history and was the only person back in high school to take both history classes (general and classical).

The areas of history I am most interested in are WW1 and WW2, Classical Rome and Greece and the French renaissance. Although Russian history is interesting too.

British history is interesting and I have studied it for 4-5 years. With a focus on the Tudor-Stewart period. Best of luck with writing your book.

OLD stuff, really OLD stuff - or, as I told my mom when we got the the middle ages of the British Museum, "Okay, we're done." But I had looked at every little stone seal in the Minoan exhibit...

My favorite era to study is the Tudor through the Elizabethian age.I can't get enough of Henry VIII and his wives and how Elizabeth I survived to reach the throne.So of course I am loving Showtime's series The Tudors. It is so much fun to watch them s*x up English History.

Old stuff, the older the better, in fact, my mom and I went to the British Museum and I was going around in there looking closely at so many things, but when we got to the "Dark Ages" or Medieval times I said "Well, I'm done." We spent about 10 hours there, on 2 separate days to let me see what all I wanted to see.

I also like non-European or U.S. history because we just didn't get that much of those kinds of history here in the states.

OR, to put it another way, I have a minor in History in my B.S. and have 30 hours of history, including, History of the Near East (Arab/north Africa) and History of the Middle and Far East (India, south-east Asia, China, etc.) Those classes were HARD, but I really enjoyed them. I also took a History of Mexico. Now, just so you know, I also took both halves of the Recent American History (1890's to 1970's) well, it was 1975... and a course in the "Westward Movement" that was excellent. Those 18 hours on top of the 12 hours required survey course in U.S. History and survey course in "World" History (read mostly European) made the 30. If I had JUST had a foreign language I could'a had a double major....

well, i prefer WW2, especially Luftwaffe and Air Forces
of course, i have some interest about histroy of the Cold War.