ancient history

[norseamd]

how many of you are interested in ancient history?

how about sumeria?

what do you think it was like to live back then?

 

[GagHalfrunt]

Where is the dinosaur that Jesus rode?

 

[norseamd]

Where is the dinosaur that Jesus rode?

 

[manimal]

I would have gone a few hundred miles away and hung out with the Parthians. They knew how to party

 

[MongGrel]

:awe:

 

[norseamd]

 

[Pocatello]

It would suck to live in those days. You have to go to the store to rent porn videos. Then you have to rewind the tapes, or they charge you extra.

 

[BoomerD]

It would suck to live in those days. You have to go to the store to rent porn videos. Then you have to rewind the tapes, or they charge you extra.

heh-heh...and you had only dial-up for internet.

 

[WelshBloke]

heh-heh...and you had only dial-up for internet.

It was the having to sit next to the telephone to make a phone call and not be able to take it into the crapper with you that sucked.

 

[BoomerD]

It was the having to sit next to the telephone to make a phone call and not be able to take it into the crapper with you that sucked.

100 foot or longer telephone cords never made it to "Whales?"

Just call Torchwood...they'll help you out. :whiste:

 

[JManInPhoenix]

For 99.9% of the people back then, life was miserable. I'll pass.

 

[Mai72]

I wish I could have lived back then. I bet life was relaxing and you didn't have to worry about college and college debt. You just tended to your little garden and died at the ripe old age of 25.

 

[gotsmack]

WIN

 

[SSSnail]

What I loved about the Sumerians were the flaming arrow boats, the attack speed and damage was ridiculous...

 

[MongGrel]

It would suck to live in those days. You have to go to the store to rent porn videos. Then you have to rewind the tapes, or they charge you extra.

+1

 

[mmntech]

For 99.9% of the people back then, life was miserable. I'll pass.

To put things into perspective, your average bum today probably leads a better life than the richest kings of Europe did just 1000 years ago.

Much of my history education was spent on the early modern period and up. Medieval history ended up boring me to death. Didn't help that the prof teaching was dull as dirt too. I only really took it because a pre-modern credit was a prerequisite for my degree.

Classical western history has never really interested me all that much either.

 

[norseamd]

To put things into perspective, your average bum today probably leads a better life than the richest kings of Europe did just 1000 years ago.

Much of my history education was spent on the early modern period and up. Medieval history ended up boring me to death. Didn't help that the prof teaching was dull as dirt too. I only really took it because a pre-modern credit was a prerequisite for my degree.

Classical western history has never really interested me all that much either.

not counting things like medical care and certain everyday things technology has brought the kings had a far more luxurious lifestyle.

so no.

you should read up on some of the roman elite.

surprising that ancient and medieval history are incredably interesting to me but early modern history seems boring as shit.

you really like early modern period history?

 

[lozina]

I love studying ancient history and I consider myself an expert in the subject -I watch a lot of History channel, afterall!

So I know all you need to know about our ancient history....

 

[Imp]

Solid lead pipes, solid lead toys, lead make-up powder? Gimme gimme...

Chance of being raped and pillaged cause some asshole is bored? Gimme more.

 

[norseamd]

how would the lead pipes used in roman aqueducts and medieval castles affect water quality?

you would think that it would be enough to be noticed

 

[BoomerD]

Someone mention lead pipes?

http://www.armory.com/~crisper/Scorch/

 

[Mai72]

To put things into perspective, your average bum today probably leads a better life than the richest kings of Europe did just 1000 years ago.

I've never seen a king sleep on the street. That's stretching things a bit.

 

[ringtail]

norseamd

It's best you don't remember your previous incarnations(s) during ancient Sumer. Mythology of its bloodthirsty Zoroastrianism influenced the Judeo-Christian religions and bible (according to Joseph Campbell).

Although…if the lowest point in the 24,000 year yuga cycles (“Platonic Year” or “Great Year&#8221 was really around 500 A.D. like S.Y. says, then with regard to humanity’s overall general level of spiritual insight and psychological awareness and understanding, the time of ancient Sumeria’s heyday around 4000 years ago might have been approximately similar to the milieu that prevails in our world today. However, back then it was declining, mankind’s mind was darkening as the years advanced, while now it is on a several-thousand-year gradual climb back up to a somewhat more enlightened humanity.

 

[Imp]

Someone mention lead pipes?

http://www.armory.com/~crisper/Scorch/

Holy... shit. Lucky I turned on in-private browsing.

 

[BurnItDwn]

Fvck that, they lived in one of the hottest parts of the world without air conditioning.