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my main areas of historical fascination: 1) ancient Egypt; 2) medieval European history, focus on England; 3) the 19th century in the US and UK

Posted by crash davis (aka crash davis) Nov 13 '20, 07:32

4) security issues and policies in post WWII USA

I've also read a bit of Russian history.

I studied a fair amount of Greek and Roman history in college, and in our civilization you can't avoid them.

Lately, I've been getting more interested in the "dark ages"

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I spent way too many hours the other night trying to see why the Hungarians are so far from their Ugric language origin region - Max Nov 13, 08:04 1
- The migration of these groups is becoming increasingly interesting to me. Perhaps because so much is still unknown. -- nm - crash davis Nov 13, 08:12
It’s random what rabbit holes I fall down into. Long term is number stations and other covert operations. -- nm - spamlet Nov 13, 08:01 1
- If they are written well, covert ops books are great reading. -- nm - crash davis Nov 13, 08:08
that is a strong early contender for nerd post of the day...using Star Wars or Doctor Who to top that is like using a cheat code - crash davis Nov 13, 07:36
I do wish I was more into history. -- nm - ty97 Nov 13, 07:35 5
- Just watch Horrible Histories or Ghosts. -- nm - LMS Nov 13, 08:05
- Last week, I found six books in the stacks whose classification I questioned. It was like they've been waiting there for me to challenge. :) -- nm - crash davis Nov 13, 07:41 3
  - I drove my superiors cray at the bookshop 30 yrs ago. First thing I did, created the fantasy section (they had them in Sci-Fi) -- nm - mud Nov 13, 07:54 2
    - good job! fantasy in the sci-fi section is a pet peeve of mine -- nm - crash davis Nov 13, 07:59 1
      - I don't think we've ever figured it out so we just combine them in the bookstore. We're a bunch of *old* ladies who don't know better 😁 -- nm - Megberry Sauce 🦃🥧🏈 Nov 13, 08:50

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my main areas of historical fascination: 1) ancient Egypt; 2) medieval European history, focus on England; 3) the 19th century in the US and UK

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