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The Uncreator View Member Profile	Apr 18 2008, 01:16 AM
Apr 18 2008, 01:16 AM	Fire Up The Blades, Moderator Posts: 8.933 Joined: 6-March 07 From: St. Petersburg, Florida	So I think there are some other history buffs out there, I quite love it, I love to read it, study it, watch it, Its just cool to see how the world used to work, To me at least Anyway, If you had to pick one, What would be your favorite period of history to look back on? Mine would be Ancient Chinese and Japanese history, the two cultures simply amaze me, Everything from the art, the music, the wars, the politics, It just gets me You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content!

Nemanja Filipovi... Nemanja Filipovic View Member Profile	Apr 18 2008, 01:21 AM
Apr 18 2008, 01:21 AM	Singing Instructor Posts: 3.391 Joined: 23-January 08	I would like to see Egypt in time when Pharaons ruled...and the Pyramids where build... You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- Check out my video lessons and instructor board! Participate im my new Crazy Blues Collaboration

VinceG View Member Profile	Apr 18 2008, 01:21 AM
Apr 18 2008, 01:21 AM	GMC:er Posts: 1.891 Joined: 7-December 06	im no history buff by any means but the Chinese truly have the best ancient culture in all the lands. My parents bought me a hand made art piece of a Chinese Spring, and its beautiful. The Philosophy are also very wise as well. How about that underground army for one of the most famous war lords of Chinese land. That was magnificent as well. I forgot his name, but thats probably one of the best way to die is to have thousands of people make a hundreds of clay life size army while your buried in the middle of it all. You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- METAL SUCKS My Last.fm account. View it for all the terrible music I play on a daily basis

The Uncreator View Member Profile	Apr 18 2008, 01:41 AM
Apr 18 2008, 01:41 AM	Fire Up The Blades, Moderator Posts: 8.933 Joined: 6-March 07 From: St. Petersburg, Florida	Qin Shi Huang was his name, the first emperor of China. The Terra Cotta army is something rather Epic indeed, I want one You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content!

VinceG View Member Profile	Apr 18 2008, 01:52 AM
Apr 18 2008, 01:52 AM	GMC:er Posts: 1.891 Joined: 7-December 06	Then start enslaving millions of people and slowly take other countries lands then. I suggest South America, they have the best metal bands You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- METAL SUCKS My Last.fm account. View it for all the terrible music I play on a daily basis

fkalich View Member Profile	Apr 18 2008, 02:35 AM
Apr 18 2008, 02:35 AM	GMC:er Posts: 2.789 Joined: 12-February 07 From: People's Republic of Lawrence Kansas	QUOTE (The Uncreator @ Apr 17 2008, 07:41 PM) Qin Shi Huang was his name, the first emperor of China. The Terra Cotta army is something rather Epic indeed, I want one I was 10 feet from one a couple hours ago. My former graduate adviser has one, bought it in China I think. Not an original of course, a copy. I have read a great deal of history. But keep in mind, in those times, and most all times before the emergence of democracies, life for the common man was brutal, and often short. Life was cheap. Real cheap. My understanding is, even by standards of the time, that first emperor was a monster. A note, an interesting one I think. The great wall. It is noted by people, how did they think they could keep people out with that wall, how could you ever garrison it to make it effective, as long as it was? I have heard, the function was not to keep anyone out, but to keep them in, should they come in. See, you can pick the spot to enter. But if you have to retreat, you probably can't. And then that wall is a problem, with the enemy closing in on you as you retreat. That was the purpose, to make armies think about that possibility, and to think twice before coming in. You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content!

rokchik View Member Profile	Apr 18 2008, 02:55 AM
Apr 18 2008, 02:55 AM	The Dark Canuck Posts: 2.729 Joined: 22-March 07 From: The Great White North	I guess it would be a toss up between Russian history especially the revolution and the Roman Empire as my favorites. You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content!

fkalich View Member Profile	Apr 18 2008, 03:21 AM
Apr 18 2008, 03:21 AM	GMC:er Posts: 2.789 Joined: 12-February 07 From: People's Republic of Lawrence Kansas	QUOTE (rokchik @ Apr 17 2008, 08:55 PM) Roman Empire as my favorites. A very misunderstood people. The common perception of them is as a conquering people, bent on expansion. Actually that was not the case. In reality they sort of "backed into" the empire. They did not like "noisy neighbors", and that sometimes brought them across borders. But for the most part, they went where they were invited. Neighbors would ask them to come in and settle things, to keep the peace. Israel is an example, they invited the Romans in. And the Romans put up with them for a long time, they put up with a lot more than they typically would of other people. But the last straw occurred when some group killed about 2 or 3 hundred Roman soldiers. The attitude of the Romans was "look, you invited us in, we kept the peace, we put up with you all these years, and this is how you thank us??????". Myself, I am pretty much an expert on American wars, especially the Civil War and WWII. These are two of the few wars in history, where you can really say they were necessary. All you have to do is be aware of what Hitler envisioned as the new world order, to know that. But it is not like I particularly "like" any period. Prior to the current times, since WWII, previous times have been pretty crappy for the common man for the most part. Your odds of living to adulthood were not great. Life was generally hard, often brutal for all but the privileged very few. Disease was rampant. I have never deluded myself into thinking I have not lived in the best of times. Nuclear bombs may still do us in as a species. However for my life, they have really been a positive. No way the US and the USSR would not have fallen into WWIII had they not existed, with who knows how many 10's of millions dead, maybe 100's of millions, and who knows what outcome, had they not existed. You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content!

Juan M. Valero View Member Profile	Apr 18 2008, 07:50 AM
Apr 18 2008, 07:50 AM	Instructor Posts: 4.270 Joined: 6-August 07 From: Girona - Spain	ufff difficult question... maybe when humans didn't exist, unfortunately we are destroying this world You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- Visit : www.myspace.com/juanmvalero Video lessons ; Instructor board ; Recording lessons

blindwillie View Member Profile	Apr 18 2008, 07:55 AM
Apr 18 2008, 07:55 AM	GMC:er Posts: 1.533 Joined: 28-March 07 From: Luleå, Sweden	I'm interested in history but not any particular time, just in general. Too bad I didn't realize in school how interesting it is. You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- Schecter C1 Hellraiser EMG 81/85, replaced with JB/Jazz (SH4/SH2n) w. coilsplit Schecter Revenger HB-105, replaced with EMG 81/85 Stratocaster Deluxe Players Noiseless Ibanez 2550z Blackstar HT5H, Blackheart BH5H w. BH112, Laney LX35D, Line6 Pod XT, Marshall MS-2 Headphones: Sennheiser RS120 Stay tuned...

audiopaal View Member Profile	Apr 18 2008, 08:08 AM
Apr 18 2008, 08:08 AM	Competitions Coordinator - Up the Irons Posts: 5.462 Joined: 17-February 08 From: Stavanger, Norway	Old Egypt where the pharaos ruled, the pyramids and temples were built and all the stuff going on at time Or as you say ancient chinese/japanese culture You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content!

Young Guitarist View Member Profile	Apr 18 2008, 08:12 AM
Apr 18 2008, 08:12 AM	GMC:er Posts: 668 Joined: 17-April 08 From: Home, spamming the GMC forum.	Id like to see the medieval war between england and france, the battle at Normandy! You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- Rock On!

Danilo Capezzuto View Member Profile	Apr 18 2008, 10:21 AM
Apr 18 2008, 10:21 AM	Instructor Posts: 1.829 Joined: 16-February 08 From: Italy	Old Egypt...old Greece...medieval period...anything but not this present, especially in italy... You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- Check out my video lessons!

Trond Vold View Member Profile	Apr 18 2008, 10:30 AM
Apr 18 2008, 10:30 AM	Instructor Posts: 3.497 Joined: 16-February 08 From: Norge!	The second world war has always been interesting to me. I got tons of documentaries and books about that tragic point in history. You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- Guitars: Schecter Stiletto Classic, Jackson SLSMG, Ibanez RG-380 Japan, Gibson Les Paul Studio Amp: Marshall JMP-1 -> Rocktron Velocity 100 -> Marshall JCM-900 Lead 4x12 FX and stomps: T.C Electronics G-Sharp, Korg SDD-1200, Emma Transmorgrifier, BYOC Tribooster, GGG Green Ringer, Dinosaur Overdrive, Voodoo Lab SuperFuzz, Sovtek Bassballs, Line6 Tap Tremolo, EHX Screaming Bird. ___________________________________________________ My Lessons! My Instructor Board! My Myspace!

The Uncreator View Member Profile	Apr 18 2008, 11:18 AM
Apr 18 2008, 11:18 AM	Fire Up The Blades, Moderator Posts: 8.933 Joined: 6-March 07 From: St. Petersburg, Florida	QUOTE (fkalich @ Apr 17 2008, 05:35 PM) I was 10 feet from one a couple hours ago. My former graduate adviser has one, bought it in China I think. Not an original of course, a copy. I have read a great deal of history. But keep in mind, in those times, and most all times before the emergence of democracies, life for the common man was brutal, and often short. Life was cheap. Real cheap. My understanding is, even by standards of the time, that first emperor was a monster. A note, an interesting one I think. The great wall. It is noted by people, how did they think they could keep people out with that wall, how could you ever garrison it to make it effective, as long as it was? I have heard, the function was not to keep anyone out, but to keep them in, should they come in. Man, thats awesome. Id love to go see the real things in person, Would be an awesome sight. And yeah, Qin Shi Huang wasnt the most nice of Emperors, But still is regarded as an essential figure in China's history, Having unified China. And yes, Whether or not the Great Wall Of China was built to keep people out or in, It works both ways. You werent meant have it all defended at once, Just simply couldnt do it. But it was strong enough to keep you out as well. I think the terrain its built upon is good factor in this, Its not flat, its hilly, rocky, uneven terrain, Not easy to get an army over this, While getting through (at the time) a giant wall in your way. You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content!

OrganisedConfusi... OrganisedConfusion View Member Profile	Apr 18 2008, 11:41 AM
Apr 18 2008, 11:41 AM	GMC:er Posts: 5.635 Joined: 29-November 07 From: Nottingham, UK	Japanese culture I always find really interesting and quite a dark history compared to many but for some reason I'm always drawn to find out more. I can't wait to visit the place next year. Great history. You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- Gear Guitars:- Caparison Horus Snowcloud, Parker Nitefly M, Parker Nitefly SA, Gibson SG, Parker P10e, 40 Year Old Spanish Acoustic Amps:- Framus Ruby Riot 2x12" stack

Duncan View Member Profile	Apr 18 2008, 12:36 PM
Apr 18 2008, 12:36 PM	GMC:er Posts: 620 Joined: 20-January 08 From: Whistler, Canada	1900 onwards has clearly been the most incredible time in history. You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content!

Andrew Cockburn View Member Profile	Apr 18 2008, 02:05 PM
Apr 18 2008, 02:05 PM	Moderation Policy Director Posts: 10.459 Joined: 6-February 07 From: CT, USA	Wars of the Roses - England, 1475 - 1500. I used to do mediival re-enactment of that period, I would put on armour and go and beat the living daylights out of everyone with my hand-and-a-half sword - man that was fun, especially when we got to camp out in real castles overnight! You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- Check out my Instructor profile Live long and prosper ... My Stuff: Electric Guitars : Ibanez Jem7v, Line6 Variax 700, Fender Plus Strat with 57/62 Pickups, Line6 Variax 705 Bass Acoustic Guitars : Taylor 816ce, Martin D-15, Line6 Variax Acoustic 300 Nylon Effects : Line6 Helix, Keeley Modded Boss DS1, Keeley Modded Boss BD2, Keeley 4 knob compressor, Keeley OxBlood Amps : Epiphone Valve Jnr & Head, Cockburn A.C.1, Cockburn A.C.2, Blackstar Club 50 Head & 4x12 Cab

OrganisedConfusi... OrganisedConfusion View Member Profile	Apr 18 2008, 02:23 PM
Apr 18 2008, 02:23 PM	GMC:er Posts: 5.635 Joined: 29-November 07 From: Nottingham, UK	QUOTE (Andrew Cockburn @ Apr 18 2008, 02:05 PM) Wars of the Roses - England, 1475 - 1500. I used to do mediival re-enactment of that period, I would put on armour and go and beat the living daylights out of everyone with my hand-and-a-half sword - man that was fun, especially when we got to camp out in real castles overnight! Lol. I bet that was fun. I've seen them advertised in UK. Bet it is a right laugh with a bunch of mates. You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- Gear Guitars:- Caparison Horus Snowcloud, Parker Nitefly M, Parker Nitefly SA, Gibson SG, Parker P10e, 40 Year Old Spanish Acoustic Amps:- Framus Ruby Riot 2x12" stack

Pi38 View Member Profile	Apr 18 2008, 02:25 PM
Apr 18 2008, 02:25 PM	GMC:er Posts: 576 Joined: 30-January 08 From: United States	I'm not much of a history buff, but I've always thought that medieval times in Europe was pretty cool. All the swords and axes are awesome. You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content!

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