Your Favorite Century

[Ulf]

There are plenty of centuries to choose from. I'm just curious what centuries people enjoy reading about and why.
Personally I enjoy reading about the 19th century because of it's drastic increase in mechanical and electrical productivity, the relationships between mother countries and colonies, and the emergence of the Germany as a major European power.

I also greatly enjoy reading about the 1st century B.C.. Rome's old Republic dieing away and being replaced by the Principate. There's a lot of good history in that century

so what's your favorite and why?

[dogukan]

yup, 19th
1st bc
16th

[Dr. Croccer]

19th.

[Carl von Döbeln]

The 16th and 17th. The fall of the knights of Rhodes, the thirty years war and the emergence of sweden as a great power being the main reasons.

[Maximinus Thrax]

2nd century - age of the Five Good Emperors
15th century - beginning of the Renaissance
17th century - the first half (Thirty Years' War and all that)

[Salem1]

17th century because it's spasming with important developments, rises and falls that would come to affect the future.

[Azog 150]

20th Century: The bloodiest century ever. Two world wars and close to a third world war. The fall of the British Empire. The creation, rise and fall of the USSR. The rise of the USA. A world changed beyond all recognition and it was the 20th century that truly shaped the world that we live in now. Plus there are still plenty alive from the 20th century who can tell us what it was like to experience these events first hand.

18th-19th century: The rise of the British Empire and our time as top dog. They were also the good old days when we still battled the Frenchies

6th century BC: Greek golden age. Persian invasions. War between Greece and Sparta.

[Ahlerich]

21st

[cegorach]

16th, 17th and recently again 20th to read about.
21st to live in.

[Oswald von Wolkenstein]

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[Romano-Dacis]

21st century.
However, the 15th century is nice, as is the 7th century.

[Pious Agnost]

I like the idea of the 19th century the most.

[Armenum]

For me the best time period is late 17th century and 18th century.

Maybe one day TOtal war will make a game to take place in 17th century...

[Marie Louise von Preussen]

The 1648 - 1789 era.

[Armenum]

The 1648 - 1789 era.

Exactly, that is the best era.

[Carl von Döbeln]

Define best. We've all got our own favourites but that doesnt make them the best.

[TRSjarmen]

1st BC, 1st AD, 2nd AD. I love my Roman History

[Darsh]

17h, 18h, 19th especially the period between 1789 and 1815.

[Ulf]

especially the period between 1789 and 1815.

ah, I wish i knew more about the revolution and Napoleon. know any "must-read" books for that time period?

[ray243]

3rd Century CE, because it is a period that few people loves to talk about.