could fit into a thimble, a coffee cup, a 55 gallon drum, or that only the Pacific Ocean could hold all that you know on this subject?
2006-08-17 15:28:50 · 14 answers · asked by Crooks Gap 5 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
I'd go with The Arctic Ocean - - -
2006-08-17 20:29:55 · answer #1 · answered by JVHawai'i 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I don't know the exact size of the container I'd need, but I'm pretty sure it's more than a 55 gallon drum; and I don't think anyone could fill the Pacific Ocean; there's just not that much history in America compared to Europe and Asia and Egypt.
2006-08-18 00:28:36 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Somewhere between a coffee cup and the 55 gallon drum. I failed history in school but I know details better than dates and figures. Then again, my country's independence is just 41 years old.
2006-08-17 22:47:31 · answer #3 · answered by delusionale 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I could fill a 55 gallon drum but I'm much more knowledgeable on Russian history.
2006-08-17 22:59:42 · answer #4 · answered by Dean B 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My knowledge of US history would fill most of the toilet tanks in my neighborhood. Those things get flushed a lot and, as I live in an older neighborhood, a lot of those babies leak.
I studied history in school, with a lot of emphasis on medieval and Roman history. The founders of the US knew their history and built on the foundation that had been given to them. The ideas expressed in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution have their roots in significant events of world history. For example, in 1215, the king of Britain was forced to sign the Magna Carta (great charter) in Runnymede. It said that the king was subject to the same divine law that governed all people. Sounds a lot like all men are endowed by their creator with inalienable rights.
Listen to those toilets flush.
2006-08-18 01:57:54 · answer #5 · answered by ? 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, I consider myself a student of history. Infact its generally all I ever read about, and I read a lot. I'm very familiar with the history of California, and the west in general. So yeah, I know a thing or two about my country's history, maybe a few coffee cans. But I know I that I will never know it all, there's simply not enough time to read all the books.
2006-08-17 23:36:27 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Probably closer to a big lake than anything you have mentioned. I know a lot of history of the U.S. and not just what they tell you in school books either. Still not enough for the Pacific or the Atlantic.
2006-08-18 00:41:43 · answer #7 · answered by kepjr100 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Probably the size of Lake Champlain on the Vermont-New York border, extending into Quebec. I consider myself fairly knowledgeable of North American history, but I won't go as far as to say that it's on the order of magnitude of an ocean. A Great Lake will be sufficient. :-)
2006-08-17 23:34:30 · answer #8 · answered by Ѕємι~Мαđ ŠçїєŋŧιѕТ 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
55 gallon drum. Of course, my understanding of said history is jaded by my politics, so I'm lumping knowledge and opinion together.
2006-08-17 23:05:00 · answer #9 · answered by Bill C 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
55 gallon drum... I am a european historian and know a lot more about France's history then the US.....that is kinda sad.
2006-08-17 22:32:21 · answer #10 · answered by Cutie Teacher 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The diameter of a small stream. Much flows in, but as time goes on, much flows out at the same time. I am constantly learning new things, yet I am forgetting much of what I learned so many years ago.
2006-08-18 00:18:36 · answer #11 · answered by Mr. Curious 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋