2007-09-30 14:53:42 · 8 answers · asked by burlingtony 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
wow....that's a hard question...theres a lot of stuff i wish i could go back in time and witness.
I wish i could of been at pearl harbor on dec. 7th, 1941 -obviously i want to live through it-
....hmmm let me think...
I would like to see first hand what it was like to lived as an Egyptian, Greek, and Roman, back when their republics and empires where at their peak.
*American Civil War
*American Revolutionary war
*French Revolution
2007-09-30 15:05:48 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would have liked to have been with the Spanish Cavalry patrol that discovered the Grand Canyon.
The had no idea it was there, they had no idea what was up ahead... they are just riding along and POW there it is.
Must have totally blown their minds.
I'm told they tried to find a way around it, or across it for a few days, before it became obvious that wasn't going to happen and they had to go back to Coronado and say "Hey, sir... you arne't going to believe this, but there is this REALLY REALLY big hole out there, and we just can't get around it..."
That would have been something to see and experience.
And you know, when the got home, I bet nobody believed them when they talked about it.
In September 1540, under orders from the conquistador Francisco Vázquez de Coronado to search for the fabled Seven Cities of Cibola, Captain Garcia Lopez de Cardenas, along with Hopi guides and a small group of Spanish soldiers, traveled to the South Rim of the Grand Canyon between Desert View and Moran Point. Pablo de Melgrossa, Juan Galeras, and a third soldier descended some one third of the way into the Canyon until they were forced to return because of lack of water. In their report, they noted that some of the rocks in the Canyon were "bigger than the great tower of Seville."[6] It is speculated that their Hopi guides must have been reluctant to lead them to the river, since they must have known routes to the canyon floor. Afterwards, no Europeans visited the Canyon for over two hundred years.
2007-10-01 00:02:27 · answer #2 · answered by Larry R 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think the "great events" are significant, instead, the lives of the everyday people are something to marvel at. The way mankind has used courage, intuition, ingenuity, and good old fashioned hard work to survive through the ages is something to admire. People sailed across the ocean, not knowing where they were going, just to see where they'd get to. Normal farm folk traveled hundreds of miles across unknown wilderness to settle the west. The "event" are just the effect of thousands of people with the heart to take up the cause.
The war isn't what's important, it's the warriors that matter.
2007-10-01 01:24:27 · answer #3 · answered by missbeans 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Great question.
I have always wondered about the building of some of the worlds great wonders, without the use of power tools, cranes,surveying equipment and other modern tech.
I would like to have seen the Sphinx built if I had to chose one.
Magellan's voyage around the world would have been an adventure also.
Or the Battle of Thermopylae. (300)
OK OK I cannot pick just one. Kinda like potato chips.
2007-09-30 22:16:04 · answer #4 · answered by impstout2 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1:30 pm, Friday, July 3, 1863 near a small country crossroads in southern Pennsylvania....
2007-09-30 23:30:08 · answer #5 · answered by Its not me Its u 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The parting of the red sea and the death and comming out of the tomb By Jesus
2007-09-30 21:59:00 · answer #6 · answered by harlin42 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The bombing of Hiroshima, from a safe distance
2007-10-01 00:48:23 · answer #7 · answered by LodiTX 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The crucifixion of Christ
2007-09-30 22:46:25 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋