Just supposing you could travel back in time, what historical period or event would you want to be a part of?

Answer 1

Had I been able to choose, I would've been born before the industrial revolution ... probably farther back than that even. I have always been one to knit, crochet, spin yarn, sew ... generally do many of the things now done by the boatloads in factories. I would like to've been able to make a living doing what I do best ... the kinds of things listed above. But mass produced items have cheapened the value to where quality handmades can't compete.

Yes, living back then meant hard work for most, but I had that anyway. I've gardened, cut, split, and stacked firewood for winter heat, made all of our family's bread ... sourdough, at that ... and did many things just as our ancestors did, but without the finacial rewards of earning a living at the valued trades of the times.

I wish for simplicity of those times, where a person could attain a piece of property, build their home and live there without some government agency poking their nose into their business. My parents, did just that and raised four children in the house my father built with his own two hands, without the benefit of inspectors holding them while building it, and charging big bucks for the privilege. My parents, siblings and I survived nicely though our house wasn't approved by anyone other than our family. The same may be applied to my husband's family as well.

I wish for the time when a person saddled up Old Paint or hitched the mare to the buckboard in order to get from point A to point B. Yes, it was slow and travel was very limited, but there wasn't the screaming about gas prices, and insurance rates, and all the rest. Oh, and I do have a good idea what it is to care for horses and other animals. I've been around them much of my life, and presently have goats, sheep, and donkeys among others.

I could go on, but suffice it to say, I wish for simpler, straight-forward times when a person was left to mind their own affairs, and were less dependent, falling prey to the government and big businesses.

Answer 2

I would pick the colonial frontier in the south in the 1760's and 70's. I would like to be a "long hunter", and live the life an early Tennessee settler lived after. I might not live through the year 1777, the year of the bloody sevens but I would have some excitement if I did. I would like to be at the Kings Mountain fight, or with the Donelson party on the river's to Nashbourough, or James Robertson's crossing the Cumberland on ice to found it. The only time in recorded history the Cumberland froze that hard. If I lived that long then I would had plenty of excitement in life. I doubt I would have made it much longer because most of the early settlers were killed in Indian attacks.....Still it would been worth it.

Answer 3

I'd like to take a one week vacation in the Pioneer days. I love the idea of adventure and living simply. The families lived close together(those who weren't left behind) and I like the idea of community and self-reliance that, I suspect, existed.
Being physically tired after a day's toil is something many people do not experience,today. There must have been great satisfaction in working to exist and clearing your own land.The fruits of all labor were for the good of your own family.
Why only one week?
The lack of medical help available.

Answer 4

The knights templar were formed to protect christian pilgrims in the Holy Land. They eventually became a main fighting force during the crusades against the surrounding Islamic countries. And I think the knights hospitaller was their allies. PS AC 1 and 2 are amazing.

Answer 5

Ancient Egypt, Greece, and Rome
The Renaissance
The 1800s/early 1900s
The 60s

Answer 6

I grew up in the sixties - it was awesome to be part of an era that changed American culture. I would love to have lived in the glory of the Roman Empire. To be a rich Roman noblewoman with a huge marble villa in Capri. I would be a nice noblewoman, though. I'd never go to the Colosseum or be mean to my slaves. My slaves would be friends. My slaves would enjoy living in my villa, and not want for anything I'd be happy to provide for them. They would stay out of their devotion and because they enjoyed a good life.

Answer 7

If you travel back in time, anything and everything you do would alter the future.

I would love to be omnipotent, omniscient, omnipresent so I can see beginning to end, but only as long as it would take to see beginning to end, so probably a millionth of a nanosecond.

Answer 8

I always say I am a reincarnated hippie. I have always loved anything to do with the 40's - 60's but mainly I would want to be my current age or a little younger in the 60's for sure.

Answer 9

If I spoke Aramaic, I'd LOVE to drop in on Christ's 3 year ministry. How about a 21st Century Gospel from an original source?

Answer 10

I would like to be able to witness some of the great events & mysteries of the English medieval & Renaissance eras. Sorta zip in & out--see it & be gone! The Princes in the Tower, meet Anne Boleyn, witness Katherine d'Valois's 2nd marriage, etc.