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>The history of the world is but the biography of great men
This might not technically be "true" but it is still the most enjoyable way to look at history. Just reading about the daily lives of ordinary people gets extremely boring very quickly. If I'm reading about history, I want to read about generals conquering their enemies, the rise and fall of tyrants, scientists making ground-breaking discoveries, inventors inventing things, explorers venturing into uncharted territory, detectives investigating hideous crimes, guerillas fighting to defend their homeland, etc. Discuss.
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>>3172765
then you're not studying history, because history is more than just men
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>>3172771
OP is like most people on this board - a hobbyist pedant about small factoids about the wars of minor societies who doesn't begin to have a coherent understanding of the arc of history or the means to interpret it
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>>3172795
your a dorable
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>>3172797
you're d. fensive
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>>3172765
That shit CAN be interesting but it gets boring after a while.
What gets me off is seeing the patterns and understanding how bigger things than individuals are at play.
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