What do you think are the most fascinating events in history?

Question

I have to do an historical investigation on anything in history and I was just looking for some inspiration, because it has to be very specific. I would prefer not to do anything on WWII or American history. I want to study something fascinating, and maybe obscure, but has a lot of info written about it. I don't really want to be banging my head on the keyboard in boredom after writing the first few pages... What do you think?

Answer 1

The Battle of Thermopylae or the retaliation: the Battle of Plataea.

Answer 2

Neil Armstrong on the Moon.

Answer 3

Maybe Something with England in the 400s - 900s ad. a lot of stuff went on - the invasion of the saxons and vikings. pagans/christianity dispute. cant sumerize these 400 years in a paragraph...but look it up on google or something. it is a really cool time to learn about....and a lot of cool people

hope this helps

Answer 4

Do a little research on the Spanish armada "Invincible Navy" and their attack on England. Very interesting things happened.

I know you said you prefer not American. But did you know more colonists fought on the side of the British, than with Washington? Or most of the revolutionists died broke, in prison, or in hiding?  The "Boston Massacre" started with a snowball, and an African-American was among the first killed. Lots of interesting things not commonly known there.