My favourite subject is history. Maybe it is partly due to genes because my father is also interested in history albeit in a racial sense. He has read widely on the history of the Indian subcontinent, where are our forefathers came from, and he has even formulated his own anthropological conclusions in his dozen or so large notebooks. He has delved deeply into the subject, tracing the development of the Indian race and its diverse dultures, traditions and religions from the time of the civilisation of the Indus Valley nearly five thousand years ago.

Possibly my interest arouse from my father's enthusiasm for Indian history but, in my case, this enthusiasm has outgrown this regional restriction.
I love reading about all civilisations aand all periods of history : ancient, medieval and modern.

I have read about all the great civilisations of the past. I have been fascinated by the ancient Egyptians. I have wondered how so many millenia ago, when science and technology must have been at its very primitive stage, the Egyptians were able to build the huge pryramids which still stand today as a tribute to the wonders of the ancient world.
I have read about the rise and fall of many civilisations. The Babylonians, Phoenicians, Egyptians, Greeks, Romans, Mongolians and many others. I have read of he conquests of Alexander the Great and Genghis Khan, who tried to conquer and rule the world - and almost succeeded! And much more recently, just a little more than half a decade ago, the ruthless "Der Fuehrer" of Germany, Adolf Hitler, tried to do the same in World War II.
My interest and enthuasiasm for history has led me to believe that history does repeat itself. When we look carafully at the historical records, we can find many similarities in the many different civilisation have always been the factors that led to their decline.
We can learn a lot from history as it teaches us man's triumphs and follies of the past. We can tread a similar path to the triumphs for our own progress and avoid the pitfalls of folly to prevent our own downfall.