I would really not appreciate being at any time in history when women did not have equal rights as I am a whole lot smarter than many of the males around me and I would have to kill myself.
1956 Because the bikes and cars and clothing and music and culture was Fabulous. It was the breaking off point between consumerism, commercialism, social control and social chaos… It was the point in the world where if we could go back to that time, we might just be able to do things differently if were were afforded the luxury of “If I only knew then what I know now.” *And we get to save more old cars and Bikes too! *Smiles.
Oh man…you’ve asked the wrong person here, the enthusiastic traveler type. haha
Shit…impossible.
I’d like to be lying in the bushes watching the dinosaurs and watching the building of ancient civilizations, Stonehenge and other mysterious monuments, and, and, and, ....forget it, no way can I consolidate. I want the time travelers equivalent of a world cruise. haha
Oh, I wasn’t thinking that far back. Assuming I had enough ammo to defend myself against species the size of small office buildings. I would love to observe dinosaurs.
The OP hasn’t answered whether we’re traveling in space or only in time, but I think he/she means back in time right where we are now.
Right where I am now, near the northern California coast, there really wasn’t much apart from vegetation and assorted forest dwellers until very recently. But I’m pretty sure I wouldn’t want to go back to when our ancestors were nothing but blue-green algae.
Is this “which historical period would you least like to go back and relieve and be affected by (ie dying from the plague)”, or “which historical period would you least like to go back and observe as an unaffected outsider”?
I would go to anytime if it were just for a visit. If I have to stay, then I’m pretty much gonna avoid anytime before antibiotics… or insulin. Why? Well the insulin is self explanatory, and antibiotics are just a given. Whoops, scratched my leg. (Three weeks later)... sorry, your leg is turning green and is filled with some sort of fluid. We’ll just cut that off then. Here’s a bit of wood for you to bite upon whilst we saw it off. There’s a good lad.
The Black Death. I do not care how much history hates everyone other than rich white men, there is pretty much nothing worse than a plague that kills off over ⅓ of all the people it meets in 4 years. The Plague does not care if you are thin or fat, male or female, rich or poor, clergy or laity, moral or immoral, loose or pure, black or white, comfortable or not; it will kill you.
I’d least like to travel back to any period that immediately preceded any major extinction event.
E.g., I wouldn’t want to be lying around on the beach near Cancun 65 million years ago, although seeing an asteroid the size of mount Everest crash into the ocean would be astounding.