Well, my fascination with history began when I found out about IndoGreeks and especially Menandros.

A Greek kingdom spanning present day Pakistan and NW India. In the Hellenistic age. Conquering up to present day Bangladesh. Mentioned in Buddhist holy texts. Menadros' ash being distributed to cities much like what happened with Buddha himself.

If you look at the distances involved, from Present day Greece to Bangladesh, and factor in the fact that the fastest engine available was horse, aka 20 Km/h they might as well have been living "A Long time ago in a galaxy far, far away".

That was it. I was hooked. Still am, as you can tell. Then I found EB.