(history, collective, of China) the Southern dynasties / (history, of Japan) the Southern Court

greatly interesting

not ... at all

even if ...,...cannot

very, exceedingly, awfully / (before a negative form) not at all, at all, by no means

to study / to learn

history / the study of history

age, era, period (of time) / the times, spirit of the age / antiquity / a time in one's life, one's days (in college etc.)

historic, historical / already-happened, past / former, old, traditional

historian