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“The Spanish Empire, Silver, & Runaway Inflation: Crash Course World History #25”
Saturday, 03Aug2019 Filed in: studies
“Like attracts like; to create a particular reality you must put out energy of a similar sort.”
“Columbus, de Gama, and Zheng He! 15th Century Mariners. Crash Course: World History #21”
Saturday, 06Jul2019 Filed in: studies
“In which John Green teaches you about the beginning of the so-called Age of Discovery. You've probably heard of Christopher Columbus, who "discovered" America in 1492, but what about Vasco da Gama? How about Zheng He? Columbus gets a bad rap from many modern historians, but it turns out he was pretty important as far as the history of the world goes. That said, he wasn't the only pioneer plying the seas in the 1400s. In Portugal, Vasco da Gama was busy integrating Europe into the Indian Ocean Trade by sailing around Africa. Chinese admiral Zheng He was also traveling far and wide in the largest wooden ships ever built. Columbus, whether portrayed as hero or villain, is usually credited as the great sailor of the 15th century, but he definitely wasn't the only contender. What better way to settle this question than with a knock-down, drag-out, no holds barred, old-fashioned battle royal? We were going to make it a cage match, but welding is EXPENSIVE.”
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Wednesday, 22May2019 Filed in: Gallery
“The Dark Ages...How Dark Were They, Really?: Crash Course World History #14”
Saturday, 18May2019 Filed in: studies
“The future is not laid out on a track. It is something that we can decide, and to the extent that we do not violate any known laws of the universe, we can probably make it work the way that we want to.”
“2,000 Years of Chinese History! The Mandate of Heaven and Confucius: World History #7”
Saturday, 30Mar2019 Filed in: studies
“Mythical Mountains: Crash Course World Mythology #33”
Saturday, 29Sep2018 Filed in: studies
“Caesar, The Colosseum, Republic, Nero, geese, plebeians, legions — everything that you once knew, but forgot, in a crash course video by Arzamas.
Narrated by Brian Cox.
"Ancient Rome in 20 minutes" is an English version of a Russian video by Arzamas.”
Read More...“Yu the Engineer and Flood Stories from China: Crash Course World Mythology #17”
Saturday, 30Jun2018 Filed in: studies
