13th century celestial globe I Curator's Corner +

Welcome to Curator's Corner +, a new occasional series featuring bonus content that for one reason or another didn't make it into the main episode. In this episode William Greenwood explains a 13th century celestial globe and helps us understand how the skies where mapped and perceived in the Middle East.
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[@deborahmelo7993]

Love the videos of this channel! Really hope you keep doing it

[@pusspussmckitten]

They say that if you correctly pronounce the name of the Arabic scientist 6 times in a row the golden ball is yours

[@18deadmonkeys]

It's rumored that someone will accomplish this feat within 3 thousand years of its creation. Not fucking likely.

[@user-gl6su3xi6s]

Oh, its that time of the month again. MOAR of these please!

[@RLelling]

Fun fact: The Alamut Assassin's Castle was the setting for Vladimir Bartol's book (titled "Alamut", unsurprisingly), which inspired a lot of the first Assassin's Creed, as well as the maxim "Nothing is real, everything is permitted". Regarded as one of the greatest works of Slovene fiction, it's often on the mandatory reading lists of schools here, and it was pretty cool seeing elements of it in such a widely successful video game! For an extra fun fact: the book is often seen as an allegory of the anti-fascist movement TIGR which existed during Bartol's life / time of writing, additionally, reportedly he never visited the Middle East in his life and wrote the book based on research and second-hand accounts.

[@johnvlahos5299]

Wow. I will definitely put it in my reading list. Do you have any other reading material relating to the Assassins?

[@JibreelProductions]

That idea is quite dark if you think about it (talking about the "Nothing is real, everything is permitted), idk what kind of sect they were exactly, but this world being less real than the next life isn't an excuse to do whatever, in fact, we are communicated that every action, on an atomic level and beyond, will be judged and rewarded accordingly. Also in Assassin's Creed (the titles in general), there is weird asf masonic stuff. I don't think they are the best moral makers anyone should aspire to imitate xD. I studied art and stuff, and tbh people are just moral-less and think you can do whatever in art, I think otherwise, precisely the effect art has on people makes it something that you must be careful with. If you analyze the stuff, even if you don't believe in God, you have people who believe in Satan (literally) adding references to their stuff in games, films, and music... I saw a concert they did, practically a ritual tbh, and they even admitted that "religion came to warn you", they are getting more explicit by the day, but people are also getting more complacent... so it works for them. The world is crazy nowadays. But God is with the ones who refrain from submitting to the Devil and Hedonism. That said, thanks for sharing this comment and this little fact, it is indeed quite interesting. May God bless you and guide all of us so we don't get enslaved by other people.

[@mamaddoesdinner4977]

Absolutely love every video! Thanks for all the fascinating stories!!

[@robilotte11]

This is fascinating, thank you

[@ladyofglencairn]

I love the way he pronounces the Arabic names. Sounds so beautiful.

[@aburrage7697]

I love learning

[@7ajhubbell]

Thank you.

[@anomalyp8584]

We need more information dammiiiiiiiit! This is outstanding craftsmanship and I feel there is so much more to say about it.

[@neilgoloy3582]

Interesting. Thank you so much.

[@ingeborg-anne]

Oooo "plus". Fancy.

[@Hypatia4242]

Would love to see a scan or upload of the globe in detail.

[@Minimeowzilla]

So how do you use it? I understand you need to use a mirror since it's in reverse? Please demonstrate thank you!

[@katiekat4457]

He didn’t say what his name was or what he’s in charge of. They didn’t put his name at the beginning of the clip either. Not that it makes a big difference. Just curious why they didn’t. I love this channel.

[@faithlesshound5621]

Some of these British Museum videos seem to have been cut down, or cut up, from longer recordings.

[@Testacabeza]

Muhammad ibn Hilal al-Munajjim al-Mawsili

[@full_regalia8649]

I’m disappointed that you didn’t explain a little more in detail how it works and how one would read the various graduations on it and that it contains the ecliptic. Please do a part 2 and go into details about the functionality of the globe

[@Girl95szia]

You can't get everything in one video. These are like teasers for you to visit the museum, or to go on an information hunt, and explore it on your own.

[@krzysztofpaliga4190]

Pozdrawiam mediteranistów

[@gawayne1374]

When scientists where also artisans and artists by trade. "sighs with melancholy for a time he didn't experience"

[@sorrysirmygunisoneba]

Can we appreciate the fact that back then, with very little technology but just pure intelligence, they concluded the world was a sphere so they created this to map the stars around it? Modern day and we still have flat earthers.

[@CanalTremocos]

In defence of flat-Earthers, they accept the sky is a sphere. ...or, in some cases a semi-spherical giant screen where the illuminati project their fake stars.

[@spacedusty]

This guy can speak Arabic, you can notice that from how perfectly he pronounces Arabic names.

[@maninalift]

He says "saved people" as if it were a positive act when what he means is didn't kill. By that yardstick I should have a Victoria cross just for the people I saved before breakfast.

[@cometmoon4485]

There were some instances when certain people were oppressed and abused by other groups, so they asked the Mongols for help in liberating them, in exchange for pledging allegiance to Khan.

[@unarammer2003]

the firmament..

[@SilentGamesBread]

Hello

[@ringo688]

Too short.

[@rlund651]

Another Great post. Why do several of the men who work at the British Museum have such messy hair?

[@Gizmomadug]

They don't give a shit about what you think of their hair? Being focused upon their job kind of thing?

[@jelkel25]

Overly enthusiastic air conditioning.

[@aa-zz6328]

@@Gizmomadug than why bother with appearance at all? They could spend some of their valuable time on fixing their hair, and it's not like this guy is busy inventing things and coming up with new ideas.

[@Johnson-Young]

So the civilization spreading has two ways. One is economy trade and the other one is war.

[@rameyzamora1018]

Not enough.

[@nameless6774]

if it is middle eastern why is it in a british museum?

It’s a round ball. That’s all you’ve said.

[@pepperspray7386]

Interesting that islam just froze in time technologically speaking.

[@cometmoon4485]

@Sunamer Z The medieval Muslim scientists were extremely religious. To say that modern Muslim countries are "more extreme" than they were hundreds of years ago is laughable. If anything, modern Muslim countries have become more "liberal" and less strict, not more strict.

[@cometmoon4485]

Modern Islamic nations aren't able to be at the forefront of scientific advancements today because foreign "western" powers carved them up with arbitrary borders and pitted the people against each other, plunging the realm into constant warfare. All the while, "western" powers benefit greatly from the wars, selling weapons and gorging themselves on oil barrels.

[@seanmcguire7974]

The world is flat tho. Jk