Ambitions and Conquests: The Story of Europe, Part 3 | Full Historical Documentary

On behalf of the Spaniards, Christopher Columbus seeks a new sea route to India and finds a "New World": America! His discovery is the starting signal for the "Europeanization of the Earth". The Europeans are given a "golden age", in their colonies millions of indigenous people and slaves fall victim to it.
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[@teresitamaldonado4747]

I love how the narrator uses words from other languages and still pronounces it perfectly!

[@henrikrolfsen584]

It is not Rocket Science, to learn proper pronunciation.

[@languagefreeassangeteacher5338]

He speak German German perfectly.

[@j.d.snyder4466]

Phenomenal, extraordinary work!!! 500 years of thoughtful world history in under an hour. Seems impossible but you did it!

[@fredrice1973]

Just brilliantly honest. Very well written, performed and shot. The camera and direction, were on point! Everyone that worked on this deserves a raise.

[@siphotheguy1870]

Except for when he sings.

[@aldencai1143]

One of the best history documentaries. Insightful, interesting and engagingly narrated. Highly recommended!

[@get.factual]

Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks a lot!

[@stormy3307]

These are all fantastic little synapses. I really like Christopher Clark!

[@kushsakhu]

This man has to be the most balanced historian I’ve come across and I’ve seen and listen to a few. Much respect.

[@mariaortizsantodomingo4195]

Espera que suelen patinar cuando llegan a la peninsula

[@tundealabi8564]

The natives extended hands of love, accommodation and friendship to greedy and murderous expansionists. Sadly, the stronger nations are still not relenting in their insatiable quest for other people's resources!!! Thanks for the great job!

[@greatexpectations6577]

Awe inspiring history. Love it or hate it, Europeans have built this world in their own image - there is no corner of the world that is not, positively or negatively, influenced by their work or idea.

[@pauld9561]

Respect!

[@Diegomax22]

Proud to be European and French 🇫🇷✝️ Son of millennium of History 💪

[@deepumirchandani1065]

And people of proud of the genocides; harms of corporate greed and pollution inflicted on all continents !

[@jeffaholics2289]

Same for the Middle Easterners

[@raghunandan9290]

Its Chinese who supplied you most goods ...in past

[@nandinichatterjee906]

This is an extremely well -scripted and well-presented series. Christopher Clark speaks, not from an ivory tower of historical knowledge, but from a deep understanding of what appeals to people like ME.

[@andrewmah5605]

He landed in the Dominican Island. The Natives were subjugated. Haitian were African Slaves who rebelled and form their half of the Island.

[@USAR8888]

How come this documentary series never talks about the Ottoman slave trade that targeted the southern coasts of Europe along the Mediterranean and in eastern Europe for hundreds of years, taking millions of Europeans as slaves back to Constantinople and other parts of the empire? Is that not part of the story of Europe? Or that Eastern Europe, southern Europe and the Balkans was in a constant state of war and invasion against the Ottomans from 1453 onwards until the late 1600s when Eugene of Savoy effectively ended the Ottoman's attempts to conquer Europe? This was a war that would have altered Europe forever had the Turks succeeded. Much of eastern Europe and the Balkans was conquered, enslaved and the land utterly devastated by continual Ottoman campaigns by the Sultan trying to break into Europe through Hungary and eventually Vienna. Isn't that part of the story of Europe? Is it because this doc is from a Western European perspective who's postmodern 21st century historians love to self flagellate themselves over their "evils of the past" while ignoring the historical fact that well over a million Europeans from eastern Europe and the Balkans were taken as slaves themselves? Does anyone wonder where our word "slave" even comes from? This isn't to take away at all from the horrific trans Atlantic slave trade, which was an awful thing. But that happened in other places too. This is a huge piece of European history that is conveniently ignored. In fact, after the fall of Constantinople in 1453 to the Ottomans, Europe was in a state of perpetual fear and panic of the Turks. The Battle of Lepanto, the 2 Sieges of Vienna, Battle of Mohacs, Siege of Belgrade, Siege of Buda, the great conquests of Hungary, the Balkans and slave raiding parties all over the southern coasts of Europe are a huge part of European history that dominated the European psyche for hundreds of years, and was part of the reason Europeans turned their eyes west across the Atlantic. The wars between the Europeans and the Ottomans are a fascinating story that seems to be totally forgotten, yet a hugely important piece of history, considering what would have happened had the Ottomans broken through Vienna. I guess it's just inconvenient history for modern bedwetting Western historians where Europeans are the only people on earth ever who conquered or enslaved. Everyone else was singing kumbaya!

[@livnletlivmak8503]

Did you see Part 1 & 2? I guess it’s an overview of the events that changed the face of Europe up to modern times, not an in-depth account of any particular time or event otherwise it would take more than a 3 Part series.

[@evasmith2705]

Exactly.I agree. No , "Europeans" didn't get in to slave trading , no ,"Europeans" didn't conquered Asia , America and Australia. Some countries did it , some not it all.

[@neophyte8284]

Typical liberal revision of history that is Christaphobic.

[@alderbaranorange2553]

​@@evasmith2705your comment denies slave trading. Are you sure about that?

[@evasmith2705]

@@alderbaranorange2553 , read it again.

[@jodig8093]

So fascinating! Thank you for making these documentaries

[@chris.asi_romeo]

Love watching documentaries like this

[@vcom2327]

What a fantastic overview of the history of Europe. Most of this I was never taught in school. Question: Where do the wonderful, realistic film clips come from? I am sure they were not done for this documentary, as they would have been horribly expensive to create.

[@teachingenglish5934]

A lot of worked done in this films….But the angloworld doesn’t seem to grasp the Spanish great achievements for civilization in the new world.

[@luism5514]

Europe was wealthy and had beautiful art before the African slave trade. You intellectuals make such a big deal out of this as if the Roman empire never existed with of course the slaves of every ethnicity, just like every other empire in the world. Or Austria Hungary and Germany and Russia and Scandinavia, all did not profit from slavery. Even Italy. The Arab world would have been prosperous per this metric given they also had slaves and farm land.

[@MarikHavair]

With the amount of wealth (to say nothing of blood) that Europe expending in abolishing slavery (not only their own) it cannot be said in truth that they gained in any lasting measure from it.

[@colinchampollion4420]

But with NO MORE ~ natural resources not even SuGAR😂🎉

[@marcobelli6856]

@@MarikHavairNot on their own? Actually Europeans were the First to abolish slavery what history have you studied🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️

[@marcobelli6856]

@@MarikHavairWho in your fantasy world Made European stop trading slaves?

[@DenUitvreter]

Especially the Dutch Republic got wealthy from fair European trade and was both late and very small in the slave trade, and all these 'facts' are wrong, because this British guy can't face his country's own far worse history, so he falsely hangs it on the Dutch.

[@md.noorulkarim5542]

So much informative. Thanks.

[@hwangdaljeong814]

I love the way u explain history things, no personal, national, regional view

[@evasmith2705]

Extraordinary work , but the title is totally wrong. It should be: The story of Western Europe. It's like Central and Eastern Europe didn't existed at all...For example: they were seeking the western route to India , b/c the Ottoman Empire occupied the so called "silk road" and made it impossible to import goods on land to Europe. The Hungarian Kingdom was defending Europe and themselves from the Turks for decades but finally was overpowered and defeated , while the western part of Europe was conquering the world and getting richer and richer.

[@user-kg5uj4vt2g]

As a new history enthusiast your comment is welcomed

[@lynlane2520]

Commendable to watch!

[@midimitrova471]

А masterpiece of a documentary!❤

[@ShirotheDog99]

Loving this documentary from India 🇮🇳❤️

[@Neptunedx]

contact me

[@languagefreeassangeteacher5338]

Impressive presentation, thoughtful information!

[@firstal3799]

Columbus wasn't dismissed as madman by Portugese. Actually his plan was unrealistic and both Portugese and Spanish experts in the respective courts had correctly pointed out inaccuracies of his calculation and improbability of his success. He may have knowingly lied about the distance to ensure backing for his plan. Any case Spanish crown eventually backed his plan only to prevent him from going to Yhe French court who were also enthusiastic about financing his adventure. The Spanish Court did it just as a what if.

[@Alejojojo6]

In fact they didnt give him a lot of resources, nor the best men, cause they knew they might never see him again.

[@firstal3799]

Yes Alex, because Columbus himself wasn't one of the best. His calculations were doomed to fail. He succeeded but extraordinary luck

[@MarikHavair]

"Columbus wasn't dismissed as madman by Portugese. Actually his plan was unrealistic and both Portugese and Spanish experts in the respective courts had correctly pointed out inaccuracies of his calculation and improbability of his success. " So they dismissed him as a madman.* (Colloquially speaking)

[@chris.asi_romeo]

Excellent documentary 👏👏👏

[@harrelsontrishtandupo9098]

the Renaissance era of European exploration was driven by a combination of intellectual curiosity, the competitive ambitions of powerful states, and advancements in technology. These factors worked together to propel European nations into undertaking voyages of discovery and colonization across the globe.

[@davidjones908]

Brilliant Works! So true! Thank you very much for presenting a high-quality Full Historical Documentary to the world.

[@MelodyLovesMusic]

Absolutely excellent documentary!

[@manajbanerjee8615]

Splendid!

[@faytsampouri6197]

Congratulations..thoroughly enjoyed all three parts..very precise and comprehensible..I, too, was born and bred in Australia but am living in Greece...once again, well done..

[@mamadujuldehbarrie734]

Brilliant documentary

[@christopheritambo1315]

Amazing 😍

[@miskomarkovic3446]

Thank you

[@williamsullivan3702]

Empires are Villains by their contemporaries, and heroes in antiquity.

[@michaelfreesoul5636]

Brilliant documentary. I must ask though, Have the Europeans (especially the French) really given up their colonies?

[@weighttrainingguide]

Fantastic series! So well produced and presented.

[@namthomson1124]

So beautiful 😻

[@hirashergarh5718]

Really unmatched

[@cminor3016]

Diego de Velazquez is the one who destroyed the main city; most Aztecs rallied with Cortez to escape what can only be described as Aztec aristocracy's bloodlust toward their own people. They gladly converted to Catholicism. This is the reason why Spaniards and native peoples intermarried. Tragically, not many people do the research about this fascinating history. I recommend reading "Fire and Blood: A History of Mexico", by T.R. Ferenbach.

[@harmonizedigital.]

only 10k views. That is sad. This is so great.

[@andrewphilips2457]

I think it will gain momentum in time. Too well done not to.

[@dougrodriguez4977]

Excelente, muchas gracias.

[@radzewicz]

Wrong, big mistake. Coffee is not a new world product, it is African, specifically Ethiopian, For your future edification here is a list of new world produce: Tomato, Potato, Avocado, Pumpkin, Corn, Blueberries, Cranberries, Dragon Fruit, Grapefruit, Pineapples, Cacao. But not coffee!

[@danesovic7585]

I have no problem with mentioning crimes committed by Europeans, but lets not paint native people as angels either. There's a reason many tribes sided with Cortes against their Aztec overlords. Natives were extremely brutal to each other in general. Also, it should be mentioned that African chieftains sold their own people into slavery, as European were not catching slaves themselves.

[@telescopicS627]

Agreed, they dwelled too long on the colonial crimes, completely overlooked important developments in Europe like fascism and communism

[@astersarte1282]

Exactly. Check out my comment. SJW's are on the rise everyday. Hey, it's ok to be white. If you're white, you are not to blame for the "suffering" of today's "minorities," ait? It's really ridiculous, knowing that those "conquerers" or "colonizers" carried great, huge, gigantic big balls to venture to the unknown. The time, effort, energy, money, dedication, patience and, most importantly, faith to prepare for such expeditions must have been so taxing that they could have easily lost hope, given up, doubt and turned around, and thus creating another kind of history. Ain't it weird that he mentioned why China didn't otherwise start colonizing instead? Ah, hello, why on Earth would China even do that considering its massive land and dominating location in Asia? They built a wall around for crying out loud!!! History must be observed objectively. Otherwise, it's propaganda.

[@krono5el]

wonder why all of a sudden at the same exact time cortex arrived in America is when the aztec decided to go completely euro and destroy everything around them their ancestors built. same with natives in the north when the french, english, and dutch, arrived hmmm maybe just a coincidence.

[@muse4297]

divide and concour

[@olajuwonwilliams8600]

You have a point but Nigeria did not conquer it's self...it was occupied by brittain until it regained it's independence in 1978... Europe and Portugal did take slaves themselves...they didn't give Africans guns to take their own...they took them by gun point...u think they would use an African to take Africans...no they took all of them ... Who ever spread that Africans sold Africans was lying.... brittain invaded every thing they could plundering it's resources and it's people not only african ...other countries in Europe also before they made it to Africa... They did it themselves they didn't need no one to do their dirty work for them...same in north America...they killed and took indian slave themselves

[@gussampson5029]

"You might call them economic refugees" This dude simply cannot keep his politics out of this documentary. He's doing better than most but you can see how he slips it in at every opportunity.

[@alban1959]

How can one create a documentary about the history of a continent without talking about politics?

[@Shineon83]

HOW to ensure that a “pro-European Union” (propaganda) series doesn’t appear “biased” toward any particular member state? …. ….”Let’s get an AUSSIE!”

[@lexxxluthor790]

I never thought carl from up would knows so much about european history... 😊🎉

[@mollydacostaCaleigh]

Portugal started the first global empire in 1415. You forgot the great navigators Gil Eanes, Bartolomeu Dias, Pedro Álvares Cabral, Vasco da Gama, João Fernandes, the Corte Real brothers, Fernão Mendes Pinto, Fernão de Magalhães, Afonso de Albuquerque, Pêro da Covilhã, João Gonçalves Zarco, Francisco Zeimoto, Diogo Cão, well ...there are 138 portuguese navigatores❤

[@nigelmcclatchey4490]

Is there a book to accompany this series?

[@andrewphilips2457]

Great series! It was interesting how the most recent colonialism was described as so horrific. I agree it was horrific, but when painted from a pure history standpoint it was a slightly less horrific way to rob weaker countries than say the Mongols who raped then killed everyone, including women and children and took everything. Or even the Spaniards who decimated entire civilizations in the Americas. Even what Russia is doing to Ukraine seems more horrific than some of the last colonial endeavors. Not trying to justify any of it, the strong will steal from the weak if they feel the need. Nothing has changed, just how it's done has evolved.

[@krono5el]

historical rule of thumb, if there is a european around death and destruction are nearby

[@andrewphilips2457]

@@krono5el haha, depends what era you're talking about. The Asian Mongols were far more brutal than the Euros at their worst.

[@christopherhanson9578]

@@andrewphilips2457 How do we really know that? Slavery lasted 400yrs.

[@andrewphilips2457]

@@christopherhanson9578 not sure exactly what you mean? Slavery has been around since beginning of time. The losers in conflict became slaves throughout history. More "modern" widespread slavery as a business was introduced by the Muslim culture it seems.

[@dontgivamonkeyz]

@@christopherhanson9578 triangular slave perhaps but slavery has existed as long as man has existed. Man conquers man then enslaves him and uses him or sells him. Still goes on to this day.

[@mycatsnameiskaren8253]

There's another documentary on syphilis and how it mutated through the American Indians but was originally from Europe and wasn't lethal. It's fascinating.

[@wheatley9601]

31:37 the historical version of NFTs

[@ShirotheDog99]

❤️❤️❤️

[@MaciejSinger]

Based on parts watched thus far by me the rule of thumb is: sheer power wins.

[@DanielPP007]

Best documentary ever made on European colonialism!

[@enetstudio4176]

I was wondering how Europeans pacify their conscience over what their forefathers did !

[@marcobelli6856]

Where are you from?

[@KrlKngMrtssn]

I didn't know they still teach the black legend as historical fact at Oxford. Hilarious an "Australian" fell for it ( (Sush, I secretly consider him a Brit who happens to be born in the colonies)

[@Colin-Fenix]

Lindesfarne, the first Viking raid? I don’t think so. The first Viking raid of England maybe. I’m sure they raided in the Baltic and eastwards before they set out for England, but the English have always been Anglocentric.

[@PepicoHellines]

vikings....batusis, zulues....who matters? we are talking abut europe or about low cost people???

[@alban1959]

It's their first recorded raid in Europe.

[@jessef9041]

Why skip over the trade with Africa? It took the Portuguese almost 100 years to work the African coast before they made it to India.

[@neophyte8284]

Also it was mostly the Protestants (England, Belgium, Holland, Germany) not Catholics that exploited Africa and the Caribbean.

[@DenUitvreter]

Belgium is and was catholic. The Netherlands was multireligious and was not really involved in the exploitation of Africa. Portugal was huge in Africa, Spain, catholic also, was huge in the Caribbean. So you are talking nonsense.

[@neophyte8284]

Remember the Aztecs, Incas and others were very fond of daily child sacrifice. It was only until Catholic Spain and Portugal came that this was stopped.

[@alderbaranorange2553]

Daily seems bit exaggerated, the entire population would vanish in few years😅

[@jamesb5325]

The deep scars of conquest and cultural destruction and just a matter of scale. Tribes, cities, countries and empires have been, throughout history, and all across the world, conquering and destroying 'others'. It's just that in the last 500 years the scale and scope is much larger. The issue is not about the nature of one group of people, it's about the nature of all people. And as history has shown, and Mr Clark has so well illustrated here, that nature is very disappointing. But fingers crossed the people of the future can now, in the age of recordable history, truly learn from the mistakes that have been made so far. Unfortunately, if you watch the news on any given day, that seems pretty unlikely.

[@deepumirchandani1065]

You are wrong. Many areas of the world retain over 4000 languages and tribes- including India and Africa..... worldwide harm has been maximum with Europeans where 3 continents now are overwhelmingly populated by europeans.

[@hannah1943]

little over six hundred thousand were shipped to the United States over five million went to Brazil. there are families in Nigeria and Ghana still Filthy Rich from the slave trade. they built statues of slave Traders in Nigeria Ẹfúnpọ̀róyè Ọ̀ṣuntinúbú, was a powerful Yoruba female aristocrat, merchant, and slave trader in pre-colonial and colonial Nigeria. Chief. when the British colonized Nigeria told her she'd have to free her slave she said she would rather kill them.

[@SOURAV-jw7kk]

Lol 😂 fake.

[@davidbodeker6752]

English soil - some of the most invaded and colonised lands anywhere in the world, especially the last couple of thousand years.

[@marceloorellana5726]

You are a European. You aren't an Aboriginal Australian. You are a descendant of European colonizers in Australia. If you don't know that what kind of historian are you.

[@Juan-dd6gu]

You're not an aboriginal european, you're a descendant of the indo-european yamnaya invaders

[@marcobelli6856]

He Made a dna Test in a Video and of course he knew already🤦🏻‍♂️

[@issievdhorst]

seen

[@justjackman]

No mention of Abel Tasman discovering Tasmania in 1642. Bloody mainlanders

[@apelsinuke]

about sl@very, somehow in other parts of this documentary it wasn't mentioned how the european people themselves were sl@ves too, i.e., in roman empire, in middle east, etc. were those facts deliberately ommited to fit the current PC climate?

[@Thor-Orion]

It talks about how the conquered Germans were given to the legionnaires as slaves.

[@Vanessa-bi4rg]

First 🥇

[@drprasannasuru]

Horrible person u are

[@timfoinc.6879]

We learn enough of yours, but where silk and dye came from?? And silk oak trees forests and sudden death of flags!!

[@danecrude]

can you tells us why they got no the boats to come to north America

[@chriscarrol9373]

Those excited by crypto currency should pay attention to the tulip craze at around 30 mins in. At least they ended up with a really expensive onion to eat.

[@SukhwinderSingh-yb1vn]

Well done Europeans

[@Merpazz]

Well done? Nothing to regret????

[@klaudiagorn3665]

Apparently almost no Eastern Europe in this story, repeating the exclusion of Slavs....Right?

[@tochukwuifeanacho3843]

All Europeans are great people except Slavs by fellow Europeans

[@sandraleiva1633]

His Anglo prejudice shows when he describes the wealth that the Dutch and English made as opulent and wonderful palaces. While he describes the Spanish and Portuguese architecture as overpowering and grandeuse, that it intimidates the Native Americans. The Dutch and English were responsible for the slave trade for 300 years. The English queen never apologized even though the Palaces and stately homes were built on African blood of millions.

[@nicholelevine629]

Get over it

[@DenUitvreter]

Nonsense, his Anglo prejudice shows by telling the story of slavery through the Dutch, while Britain got rich from colonial crime and slavery. The Dutch didn't join the transatlantic slavetrade until 1637 and already were filthy rich from dominating all European trade. They were huge in the fair trade and tiny in the unfair trade and the slave trade. The British were huge in the slave trade and unfair trade, and incompetent in the fair trade in Europe.

[@HEADBANGER4LIFE37]

Proud to be of white European ancestory. Hail the west.

[@HEADBANGER4LIFE37]

Africans can barely build mud huts. Ps jews ran the slave trade. Many black have written about this.

[@ucgcaribbean5228]

The systematic enslavement of people has occurred throughout European and human history. A more balanced perspective was needed, seeing the majority of Arican slaves never made it to Europe. 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@jerrylion45]

Is this the true history?

[@marcobelli6856]

Yes but it Skip many things and it’s in the British view Not Perfect Not Bad

[@codenamelifetaker]

It's beautifully told but after saying how bad slavery by Europeans was for the 10th time we get the impression the narrator got the assigment to emphasize on that topic a bit too much. We get it that Americans love their racial issues and can't stop talking about them but the rest of the world doesn't care...

[@leanordials8008]

Every thing revolved around greed.

[@hussainashraf5179]

hey lauren how are you?

[@devila3muertos140]

The Spanish conquest of the world told in English is a very superficial story 😂😂😂

[@KrlKngMrtssn]

It’s an incredibly anglo-centric narrative (he's a British colonist born in Australia) thus he tells the story from a very cheesy British perspective. It's incredibly one-sided throughout the series. Basically he tells history like Britain sees it. Clearly non British historians poorly researched.

[@ryanhunter7365]

Is that why Brazil speaks Portuguese?

[@Government-EconomicsTeacher]

Every continent had slavery. Let's look it in the eye and ve honest that it's horrific however for centuries slavery was a practice as normal as any other. Europeans weren't "worse" in that. Arabs, Native Americans and Africans enslaved others

[@miguelmeloqueiroz3553]

This is a wonderfully done documentary free from the typical anglo-centric view of European history. However it still suffers from some hard to loose prejudices and myths of ignorance: It seems here that Columbus started the age of navigation in 1492 for Spain when if fact it was kicked off by the Portuguese in 1415. But for some reason that never counts for anglophone historians. Brazil is omitted, the extent of the Portuguese trade empire in Asia is omitted but, of course... The horrors of the slave trade are emphasised. Also the emphasis on the undeniable wrong doings of Iberian countries on indigenous peoples is used to whitewash the genocide of North American indians by British colonisers in North America. Finally, the Portuguese were the first to abolish slavery, not the English. But overall, wonderfully done!

[@unidentified5390]

Portugesse only abolished slavery in the homeland slavery contuined on other portugese colonys

[@ARTIMEDIApt]

​@@unidentified5390 and the English didn't do the exact same thing, by any chance? From the Wikipedia: "The Slavery Abolition Act 1833 (3 & 4 Will. IV c. 73) provided for the _gradual_ abolition of slavery in most parts of the British Empire". You know what gradual means, right? Fact: Portugal abolished slavery in 1761 (homeland or not) and England in 1833. This means that between 1761 and 1833 Portugal had no slavery in its homeland while the English kept having it in its homeland. Period.

[@constancerijsdijk9332]

@@ARTIMEDIApt There was a legal anti-slavery precedent in England, when a judge decided in 1772 that a runaway slave should be set free, because slavery was not recognized by English law. But that's still not as early as 1761, of coursse.

[@lino222]

no point in watching this, thx for the comment...i prefer history to stories!

[@lino222]

@@unidentified5390 when you stay silent, you're a poet.

[@brodocassel]

New France? Napoleon? A little Anglo centric don’t you think?

[@marcobelli6856]

He is Australian so he only knows Greece -> Rome ->????? -> reneissance->enlightment->Moon Landing 🤣

[@user-ev3qm1do1h]

Why it needs to ve ambitiious?just because to let people to believe what their achievements without harsdsip but through knowledge only and the mindset they wanted just to rule the world?

[@sedwillful]

This is basically a history of violence. They saw, they took, and they conquered.

[@christopheritambo1315]

Kama napenda historia, kwa nini nisipende hii documentary??

[@shirshendughosh5900]

Please do make a documentary about the British colonialists in India, the way it looted and dismantled the country….

[@hb9145]

What would you be without the British?

[@georgecook8209]

Legend has it 1INR was 13USD before British Invasion. While I agree India was incapable to safeguard itself from British Invasion. Don’t run this false propaganda that British played any part in the making of India.

[@deepumirchandani1065]

@@hb9145 Sanskrit is a language with 64 alphabets. While red meat and alcohol are part of daily western diet despite being shown by your science - you cannot stop these habits.... Ayurveda is a highly refined diet and lifestyle that the west is partly approaching via the plant-based-whole-foods-diet..... Ahimsa is a cencepts from the Vedas.... The wisdom of the Vedas, Upanishads, Yoga Sutra and other texts have kept us as is, despite major geo-tectonic plate movements and 1000 years of invasions by people without a code of ethics in daily life.... The list goes on.... Ask yourself- what have you lost by not seeing beauty, grace and knowledge?... Why is the risk of many diet related cancer 70-90% higher in the western diet?.... Why is addiction and mental health very high in North America and the UK, places gorging on stolen wealth?..... "Sarve Shyam Swasthi Bhavatu". May all be calm and well.

[@saikrishnak8631]

it was never united. a land of petty kingdoms

[@carl03251]

​@@saikrishnak8631even if i agree it was not united even then it had a lot that makes it distinct from rest of the world. 1> Genetic data shows how mix all indians are and that there is no seperate race in india, you can find a dark skin and light skin individual in every caste ,region and religion in india. 2.>Indians have same view of life that is burning the body after death which is starkly very different from arabs and europeans. 3.>There is a clear influence of religion seen in milk and fietary consumption(India is country with largest vegetarians by percentage and population) 4.>What the world might be attempting now,aka atheism, India has had centuries of full fledged materialism. There is indeed many examples to show that indians have a shared common heritage from himalayas to tamil nadu,The ccommon heritage may not be an empire or a country but a civilization ,just like european civilization, India is the only bronze age civilization that has not lost it flavours to abrahamisation and communism (Apart from japan maybe) . So even though if i agree india was just some petty little kingdom but india was and is a civilization.

[@cesarotoya6414]

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[@demarsouthard3620]

I find it unfortunate that this series continues the politically correct notion that Europe was uniquely involved in the slave trade and that there were no positive aspects of colonialization on the colonized peoples. We should note that the West put an end to the slave trade long before any other culture. Most of the African slaves were shipped north and east to become slaves of Muslims, whose slave trade continued a hundred years later than Christian nations. In fact, Muslims enslaved anyone who was not Muslim, no matter their race. The last Muslim country to outlaw slavery did so only in the late 20th century, but it still goes on there, as it does in Asia. The narrator notes the "horrific" effects of colonization, but fails to mention the benefits in health, education, and technology brought to those cultures. While I recognize the negative aspects of European conquest, a more balanced presentation would serve to strengthen the narrator's opening comments of each episode--that European civilization is one of the greatest accomplishments of man.

[@daledore1372]

More breath-taking is an Australian historian in a pretentious bowtie lapsing into woke presentism and stooping to insipid relativist moralising. He ignores the fact that slavery has been an accepted practice throughout history; that Britain, by its own volition, outlawed slavery and policed the world to stop it; that more Americans lost their lives in a civil war to atone for slavery (600,00) than the number of slaves the Dutch traded (550,000). Which was worse? I suggest Chris talks to David Starkey.

[@gordonfrickers5592]

Dale Doré I completely agree with you and I write as one with an extensive knowledge of European expansion by sea. As for colonisation, that like slavery has very ancient origins that way pre date the Spanish / Portuguese colonisation.

[@marceloorellana5726]

The first minute shows the Anglophile nature of this propaganda. The Spanish discovered Australia. And Cook only found that route from stolen Spanish maps.

[@marypetrie930]

The Dutch!

[@constancerijsdijk9332]

​@@marypetrie930 The Portuguese possibly sighted it first, but they didn't go ashore. That was indeed the Dutch. The Spanish followed later in the same year. They didn't know the Dutch had already set foot there, so they thought they were the first. Who absolutely wasn't first, was captain Cook! And the Aboriginals were the real first discoverers, of course.

[@badger8800]

Almost self-loathing 😭

[@BridgesDontFly]

The Italians and eventually Columbus knew lands were to the West. The Norse told the Arabs. Those maps were stolen, and the fall on Constantinople sealed the deal in 1454 for 1492 and it was curtains for non wheel having empires.

[@oobrocks]

Wrong pal

[@BridgesDontFly]

@@oobrocks About what? Curtains for non wheel having people! The Arabs and the maps? 1454? What part?

[@oobrocks]

The video twice says the Europeans knew nothing about any body between Europe and Asia. Start there

[@SuperbStevieG]

@@oobrocks Those Europeans may not, but there is plenty of evidence that the Vikings built temporary settlements in North America…as the other commentator has pointed out this knowledge was shared with Constantinople and the Arabs. It was the fall of Constantinople and the fleeing west of its scholars that kick started the Renaissance, when Western Europe re-discovered the knowledge of the Greeks and Romans which had been kept alive by the Arabs.

[@oobrocks]

Who says the Vikings didn’t land in Canada. It didn’t matter 1 iota. Want proof? Y didn’t Spain come here in 1025? Or 1154? Or 1267? Or 1366? Or even 1490?? The same for all countries of course

[@oobrocks]

An error: Columbus never said he landed in India (he did think he was in Japan & China at times!) Indians = Indies. Columbus thought he had reached the Indies. U know. The East Indies!

[@Alejojojo6]

He thought he was in India until he died. It was Americo Vespuccio and other Spanish scholars who realized it was another new continent, thus why it is called America.

[@oobrocks]

Wrong: link where he thought he was in India: he thought 1) Indies 2) China 3) Japan Americo did nothing; in fact much of his travels are in dispute

[@YogiMcCaw]

The winter of 1636: The Tulip bubble. EXACTLY THE SAME as the NFT Bubble of 2021. Think about it. Maybe you do need to know some history, after all?

[@oobrocks]

Most people under 30 give credit to the Vikings for the discovery. Totally wrong: Columbus gets all the credit

[@Alejojojo6]

Columbus or Americo Vespucci where the ones that actually discover America. Vikings probably didnt even notice they were in a different continent. They probably thought it was another island like Greenland or Iceland had been.

[@oobrocks]

Alex has it correct

[@oobrocks]

Also bc Vikings didn’t write things down

[@Bubajumba]

​@@oobrocks Vikings definitely wrote things down, it's literally why we know they where there. they had the runic alphabet. Not to mention Columbus didn't know he was in America either, there is a reason why native Americans are called indians 😅

[@oobrocks]

Vikings didn’t write on paper nor did they have books. Try googling. The Sagas were oral stories. It didn’t matter 1 iota if Columbus thought he was in Japan or China. All (ALL) European educated men assumed between Asia & Western Europe was Ocean. In addition the 1494 treaty between Portugal & Spain made the earth in 2 was drawn by the Pope BECAUSE Columbus had found land in the Americas Btw that’s before any other European had sailed to the new world.

[@user-eo6mi4if8o]

russia was not named so because of Rus. It is weird that you always introduce yourself as a Cambrige historian, but cannot check facts. Russia stole the name ''Rus'' from Ukrainians to rewrite the history. Please learn more about this topic. Besides that, I like your content. However, it is extremely imortant that we talk about Ukraine and Russia in the right way because of the war that russia started.

[@voskreglavincevska7080]

It is not important who started . It is important who is extending the fight in spite of incapability to be equal with Russia , The Bear . We know werry well how the Wars are starting inside the country and if a "specific" power is going to divide two sides in conflict they are not aggressors ! The worst thing is to be coward prolonging to fight with borrowed weapons !

[@voskreglavincevska7080]

If Russia is Russia long time it is irelevant who was stealing ! It have long time jurisdiction and that problem about which is coming first , the egg or an hen , is unsolvable !

[@stevenlester2606]

I felt so sorry for all the slaves and shuddered at how it must have been.

[@YogiMcCaw]

Thanks for being honest about the legacy of slavery. Too many white people are still unwilling to do that.

[@henrikrolfsen584]

Africa was never "Bled Dry". In fact; the native population skyrocketed under European influence, and development. Modern agricultural methods gave Africa abundance in food. It gave Africans modern medicine, and a higher standard of cultural existence! Please stop the tales about "victimhood" under European rule.

[@alban1959]

I think you might exclude the Congo under Leopold II from your comment.

[@mollydacostaCaleigh]

Colombus wasn't genovese.