Northern Eurasia, 1500 -1800

Prof. Richard Bulliet
History W3903 section 001
Session 7: Northern Eurasia, 1500 -1800
HISTORY OF THE WORLD SINCE 1500CE

[@clairemmatsunaga1396]

My favorite line "Reindeer should not be ignored"

[@Justck14]

I would hope Northern Eurasian history is taught more in depth at schools in Northern Eurasia.

[@tachyon7179]

i knew this guy was a nerd from all the cyberpunk / william gibson references he makes so I was simultaneously not at all surprised but also completely walloped when he started talking about Princess Mononoke

[@BluJean6692]

I always loved these lectures but now they're doubly interesting since in the last 10 years history has outpaced many of the questions and presumptions raised. Now it's gone past being just lectures to being in its own strange way the record of a different era (I'm thinking in particular of how this lecture hits different after Putin's invasion of the Ukraine...)

[@martianwarlordtv]

this is a meta history class. not a history class.

[@hta7873]

Makes it even more interesting, don’t you think?

[@lynriddett767]

Professor Bulliet specialises in the field of "World History" - so, this is exactly what you might expect from such a lecture.

[@lordchristoph49]

New DNA information reveals that the 'Varangians' of the Rurik dynasty actually belonged to the N1C1 haplogroup, This makes them not Swedes or fierce Vikings (as traditional Russian accounts would have it) but Finns.

[@InfiniteUniverse88]

Japanese expansion into Korea, Hokkaido, and the surrounding area is what led to conflict with Russia. In contrast, China wasn't as ambitious in the late 19th century.

[@Trotzburg]

I am not impressed at all. Here in Russia most school kids know more on the subject than prof. Bulliet. Of course in the U.S. you wouldn't expect equal familiarity with this subject, but I mean, this is the Colombia University!

[@williamlangston3428]

You were not listening.

[@BluJean6692]

Vodka delirium is often mistaken for knowledge, it's an understandable mistake.