Mesopotamia: Crash Course World History #3

[@guul66]

"You may be smart, kid, but I've been smart longer." I see what you did there.

[@Lizzie-jz5rc]

hihihihihihihi yeah XDXDXD

[@guul66]

Elisa Flemer Vlog You've read the book?

[@Lizzie-jz5rc]

+Alar Rõigas Yup

[@Raziffalyan]

Just googled it, but I don't remember that part in the book lool

[@guul66]

Me neither, I read it so long ago.

[@BattleRAAD]

Still hard to believe that this is the guy that wrote The Fault in Our Stars.

[@joellaz9836]

He does seem too smart to have written such a shit book.

[@shadowsgate0]

+Joella Z I loved every second of that book, still my favorite to date

[@joellaz9836]

Kian Najmechi You haven't read enough books.

[@shadowsgate0]

Joella Z to each their own, but the books criticism of nihlism vs existentialism and highlighting of stigmatisation was something I personally loved.

[@davewolcott9519]

Did not believe you googled it it's true

[@imienazwisko6527]

"You can tell the quality of a historian by the amount of globes he or she owns". -John Green

[@SeekPsychiatricHelp]

When you’re watching this on the smart board in school and they start “skoodilypooping”

[@jagatjeetsingh8902]

What does that mean??

[@FarhatC28]

If anyone is as curious as I am, the cuneiform written on the chalkboard can be decoded as the word 'NERD' :D

[@dhartmahmed50]

Thanks

[@viktornerlander1409]

I was actually wondering about that, thanks!

[@kaifuula]

how did we ever decipher this code?

[@weeabo5ever845]

XD

[@nicklass842]

This was the only reason why i scrolled to the comments.

[@kaigankaya]

"Unless, wait for it.... You're the Mongols." Jeez, those guys are everywhere.

[@renren2740]

from what film was that Mongol's cutscene has been taken?

[@sakketin]

P. Tjandra The Mongols and I'm not even kidding😁 You will find it by searching the Mongols 1961

[@subutaynoyan5372]

They conquered from Chine to Hungary in less then a half century. So they were everywhere.

[@mrgold3350]

reminds me of..........mangos XD

[@tissakz8526]

Well considering they were close to taking over the whole world as a civilization at that time

[@Rad0905]

People say he talks too fast... Boi I got an AP test in 2 days and I got the video on x2 speed!

[@jaid-eraide7403]

Star Wars Greats did it help

[@willsmith4776]

Star Wars Greats, man what's with all these people and their AP classes? I feel like a total failure cause I just coasted my way through high school and took all the easy classes :/ ADHD sucks

[@timotheduermael7365]

What is AP ?

[@user-nw9oi7se8s]

Timothé DUERMAEL Its a Subject in the Philippines AP Araling Panlipunan

[@monicareif3539]

I have one in the morning....

[@Mike2Gud]

other people: I've gotta study for my AP test me: I liKe ThE FunNy WHitE MaN

[@autumn7809]

I feel very seen

[@locke4049]

How is no one talking about this mans blue steel? Lol there was some serious commitment there. I got a good laugh, Bravo sir.

[@corettaha7855]

Lazarus 303 I never think of him as looking skinny until blue steel

[@douglasfulmer5483]

I researched Mesopotamia in 5th grade or maybe 7th, and since then I have always had a huge passion in history. I like CrashCourse but I wish it had source references.

[@jzee95]

am i the only one watching these videos because they are interesting and not because of an exam ?

[@oliviamarx2143]

No!😉

[@andersschmich8600]

+Jaimeett Sodhi No

[@si-nd8wc]

+Jaimeett Sodhi same... also john green so why not

[@JoePescisAngryCousin]

+Jaimeett Sodhi No. Can some people actually pass collage exams with these videos?

[@JoePescisAngryCousin]

Its like... You got my username... and said it back to me... as an insult... that's the wittiest fucking thing I've ever seen online. Someone get him a nobel prize for clever and insightful shit said in a youtube comment section! Congrats sir, you've passed the test: YOU HAVE BEATEN THE INTERNET! *confetti explosions followed by balloons trailing from the ceiling*

[@superfire6463]

Did he just not spoil a 1000+ year old poem? The absolute legend

[@marissamoreno3146]

watching all the world history crash course videos to study for my AP world history test... John Green has taught me wayyy more than my actual teacher

[@alons1000jerk]

S͞͞o͞͞o͞͞o͞͞o͞͞o͞͞ t͞͞r͞͞u͞͞e͞͞ 😭

[@larissanokomis7719]

+Marissa Moreno same! omg why wont they teach us better i need laughter in my life to learn this stuff!

[@marisoldelmgh1535]

+lily haynes Yesss!!!😭😭😭

[@Viktir123]

+Marissa Moreno Because the school systems, especially in USA, are fucked up and you will learn more by researching the facts on your own outside of the schooling systems nowadays. KZbin is a great teacher as long as you have a credible source making the video. Peace.

[@_Singularity_]

+Marissa Moreno I have the best teacher. We don't get grades, he believes homework constrains students so he just looks for improvement and evidence of effort so we put together portfolios to show him. He's all about stepping outside your comfort zone and failing, and at the end of the year you decide your grade based off of what you think you deserve.

[@laubrocaneli]

"Oh younger version of myself, how I hate you" LMAO

[@hunterrobinson6635]

@Menilek Mulugeta Yeah

[@MustaphaGaming]

Hammurabi or as I remember it from my high school history class, Harambe.

[@HarrisCodini]

That's exactly what we said

[@WhiteBloggerBlackSpecs]

illuminati confirmed

[@jgonascar]

Dicks Out for Hammurabi

[@keonsohn]

Hammurabi's Chode

[@michal._.2393]

Mustapha SAME

[@channinghay8004]

boutta watch all 42 of these before the AP test tomorrow:)

[@zolaliz4000]

yup yup me too

[@bighorngaming8202]

Don't forget part 2 Edit: just realized how screwed we are

[@zolaliz4000]

Bighorn Gaming I had a similar realization after I fell asleep while watching the videos cuz I’m so tired from studying

[@kilIlmydoubt]

same omg, i’m watching this while doing the princeton review book 😭

[@JustLoki35]

Same

[@winonaponce8438]

“But I’ve been smart longer” KILLED ME

[@Breyerlover4ever23]

*I sure hope your college girlfriend doesn't see these videos.*

[@VampiresAreRealGuys]

plz explain i never went to college

[@VampiresAreRealGuys]

nvm i got it later in the video

[@channel-sophisticated-sophie]

lol

[@S4NoctiS]

Too late now...

[@pieniaurinko]

Actually the 'eye for an eye' concept was pretty revolutionary and great. Before, you took your enemies eye because he'd taken your eye because your father had taken his brothers eye because... well, you get the point. Blood feuds were common, and for punishments not only you, but the next generations paid. So *one* eye for *one* eye sounds pretty great and just in comparison, doesn't it?

[@genevaperez8712]

+pieniaurinko but the problem is the whole "kill your son, kill my son thing," which implies that people could be owned just as much as one's own body parts.

[@pieniaurinko]

Geneva Perez I was pointing out that the concept was progressive *for that time and society*, not that it would be particularly progressive and/or 'enlightened' today.

[@genevaperez8712]

+pieniaurinko i know, just pointing out the other side of things. sorry if that was considered "spamming."

[@pieniaurinko]

Geneva Perez No, no problem. English isn't my first language; I hope I dodn't sound too cross. Anyways, we were both a little off - I read an article just today by a theologist, who says that all of these quotes are both out of context and do not translate very well. In this case, he said, the wording was important, as it was put down in phrases commonly used back then. Properly translated into phrases we understand today it says that the (monetary) payback should be of the same value as what was taken and/or damaged. Which is really the same system we use now, paying reparation/compensation.

[@blugaledoh2669]

pieniaurinko Nah, it really doesn't.

[@Childress25]

I know I’m very late to the game here, but I just wanted to say that these videos are the Blue’s Clues of history videos. And I mean that as the highest form of compliment.

[@historygeek8394]

9:15 "Cut off their appendages, especially their noses. . ." So Voldemort was one of the rebels. . .

[@nosypoppy]

I can't believe I'm in university and still watching these old CrashCourse videos because they are the best

[@akshatrajan]

No Uranium in Mesopotamia? I see what you did there.

[@cyrusaugustus4640]

+Joe Holland Je joke is that ancient Mesopotamia is in modern Iraq and the US claimed Iraq had uranium and bombs

[@robert_wigh]

,

[@benlyman7880]

+Joe Holland oh baby

[@justAguyDs]

Joe Holland lel

[@sjappiyah4071]

Lmfao

[@hazelnoot2865]

If there are 42 episodes in this series, and they are roughly 10 minutes each, then that's 420 minutes. I have to watch 7 hours of video because I'll fail my AP exam otherwise

[@idk-oe5ql]

Dude. Same. I know it's like a week away but 7 hours is alot. Good luck to both of us.

[@mka4852]

Can I get some of that luck too 😫

[@matthew1992]

I’m taking it one Thursday wish me luck

[@dancingsun2]

Me too man, me too

[@kimititan2658]

Same.

[@Botanifiles]

We just got a letter, We just got a letter, We just got a letter, I wonder who it's from

[@Viktir123]

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[@RobynRLiden]

You thought your first kiss would be with Gilgamesh but it was me, Enkidu!

[@deacon6453]

Assyria has declared war on you

[@alkiskosh6536]

I think that the Mesopotamia civilization is neglected by the Western media I watched several movies, for example, Greek and Egyptian civilization and the Romans and the Jews But I did not see any film regards Mesopotamia civilization

[@inannawarka1751]

+alkis kosh I know especially since Mesopotamia influenced all those civilizations.

[@CoolieCoolster]

+alkis kosh This is technically western media :P

[@namingisdifficult408]

+Ram Bam Agreed I feel that learning history in the United States is based on how America relates to conflict, especially in the west. This needs to change.

[@alexs.5871]

Rogue Qall That's not really true. Ancient China is always fawned over, Egypt as well and in Europe the Native Americans are talked about in school as well, but not Mesopotamia.

[@Nemoticon]

Ram Bam We have to admit though, there's only so much history you can squeeze into a lesson... the largest and most influential cultures will always take priority. But in general information for the average person to look up in their personal time, all areas should be covered. It's great that channels like this and others too, do try and cover the spread.

[@diannetaylor2021]

I taught art history for over 20 years at a university. I wish these videos had been available when I taught. Fun and informative. And perfect for kids who are used to multitasking.

[@cdimattcdimatt3992]

Uruk 2:10 Cuneiform 4:11 " the hammer of abi " 6:30

[@sapphisworld]

Ah finals week has returned, and with it brings a whole new group of young historians cramming for finals. Cram on my fellow World historians, and may the history gods smile upon you. unless of course you're a mongol......

[@lucasg5021]

Anybody else have the AP test tomorrow and just marathoning Crash Course?

[@jazminealaniz1826]

Yess!!😂Good luck

[@moonkid3132]

+LucasLetsPlays thats actually me right now

[@claytamplin5087]

+LucasLetsPlays Yes lmao

[@Luckman851]

Who isn't?

[@Madwolfgal425]

I am! I lost my review book and am a bit too lazy to re-read chapters I skipped, that number being in the teens, so crash-course is pretty much my only fall back. Good luck dear fellow AP World History student!

[@DaniMorganCharity]

the pronunciation difference of all these terms between John and my social studies teacher is ridiculous 😂😂

[@jay-mq9sd]

good luck to all you boys and girls taking the test tomorrow 🤙🏼😔

[@19AdiTube]

Lmao u too

[@Ilikecats731]

u too

[@aden7175]

Lol

[@aden7175]

I’m just practicing

[@kattlol7984]

I have a test tomorrow and an assignment that was due today (I got a extra day cause everyone else got a trash grade) IM DYIN HERE

[@skylaradams9276]

2 days till my exam ..... time to binge watch all these videos XD

[@syd6746]

That's what we all should do.

[@neh7418]

I'm going through the same thing today 😀

[@heyiwantacoolusernametoo3835]

Does that actually help? How do you remember anything from a video clip though

[@neh7418]

It just works man. It also depends if the person can pick up easily...it just works.

[@heyiwantacoolusernametoo3835]

thank you for the clarification man -._.-

[@MauroEnfermoDeLepra]

I can't wait for the episode where he actually talks about the mongols

[@Mathemusician97]

Episode 17 of World History, I think, is when he talks about the Mongols.

[@rogernelson8353]

"You may be smart but I've been smart longer" -Dr.Hyde Looking for Alaska

[@rogernelson8353]

My favorite book of all time

[@Abu_Haydar313]

Iraqi Babylonian here, from middle of Mesopotamia 🌹🇮🇶 وين حبايبي العراقيين ؟ 🌹

[@LionKing-ew9rm]

Tiger 73 سلامٌ علیکم یا اخی😊

[@abdullahomar8528]

Me too 🇮🇶

[@justifiedcrusader6868]

Assyrian over here

[@joorified]

same

[@mesopotamiankurdishgirl6340]

Sorry but arabs are not mesopotamian arabs are from the arabian penesula originally kurds are true mesopotamians

[@kaitlyngardner4478]

I'm getting real tired of people complaining about the same thing. 1-) if he is speaking too fast, then tough shit. Get over it. 2-) If you're still going to comment on how he's talking too fast you can change the setting on the video for it to slow down. 3-) if you don't like his teaching style, guess what??? YOU DONT HAVE TO WATCH THE VIDEO. Move on with your life.

[@jaggerjdm9787]

Kaitlyn Gardner Exactly!

[@kimmiedee1470]

I concur, and I actually thought he was Awesomely Awesome!!!

[@meeshymaladroit]

Omg “because they made a scoodlypoopin video and put it on the internet” 🤣

[@andrealong4948]

Michelle Isaac the old in me appreciated that it was based on One Night in Paris, AKA Paris Hilton’s sex tape...

[@lockek8878]

Very useful video. As a history teacher in Thailand teaching bilingual Thai students I've found that these shows help me gain a better understanding of the period I'm teaching while at the same time I find it disappointing that I can't use these videos to help educate my students unless they are played in slow motion at the rate of about 1 tenth of the current speed... If you ever decide to take the opposite approach and make a simplified 'Crash Course' it would effectively put me out of business but I think my students would like it and benefit from it haha. Good luck and keep the vids coming!

[@ZER0X1206]

Who else is here because they have to watch this video for History or Social Studies class because of quarantine?

[@rzaleiya]

same!

[@madd8214]

yep socials!

[@josephherrmann6639]

same m8

[@mynameisnobody2939]

Well I don't have anything to do that's why I'm watching this video.

[@hvonsus5725]

nah fam I’m here because the AP test is tomorrow and I’m cramming

[@middleeasternvibes7981]

Iraq... You may have died in these ages... But your history is still alive in our hearts... 🇮🇶❤️🇦🇹

[@hassaniraq2664]

I am from mesopotamia ❤

[@DissectingTitanic]

*Finds out he wrote Fault in our Stars* NO...THAT'S NOT TRUE. THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE.

[@namingisdifficult408]

Write Fault in Our Stars, he did

[@namingisdifficult408]

.

[@jack_of_the_cards]

HE WROTE OTHER BOOKS TOO!!!!

[@LunarRaevyn]

I'm here because I was just studying stuff on Khan Academy when I saw this whole series on there XD On a binge watch now

[@maxjacobs6188]

Lol me too

[@jexonsorto3542]

Hinata Hajime same

[@sashashetty3885]

Same

[@rileydehart8653]

Khan Academy Squad. xD

[@etiennefolliot4233]

Same 😂

[@ritumeena3512]

Humph. So here are the differences between (theories around) IVC and Mesopotamia: 1. IVC had no social order, Mesopotamia had. Ironic given that India practices Caste System. 2. Mesopotamia built temples and architectures, IVC built The Great Bath. Makes sense given the ritual importance associated with water bodies. 3. IVC had no taxes, Mesopotamia on the other hand. Similarities: 1. Concept of Divine King. 2. Establishment concentrated around rivers.

[@SlyPearTree]

I just started watching this series because I've been reading The Penguin History of the World 6th Edition by J.M. Roberts and O.A. Westad. I love world history but my mind does tend to wander when learning about it as there is so much connections to other areas of knowledge including history of other place and people. It is fascinating to follow the progress of an animal who's two main characteristic hardly seem plausible in one animal: Humans are individualistic pack animals. This might be why our two favourite pets are cats and dogs as they represent this duality. I subscribed to crash course when you started the physic series, I now see that I have been missing out.

[@jasndava]

3:58 I feel like I wasn’t supposed to see that

[@jas3320]

anyone else cramming for ap world?

[@wilensgalette2253]

“Why do I like taxes? Because before taxes the only certainty was death” 💀

[@liannapfister8255]

Skootlypooping is my new favorite word. 😊

[@nickf7895]

Lianna Pfister I know my teacher showed us this video and my class started the trend. Of the schoodilypoops XD

[@NipunChamikaraWeerasiri]

Delta Cuber skoodilypooping*

[@jessiemayfield6749]

Skootllypooping? Didn't know that was a thing

[@shoukifong]

thank you for all the FREE education and all the effort your team put into the lectures. love the creative and fun way to talk about some big topics. thank you

[@ثايباس]

Another great video from Crash Course. I’d love to learn more about the ancient city states of Mesopotamia, including the locations and relative influence of each city at each period of history. Thanks so much for sharing.

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TAKE MY MONEY. I NEED THAT GLOBE.

[@cameronblevins7565]

"You may be smart kid, but I've been smart longer" -Dr. Hyde, Looking for Alaska Great reference and also written by john green

[@EMan-cf8lv]

The people of Assyria are still here, and today were centered around the Nineveh Plains. Almost 4 million of us are scattered all over the world because the state of diaspora we have been forced into. Before the Sykes-Picot agreement we were under Ottoman rule, and before that the caliphate. The Russian Empire of the 18th century declared to be the protectors of the Christians in the Middle East, and eventually in 1914 the Russians left the fight, and the transferring of Armenians along with the genocide they suffered we put up a fight but when you run out of ammunition, and the supplier is no longer there, then the fights pretty much over if your facing the ottoman, and Persian armies along with kurdish and Arab tribes. Today we as a people, and a nation are without a country but we have the Nineveh Plains. The infrastructure is in its infancy and is threatened by absorption into the Kurdish controlled regions. My intentions are to make you aware of our existence here in the modern world. Assyrians are all over the world and we know that being the indigenous people of the region is a threat because of the rightful land claims. The Assyrian people are predominantly Christian and have an established church that dates back to the Apostle Thomas in particular. If you'd look up "Jubail Church" you can see the structure of what was once an Assyrian Church built inside of the kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

[@jasndava]

Emad Hamdi too much mental effort I’m not reading that

[@meridian367]

@TheBlondie thats hot

[@liv3965]

WAIT IS THIS THE ANSWER-

[@RogerRoids]

"...they relied on the poorest people to pay taxes, and provide labor, and serve in the army, all of which made you not like your king very much." Hmm, sounds oddly familiar.

[@jasminelee3567]

😂😂 Right.

[@skillswiper]

+RogerRoids Please STFU. Leave politics out of this and do soem research. taxfoundation.org/blog/top-1-percent-pays-more-taxes-bottom-90-percent taxfoundation.org/blog/top-20-percent-households-pay-94-percent-income-taxes www.cnbc.com/2013/12/11/the-rich-do-not-pay-the-most-taxes-they-pay-all-the-taxes.html cnsnews.com/news/article/terence-p-jeffrey/cbotop-40-paid-1062-income-taxes-bottom-40-paid-91-got-average-18950 Those are the first four results.

[@isntpraxis6464]

+SkillSwiper wow, you win the internet today sir

[@konkeeee1383]

The richest people pay the most taxes, both rich and poor go to war, and oddly the richest people go to labour because they have the most money. You don't know what you're talking about.

[@skillswiper]

+bcd fasho thats when donations, energy efficiency, and other things really become important. It is a hard fact that the goverment's income is 90% from the 1%. Sounds to me like your uncle is very good at moving money around.

[@emilio556]

stop scrolling down the comments and pay attention to the video ;)

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embeats No

[@chrissmith7338]

No thx

[@aomnomnom]

okay mooooom

[@elchotocorazon]

ok :(

[@zolaliz4000]

thank you I needed this

[@TheObserversTV]

@ 9:28.. Ashur was actually older than Marduk and his key responsibilities never changed as being the God of principle and whole heavens. The same goes for Anu, prior to the God-title of "Ashur" he was called "Anshur" or "Anshar" by the Sumerians... Ashur/Anshur was considered the top of the tree of life. Ashur was also the 'father' of Anu... For more information, read the Assyrian Tree of Life by Assyriologist Professor - Simo Parpola. (The Assyrian Tree of Life: Tracing the Origins of Jewish Monotheism and Greek Philosophy Author(s): Simo Parpola)

[@Kiiridescent]

I remember at the beginning of the year when I thought I'd study from the book instead, now here I am taking a page of notes for each video

[@WillaDaKilla474]

Huh, that's odd. A religion, originating in the Middle-East, where humanity was wiped out by a flood because they angered the gods. How strange.

[@kiltedcelt2702]

〉Phez〈 Christianity isn't really original. It's pretty much taken pieces of other religions and put them all in to one. Look up Horus and then look at Jesus.

[@bearistotle2820]

Kilted Celt I looked up Horus and I am failing to see the similarities between the risen lord and a God who achieved dominance via semen covered lettuce.

[@robosergTV]

〉Phez〈 ??? and who said christianity is the oldest religion? Educate yourself

[@kiltedcelt2702]

Alex MacDuff Right, you tell yourself that, lad. Gloss over the facts. That's what you religious are best at. You go girl

[@bearistotle2820]

Kilted Celt Can you please point out the facts I am missing?

[@footflash1]

"Is this Yellowcake Uranium?" "You never find that in Mesopotamia!" Ouch, Sharp! You are fast fast fast. Well played sir!

[@Andy-ls6nm]

I'm learning english with these videos... Greets, from Colombia

[@myckelh1]

This was great. I'm Assyrian and I learned a great deal in this 10 minutes. Would love to see more.

[@EhlonnaFae]

Yes crash course, I am a nerd! It took me forever to figure out what the board said, but after a bit of research I figured it out!!! P.S. Thank you for being here and helping students like myself. Keep being great!

[@avaneedubey5749]

how was this made 11 freaking years ago?!?!?!?!?!

[@solomon6488]

My class just got assigned to watch this video, and I learned a lot from this. Thank you, Mr. Green.

[@VIIJaaackIIV]

"You may be smart kid, but I've been smart longer." Using it

[@Dja05]

Just discovered this channel today; well... Might as well get ready for a world history marathon :3

[@raniaj8356]

Proud to be iraqi 😎🇮🇶 from Mesopotamia

[@hassaniraq2664]

Me to from mesopotamia 😎

[@unthoughtof7338]

"You might be smart, but I've been smart longer" haha savage

[@MisterGhandi007]

I just love how he spelled out "nerd" in the cuneiform.

[@DindaAkzenta]

Love the when he said "You might be smart kid, but I've been smart longer" lol dude 😁😁😁

[@annahevrdejs2102]

Thank you for the open letter to awesome. It is overused and you are the second person who has been able to articulate that feeling well. "Awesome" is like the numinous. There is something truly terrifying, or benevolent, or awful (another nuanced word!) about something awesome. Also, I am guilty of overusing awesome, but it is such an awesome word!

[@roninelenion4805]

Thank goodness for Crash Course. I'm re-watching these to review for the A.P. test because they're quick, efficient, and eady to remember. In addition, they're just plain fun to watch.

[@mecr0w]

Same here :) good luck!

[@roninelenion4805]

+Ben Bradley You too.

[@zahulsmith3238]

im taking it this year, was the test hard?

[@roninelenion4805]

Zahul Smith Not if you study throughout the year and practice the essays. Crash Course also really helped. I watched every episode the day before the test, and got a 5.

[@owenhawley]

+Ronin Elenion can anyone? please tell the ignorant masses what the AP test is

[@thegiraffe8382]

Eyes out for Hammurabi.

[@Emet.V]

If you read the text in the back it says "Nerd" in cunieform. Yes i am a nerd for looking up Sumerian cuneiform. Thanks Crash Course for letting me know what i already know. You got me interested in cuneiform. It fascinates me.

[@cimmik]

This channel has helped me throughout high school, and now it's helping me at the university :)

[@clainee]

That moment when john green teaches you better than your teacher

[@rosiegarcia03]

update: I forgot to mention that I passed my ap exam tysm it was literally a miracle💕

[@daniella4493]

I'm an Assyrian and this makes me so happy!

[@somecrazdude2412]

8 years ago.... Jesus, I feel much older than I should. I watched these during my AP World History class, feels like it was both yesterday and forever since then.

[@hannahmelnyk8647]

These courses are amazing! Thank you so much ❤️

[@WobblesandBean]

1:20 I dunno about you guys, but I TOTALLY melted into a pile of ladyboners.

[@phalange10]

Really loving the on going Mongols exception joke

[@Redarmywhorah]

The "iraq" part had me dead. I'm such a dork.

[@niekoward]

dear john green, i thank you for not only creating such awesome books but for teaching me more than my dumb world history teacher. sincerely, Nieko

[@algaedrone1833]

I can't find any evidence that the Assyrians thought the world would end if they weren't constantly at war. Source?

[@joshz6975]

AP WORLD 2016!!!! LET'S GO!!!

[@amyharney3254]

+Greg Smith me tooooo

[@joycelee718]

"You might be a smart kid, but I've been smart longer!" LOL!! I'll tell my son exactly the same way!! XD

[@Hqrwey]

iM tELLinG yOur soN

[@LogEekumanAgination]

Kind of makes me cry that the region is so turbulent nowadays. Can you imagine the kind of tourism revenue the middle east as a whole could rake in from the entire friggin' world if they just got their shit together? Last I checked Italy is currently at number 1 with tourism revenue because ya know: Roman empire + Renaissance history, both history changers. And holy shit Pakistan had a million tourists in 2012! (you know, that's where the Indus River civilization had its shindig) But I want to marvel at the birthplace of the world's first systematically successful EMPIRE (which wikipedia tells me was the Akkadian Empire and not the Neo-Assyrian one... but it's still in the same region!) Sadly, I'm going to guess that most places that could have been archaeological marvels for the whole world, have been permanently ravaged. =(

[@bigdaddyroundround9466]

Dirk Haupt "Mercia"...

[@muhamedmahmutovic6639]

Most of the Mesopothamian cities were destroyed in ancient times , some of them are found recently in 18th, 19th and 20th century and there are a lot of ancient Mesopothamian cities that are never found so there isn't a lot of traces from that era. Most of the things that would be interesting for tourists in the modern Middle East are traces of Roman , Persian or Islamic empires .

[@ahadiareejmishaal9941]

I had this lesson for my exams and i got 43/50, i didnt even study. Now i watched this video because i was interested, and not for school things lol

[@abdullahcomam]

Proud to be Mesopotemian

[@velvetsrose]

I've watched the bloopers so many times that I absolutely expected him to completely mess up the "I'm not referencing Mark Twain, me from the past" line 😂. Genuinely surprised he ever managed to get that line out.

[@mirnasabah6416]

Assyrians still exist until this day

[@sportentertainment9607]

mirna sabah forever

[@mgkatyj]

For god's sake, the current people who're called Assyrians (sometimes call themselves interchangeably Syriacs, Chaldeans, or even Arameans) are not the same indigenous people of the historical Assyrian Empire. How could a supposed coherent ethnic group associate itself with so many different ethical identities all at once? They are simply the followers of the Church of the East (Nestorianism) and speak Syriac (western dialect of Aramaic) not Assyrian (a dialect of Akkadian). In fact only a very small portion originate from Arabia, Akkad and Babylon (Chaldea) while the majority are a mix from Pakistan, Iran, Turkey, Caucasus... etc. Please have a look at the Y-DNA haplogroup studies of the Near East.

[@samg3095]

mgkatyj I don’t think so ,we been there before they make it arab Country the Assyrian Chaldean are Iraqi native

[@shabakaalkheil8616]

Actually even an Assyrian i know has the surname Hindo which means Indian.

[@savyor9985]

Syriac and Chaldean are Just branches of Christianity, however we are all from the same ethnicity and culture, Armenians are a different nation. The ancient people of Babylon do not exist anymore, Chaldean Catholics of today have no historical or archaeological relations to the ancient chaldeans of babylon, however the modern day people of northern Iraq are Assyrians who still speak the ancient Assyrian language .

[@christinestill1990]

My 11 year old doesn't understand all of the details but loves these!

[@child9125]

+Chris Still Like I used to when I was 9 and 10 and 11.

[@Johighness]

I Love that you made a episode out of assyria/mesopotamia! Im assyrian and I feel very proud now😀👍🏼

[@kaitlynnreed3124]

"Oh younger version of myself, how I hate you." Me- *meEEEEE*

[@I_am_Sev]

"This machine kills Fascists" took my attention

[@AFCA-vn9bl]

Yes that scared me aswell. Don’t kill me please thanks

[@WillGPessoa]

Sensacional! Além dos vídeos conterem conteúdos excelentes e um "apresentador" cativante, os vídeos estão legendados em português. Thanks John!

[@Refmoral]

This is a great show, congrats for everyone in the production, I really love it. But being an anarcho capitalist as I am I'd like to point out that the host says taxes are important for social order, but he doesn't provide any argument or evidence. I can understand that imposing taxes can generate compliance, but that's not the same as maintaining social order. I'd argue that kind of ruling system generated the need for wars and imperialism for example, which in the long run leads to collapse

[@Refmoral]

***** but there was trade back then wasn't there?

[@Jayel805]

It's important to be as objective as possible when examining evidence from the past. Part of that is shedding our own presumptions and perspectives on government and society, as they often don't fit into the universalist spheres of ideology we hold as self-evident in the modern era. That is to say, we can look at the collapse of a civilization and attribute it to specific instances of war or over reaching imperial conquest, but those specific instances don't necessarily lead to the collapse of every society across the globe. So don't look at history as a single, linear process leading up to one major event or another, because you will almost always make the mistake of analyzing history retrospectively instead of objectively (a good example is the so called "path to republicanism" in the American colonies that "led" to the American War for Independence). Instead, it's a series of events, related and unrelated, that play out in different ways in the context of different natural and social factors. To put it briefly, every event in history is different because of circumstances, thus none of them are inevitable.

[@TheYpurias]

In general, taxes are great for paying for defense, infrastructure (he did mention roads and how temples were considered part of the government back then), internal policing, and court systems. After all, even the biggest and wealthiest traders benefit from roads and other such forms of transportation that have historically been built and/or maintained by governments. Aqueducts and public baths increase hygiene and decrease the chance of an epidemic killing off you and your customers. Plus, a civilization that can maintain order within its borders, say by having guards and courts, means that people are less likely to resort to lawlessness like robbing from people who have stuff, like the wealthy. Guards that act for everyone's benefit are cheaper than having to hire your own garrison just to guard your own stuff like that. Also, without a collective way to pay for courts, courts and the wages of judges and bailiffs would be paid by whoever had more money. If you happen to have been the rich guy who built the court, chances are you could get away with murder. If regular people don't see themselves ever getting a fair shake under the system, as mentioned in the video, they're not inclined to fight back too much when someone else invades. While the wealthy may be fine paying for their own bodyguards, bodyguards don't mean anything if you let your city be conquered and destroyed by the next empire. Heck, your bodyguards probably won't stick around once their own families are threatened. Plus, there are the investments governments have made that can lead to huge, world-changing developments. Stuff like the internet, the space race, or Christopher Columbus's voyage to India.

[@TheYpurias]

Cindy Folch Try enforcing laws without a government and see where it gets you.

[@Refmoral]

TheYpurias Ireland did it for 2000 years....