Zhang Zongchang, the Dogmeat General - Sam O'Nella Reaction

[@VloggingThroughHistory]

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[@CapiBarius]

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[@dix0n778]

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[@jackmessick2869]

I think the joke about head shaver is that it's simpler to just shave all the hair off rather than style it like a barber might. Thus the comparison of ditch digger to architect.

[@djtheturtle1399]

I assumed based on the graphic imagery it was a nickname for a mercenary or but that makes sense

[@dr.woozie7500]

All Han Chinese men were required by the Manchus during the Qing dynasty to shave their heads with a certain hairstyle known as a queue. After 1911, this hairstyle disappeared.

[@dyslexicbatnam1350]

I thought he scalped heads

[@piyo744]

Just dig the ditch, ditch digger.

[@Hermititis]

​@@piyo744 "just fill the hole, hole-filler"

[@ac1455]

14:52 Mexican silver dollars as a foreign currency were seen as relatively stable. For china being divided at the time it probably worked better to trade in it than rely on some warlord’s whimsical currency

[@jkent9915]

Haha, but Whimsical Warlord Wén has such a great ring to it.

[@TheAngryXenite]

Especially considering that the warlordist currency could apparently be held up by nothing more than the barrel of a gun.

[@ac1455]

@@TheAngryXenite and don’t forget the very visible fist of a soldier

[@spedrun]

Latin american currencies as stable, safe alternatives is a wild concept

[@San_Vito]

@@spedrun It sure is now. But it wasn't always the case. And I'm from Argentina, I know firsthand what it is like to live with extremely high inflation.

[@northkoreancomander8699]

This video doesn't nearly show the crazy things zhang zong chang would do. One example was when Zhang Zongchang saw his first basketball game, he asked, “Why the hell are they fighting over a single ball? We’re the hosts. Are we seriously this poor?” He ordered every player be given a basketball.

[@dr.woozie7500]

He also caught one of his concubines having an affair with one of his officers. They were going to be executed, but when Zhang asked if they truly loved each other, and they said yes, he allowed them to marry.

[@SahiPie]

@@dr.woozie7500based

[@Brother_O4TS]

​​@@dr.woozie7500I really don't know what I want to think of this man anymore. Other times he does wholesome shit like this then other times be a brutal military leader with sadistic tendencies

[@melonmusk8924]

​@@Brother_O4TSSometimes a kind and funny leader, other times a brutal sadistic dictator. The Duality of Man.

[@haystackbill6187]

When you said "the crazy things he would do" I imagined something vile, but that was oddly wholesome.

[@meatballs7047]

Imagine Sam actually went full time youtube he gets 2.5mil in 1 day after being inactive for 10 months.

[@Longshanks1690]

Him being inactive is part of why he gets the 2 million per day. Think about the KZbinrs you watch every day, they might get really good numbers but they only pull in maybe a tenth of their subscription count, if even that. But Sam, like all good businessmen, understands the value of exclusivity. He makes his videos an event so there’s a lot of attention and hype around each new one, instead of diluting their value by making too many.

[@meatballs7047]

@@Longshanks1690 thats not how the algorithm works, its different for any youtuber think of Pewdiepie uploads rarely but doesnt get a quarter of his subscribers in views.

[@cosmicthespider7974]

@@meatballs7047if Sam uploaded daily I’d never watch them all. If he uploaded weekly he might have to cut his quality which no one would like. I think monthly could be decent. Particularly if he has a researcher on the payroll, I’ve never watched any credits so I don’t know who all he has employed

[@Longshanks1690]

@@meatballs7047True, but Felix isn’t really trying anymore, he just uploads shitposts whenever he feels like it. Sam, I think, is trying to maintain large view counts but he doesn’t like creating long videos and they’re usually under 10 minutes. So if he uploads regularly, the same attention isn’t going to be there whereas when he only uploads twice a year at max so everyone reacts like “SAM JUST UPLOADED AAAAA.” And this is different to Oversimplified who do want to be regular uploaders and would pull in consistent views but the nature of their channel is extreme long, in depth and informative videos with hugh quality animation and comedic writing. Those are rare because they take a long time to even create whereas Sam could knock one of these out every week if he wanted to, he just doesn’t.

[@frostyfrenchtoast]

@@Longshanks1690that sounds nice, but the algorithm punishes that practice actively. 10 videos that average 500k views generates more revenue than a singular massive one with 2m+ views. Normally these hiatuses would kill a channel, and only a few are able to disappear and return with massive amounts of views. It’s more so a rare YT phenomenon than a legit way at doing YT, you have to get VERY ingrained with the internet to pull off what Sam does.

[@kolosmenus]

14:45 I was curious as well, so I checked. "In the first part of the 19th century, one-third of all silver produced in Mexico was sent to China by American traders, hungry for Chinese goods. These coins became so important, that by the late 19th century they began minting the coins in China, as well"

[@TwentyOneXXI]

The timing on the eating dogs part is perfect

[@Kriegter]

The poems, when read in chinese actually rhyme and sound even funnier

[@livethefuture2492]

I appreciate how you stop and take the time to look things up to make sure you are providing accurate information even if you dont know much about the topic. That is something truly commendable and is one of the things that makes your channel stand out from others! Keep up the great work chris!

[@dr.woozie7500]

About the headshaver, the Manchus during the Qing dynasty imposed a rule that all Han Chinese men had to shave the front/top of their heads and leave a long pigtail in the back. After 1911, the style was banned so everyone just went to Western hairstyles or going full bald as it was easy to maintain.

[@prestonjones1653]

I wonder if it's still banned.

[@ronkledonkanusmoncher564]

@@TheRealJordanSchlansky the opponent is in shambles

[@stg-tf4ns]

@@prestonjones1653 not banned per se as there's no law preventing you from doing that, more like the rule that "you must have this hairstyle" was abolished after 1911, and now it's just weird to do so since it was meant to be an oppressive policy, "having a braid" is still widely used in Chinese nowadays as a metaphor to describe bootlicking mentality

[@cuso4473]

About his relation with Japan, He actually had (sorta) good term with Japan at the time. He was a higher rank member in the Fengtian Clique who got financial and military back from Japanese government. He even got Japanese military support in KMT’s northern expedition.

[@dr.woozie7500]

The Fengtian clique was basically pre-Manchukuo Japanese puppet state. Japan was already investing heavily in Manchuria before the 1931 invasion. That’s why the Northern Expedition led by the Kuomintang was sent to expel them from the north east of China.

[@Raptor810Blue]

I love how everyone on the internet was so happy that Sam returned.

[@odwrksboxedtrash3730]

Sam is one of the wonders of the world, educating people in a way that makes the lesson latch on to your brain for years on end while also entertaining you so hard you quote him in your sleep. We must protect him.

[@snickle1980]

ALSO true. @@TheRealJordanSchlansky

[@ribbitminecraft]

This made my day, I’ve learned about him for years. Good stuff man!

[@smudge4481]

Already watched the original video twice. I'm super happy you're reacting to this. Interesting story and topic from Sam. Hopefully, he keeps putting out videos at least 2-3 times a year

[@Halberd38]

I think a “head-shaver” is someone who shaved heads for the purpose of uniformity. The point here is that if you just shave 500 soldiers’ heads in a day you aren’t exactly a “barber.” That’s how I interpreted that

[@dr.woozie7500]

Actually, all Han Chinese men were required to shave the front half of their head in the queue hairstyle during the Qing Dynasty.

[@gidi3250]

Some people have speculated about the "I'll bombard your mom" part of the poem, this was most likely him ordering his men to fire into the sky, as it was as I recall the local deity's mother was the sky/clouds and he would in his tales ask his mother to water the lands.

[@冰水-w4x]

🤣🤣🤣

[@oreodda6918]

Your commentaries always keep me interested in history

[@allycat0136]

Have I watched Sam’s video already? *Yes.* Have I watched other history KZbinrs react to it? *Also, yes.* Am I going to watch it yet again so Chris can get another view? *Absolutely*

[@jimgu2578]

The article you linked was a good read. Thank you Chris!

[@issaikh]

Head shaving probably referred to the Qing dynasty era hairstyle referred to as a cue. Basically, it involved shaving the front half or so of the head while the back half was left to grow basically forever into a kind of knotted ponytail. This may have actually made Zhang's father even less popular with the native Han populace, as the hairstyle was an enforced bit of dress code uniformity by the Manchu rulers of the Qing, who were in the process of losing their power by the time Zhang was growing up.

[@bouyantgalaga8700]

The reason they were Mexican silver dollars was because many warlords used different currencies and they were subject to inflation as seen by dogmeats brilliant economic policies. Because of this people used foreign currencies since they were seen as more stable and worthwhile than the Monopoly money printed by warlords

[@claudelorrain-bouchard6941]

2:37 1916, that photo is of Yuan Shikai, kinda unpopular in China, he agreed to most of the 21 demands from the Japanese after Japan took over Qingdao (in Shandong) from the German [Qingdao is pronounced Tsing-tao, and Tsing-tao is a famous brand of beer, which makes sense since it was leased to the Germans in 1898 after an incident in which two German Catholic priests had been killed. The first Brewery there was from 1903] In WW1, Japan was allied with Britain very early on. China eventually also allied with the winning side but didn't get Qingdao back at the end of the war, leading to the May 4th movement after the Versailles treaty which was not signed by the Chinese representative.

[@heyitsjustmejj]

8:18 - 8:45 Is pure comedy gold, had me laughing for a good 30 seconds.

[@foreverblue1646]

2:00 Head shaver is someone who cuts the traditional Manchu hairstyle: shaved forehead/front half, and from the back of the ears, the hairs grows into long braids (search Qing hairstyle). In the 1600's, when the Manchu/Jurchens toppled the Chinese Ming dynasty, Nurhaci (leader of the soon Qing dynasty) imposed on all Han Chinese must shave in the style of their conqueror or face execution. For the Qing, it was a way to test the loyalty of their subjects but for the Han Chinese, it was a great humiliation and several rebellions were fought with this hair style as the symbol of resistance.

[@jasminewang5514]

That’s exactly it. Also to mention: at the time Han people consider hair precious and wouldn’t cut it shorter voluntarily, so when they were forced by Manchu people to shaved half of it, it was quite horrible

[@jkent9915]

10:30 Absolutely. Napoleon wasn’t quite as much of a diplomat and statesman as he was a general but compared to other generals with a similar reputation, only Caesar and Alexander came close to being the whole package.

[@bjames1812]

Napleon was a world class statesman.

[@aze94]

I would argue that he wasn't a very good diplomat.

[@arimpact]

Sam O'nella's attention to detail is great. 13:20 in Chinese literally says suck my xxxx with him drawing it, except he used the wrong final character "巴" instead of the correct character "吧", while the subtitle arrow attention says "semi-literate". So many awesome layers.

[@nontrashfire2]

In the 18th century, male subjects were required to have a queue or cue hairstyle. The front portion of the head was shaved, and the top of the scalp was long and often braided. A head shaver just shaved the front portion of a male's head. Hairstyles were used to show loyalty or affiliation to a dynasty or warlord/ tribe.

[@hochungyip1123]

ive never heard of this guy, 張宗昌(Zhang Zongchang), even though ive heard a lot from the period of the republic of china, which is post-ching清(qing in mandarin? ) period of china. 2:19: About that hair shaver, the ching清 govn imposed a strict rule that all males had to shave front half of their head and tie the back half into ponytail and so hair shaver was made. 3:00 : About the root of war lord period, long story short, late ching清 largely depended on the local founders to raise armies against its rebels and later invaders from west and japan, so the power shifted from central to locals. About that 'poem' he wrote, nothing special in terms of literacy, they are more likely to be written someone who didn't take formal education while bullshiting everything around.

[@Taygetea]

"i need to stop and process this for just a second" yeah we see you laughing off camera

[@zainmudassir2964]

He also was 'blood-brothers' with a Japanese Ronin(former samurai) Date Junnosuke who took a Chinese name and led his own militia siding with Japanese military in World war 2. He was captured and executed in Shanghai prison in 1948

[@devinholsenbeck23]

8:41 great time for him to pause 😂😂

[@Nikolaj11]

Does the head-shaver thing have something to do with that mandatory Manchu haircut that was enforced by the Qing dynasty? If I remember correctly the top of the head had to be shaved for that, so perhaps a "head shaver" is someone who does maintenance for that specific haircut?

[@snickle1980]

See, now THAT, i didn't consider...napoleons civic skills. It sounds like one large nightmare of a customer service gig...An entire empire. All that management... and middle management, and bureaucracy. That's impressive! Thanks.

[@OlyChickenGuy]

I will absolutely rewatch Sam O'Nella videos 1,000 times over in these react formats if I can find them (not to mention, I'm subscribed to his channel, so I'll always watch the original video first).

[@stephenparker6362]

Hi, Chris, the video was brilliant and so was your commentary, I learned a lot. It was really good.

[@LibeliumDragonfly]

Chinese language has very strict rules when it comes to poems. Many foreign poems when translated doesn't sound like poems at all to the Chinese, as they tend to feel like they go all over the place. Zhang's "poems" basically meat the bare minimum standard to be considered poems in the Chinese language in terms of structure, but are filled with VERY colloquial language and profanities that you NEVER see in actual proper Chinese poems.

[@bendi3768]

Highly recommend the extra history series on sun yat sen it focuses on this period on Chinese history

[@annasoH323]

Your point about the massive death tolls in wars is something I stop and think about now and then while watching history videos (many of them war-recaps). It's hard to fathom each of those little boxes and numbers equaling individual souls with parents and homes etc. Also, thanks to your KZbin suggestions pointing me back to Rich Mullins. I think I know exactly which concert that video is from.

[@bjornodin]

12:33 I just love the sage nod here ❤😂 I know the nod is actually for what he said right before, but the timing is just chef's kiss 💋😂😂😂

[@goncalorodrigues973]

He's back!

[@smexijebus]

Great reaction, if you're interested in another content creator's take on him, I highly recommend Count Dankula's "Absolute Mad Lads - The Dogmeat General, Zhang Zongchang". He focuses a lot more on the "I have to acknowledge that was kind of awesome" perspective haha

[@samueltrusik3251]

Sam has been really pumping these out lately!

[@ajamsandwich7701]

VTH reacting to another Sam o'nella video? Must be paradise!

[@deansignorini2690]

As always love all your videos Chris 🎉, I’d love to see you do a follow with roaming history’s series on the civil right movement with the story of Emmett Till ❤

[@bustanuttington]

I'm impressed with this guy especially the poetry

[@zainmudassir2964]

Regarding the headshaver thing,in the Qing Dynasty the ruling ethnic Manchus forced the conquered Chinese subjects to wear a ponytail and shave most of their head called a queue as symbol of their subjugation. After 1911 revolution,the queue was banned because of shame associated with it

[@loudbill]

Very dope to see a fellow northeastern Ohioan on KZbin, keep up the good work man

[@xxdnyudwuw3934]

2:15 A head shaver is like a barber, but in the old days in china we had no scissors so they use blades to "shave" off your hair. A fun fact is that Oracle bone scripts are actually discovered by head shaving because turtle shell powder was a medicine for people who got cuts on their heads while shaving, and an American (if i remember correctly) discovered these scripts while buying the shells to grind.

[@xxdnyudwuw3934]

Also 13:30 that is a literal translation of the original poem, originial text here: 玉皇爷爷也姓张， 为啥为难俺张宗昌？ 三天之内不下雨， 先扒龙皇庙， 再用大炮轰你娘。

[@BobLu]

My understanding is that the fact that he could shoot and kill a former prince (of China) and get away with it shows not how much the Japanese government saw Zhang, but how little they saw a former Chinese prince.

[@jkent9915]

16:35 “those that live by the sword; perish by the sword”

[@kylemcgucken3068]

The intro music is a snippet from Brandenburg concerto no. 4 by good ole JS Bach

[@eliu868]

I don't know for sure what a 'headshaver' in this context is, but we can definitely make an informed guess: The last Chinese dynasty, the Qing Dynasty, was not ruled by the majority Han Chinese, but rather Manchus who were formerly northern nomads and later conquered the empire and assimilated into Chinese customs like the dynastic succession. However, there was still a strict class difference between the ruling Manchus and commoner Han Chinese, one of which was that Han Chinese men were forced to shave their heads and wear braded queues as in the Manchu tradition - which is why western imagery of Chinese people have those braids. This style is NOT the Chinese custom: in fact, traditionally you were not supposed to cut your hair at all. The saying was: "Lose your hair or lose your head." Many Han Chinese men did in fact lose their head in protest.

[@ceeteefatjo]

I got to be the first one here! How exciting! I love all the content you put out Chris. Thanks for all that you do!

[@goldh2o543]

To put the chinese wars into perspective based on their death toll: The Qing dynasty's conquest of the Ming Dynasty killing 25 million people would be like a modern war killing 400 million people, if you adjust for population. World War II is the deadliest war in terms of raw numbers, with the high estimates being 85 million deaths. If you adjust that to the modern day, that would be roughly 295 million people, still over 100 MILLION people shy of the death toll of this ONE war in China.

[@jarlathquinn2628]

Do we know how accurate that is

[@goldh2o543]

@@jarlathquinn2628 we don't have a perfectly accurate count for the Taiping Rebellion, so I went with the lower estimate. We have the estimate of 25-30 million based on proportional population graphs. Basically, we track modern genetic diversity and figure out where it bottlenecks. That's how we figure out how big human populations roughly were tens or even hundreds of thousands of years ago.

[@jarlathquinn2628]

@@goldh2o543 neat I was just wondering since you know how old records can be

[@goldh2o543]

@@jarlathquinn2628 Yeah. With anything old like that there's obviously no way of knowing exactly, but historians have several ways of figuring out broad statistics on things.

[@shaggycan]

Always interested in learning more Chinese history. The only period I'm pretty familiar with is the Three Kingdoms period.

[@Maukustus]

Chris' commentary at the start really is the European history vs Chinese history greentext

[@TheBearJew1309]

By 'head-shaver' he may be referring to the fact that before the Qing dynasty fell, all Han chinese men were to shave their hair with the exception of a single ponytail to distinguish them from the ruling Manchu/Jurchen class.

[@emsmith3316]

🎶Chinas whole again~ 🎶 🎶Then it broke again~ 🎶

[@panzerwafflez7228]

Hey Chris, a while ago you looked at the very well done and detailed video of the Pearl Harbor attack by Montemayor and his Jacksons Valley Campaign video. I was wondering if you could check out some of his other videos of the Pacific War, such as Coral Sea amd Midway. Thanks!

[@AlexKS1992]

I’ve said it a few times and I’ll say it again the Warlord Era is one of my favorite historical events. Same can be said for the Taiping Rebellion which I recommend watching some videos and reading a few books about because it’s crazy. As to what his father was, I have no idea what it means by head shaver. I don’t know if he was a barber, a scalper or both I don’t know.

[@livethefuture2492]

8:40 what was it about you jinxing stuff like that seconds before it is revealed! 😂 Well take another shot i guess! XD

[@jonathancampbell5231]

16:05 THE "deposed Emperor", Chris- the Qing pretender to the throne of China.

[@torresmat10]

last week, a quite popular-amongst-young-people content creator, Brittany Broski, put out a surprisingly well-written historical video called "you are not immune to propaganda", covering how art changed from before, during, and after the Great War. I'm not saying her other content is poorly written, it's very funny! she just doesn't usually cover historical topics, but I think it'd be cool if you checked out that video and reacted to the things she says about WWI from an Art History perspective.

[@anderskorsback4104]

I doubt the Japanese government would have had any idea that he had sided with Russia against Japan. The Russo-Japanese War was in 1904-05, before the Warlord Era, when the Dogmeat General was more like the Dogmeat Faceless Nobody Local Collaborator.

[@youngsinatra1]

Hey VTH, I think it’s a CRIME!!!! that we don’t have an Oppenheimer review yet

[@ashermorris1139]

Have you ever thought about doing some reactions to the channel Tasting History? A majority of his videos are spent talking about the history that was happening around the time period in which the dish he's cooking was made.

[@frostsong8715]

During the Qing dynasty, all Han Chinese are required to shave their head in a certain way, the same way that Manchurians do. It is required by the Qing rulers, who consider this a sign of obedience. The hair style is called cue or queue and it can be found on Wikipedia.

[@imheel9727]

The one time Chris wants an oversimplified video about something lol

[@xarealpersonx]

I'm glad we all got to the bottom of what a head shaver does

[@I_Stole_A_BTR-80]

I like what a scotsman once said about the Zhang Xian poem: "it's like a "frickin" CoD lobby" And that poem about bastards is brilliant. It's really poignant despite its use of language. I feel some hippie group has used that at one point or another, somewhat fitting for them I think.

[@Gia1911Logous]

8:02 "Η ταν η επι τας" chinese style 😂

[@kolosmenus]

2:15 Basically headshavers knew nothing about styling or cutting hair. Their only job was to shave it all. That's it. That's why you can't really call one a "barber"

[@comradekommandmentklaus1848]

The interesting thing about the warlord era is that all though they were “unified” under the Nationalists during the northern expedition, China still remained heavily divided.

[@easygzus9064]

The coffin part gave me serious Dan Sickles vibes...

[@VloggingThroughHistory]

Oh man! I thought the SAME thing.

[@agentx_4336]

3:31 ok I need to point something out there is an among us in that map

[@Pancasilaist8752]

I think it was a job where they would shaved the front hair but let the hair in the back head grew long enough and then braided it. It's called queue if im not mistaken.

[@bellcranel1332]

a hair shaver basically shaved peoples hair off

[@IlluminatiReign]

I like the Ohio sweatshirt. Your sense of pride is really cool and I wish I felt it! I enjoyed your reaction and thank you for providing further reading.

[@crazyand2099]

I strongly recommend his Timothy Dexter and Pre-industrial surgeries videos.

[@Task32]

15:33 Im only basing this on the Extra History series about Sun Yat Sen (great series btw), but Japan seemed to be quite a huge hotspot for Chinese radicals and revolutonaries in the early 20th century

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

Love your videos mam!🎉🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤❤

[@shaggycan]

3:10 A country long united must divide, long divided must unite.

[@terrancejohnson8455]

“ if a head shaver is a barber then a ditch digger is an architect” he’s saying he’s not skilled enough to be called a barber. Just a guy who can only cut all your hair off and nothing else lol.

[@dariogaelreyes7534]

Good that the wait was 10 months and not 2 years

[@phantomtitan9792]

I guess i better go check my fridge. Lol

[@corneliali7747]

So, regarding the head shaver: During the Qing dynasty, during which his father would be living, the head shaver is basically a barber who shaved the front half of a man’s head to maintain the hair style of the Queue ( a braided pigtail at the back of the head). This profession only came to being during the Qing dynasty, as China was ruled by the Manchu who maintained this hairstyle for practically, who had a strong hunting culture. The Han Chinese on the other hand, consider hair a gift given by one’s parents and cannot be cut at all. During the take over of the Ming from Qing, many resisted the hair shaving practice and were executed, but eventually it was widely enforced. Of course, by the time Zhang became a warlord, the queue was terminated along with the Qing dynasty, so he was bald in most photos. Hope this rant helps!

[@deron2203]

This and wowmaos dogmeat was just what I needed 😂

[@dubioustheatreyt8096]

8:39 That was such a gut-punch lmao

[@Rhymethyme33]

I legit choked when he talked about this guy's manhood, and said "you racist"

[@epicsauce2647]

"I will bombard your mom." Chris: That was kinda awesome

[@agentx_4336]

Oh Is that his name?

[@BHuang92]

There is a grim joke that i talk about in regards to the deadliest wars in history that happened in China. I say to people, "We Chinese are very good at killing each other!"

[@Gustav_Kuriga]

Well technically, nowadays we can print food. Though you're of course correct in this instance.

[@4rtiphi5hal19]

I think the head shaver thing just means like he wasn't actually a skilled barber that could do different hair styles and simply shaved their heads to bristles

[@ac1455]

6:12 I want to say the An Lushan rebellion more likely killed about 15-20 million than 36 since census results of -36 was likely due to people fleeing and not having as many kids due to war, though that’s still at least 7-10% of the World population dead in 8 years

[@jurgnobs1308]

the claim.that the an-lushan-rebellion killed 2/3 of the chinese population is based on the fact that a census in 754 counted about 53 million inhabitants and one in 764 only about 17 million. however, the second one likely simply didn't count properly because one big casualty of the war was the administrative state. there were towns, regions and so on that simply did not do a count. and others did it with very limited staffing and time. the war was definitely devastating and changed the powrr balance in the region heavily. especially the uighurs who helped the tang dynasty win gained a lot of power

[@Jacob-rl4ny]

Petition for vlogging through history to talk about the philippine American war day 7

[@David-sl6xf]

10:40 I know Napoleon idolized Julius Caesar, and I wonder how much influence he took from him when he was in politician mode. That being said I don't know if anyone in history can really match Caesar as both a brilliant military commander and political figure.

[@SahiPie]

Alexander?

[@The_king567]

You would be wrong Caesar is incredibly overrated

[@fedos]

There were contemporary conspiracy theories about Zhang's murder.

[@SWOE-vi9wq]

Jack Rackham has some videos on Chinese history if you'd be interested in that.

[@PunknPixels]

I think it's safe to say Sam is the king of YT edu-tainment