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February 12, 2019

History Summarized: Iroquois Native Americans

Overly Sarcastic Productions
Published on 7 Aug 2017

There’s a fascinating history from just northwest of American history that is too often ignored. But that’s a damn shame, because it’s a damn cool history, and I’m going to talk about it dammit!

No, I didn’t accidentally misspell the title of this video when I sleepily uploaded this after I woke up. That’s absurd.

EXTRA CREDITS: HIAWATHA: https://youtu.be/79RApCgwZFw

This video was produced with assistance from the Boston University Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program.

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February 8, 2019

History Summarized: The Portuguese Empire

Filed under: Americas, Europe, History, Humour, India — Tags: , , , , — Nicholas @ 02:00

Overly Sarcastic Productions
Published on 9 Nov 2018

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What happens when you spend a few decades casually getting really good at seafaring, only to find that there’s suddenly a whole new world that’s only accessible to societies with exceptional sailing prowess? — You get fabulously rich, that’s what. Watch along and learn all about the surprising success of Portugal!

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From the comments:

BenficaHaze 1904
1 month ago
Portugal didn’t follow Spain. Portugal started the discoveries 60-70 years before Spain

Pietro SF
1 month ago
The video already starts badly by suggesting Portugal only entered the Discoveries as a response to the Spaniards, when in reality the Portuguese pioneered the Age of Discovery, starting it half a century before Columbus’ Voyage.

Daniel Ghan
1 month ago
Nice video, but 2 significant errors:
1) Columbus didn’t motivate Portugal’s exploration as the video implies; rather, it was the other way around. The Portuguese began searching for a way to India around Africa after the fall of Constantinople in 1453. Columbus, who was Italian, asked the Portuguese king to finance his expedition but was refused, and only then went to Spain.
2) Magellan (Magalhães) was Portuguese but his expedition was sponsored by Spain and he had a Spanish crew. So the expedition would not have returned to Lisbon.

Metriximor
1 month ago
Alright, Portuguese here, just wanna say overall you did a great job but I wanna clear a few misconceptions.

Portugal didn’t just spring up into action because of Columbus, in fact, he even asked the Portuguese Crown for funding before he asked the Spanish Crown. Portuguese discoveries began in 1418 with Madeira, 1427 we found Açores, then in 1434 Gil Eanes goes around Cape Bojador, 1472 we found Newfoundland, but most importantly, in 1487 Bartolomeu Dias goes around the Cape of Storms, and looking out at the huge possibilities of his accomplishment he declares it to be the Cape of Good Hope.

This was all before Columbus even thought of sailing the Atlantic(1488) or contacting the Spanish(1489), so saying Portugal just began exploring because of him is downplaying it a lot.

Otherwise, fantastic work, love your channel and content keep it up 😀
PORTUGAL CARALHO

December 6, 2018

Izanami and Izanagi – Underworld Blues – Extra Mythology

Filed under: History, Japan, Religion — Tags: , — Nicholas @ 04:00

Extra Credits
Published on 3 Dec 2018

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When Izanami died giving birth to Kagu-Tsuchi, the incarnation of fire, Izanagi visited the underworld to try to get her back, not realizing the dreadful terrors he would face. But from that bitter journey, sprung the life of new Japanese gods…

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