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June 22, 2021

History Summarized: The Athenian Temple at Sounio

Filed under: Architecture, Europe, Greece, History, Humour, Religion — Tags: , , — Nicholas @ 02:00

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Published 29 Sep 2017

On my summer vacation, I had the distinct pleasure of visiting Cape Sounio, at the southern tip of Attica at sunset, and I have to say it was one of the most historically exciting moments of my life. For all I myself have said about the Athenian empire, seeing the view from this temple made everything click into place and feel tangibly real for the first time ever (even my 10+ trips to the Parthenon over the course of my childhood didn’t do that). So uh … here’s 7 minutes of me gushing about it under the thin guise of persuasive historical argumentation.

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June 15, 2021

History Summarized: Persistence of Judaism

Filed under: History, Humour, Middle East, Religion — Tags: , , , , , , , — Nicholas @ 02:00

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Published 7 Apr 2017

Gooooood morning everybody! Today, Blue finishes the trilogy of Abrahamic religions with a video summarizing the history of the Hebrew people and the Jewish faith. There’s a lot of ground to cover, so fasten your seatbelts for a twenty-minute rundown of the facts, the theories, and the ever-so-popular misconceptions!

Look forward to next time, when Blue brings it all together to talk about Religious Wars and Religious Philosophy!

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June 8, 2021

History Summarized: Ancient Egypt

Filed under: Africa, History, Humour, Religion — Tags: , , , , , — Nicholas @ 02:00

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Published 3 Feb 2017

This video was commissioned by our loyal Patron Karl Erik L. Hoftaniska! To become our Patron and get access to sweet rewards, hop on over to PATREON.COM/OSP

I must say, I was pleasantly surprised about the things I learned about Egypt in the process of making this video. The feeling of learning cool new things never gets old.

Coming soon in Blue’s History Summarized line-up will be the next part of his Abrahamic Religion series: Judaism!
In the meantime, WOO EGYPT!

Have a question about anything mentioned or not mentioned? Leave a comment! Blue will do his best to answer.

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May 27, 2021

History Summarized: Ancient China

Filed under: China, History, Humour — Tags: , , , , , — Nicholas @ 02:00

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Published 28 Dec 2018

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And after that we’ll defeat the Huns! Join Blue on a trek through the early centuries of Chinese History, from legendary foundations to the Shang and Zhou dynasties, past the Warring States Period, and into the Han dynasty — if you get to the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, you’ve gone too far.

Further reading: China: A History by John Keay

Kings and Generals’ fantastic videos on this subject:
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War of the Heavenly Horses: https://youtu.be/g6Rphg_lwwM​

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May 17, 2021

History Summarized: Africa

Filed under: Africa, Environment, History, Humour — Tags: , , , , , , , — Nicholas @ 02:00

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Published 7 Jul 2017

THE DANGER OF A SINGLE STORY: https://youtu.be/D9Ihs241zeg​

It’s been brought to my attention that I made two mistakes: 1) Yes, I disappear at 18:26​. Not sure how that happened. 2) At 12:25​ I use a map of Africa that with some weird borders. That’s my bad. But if you look at a legit map of Africa, you’ll see the same straight lines in the places that I marked them.
(Remember: making mistakes is ok, so long as we learn from them)

The Epic of Mwindo sure was cool, huh? This video is here to show you all about the lovely continent that it came from: Africa! And BOY are there a lot of misconceptions about it.

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

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May 3, 2021

History Summarized: Pope Fights 2 — The Reformation

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

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Published 26 Apr 2019

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You’ve seen the Double-Pope matchup, but what about the Double-Christianity face-off? Today’s Pope Fights covers the history and aftermath of the Protestant Reformation and Catholic Counter-Reformation.

FURTHER READING, from shortest to longest books:
The Reformation: A Very Short Introduction — https://www.amazon.com/Reformation-Ve…
Christianity In The West (1400-1700) — https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/019…
The Reformation: A History — https://www.amazon.com/The-Reformatio…

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May 1, 2021

Rulers Who Were Actually Good — History Hijinks

Filed under: History, Humour, Middle East, Military, Religion — Tags: , , , , , , , , — Nicholas @ 04:00

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Published 30 Apr 2021

History is full of Rulers, but most of them (especially some famous ones) can be Kind Of Terrible upon closer inspection. So let’s take a look at two kings we can actually consider to be Good — not perfect, not blameless, but a heck of a lot more virtuous than the average ruler, that’s for sure.

This topic was requested by our patron Duncan! Thank you for your patronage, and for the topic suggestion.

SOURCES & Further Reading: The Great Courses Plus lectures “Being Persian” by Robert Garland, “The Persian Era” by Jean-Pierre Isbouts, “Saladin: Chivalry and Conquest – 1187” by Eamonn Gearon, and “Saladin and the Defeat of the Crusaders” by Dorsey Armstrong.

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April 16, 2021

Shakespeare Summarized: King Lear

Filed under: History, Humour, Media — Tags: , , — Nicholas @ 02:00

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Published 22 Jul 2014

Sorry it’s been a while. Summer vacation plays merry hell with both my work ethic and my voice. *discreetly hacks up a lung*

King Lear! He’s not a very good king, and he’s not a very good father! Good thing that, by the end, he’s neither of those things.

April 10, 2021

Miscellaneous Myths: Loki

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

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Published 9 Apr 2021

I started researching this goddamn video in june of 2019. I was so young. So innocent. This video is a precious relic of The Before Times, and unlike those inconsiderate vikings, I went out of my way to take *actual notes!*

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March 20, 2021

History RE-Summarized: The Age of Augustus

Filed under: Europe, History, Humour, Middle East — Tags: , , , , , , , — Nicholas @ 04:00

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Published 19 Mar 2021

Many Romans had conquered the Republic, but nobody could keep it, until Augustus. In the half century after the assassination of Caesar, his adoptive son would fundamentally transform the Roman state: expanding it, reforming it, and bringing it under the control of one man. The Age of Augustus found Rome a Republic and left it an Empire.

This video is a Remastered, Definitive Edition of three previous videos from this channel — History Summarized: “Augustus Versus The Assassins”, “Augustus Versus Antony”, and “How Augustus Made An Empire”. This video combines them all into one narrative, fully upgrading all of the visuals and audio. If you want more Histories to be Re-Summarized, please comment and let me know!

SOURCES & Further Reading: The Age of Augustus by Werner Eck, Augustus and the Creation of the Roman Empire by Ronald Mellor, Cleopatra: A Life by Stacy Schiff, Virgil’s Aeneid, Polybius’ Histories, Livy’s Ab Urbe Condita, Plutarch’s Parallel Lives, SPQR by Mary Beard, Rome: A History in Seven Sackings by Matt Kneale, (and also my degree in Classical Studies).

SECTION TIME-CODES:
0:00​​ 1 — Octavian V. the Assassins
07:40​​ 2 — Octavian V. Antony
17:36​​ 3 — Augustus as Emperor

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March 6, 2021

History-Makers: Sappho

Filed under: Europe, Greece, History, Humour — Tags: , , , — Nicholas @ 06:00

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Published 5 Mar 2021

It’s no use, dear algorithm, I cannot research, for Sappho has crushed me with longing for lost poetry!

SOURCES & Further Reading: Sappho: fragments by Jonathan Goldberg, “Girl, Interrupted: Who Was Sappho?” for The New Yorker by Daniel Mendelsohn (https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/20…​), “Sappho” from The Poetry Foundation (https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poet…​)

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February 20, 2021

History Summarized: South Africa

Filed under: Africa, Britain, Europe, History, Humour — Tags: , , , , , , — Nicholas @ 04:00

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Published 19 Feb 2021

In the past few centuries, few corners of the African Continent were quite as busy as the south. It’s a winding river from the first migrations and waves of colonists in the Cape Colonies to the Rainbow Nation we know today, so let’s dive in and see how it all played out!

SOURCES & Further Reading for Black History Month:
— The African Experience From ‘Lucy’ to Mandela From the Great Courses Plus, lectures 15-18 “South Africa: The Dutch Cape Colony & The Zulu Kingdom & Frontier and Unification & Diamonds and Gold”, 26 “Segregation and Apartheid in South Africa”, and 32 “The South African Miracle”

— Born A Crime by Trevor Noah: https://bookshop.org/books/born-a-cri…​
— Home Team History is a YouTube channel covering all corners of the African continent. They have several videos about Southern Africa, such as “A History of Stone Architecture in Southern Africa” (https://youtu.be/0U4Wu3CmL0U​) and “Southern Africa: The Birthplace of Iron Mining” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9HO0…​), and “A history of the Xhosa People” (https://youtu.be/axajPiZnDqo​)
— Lastly, looking to modern times, it’s important to recognize how the COVID crisis has exacerbated massive preexisting disparities between healthcare for Black and minority communities and that of white Americans. It’s not enough to just acknowledge history, we all have a responsibility to understand modern problems and work on solutions. Read more: (https://www.scientificamerican.com/ar…​) and please consider Donating to support the NAACP’s COVID relief programs: (https://naacp.org/coronavirus/coronav…​)

With special thanks to the members of our discord community who helped polish my script: Holben, Klieg, Good Hunter, and Sticc (who has a History of Africa podcast: https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/…​)

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February 14, 2021

History’s Best(?) Couples — Valentine’s Day Special

Filed under: China, Europe, France, History, Humour — Tags: , , , , , , — Nicholas @ 04:00

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Published 5 Feb 2021

Celebrate Valentine’s Day with a look at some of the best couples in history. Well, “Best” is a stretch — definitely most entertaining — but the pairings on display today are FAR from healthy. Enjoy the slow descent into insanity that is “Me Discussing These Stories”.

SOURCES & Further Reading: Suetonius’ Twelve Caesars, Plutarch’s Parallel Lives: Julius Caesar, China: A History by John Keay, “Song of Everlasting Sorrow” by Bai Juyi, Smithsonian Magazine & Biography.com entries on Marie Antoinette & Louis XVI.

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Shakespeare Summarized: A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Filed under: Humour, Media — Tags: , , — Nicholas @ 02:00

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Published 27 Feb 2014

Finally, a summarized comedic romance! And it was almost out in time for Valentine’s Day, when it would have been legitimately appropriate to release!

…I’m making progress, guys. Cut me some slack. 😛

Midsummer Night’s Dream is one of Shakespeare’s best plays. And nobody died this time! What a twist!

February 13, 2021

Miscellaneous Myths: Hades and Persephone

Filed under: Europe, Greece, History, Humour — Tags: , , — Nicholas @ 04:00

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Published 12 Feb 2021

You asked, I’ve answered! Today let’s discuss greek mythology’s most beloved AND most maligned relationship — but which reputation is truly deserved? You all know where *I* stand on the matter, but today I’ll do my best to justify my hot take that Hades And Persephone Is Romantic Actually.

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