Always refreshing when Crashcourse mentions religion. The Greco-Buddhist statue near the end is such a fascinating example of religious objects and artistic forms spreading across the Silk Roads (in addition to religious ideas/stories).
8:01 The University of al-Qarawiyyin was founded by a Muslim woman, Fatima al-Fihri. It started out as a mosque and grew to become an incredible educational institute that shaped the modern university structure! Thanks for mentioning it!
BUT also remember what she is saying. That the establishment of the university system, was a product of the diffusion of Islamic culture with preexisting Greek and Roman cultural traditions that valued scholarship and education. The point being that everyone exchanges and grows from that exchange, as explained in S49V13 as ta'arrafu. That our Islamic instruction is to know the other, so that we can be known too. Not to isolate ourselves away from each other at all.
Religions follow their communities, and MOST human interaction is NOT through war or violence. Most cultural exchange, particularly before Colonialism, has been through trade and mutually beneficial across cultures. We have a warped Imperialist understanding about the nature of civilization.
Word of mouth was important for the spread of Buddhism, as it took over 400 years for Siddhārtha Gautama's (The Buddha) teachings to be finally written down. One can imagine how some oral transmission concepts could've been distorted in just a matter of moments when playing a schoolyard telephone game, let alone a span of centuries.
My cook friends insist on Fresh spices. People have been taken by the silly concept that medieval foods were over spiced. Those medieval spices like Pepper had been picked years before, packed in bags or boxes, put on a ship, to a ship, to a ship, to a camel, to a ship. Others were put on a camel, to a donkey, to a camel, to a camel, to a ship, to a horse cart, to a donkey to a ship.
Thank You😉public schools never go this in depth. Inclusively, they never bring into kids perspectives and curiosity the relevance of history and geography to our modern world and everyday lives. Thank You 😉😎Crash Course.♥️
I have a degree with a major in history and minors in geography and other subjects. I have always been interested in geography and history and the overlap. This was an interesting episode. I love the ladybug in the background. I collect such items too.
It is currently blowing my mind that there is no reason why we don't view the Earth and maps in the south to north orientation, other than because of named polarities.
Have you considered that even the naming themselves really doesnt imply what is "up" and what is "down" It's just arbitrarirly pracitce to put the north upward, but really, we could simply put south up... or even e.g. West/East, if not because of the polarity of the earth!
....I'm not sure how many Shinto practitioners you'd find on the Silk Road. I mean, I'm not saying it's impossible, but they would be a long way from home
I love videos like this where I can give simple answers to the questions and still be right. Here it goes. How did religion spread along the Silk Road? By people.
Curious if this would mention Mani. The first global religion that started in Persia and travelled across the Silk Road to reach Europe and China before Islam was founded.
I know this is for kids and school but geography isn't a real field of study more a Frankenstein like mash of many other fields of study, it's a highly politicised subject and littered with colonialism and imperialism this cannot end well
Always refreshing when Crashcourse mentions religion. The Greco-Buddhist statue near the end is such a fascinating example of religious objects and artistic forms spreading across the Silk Roads (in addition to religious ideas/stories).
8:01 The University of al-Qarawiyyin was founded by a Muslim woman, Fatima al-Fihri. It started out as a mosque and grew to become an incredible educational institute that shaped the modern university structure! Thanks for mentioning it!
There were several big universities like Nalanda and Takshila pre-dating al-Qarawiyyin though.
the problem is that modern education and uni structure is kinda worthless to most people, and that certainly has nothing to do with fatima.
BUT also remember what she is saying. That the establishment of the university system, was a product of the diffusion of Islamic culture with preexisting Greek and Roman cultural traditions that valued scholarship and education. The point being that everyone exchanges and grows from that exchange, as explained in S49V13 as ta'arrafu. That our Islamic instruction is to know the other, so that we can be known too. Not to isolate ourselves away from each other at all.
Religions follow their communities, and MOST human interaction is NOT through war or violence. Most cultural exchange, particularly before Colonialism, has been through trade and mutually beneficial across cultures. We have a warped Imperialist understanding about the nature of civilization.
My students are now studying the Silk Road this is perfect!
It's always good to receive a refresher course.
Word of mouth was important for the spread of Buddhism, as it took over 400 years for Siddhārtha Gautama's (The Buddha) teachings to be finally written down. One can imagine how some oral transmission concepts could've been distorted in just a matter of moments when playing a schoolyard telephone game, let alone a span of centuries.
I like the Starbucks cup in the shot at 1:33. Nice GoT reference!
That's genius
Product placement 😂
My cook friends insist on Fresh spices. People have been taken by the silly concept that medieval foods were over spiced. Those medieval spices like Pepper had been picked years before, packed in bags or boxes, put on a ship, to a ship, to a ship, to a camel, to a ship. Others were put on a camel, to a donkey, to a camel, to a camel, to a ship, to a horse cart, to a donkey to a ship.
Thank You😉public schools never go this in depth. Inclusively, they never bring into kids perspectives and curiosity the relevance of history and geography to our modern world and everyday lives. Thank You 😉😎Crash Course.♥️
More on the origins of religions please
Who else would wanna see 1 hour long conversation between the spanish/italian traveler , the Muslim traveler and asian one
Is the question, “is there a banana in this soup,” an avatar reference?
The religion that first used it does not exist now, Manichaeism. Started in Persia and reach both India, China and Western Europe in the late 200s
My crash course coin came yesterday and its great ive been showing it off to everyone i can! Thank you for all the work you guys do!
I have a degree with a major in history and minors in geography and other subjects. I have always been interested in geography and history and the overlap.
This was an interesting episode. I love the ladybug in the background. I collect such items too.
I watch these kind of videos on topics like this, except this one is dangerously captivating.
It is currently blowing my mind that there is no reason why we don't view the Earth and maps in the south to north orientation, other than because of named polarities.
Have you considered that even the naming themselves really doesnt imply what is "up" and what is "down"
It's just arbitrarirly pracitce to put the north upward, but really, we could simply put south up... or even e.g. West/East, if not because of the polarity of the earth!
....I'm not sure how many Shinto practitioners you'd find on the Silk Road. I mean, I'm not saying it's impossible, but they would be a long way from home
crash course geography, i appreciate u
Read "the silk roads" Peter Frankopan. Excellent
yooooooo nice gameplay
Amazing, thanks for the refresher !
im flipping out, only episode where i heard something new (enviromental sciences in developing nation) about geography. is there banana in my soup?
Interesting information and exciting maps
This channel is awesome! :)
I love videos like this where I can give simple answers to the questions and still be right. Here it goes. How did religion spread along the Silk Road?
By people.
Hey are you wearing silk?
Funny, cherub isn’t from a greek word but Ethiopia is
It is rare that I feel like a moron reading comments before watching the video. This must be a good one.
Curious if this would mention Mani. The first global religion that started in Persia and travelled across the Silk Road to reach Europe and China before Islam was founded.
Cool. I like this course.
10 years?!
Thanks Lady
i'd rather do a 430 word essay then a fricking 300 one!
First 17 secs of the video went full 240P before normalizing. What happened there?
So, is Judaism an animist religion?
No silk, only cheese
Take a 101 class problem solved
7:17 It was called Takshashila not Taxila.
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Let's go Brandon!!!
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Anyone can tldr it? Interesting topic though can be summarized easily
I know this is for kids and school but geography isn't a real field of study more a Frankenstein like mash of many other fields of study, it's a highly politicised subject and littered with colonialism and imperialism this cannot end well