ace his tests don't swallow everything he feeds you he is trying t re write history look up white slavery and arab moores there is nothing cool about muslims
We deserve weekly podcast from you Roy. We deserve to get the chance of listening to world history from a pure historian like you more frequently. Salute
I forgot to write this, the most amazing thing about our dear Dr Roy is he does his lectures from the heart and he doesn't have a note ot title to stick to it, he speaks free and this freedom is refreshing and you want watch him talk about wars and killing with absolute fairness and his subtle sense of humor
He should better prepare notes for his lectures to avoid the nonsense he is speaking. He is so wrong in so many ways in just this one lecture I expect this video in an 'alternative history' channel but not published by university. Just look up all the inventions he credits to medieval Islam but were invented by other civilisations centuries or even millenia before Islam even existed.
@@naalsocomment9449 it's a very small community college in Texas and he is in most of the videos so I have the impression he is the one pushing this horrible content to be out to the general population.
@@naalsocomment9449you just don’t like the fact that the Islamic golden age contributed so much & even was the basis for the west of coming out the dark ages & building off of them. Dont worry I was like that too, thinking that us Europeans invented everything almost. Just research a little & don’t be biased :)
I’m 33 years old from Vietnam, and for all that years history taught here was the one of the subjects I hated the most; until I listened to Dr. Casagranda speaking! It’s such a heartwarming feeling to realized and understand that history should be as beautiful as this. Truly appreciate your efforts Dr. Casagranda!
This might sound weird, but i am 24 from romania, and every time i see someone comment from a less fortunate country, i feel joy and pride for some reason
I really don't know what It is about Dr Roy, just the way he talks about history, the passion, the history telling, the way he puts out information and much more, it just teleports you from your place to a thousand years before. When he talked about romains being able to talk both greek and latin, I literally saw a 22 yo guy like me living in the Roman empire being able to talk both languages, it was fascinating. I love what you do professor, and I want to tell you that you opened a path for me that I never thought was there. I knew I liked knowledge of history and events, but now I can see myself spending hours reading books or watching lectures about this kind of stuff. My only regret is that I don't think I'll find another professor with the same passion and the same way of teaching to that of Dr Roy Casagranda. If you ever stumble on this comment professor, I just want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for these wonderful lectures, and I hope you'll do a lot more in the future because I will be waiting.
Speak... one "speaks" a language. Assuming English is not your first language so genuinely just trying to help you out. Or perhaps american where the education is suboptimal. But I also love that. If I don't have a picture of the people involved I find history very difficult without that. So much of history doesn't tell you what actually happened with the people. Like sometimes there is a take over of one country by another and sometimes that's people getting slaughtered and replaced or sometimes it's just a flag being changed and the people are the same and they never tell you that so then it's very hard to have a picture of it. Have a good day@
When i was in my school, boy i hated history. But now, i listened to Dr.Roys lectures keenly. I loved it so much. His way of explaining things from the beginning was so structured.
Maybe that's because he tells what "regular people" went through. We can relate. In school, the history taught is seen through the eyes of the ppowerful. "Julius Ceasar conquered Germania" - did he? By himself? We don't hear much about the people who actually did it.
Agreed. Ultimately I have no clue what all he is about or how he ended up on my feed, but I love how genuine, relatable and knowledgeable he is. I’ve been listen for days now. (Good job Austin Professor Dude! You are doing well. 👏🏼)
he's a great story teller. his authority as a speaker - his ability to maintain my suspension of disbelief - is remarkable. I'm a skeptical person and i'm finding that i enjoy listening so much that i dont want to question what i'm listening to.
I like this lecture as well but you should still cross check your sources. I’ve had professors of mine be wrong in the past. It’s always good to have a healthy air of skepticism. Smooth talking is how people fall for scams, demagoguery, and propaganda.
I always rely on my gut instinct/intuition...gods are BS and so is authority...manipulation of the credulous, weak - willed sycophants by predatory narcissists...same old boring, classic oligarchy of prevarication and corruption we slave under today... I just adore his IMMENSE data stream woven with acuity and genuine open minded premise. I'm addicted. I had some AMAZING professors through the academic years...no youtube...only memories... This stuff is gold for homeschool basics...preliminary presentation to then cite along and fill in the limit this condensed but puissant structure for hints along the treasure trails of historical exploration. He inspires curiosity and piques interests...makes him an educational hero
It's true, he's an excellent story teller, but he makes some pretty misleading or straight up inaccurate statements. I'll try and list a couple from memory having just watched the video. For one, his statement that the Mediterranean was always a highway and never a barrier is straight up wrong. It was a barrier to all except whoever had the dominant navy at the time. When Rome ruled all of it, it was effectively a highway. When Rome fell and the Ottoman empire stretched along North Africa, it became at least a cultural barrier. He also does this weird revisionist of Byzantium. Sure the name was invented by some German historian etc etc. But East and West Roman empires were well established much earlier. There are many nations that have claimed to be the successor of Rome. Byzantium because they had been a part of the Roman Empire and were sectioned off to make management of the two regions easier. Italy because they contain the city of Rome itself, the Germans because they declared themselves the Holy Roman Empire, the British because they were built on Roman institutions and became the dominant European empire. The Russians because they became the major nation of the Orthodox church after Byzantium fell. France because the pope declared their emperor to be the Roman emperor officially after the fall of the western Roman empire. Even the US has tried to claim succesorship to Rome by way of democratic ideals inspired by them. That's why ALL of these nations use an eagle as their symbolic bird. So, no, the idea that Byzantium was DIFFERENT from the Roman empire is not new. The Ottoman conquest of Byzantium was in part inspired by a desire to succeed Rome and become the new Roman empire, but it was primarily motivated by the extremely strategic value of the city's position. Constantinople straddles the Black Sea and the Mediterranean. It is the gateway from the "west" to the "east". Owning it gives enormous security to whoever has it as well as enormous economic advantages in the region. Also, the way he confidently downplays the significance of the agricultural revolution is pretty absurd. His knowledge of ancient nomadic diets also seems a bit misinformed. What we today know as fruits and vegetables didn't really exist back then. For example, apples used to be basically juiceless and tasted kinda like unflavored popcorn. The varieties we have today come from purposefully engineering them genetically over thousands of years. For this reason, it was much more difficult than you would think for the people back then to find decent nutrition. Farms really were the only way to support a growing population. I also found the complete lack of focus on Christianity and the church in the west to be extremely odd. Many scholars have taken to retitling western history to history of the Christian world. The true successor of Rome, in geopolitical and cultural terms, was no nation but the catholic church itself. So, be critical. But enjoy the story. It's a good story and a useful perspective to consider.
Dear Roy Thank you for your generous sharing of your findings and knowledge of history, which is like nothing I have ever heard. I have recently discovered your channel, and I am delighted.
@Revert604 This argument works only if you're willing to share what you view as the correct understanding of history. All of history is a narrative, but the nice thing about this lecture being recorded is you can pause and do some reading to see whether there's any credence to what he's saying. And I didn't find anything wrong, the only things maybe not completely agreed upon would be the origins of Odoacer, or the extent of the persian empire to the east of modern day Iran.
@Revert604 It would be interesting to hear where you disagree, if you’re unable to elaborate your thesis, you’re the one making claims out of thin air.
@Revert604 You still aren’t really saying anything. That’s your thesis, I understand what you’re trying to say, what are your arguments? What things did he overstate? What negative effects did he gloss over? I’m not asking for an essay here, I’m asking for 2 to 3 points that would help prove your claim.
@Level48ttthe history of history is conflicting narratives based in fact. If you want to exist in an intellectual locked room then go ahead but stop trying to prevent others from exploring. I imagine if you had been around in the puritan days you would be reporting everyone who differed from you as a witch. I also imagine you would fit in well with the men who skinned Hypatia and burned Servetus.
@Level48tt You still talking in circles trying to cover your blind racism and bigotry... Any civilisation producing a certain percentage of close minded people like you is certainly going to disappear, or at least to lose... I'm afraid the West has passed the threshold! 😮😮😮
This was one of the most interesting lectures I have ever listened to and I listen to a lot. There were so many moments when he explained how things really came to be that just instantly rang as true and at the same time put another stake in the coffin of whatever BS history we learned in school. Dr. Roy’s work needs to enter more minds as we need to understand how we got here more than ever.
There are 3 people on earth who's hands I would like to shake out of respect. This man is one of them. He should go down in history as a great scholar.
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A small correction: The term "phonetic" comes from the Greek word "phōnētikos" (φωνητικός), which is derived from "phōnē" (φωνή), meaning "voice" (you guessed it right, this is where phone comes from). It is not related to Phoenicians. Actually they never called themselves that. The name Phoenicians (Φοίνικες) was given to them by ancient Greeks, originating from an Egyptian routed word for deep red/purple color, as the people coming from this region were famous for trading a deep crimson dye by exploiting a seashell. This seashell was called "porphura" by Greeks (don't know the original Egyptian word), which in Latin became "purpura" and finally "purple" in modern English. On the other hand, according to Aristotle, in the book "Περί Ψυχής" (On the Soul), the term "φωνή" (voice) is routed to "Φω" which means appear or throw light on sth. Light in Greek is "phōs" (φως) -this is also where photon comes from. Aristotle correlates the words "logos" (speech), "phōnē" (voice) and "phos" (light), so in some sense when we speak we use our voice (air from our lungs) to reveal (throw light on) our inner thoughts (our soul). I stop here, hope you find it interesting and not at all boring.
This is true of most the "facts" he tells. He is surprisingly full of shit despite all the circle jerking about him. He is a leftist more than anything
This is just one mistake that threw me off also as I know Greek and some history... There are so many more here and there.... Some truths some bull an so on.
@@sjd1446 This is like making a lecture called “Brief history of East Asian cultures” and it’s only 40 minutes long and you don’t name china lmaooo. It’s insulting. Already thinking it’s possible to summarise western or any civilization in 40 minutes. But to do so without even mentioning 1 single western country it’s even more ridiculous. If you don’t understand this is political not historical I am sorry for you bro. Of course if you already are knowledgeable about western history this is cool to learn how non western cultures influenced the west. If that was the title it would be a good lesson. But tell me how it’s possible to teach a history of western civilization without naming 1 single western country. It’s like an African history video that only talks about Eurasian influence. It’s like not mentioning the natives in a history of American culture. This is a western civilization pretending actual western countries doesn’t exist what the f*ck bro be real
@@marcobelli6856 So your beef is with the title and not the content. If he changed the name of the lecture to “ancient influences on modern civilization” or “eastern influences on western culture”, or something a little more descriptive about what he is talking about, you would have no problem with it. You don’t seem to be saying that he is making specific claims about history that are most probably false.
@@sjd1446 Of course bro. My problem is if you see the comment is all people who already hate Europe and European history and know they have found a professor they can cite to think they are right when they say Europe has no history and it’s all stolen. When in reality he could have talked for 10 hours about actual European history and still have many more things to say. Reading the title I was hoping for a summary of actual western history? Or am I crazy? With this title it looks like nothing happened in Europe so he is forced to talk about something else because European history doesn’t exist ahahah. (and if you look up what western mean it’s literally referring to Europe + European influenced countries ex: the Americas). He could have talked 40 minutes about medieval Italian city states alone or the Catholic Church or the reformation ecc… (and this is just medieval Italy there was classical era Greece and Rome, Celtic culture, Germanic tribes, Middle Ages in the rest of Europe like Spain Portugal….and that is not even 5% western civilization just random examples that you cannot ignore but he doesn’t even mention them nor England or France or Germany (and fair in only 40 minutes you cannot say everything) but he has time to talk about Egypt and the Middle East in a western history lesson? Imagine an European kid see this he thinks he doesn’t have history at all. This is not better than those documentaries about “””African””” history that start with colonialism and not the actual AFRICAN millenary history. With another title this can be a good resource.
@jenylogan explained yourself!!! Are you robot that write same sentence over and over for anybody who cherish this lecture!!! I am pretty sure you most have an college degree from unknown college and questioning the guy who spend all his life at university and get the actual degree in PhD. Simply explained what you think it is wrong! 😊
Every time I listen to this guy, my mind is completely blown! He knows perfectly how to communicate his thoughts to the audience! It's the 1st time that I see 30+ students in his lecture! Otherwise, the head count is usually 10+!
I hope that the doctor sees this comment because I am his number one fan, love the lectures and his teaching style he seems to always leave me wanting to hear more
Hello dear professor Your lessons are really interesting and crucial,i do appreciate your job,i wish you peace and happiness under the sky of prosperity ,all the best. Take care and have a good time.
I think this man is one of the most talented historian I have heard. He is modest and honest. This is how we should teach our young. Not to be parrots but to think. Like he does. Bravo Dr.Roy
Sir, thank you very much for sharing your knowledge so generously. This is now the 4th lecture of yours that I have listened to and you continuously broaden my perspective and understanding. Thank you, Josh
The grain keeping by the Egyptians (that is mentioned at 12:37) , a similar story is also told in the Quran (Yusuf Chapter 12 verse 46) about when prophet Josef interprets a dream about hardship seasons and grains, the similarities between both stories is very interesting
@@rayzimmerman6740 ?? The historical accuracy of the quran is one of the many miracles within it, especially since back then Egyptian history was lost, people had no way to know what happened there, hieroglyph language was forgotten (it was revived until recently, contemporary era, I suggest you see a video called 'The Qur'an and the Secrets of Egypt'), it's another evidence for islam, so I really dont get the point of your message, but that's no problem, we all make mistakes, just see the video I suggested, hope it will clarify
So no mention of the Yamnaya, Samara, Khvalynsk, Dnieper-Donesk, Sredny Stog, Repin, Cucuteni, Trypilla, Cerdanova, Corded Ware, Bell Beaker, Minoan, Myceanean, Lusatian, Hallstatt or La Tene, All elements that eventually became Western Civilization?
Nah, apparently focusing on Egypt and Mesopotamia is the most important for "western-civ" lectures... He had a whole spiel about how bad other proffessors are that mostly talk about Rome and Greece instead of Egypt and Mesopotamia. He also had the whole thing about European women building egalitarian cities when the men moved to Iraq (for which i can find no sources to back up this claim). Seems like his retelling of history is ideologically motivated. If i were to guess this professor is very leftwing and progressive (which is fine, but its certaintly coloring his view of history).
but at least they should want to teach the truth, Howard zin didn't teach the truth, and this guy is the same. Imaginary stories that never happened but people enjoy and believe because few books would tell you this much info, even if there is hardly anything on the character.
Not going to lie I have spent days now watching videos of this guy's lectures now on western civilization. And I enjoy learning all the things the education system doesn't want to teach.
@Revert604 I don't disagree that there is a heavy bias against what we call the west now. That said, there is still much your never taught that the U.S. has done to smash its own hand when it comes to the middle east. We have played stupid games and with that has come the stupid prizes.
@Level48ttactually I’ve read a few criticisms of his talks but none have shown anything he had said to be false. It’s like his talk about Tesla that there was an intentional attempt to write him out of history. In the same way the current idea of “western civilisation” has intentionally written out of any non western impacts to prove this silly straight line about Plato to NATO. But I understand that if it’s all you have ever learnt and been taught it might be quite jarring to hear.
With due respect to Dr. Casagranda, on the "crescent moon and star" origin discussed in the 1:12:15 minute of the video about when it existed before ottomans, I could say the first appearence of the crescent moon and star happened during the Sasanid Empire in Iran(Persia). The Sasanid kings has crescent moon and star on their crown and also they printed it on the coins.
While it's true that the Sassanids minted coins with those symbols, the origin of those symbols precede the Sassanids by many centuries. The Sassanids came to power in the 3rd century AD. The Byzantines were using them at least by the 1st century BC. There are even Sumerian depictions of these symbols from the 21st century BC. We probably will never know the first instance of the use of these symbols, but the history of the peoples of that area is intertwined, and it shouldn't be surprising that each of them adapted symbols and elements of their cultures from one another.
@@piruz3243 Thank you very much - very clarifying and edifying comment. I would add that the intertwining of symbols, mores and ideology/beliefs runs very deep and there are myriad connections that are not always obvious. For example, much of the imagery of the Nazis and their desired Third Reich was based on the Roman Empire i.e. the Roman eagle.
@@piruz3243 it is my experience that often people who come from old empires tend to take pride in saying "we were the first" without any actual research what matters its what has been done to that discovery or invention and how its serving humanity iran is one of the oldest nations on earth and its sad to see what it is going through, i have many Iranian friends from penn state and i learned a lot but i see what is happening to iran also people whos artistic soul invented the modern piano and the worlds first bill of rights deserve better, correct me if im wrong but i think iranians gotten use to make do with little whereas else where they quit if they are provided for but my friends say we are the opposite, regime keeps us suffering but the new revolution is giving everyone hope
Don't get me wrong. He's so fun to watch. I am hooked on his RUclips lectures. I wish, though, he was more accurate. It's 2024 lectures are not academia. Peer reviewed articles is.
Obviously there is a difference between a peer reviewed paper and a class room lecture. Doesn't make class room lectures any less useful. No one expects teachers to spend years preparing 1 lecture as they do preparing 1 paper.
You HAVE to love history teachers, we are the only people on the planet who will get in front of a room full of people and tell jokes that BOMB and just keep going like it’s nothing.
So many examples in your lecture of inaccurate information, the poles did crack the first enigma machines, but that wasn’t much help once the Germans changed the machines when the war started, they had to be cracked against every time additional scrambling was added.
Not only that, he constantly creates strawman arguments about what people supposedly believe - that's simply not true. This professor misses objectiveness in his lecture. Sad.
Also seems like he has based his entire theory/hypothesis for European civilization on a view not based in evidence. He says that the European men moved to mesopotamia and the women stayed in Europe and built egalitarian cities???? When he said that i got super confused and had to do some googling, cant find anything to back up what he said.
The Persians at one point conquered Macedonia (where Alexander was from) yet Casagranda makes it sound like Alexander destroyed the Persian empire for no reason and that they were victims. It's also worth noting that the Persians torched Athens when they invaded Greece.
there was no greece they were all small city states with their own gods and heros and persians didnt destroy athens for nothing now if most of the persian army fighting greece was greek your ethno nation state idea of defending greece goes away
@@HouthiandtheblowfishWhat in the world are you saying dude,! The arrogant Persians burned Athens and the Parthenon and you have the nerve with audacity to say there was not Greece and they have a reason to burn it! CLOSE YOUR MOUTH NOW!
Casagranda wants to make his lecture appealing by stating things that challenge the "common knowledge" or "stereotypes" of the West... A good example of that is how he presents Persians as being the victims or the inventors of multiculturalism... That sounds appealing to the clueless audience who think on today's terms where most states are nation-states and not empires including different nations... Truth is that multiculturalism was the norm before Persians (Egyptians, Persians, Babylonians etc), and after the Persians (Greeks with Alexander and his epigonoi, Romans) up until the 19th century when the concept of nation-states and nationalism arose..... But of course it just sounds "sexier" if you superficially just state in your lecture that Persians where liberals and Greeks where oppressive nationalists... Or at least you will get more students in your lecture and clicks on RUclips....
@@Houthiandtheblowfish Ancient greeks certaintly viewed eachother as being greek/hellenic even if they lived in different city states. These city-states were not totally independent, they had alliances, did trade, celebrated events (like the olympics) together. Yes, they were "city-states" but they were HEAVILY connected. Alexander united the greek and rallied them against the persian empire by saying they wanted revnge for the sacking of their temples: it worked because even greeks not living in Athens have visited Athens and their temples, it was a place of pilgrimage. You say "persians didnt destroy athens for nothing".... oh really? Lets hear the reason.
I was taught Brahmagupta, the 7th-century Indian mathematician, who introduced the concept of zero to the world and the earliest known method for incorporating zero into calculations, treating it as a number for the first time. The concept of zero spread from India to the Islamic world. By the 10th century, the zero had entered the Arabic numeral system in a form resembling the oval shape we use today. The zero didn't find its way to Europe until the 12th century. The Maya civilization in the Americas independently developed the concept of zero around the 4th century AD.
Correction. the oval shape did not enter the Arabic number system. Till date, it is a dot. The oval shape in Arabic is five. Indians take hollow pride in things like this. India (as the country we know) did not exist in the 7th century... This jingoism is so tiresome..... And its not the Maya civilisation, Maya is an Indian concept, as you probably know of being part of Bhrama's dream - this world is an illusion.... It's the Mayan civilisation. Navigate to that.
@@rayzimmerman6740 Interesting… To be fair, the Republic of India, formed in 1950, did not exist in the 7th century CE; just as the People’s Republic of China was formed in 1949, and the modern Hellenic Republic of Greece did not exist in the 7th century CE. However, India and China of course did exist in the 7th century, and much earlier. Both are civilizations, which periodically fragmented into warring states (and republics, in the case of India) and also re-united into empires. Both were also periodically invaded by foreign populations, which also then adopted their cultures. In regards to India, in the 7th century CE, the country had splintered again after the Mauryan unification, and the subsequent Gupta suzerainty. Depending on what part of the 7th century being discussed, the hegemony at that time likely lay with Harsha. He had the north, centred at Kannauj, and received recognition as the successor, but could not return the south to the fold. People knew the country, and travelled there. Whether or not people should be proud of their civilizational ancestors’ accomplishments is a personal question. I don’t really think it makes sense, and is jingoistic, as you say. However, if Greeks can be proud of Ancient Greek achievements, then the Iranians can be proud of ancient Iranian (I won’t say “Persian”) achievements, and Indians of those in ancient India. I’m a history dweeb, so I had to comment 😊. Yes, you are right, modern Greece as we know it, is not technically the same country as the Eastern Roman Empire, and modern France as we know it, is not technically the same country as Capetian France. 🤔
I really like his lectures. I'm curious though why it seems most western professors only credit Egyptian culture and not the original Mali empire? African history is always omitted. Is it because it's primarily oral?
The mali empire was super rich mansa musa travel to makkah donate lots of golds. African country is super rich and talk about gold oil copper if the so called "western civilization" heard about those countries you're doom! That's what makes Africa like Congo mali Nigeria. Look up real history. The western wont tell you those days. They are scavenger hunters murderers cruel for materials can treat human being like animals. If our colour is not from them
I don't buy the priesthood origins for two reasons. 1 Starvation is a pretty big motivator for even the most irrational humans 2. The priesthood would have existed already as wisemen, shamanesque men in tribes. The problem is the people that don't want to put the work in getting the grain to the granary but still want the benefit from it. Its not that we're just irrational. In this case, the already existing priesthood may well add a supernatural reason to make it seem like they are rewarded if everyone chips in. The Government may even give material rewards for those that can prove they have donated to the granary. The point is you don't need to invent priesthood for this problem, it already exists as a venerated part of the society that provides transcendent experience, advises and gives proclamations on a host of issues since hunter gatherer times. Allergies are not caused by diet restrictions otherwise every inuit would be allergic. Population increased because of farming not the other way around becausd hunter gathering cannot sustain the same numbers of people. On reflection after looking at the other comments on here and this "Dr Roy" on google I feel like theres not much more to say other than I wish people could discern between an entertaining delivery of baseless suppositions and the facts.
Even bad ideas can be good ideas. If they make you think, and get to the right answer by yourself. A lecture with holes in it, provides a fantastic discourse.
Don't buy. Move on. And what are you selling? A word salad, if I'm generous. Your assumptions are flakey. Our metabolism is that of a hunter gatherer - the inuit remains one. So your suppositions are clearly not well thought through, or postulated in a room of one. People can discern between things - he gives food for thought. You don't bring much to the table except for flakey, school boy criticism. Check your syntax while you're at it.....Dr Davids
I was a bit suspect at first, not gonna lie, but, wow, this was outstanding! I wish I had a memory like this guy, let alone the ability to articulate it with such command and so fluidly.👏👏🙏
I feel like this guy has a lot of interesting historical knowledge but he constantly interrupts himself to rant condescendingly about modern political topics and it's ruined the entire flow of the lecture so much that I'm done with it after 42 minutes. I came here to listen to a talk about the history of western civilization, not listen to some pretentious asshole accuse everyone watching of hating tall men and Japanese people because Hollywood miscast Tom Cruise in a movie 20 years ago that literally nobody gives a shit about.
Spellbinding indeed! You deserve a thousand students in attendance Dr. RC! I’d be happy to try and arrange sponsorship for a talk in New Delhi… pick a topic! What a riveting lecture, wow!
You like it or not we have the ancient Greeks to thank for things like present-day democracy, libraries, the modern alphabet, and even zoology.The Greeks made major contributions to math and science. We owe our basic ideas about geometry and the concept of mathematical proofs to ancient Greek mathematicians such as Pythagoras, Euclid, and Archimedes... The ancient Greeks excelled in engineering, science, logic, politics and medicine. Classical Greek culture had a powerful influence on the Roman Empire, which carried a version of it to many parts of the Mediterranean region and Europe, for which reason Classical Greece is generally considered to be the seminal culture which provided the foundation of Western civilization...we owe a great debt of gratitude to Greece and its influences...have the decency to say that! Goodbye!
@nixter888 No doubt about the successes and historical contributions of the Greeks! I don’t think those were denied in any way. However, I’ve always been puzzled by certain aspects of Athenian democracy. For instance, in their democratic model, people didn’t have the freedom to choose their religion, slavery was a widely accepted institution, language and cultural conformity were enforced, and even appearances had specific codes. If I’m mistaken, I’d appreciate being corrected with credible sources! As a result, I struggle to understand why the democratic principles and the concept of a bill of rights in the Persian Empire are often dismissed or overlooked! And People like yourself often get overly defensive, acting as though they’ve been personally denied or attacked!
@nixter888 No doubt about the successes and historical contributions of the Greeks! I don’t think those were denied in any way. However, I’ve always been puzzled by certain aspects of Athenian democracy. For instance, in their democratic model, people didn’t have the freedom to choose their religion, slavery was a widely accepted institution, language and cultural conformity were enforced, and even appearances had specific codes. If I’m mistaken, I’d appreciate being corrected with credible sources! As a result, I struggle to understand why the democratic principles and the concept of a bill of rights in the Persian Empire are often dismissed or overlooked! People like yourself often get overly defensive, acting as though they’ve been personally denied or attacked!
Roy Casagranda is entertaining but builds his story telling very loosely on real information and deductions. It's kind of like watching watching "Ancient Aliens" on the History Channel. True information with fictitious but entertaining conclusions. If he was on tv, the show would have the subtitle "based on a true story".
YES. DO NOT think for one minute that this guy knows what he is talking about. I made it to 15 minutes and had to stop. He is provably wrong at least 25% of the time.
@@Alex-hu5eg Okay, I took a few minutes out of my day just to answer your stupid question about this disgusting video. I started where I left off and I told myself that I could suffer through five minutes. 15:30 The goal of hunter-gatherers is to have no impact on the environment. (Gazelle protection plan, but we're moving on anyway.) No. The goal for hunter-gatherers is survival. If that means killing every turtle they find, so be it. This comment alone indicates the professor's credibility and his listeners' gullibility. 16:42 Americans eat the same food repeatedly, which leads to food allergies. No. I don't know anyone who eats only one thing, and never have. The Western diet has problems, but variety is not one of them. So, taking that premise, no child should ever have a food allergy, right? Eating peanut butter sandwiches for lunch every day should lead to peanut allergies. After so many pounds of steak, one can no longer eat beef. Again, demonstrating his credibility and his listeners' gullibility. Okay, that's my five minutes. I only had to cover a little over ONE MINUTE of this guy's blatherings to find two demonstrably wrong claims. He should not be in front of a classroom.
Hunter gatherers probably didn't have the means to overwhelm the local environment. They probably just had to move because the foods they relied on were too low to sustain them and they knew going elsewhere will bring fresh resources. It's an organic mechanism.
After hearing at 6:18 that the word phonetic comes etymologically from Phoenician...I knew this is just someone telling a nice story, but wasn't expecting to hear the truth.
His MANY dumb takes come from the fact he's a true believer in a post modern academic view of history. This is how you get him saying stuff like: 1)"Religion was created to trick people into creating a government" 2)"Arabs invented zero." (Indians invented it to represent sunyaya) 3)"Arabs/Persians were tolerant and progressive" (ignores the numerous atrocities, inequities of those empires) 4)"ancient Greeks were the bad guys" (ignores all the positive things those societies did) These are all wrong in some way, but they align with a post mod even worldview, and if you truly believe in that world view, then this stuff is the truth.
I started listening to Dr Roy's podcasts and am totally addicted to them. He makes history so interesting and intriguing. Millions of applause and slautes to you Sir.
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I am addicted to this guy’s lecture
Same here ! 🤗
Same here , he’s amazing 👍🏻
me too
ace his tests don't swallow everything he feeds you he is trying t re write history
look up white slavery and arab moores there is nothing cool about muslims
Absolutely same here! 😃😄👍🙏
We deserve weekly podcast from you Roy. We deserve to get the chance of listening to world history from a pure historian like you more frequently. Salute
he is a politican scientist and gives his perspective through that lens, might be why it's unique.
You could go to the school to hear him everyday
You don't deserve shit what the fuck
His "history facts" are largely wrong.
@@robertgould1345 Care to elaborate?
I forgot to write this, the most amazing thing about our dear Dr Roy is he does his lectures from the heart and he doesn't have a note ot title to stick to it, he speaks free and this freedom is refreshing and you want watch him talk about wars and killing with absolute fairness and his subtle sense of humor
He should better prepare notes for his lectures to avoid the nonsense he is speaking.
He is so wrong in so many ways in just this one lecture I expect this video in an 'alternative history' channel but not published by university.
Just look up all the inventions he credits to medieval Islam but were invented by other civilisations centuries or even millenia before Islam even existed.
It's mostly gibberish, but at least it comes from the heart.
@@naalsocomment9449 it's a very small community college in Texas and he is in most of the videos so I have the impression he is the one pushing this horrible content to be out to the general population.
Balls on u...:)
So funny, bet they r hanging with clues of d past
@@naalsocomment9449you just don’t like the fact that the Islamic golden age contributed so much & even was the basis for the west of coming out the dark ages & building off of them.
Dont worry I was like that too, thinking that us Europeans invented everything almost.
Just research a little & don’t be biased :)
I’m 33 years old from Vietnam, and for all that years history taught here was the one of the subjects I hated the most; until I listened to Dr. Casagranda speaking!
It’s such a heartwarming feeling to realized and understand that history should be as beautiful as this. Truly appreciate your efforts Dr. Casagranda!
This might sound weird, but i am 24 from romania, and every time i see someone comment from a less fortunate country, i feel joy and pride for some reason
That is because this is pseudo history for children.
@@jenylogan1 lotta people say that bout him but nobody rly gives a reason why? Lotta things he says make sense
@@Momo-tz2wl It is only my opinion.
@@jenylogan1 maybe defend it then? In what way are his lectures considered pseudoscience?
I really don't know what It is about Dr Roy, just the way he talks about history, the passion, the history telling, the way he puts out information and much more, it just teleports you from your place to a thousand years before. When he talked about romains being able to talk both greek and latin, I literally saw a 22 yo guy like me living in the Roman empire being able to talk both languages, it was fascinating. I love what you do professor, and I want to tell you that you opened a path for me that I never thought was there. I knew I liked knowledge of history and events, but now I can see myself spending hours reading books or watching lectures about this kind of stuff. My only regret is that I don't think I'll find another professor with the same passion and the same way of teaching to that of Dr Roy Casagranda. If you ever stumble on this comment professor, I just want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for these wonderful lectures, and I hope you'll do a lot more in the future because I will be waiting.
Speak... one "speaks" a language. Assuming English is not your first language so genuinely just trying to help you out. Or perhaps american where the education is suboptimal. But I also love that. If I don't have a picture of the people involved I find history very difficult without that. So much of history doesn't tell you what actually happened with the people. Like sometimes there is a take over of one country by another and sometimes that's people getting slaughtered and replaced or sometimes it's just a flag being changed and the people are the same and they never tell you that so then it's very hard to have a picture of it. Have a good day@
Can someone explain to me why the “black guy” had to put “white” on a form?
When i was in my school, boy i hated history. But now, i listened to Dr.Roys lectures keenly. I loved it so much. His way of explaining things from the beginning was so structured.
You really have to be a fucked up person to hate history. I don't even know how it's possible
Maybe that's because he tells what "regular people" went through. We can relate. In school, the history taught is seen through the eyes of the ppowerful. "Julius Ceasar conquered Germania" - did he? By himself? We don't hear much about the people who actually did it.
Pp
Maybe it's because I am smoking the correct variety of the broccoli family right now but this is the most mind opening lecture I have ever listened to
It’s the devils lettuce
Listen to Terence McKenna's history lectures. Good stuff too!
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@@LAMINATOR666 SAME
Man, imagine if every professor/teacher/ scholar had as same passion and love for teaching as dr Roy has it...
My high school Western Civ teacher was an effete episcopalian pederast. You could tell *he* loved history but really didn't care if you did.
He is adopting the old fashion ancient way of teaching the same as Ibin Sinna did. Very effective.
Agreed. Ultimately I have no clue what all he is about or how he ended up on my feed, but I love how genuine, relatable and knowledgeable he is. I’ve been listen for days now.
(Good job Austin Professor Dude! You are doing well. 👏🏼)
When did "The Dude" have a sequel where he breaks into a school and starts giving lectures?
This aggression will not stand, man.
you stole my thoughts
I kept wondering why he looked and sounded familiar😂😂😂
Abiding academically.
I literally clicked on this video, because I thought it would conjure up a white Russian. :D
he's a great story teller. his authority as a speaker - his ability to maintain my suspension of disbelief - is remarkable. I'm a skeptical person and i'm finding that i enjoy listening so much that i dont want to question what i'm listening to.
I like this lecture as well but you should still cross check your sources. I’ve had professors of mine be wrong in the past. It’s always good to have a healthy air of skepticism. Smooth talking is how people fall for scams, demagoguery, and propaganda.
I always rely on my gut instinct/intuition...gods are BS and so is authority...manipulation of the credulous, weak - willed sycophants by predatory narcissists...same old boring, classic oligarchy of prevarication and corruption we slave under today...
I just adore his IMMENSE data stream woven with acuity and genuine open minded premise. I'm addicted. I had some AMAZING professors through the academic years...no youtube...only memories...
This stuff is gold for homeschool basics...preliminary presentation to then cite along and fill in the limit this condensed but puissant structure for hints along the treasure trails of historical exploration.
He inspires curiosity and piques interests...makes him an educational hero
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Discernment is key
It's true, he's an excellent story teller, but he makes some pretty misleading or straight up inaccurate statements. I'll try and list a couple from memory having just watched the video.
For one, his statement that the Mediterranean was always a highway and never a barrier is straight up wrong. It was a barrier to all except whoever had the dominant navy at the time. When Rome ruled all of it, it was effectively a highway. When Rome fell and the Ottoman empire stretched along North Africa, it became at least a cultural barrier.
He also does this weird revisionist of Byzantium. Sure the name was invented by some German historian etc etc. But East and West Roman empires were well established much earlier. There are many nations that have claimed to be the successor of Rome. Byzantium because they had been a part of the Roman Empire and were sectioned off to make management of the two regions easier. Italy because they contain the city of Rome itself, the Germans because they declared themselves the Holy Roman Empire, the British because they were built on Roman institutions and became the dominant European empire. The Russians because they became the major nation of the Orthodox church after Byzantium fell. France because the pope declared their emperor to be the Roman emperor officially after the fall of the western Roman empire. Even the US has tried to claim succesorship to Rome by way of democratic ideals inspired by them. That's why ALL of these nations use an eagle as their symbolic bird. So, no, the idea that Byzantium was DIFFERENT from the Roman empire is not new.
The Ottoman conquest of Byzantium was in part inspired by a desire to succeed Rome and become the new Roman empire, but it was primarily motivated by the extremely strategic value of the city's position. Constantinople straddles the Black Sea and the Mediterranean. It is the gateway from the "west" to the "east". Owning it gives enormous security to whoever has it as well as enormous economic advantages in the region.
Also, the way he confidently downplays the significance of the agricultural revolution is pretty absurd. His knowledge of ancient nomadic diets also seems a bit misinformed. What we today know as fruits and vegetables didn't really exist back then. For example, apples used to be basically juiceless and tasted kinda like unflavored popcorn. The varieties we have today come from purposefully engineering them genetically over thousands of years. For this reason, it was much more difficult than you would think for the people back then to find decent nutrition. Farms really were the only way to support a growing population.
I also found the complete lack of focus on Christianity and the church in the west to be extremely odd. Many scholars have taken to retitling western history to history of the Christian world. The true successor of Rome, in geopolitical and cultural terms, was no nation but the catholic church itself.
So, be critical. But enjoy the story. It's a good story and a useful perspective to consider.
He spices things up, and adds dialogues and such
Dear Roy
Thank you for your generous sharing of your findings and knowledge of history, which is like nothing I have ever heard. I have recently discovered your channel, and I am delighted.
Except most of what is says unfortunately is bcrap and has been more than debunked by multiple academics.
Whilst he is often greeted with silence I'm here geeking with him about the awe of understanding history.
@Revert604 This argument works only if you're willing to share what you view as the correct understanding of history. All of history is a narrative, but the nice thing about this lecture being recorded is you can pause and do some reading to see whether there's any credence to what he's saying.
And I didn't find anything wrong, the only things maybe not completely agreed upon would be the origins of Odoacer, or the extent of the persian empire to the east of modern day Iran.
@Revert604 It would be interesting to hear where you disagree, if you’re unable to elaborate your thesis, you’re the one making claims out of thin air.
@Revert604 You still aren’t really saying anything.
That’s your thesis, I understand what you’re trying to say, what are your arguments? What things did he overstate? What negative effects did he gloss over? I’m not asking for an essay here, I’m asking for 2 to 3 points that would help prove your claim.
@Level48ttthe history of history is conflicting narratives based in fact. If you want to exist in an intellectual locked room then go ahead but stop trying to prevent others from exploring. I imagine if you had been around in the puritan days you would be reporting everyone who differed from you as a witch. I also imagine you would fit in well with the men who skinned Hypatia and burned Servetus.
@Level48tt
You still talking in circles trying to cover your blind racism and bigotry... Any civilisation producing a certain percentage of close minded people like you is certainly going to disappear, or at least to lose... I'm afraid the West has passed the threshold! 😮😮😮
I could listen to this guy all day long! Never knew history could be this interesting
His doctor told him to do walking, but he was busy preparing this wonderful lecture...you know the result
Result he walked during the lecture.
Thanks!
This was one of the most interesting lectures I have ever listened to and I listen to a lot. There were so many moments when he explained how things really came to be that just instantly rang as true and at the same time put another stake in the coffin of whatever BS history we learned in school. Dr. Roy’s work needs to enter more minds as we need to understand how we got here more than ever.
What a respected lecturer & Elegant school, salute from Egypt
There are 3 people on earth who's hands I would like to shake out of respect. This man is one of them. He should go down in history as a great scholar.
Who are the other 2?
@@fezii9043His mother and father
Settle down
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Nah
I am so addicted to this brilliant guy. It is so nice to watch his lecture.
It's okay.
Need to read AynRand to detox...
This was profound. Look to listening to more from you Dr Roy
And looking forward to your comments, mr. DiCaprio
A small correction: The term "phonetic" comes from the Greek word "phōnētikos" (φωνητικός), which is derived from "phōnē" (φωνή), meaning "voice" (you guessed it right, this is where phone comes from). It is not related to Phoenicians. Actually they never called themselves that. The name Phoenicians (Φοίνικες) was given to them by ancient Greeks, originating from an Egyptian routed word for deep red/purple color, as the people coming from this region were famous for trading a deep crimson dye by exploiting a seashell. This seashell was called "porphura" by Greeks (don't know the original Egyptian word), which in Latin became "purpura" and finally "purple" in modern English. On the other hand, according to Aristotle, in the book "Περί Ψυχής" (On the Soul), the term "φωνή" (voice) is routed to "Φω" which means appear or throw light on sth. Light in Greek is "phōs" (φως) -this is also where photon comes from. Aristotle correlates the words "logos" (speech), "phōnē" (voice) and "phos" (light), so in some sense when we speak we use our voice (air from our lungs) to reveal (throw light on) our inner thoughts (our soul). I stop here, hope you find it interesting and not at all boring.
This is true of most the "facts" he tells. He is surprisingly full of shit despite all the circle jerking about him. He is a leftist more than anything
This is just one mistake that threw me off also as I know Greek and some history... There are so many more here and there.... Some truths some bull an so on.
I was looking for somebody to point that out. Thanks, @adamraptakis9823. 👍
@adamraptakis9823 Would love to see a channel with you explaining these in your own voice, as you find them!
Nice data boring style
Our world need historians like him .
he is a politican scientist and gives his perspective through that lens, might be why it's unique.
He's not a historian, he says he's a political scientist?
Historians that often get history wrong?
I understand so many people is burning down because they can’t afford it
Western civilization is sick and evil, get over the facts and dont deny it @Level48tt
The only thing wrong with else lectures is that there are not more. I could listen to Roy forever.
Thank you dr Roy for opening new avenues of knowledge,understanding n history all together,
For commoners like me.
In 2 days I've watched like 5-6 hours of Dr Roy's lectures
He only say half Truths
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Feel free to fill us in on the rest sense you know so much.
@@sjd1446 This is like making a lecture called “Brief history of East Asian cultures” and it’s only 40 minutes long and you don’t name china lmaooo. It’s insulting. Already thinking it’s possible to summarise western or any civilization in 40 minutes. But to do so without even mentioning 1 single western country it’s even more ridiculous. If you don’t understand this is political not historical I am sorry for you bro. Of course if you already are knowledgeable about western history this is cool to learn how non western cultures influenced the west. If that was the title it would be a good lesson. But tell me how it’s possible to teach a history of western civilization without naming 1 single western country. It’s like an African history video that only talks about Eurasian influence. It’s like not mentioning the natives in a history of American culture. This is a western civilization pretending actual western countries doesn’t exist what the f*ck bro be real
@@marcobelli6856
So your beef is with the title and not the content.
If he changed the name of the lecture to “ancient influences on modern civilization” or “eastern influences on western culture”, or something a little more descriptive about what he is talking about, you would have no problem with it.
You don’t seem to be saying that he is making specific claims about history that are most probably false.
@@sjd1446 Of course bro. My problem is if you see the comment is all people who already hate Europe and European history and know they have found a professor they can cite to think they are right when they say Europe has no history and it’s all stolen. When in reality he could have talked for 10 hours about actual European history and still have many more things to say. Reading the title I was hoping for a summary of actual western history? Or am I crazy? With this title it looks like nothing happened in Europe so he is forced to talk about something else because European history doesn’t exist ahahah. (and if you look up what western mean it’s literally referring to Europe + European influenced countries ex: the Americas). He could have talked 40 minutes about medieval Italian city states alone or the Catholic Church or the reformation ecc… (and this is just medieval Italy there was classical era Greece and Rome, Celtic culture, Germanic tribes, Middle Ages in the rest of Europe like Spain Portugal….and that is not even 5% western civilization just random examples that you cannot ignore but he doesn’t even mention them nor England or France or Germany (and fair in only 40 minutes you cannot say everything) but he has time to talk about Egypt and the Middle East in a western history lesson? Imagine an European kid see this he thinks he doesn’t have history at all. This is not better than those documentaries about “””African””” history that start with colonialism and not the actual AFRICAN millenary history. With another title this can be a good resource.
This guy is a genius, can’t have enough of his talk … and I was never particularly into history. But the way he presents it is brilliant
Eventually! the history teacher, i ever dreamt of, but never had!
Probably just as well, this is a pseudo historian.
@jenylogan explained yourself!!! Are you robot that write same sentence over and over for anybody who cherish this lecture!!! I am pretty sure you most have an college degree from unknown college and questioning the guy who spend all his life at university and get the actual degree in PhD. Simply explained what you think it is wrong! 😊
Thanks
So much love and respect to roy cassagranda.
Dr. Roy, you are the teacher I've been searching for. To learn and to connect ideas. Thank you.
Every time I listen to this guy, my mind is completely blown! He knows perfectly how to communicate his thoughts to the audience! It's the 1st time that I see 30+ students in his lecture! Otherwise, the head count is usually 10+!
I hope that the doctor sees this comment because I am his number one fan, love the lectures and his teaching style he seems to always leave me wanting to hear more
Roy is awesome the way he explains everything.
Thanks Dr. Roy, for the amazing story telling skills and deep knowledge. looking forward to hear a lecture that includes phoenicians.
Hello dear professor
Your lessons are really interesting and crucial,i do appreciate your job,i wish you peace and happiness under the sky of prosperity ,all the best. Take care and have a good time.
@Revert604prove it
Can’t stop listening to this lecture - so glad I found this guy ! 🎉
Many thanks Professor For sharing such knowledge. Looking forward for more lectures.
I think this man is one of the most talented historian I have heard. He is modest and honest. This is how we should teach our young. Not to be parrots but to think. Like he does. Bravo Dr.Roy
Wow! I love this guy!! What a mind blow!! This, kinda changes... everything!! 🤯😱 thank you Dr Cassgranda.
Sir, thank you very much for sharing your knowledge so generously. This is now the 4th lecture of yours that I have listened to and you continuously broaden my perspective and understanding.
Thank you,
Josh
This professor is so cool!
The grain keeping by the Egyptians (that is mentioned at 12:37) , a similar story is also told in the Quran (Yusuf Chapter 12 verse 46) about when prophet Josef interprets a dream about hardship seasons and grains, the similarities between both stories is very interesting
Exactly, there is a similarity ! Islam is the truth 👍
@@Rashidun😂😂 u a 🤡
@@RashidunMike drop
@@Rashidun As a momin, please stop embarrassing the rest of us....
@@rayzimmerman6740 ?? The historical accuracy of the quran is one of the many miracles within it, especially since back then Egyptian history was lost, people had no way to know what happened there, hieroglyph language was forgotten (it was revived until recently, contemporary era, I suggest you see a video called 'The Qur'an and the Secrets of Egypt'), it's another evidence for islam, so I really dont get the point of your message, but that's no problem, we all make mistakes, just see the video I suggested, hope it will clarify
If this guy had been my History teacher I would've become a Historian for sure
OMG you are amazing! thank you so much its a delight hearing you! Im impressed there are so few students, if I could I would be there all the time
So no mention of the Yamnaya, Samara, Khvalynsk, Dnieper-Donesk, Sredny Stog, Repin, Cucuteni, Trypilla, Cerdanova, Corded Ware, Bell Beaker, Minoan, Myceanean, Lusatian, Hallstatt or La Tene, All elements that eventually became Western Civilization?
Nah, apparently focusing on Egypt and Mesopotamia is the most important for "western-civ" lectures... He had a whole spiel about how bad other proffessors are that mostly talk about Rome and Greece instead of Egypt and Mesopotamia. He also had the whole thing about European women building egalitarian cities when the men moved to Iraq (for which i can find no sources to back up this claim).
Seems like his retelling of history is ideologically motivated. If i were to guess this professor is very leftwing and progressive (which is fine, but its certaintly coloring his view of history).
@@KevinUchihaOGIt is, he has a clear narrative he is a snake oil sslesman
@@KevinUchihaOG Nah, is where one stops. Freudian slip, maybe?
Thank you so much for sharing his lectures to us
This sort of passion for teaching should be mandatory for all who want to become teachers! 🌹🌹💯💯💪💪🖖🖖
but at least they should want to teach the truth, Howard zin didn't teach the truth, and this guy is the same. Imaginary stories that never happened but people enjoy and believe because few books would tell you this much info, even if there is hardly anything on the character.
The greatest video I saw on RUclips.Thnx so much
This guy is my old professor. Good to see he is still at it
Im history major professor Roy is one of kind and its a pleasure to listen to!!
Not going to lie I have spent days now watching videos of this guy's lectures now on western civilization. And I enjoy learning all the things the education system doesn't want to teach.
Doesn’t want to?
@@Kekekekekeekekekhgfv yes doesn't want to. Your indoctrinated in public schools not educated
@Revert604 I don't disagree that there is a heavy bias against what we call the west now. That said, there is still much your never taught that the U.S. has done to smash its own hand when it comes to the middle east. We have played stupid games and with that has come the stupid prizes.
@@charlesfeeneyii9975he is saying the truth !
@Level48ttactually I’ve read a few criticisms of his talks but none have shown anything he had said to be false. It’s like his talk about Tesla that there was an intentional attempt to write him out of history. In the same way the current idea of “western civilisation” has intentionally written out of any non western impacts to prove this silly straight line about Plato to NATO. But I understand that if it’s all you have ever learnt and been taught it might be quite jarring to hear.
I can’t stop listening his lectures. May god bless him 🙏🏻
A very gifted and very hardworking and very generous and nice professor; you rarely see sb who has got the 3 parameters.
With due respect to Dr. Casagranda, on the "crescent moon and star" origin discussed in the 1:12:15 minute of the video about when it existed before ottomans, I could say the first appearence of the crescent moon and star happened during the Sasanid Empire in Iran(Persia). The Sasanid kings has crescent moon and star on their crown and also they printed it on the coins.
While it's true that the Sassanids minted coins with those symbols, the origin of those symbols precede the Sassanids by many centuries. The Sassanids came to power in the 3rd century AD. The Byzantines were using them at least by the 1st century BC. There are even Sumerian depictions of these symbols from the 21st century BC. We probably will never know the first instance of the use of these symbols, but the history of the peoples of that area is intertwined, and it shouldn't be surprising that each of them adapted symbols and elements of their cultures from one another.
@@piruz3243 Thank you very much - very clarifying and edifying comment. I would add that the intertwining of symbols, mores and ideology/beliefs runs very deep and there are myriad connections that are not always obvious. For example, much of the imagery of the Nazis and their desired Third Reich was based on the Roman Empire i.e. the Roman eagle.
@@piruz3243 it is my experience that often people who come from old empires tend to take pride in saying "we were the first" without any actual research what matters its what has been done to that discovery or invention and how its serving humanity iran is one of the oldest nations on earth and its sad to see what it is going through, i have many Iranian friends from penn state and i learned a lot but i see what is happening to iran also people whos artistic soul invented the modern piano and the worlds first bill of rights deserve better, correct me if im wrong but i think iranians gotten use to make do with little whereas else where they quit if they are provided for but my friends say we are the opposite, regime keeps us suffering but the new revolution is giving everyone hope
@@ohara. Arrrgh..the Iranians, , they always claim they are the first to ," inser word,"
@@MoReal2 they probably are like i said what matters is that whats being done now
Don't get me wrong. He's so fun to watch. I am hooked on his RUclips lectures. I wish, though, he was more accurate. It's 2024 lectures are not academia. Peer reviewed articles is.
Thought the same here
Or even slightly accurate !
Obviously there is a difference between a peer reviewed paper and a class room lecture.
Doesn't make class room lectures any less useful. No one expects teachers to spend years preparing 1 lecture as they do preparing 1 paper.
Just discovered this guy… enjoying him a lot… thanks! (Learning should be interesting… and fun!😳)
You HAVE to love history teachers, we are the only people on the planet who will get in front of a room full of people and tell jokes that BOMB and just keep going like it’s nothing.
You keep going like its nothing because you have a captive audience lol
Most addictive narrator you’ll ever encounter on youtube!
6:13 phonetic is from greek "phonee" which means voice, no relation to phoenicians
Wonderful professor. One of the best!
I’m so jealous of all the students sitting there and listening to this fascinating historian ❤
You should tey reading some real historical facts and peer reviewed papers instead of this charlatan
Such a fine ..clear way to say the truth
Love listening to this guy
So many examples in your lecture of inaccurate information, the poles did crack the first enigma machines, but that wasn’t much help once the Germans changed the machines when the war started, they had to be cracked against every time additional scrambling was added.
Not only that, he constantly creates strawman arguments about what people supposedly believe - that's simply not true. This professor misses objectiveness in his lecture. Sad.
Also seems like he has based his entire theory/hypothesis for European civilization on a view not based in evidence. He says that the European men moved to mesopotamia and the women stayed in Europe and built egalitarian cities???? When he said that i got super confused and had to do some googling, cant find anything to back up what he said.
@@KevinUchihaOGhe said “probably” far too many times, not for me!
Yeah this dude gives you history through his eyes, complete with all his obvious bias
I go let this hippie into Texas?
Dear Dr, your resemblance to the actor Jeff Bridges is uncanny. Very informative class!
The Persians at one point conquered Macedonia (where Alexander was from) yet Casagranda makes it sound like Alexander destroyed the Persian empire for no reason and that they were victims. It's also worth noting that the Persians torched Athens when they invaded Greece.
there was no greece they were all small city states with their own gods and heros and persians didnt destroy athens for nothing now if most of the persian army fighting greece was greek your ethno nation state idea of defending greece goes away
@@HouthiandtheblowfishWhat in the world are you saying dude,! The arrogant Persians burned Athens and the Parthenon and you have the nerve with audacity to say there was not Greece and they have a reason to burn it! CLOSE YOUR MOUTH NOW!
ChrisMartin, you have no idea what you're talking about
Casagranda wants to make his lecture appealing by stating things that challenge the "common knowledge" or "stereotypes" of the West... A good example of that is how he presents Persians as being the victims or the inventors of multiculturalism... That sounds appealing to the clueless audience who think on today's terms where most states are nation-states and not empires including different nations... Truth is that multiculturalism was the norm before Persians (Egyptians, Persians, Babylonians etc), and after the Persians (Greeks with Alexander and his epigonoi, Romans) up until the 19th century when the concept of nation-states and nationalism arose.....
But of course it just sounds "sexier" if you superficially just state in your lecture that Persians where liberals and Greeks where oppressive nationalists... Or at least you will get more students in your lecture and clicks on RUclips....
@@Houthiandtheblowfish Ancient greeks certaintly viewed eachother as being greek/hellenic even if they lived in different city states. These city-states were not totally independent, they had alliances, did trade, celebrated events (like the olympics) together. Yes, they were "city-states" but they were HEAVILY connected.
Alexander united the greek and rallied them against the persian empire by saying they wanted revnge for the sacking of their temples: it worked because even greeks not living in Athens have visited Athens and their temples, it was a place of pilgrimage.
You say "persians didnt destroy athens for nothing".... oh really? Lets hear the reason.
This is exactly what I needed for where I am at in my human experience and personal journey
I was taught Brahmagupta, the 7th-century Indian mathematician, who introduced the concept of zero to the world and the earliest known method for incorporating zero into calculations, treating it as a number for the first time. The concept of zero spread from India to the Islamic world. By the 10th century, the zero had entered the Arabic numeral system in a form resembling the oval shape we use today. The zero didn't find its way to Europe until the 12th century. The Maya civilization in the Americas independently developed the concept of zero around the 4th century AD.
Correction. the oval shape did not enter the Arabic number system. Till date, it is a dot. The oval shape in Arabic is five.
Indians take hollow pride in things like this. India (as the country we know) did not exist in the 7th century... This jingoism is so tiresome..... And its not the Maya civilisation, Maya is an Indian concept, as you probably know of being part of Bhrama's dream - this world is an illusion....
It's the Mayan civilisation. Navigate to that.
@@rayzimmerman6740 Interesting… To be fair, the Republic of India, formed in 1950, did not exist in the 7th century CE; just as the People’s Republic of China was formed in 1949, and the modern Hellenic Republic of Greece did not exist in the 7th century CE.
However, India and China of course did exist in the 7th century, and much earlier. Both are civilizations, which periodically fragmented into warring states (and republics, in the case of India) and also re-united into empires. Both were also periodically invaded by foreign populations, which also then adopted their cultures. In regards to India, in the 7th century CE, the country had splintered again after the Mauryan unification, and the subsequent Gupta suzerainty. Depending on what part of the 7th century being discussed, the hegemony at that time likely lay with Harsha. He had the north, centred at Kannauj, and received recognition as the successor, but could not return the south to the fold. People knew the country, and travelled there.
Whether or not people should be proud of their civilizational ancestors’ accomplishments is a personal question. I don’t really think it makes sense, and is jingoistic, as you say. However, if Greeks can be proud of Ancient Greek achievements, then the Iranians can be proud of ancient Iranian (I won’t say “Persian”) achievements, and Indians of those in ancient India.
I’m a history dweeb, so I had to comment 😊. Yes, you are right, modern Greece as we know it, is not technically the same country as the Eastern Roman Empire, and modern France as we know it, is not technically the same country as Capetian France. 🤔
Just started binge watching his awesome lectures from NZ
Such a great lecture. Thank you so much for your time.
I can't say enough good things about this professor,,,, except that I want to keep listening to him and learning.
9:42 it got very personal very dark in heart beat..
What a great way to look at history. This is amazing
I really like his lectures. I'm curious though why it seems most western professors only credit Egyptian culture and not the original Mali empire? African history is always omitted. Is it because it's primarily oral?
The mali empire was super rich mansa musa travel to makkah donate lots of golds. African country is super rich and talk about gold oil copper if the so called "western civilization" heard about those countries you're doom! That's what makes Africa like Congo mali Nigeria. Look up real history. The western wont tell you those days. They are scavenger hunters murderers cruel for materials can treat human being like animals. If our colour is not from them
I could listen his lectures for hour's and hour's best Teacher ever.
I don't buy the priesthood origins for two reasons.
1 Starvation is a pretty big motivator for even the most irrational humans
2. The priesthood would have existed already as wisemen, shamanesque men in tribes.
The problem is the people that don't want to put the work in getting the grain to the granary but still want the benefit from it. Its not that we're just irrational.
In this case, the already existing priesthood may well add a supernatural reason to make it seem like they are rewarded if everyone chips in. The Government may even give material rewards for those that can prove they have donated to the granary.
The point is you don't need to invent priesthood for this problem, it already exists as a venerated part of the society that provides transcendent experience, advises and gives proclamations on a host of issues since hunter gatherer times.
Allergies are not caused by diet restrictions otherwise every inuit would be allergic.
Population increased because of farming not the other way around becausd hunter gathering cannot sustain the same numbers of people.
On reflection after looking at the other comments on here and this "Dr Roy" on google I feel like theres not much more to say other than I wish people could discern between an entertaining delivery of baseless suppositions and the facts.
Even bad ideas can be good ideas. If they make you think, and get to the right answer by yourself. A lecture with holes in it, provides a fantastic discourse.
Don't buy. Move on. And what are you selling? A word salad, if I'm generous.
Your assumptions are flakey. Our metabolism is that of a hunter gatherer - the inuit remains one. So your suppositions are clearly not well thought through, or postulated in a room of one.
People can discern between things - he gives food for thought. You don't bring much to the table except for flakey, school boy criticism.
Check your syntax while you're at it.....Dr Davids
I was a bit suspect at first, not gonna lie, but, wow, this was outstanding! I wish I had a memory like this guy, let alone the ability to articulate it with such command and so fluidly.👏👏🙏
I feel like this guy has a lot of interesting historical knowledge but he constantly interrupts himself to rant condescendingly about modern political topics and it's ruined the entire flow of the lecture so much that I'm done with it after 42 minutes.
I came here to listen to a talk about the history of western civilization, not listen to some pretentious asshole accuse everyone watching of hating tall men and Japanese people because Hollywood miscast Tom Cruise in a movie 20 years ago that literally nobody gives a shit about.
A superb lecturer and a great story teller back up by a brilliant memory and above all so down to earth.
"It really tied the room together man"
Spellbinding indeed! You deserve a thousand students in attendance Dr. RC! I’d be happy to try and arrange sponsorship for a talk in New Delhi… pick a topic! What a riveting lecture, wow!
Can someone please help me find more lectures by this absolute gem of a teacher
@Revert604what do you find inaccurate?
@Revert604everything he said is accurate ! This is the truth
All I can say is THANK YOU as I don't know where to start or where to end.
1:44:10 "well I'm from where Jesus is from" 😂 one hell of an argument 😂😂🎉
how could anyone watch any of this guy's lectures and stop before watching all the rest?!
You like it or not we have the ancient Greeks to thank for things like present-day democracy, libraries, the modern alphabet, and even zoology.The Greeks made major contributions to math and science. We owe our basic ideas about geometry and the concept of mathematical proofs to ancient Greek mathematicians such as Pythagoras, Euclid, and Archimedes...
The ancient Greeks excelled in engineering, science, logic, politics and medicine. Classical Greek culture had a powerful influence on the Roman Empire, which carried a version of it to many parts of the Mediterranean region and Europe, for which reason Classical Greece is generally considered to be the seminal culture which provided the foundation of Western civilization...we owe a great debt of gratitude to Greece and its influences...have the decency to say that! Goodbye!
@nixter888 No doubt about the successes and historical contributions of the Greeks! I don’t think those were denied in any way. However, I’ve always been puzzled by certain aspects of Athenian democracy. For instance, in their democratic model, people didn’t have the freedom to choose their religion, slavery was a widely accepted institution, language and cultural conformity were enforced, and even appearances had specific codes. If I’m mistaken, I’d appreciate being corrected with credible sources! As a result, I struggle to understand why the democratic principles and the concept of a bill of rights in the Persian Empire are often dismissed or overlooked! And People like yourself often get overly defensive, acting as though they’ve been personally denied or attacked!
@nixter888 No doubt about the successes and historical contributions of the Greeks! I don’t think those were denied in any way. However, I’ve always been puzzled by certain aspects of Athenian democracy. For instance, in their democratic model, people didn’t have the freedom to choose their religion, slavery was a widely accepted institution, language and cultural conformity were enforced, and even appearances had specific codes. If I’m mistaken, I’d appreciate being corrected with credible sources! As a result, I struggle to understand why the democratic principles and the concept of a bill of rights in the Persian Empire are often dismissed or overlooked! People like yourself often get overly defensive, acting as though they’ve been personally denied or attacked!
Absolute gem and very notable scholar.
Awesome. Everyone should watch this and learn.
Cool lecture from The Dude Lebowski
OMG!!!
Now I can't NOT see it!😂
What a professor. Love his way of delivering the content.
He is a very honest professor & pleasant to hear honest people..
We like him because he is courageous & speaking the truth.
Not telling the distortions history . West is based on lies.
@Level48ttlet's disband the prof and agree with random guy on RUclips
@Level48tt 😂are you a professor too?
This professor is my kind of teacher,
Thank you
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Roy Casagranda is entertaining but builds his story telling very loosely on real information and deductions. It's kind of like watching watching "Ancient Aliens" on the History Channel. True information with fictitious but entertaining conclusions. If he was on tv, the show would have the subtitle "based on a true story".
This!
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YES. DO NOT think for one minute that this guy knows what he is talking about. I made it to 15 minutes and had to stop. He is provably wrong at least 25% of the time.
@@northernbohemianrealist like where? Pls point out 1-2
@@Alex-hu5eg Okay, I took a few minutes out of my day just to answer your stupid question about this disgusting video. I started where I left off and I told myself that I could suffer through five minutes.
15:30 The goal of hunter-gatherers is to have no impact on the environment. (Gazelle protection plan, but we're moving on anyway.)
No. The goal for hunter-gatherers is survival. If that means killing every turtle they find, so be it.
This comment alone indicates the professor's credibility and his listeners' gullibility.
16:42 Americans eat the same food repeatedly, which leads to food allergies.
No. I don't know anyone who eats only one thing, and never have. The Western diet has problems, but variety is not one of them.
So, taking that premise, no child should ever have a food allergy, right? Eating peanut butter sandwiches for lunch every day should lead to peanut allergies. After so many pounds of steak, one can no longer eat beef.
Again, demonstrating his credibility and his listeners' gullibility.
Okay, that's my five minutes. I only had to cover a little over ONE MINUTE of this guy's blatherings to find two demonstrably wrong claims. He should not be in front of a classroom.
This is the best Christopher Walken/The Dude/compelling history mashup I've ever seen.
Hunter gatherers probably didn't have the means to overwhelm the local environment. They probably just had to move because the foods they relied on were too low to sustain them and they knew going elsewhere will bring fresh resources. It's an organic mechanism.
Didn't he literally say that?
@@Padraigp No. He attributed intent to preserve the local environment in the way he talked about it.
Loved all his lectures. Thanks a lot.
After hearing at 6:18 that the word phonetic comes etymologically from Phoenician...I knew this is just someone telling a nice story, but wasn't expecting to hear the truth.
This is the only “everything about our culture and history is bad” type historian that I can stand to listen to because he is such a talented orator.
52:40 There is no evidence at all that the library was destroyed in a fire. And someone like that calls himself a doctor and a historian.
His MANY dumb takes come from the fact he's a true believer in a post modern academic view of history.
This is how you get him saying stuff like:
1)"Religion was created to trick people into creating a government"
2)"Arabs invented zero." (Indians invented it to represent sunyaya)
3)"Arabs/Persians were tolerant and progressive" (ignores the numerous atrocities, inequities of those empires)
4)"ancient Greeks were the bad guys" (ignores all the positive things those societies did)
These are all wrong in some way, but they align with a post mod even worldview, and if you truly believe in that world view, then this stuff is the truth.
@@roadbone1941 💯
I started listening to Dr Roy's podcasts and am totally addicted to them. He makes history so interesting and intriguing. Millions of applause and slautes to you Sir.