The wealth of many individuals and societies were once based on who owned the most salt, since it was such an expensive commodity, and for a while was the most expensive. It’s why there are places with names like “Salzburg” (Salt Castle) and places with the suffix “wich” (denoting it as a place where salt was made)
Yeah, there are multiple ressources that are abdondant today (thx to modern society) which were very valuable in the past. Most people rarely understand that. Salt and spices didn't just make food more tasty, they were preservative. In particular, salt was sometimes indispensable to survive winter. And for the record, during the Mali empire in west Africa, salt was more valuable than gold (which really just has the value people give it, so when there is gold everywhere, it becomes worthless, as it has never been vital).
Granted, most people has to understand some history subject, even & the context around it, ect ... just to see the a bigger picture & and understand it, which will eventually related to our every days life one way or another. It also took some effort to explain it to everyone too, so at least we must be prepared & knowledgeable enough to do so ... and probably look like a teacher-ish (if you wasn't one already).
It was just such a joy watching someone react to this who actually understands it and has a extremly good knowledge. So many people didn’t get those jokes. Loved it! Keep going
The king of the Mali Empire, Mansa Musa, was so rich that during his pilgrimage to Mecca he gave away so much gold that he completely destroyed several economies to that point that gold were locally practically worthless. Funnily enough, the reason he was so rich was because the Mali Empire had vast amounts of natural resources, particularly gold and SALT. Everything comes back to salt and spices, lol. It is believed that Mansa's net worth was close to $400 billion USD.
@@ANS7222 "use a different egg. With water in it. Water is in the egg. The baby is in the egg, in the water, in the egg... Works for me. Bye byee ocean!"
I call this video a "data burst" because it's so packed with information (like a Zip file) that most viewers tend to hit their saturation point about halfway through. I love how its jokes and catchy tunes keep it popping up in my thoughts over time, allowing me to unpack the info and ponder the details. Great reaction! Your commentary was every bit as informative and entertaining as the video itself!
I seriously went up a grade in my history class because our teacher put up a color-coded map of who colonized which parts of Africa. Someone asked about the country that was just gray and I still don't know if he genuinely didn't know or if it just slipped his mind, but in my head I immediately heard Bill whisper "They never got Ethiopia" and answered it for him.
My best friend was South African this was back in middle school in 2005, she said she was scared to go outside to grab her shoes and that everyone has big wire fences around their houses, she also said everyone at her old school was white I'm just curious, what's it like nowadays?
"America finally decided whether racism is good or bad. 'It's bad' they decided and the world agrees. South Africa might need another minute to think about it" As someone who lives in South Africa, this broke me 😂
The funny thing is that America was way slow in reacting when it was Britain and soon Europe that made slavery illegal, America was the supper stubborn youngest sibling in this scenario.
@@rodanandme South and Central America, too. Almost everything wrong with those nations is because of the US. For instance, the US overthrew the Venezuela government twice. The US tested chemical weapons in the jungle while digging the Panama Canal, of course after toppling Colombia's control of Panama after taking control of the project from France. Such a mess.
Yh it’s a bit nuts that people don’t believe in aliens .... I’m not talking little green men! Bacteria is a life form it’s a bit narcissistic to think of how little we know of the universe all life is all here on our (if you put into perspective) tiny planet. We are one of eight planets orbiting one star there are stars all over our night sky some who may be gone by now. We are a dot in the universe it’s like putting one molecule of dust in a massive aquarium(like welcome to sea world size) and trying to single it out and that’s just what we speculate it could be trying to spot one speck of dust in the whole ocean.
@@24fretsoffury Tardigrades are unfortunately similar to us in the way that they can survive some pretty crazy things but then succumb to something like having a baby. There's actually a video on RUclips of a Tardigrade giving birth but unfortunately dying in the process.
this taught me way more about the history than any teacher I've ever had. We always learned only about Europe and America.. a little bit about Asia.. and that's all
@@collaxupload8142 or just be curious and go on deep Wikipedia rabbit holes. Textbooks from other countries aren't guaranteed to be all that inclusive or unbiased. I'm from Bulgaria and my history textbooks were overwhelmingly euro-centric with pretty much only several pages on Asia, Africa, (and even) North/South America each over the course of a decade
I live in a Southeast Asian nation and the only thing I learned about the West is the axis powers of WW2 (not even WW1 was discussed). WW2 was only the part where Japan goes into our territory after bombing Hawaii. None about Europe or America. That’s literally all we know about the western world. None about Africa, none about middle-east, actually Silk Road and the spread of Buddhism and Hinduism was discussed. Nothing on East Asia or other South East Asian Nation. Actually, we learned a bit about Japan, just a brief overview tho.
In high school I hope we learn about world history bc at my old primary school we only learned African history and occasionally European, Asian and American if it linked in with Africa (Edit:I live in South Africa 🇿🇦)
Ethiopia deserves its own video to be honest. Out of all the civilizations to have arisen in Africa, I genuinely think it's more interesting than Carthage or Morocco. Possibly only outdone by Egypt, and even that's debatable because of how much most of the world learn about Egypt in schools in contrast to Ethiopia where we need to actively search for it.
@@kayzeaza euh that’s the first time I heard that theory ! Most people including scientists are much more down with the Ethiopian theory although genetically speaking it has been determined that Mitochondrial Eve was from central Africa, therefore the birthplace of humanity according to genetics in much more likely to be what we call now the Democratic Republic of Congo . - First human genetic divergence from M.Eve and migration (L0) in the era of Zambia and Zimbabwe - 2nd (L1) around the Niger River - (L2) in the era of Mali and Mauritania ( from were the first Maroccan people originate from !) - then there is L3, all the era around Egypt, including Ethiopia which is the biggest line of the 3 first lines of human divergence ( first blood lines ) with L0 and L1 ! - L2 descends from L1. - L4 , L5 and L6 descends from L3 ( aka Egypt ( and Ethiopia ) - L0a and L0f are found around Tanzania , Yemen and Mozambique and descends directly from L0 has conserved much in common with the Mitochondrial Eve’s bloodline than L1 , L2, L3 , L4 , L5 , L6 bloodlines ! - from L3 which is found more commonly around Egypt descends mitochondrial group M and mitochondrial group N from which the rest of the non African people descends from. M and N is theorized to have originally split from L3 in the era we call now Iran , but there is a theory that M split in Ethiopia because of the large concentration of the haplogroup there and in other places in Africa. If this is true the we could consider Ethiopia as the 2nd Birthplace of Humanity ! The other theory is that M did split from L3 in Iran but some of those decided to resettle In Ethiopia after spliting again from the main M group. - M is the mother bloodline of all Eurasians ( China , Japan , Bangladesh , Korea , Nepal ,Tibet , North Africans including Moroccans , and the Middle-East ( Iran) the Levant , Libya, Anatolia , Israel , Palestine , Egypt , and « Mesopotamia » , Siberians , Native American, and Albania , Grece , South Italia , South of France , Actual Caucasian people from Caucasus, North Africa ) , everygoddamnwhere ! - N is the brother group of M and find its origins in Iran as well , it is primarily found in Eurasia , North Africa, Somalia and Middle-East and is found massively in the Ashkenaze groups ( European Jewish people) From N descends a whole bunch of haplogroups , found in Africa , Asia , Europe , Oceania , America as well ! Anyway that to say that neither Marocco nor Ethiopia are the Birthplace place of humanity according to genetic data , tho Ethiopia has a better chance at being the second Birthplace of humanity then Marocco that is for sure ! According to data the Birthplace of Humanity is what we call Congo now and the secondary Birthplaces of humanity are Zimbabwe, Niger , Mauritania , Egypt and Iran 😀
You calling out so many things literally right before they're announced in this speed-trial of an overview... From gravity to empires to segments of history no sane person (I'm not sane) would ever see coming. I really commend you my friend. Insta like
Love your videos but I found your additions to this one particularly interesting, everyone has comments on the romans or alexander but very few reactors make mention of Norte Chico or the Bantus
OOH it's really cool having someone in the STEM field watch this, when usually it's history teachers and the like reacting. Excited to hear some of your insights and reactions!
30:30 omg someone who actually mentions this who isn’t from a country who lived through it? Wow mad props! I’m from Korea and although many years have passed we are still in some ways feeling the aftereffects of the terrible things Japan did to us that they still refuse to acknowledge. I’ve got nothing against Japanese people and Japan in general, but it’s the painful truth that they were absolutely horrible to the countries they conquered, and it’s so sad that so few people actually know about it.
Here in sweden we got taught alot about specifically the warcrimes commited by Japan. Our teacher even mentioned that people often overlook that because the Nazis get all the attention in terms of horrible shit from WWII
I am glad he mentioned it too. The amount of propaganda Japan puts into anime is pretty insane. If a government is evil it is because Americans Chinese or koreans made them do it. If their is a lawless place nearby ope China is perfect. I know most media from countries like portraying themselves as the innocent party who all wrong are done upon, but the sheer amount of glossing over even era pieces is actually disgusting.
@@tilltronje1623 Very few schools in America teach it. Often times what's talked about is the German structure, how they're the bad guys, how japan bombed a base of ours, how we retaliated, and how we "saved" the Jewish. Almost no textbook older than 2012 mentions Americas neutrality, their concentration camps, the nazi soldiers that began to help the jews, or the fact that the Holocaust was unknown to most until post-war. Let alone something that doesn't involve America like what the Japanese did to other countries.
@@LilyMaeBlossom let's not pretend like the Holocaust was unknown. I have heard stories about US education but what you are describing seems like indoctrination
This video was fascinating to me when it first came out, because it went live the DAY before my AP World History exam. This video is a 20 minute version of my history class' syllabus from September to May! (Apparently like twenty different people emailed it to my history teacher).
@@johndododoe1411 It's probably a course for the duration of a semester. And they likely did it in more depth than what you assume. An overview is always very welcome for any student
I love watching reactions to this video but very few people seem to actually be aware of lots of it like you. I've always loved history but the amount of history there is to learn about is incredible and who knew you could fit most of the basics in such a short video! Thanks for your reaction and the added knowledge, definitely learned a few more things, especially about the very beginning.
9:20 "I was not aware of the first one" It's called 'The Great Dying' and marks the boundary between the permian and the triassic. >70% of land organisms and >85% in the seas died out.
I've watched like over 30 reactions to this, and yours has been the most entertaining by far because you're so knowledgeable and entertaining. Keep it up!
This is the single greatest reaction video simply because you are able to add so much more info to an already packed video. It's less like a reaction and straight up like some director's commentary. Thats good shit right there
For Japan u're right, i just learned recently 'bout the horrible things the japanese did to china during WW2.. It's still feeling kinda bad that almost no one speak of those details in history courses and books (like in highschool for instance ^^). Anyway, was a very cool and interesting reaction, thks for it !
Japanese did a lots of horrible thing not just to China but to lots of countries including mine, Indonesia. They starved us, forced us to take part in WW2 as soldiers, and many more. Though Dutch and England aren't any better. It's just horrible man...
Probably 4 months late but as Indonesian, I can tell you that Japan was terrible. We were colonized by British, Dutch, Portuguese for 300+ years in total but Japan did worse in just a span of 3-4 years.
@@NoActuallyGo-KCUF-Yourself Not really. It was clearly stated. It just went by so fast-like the vast majority of the stuff in Wurtz's video-that Jack missed it because he was distracted for just a moment. In such a context, I think "glossing over" would have to mean referring to it in a vague manner or even just not mentioning it at all.
@@fllthdcrb . He said "gloss over" because bill wurtz treated the situation as if it wasn't an event that heavily impacted Europe, because he just said it so casually. Not because he thought bill wurtz did not mention it. There was also a possibility that he missed the part on 20:17, but with the way he said it, he was pointing out that on 21:44, bill wurtz was treating the plague as if it was less important, and the context would make much more sense. Slipping it in that way is essentially glossing over it, because both would have the same effect, given the scale of the plague. And that part was what Jack liked, the contrast of how bill wurtz treat it vs how big the plague is. If I'm wrong, then I guess I'm wrong. This is just what I think about all of this.
I’ve watched three videos reacting to this video and this is my favorite reaction to it, a person who actually understands on what it’s saying and even elaborating, while the others were all like “too much information. Use this to torture someone”
Damn, I've seen like 20 people react to this, you were by far the most fun to watch. It's great when someone actually gets most of the jokes he snuck in there!
In my history classes I mainly remember learning about the 2 world wars and the stolen generation or the lost generation so this really was helpful even more so with the extra information
Your talk about what your dad used to talk to you about the colonisation of Africa and how that has affected countries into the present and near future was super enlightening and interesting thank u for sharing, it helped me to understand more about that topic that I really want to learn about more. You're so knowledgeable about so much its super cool and so educational and enjoyable to watch :)
little late, but fun fact: mansa musa was so rich and just donated money basically to everyone that he met on his journeys, that gold prices dropped like 50-80% everywhere he was going!
Greetings Jack and all the groupies, I just discovered your channel. I was looking for an intelligent commentary on Wurtz' History.... And I must say I was most impressed with yours. All my life I've been interested in world history, religions, literature, film, science, cooking, mathematics etc. So much of human history is centered on war. I think every country in the world has something in their past that they aren't proud of. And on balance, we all have something that we can be proud of. I think we need to look at both simultaneously in order to move forward. I'm looking forward to more of your content (Wurtz' History of Japan looks interesting, your reaction of course). I enjoy Physics since it's mostly maths. All the Best JIM from Oaxaca, Mexico.
@@carlospomares3225 By that logic Germany never got France. The way people consider history is often kind of arbitrary, and arguably influenced by the ideologies of their time.
@@carlospomares3225 Colonization is conquest. You're just exactly demonstrating what I described above: people just create arbitrary rules for "sub-categories" just because in the end, they really want what they say to be a fact. While in reality, it's a subjective interpretation. That's probably why history is a soft science.
The time travel question is really interesting actually because on the one hand I specialise in the 19th century, and that's what I'd get the most out of personally if I were to travel back there, also the languages would be easy to understand, but at the same time I feel like going further back would be much more valuable because we have less surviving documents from those eras. So maybe bronze age, or even earlier. I agree with a lot of the other people in the comments that it's always way more fun to see reactions to this video from people who actually know about history, and physics too for that matter. It's so packed with references that I think it overwhelms most people a little bit
Wait, what? *checks phone* bone spurs on the back of your skull are a thing but further studies must be done to prove a direct link between posture and spur formation *sets phone down nervously* Edit: For science! (Still a good way to scare people into looking up from the phone more often, not gonna lie.)
No, It's a joke. There was a 2019 controversial stur in the Scientific community, where a paper made this claim, but it wasn't supported by, numbers or images. Plus it was done on a non-random pull of people, as the observed people who already had head pains and strains.
The radiation emitted by your phone and devices is non-ionizing radiation so not nearly as dangerous as ionizing radiation which is the type that definitely will kill you.
Man, this was super cool to watch! I always love watching teachers and students react cuz y'all always have new perspectives and extra bits of details to add. I've never been into history, but it's one of my favorite videos since it makes everything so easy to digest. Also, super fun to see someone who catches some of the references other people missed. Definitely looking forward to more, you're very interessting to listen to :D
I have seen so many reactions to this Bill Wurtz video but i enjoyed this one the best. You actually helped explain this video with extra details that were quite helpful. Cheers!
I love when people who react to History of The Entire World I Guess actually add something to it while reacting. Taking a moment to pause and expound on something takes a video that was already educational and makes it even more educational.
3:17 Big Bang´s leftover radiation yeah its crazy to think about, it was so stupid long ago but the energy dispersed was so large that there´s remants of it still floating around jeez
As an Irishman I really feel that comment regarding colonialism. We probably wouldn’t have finally recovered like we did with our economic explosion in the mid 90s if not for the benefits of the European Union etc. it’s so sad to see so many people in “developed” countries not realise why former colonies are often poor, a lot of them don’t even realise it’s because of colonialism
Yeah India was the richest having 24% of the world gdp before colonized after they gone it went to 3%. But now we are recovering and will reach top 3 by 2026-27☺️
In an interesting anecdote, one of the primary reasons for the Crusades was something to do with the hundreds of thousands of trained knights and soldiers that grew from Europe having to fight the Vikings for a century. Following the end of the Viking era, all these unemployed militants started ravaging the peasants on behalf of Feudal lords and the church needed a way to stop this. Thus the Pope sought to kill 2 birds with one stone as the Roman church has ALWAYS sought to gain secular power through conquering and wars.
The Muslims had been invading Europe for quit some time, they took Spain, tried to take the Franks but were defeated, took Sicilia, Cyprus, parts of the medieval Romans etc before being repelled by crusaders and vikings and later the northern kingdoms of iberia
Also unemployed Viking descendants (now Christian knights in Norse countries) did local church approved Crusades against local non-christians around the Baltic sea.
I was raised by my grandfather and one thing I learned the older I got was that all of his stories are true. Sure they might be a little bit colorful and obviously the younger I was the more he left out but as I started doing research I quickly found out all the things he experienced. So trust me when I tell you if your grandfather has told you stories they are probably true
I've seen the original video sooo many times. Your take and reactions on it were on one hand so wholesome, and on the other so well-informed. I really really enjoyed your enthusiasm and commentary. I watched a couple of other reacts, yours is the best. hands down.
Loved the video! 😺 Sweden has also 'rejected' Euro and kept our currency, which is weird that he doesn't mention that. I have to admit that I have seen this The history of the entire world, I guess so many times, but it was extra interesting with your educational background 😃👏🏼
wow ive seen a few reactions to the video from bill wurtz because i love it and i love him, but your reaction is definitely the coolest. i love your little fun facts and the way you feel about the video just seems so genuine. keep it up!
I love this video. I've seen it multiple times now. And I keep seeing something I missed previously each time. I try to catch the yrs that he adds on the side to see how long ago events were. And some of that wasn't even that long ago. Loved your viewing of this.
The rats weren’t the cause of the spread of Black Plague, they were simply a minor factor that was an alternative result of the cause for the wide spread plague delivered via bad hygiene and bugs, as well as medical ignorance of the age.
I mean he said “rats and ticks” and pointed out that it’s one of those things that makes us happy to be born in these times where we have more prevention (greater medical knowledge). My takeaway from his comment was not “rats caused plague”.
It was the rats that transported the bugs though The flea that carried the plague latched onto rats, who'd them spread the plague in human settlements. They practiced the braindead medicine of "humours" but were smart enough to know rot=disease so stay the fuck away from sick people Funnily enough this is why plague doctors had beaks, the beak masks allowed the doctors to store herbs in the beak so they smelled good, as it was believed disease spread via smell
I have watched this video and watched people watch this video dozens of times and what I've come to love most about it is how it helps me throw human history into context with itself.
Awesome reaction, mate. Bill wurtz took like a year I think to make this video, between research and aditing and everything. Scripting took him so long that by the end he did the whole thing in one recording (not sure if true, but I've read that a lot times). And yes, it is amazing how all of that history could be summerized in such a short video, which first, doesn't feel short because of the amount of information, but also doesn't feel long, because it keeps you paying attention to it the whole time. Regular watching of it is recommended, I usually do it like 3 or 4 times a year, along with watching other people's reaction to it. One of my favorites is one from a russian guy, can't remember the name, his reaction video lasts about an hour and a half, because he stops and talks about the history he knows during it, recommend giving that a watch as well. Againg, great reaction. Greetings from Chile!
I'm really impressed with this reaction! I've seen a bunch where people just sit there and watch without commenting and seemingly without knowing almost anything about the history (except for recent european history), even if they say they're like historians. Great job, I think this is the best one yet!
balls of meat is a dish on literally every continent. "Swedish" meatballs are with brown gravy, mashed potatoes and lingonberries... thats *not* a turkish tradition.
The Crusades had a more practical reason behind it other than "Reclaim The Holy Land!". The majority of European powers which included the nations and the Church felt the encroaching Islamic Caliphates were a threat to their power and reign and needed a way to stem the tide. It's a pretty broad reason I know and doesn't cover a lot of details but it's the jist of it and it might make Europeans sound power hungry but one thing to keep in mind was in the majority of places the Muslim Caliphates conquered they forced conversion on the native populace and any one who didn't convert were treated like second class citizens at best or killed at worst so The Crusades weren't without merit.
@@toxicequinox4749 well for one, the inquisition didn’t burn witches, they burned people who called others witches because “why do you even believe that kind of bullshit exists when God exists”
While I agree with what you're saying in regards to the first and second Crusade, by the time the third Crusade began the religious fervour for reclaiming and holding onto Jerusalem had definitely become a major factor. Interestingly though in regards to the first Crusade, when the Emperor of Constantinople sent a missive to the Pope asking for assistance against the invasion of the Seljuk Turks, he didn't actually call for a Crusade. I'm not saying he wasn't grateful for the Franks (the umbrella term used for Europeans by eastern civilizations) halting the Seljuk advance and weakening their hold on Anatolia, but he only expected the Pope to send mercenaries that could maintain his hold on the territories the Seljuks hadn't invaded yet. One can imagine his surprise when he instead received a veritable migration of kings and their retinues.
The forced conversion thing is a myth. And Christians also had the benefit of avoiding any military draft (until the Janisarries but that's much later)
No, swedish meatballs are not turkish. The idea of putting minced meat into balls exist all over the world. They used to be called "frikadeller" and exists in cookbooks from the 1600s.
@@HafdirTasare we have fricadelle in the north of france and in belgium but it's more a sausage looking thing with lots of spices and different meats depending on what you have, the joke (at least in france) is that everyone knows what's in there but nobody says it
Ive seen this video so many times with so many different people react to it, just learn more and more about the world as different people give different information about different events, keep it up!
If I could go with some kind of "keep me safe" suit, I might like to go to the carboniferous. Two foot long dragonflies just sounds gnarly. If we're being less fanciful [ya know, about time travel] and keeping it to reasonable, human-supporting times..... Maybe catch a Paganini performance. Or Andres Segovia. Or, for something dark and impactful, maybe go look in the eyes of the first people to be on the opposing side in a fight against "greek fire". That would stick with you and motivate some empathy IF however we're also assuming I can actually do something and not just watch, I mean c'mon, I'm gonna go slap the people who tried to implement the Trail of Tears. There are more large-scale impact kinda things I could do, sure, but that one has always stuck with me so.... That might be where I'd go. Then leave a note that says "In about 60-70 years, you're gonna wanna stab a dude named "Adolf" at the first opportunity" Now I'm thinking about it, if indeed I can only watch, it's also possible I would just go watch a George Carlin show. Never got to see him before he passed and he's my spirit animal
Imma be real with you... Hell no! Due to the high oxygen concentration in the atmosphere, it's not only dragon flies that are huge, its spiders and every other insect. Nuff said
Then leave a note that says, "In about 60-70 years, your gonna wanna stab a dude named 'Adolf' at the first opportunity." We could make a religion out of this.
It's so hard to pick a time period and place I would like to visit. Although, it would be so cool to see something before it got destroyed, like the Maya codices (books written by the Maya civilization in central America, pre-Columbian) or the library of Alexandria. To just be able to see all the knowledge and culture, to learn from it, before it was lost forever would be such a gift. What a tragic waste that people saw fit to destroy all of that.
Great Reaction! I've seen quite a lot of those on youtube, but most of them are mostly chuckles and stuff, you actually added a lot to it with your reaction. That's how a reaction video is supposed to be like! Thanks :)
About Japan, the countries affected by their offences ofc remember everything and there's still bad blood. But I think the nukes helped in creating a canvas for the modern "image" for the rest of the world. It shook the world and they were the victims, that's what we saw, that is what we remember.
The fucking leads of Unit 731 lived to old age it's disgusting At least Mengele was forced to flee to Brazil, these bastards stayed home and relaxed until old age bit them back...
I’ve never seen your content before, but just your seemingly expansive knowledge of science and history in this video has me very intrigued. Earned a sub from me!
The initial Crusades were in retaliation and then later became more about driving them back and taking their land so they would no longer pose a threat.
also theirs a video on youtube of why or how you would split up africa to less conflict is amazing. so many cultures, langages, tarditions, etc. that in the end he concluded that seperating on geography wont work, that by culture wont work, etc. basically africa, if split to not lead to unrest, would be something like 5 major "areas" but so many states within each area that it would basically look like a 10000 piece puzzle.
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Fun Fact: there have been multiple wars over salt throughout history
Knowing that i'm now convinced the term "salty" existed before and that it meant something VERY different.
Can't forget about the war around religion
Edit:thanks for the likes
The wealth of many individuals and societies were once based on who owned the most salt, since it was such an expensive commodity, and for a while was the most expensive.
It’s why there are places with names like “Salzburg” (Salt Castle) and places with the suffix “wich” (denoting it as a place where salt was made)
Yeah, there are multiple ressources that are abdondant today (thx to modern society) which were very valuable in the past. Most people rarely understand that. Salt and spices didn't just make food more tasty, they were preservative. In particular, salt was sometimes indispensable to survive winter.
And for the record, during the Mali empire in west Africa, salt was more valuable than gold (which really just has the value people give it, so when there is gold everywhere, it becomes worthless, as it has never been vital).
Granted, most people has to understand some history subject, even & the context around it, ect ... just to see the a bigger picture & and understand it, which will eventually related to our every days life one way or another.
It also took some effort to explain it to everyone too, so at least we must be prepared & knowledgeable enough to do so ... and probably look like a teacher-ish (if you wasn't one already).
"By the way, where the hell are we?"
"Hi, youre on a rock floating in space!"
the loop never ends
How did I just now realize this?
bro I’ve seen this video for like 100 times but how I’ve never realized that shit..
I realized it a month ago, and now I seeing the video and this comment from 3 months ago.
HOLY SHIT
Oh so that’s why I watch this video over and over
It's incredible how well read you are on general subjects
It certainly make a more enjoyable reaction video.
@@mr.bluefox3511 for sure
It's pretty obvious this is at least his second time watching, I'd bet even more. Watch it again and you'll realise
@@martinreads519 And?
@@martinreads519 Yeah i noticed too
It was just such a joy watching someone react to this who actually understands it and has a extremly good knowledge. So many people didn’t get those jokes. Loved it! Keep going
@@Deckland13 the internet has a weird way of liking but not replying…
100% agree with this. So many reactors missed many important points
Only 3 replies… ok sure please read this comment for no reason other than to waste your time
@@bigaddUK thank you
I got the jokes, but thats only because I only learned the references a few years ago in school
The king of the Mali Empire, Mansa Musa, was so rich that during his pilgrimage to Mecca he gave away so much gold that he completely destroyed several economies to that point that gold were locally practically worthless. Funnily enough, the reason he was so rich was because the Mali Empire had vast amounts of natural resources, particularly gold and SALT. Everything comes back to salt and spices, lol. It is believed that Mansa's net worth was close to $400 billion USD.
It’s so sad when you go on a vacation and crash the economy of the entire Middle East just by buying souvenirs
He went back to fix them later I think
@@waalter after starting the transatlantic slave trade. He sold other Africans for profit. Not a good man.
@@bethkrager6529 not many people from the ago of “conquering everyone” was good
he was rich because he did allot of slavery
You tube Algorithm "I know you've seen this 50 times but you got a half hour to kill"
Me "Nice goin Genghis"
They never got ethiopia
@@galettesanstomate *They never got Thailand*
@@abelielle9438 the mahapahit... mapajahit... mahapajit.... ma ja pa hit? *bing bing bing*
China is whole again
Then it broke again
@@ANS7222 "use a different egg. With water in it. Water is in the egg. The baby is in the egg, in the water, in the egg... Works for me. Bye byee ocean!"
This man just taught me about quantum chromodynamics. Thumbs up.
I call this video a "data burst" because it's so packed with information (like a Zip file) that most viewers tend to hit their saturation point about halfway through. I love how its jokes and catchy tunes keep it popping up in my thoughts over time, allowing me to unpack the info and ponder the details. Great reaction! Your commentary was every bit as informative and entertaining as the video itself!
I seriously went up a grade in my history class because our teacher put up a color-coded map of who colonized which parts of Africa. Someone asked about the country that was just gray and I still don't know if he genuinely didn't know or if it just slipped his mind, but in my head I immediately heard Bill whisper "They never got Ethiopia" and answered it for him.
I've shown just the Japan video to people because I knew for a fact they couldn't comprehend, let alone absorb everything packed into this one...
There is an intermission!!!
My best friend was South African this was back in middle school in 2005, she said she was scared to go outside to grab her shoes and that everyone has big wire fences around their houses, she also said everyone at her old school was white
I'm just curious, what's it like nowadays?
Also is Lime flavoured milk / lime milkshakes a South African thing? Because her whole family was obsessed with those 😂
It took him 11 months to make. Such dedication.
and it all paid out
@@jjsbxksd who paid it ?
@@aarohanyt7374 every viewer, adsense
@@hart.6230 are there even ads on it?
and this guy stole the vid and profited off of it in 36 minutes lmao
"hippo" actually means Horse in Latin.
So the Hippo-mobile was the first car, called a "mechanical horse"
Hippo-potamus means River-horse.
Also hence hippocampus
Also known as the murder horse
Ah, neat. So, wait... is the 'potamus' part of 'hippopotamus' supposed to derive from the same source as 'mesopotamia'?
@@hauntedshadowslegacy2826 Potamus just means river in latin. Mesopotamia means "between rivers"
So, is that why it's called horse-power
"America finally decided whether racism is good or bad. 'It's bad' they decided and the world agrees. South Africa might need another minute to think about it"
As someone who lives in South Africa, this broke me 😂
Fr 😂😂 I come back to this video or reactions of it just because it’s so good I could watch it over and over and still enjoy it
The funny thing is that America was way slow in reacting when it was Britain and soon Europe that made slavery illegal, America was the supper stubborn youngest sibling in this scenario.
@@rodanandme South and Central America, too. Almost everything wrong with those nations is because of the US. For instance, the US overthrew the Venezuela government twice. The US tested chemical weapons in the jungle while digging the Panama Canal, of course after toppling Colombia's control of Panama after taking control of the project from France. Such a mess.
me to
@@JeshuaSquirrel also Europe. Central and South America was destroyed by a mix of Portugal, Spain, France, and the USA
6:50 There's also Sulfur based life forms down there, which is fucking nuts
Or how about Tardigrades? Ya know, the little water bears that can survive ANYWHERE?! Even in space with no oxygen?! Little dudes are aliens.
More nuts than carbon based life?
Yh it’s a bit nuts that people don’t believe in aliens .... I’m not talking little green men! Bacteria is a life form it’s a bit narcissistic to think of how little we know of the universe all life is all here on our (if you put into perspective) tiny planet. We are one of eight planets orbiting one star there are stars all over our night sky some who may be gone by now. We are a dot in the universe it’s like putting one molecule of dust in a massive aquarium(like welcome to sea world size) and trying to single it out and that’s just what we speculate it could be trying to spot one speck of dust in the whole ocean.
@@24fretsoffury Tardigrades are unfortunately similar to us in the way that they can survive some pretty crazy things but then succumb to something like having a baby. There's actually a video on RUclips of a Tardigrade giving birth but unfortunately dying in the process.
@@lucysmith6530 I seriously doubt anyone with a basic education believes there aren't at least single celled organisms somewhere else.
this taught me way more about the history than any teacher I've ever had. We always learned only about Europe and America.. a little bit about Asia.. and that's all
you gotta like buy history book from other countries in order to learn the full story of the world.
@@collaxupload8142 or just be curious and go on deep Wikipedia rabbit holes. Textbooks from other countries aren't guaranteed to be all that inclusive or unbiased. I'm from Bulgaria and my history textbooks were overwhelmingly euro-centric with pretty much only several pages on Asia, Africa, (and even) North/South America each over the course of a decade
Totally the opposite for me. I learned too much about all the continents and US, and so little about my own country.
I live in a Southeast Asian nation and the only thing I learned about the West is the axis powers of WW2 (not even WW1 was discussed). WW2 was only the part where Japan goes into our territory after bombing Hawaii. None about Europe or America. That’s literally all we know about the western world.
None about Africa, none about middle-east, actually Silk Road and the spread of Buddhism and Hinduism was discussed. Nothing on East Asia or other South East Asian Nation. Actually, we learned a bit about Japan, just a brief overview tho.
In high school I hope we learn about world history bc at my old primary school we only learned African history and occasionally European, Asian and American if it linked in with Africa
(Edit:I live in South Africa 🇿🇦)
Ethiopia deserves its own video to be honest. Out of all the civilizations to have arisen in Africa, I genuinely think it's more interesting than Carthage or Morocco. Possibly only outdone by Egypt, and even that's debatable because of how much most of the world learn about Egypt in schools in contrast to Ethiopia where we need to actively search for it.
It’s believed that all humans originated in what’s now Ethiopia
@@teibdavies242 nah human came from Morocco, a much more interesting area
Ethiopia finally got its day. It is a playable faction in AOE! lol
@@kayzeaza euh that’s the first time I heard that theory ! Most people including scientists are much more down with the Ethiopian theory although genetically speaking it has been determined that Mitochondrial Eve was from central Africa, therefore the birthplace of humanity according to genetics in much more likely to be what we call now the Democratic Republic of Congo .
- First human genetic divergence from M.Eve and migration (L0) in the era of Zambia and Zimbabwe
- 2nd (L1) around the Niger River
- (L2) in the era of Mali and Mauritania ( from were the first Maroccan people originate from !)
- then there is L3, all the era around Egypt, including Ethiopia which is the biggest line of the 3 first lines of human divergence ( first blood lines ) with L0 and L1 !
- L2 descends from L1.
- L4 , L5 and L6 descends from L3 ( aka Egypt ( and Ethiopia )
- L0a and L0f are found around Tanzania , Yemen and Mozambique and descends directly from L0 has conserved much in common with the Mitochondrial Eve’s bloodline than L1 , L2, L3 , L4 , L5 , L6 bloodlines !
- from L3 which is found more commonly around Egypt descends mitochondrial group M and mitochondrial group N from which the rest of the non African people descends from.
M and N is theorized to have originally split from L3 in the era we call now Iran , but there is a theory that M split in Ethiopia because of the large concentration of the haplogroup there and in other places in Africa. If this is true the we could consider Ethiopia as the 2nd Birthplace of Humanity !
The other theory is that M did split from L3 in Iran but some of those decided to resettle In Ethiopia after spliting again from the main M group.
- M is the mother bloodline of all Eurasians ( China , Japan , Bangladesh , Korea , Nepal ,Tibet , North Africans including Moroccans , and the Middle-East ( Iran) the Levant , Libya, Anatolia , Israel , Palestine , Egypt , and « Mesopotamia » , Siberians , Native American, and Albania , Grece , South Italia , South of France , Actual Caucasian people from Caucasus, North Africa ) , everygoddamnwhere !
- N is the brother group of M and find its origins in Iran as well , it is primarily found in Eurasia , North Africa, Somalia and Middle-East and is found massively in the Ashkenaze groups ( European Jewish people) From N descends a whole bunch of haplogroups , found in Africa , Asia , Europe , Oceania , America as well !
Anyway that to say that neither Marocco nor Ethiopia are the Birthplace place of humanity according to genetic data , tho Ethiopia has a better chance at being the second Birthplace of humanity then Marocco that is for sure ! According to data the Birthplace of Humanity is what we call Congo now and the secondary Birthplaces of humanity are Zimbabwe, Niger , Mauritania , Egypt and Iran 😀
You can't make a case that Ethiopia is more interesting than Egypt.
You calling out so many things literally right before they're announced in this speed-trial of an overview... From gravity to empires to segments of history no sane person (I'm not sane) would ever see coming. I really commend you my friend. Insta like
fr it's impressive
Love your videos but I found your additions to this one particularly interesting, everyone has comments on the romans or alexander but very few reactors make mention of Norte Chico or the Bantus
OOH it's really cool having someone in the STEM field watch this, when usually it's history teachers and the like reacting. Excited to hear some of your insights and reactions!
The fact that you can contribute to explaining the science side of this, speaks well of your knowledge. Awesome stuff dude.
30:30 omg someone who actually mentions this who isn’t from a country who lived through it? Wow mad props! I’m from Korea and although many years have passed we are still in some ways feeling the aftereffects of the terrible things Japan did to us that they still refuse to acknowledge. I’ve got nothing against Japanese people and Japan in general, but it’s the painful truth that they were absolutely horrible to the countries they conquered, and it’s so sad that so few people actually know about it.
The hell? Everyone knows about it
Here in sweden we got taught alot about specifically the warcrimes commited by Japan. Our teacher even mentioned that people often overlook that because the Nazis get all the attention in terms of horrible shit from WWII
I am glad he mentioned it too. The amount of propaganda Japan puts into anime is pretty insane. If a government is evil it is because Americans Chinese or koreans made them do it. If their is a lawless place nearby ope China is perfect. I know most media from countries like portraying themselves as the innocent party who all wrong are done upon, but the sheer amount of glossing over even era pieces is actually disgusting.
@@tilltronje1623 Very few schools in America teach it. Often times what's talked about is the German structure, how they're the bad guys, how japan bombed a base of ours, how we retaliated, and how we "saved" the Jewish. Almost no textbook older than 2012 mentions Americas neutrality, their concentration camps, the nazi soldiers that began to help the jews, or the fact that the Holocaust was unknown to most until post-war. Let alone something that doesn't involve America like what the Japanese did to other countries.
@@LilyMaeBlossom let's not pretend like the Holocaust was unknown. I have heard stories about US education but what you are describing seems like indoctrination
This video was fascinating to me when it first came out, because it went live the DAY before my AP World History exam. This video is a 20 minute version of my history class' syllabus from September to May! (Apparently like twenty different people emailed it to my history teacher).
September to May? What did they teach in all the other years since middle school?
@@johndododoe1411 It's probably a course for the duration of a semester. And they likely did it in more depth than what you assume. An overview is always very welcome for any student
Same here, I watched it the night before and I swear it's the reason I did so well haha
I didn’t even notice dio just hanging out behind the video until halfway through lmao
@@eunhawannabe0304 *m e n a c i n g*
You thought it was just a normal background. But it was ME DIO
what do you expect, this video is all about ZA WARUDO
2:56 I like how Bill put a trademark on Time™
Time™™
Don't tell Duck Guy from DHMIS.
"How can you make this?" Dunno, maybe because Wurtz spent like, A YEAR, in researching and making the video lol
I love watching reactions to this video but very few people seem to actually be aware of lots of it like you. I've always loved history but the amount of history there is to learn about is incredible and who knew you could fit most of the basics in such a short video! Thanks for your reaction and the added knowledge, definitely learned a few more things, especially about the very beginning.
9:20
"I was not aware of the first one"
It's called 'The Great Dying' and marks the boundary between the permian and the triassic.
>70% of land organisms and >85% in the seas died out.
TBF i think most of us are unaware of the permian extinction event, as well... :-)
I've watched like over 30 reactions to this, and yours has been the most entertaining by far because you're so knowledgeable and entertaining. Keep it up!
This is the single greatest reaction video simply because you are able to add so much more info to an already packed video. It's less like a reaction and straight up like some director's commentary. Thats good shit right there
Im Brazilian and that "They're are stuck in Brazil" made me fall from my chair laughing
Fun fact: the most expensive spice is saffron. But well, it's like pollen from a flower, you'd need TONS of flowers to get enough.
For Japan u're right, i just learned recently 'bout the horrible things the japanese did to china during WW2.. It's still feeling kinda bad that almost no one speak of those details in history courses and books (like in highschool for instance ^^). Anyway, was a very cool and interesting reaction, thks for it !
Yeah like Japan was literally so bad, like definitely comparable to Germany and probably worse in lots of ways
Japanese did a lots of horrible thing not just to China but to lots of countries including mine, Indonesia. They starved us, forced us to take part in WW2 as soldiers, and many more. Though Dutch and England aren't any better. It's just horrible man...
Probably 4 months late but as Indonesian, I can tell you that Japan was terrible. We were colonized by British, Dutch, Portuguese for 300+ years in total but Japan did worse in just a span of 3-4 years.
I love this video so much because it's just a super-condensed version of everything I learned over a year in my ApWH class.
21:51 He didn't really gloss over it. He slipped it in while you were laughing about the "Spain and not Spain" joke. 😆
"Slipping something in" and "glossing over" mean the same thing.
@@NoActuallyGo-KCUF-Yourself Not really. It was clearly stated. It just went by so fast-like the vast majority of the stuff in Wurtz's video-that Jack missed it because he was distracted for just a moment. In such a context, I think "glossing over" would have to mean referring to it in a vague manner or even just not mentioning it at all.
@@fllthdcrb
I think you are still confused about what "gloss" means in this context.
@@fllthdcrb . He said "gloss over" because bill wurtz treated the situation as if it wasn't an event that heavily impacted Europe, because he just said it so casually. Not because he thought bill wurtz did not mention it.
There was also a possibility that he missed the part on 20:17, but with the way he said it, he was pointing out that on 21:44, bill wurtz was treating the plague as if it was less important, and the context would make much more sense. Slipping it in that way is essentially glossing over it, because both would have the same effect, given the scale of the plague. And that part was what Jack liked, the contrast of how bill wurtz treat it vs how big the plague is.
If I'm wrong, then I guess I'm wrong. This is just what I think about all of this.
@@PinkPoop69 i think it's more so pretty much everyone knows about the Black Death, so Bill didn't feel the need to dedicate too much time to it.
I’ve watched three videos reacting to this video and this is my favorite reaction to it, a person who actually understands on what it’s saying and even elaborating, while the others were all like “too much information. Use this to torture someone”
Damn, I've seen like 20 people react to this, you were by far the most fun to watch. It's great when someone actually gets most of the jokes he snuck in there!
Your voice is so nice, and all of your commentary so insightful, and it's so great to watch you get every joke, just chef's kiss.
He's daddy for sure 👴😳
In my history classes I mainly remember learning about the 2 world wars and the stolen generation or the lost generation so this really was helpful even more so with the extra information
Your talk about what your dad used to talk to you about the colonisation of Africa and how that has affected countries into the present and near future was super enlightening and interesting thank u for sharing, it helped me to understand more about that topic that I really want to learn about more. You're so knowledgeable about so much its super cool and so educational and enjoyable to watch :)
little late, but fun fact: mansa musa was so rich and just donated money basically to everyone that he met on his journeys, that gold prices dropped like 50-80% everywhere he was going!
Greetings Jack and all the groupies, I just discovered your channel. I was looking for an intelligent commentary on Wurtz' History.... And I must say I was most impressed with yours. All my life I've been interested in world history, religions, literature, film, science, cooking, mathematics etc. So much of human history is centered on war. I think every country in the world has something in their past that they aren't proud of. And on balance, we all have something that we can be proud of. I think we need to look at both simultaneously in order to move forward.
I'm looking forward to more of your content (Wurtz' History of Japan looks interesting, your reaction of course). I enjoy Physics since it's mostly maths. All the Best JIM from Oaxaca, Mexico.
Greetings to you Jacques. I wholeheartedly agree with your comment.
If you're into big stompy robots, try Black Pants Legion Tex Talks Battletech
100x this
@@Entropy101Q We've always been here. Our time is now!
"in the grim darkness of the far future, the-"
bold of you to asume we have a future.
The future will always be there, we might just not be there to fight in it ;)
I'm case you didn't get it
*They never got Ethiopia*
Also
*They never got Thailand*
Didn't Fascist Italy take over Ethiopia.
@@Mechabang scholars say it doesn't count because it was just five years and it didn't result in a lasting colonial administration.
@@carlospomares3225 By that logic Germany never got France.
The way people consider history is often kind of arbitrary, and arguably influenced by the ideologies of their time.
@@xenotypos this is in the context of colonization not conquering.
@@carlospomares3225 Colonization is conquest. You're just exactly demonstrating what I described above: people just create arbitrary rules for "sub-categories" just because in the end, they really want what they say to be a fact. While in reality, it's a subjective interpretation. That's probably why history is a soft science.
Man, you are so educated, smart and funny. Coming from south europe i actually leared thing or two from you. I wish you all the best in future.
You too buddy.
Loved the commentary and seeing how much you enjoyed it. You're a very knowledgeable person!
The time travel question is really interesting actually because on the one hand I specialise in the 19th century, and that's what I'd get the most out of personally if I were to travel back there, also the languages would be easy to understand, but at the same time I feel like going further back would be much more valuable because we have less surviving documents from those eras. So maybe bronze age, or even earlier.
I agree with a lot of the other people in the comments that it's always way more fun to see reactions to this video from people who actually know about history, and physics too for that matter. It's so packed with references that I think it overwhelms most people a little bit
Wait, what? *checks phone* bone spurs on the back of your skull are a thing but further studies must be done to prove a direct link between posture and spur formation *sets phone down nervously*
Edit: For science! (Still a good way to scare people into looking up from the phone more often, not gonna lie.)
No, It's a joke. There was a 2019 controversial stur in the Scientific community, where a paper made this claim, but it wasn't supported by, numbers or images. Plus it was done on a non-random pull of people, as the observed people who already had head pains and strains.
The radiation emitted by your phone and devices is non-ionizing radiation so not nearly as dangerous as ionizing radiation which is the type that definitely will kill you.
Man, this was super cool to watch! I always love watching teachers and students react cuz y'all always have new perspectives and extra bits of details to add. I've never been into history, but it's one of my favorite videos since it makes everything so easy to digest. Also, super fun to see someone who catches some of the references other people missed. Definitely looking forward to more, you're very interessting to listen to :D
I have seen so many reactions to this Bill Wurtz video but i enjoyed this one the best. You actually helped explain this video with extra details that were quite helpful. Cheers!
I love when people who react to History of The Entire World I Guess actually add something to it while reacting. Taking a moment to pause and expound on something takes a video that was already educational and makes it even more educational.
3:17 Big Bang´s leftover radiation yeah its crazy to think about, it was so stupid long ago but the energy dispersed was so large that there´s remants of it still floating around jeez
This was amazing to watch. Really cool to see someone who understood so much of what was being shown.
As an Irishman I really feel that comment regarding colonialism. We probably wouldn’t have finally recovered like we did with our economic explosion in the mid 90s if not for the benefits of the European Union etc. it’s so sad to see so many people in “developed” countries not realise why former colonies are often poor, a lot of them don’t even realise it’s because of colonialism
Yeah India was the richest having 24% of the world gdp before colonized after they gone it went to 3%.
But now we are recovering and will reach top 3 by 2026-27☺️
In an interesting anecdote, one of the primary reasons for the Crusades was something to do with the hundreds of thousands of trained knights and soldiers that grew from Europe having to fight the Vikings for a century. Following the end of the Viking era, all these unemployed militants started ravaging the peasants on behalf of Feudal lords and the church needed a way to stop this.
Thus the Pope sought to kill 2 birds with one stone as the Roman church has ALWAYS sought to gain secular power through conquering and wars.
So unemployment basically started the crusades and to keep soldiers busy. Huh. Its wild how so many wars and conflicts have such simple reasons.
@@SolidSnake240
Like a sandwich in World War I?
_(No, scratch that haha.)_
The Muslims had been invading Europe for quit some time, they took Spain, tried to take the Franks but were defeated, took Sicilia, Cyprus, parts of the medieval Romans etc before being repelled by crusaders and vikings and later the northern kingdoms of iberia
Also unemployed Viking descendants (now Christian knights in Norse countries) did local church approved Crusades against local non-christians around the Baltic sea.
Wouldn't anyone that had ever fought against a Viking raid be dead by the time of the first crusade?
most people i see reacting to this ends up overwhelmed too much to even emote or pick up most jokes, i'm glad you are learning and having fun
I was raised by my grandfather and one thing I learned the older I got was that all of his stories are true. Sure they might be a little bit colorful and obviously the younger I was the more he left out but as I started doing research I quickly found out all the things he experienced. So trust me when I tell you if your grandfather has told you stories they are probably true
I've seen the original video sooo many times. Your take and reactions on it were on one hand so wholesome, and on the other so well-informed. I really really enjoyed your enthusiasm and commentary. I watched a couple of other reacts, yours is the best. hands down.
You were talking when he mentioned the Black Death. He said "whoops half of Europe just died" at 20:18
Great commentary! Not too talkative, insightful, knowledgeable but not boastful or cocky about it. Great stuff!
I've seen a million reactions to this video, and this is by far the best. I love it
Loved the video! 😺 Sweden has also 'rejected' Euro and kept our currency, which is weird that he doesn't mention that. I have to admit that I have seen this The history of the entire world, I guess so many times, but it was extra interesting with your educational background 😃👏🏼
wow ive seen a few reactions to the video from bill wurtz because i love it and i love him, but your reaction is definitely the coolest. i love your little fun facts and the way you feel about the video just seems so genuine. keep it up!
Your enthusiasm while watching is very contagious.
13:40 the spice must flow...
He who controls the spice controls the universe.
I love this video. I've seen it multiple times now. And I keep seeing something I missed previously each time. I try to catch the yrs that he adds on the side to see how long ago events were. And some of that wasn't even that long ago. Loved your viewing of this.
The rats weren’t the cause of the spread of Black Plague, they were simply a minor factor that was an alternative result of the cause for the wide spread plague delivered via bad hygiene and bugs, as well as medical ignorance of the age.
Basically easy mode in Plague Inc.
.....I'll see myself out.
I mean he said “rats and ticks” and pointed out that it’s one of those things that makes us happy to be born in these times where we have more prevention (greater medical knowledge). My takeaway from his comment was not “rats caused plague”.
It was the rats that transported the bugs though
The flea that carried the plague latched onto rats, who'd them spread the plague in human settlements.
They practiced the braindead medicine of "humours" but were smart enough to know rot=disease so stay the fuck away from sick people
Funnily enough this is why plague doctors had beaks, the beak masks allowed the doctors to store herbs in the beak so they smelled good, as it was believed disease spread via smell
I have watched this video and watched people watch this video dozens of times and what I've come to love most about it is how it helps me throw human history into context with itself.
My dude your reaction to this video is my favorite. You're the only one who's ever kept up
I'm so happy I found your channel.
Awesome reaction, mate. Bill wurtz took like a year I think to make this video, between research and aditing and everything. Scripting took him so long that by the end he did the whole thing in one recording (not sure if true, but I've read that a lot times). And yes, it is amazing how all of that history could be summerized in such a short video, which first, doesn't feel short because of the amount of information, but also doesn't feel long, because it keeps you paying attention to it the whole time. Regular watching of it is recommended, I usually do it like 3 or 4 times a year, along with watching other people's reaction to it. One of my favorites is one from a russian guy, can't remember the name, his reaction video lasts about an hour and a half, because he stops and talks about the history he knows during it, recommend giving that a watch as well.
Againg, great reaction. Greetings from Chile!
There's no way he didnt have to do multiple takes on some of those parts...
@@VegaVermilion That's why I said I'm not sure if it's true. I've just read it many times before. Seems pretty impossible
I'm really impressed with this reaction! I've seen a bunch where people just sit there and watch without commenting and seemingly without knowing almost anything about the history (except for recent european history), even if they say they're like historians. Great job, I think this is the best one yet!
"paprika is so expensive"
saffron would like a word
I love the fact you said "Vikingr", a really important detail ;)
balls of meat is a dish on literally every continent.
"Swedish" meatballs are with brown gravy, mashed potatoes and lingonberries... thats *not* a turkish tradition.
TURKEY NO 1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
true, but they're also made differently to most other meatballs, and taste quite different when on their own. Speaking as a Swede
balls of meat, pies, and a sort of flatbread are just about found across the world.
The original video is chock full of information, but your additions and commentary is very interesting too! I learned more today
The Crusades had a more practical reason behind it other than "Reclaim The Holy Land!". The majority of European powers which included the nations and the Church felt the encroaching Islamic Caliphates were a threat to their power and reign and needed a way to stem the tide. It's a pretty broad reason I know and doesn't cover a lot of details but it's the jist of it and it might make Europeans sound power hungry but one thing to keep in mind was in the majority of places the Muslim Caliphates conquered they forced conversion on the native populace and any one who didn't convert were treated like second class citizens at best or killed at worst so The Crusades weren't without merit.
I would love for you to go more in depth about the inquisition
@@toxicequinox4749 well for one, the inquisition didn’t burn witches, they burned people who called others witches because “why do you even believe that kind of bullshit exists when God exists”
@@トーキ-g8v “why do you even believe that kind of bullshit exists when God exists”
The irony behind that sentence is palpable
While I agree with what you're saying in regards to the first and second Crusade, by the time the third Crusade began the religious fervour for reclaiming and holding onto Jerusalem had definitely become a major factor. Interestingly though in regards to the first Crusade, when the Emperor of Constantinople sent a missive to the Pope asking for assistance against the invasion of the Seljuk Turks, he didn't actually call for a Crusade.
I'm not saying he wasn't grateful for the Franks (the umbrella term used for Europeans by eastern civilizations) halting the Seljuk advance and weakening their hold on Anatolia, but he only expected the Pope to send mercenaries that could maintain his hold on the territories the Seljuks hadn't invaded yet. One can imagine his surprise when he instead received a veritable migration of kings and their retinues.
The forced conversion thing is a myth. And Christians also had the benefit of avoiding any military draft (until the Janisarries but that's much later)
I love the tune here
24:52-25:02 "Machines with factories with machines in them. So you..." Amazing
No, swedish meatballs are not turkish. The idea of putting minced meat into balls exist all over the world. They used to be called "frikadeller" and exists in cookbooks from the 1600s.
Which is what we still call it in northern germany. "Frikadelle"
@@HafdirTasare What its called in Russia, too.
@@HafdirTasare we have fricadelle in the north of france and in belgium but it's more a sausage looking thing with lots of spices and different meats depending on what you have, the joke (at least in france) is that everyone knows what's in there but nobody says it
Ive seen this video so many times with so many different people react to it, just learn more and more about the world as different people give different information about different events, keep it up!
9:50 "We are stuck in Brazil!"
Yes, yes I am :(
Thousands of years ago, some people took some really bad advice and unironically went to Brazil... A sad fate
you shall have my condolences.
24:07 Best joke in the entire video (in my opinion)
Love your reactions and commentary!
If I could go with some kind of "keep me safe" suit, I might like to go to the carboniferous. Two foot long dragonflies just sounds gnarly. If we're being less fanciful [ya know, about time travel] and keeping it to reasonable, human-supporting times..... Maybe catch a Paganini performance. Or Andres Segovia. Or, for something dark and impactful, maybe go look in the eyes of the first people to be on the opposing side in a fight against "greek fire". That would stick with you and motivate some empathy
IF however we're also assuming I can actually do something and not just watch, I mean c'mon, I'm gonna go slap the people who tried to implement the Trail of Tears. There are more large-scale impact kinda things I could do, sure, but that one has always stuck with me so.... That might be where I'd go. Then leave a note that says "In about 60-70 years, you're gonna wanna stab a dude named "Adolf" at the first opportunity"
Now I'm thinking about it, if indeed I can only watch, it's also possible I would just go watch a George Carlin show. Never got to see him before he passed and he's my spirit animal
Imma be real with you... Hell no!
Due to the high oxygen concentration in the atmosphere, it's not only dragon flies that are huge, its spiders and every other insect. Nuff said
Then leave a note that says, "In about 60-70 years, your gonna wanna stab a dude named 'Adolf' at the first opportunity."
We could make a religion out of this.
This must be the best reaction to this video, between your historic and scientific knowledge plus your memes. The algorithm did a good job today!
"Go! Bwaaahh" is definitely one of the funniest videos to ever exist.
I just noticed Dio when you mentioned Gravity at the beginning. Wow. Can’t wait for part 6. Great video!
I just hope that in the afterlife we all have the option to watch the real history of the world from beginning to end.
I love how the time line is presented visually making it easy to see the order in which these things happened.
Wow. I learned more from this then the 4 years I took history class.
it's usually historians/history teachers who watch this video and it's so refreshing to watch ur reaction from a physicist's pov. loved ur reaction!
It's so hard to pick a time period and place I would like to visit. Although, it would be so cool to see something before it got destroyed, like the Maya codices (books written by the Maya civilization in central America, pre-Columbian) or the library of Alexandria. To just be able to see all the knowledge and culture, to learn from it, before it was lost forever would be such a gift. What a tragic waste that people saw fit to destroy all of that.
Bro- I love how Dio is just chillin' ominously in the back round.
"That we have so many preventions to not die"
People refusing to use them and dying anyway:
Great Reaction! I've seen quite a lot of those on youtube, but most of them are mostly chuckles and stuff, you actually added a lot to it with your reaction. That's how a reaction video is supposed to be like! Thanks :)
I like how Dio is learning about the world
The word “Salary” was derived from Salt from when Salt was the most common form of currency.
About Japan, the countries affected by their offences ofc remember everything and there's still bad blood. But I think the nukes helped in creating a canvas for the modern "image" for the rest of the world. It shook the world and they were the victims, that's what we saw, that is what we remember.
The fucking leads of Unit 731 lived to old age it's disgusting
At least Mengele was forced to flee to Brazil, these bastards stayed home and relaxed until old age bit them back...
I’ve never seen your content before, but just your seemingly expansive knowledge of science and history in this video has me very intrigued. Earned a sub from me!
The initial Crusades were in retaliation and then later became more about driving them back and taking their land so they would no longer pose a threat.
Vlad tepes is a big reason you speak English today
In retaliation for what?
@@mechanomics2649 A few centuries of aggression
also theirs a video on youtube of why or how you would split up africa to less conflict is amazing. so many cultures, langages, tarditions, etc. that in the end he concluded that seperating on geography wont work, that by culture wont work, etc. basically africa, if split to not lead to unrest, would be something like 5 major "areas" but so many states within each area that it would basically look like a 10000 piece puzzle.
Why is DIO behind the video
gotta say this is the first vid of yours i found, but you are just so well spoken and well read i had to sub