Who Was The Real Marco Polo? | A Very Modern Journey | Absolute History
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- Опубликовано: 5 сен 2024
- Marco Polo’s legendary journey from Venice to the far reaches of the Mongol Empire, which he started in 1271, was a monumental leap of human exploration. His travels 700 years ago revealed an exotic world of riches the west had little knowledge of. But how does his journey look today?
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they should have a translator speaking on the behalf of the guy that doesn't speak English instead of subtitles I'm dyslexic so subtitles are hard for me I have to keep pausing and rewinding alot
I was thinking the same thing and I'm not dyslexic.
@@MastemaJack I know right. it's kinda annoying. you cant even enjoy looking at the stuff they are talking about. it's like wtf not all of us are speed read.
I wouldn't bother, it's just propaganda in the guise of enlightenment. It was put out to stop people talking about what's happening in Iran right now.
You are a moron who doesn't speak a single foreign language and is too lazy to read, that's your problem.
@@rochester212 you're just an ahole. Some people have actual problems reading and that's beyond their control. Dyslexia is something people can over come but that doesn't mean it's any easier.
Just read a biography about Marco Polo. Had no idea he loved pool games.
Marco Polo is responsible for ending my enjoyment of the local public pool.
Marco is asking for you......better watch out.
Thanks!! I await the great Khan & the pleasure dome!!
Thank you.
I remember so little of my learning about Marco Poland. Over 50 years ago. This program provided so much more than I learned back then. Very interesting and enjoyable to watch and see the territory he traveled. And he was illiterate. Thank you for your wonderful video.
I agree what the UN/US did to Baghdad is sad, tragic, abhorrent even, but it's very muted and hypocritical when such critics come from a Chinese professor. I can speak critically of my nation, let him decry the fascism of his own.
Eek. When a show starts with ‘this channel is part of the History Hits network’ I cringe as I know it is going to be a scrunched blink of badly edited micro-snippets of a longer show…. I would far rather that HH makes specific trailers OR that they give the first,say, 7 minutes of the full show available on HH. The format they are using on YT with HH videos at the moment just tends to be confusing and does NOT show the quality of the full show as they jump all over the place.
Good listen while at the gym.
21:44 "Even in its worst days..." You literally lived in a place where people were pulled out of their homes or off the street, made to kneel down and executed in front of their families and small children for saying anything that could be considered negative about your dictator.
I'm not watching anymore of this or I will end up unsubscribing from every History Hit channel. This is BS.
Outstanding concept! Fresh approach! Great piece! Know MP story well. Await continuation eagerly!
in xanadu did kublai khan a pleasure dome decree, where starbucks poured with sympathy.
47 minutes of being lectured on what a racist Westerner Marco Polo was in contrast to the noble Muslims.
fascinating
WARNING: NOT a bio of Marco Polo. A meditation by a lot of guys from the Middle East and China on western imperialism. In other words, anti-history.
Most accurate comment yet.
YOUR SUBTITLES ARETOO SMALL TO READ AND YOU TUBE FAPTINED ISNT ANY HELP
I'm watching on a phone and the text is clear and easy to read
Thankfully the sub titles don’t cover up half the screen. Thank you. Ps.I put on my reading glasses when watching….
Marco!
Polo.
@@DrFiero You're in the playing in the pool by yourself. Sad.
People lived in fear in Baghdad before 2003
The US has gone into, and destroyed Iraq Libya Somalia Yemen Afghanistan and many more. And by the way there were no weapons of mass destruction.
That they did.
@@RvnKnight I don't know if it came across the same to you but to me he made it seem like everything was peaceful before.
@@MastemaJack
That's what I was thinking as well.
Marco
Polo
POLO not the word correction of Poland.
Always 👏👏👏👍👍👍
Marco polio invented Mac n cheese ?
Pretty sure slave chefs actually invented Mac and Cheese, think I saw that on Joe Rogan or something
😂
Welp... he brought pasta to Italy... then "macarroni" were created later on.
Hundreds of years later of human evolution, we got ´Merican Mac n´ Cheese.
@@mrhyde112OI there’s millions of ways to make it now. Can’t get much more “evolved” than that.
I refute the claim of your "Iraqi living in exile." Before I get flamed in the replies, please read.
I was in Camp Udari, Kuwait when the invasion began, then I rode north to Baghdad as part of the 4th Infantry Division Artillery. I called Al Taji home for almost a year after that--a place on the northern outskirts of Baghdad. We only fired our artillery under two situations: a) we were fired on and had an exact origin with eyes on those shooting, and b) by authority of a full-bird Colonel or higher depending on the munitions. The tankers were under very similar orders. The entire theatre of operations was told to protect lives of civilians and their homes & infrastructure as much as possible. Coalition forces are not the ones that destroyed Baghdad, most of the destruction was done by former Republican Guard members, and those that had loyalty to Hussein, both trying to kill us. The part that really pisses me off isn't that he flat out lied about who caused the destruction, but that your producers didn't even do a fraction of research into a claim that is easily proven by watching recordings from any news source from 20 years ago. Furthermore, he chose to leave Iraq for his own reasons, just as many others did. He's not in exile, he is a refugee, assuming that part of his claim would be accurate.
Mate, you were the one invading. I don't care how many birds you had telling you when to shoot
@@oliverwilson11 Mate, facts don't lie. Yes, a coalition of around a dozen nations invaded Iraq. We also are not the ones that was destroying the place. Additionally, the US put that crazed guy into power in Iraq, therefore we were responsible for removing him and his reign of terror. We did that.
It would only make sense for the Coalition forces to not want to destroy buildings. It's in the Art of War to not do that. Going to war isn't about killing people. My girlfriend's dad is there right now.
@@MastemaJack
I hope he stays safe
@@RvnKnight he should be, he's in a safe area.
simply it is a shit journey to do even today.
This documentary in 5 seconds or less.
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the makers of this documentary are sooooo yesterday. Don't they know that it was Marcia Polo who did the trek, and there's still a debate going on to determine if this person was a staunch feminist, or identifying as trans, non-binary or gender-fluid, but it was definitely not a man 😀
Europe & Asia are 1 huge continent. yet we're taught there's 2....😏
That's because it is 2
America and Africa are also joined to Asia so it is all one continent
@@oliverwilson11 thats not how it works
The segment on Baghdad reminds us that the US has blood on its hands. As the Chinese professor said it’s the winner that tell the story.
At least we have segments on Baghdad to discuss. What do we have on Tiannemen Square? Will there be a word about Uyghur Muslims in 20 years? Discussions of issues with both countries are needed, and let's not pretend that human atrocities began in the Americas, or even Europe, or that western governments have a corner on fascism.
@@mcpartyhikes8636 True. Invasions and brutal killings are a part of human history everywhere and in every time. The Assyrians, Babylonians, Aztecs, Mayans, Romans, Vikings, and many others invaded and murdered innocent people whenever and wherever they could. Baghdad wasn't a paradise under Saddam, either, though the people there are still suffering. Meet the new boss, same as the old boss. How many Chinese laborers were murdered by their own people over the centuries while building the Great Wall? Some Assyrian kings were so proud of the sufferings they inflicted on the people whose territories they invaded, that they had the descriptions etched in stone on pillars and stelae.
A strange reply or rather argument. Two wrongs don’t make a right. Yes “the history of civilization is the history of barbarism” as Walter Benjamin said. But this does not abscond those who committed the barbarism upon humanity. If it is a question of who is worse, we’ll that is a separate debate, but again does not abscond anyone. In fact we need to acknowledge the brutality, the lies and atrocities committed by America as they most often try to take the moral high ground and sell themselves as “the good guys”. US foreign policy especially in the Middle Easy has been nothing short of terrorism in as terrorisms aim is to destabilize and undermine legitimate government or states. I’m not against American people. It’s just they have been lied to, indoctrinated with an idea that they are somehow superior. But look at your country now. You have nothing really to sell, to offer of real value. It’s time for honest self reflection. But I’m not sure they (you) are capable of this.
@@peterweber4094 to that end no one else has anything unique to offer either. Yes, we in the US need to hold our long-standing politicians accountable. And as society we need to wake up and realize all of our "outsourcing" and "globalization" has simply moved the slave labor for our goods to other countries. If we hadn't given up our manufacturing to countries like China, we would still be the number 1 producer in the world. The fact that we're able to have this debate and people can debate whether or not there's science supporting a binary sexual identity or a spectrum says something for the remains of the Pax Americana. Just as there never was a true "Pax Romana" no, the world hasn't ever fully known peace, and the western (and now eastern) military industrial complex has committed atrocities to serve the power and financial gain of global elites around the world. There are innovators in every country and county, there are still poets and true artists around the world. They're mostly need in favor of trash-a downward spiral we see in all civilizations across history as they peak (except this is the first time it's truly world wide). My problem is that every where I turn there is an overemphasis on specifically the US' shortcomings, and a purposeful sweeping-under-the-rug of any fault of the CCP or the USSR or any other Marxist based system. Not that capitalism is perfect, and not that Marx himself didn't have good points, but every time his philosophies have been implemented on a large, national scale, it's ended in fascism, tyranny, and tragedy. If I had it my way we would all only focus on the accomplishments on the national scale, and prosecute the individuals who ordered various atrocities. I want to celebrate the achievements of America, and China, and the UK, and so on and so forth. I want to remember our mistakes so as not to repeat them, and I don't want to be slapped in the face because greedy bastards have chosen to throw their hat into the fray of the most war-torn region on earth across history. And I realize there's a lot of nuances, which is the frustrating part of all of this. We can fault certain leaders across history for their greed, whether they wanted oil, land, gold, vassels, to please a priest, an imam, or simply flex their power. The US federal government is currently bank-rolling a very corrupt government's war with another very corrupt government, I'll gladly point that out. Just like if my brother is in the wrong I'll call him out every moment, but if he isn't hurting you, and your brother is doing something(s) that are far worse, it might be best to keep your mouth shut. I didn't disagree with the professor only that he's a hypocrite, and should know better than to cast stones in glass houses. The terrible thing about the world right now is there really isn't a single nation that isn't failing right now. Maybe India, I haven't heard about them protesting since the virus has slowed and the push for forced injections has slowed as well, but the media here doesn't do the best job covering the happenings there or in Africa, so I could be wrong. I guess eastern Europe (outside of the Ukraine) I don't here many negative things from liberal or conservative outlets either, so 🤷♂️. And Vietnam seems to be mostly happy, but I know they often follow the example of the CCP with a bit of delay, so we'll see if they continue becoming more classically liberal, or if they'll follow their northern neighbor and become more tyrannical again, time will tell. It's been fairly proven that all the superpowers are always meddling and destabilizing smaller nations as is convenient something the individuals giving such directions should be held accountable for. It's not just the US, and no, two wrongs don't make a right, but I can't vote out Xi and vote in someone that will recognize places like Nepal and Taiwan as their own sovereign countries, but I have and will continue to vote for candidates that don't start new conflicts, recognize smaller nations' sovereignty, and are more concerned with our internal problems than the external, and doesn't meddle unless it's helping other nations' leaders meet to find common ground and a road to peace. Those people exist, but the powers that be so not want them in leadership at all, which should be telling to us that they weren't actually the bad guys, even if they are assholes at times. Sorry this is so long. Midnight rants, I think we probably have a bit in common, and I acknowledge that I took something personally that obviously wasn't meant to be (the professor and video, not you), but like I said, I grow weary of only the US being evil, and no one else ever does anything wrong. It's a narrative, even from much of our own media, and it's... Awful, especially because they don't make it sound like a fault of the leadership (unless it's convenient to the powers), it's the fault of the people, specifically anyone that would want America to do good things and be excellent and rise the standards for ourselves so we're the best (producers, athletes, innovators, inventors, etc) in the world. Not by being other countries down, but lifting ourselves up, and hopefully other countries try to lift their standards as well and the world is better for it. We're told we're nazis and racists for such ideas. It has nothing to do with racism, and nazis can die an awful death, but if wanting my country to be the best (by means I mentioned, again not anti-others, just pro-us) makes me a nationalist... I think we've got a bad definition of nationalism, or have skewed it to mean something it doesn't. That's why I'm over explaining and generally frustrated with all of it. I see the US falling apart much like Rome, in slow, painful stages as corruption crept in to every facet of life and the desire foe excellence fell and pride fell and eventually it just withdraws into a shell of its former self until all of its good and bad and ugly is just a shell, and it's just meaningless, and when we were a banner for freedom, justice, potential. Not without faults, but able to work through them. Instead just a side stage stooge with formative documents that once meant justice and freedom, but like the Magna Carta become just a document people reference abstractly to make their point seem more valid. Maybe it's too late from stopping the US from becoming that, but that's the push back, that's the frustration. Because there was a country once designed to work things out for the good of all citizens, that rewarded merit, that praised excellence. Not without faults it continually tried to overcome them. After the assassination of JFK we haven't seen that, and I don't know if we ever will again, and if not here, then where? Will we have to wait 2000 more years for some band of people of all ages, with deep seated morals, to look at the successes and failures of this country and many others to set up a better one that gives power to the people and binds the government just enough to delay our prevent the inevitable tyrannical slip every nation falls to? All good things come to an end, but I'm not going to stand by silently and give my children a burning heap and say "well I didn't want to seem upset or crazy." We live in a time where people with morals, standards, and values, are seen as crazy and labeled extremist, at least in the western media. If wanting peace, striving for personal excellence, and holding myself to moral absolutes makes me an extremist... Then they're misusing the word extremist, and that's their problem.
Thank you for the rant. I do appreciate a passionate rant. Of course your latest response has merit - you love your country, and rightfully so - there are many things of which you as an American can be proud of. Recent events (2016 following) were a surprise to many of us outside the US. We did regard the US as the bastion of democracy, liberty and freedom. Of course what happened in the US seems to be part of a global trend, a reaction if we may to the shortcomings if not deceit of neo-liberalism. I have no answers. Like you only passions, convictions perhaps, yet I don’t want these to be cast in stone. I’m an rabid anti-capitalist. Capitalism makes a virtue out of greed, and a necessity out of exploitation. It has to be amended, curtailed or we will find ourselves disenfranchised slaves in a world overrun by billionaires and oligarchs. Our governments should serve the people. I think your constitution says it well - “the will of the people”. And what is this? It is as you say to live peacefully and in harmony with our fellow human beings. To this end may we recognize and celebrate our shared humanity and forgo of the hatred and vitriol. Bless you.
Btw I’m a keen hiker as well. Have on my bucket list to do the PCT one year.
Thank you.