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This video is supported by The Great Courses Plus. [DAVID] “I’m normal, my wife is normal, but my daughters are which more foolish than the other. Nancy writes lies about me, Diana’s the most hated woman in the country, Jessica’s missing off the face of the earth, and Unity is in the arms of… Hitler!” …
What is National Socialism? National Socialism. National Communism. Whoa? Wait a second. WHAT? Yeah. Let me explain. According to Marxists, modern society is capitalist. And communism is the goal. Socialism is what happens on the way to communism. (Yes, I’m being super simple here, but this is the basic gist.) For Hitler, socialism was the …
An economic and political philosophy – the founders of Communism have known to be Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels around the latter half of 19th century. When the two met in 1844 they found that their principles and ideologies were same. Published in 1848, together they wrote ‘The Communist Manifesto’. Their main aim was to …
North Korea is sometimes called the land of whispers; people don’t say things out in the open. They generally whisper to each other and then quickly walk away! It’s one of the most secretive places on Earth, it’s one of the most isolated countries on Earth, and as a visitor you much experience the same …
Most people agree that we need to improve our economic system somehow. Yet we’re also often keen to dismiss the ideas of capitalism’s most famous and ambitious critic, Karl Marx. This isn’t very surprising. In practice, his political and economic ideas have been used to design disastrously planned economies and nasty dictatorships. Nevertheless, we shouldn’t …
(REPORTER) Apartheid tore South Africa apart. Some say the white oppressors are now the persecuted. White farms are being robbed and farmers murdered. – Not only do they kill but the way they kill. They torture you. – The government says they’re crimes like any other, in a society where poverty breeds violence. – There …
i’m indy neidell and i’m here walking from home and this is sabaton history Adolf Hitler’s rise to power was as unlikely as his rule was catastrophic another song rice of evil it’s quite unusual in the sense that it doesn’t cover an armed conflict he’s gonna tell you about the song but first I’m …
His face is recognized all over the world. The young medical student who became a revolutionary icon. But was Che Guevara a heroic champion of the poor or a ruthless warlord who left a legacy of repression? Order, order. Hey, where have I seen that guy before? Ahem, your Honor, this is Ernesto Che Guevara. …
中国人常说他们国家有五千多年的历史。 对于确切的历史长度，人们可能持不同意见， 但是考古发现最早的王朝是商朝。 出土的青铜器、玉器和陶器， 最早可以追溯到公元前1600年，距今约有3600多年的历史。 考古学家还发现了刻有象形文字的甲骨， 甲骨文被认为是中国最早的文字。 商朝灭亡后，出现了周朝。 周朝建立了分封制网络构成的王权统治， 由诸侯王统治属地的王国。 周朝初期比较太平， 但是在476BC之后，出现了七个较强的诸侯国， 他们之间战争频繁。 这期间还出现了很多中国古代重要的思想家， 包括孔子和孟子。 经过数百年的战争，秦国和楚国脱颖而出， 最终秦国大败楚国，建立了中国第一个封建王朝，秦朝。 秦朝由中国第一位皇帝，秦始皇统治。 他加强了中央集权的力量，建立了立法律系统， 并在全国统一了度量衡，还有中国的文字。 它们和如今我们所知道的汉字不太一样，但是有着联系。 秦始皇对民众课以重税并开展了很多工程建设，包括修筑长城。 他还下令焚毁大量他所不满的书籍。 秦朝的历史很短暂，秦始皇于公元前210年去世。 他被埋葬在位于西安的一座大型陵墓中。 众所周知，秦始皇有6000个兵马俑， 还有大量宝贝作为陪葬，陪他度过后世。 秦末，刘邦起义反抗秦朝统治，并建立了汉朝。 汉朝建立了基于业绩军功晋升的官僚体制。 在此期间，国家也第一次采用了儒家思想。 孔子经典著作得到了修订，并用于指导国家统治。 汉朝中期出现了王莽篡位的短暂混乱。 东汉保留了大量史料，我们可以了解关于乐府， 祭祀，朝廷仪式，以及新农业技术的信息。 汉朝和罗马帝国基本上处于同一时期。 书经和新颖的文学形式都涌现于汉代， 此外还有纸张的发明，新农具和手推车的发展， 新的冶炼金属的方法以及新草药的问世。 汉朝的政治文化体制非常成功，成为后世效仿的榜样。 汉朝瓦解以后，中国的历史战争不断，而且十分复杂。 国家的统治和边界也发生了很多变化。 北方政权转移到丞相曹操的手上，他的儿子于公元220年继位。 魏国与蜀国和吴国展开了一场权力大战。 这三个国家之间的战争现在在中国历史上充满着传奇色彩。 魏国最终打败了其他的国家，但是自己也很快灭亡了。 在公元256年，西晋成立。 经过短暂的和平时期，并不多久，匈奴入侵。 中国北方被不同的少数民族占领， 也就是大家所熟知的“十六国”。 北魏是其中占领最大面积和延续最长时间的王国。 在公元317年，东晋由晋朝皇室建立， 但是在很大程度上是由土地占有者的支配的。 长江以南一带在东晋也非常混乱。 那个时期常被叫作六朝，一直延续到公元589年。 在这期间，许多宗教盛行起来， …
It’s time we stop Stalin and Marx this topic off the list. And if you’re hoping for something else, well Soviet. Oh god what have I done. Hello and welcome to Feature History. Brought to you by the Great Courses Plus, more on that later, and featuring the Soviet-Afghan war. A war where the battles …