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Giant cities, thriving civilizations. Literacy, art, trade Wonders, temples, and palaces. Then, nothing but cinder and ash [Intro Music] The Bronze Age Collapse is one of history’s greatest mysteries. All along the crescent, from modern day Egypt to Greece, there once existed spectacular ancient civilizations. Civilizations that have lasted thousands of years. That built wonders …
It was May of the year 334 B.C.E, and Alexander the Great’s invasion of the Persian Empire had just begun. For the moment, Alexander’s stated goal was to pursue a policy of liberation for Greek city-states living under Persian rule. At least, that’s what he was telling everybody, and at this point there was no …
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!” …
Captions are on! Click CC at bottom right to turn off. Get updates from @AmoebaSisters on Twitter and Facebook! I’ll never forget a circular red spot I developed on my arm when I was in elementary school. It left a lasting memory in my mind, because it was something called ringworm and, with my active …
Captions are on! To turn off, click the CC button at bottom right. Follow the amoebas on Twitter (@AmoebaSisters) and Facebook! There are a lot of animals that I have always thought are cool. Salmon, hairless guinea pigs, iguanas…silkie bantam chickens… But one day in my 7th grade science class, my teacher told us we …
I think like most people, I thought before I started this project that psychedelics were a product of the ’60s. And the word psychedelic is such a ’60s word. And it comes into our awareness with Timothy Leary and all of the counterculture interest in psychedelics. But in fact, there’s a much older history. I …
There’s been so much conversation recently about societal bubbles, echo chambers, media bubbles, personal algorithm bubbles. My newsfeed told me that everyone thought the same way I did. And there’s a conflict there. One of the biggest reasons that those emerged was that companies like Facebook at the end of the day you’re the product …
Dead of night, Glenrowan, Australia, constable Hugh Bracken lies tossing in bed. Fever runs through him. He begins to drift off, when a sudden banging jars him awake. Somebody’s at the door. He can barely think straight, but he stumbles slowly to unlock it. The second he does, the door slams open. A giant man …
The United States Constitution created a republic that has lasted for well over 200 years, but it was not the first national government of the United States of America. That distinction goes to the short-lived Articles of Confederation, without which the Constitution as it exists today might never have been formed. [Music] The British Parliament …
Tiberius drove government to standstill and broke all bounds of Roman tradition, deposing a tribune so that he might get his way but even as he pushed his reforms through with the people, other sentiments were brewing. Tiberius secured the vacated position of tribune for one of his clients and began the survey of roman …