The Punic Wars – An Overview
The Romans rose partially because they were willing to expand their citizenry more than other states around them.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8m1FetxWcYI
Tag: history
5 Evangelical Truisms that Aren’t True
5 Evangelical Truisms that Aren’t True
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQ-fgjgKfRY
The U.S. was NEVER a Christian Nation
At the nation’s founding, the Bible was not the most quoted text. This claim comes from a study that includes a lot of sermons reprinted on pamphlets, so, every time a religious sermon was printed on a pamphlet, which happened a lot back then, that counted as quoting the Bible. Additionally, these weren’t founding fathers quoting the Bible, but preachers preaching.
The most cited authors at the time of the founding were: Montesquieu, Blackstone, and Locke.
The period when the US Constitution was drafted has the lowest church attendance in US history.
The Federalists did not cite the Bible at all around the founding. The Anti-Federalists cited the Bible as nine percent of their citations. The Federalists, those who wrote the Constitution, did not cite the Bible when arguing for the Constitution. They believed in separation of church and state.
Christianity is a deep part of American culture and history, but people falsely exaggerate its direct role in the founding of the country.
Many state governments violated the principles of separation of state and church, but when the founders, who were sent by the states, came together to make a Constitution, they left such violations out of the new federal government and forbade acts that would create an established religion.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REHGXNX6pGQ
Explaining Mali’s Wars
A primer on Mali.
Mali is complicated with many competing groups, cultures, and tribes. One part of the story is that Muslims got radicalized and became terrorists.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkgpyAtRxY0
Why Britain Cares So Much About the Falklands
British people may have not cared if Britain negotiated away the Falkland Islands, but, because Argentina invaded, the British want the UK to hold it forever.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aaQWgd3guy8
How Iran Will Kill 80+ Years of US Global Hegemony
Throughout history, even before it became a global superpower, the United States fought to defend the freedom of the seas. If Iran forces the US to accept an extortionary toll on the Strait of Hormuz, it will be a great blow to the US-led order that allows trade across international waters without heavy fees enforced by deadly power.
Control of the Strait gives Iran control over the price of oil. If they want the price higher, they let fewer ships through.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2o4IUPNYAK0
How did the Indus Valley Civilization collapse?
Over much time, the Indus Valley Civilization deforested their area. Without the vegetation, floods got much worse, leading to the decline and fall of their civilization.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4yoRP9n3JY
The ‘family tree’ model of ancestry is all wrong | David Reich: Full Interview
History involved many genetic replacements. When countries find ancient bones buried in their lands, it’s usually the case that the people who live there now are not related to those ancient people.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0uKLW07Jlg
Tom Holland ‘De-Radicalising Muhammad’
If we take the literal purported lives of certain historical religious figures like Muhammad as a way to live our own lives, then that leads to immoral and barbarous behavior. It is better to see them as inspirations in some spiritual or mystical way.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5slk97ss2Q
The real Dracula was pretty fucked up.
The real Dracula was pretty fucked up.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ly3cSt5WbSE