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The Roman Empire didn't actually fall after the conquest of Rome, the Western Roman Empire did. But the Eastern roman empire existed for around another 1 thousand years.
Its funny what you said about the perception of Pre-Columbian civilizations because when you read the Spanish accounts from conquistadors and friars they don't describe the Mesoamericans or Andean civilizations as "primitive" or "savage", even though they condemned the blood sacrifices/pagan religions, (even then they respected their ethics and understood their beliefs, even finding some parallels with them to Christianity like baptism, ritual confession, etc). This quote from Hernan Cortez himself summarizing the Aztec people/society shows they found them to be a sophisticated people and respected their achievements: "But to avoid being prolix in describing the things of the city (though I would fain continue), I will not say more than that, in the service and manners of its people, their fashion of living was almost the same as in Spain, with just as much harmony and order; and considering that these people were barbarous, so cut off from the knowledge of God, and other civilised peoples, it is admirable to see to what they attained in every respect."- Third Letter to Charles V (when the Spanish say "barbarous" in that sense theyre referring to a sort of "spiritual barbarity" ascribed to civilized pagans such as the Greeks or Romans, aka non-Christians)
These strange similarities to Christianity are a subject of some historical "conspiracy theories", that some of the Apostles could have reached America, successfully convert some of their ancestors and maybe establish a short-lived isolated church, that due to the obvious lack of contact with the Old World ceased to exist within decades or centuries. And leaving only these vestiges and mentions in their mythology about white, bearded men, who came, tought them some doctrines/technologies, and left.
@@_Dovar_ Yes, however there are no genuine mentions of "white bearded men" in actual native accounts (Quetzalcoatl or Viracocha specifically) and those have been proven to be post colonial myths/interpretations. For example Montezuma never thought Cortes was a returning god, despite what pop culture says. They are never described as being white and beards do appear in Native American men but they're just more rare, and they often shaved or plucked their facial hairs since in many native cultures it was not the norm. But considering the Mesoamerican "parallels" to Christianity (or Roman Catholicism specifically) including practices like baptism, confession, fasting, penance (although with bloodletting often), and even the concept of sacrifice itself and ritual cannibalism (which the friars compared to the Eucharist, albeit a distortion of it), its very easy to see why those conspiracies (and many other theories) got so popular
The humans of the digital era were fat, prone to addictions, and antisocial. The average human of the time enjoyed a 40-hour work week with free time spent scrolling for some sort of sense of the connection they truly desired. Living paradoxically more close and connected than ever before yet so distant at the same time. They lived their lives working towards owning a home, yet most would never fulfill this dream hopping appartments until a lonesome and quiet death.
meso-ammerica is still underestimated in this video unfortunately, their structures rival all classical european structures. Even now, cities with millions of population are have been discovered in the amazonian rainforest; rainforests being known to have very weak soil hence they had to have the sophistication to feed all those people as well.
I really enjoyed learning about the shift from the Paleolithic to the Neolithic Age in this video. It's amazing how farming changed everything for human societies.
Im starting to think these ages are more spread out than what we perceive today. Especially the mesolithic, neolithic, and the bronze age. Look into the younger dryas theory and the works of graham hancock. Its very intersting stuff.
Great video but there some thing i want to point out. firstly, you did not point out that the end of the bronze age happened because of a collapse and not simply because of a conversion. Secondly,even though you are mostly right when talking about ancient near east, you made it seem that ancient near east are the second Civilization that come after european Civilization, while in reality it's the first Civilization this is because don't mention the Mesopotamians as the first Civilization in the world and because you separate bronze age from ancient near east even though the all bronze age Civilization except for Greece are located at middle east. Thirdly, before the Egyptians fall to the Greeks they fall to the Persian first. Fourthly, Odoacer does not invade Rome but only depose Romulus Augustus (which are illegitimate in the first place) but that aside this is a great video
I know this is a super brief overview video but I think you could add a sentence or two in the Neolithic age that mentions that not everyone in the world became farmers. Also a sentence about the eastern Roman Empire when mentioning “the fall of Rome”
My face when the Mayan calendar only goes to 2012 because they expected to be alive to extend it (Christopher Columbus is about to pull the prank of his millennium)
It’s 2024, “known world” to who, natives still live. And Iron is comparable to bronze in strength. Didn’t even put effort into researching the clothing. Europeans even at the time of chancing upon these lands did not have that crane like contraption shown. Just so you know, it wasn’t steel that helped Spain, it was the native allies that won the battles and helped Spaniards. I recommend Ancient Americas, a RU-vid channel that should help you learn. Thanks for reading.
The Mayans did predict the end of the world because in 2012 trump ran for president for the first time because he didn't like being made fun of by a black man
Video idea: pre-colonial Africa since all the societies could probably have their own explanation and you completely left that period out this video. Sorry for the shade, but there was plenty happening on that continent outside of Egypt
I think this kind of video will start a comment war, depending what he say and what he counts as one, sorry if i'm abit rude it just sound a bit too much "politics".
