He also demonstrated that he can't understand the concept of hyperbole or humor. 'NUH UH, THEY DIDN'T ACTUALLY VOTE SO HARD THE PLACE BURNED DOWN!' Yeah, no shit.
Great reaction and as others have said, the same guy has a "History of the entire world I guess" that's worth checking out, and it's aptly named - it covers big bang up through current day, so tons of stuff and it's trippy
This guy has somepretty awesome videos. 'history of the entire world, I guess' is one of the best. It'll blow your mind with how much he crams into 19 and a half minutes.
Bill Wurtz does a great job summarizing Japanese History if you're already familiar with it. When I first watched this Video I had no idea about Japanese History so I didn't understand most of he was talking about. Really the biggest "flaw" I could is that he kinda misrepresents Tokugawa Ieyasu. He wasn't just one of five dudes supposed to watch over Toyotomi Hideyoshi's 5-year old Son. He was there from the beginning slowly building his way up to the top. In Fact, he was there at the battlefield working for the Imagawa Clan, when Oda Nobunaga defeated them in his FIRST really big important battle at Okehazama (1560).
I think he has an entertaining teaching style, and keeping someone's attention and getting someone engaged is an underrated part of teaching. If at the very least he gets you interesting in a subject and makes you want to learn on your own about xyz topic, mission accomplished.
For me, the Sengoku period is the one I learned the most about... I mean shit Inuyasha is set in that era... and the demons it's all symbolism.. that era fucking sucked ass to be alive in Japan in.
Some fun facts about Japan's name: Originally called "wa", the "wa" prefix is still used in some compound words. Like 和食 (washoku - Japanese food) The character is different, though, so this might just be coincidence. There actually is no official pronunciation for 日本 (Japan), which is why you can find both "nihon" and "nippon" being used. "nihon" is far more popular, though. The name 日本 doesn't really mean "sunrise land". The characters are "sun" and "book". The second can also mean "origin", so I personally like to think it is "origin of the sun", but that is just me jumping to conclusions and not backed by anything.
my japanese teacher told us the characters translate to origin of the sun when we were learning kanji (she often gave us translations of the characters with the actual word to help us learn them) so i think your conclusion is valid
it can be interpreted in any way. "sunrise land" is what english wikipedia likes to translate it as as well but it's not like it "really means" anything besides "origin of the sun" which can... be interpreted to mean anything really. same thing with how japanese translators fought over the meaning of the governments response to 黙殺 / mokusatsu being translated as "ignore" vs. "withhold comment" before the bombing of hiroshima / nagasaki when neither one is technically any more correct because the original compound is still semantically ambiguous
Just been watching this after being recommended your video on HIstory Of The Entire World I Guess. I appreciate your added historical knowledge, but I'm so glad you refrained from saying anything about the nukes. That part of his video is underscored perfectly by the removal of all the little jingles he uses throughout the rest of it
I would say that you came into this knowing quite a lot about the history of Japan, all things considered. Also, as others have stated, 'History of the World, I guess' is a must if you enjoyed this one.
This video brushes over a lot of things, but I think that thanks to this video there are a literally millions of people who have a working knowledge of Japanese history who would never have had it before
You should also check out history of the entire world i guess. Also a note: from what i understand, the history videos he made were partially to promote his music.
Very nice. I've been a fan of Japanese language and culture for many many years. I silent some time there a few years ago and loved it, can't Walt to go back. I filmed a number of videos for my channel there and have written some articles for a travel site.
just so you know, the "died in a tornado" line about the mongols used to be corrected into "tsunami" by an annotation back before youtube took them away
I believe Japan is officially referred to as the "land of the rising sun" but I know a lot of music refers to as, and it might be the literal translation, "house of the rising sun."
@@SeekingHisWill78 I never knew that house of the rising sun referred to New Orleans. Learn something new every day. My brain attributed it to Japan because of the rising sun correlation
@@ndrwprtr japan is written as 日本, with 日 meaning sun and 本 having various meanings but in this case it means "origin", such as in words like 本音 (original / true intention), 元々 (originally), etc. So it just means "sun's origin" when translated literally.
Fun fact, the first western samurai came from the city I live in, his name was Will Adams and the main character from the Nioh games is based on him ^^
On your own time you can check out his awesome sometimes depressing, sometimes ecouraging and sometimes hilarious short music/comedy videos. They make you feel high as a kite.
The Dutch had quite a powerful navy, but they were much bigger as a trading nation because they didn't care about ruling and spreading religion very much, that's why the Japanese let them trade. This was not a matter power but rather a matter of also being humble enough.
My High School in Seattle offered Japanese as a foreign language to study. I often wonder where my life would be if I took that instead of continuing with French that I started in middle school.
There's a series on netflix about that that era of conquering japan. I wouldn't have know anything about it without this clans and who's kid will be or will not be the next shogun. Without any knowledge it would be probably pass for me.
The old samurai were not demonized at all during the Meiji restoration. They were literally the "lord class" of European countries in comparison and the reformation would strip them of their power as if they were ordinary citizens, causing them to rebel.
Monkey Fun should be relevant to fans of Dragon Ball Z. This is where Journey to the West that was originally a Chinese fairytale was adapted for the Japanese.
as just about everyone else has mentioned, you need to check out the video history of the entire world I guess thats by the same guy. With that said be prepared because it is probably the most information dense video on youtube.
slight correction: the marshall islands is an independent country that is freely associated with the US. this is a new kind of relationship created by the US between itself and 2 other island nations, all in the pacific Micronesian region. Basically, the agreement has the US govt invest money to these islands for the benefit and development of these young countries, while giving the US more allies with strategic military locations in the pacific in the case of another world war
Martin Luther's translation of the Bible from Latin to German was hugely influential though, so you can't claim that latin dying out takes away from his importance. it was essential in establishing a form of standard (written) German. of course, his antijudaism would also be very influential.
11:15 you mention that the US ends up with the Marshall Islands as part of their territory, but I think you may have meant the Mariana Islands. The Marshall Islands are currently an independent country, although they are a part of the Compact of Free Association which lets their citizens serve in the US army along with other benefits.
And a good chunk of the rest fucked off to try and do a democracy. Well... A democracy exclusively for samurai because of course it's exclusively for samurai. Also: They failed. Apparently gatling guns don't give a fuck about your kenjutsu. Or torso.
There is a bit more subtlety to why the bombs were dropped then the US was curious. The alternative was invading mainland Japan. Conventional bombing was already killing hundreds of thousands. And then racism.
Kraut's video on Japan's descent into militarism/fascism is good. Just saying Also, w/Russia distracted, Japan should take the islands. It just should. They want to, anyway
i love how "jesus" should bring evryone some kind of love peace n shit but ALLWAYS ends up "uhm ... u dont want jesus ? ok lets make them want jesus REALLY HARD AND VIOLENT" .... xD
I mean, lets face it, the Samurai had it coming, the entire history of Japan shows that the Samurai were cunning, and basically didn't care for Politics, who's to say that they wouldnt just dethrone Meiji or Taisho, they were also very strict coming from more than a century of Tokugawa's segregatory ideology, and with Japan trying to become international, it just wouldn't work.
