How the Silk Road Made the World | Full Documentary 

I love how important inventions and progress was made not by one culture, but by many together

0:55: 🌍 The Silk Road trade route connected the east and the west, shaping the world and creating a globalized society. 8:28: 🐎 The domestication of horses and the development of the recurved bow were key innovations in the history of cavalry warfare. 14:29: ⚔ The invention of the composite recurved bow and socketed arrowheads revolutionized warfare in Central Asia. 20:21: 💥 The development of cavalry in ancient warfare and its impact on Chinese military. 25:59: 🐎 The rise and impact of horse archers on the Silk Road and Eurasian history. 33:42: 🐎 The combination of stirrups, long swords, lances, and articulated plate armor allowed medieval knights to become powerful shock weapons on horseback. 41:34: 💥 Gunpowder, a Chinese invention, revolutionized warfare in Europe in the 13th century. 48:24: 💥 The Battle of Crecy marked the beginning of the end for Medieval knights and the rise of gunpowder as a decisive weapon. Recap by Tammy AI

As someone who has been learning English through watching RU-vid videos, I found this video very informative and refreshing. Thank you, from Tokyo, Japan. (It’s refreshing” since I’ve been in a bit depressed mood recently. For some reason, watching videos on ancient history seems to reduce my stress.)

How lucky we are to have free access to these sort of educational videos! Thank you 🙏

The best I've seen so far from Get.factual. I like the honesty in the presentation about where inventions like horse warfare and gunpowder actually came from. Students who have only been taught Western history have no idea that Chinese and other Asian societies were equally advanced, and in some cases advanced in the arts of civilization before the west. China and what is now Cambodia (at Angkor Wat) had cities of a million or more people at a time when London and Rome counted only a few dozen thousand. They had running water and urban sanitation systems, textile industries, and high culture, including epic written works, at the same time, or in some instances earlier than western civilization. You cannot have a proper history that just completely overlooks half of the planet. Get. factual deserves credit for being realistic about that.

Excellent documentary! So many fascinating and never thought of, at least by me, details about the progression of humanity via various mindsets and achievements. Not sure if this is a series... hope it is so I can enjoy and learn more.

Thanks for interesting historical - Silk Road trade between east & west ....🙏

Excellent documentary . Well presented & very interesting & informative. Thankyou.

Hello, where can I get that amazing map at 15:45? It's wonderful how a great map can lend insight into history and the movements of people. Love all the details re compound bows. Great job, thank you for your efforts.

Entertaining and informative.

this was very educational and helpful

This was a prolific documentary i was so staggered with the flow of information it seemed like a chain each one of them leaded to another one.thanks a lot 🌹

So cool. So many smart people leaving comments. I'm pretty obsessed with Central Aisa,so I'm in my glory now.

Waiting for next episode.

You should also make a documentary on Indian Ocean Trade a.k.a maritime silk road. It is very underrated.

Knowledge of paper making was spread from East to West. After the Battle of Talas in 751 CE, Abbasid forces capture Chinese artisans whose knowledge of paper making spread into the Islamic World and then into Europe. Before that, people in the Middle East & Europe used velum, a leather parchment.

The man said: The largest conquest empire that the Earth has ever seen , very proud of Mongol empire🌟😮

This is excellent, thanks.

This is actually one of the more fascinating of documentaries on the subject matter.

It was an enjoyable, informative documentary about Slick Road effectiveness on war weapons progressed during historical decades

The horse used to do fast attacks is what is called a Akhal Teke in modern times and by the Chinese the Heavenly Horse among other names along the silk road .

As I watch these documentaries about ancient history and battles, I really wonder about the support logistics for the size of the armies -- 40,000 Roman soldiers, 10,000 soldiers, including cavalry, and so on. Where did they get food supplies for 40,000 soldiers, not to mention the horses. Even allowing for foraging along the way, it takes pretty lush pasturage to support even 100 horses on the move and if the army is encamped for days or weeks, it becomes more problematic. I should think archaeologists would be digging up mass graves at these ancient battle sites and I don't hear anything about that. Did they not bury the dead, but leave them to be scavenged? If anyone has any insight about these things, please share.

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The earlies documented mass production was the early Chinese interchangeable bronze crossbow triggers. The metal arrow points if researched would predate this claim. The middlemen in the spice/silk trade was the Sogdian metchants overseeing the entire route system as business men. Their story and culture is another fascinating aspect.

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TKS ❤❤❤ this is Episode 1 of 3😢

Nepalese Newar merchants and artisans of Kathmandu Valley crossed the Himalaya and traded on the Silk Road from a thousand years ago.

Sooo… episode 2? It’s been a month 😕 also… any chance of uploading _Ancient Egypt: Chronicles of an Empire?_ I can’t find it anywhere 😔

swim bladder glue must be invented by chinese. its considered an expensive nutrition supplement in ancient chinese medicine/ cooking since at least 2000 yrs ago according to ancient chinese text. it is still consumed in large quantities in southern coastal china in fujian, canton, hong kong. swim bladder is called flower-glue in cantonese cooking.

BTW, the scene on 40:15 where ordinary townspeople looking at and smelling unfamiliar spices is completely false. Spices were so expensive that even many aristocrats could not afford. Actually, they were dearer than gold of the same weight

Ah, the hose archer. The fighter jet of the ancient world.

Another must for the cavalry: trousers.

Great

Having no cavalry and chasing down units of horse archers in total war is the absolute worst! I empathize with the first Roman army to fight the Parthians lol.

Comanches used just short bow you did not need recurve bow for calvary

Have any of you read Thomas B. Costain's "The Black Rose? Granted, it's fiction, but quite detailed, and historically correct. Having been fascinated in history since I was a child, I studied it through 'University And Beyond,' just for fun, and I'm developing a bit of a solid library. That means that I can now comprehend a faint glimmer of Western and M.E. Civilizations, but not the Far East. Have any of you had similar experiences to these? Much respect to all of you. You are truly a learned clowder of cats.

The most important phrase in all these scenarios is “History suggests”. In other words, all these reports are based on interpretation of events and findings. You could speak to another historian, and they would give you a completely different interpretation of events

Thank you for the video. I grew up reading about The Spice Road due to spices being the overwhelming trade commodity. Silk was merely one of the products traded. Also there were many different routes including important maritime routes. The "silk road" is not only misleading but denies the many international routes that still are maintained and now elaborated in importance in our modern world. Romantically I refer to this early area of international contact as When the Legends Began. A modern genre of literature which has exploded in popularity is The Silk Road Fantasy category. The Spice Road appears eternal.

where is part 2?

Letter B is from recurve Bow

The Battle of Crecy in a documentary about the silk road. How did that get there I wonder?

Up to page 16:42 we have actors using bow and arrows. They were not directed correctly to use the thumb to hook the string but to use index and mid fingers. Next they were not directed to use outside arrow rest but use inside arrow rest of modern style archery both are unfavorable for rapid launching for war.

Narssis is Greek words. Na- Reun- Ha- Da( korean phrase,became weary from Nal- Eu- Da/ transport mountain rocks), so he took a nap after carrying stuffs. Greek Olympic stars must be handsome and strong to work any heavy works. Later he must have took show business job which was easy or gladiators with iron armors but That avenue took him to Nal- Ak/ Na- Rock- Eui- Ro- PPa- Juh- Deul- Da into Tang- Za.

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6:00 Crassus was a fool. Maybe just a tiny mention of the abysmal performance of Roman leadership during this attempt at military glory by Crassus. He might have been wealthy, however, Pompeii had a loud fan club. Nice presentation , reminds me of Connections.

Hi there is a signifcant error in historical information at 9:24 of this film There is said ...'' 160.000 -170.000 B.C. ?????

That guy with a bow is look like young Gaddafi

A difference between the Indo-European culture and the east Asian culture is Individualism and community. Indo-European cultures are more concerned about individualism while east Asian cultures are more about community.

Parthian Ingenuity: “Bring in the Hammer!”

With all that talk of bows and arrowheads I'm surprised no mention was given to the stirrup. I notice how all of the riders in this video are using stirrups. I've seen quite a bit of conflicting information on the use of stirrups in Asia, with introduction dates ranging from 800 BC up to 200 BC.

Parthians never used stirrup because it wasn't invented much later in the east

….Don’t think I’ve ever seen anyone as old as this host is, moving, riding-and talking- so fast….

The old man horse and bow guy is a wee bit hyper

Love they had Mike Loades

Listen CAREFULLY AND ANALYZE ALL THE INFORMATION

I don’t understand why Chinese have to say about the nomadic archery. This should be addressed to nomadic people that used and manufactured these recurve bow.

First Century Romans didn't need the silk road. After they gained control of Egypt they sailed down the Red Sea, across the Indian Ocean to India where they traded for silk and spices. This was much faster than going overland. Roman vs Parthian was not about which is better infantry or cavalry, it is about geography. Roman infantry was designed for the rocky, hilly, forested terrain of Europe. Parthian cavalry was designed for the Eurasian steppe. Roman or Parthian victory depended on the terrain that the battle was fought upon.

No mention of the Wusun? They helped the Han fight the Xiongnu . And Turkic speaking peoples also . I know it’s complicated for a short doc. But the Han were also able to divide the Xiongnu northern and southern

This video is about the development of ancient warfare, not about the exchange of goods and ideas between east and west. It barely mentions the 'silk road'.

they didnt talk about parthian inventions and achimenid empire vs greeks and romes rivalary with parthia

32:17 "The western Roman empire was plunged into chaos, as barbarian tribes, dissatisfied with their lot, rebelled against Roman authority, and weak Roman emperors failed to crush them." -- sounds familiar⁉

WHEN THEY WERE DISORDER FORTY THOUSAND ROMANS CATHOLIC CHURCH SENT TO REMOVE ALL THOSE WHO WERE STOPPING THEM FROM STEALING THE SILK WORMS

Composite bow was made in central asia and Scythian were collective nomads who roamed from eastern Europe to east easia

The one aficiado speaker says Attila the Huns cavalry vanished without a trace after a raid. Well, definitely an exaggeration. Probably less of a trace than an army, of course, but a tracker could obviously see horse tracks, etc., plus the obvious ruins and carnage! But otherwise I liked his contribution to the story, about how quickly the Hun cavalry appeared. Also, I'm surprised Arabian horses are among the world's most desirable rather than the steppe horses discussed here. I guess because the steppe ones weren't racehorses.

recurved bow

That was a Sassanian cataphract, not Parthian.

Every documentaries is a political enhancement so did this one,while its okay for certain view points it is is not half story let alone the full but I enjoyed it.

The Hun was the Xiongnu that were defeated by the Han Chinese. After the defeat, they migrated west. The Kushan empire was by the Yuezhi people that were defeated by the Xiongnu. Both of them were on the north of ancient China. The Yuezhi people migrated west to central Asia, defeated the Saka people there and established the Kushan empire.

no one but me knows this but there was an even bigger silk road that went from Canada to the great lakes, down the Mississippi to Saint Luis down the Mississippi to New Orleans around the gulf through Texas and Mexico to Mexico city down to the Yucatan and probably ending somewhere around Columbia maybe even Peru?

I knew for the first time that why called Silk Road over this footage,Chinese govern might be want revival again of this Eurasia path through the project so called one belt one road

actually china invented guns,bombs and canons and spread across europe for them compete amongst themselves while upgrading the existing weaponry to new height

My DNA Haplogroup U5 b1 b2 is connected directly with the Princess Xiaohe (The little river princess of Tarim Basin of Loulan) Bronze Age and a Neolithic Group in Southern Caves of France.

Very unpleasant that Bashkortostan is called south russia. 😢

Early horses were'nt strong enough to carry a rider, they had to be bread into it. That's why chariots preceded cavalry. Early horses could pull a chariot easily.

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Why this insistence in using “bce”. Did the date years change once the decision was made to use BCE instead of BC ?

LITTLE BILLIONS DO NOT KNOW THAT THE ROMANS CATHOLIC WAS THE SMUGGLER OF THE SILK WORMS INFORMATION FROM MARCO POLO'S FILMS

Scary woman at 31:30 in the picture. CHECK IT OUT!

10:00 dude is wrong, Calvary was around before chariots showing Mongolians that ruled like 2800 years in a different part of the world is a weak example. Im sure the people that built the chariots road horses 1st prior to building chariots.

Can u pls change the title of this documentary, most of the video is about horses and cavalry.... Not silk road no offense

Asia supplied the world back then, and it continues to supply in modern times.

Spice Road 🤔

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All that is old They were using arrows in times of the mongols and before

Well narated...but biased. As there's no mention of advanced Cavalry and Bows/arrows being used in the Indian Peninsula at least 2500 BC, which is recorded history and also in available Archaelogical findings...!

I pity the fool that listens to this grandpa's bedtime stories, lol. He speaks with an enthusiasm for horror that would make Alfred Hitchcock proud.

Jumping on the back of a horse is easy? Especially if it doesn’t want you to? Then factor in no saddle, no bridle, no bit, no stirrup… way later, and all had to be invented as you go. Probably way less dangerous to have them pull you on a platform with wheels.

at 43:34 chinese buddhist scroll dating 950 CE?? are you sure ?? buddha was born around 500 CE !!

LoL Chinese describing Mongol army is like Irish describing Arab lifestyle. LoL

While we in the West called it the Silk Road, the Chinese called it the Horse Road or the Gold Road.

Really corn was traded on the silk road???????

How the heck did gunpowder end up in England before Genoa? The Genoese and Venetians (rivals) dominated trade on the eastern silk roads and conveyed all these goods to the West. If gunpowder was discovered in the far East and then made its way west via silk routes, how'd it end up all the way in England first? Makes no sense.

They chase after new young threads into massacre ,scare tactics, trendy looks into disaster cosmetic bone cut but theirs name others as dreamers.....climbers....... They are nobody's fool/ grass/ sticky glues....

The new "SILK ROAD" will do exactly the same America is scared .

So much wrong points..but kept watching as fantasy documentary..but bit about Mongols and silk road is true.. It was they who perfected short curved bow

Same thing in reference to Visgoths and Roman Empire will shortly happen in the USA . OUTCOME WILL BE THE SAME .

Pisces age of expansion of 'Peace & War '....... Double confluence fish tale War & Peace ...not War alone

Another important reason for the success of the Turks was their superior military technology and art of war. These nomads from the steppes could be credited with introducing the age of the horse'. The Turks used iron stirrup and horse- shoes that reinforced their striking power and the stamina of the cavalry, while horse- shoes provided greater mobility to the horse, stirrup gave the soldiers a distinct advantage.

jade they said but in reality it just some other glass like rock.