Uneducated American Reacts to The History of the World, I guess 

Bro knows more one piece lore than irl lore

Blud be reacting to anything now😭

our boy gettin educated!!!

11:33 a big reason the merchant countries were really difficult to conquer was because since they made a ton of money from trade monopolies, they had the kind of money to where they could pay a private army of mercenaries from across the world to protect them

dude i literally love this video, i come back to it like once every six months to just watch it again. never expected to see you reacting to something like this 😭 but id love to see more reactions like this, that'd be dope

Love this react to anything arc please keep up. History of japan is next

"History of the entire world i guess" Is a masterpiece and imo one of the best videos in this site (im biased), didn't think you were gonna react to it though

That's our streamer!

I'd love to see him react to Oversimplified SO MUCH

Bro caught up to the history of the ENTIRE world faster than he caught up to one piece. Good to see you branching out to more diversed kinds of videos btw

Genuinely think this video should be shown in every high school and then could be broken down further by the teachers.

1947 is recent for our Ancient blud

I actually work with history/archeology channels! While "History Of The Entire World I Guess" is fun, a MAJOR issue with it is it almost entirely ignores the Precolumbian Americas, despite it being half the planet (Imagine if the video ONLY covered the Americas, but not Europe or Asia before 1500AD: That'd be crazy!). This is sadly common in world history stuff, since a lot of people don't realize just how much the Americas had going on. So below, I'm gonna give my summarized timeline of Mesoamerica (the Aztec, Maya, etc, that's my speciality), and I'll point out the few things Bill Wurtz's video does mentions via timestamps as it comes up. Click "Read More..." to see it below! The Preclassic Period (1400BC-100AD): In 1400 BC, in Southern Veracruz by Mexico's Gulf Coast, the Olmec site of San Lorezno becomes the region's first city in 1400 BC, but declines by 900 BC, where the more fully developed Olmec city of La Venta rises to prominence (which is where most of the giant heads are from, 9:27 in the video), this is also when writing starts to develop. In the following centuries, more and more cities rise, like the Maya cities of El Mirador and Kaminaljuyu in Guatemala; the Zapotec city of Monte Alban in Oaxaca, and the Olmec transforming into the Epi-Olmec. All 3 develop writing, and many other towns and cities of various cultures pop up in various parts of Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, etc. West Mexico is sort of isolated, but during the Olmec period the Capacha are a culture that developed independently and spread/traded pottery, but we don't know much about them. TheEarly Classic Period (100-500AD): By around 0-200AD, urban cities with state governments and writing (for the elite, anyways) had become the norm in Mesoamerica, marking the transition to the Classical Period. This is the period the Maya are are well most known for (tho they reached their absolute height more in the middle/late classic circa 500-700AD, 14:23 in the video), with many dozens of large, notable city-states & kingdoms, and thousands of smaller towns all over the Yucatan Peninsula, Chiapas, Guatemala etc. Down in Oaxcaca, The Zapotec too have formed many city-states, with Monte Alban in particular rising as the most politically powerful. In Central Mexico, in the Valley of Mexico (in what's now Mexico City) a volcanic eruption displaces much of the population, including the city of Cuicuilco, the most powerful city in the area. These displaced people immigrate into the city of Teotihuacan, which grows into a huge influential political and religious center (14:26 in the video, it shows it ~550 AD, which is actually when Teotihuacan began to decline), and with a population of up to 100,000, and eclipsing Rome in physical area, while also having a sewage system and housing even their commoners in lavish palace complexes; and is one of the largest cities in the world at the time (El Mirador was as well). Teotihuacan's influence reaches far across the region, establishing many far reaching architectural, artistic, and religious trends, such as the Talud-tablero archtectural style for pyramids, perhaps even conquering and installing rulers in Maya cities 1000 kilometers away. In western mexico, around the end of the preclassic and start of the classic, the Teuchitlan tradition, the first of Western Mexico's complex societies, emerges (maybe, again, Western Mexico's cultures are very understudied), though less so then the rest of the regi The Late Classic Period (500-900AD) In the latter half of the classic period, you see the rise of El Tajin as a notable influential center among the cities around the Gulf Coast in what's now Central State of Veracruz (the cities/culture there now referred to as the "Classic Veracruz") and Cholula as a notable city in Central Mexico; Monte Alban begins to fall in esteem, with the Zapotec city of Mitla becoming the most prominent city in Oaxaca instead. Teotihuacan begins to decline as well, and in the Yucatan, the cities of Tikal and Calakmul become essentially two super-power city-states among the Maya, centralizing Maya politics around them. Eventually Tikal and it's allies are able to put down Calakmul, shortly thereafter, you have the classical Maya collapse (16:44 in the video, tho this happened in 750-900AD, not 1100 like the video says), where due to a combination of political instability following this massive war, climate issues, and other factors, nearly all of the large powerful Maya urban centers in the southern Yucatan decline between 700 and 800 AD, with many other key centers around Mesoamerica also doing so. Throughout the Late Classic and Early-Postclassic, West Mexico develops many different city-states with increasing influence from the rest of Mesoamerica The Early Post-Classic Period (900-1200AD) Moving into the Early-postclassic, yet many other cities still thrive and survive, such as El Tajin and Cholula, as do Maya city-states in the Northern Yucatan, such as Chichen Itza and Uxmal. You begin to see the Mixtec in the Oaxaca and Guerrero regions begin to overtake the Zapotec in prominence, in particular a warlord by the name of 8-Deer-Jaguar-Claw conquered and unified nearly the entire southern Oaxaca/Guerrero region into an empire. 8-deer had the blessings and support of the Toltec in Central Mexico (namely the Lord of Cholula), who the Aztec describe as a massively influential and far reaching power in the region, maybe operating out of the city of Tula (16:46 in the video, tho as with Teotihuacan, the date listed, 1100AD, is when they allegedly fell), but these accounts of Toltec history and key rulers (such as Ce Acatl Topiltzin) are heavily mythologized. As a result, it's hard to separate history from myth (or from Aztec and latter Spanish attempts to twist Toltec accounts to justify their rule) and Tula probably was only the head of a medium sized kingdom. Around 1100 AD, the Toltecs fall, and 8-deer is overthrown and killed in an ironic twist of fate where the one member of his enemies family who he left alive rallied a bunch of subject cities against him; though Tututepec, a city he founded, would grow into a major state of it's own. The Late Post-Classic Period (1200-1521AD) In the 1200's, The Maya city of Mayapan comes closest to forming a unified Maya state, forming a political alliance of many of the city-states in the northern Yucatan. Due to droughts in northern mexico, you begin to see some groups of Chichimeca (nomadic tribes of Northern Mexico), the Nahuas, move further south into Central and Southern Mexico, and transition into urban societies. Notably many settling around the Valley of Mexico and the surrounding areas, led by the legendary King Xototl, displacing local Otomi cities/towns. In particular, the city of Azcapotzalco, which claims heredity from Xolotl, eventually dominates the valley. During the same time as all this in western Mexico, a Nahua group moved down into the Lake Pátzcuaro region, and takes over and becomes the ruling class of Purepecha city of of Pátzcuaro, which conquers many other cities in the area In the 1420's, due to a succession crisis in Azcapotzalco, one of it's two heirs assassinates the other, as well as the then king of Tenochtitlan, which was one of Azcapotzalco's vassal, tributary cities; as he also had had genealogical links to the Azcapotzalco royal line and also represented a succession threat. War breaks out, and Tenochtitlan, along with the city-states of Texcoco, and Tlacopan join forces and overthrow them, forming the Aztec triple alliance/empire. Over the next 100 years, they rapidly expand and conquer almost all of Central and Southern Mexico, including Otomi cities/towns in Central Mexico, Totonac and Huastec ones along the Gulf Coast (who now inhabit that area), Mixtec, Zapotec, and Tlapanec ones in Oaxaca and Guerrero, and many others. Back to Western Mexico, in the 1450's, Pátzcuaro is overthrown by the fellow Purepecha city of Tzintzuntzan, who rapidly expands to form the Purepecha/Tarascan empire, who would be the Aztec empire's only real competition and repel numerous invasions from them, preventing their expansion into city-states and kingdoms further West such as Colmia and Jalisco; With the Aztec and Purepecha unable to make each other budge, the Aztec expanded somewhat to the East like conquering Maya towns around Soconusco, as well as trying to besiege Tlaxcala to conquer, a republic ruled via senate in an adjacent valley (alongside Cholula, Huextozinco, and some other cities/towns Tlaxcala was allied with/ruled over) who had been able to escape conquest due to their defensible position (other notable unconquered enclaves being Tututepec, a remant of 8-deer's Mixtec Empire; the Tlapenec kingdom of Yopitzinco, and the Otomi kingdom of Metztitlan) This is the state of things when the Spanish arrive (21:14 in the video). ------------------------ So, yeah, despite the video covering hundreds of things... it only mentions 7 from Mesoamerica, which even in my summerized timeline, obviously had way more going on. Note also how even for those 7 things, Wurtz's video only more or less mentioned that the Olmec/Maya/Teotihuacan/Aztec exist, he doesn't go in depth with specific wars or kings like he does for stuff in Afro-Eurasia. And I didn't even get into other parts of the Americas: South America has it's own timeline of dozens of major civilizations (Norte Chico/Caral, the Chavin, Nazca, Moche, Wari, Tiwanku, Chimu, Inca etc); and in the US, you had town building socities in the Southwest (Pueblo, Hohokam, Salado, etc, who actually traded with Mesoamerica) and in the east (Poverty Point, Hopewelll, Mississippians; The largest Missisispian site, Cahokia, was actually bigger then London in it's heyday) and much more, and Wurtz's video only mentions 2 North and South America things. If people wanna learn more about all of this, "1491" by Charles Mann is a good starting place!

Bro sharing knowledge with us, mere mortals.

I love that he reacted to this, Bill Wurtz is a legend!! This is why I subbed!! Heisuten’s commentary always makes me laugh I hope he reacts to more shi like this

26:25 its not bcs they are crazy strong its bcs afghanistan in shithole full of mountains and caves. its nightmare to conquer it

I knew the primarch Jaghatai Khan from warhammer 40k was based off the mongols, but they literally had a region called Chagatai after the mongols collapsed.

Man, I started watching Hei because of OP and thought dis guy funny and entertaining. Now, I'm watching because he genuinely a cool, smart dude. Looks fun to hang out with, and talk about mind engaging. Nice bro!

Love hei watching random shit, especially the more popular videos during the 10’s. Brings nostalgia and having someone react from this day and age

I thought every youtuber has already reacted to this... I LOVE THOS VIDEO AND I LOVE THAY YOU ARE REACTING TO IT!!!!

The funny thing is about The 95 Reasons of Martin Luther’s written “complaints” is that it was satire. He was a writer I believe. Though everyone who read it took him seriously so he accidentally started the Protestant reformation.

Always fun seeing this vid make rounds again

Blud finished one piece now watching anything 🐘

The banks did fail, that's the joke. Back then, people genuinely thought the banks couldn't fail because of how rich they are, and that blind trust (and, tbh, stupidity) led to the economic crash of 2008

Every little sound bit gets stuck in my head for weeks everytime i see this vid

Honestly, as a long time fan of your channel, it's so nice seeing you branch out into other stuff. W hei as always

Such a great video, glad you reacted to it man

2:44 here comes the stars-yoi

Bro didn’t take world civ 😂 love this video and your reaction to it! Ready to see this weeks op!

I watch this video once a year! For almost the last 7 years lol Best video ever. Period.

Lol my grandparents were kids when India got independence. My grandad used to throw rocks at British cars

Alternative title: American learns history

Bro I lOVE this video I'm so happy you watched it!!!

fun fact, the intermission during this video is where you can fit The History of Japan video!

You can't possibly know everything. I loved watching your reaction!

NGL I love this new series Can't wait for more 🤣

Im lovin all these reactions

"where the hell are we?" Hi, you're on a rock floating in space

Man is doing side quests after catching up on One Piece 😂

I love that video starting from that *chef kiss* description of the Big Bang and early universe

28:39 Yeah as caricatural as Oda's characters may be, that's still our world he takes inspiration from.

"skelotons from elbaf"...nice 😂😂😂

The worst part of this video is he talks about all these different empires before Europe even comes close to what it is today, but only decides to mention slavery at the veeeery end with those European countries, as if all these other empires before did not have slaves. Nah you know, they treated the countries and cities they invaded like kings. Right...? Right?!

loved the reaction

You should react to oversimplified bro Like watch the "Napoleonic wars" or "punic war" or the ww2 video by oversimplified all are super good

Hei have you seen grave of fireflies??? Such a feel good happy anime movie. U should react to it. Its perfect. Wholesome and happiest/ funniest movie ever

26:55 I am from Oman and as you said each mention he says in the video has a lot into it, Omanis kicked the Portuguese from Oman coast and followed them to the east of Africa, then started a small empire so the Sultan (the king) that time lived in Zanzibar because of different reasons and a better control.

My boy searching up Apartheid 😭😭😭😭😭😭

your tidbit at 5:00 was neat. That is interesting, and might be the first case of symbiosis. Do you think mitochondria were developed before predation?

never thought your chat would become gigabrained

god I love all the one piece references to stuff XD "They had a reverie to decide on fucking africa" GFHJKL Yes tho

As a Mongolian its intriguing that ur interested in the mongolian part of the video

My stupid ass kept picturing Dio when he kept saying The World

Unexpected banger

classic Americans like you and me being completely clueless

Hei i love your reactions idc what you reacting to at this point djjdjd

I watch this video anually. Its a yearly tradition. Every fall. Every year.

Of course, this is just a general overview. There are still a tonne of events, kingdoms, empires and, above all, wars he hadn't had time to mention.

I cant wait for the update version! Popeyes chicken sandwiches massacre, Covid-19, Ukraine war, Israel VS the Ha-...I mean IRAN, Ethiopian civil war, China looking at Taiwan like it's candy, North Korea making nuclear weapons, Drake VS Kendrick Lamar, etc... 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

How is one a Christian without knowing the 12 tribes of Israel

He should react to all 3 Cosmos series lol

i guess you've never heard the phrase "the sun doesn't set on the british empire"? the phrase exists because at one point, britain owned so much land on the earth, _it was always daytime on some part of it._

I get all my education from Heisuten

Heisuten the goat

you should check out Fall of Civilizations and his Sumer video. Its honestly better than any national geograhics. His sources are translated tablets from 3000BC and explorers.

No way, American gets educated on World Geography and History.

29:18 this is the World Government killing off all Lunarians

Next react gotta be The entire history of Japan and then react to Shogun lol

“Ancient civilizations are the most intriguing things to exist” has about a 3rd graders grasp on history lmao

Need to see bro’s reaction to 1914 by Epic History! 🙏

bro is using his full potential as a humman

the entire world was owned first by the Mongol Empire, then Ottoman Empire, then British Empire, and now by the status quo trinity (USA, China, Russia).

Fun fact about the legacy of the Mongolian empire, every day is the birthday of approximately 43,000 of Genghis Khan’s descendants.

You should watch History Dose on the Mongol invasion series. Literally reads like fiction, but seriously cool art and commentary

Hei's now educational streamer??

A classic YT video

(Not so) fun fact. Spain pillaged the ancient American civilizations so hard that Spain’s economy collapsed when they brought all the gold with them back to Europe.

I lived through it and he ending pretty accurate. Government bailed out larger banks because so many people who had money in those banks wpuld have lost it all

I just did a paper about India like literally 1 minute ago, reading about 1947 and the partition Is super fucking horrifying

heisuten reacts posting education now

20:27 15th century is definitely over 100 years ago, you're right

W Hei for that one

I never heard of the mitochondria

also i will say unpopular opinion, colonization of Africa was bad but decolonazion was worst, let me explain, we as evrope colonized theme and we made theme civilized, but when we left we didnt give them any info on how to stay civilized, so when evrope ocupants left, local warlords used that power vacuum and took over, once again starting slavery, they reverted africa from civilization to basicly animal tribes. btw they are in this state even now. yes in 2024 there is still slavery in majority of africa, and they are still threted like animals by local warlords who now call them selves "presidents". this is why imho decolonazion was evrope biggest mistake

Borders are a new concept it was usually the people who lived there that defined borders

You should react to another of this video call history of Japan

BLUE LOCK S2 EP 1 PLEASE

french dollars is crazy 😭

Hmm,interesting title 😂

I hope you get to know more about the Islamic world Since it's the core of this world

18:55 "You learn a lot" That is my country, I HATE HISTORY CLASS BEACUSE OF IT. but we only learn about the locals not the invaders

Damn. For an American, you know a lot.

we just gonna react to anything now. aight im with it.

That was thorfinn arc, more like leaf Erikson arc in reality

earth has still the best wordbuilding out there

10:03 you mean like Alaska? And America was land that was "stolen" from Britain, who stole it from the natives...

They do teach world history in the USA most people just don’t pay attention

you should watch sam o' nella academy

react to "oversimplified" That one's Lit

28.50 as a Swiss I can and I do