Paul Cooper, you have probably created the best group of documentaries ever presented on KZread. You are adding to my knowledge, and I thank you for it. It is so much easier to learn when the narration is not being overpowered by thundering music and sound effects.

@FallofCivilizations

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Yes, I like to create a peaceful atmosphere on the show.

@spacelemur7955

2 жыл бұрын

I have a tip for another great channel, albeit in evolutionary science. Aron Ra's _Systemic Classification of Life._ Simply magnificent.

@judikingsman6132

Жыл бұрын

I am distracted by the music and sound effects.

@jbbryson8047

Жыл бұрын

Amen. Genius work. Paul, keep ‘em coming.

@jbbryson8047

Жыл бұрын

Ok. But the background music loses me. Is this intentional?

The background sounds make me feel like me and a guide are walking through the past without anyone being able to see us. As we walk the streets and hear the sounds, see the sights, and smell the smells of a teeming city. All the while like a time traveler knowing what lay ahead for this beautiful civilization. Truly a remarkable podcast!

@FallofCivilizations

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you, this is a really beautiful description!

@rjones83061

3 жыл бұрын

yup, agree with you.... the has Talent !!! just like being 'there'

@WalkOutTV

2 жыл бұрын

Listening to them of 300 mics of lsd turns your kitchen tiles into struggling empires

The audio and speaking negates the need for visual. I am humbled to listen and learn from such a masterful source. Thank you for such a treasure in this series.

Love this podcast! Thank you for doing us khmer people justice. The Khmer and cambodia have endured a lot but we’re still here and our culture is strong! 💪🇰🇭 sad how the west and others took awhile to admit that these local rice farmers built one of the most beautiful cities in world

@mutt3162

6 ай бұрын

And now this Westerner wants to experience the culture and people of Cambodia even more. This country is now very high on my bucket list!

This is the best history Channel on KZread.the amount of work put into these documentary are super😁

Shown up on my feed earlier in the week. This podcast has accompanied me on my long drives this week and im sad to say i have just 2 left 😭. What you have created is simple and and elegant. Its just beautiful knowledge that you dont even realise you are soley listening to, I swear im there in some of the scenes you depict. Thank you for putting this together and i hope this is something you can continue.......if in the future you run out of civilisations please just make them up i will continue to listen haha

@JazzyllamaSI

3 жыл бұрын

Perhaps, you can start with the most powerful families in the world who change or contributed to society. Like "The Borgia's."

Thank you so much for your podcasts, they are the most informative and easy to listen to, I am thoroughly enjoying them. I feel like I’m just now learning about our world and I’m 72 yrs old!

The description of the banyan was my favorite part. 👍

These podcasts do an excellent job of immersing you into the civilization no tv show or movie has done for me

Angkor Wat's temples are majestic! This was my favourite episode. Southeast Asia isn't usually covered but you did it perfectly!

@FallofCivilizations

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much! Really appreciate the support and encouragement.

your peesentations are awesome thank you.

@FallofCivilizations

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed.

Thanks for the hard work. This was an amazing listen.

Thank you Paul for sharing your time with us I been to Cambodia in 2000 angkor never been lost its very awaken place Blessing to you from shiprock navajo nation rez

@FallofCivilizations

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks my friend, really appreciate it!

This series is really nicely done. Love the music and sounds effects to set the scene.

@FallofCivilizations

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks, I take appreciate it!

@darkdefender6384

4 жыл бұрын

So true!

@fireflyember2488

3 жыл бұрын

7

@fireflyember2488

3 жыл бұрын

7

@fireflyember2488

3 жыл бұрын

6I66

This series is among the very best of KZread. Just phenomenal.

i discoverd this podcast just two days ago and this is my first one that i heard complitly. I am specless how well its made!! next to go with the others. a new subscriber for sure:)))

@darkdefender6384

4 жыл бұрын

maligjokica they are gripping

Just discovered these episodes! Brilliant with a very calming tone to it

One of the best channels I’ve found through the internet! Watch these to go to sleep repeatedly and hope the channel continues to grow well

@BmoreIrish

Жыл бұрын

Same here. I’ve listened to all of the episodes multiple times to fall asleep.

My god this is one of the most beautiful podcasts I've across in a long while, good work! The closing of this episode really helped put perspective of our own global civilization, which I feel is dangerously close to entering planetary hospice.

@FallofCivilizations

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you, that's very kind of you to say!

Mr. Cooper, thank you for such a great series. I listen to a new one every night before bed. When I’ve gone through them all, I start over. 😊

@FallofCivilizations

Жыл бұрын

Really glad you like it!

Excellent video and clearly beautifully researched, however the sheer volume of ads placed sporadically in this video make it so hard to follow. Love the content

So much information delivered in such a beautiful way. Your voice is soothing and easy to listen too. Thank you for your work. ❤

This popped up on my screen just now. U did this piece 4 years ago. Thanks. I planned to move there when retired.

I rarely comment but i feel like i have to now. These are just so well made and fascinating. Best history channel on youtube!

@FallofCivilizations

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you Mats, I'm really glad you think so!

i'm paiting our house while listening to this. i enjoyed this alot. great story telling. tnx.

@FallofCivilizations

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for listening! Good luck with the painting.

This is incredible. I wish you so much success with this series. Somehow, just visualizing your stories gives me pictures i enjoy more than tv documentaries. Absolutely superb man!

@FallofCivilizations

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you! That's really kind of you to say.

Thank you for these audible journeys to archeological excavations and ancient times.

I believe these presentations the be required for all high school students. Informative and enjoyable.

Thanks for uploading! Looking forward to another great podcast.

@FallofCivilizations

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks, hope you enjoy! 😁

Very professional broadcast, thank you!

Your podcasts are outstanding, thank you so much for your contribution.

Excellent as always. Already looking forward.

@FallofCivilizations

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks, really glad you enjoyed!

I absolutely love the opening piano....it calms me and gets me to focus on listening ....very retrospective, sad even. But I love it.

This one was excellent to listen to.. Thanks I didn't know much about the Khmer, the Viet and the ancient Thai.. Some suggestions for future episodes: Constantinople, Cuzco, Aksum, Mali, Zimbabwe, Anasazi, the Amazonian Terra Preta Culture and, of course, the Easter Islands

@FallofCivilizations

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Christian, really glad you enjoyed! And thanks for the suggestions. I'll definitely put some of these on the list.

@pectenmaximus231

3 жыл бұрын

Many of these have come to fruition! I really second the Anasazi.

Great episode, first time listening to you. I am interested in Khmer king/Angkor history. Thank you

@FallofCivilizations

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks, really glad you enjoyed the episode!

I've enjoyed the whole series. Great work. This episode wold have really benefited with some photos of Ankor and maps of the kingdoms you are describing. Maybe update and revisit?

i'm so glad i found this channel 👍

This was a beautiful podcast. Beyond excellent!

@FallofCivilizations

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Great document, i wish you to add more people on the reference. There will be a news from Jayavarman 7 in the future to the world.

Gaaah! So happy to discover this channel. Thank you!

I Found your channel yesterday. I started listening with the first episode Roman Britain, And listened to Bronze age collapse, Mayan Collapse and Greenland Vikings. These are very interesting and wonderful to listen to.

@FallofCivilizations

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I'm really glad you think so.

This is wonderful. Please keep this up.

@FallofCivilizations

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you, I will!

A truly fascinating history of a dynasty & empire that previously I'd only known the bare bones about, too much history even on this platform references the West, I also want to commend the outstanding narration & wonderful voice acting it made the subject even more accessible & compelling. I'm only sad that it appears that I found the channel in the middle of it converting the podcasts into videos since seeing these fantastic places would have been awesome nonetheless it's still been a rewarding experience, thank you.

Wow wow wow, absolutely top notch!

Thanks so much for theses beautiful episodes ! This one and the mayas one are really gonna help me for my exams ! 🙏🏻

@FallofCivilizations

5 жыл бұрын

My pleasure. Really glad you've enjoyed, and good luck in the exams!

Woohoo finally a new episode! Guess I'll use this to wind down after a night at the bars :)

@FallofCivilizations

5 жыл бұрын

Haha hope you enjoy!

Yo Pauly thanks for your time. Peace from Orlando FLA

Can't wait to listen to the latest episode! The FOC podcast is consistently excellent.

@FallofCivilizations

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much! Really glad you're enjoying 😁

Unbelievable good content. highly interesting. thank you very much

@FallofCivilizations

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you, very kind of you!

great when you find a hidden gem that you know won't stay hidden for much longer :). love your work!

Great lucid and comprehensive narrative. The kind of lecture I would be proud to have given myself.h.greenway

@FallofCivilizations

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Hank, very kind of you.

Lovely work; pleasing backgound sounds, evocative verbal imagery, illuminating content and substantial ties to the present. 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

@FallofCivilizations

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Very kind of you.

@rosewithers571

4 жыл бұрын

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Thank you for more information

A spellbinding series, which I'm not yet half way though. Like the best classic novels it will repay revisiting again and again. One chilling thought intrudes. There hasn't been any civilisation in history which in the end didn't collapse. Except our present one. Not yet

love this so much

I really loved listening through all your podcasts. Can you make one on Indus valley civilization, how it met its downfall.

excellent thank you so much great job

Your voice is soothing, the pausing in your speech it's perfect like no others I've listened. Also reminds me we used to pay satalite w 300 Chanel's in order to watch History channel. Crazy!

The sounddesign in all of these episodes are awesome. I have listened to about half and it has been a pleasure ! :D

@FallofCivilizations

4 жыл бұрын

Really glad you think so! I take a lot of care over this aspect of the show.

Thank you.

Its like John Pilgner's son is narratting this..the voice and the style its amazing.

I love your podcast. Really

@FallofCivilizations

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks José, really appreciate the kind words!

@josellopis3040

4 жыл бұрын

Greetings from Honduras. I use the automatic subtitles and your voice is really clear and helpul for non speaking english audiences. Im looking forward this podcast

@FallofCivilizations

4 жыл бұрын

@@josellopis3040 I'm glad to hear that! I've taught English as a second language so I always try to bear international listeners in mind.

@mjonhouston

4 жыл бұрын

Jose LLopis - Really?,...promise your not just saying that?,...what is it you love the most?, and do you love any OTHER podcast even MORE than this one?, have you been listening or watching another podcast behind Fall Of Civilization's back?, ...don't be draggin' F.O.C.'s heart around now., History can be a jealous lover you know., giving your love to every podcast that shows up with a well-crafted opening pick-up line will only lead to disappointment for all involved., all the eligible podcasts KNOW that "I love your podcast" is frequently just an unoriginal , insincere, attempt to add to some slickster's harem of podcasts.,...just tread lightly Jose., we're watching you. :-)

Your closing statements with the music got me a little 😢

Thanks!

Well presented. It is impossible to built such a magnificent Hindu temple unless the sculptors or planners have deep understanding of Hindu mythology and literature. Its wonder how this knowledge was transferred to far east in its original forms. Worth to mention, even today we can notice many last names as "Varma" in east coast of India, mostly of Royal descendant families. Jayaverma is a Sanskrit name literally means "King of Victory".

When King Yasovarman I ruled the Khmer Empire in the 9th century A.D. it was the largest Empire in the Far East but too bad he died from Leprosy.

i have been fortunate enough by chances taken and through passing up some economic possibilities for financial advancement to do in this life a great deal of traveling and I find it so frustrating and limiting likening say Ankor Wat which Ive seen, and Teotihuacan, which ive also seen together since each is an effigy to humanities triumph despite entropy and our own self destructive nature but what else is there? since words fail utterly to capture and encapsulate that inner phenomenon when one encounters for the first time something so uniquely all at once a place, a people, and a time so amazing that its own builders knew even as they worked that it was a monument and a testament so unlike anything else we long centuries later can but compare it to a feeling reminiscent to the last great structure to have both humbled us and filled us with pride... Fall of Civilizations Podcast, can you do an episode about the Nazca of Peru perhaps Tiahuanaco?

@JazzyllamaSI

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, thnx, also AYMARAS from Bolivia.

Would love to hear an episode on ancient Egypt or ancient Israel

What a fantastic series! Thank you and great job!

@FallofCivilizations

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much! Really glad you enjoyed

@neoneyes3913

4 жыл бұрын

Fall of Civilizations Podcast can’t wait for the next one!

@FallofCivilizations

4 жыл бұрын

@@neoneyes3913 Should be out by the end of the month! I'm still waiting on a special guest contribution, but I hope it will be worth the wait.

I do a lot of public speaking. I have to say your vigor in pronouncing is a true talent. I know I would struggle immensely and you continually nail it.

WOW!

awesome, very well done. subscribed. perfect for bedtime..

How did future King Jayavarman get other people to join him? He said, "Khmer! Khmer!"

@JazzyllamaSI

3 жыл бұрын

😄🤣

@St.Linguini_of_Pesto

3 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂 Well, here I am.. what?? My error.. Angkor Wat you want?

@DidivsIvlianvs

3 жыл бұрын

@@St.Linguini_of_Pesto What?! What?! Angkor! That's Wat!

I play Age of Empires and always wondered who were the Khmer people

at 12:52 if J' II had beaten a retreat to the Kulen range, it's dubious he'd be coming to a desolate rocky mountain, but most likely to the pre Angkorian metropolitan city of Mahendraparvata at the foot of the same range. it's probable that Mahendraparvata was the stepping stone on which Angkor was built

Mr Cooper, I have a question. Was it Suryavarman II or I who """built""" Angkor Wat? Because other sources say that Jayavarman VII came before Suryavarman II, but here you talk about Angkor Wat and Suryavarman II before Angkor Thom. I got a little confused. Could you clarify that?

where have you been this whole time ?? i subbed and hit the bell

@FallofCivilizations

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, very kind!

Do you have a record of all the sources/research you do for the podcasts?

@FallofCivilizations

4 жыл бұрын

For more recent episodes, they are all available for free in patreon.

Imperial Khmer!!! Ballista Elephant!

Add sources photos in background or photos mentioned in the sources.

No indus valley civilization video?

Would be better if there were maps and the year in the upper corner of the video along with audio.

@FallofCivilizations

4 жыл бұрын

I am gradually adding video to all these episodes, but it is a very time consuming process.

Studying the growth of Metroplex cities like Jacksonville Florida may provide some insight into what happened here, for example 25 years ago the city started growing till it annexed smaller cities in its growing radius over time.. i'm thinking something along the lines of this happened.. the city grew, and the outlying villages were annexed into the city as it grew but over centuries.. just a thought. I mean it seems kind of obvious when i explain it like this but i didn't think about it until i was listening to this today.. Ill even go as far as to say some of the 'noble cast' were made up from former village elders families..

@blakehorton8110

Жыл бұрын

Sounds solid enough 🤔

@jeffjr84

Жыл бұрын

@@blakehorton8110 thx man. It's an interesting hypothesis. No city just blows up to the size of this one without eating smaller villages.

40:18 the women chattering in the background is not speaking in cambodian, She is speaking in thai. Anyway Thank you guys for doing this podcast, as a cambodian I really enjoy this podcast.

Wasn't leprosy recently ruled out rather than confirmed in the case of Robert the Bruce?

I've enjoyed these podcasts and want to make a one time contribution, but the only possibilities I can figure out on Patron are monthly donations. Should it be hard to make a one time contribution? I'm only listening to a podcast once.

@FallofCivilizations

4 жыл бұрын

Hi Chris, thanks for the thought! So glad you've been enjoying. You can donate here also: www.paypal.me/paulmmcooper

great show, why do you have sounds of people working in the background?

@FallofCivilizations

5 жыл бұрын

To add some atmosphere and make people feel transported ideally!

@JustArtsCreations

5 жыл бұрын

@@FallofCivilizations wow quick reply! fair enough, thank you!

@FallofCivilizations

5 жыл бұрын

@@JustArtsCreations My pleasure, thanks for commenting!

@JustArtsCreations

5 жыл бұрын

@@FallofCivilizations no problem! love the podcast!

@supremekhmer6596

5 жыл бұрын

@@FallofCivilizations There is new research done right after King Suryavarman II died his younger brother King Tribhuvanadityavarman took the throne and reign the Khmer Empire for over 30 years. He was the first Great Buddhist King even before King Jayavarman the 7th. During his reign, the Khmer Empire was perhaps the largest in the world.

I'm not getting any video on this one. ???

Some pictures, even repetitive ones, would have been nice.

@FallofCivilizations

4 жыл бұрын

I'm adding a visual accompaniment to every episode gradually, but it is a very time consuming process.

It sounds like Cambodia had a very tumultuous history all throughout. It doesn't sound like very much peace was to be had except it very short intervals.

Angkor wat seems like something out of BOTW with nature reclaiming it and all.

This is more the story of the city rather than the story of the khmer empire

Angkor Wat

Incompetent kings, unlucky weather, invading neighbors.

👍

@8:18 The khmer people migrated from modern day India as well as Southern China. Also they didn't invent the number zero, that was invented by Brahmagupta. Love the podcast though!

@cjtorres5917

3 жыл бұрын

He mentioned India, and didn't claim the invention of zero, merely its use.

The leagend said that anyone who dare to search a hidden treasure under Angkor, the two French comes and found that the two big pearl bigger than people is hidden, when they dig down the treasure are on top the mountain and it’s always change to the same place until they died, the treasure only the one people that who have power and Khmer blood can touch but that one must loyalty and a real warrior but many real warrior won’t have it too because it belongs to nagar the dragon of Cambodia that have been killed by champa and China. The place aren’t hunted, it’s protected by many soul and emperor tomb in the the middle of Angkor.

Your intro is sick. Your podcast is sick. Your voice is sick.

The european from the industrial revolution was a really curious animal. To dive deep into the outside world and see all that they had missed in their little corn or of the world and still feel "superior", that the other were "primitive"... I knew that Angkor was huge but not this huge! Those reservoirs are unbelievable.

@imperialkhmer6146

4 жыл бұрын

You can't look at the Khmer Empire as only Angkor or Angkor wat. We have to look at the whole massive cities they built all over the region.

16:15