I wouldn't mind living Março Polo's life. Just the amount of things he experienced and saw. Truly a life worth living.

@TransRoofKorean

2 жыл бұрын

[Most men just get stuck in Tibet, no one comes to rescue them from Castle Anthrax]

@rasheednesbitt8667

Жыл бұрын

Spend a year traveling the world!

@BigBrainLynx

Жыл бұрын

You can. Just get a job that requires you to travel the world.

@LisaAnn777

Жыл бұрын

Did you ever hear about Marco's search for Shangri La? They found this blue resin that turned his crew into giant blue monsters and ate each other in a Borneo jungle after running from a tsunami. Then later the ancestor of Sir Francis Drake named Nathan Drake picked up on his journey and had to race a crazy guy named lazaravic and his mercenary army to the Himalayas to find it before lazaravic eats the resin and takes over the world or something. Nate ended up killing him by blowing up the flammable blue resin and saved the world. All of this is 100% true.

@thucydides7849

9 ай бұрын

@@BigBrainLynxany tips on how to do that lmao

Ayyy bro thanks for making a video on me! Much appreciated!

@octodaddy4494

5 жыл бұрын

Marco Yolo fits you better ;P Joking

@knightboulegard5483

4 жыл бұрын

Marco Polo damn son, he explored all the way to the 21st century.

@mangothedog8379

4 жыл бұрын

Marco Polo dang you old

@ArakamiMarytes

4 жыл бұрын

they also forgot add DUNE D.C. who told check with Duneante 411.quick massage.

@ArakamiMarytes

4 жыл бұрын

This is Polo.

I Did Not Tell The Half Of What I Saw, For I Knew I Would Not Be Believed. -Marco Polo

@shindari

4 жыл бұрын

This, from the dude who dared to tell of a singular woman, who was so amazing, no man could beat her, and get her to marry him. THAT would have offended traditional Christian Europe more than anything... so the question becomes: "What, in God's name, did he hold back because he thought Europe couldn't take it??!"

@mitri_3393

3 жыл бұрын

Uncharted 2,great game

@djangologistics7476

3 жыл бұрын

amd it would Blow their minds - Marco Polo. Oops! You checked that box too my Dude!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@Berchh

3 жыл бұрын

This is debatably one of the most powerful quotes I have ever head

@tyonnainlove

3 жыл бұрын

@@shindari p0⁰0

"The Travels of Marco Polo" is still in print today. It's a wonderful book. It kind of reads like a "Business traveller's guide to the Orient", with detailed information on trade goods available in every single city he visited. There are also plenty of adventures and side stories included. Marco Polo himself, several times in the book, disavows the most outlandish of stories (dog-headed people etc), as he felt he wouldn't be taken seriously if he included these.

@NazriB

2 жыл бұрын

Lies again? Marine Soldier

@SpookyGoober

2 жыл бұрын

He wrote the book like a fantasy/romance novel. He wasnt an explorer he was a fiction writer.

@BigBrainLynx

Жыл бұрын

​@@SpookyGoober He was both?

@muksimulmaad7413

2 ай бұрын

@@NazriB The editor for his book was an arthurian fan fiction/porn writer give him a break

He was so underrated. People will always dislike what they don't understand. If we forget our notions of superiority we could expand our lives.

@williamthomas1811

2 жыл бұрын

Marco Polo is greatly OVERRATED. Seriously, compare his travels to that of his contemporary, Ibn Battutah. Ibn Battutah traveled about twice as many miles and visited almost ten times as many different countries. Seriously, if you are interested in "ancient" travelers, investigate Ibn Battutah.

Benedict Wong was great as Kublai Khan in the show Marco Polo. Of course it’s just a show but sad it got cancelled. Wong was so right.

@msthang5366

5 жыл бұрын

Pedantic Pete Absolutely Brilliant!!!

@waffeleater5652

4 жыл бұрын

Death because of death

@ashadows666

4 жыл бұрын

Wong was fantastic as Kublai!

@louiscyfer6944

4 жыл бұрын

Peter Piper it got cancelled because of wong.

@gr1mrea9er82

2 жыл бұрын

If you watch Tadanobu Asano as Ghengis in Mongol first....and finish with the Netflix series.... you're set.

The dunes: Marco The other dune: polo....

@khanhnguyennam6007

4 жыл бұрын

Luke Portelli MARCO!

@WeirdOne19142

4 жыл бұрын

@Luke Portelli I liked it

@shinjiikarifrombrazil7750

4 жыл бұрын

Luke Portelli i appreciated that joke

@dirceusantos7308

4 жыл бұрын

Time machine trolls, Next level of trolling

@kh7955

3 жыл бұрын

Definitely funny

Thank God for this Channel...really!! we can all agree that Simon is very eloquent & Charismatic! i hope one day you get to do Rock Bands, Events (such as Chernobyl which you've already made, World Wars..etc...) just Wonderful..keep up the great job!

@Dmasanz

5 жыл бұрын

And then feed... .good God history

@Chef_PC

5 жыл бұрын

Rock bands would be an amazing subject group.

@mugodasimon

5 жыл бұрын

Basically, most "Simon's" are honest people

@snodrod420

3 жыл бұрын

@@mugodasimon liar!

1:50 - Chapter 1 - The beginning of an epic journey 4:55 - Chapter 2 - Travelling to china 7:50 - Mid roll ads 9:25 - Chapter 3 - Life in the mongolian empire 13:55 - Chapter 4 - Returning home to venice

@flashpromo15

2 жыл бұрын

Bump

Today I found out I'm going to 1300s Tibet when I get my hands on a time machine 🤔

@bobmilin

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah it's totally opposite here unless your a rock star women are programed to not be interested in you.

@patsysadowski1546

4 жыл бұрын

TheFreePantheist that made me laugh.

@michaelgilbert1800

4 жыл бұрын

Been there. Done that! Ha! Perhaps in my dreams...tough audition I suppose

@jamesbautista4694

4 жыл бұрын

Lol after hearing the same thing from the video I was like, “Well, time to time travel and move to Tibet!” Hahaha 😂

@darrenlobban1237

4 жыл бұрын

Oh definitely. To see Genghis Khan and all his wives and his 1000+ children and his gracious empire.

Human dog hybrids, they're called furries

@sbutler860

5 жыл бұрын

They're called hogs. x

@ericlewis2424

4 жыл бұрын

No they are calld mogs

@masonhaggerty186

4 жыл бұрын

@@ericlewis2424 john candy lol

@nosferatuoddz7974

4 жыл бұрын

Not all furries are dogs you know? Damn, you outsiders are so judging :/

@tselmegganhuyg9102

3 жыл бұрын

nah they call them Ed......ward

Dora is the world's greatest explorer.

@itzedz2203

5 жыл бұрын

Internet Explorer

@mariakelly5

5 жыл бұрын

What about Carmen Sandiego?

@jurgen-fritz

5 жыл бұрын

Now that was funny!! Well done!

@jurgen-fritz

5 жыл бұрын

Edzeil The Goat - LMAO!

@greghemlock6679

5 жыл бұрын

Desoto

I watched the tv show Marco Polo. Now I know all there is to know about him. Including how Genghis Khan was also on the Prometheus in a future life.

@boomerix

5 жыл бұрын

It was a great series, sadly the marketing was bad, it only got canceled because not enough people knew the show

@extrapressure

5 жыл бұрын

lol

@gregorv4172

5 жыл бұрын

good for you bruh

It was one of my most cherished readings during my youth. Comparing what his jorney was with later travellers just made him stand out even more. Thanks for the great video, Simon!

If you have never. Read Marcos. Biography called the journeyer. You're truly missing a good book. The stories he tells in it are absolutely mind-blowing. And it starts out with Marco as a Troublesome youth in Venice.

I love how he refers to people who thought polo was lying a “the haters” lmao

@monanoorch8699

Жыл бұрын

???

If I could go back in time and experience the life of any person, it would be Marco Polo.

Polo didn't just get arrested in Genoa during the war, get put in jail with Rustichell da Pisa, and out of boredom, the book was written. Polo was the commander of one of the ships for the Vinetian fleet during the battle of curzola. During that battle, pretty much the whole vinetian fleet was captured including Marco Polo. The pows were then transported to a prison island and while there Polo told the stories of his travels to peoples and then from talk, more and more people came to hear Polo's stories. Rustichello who was also a prisoner in the island was one of the people who caught word of polos stories and wanted to write of them.

* takes passport and leaves home. * books one-way flight to Tibet.

@jasongarcia1886

4 жыл бұрын

Yup 👍😄🥶😄

Humanity is such a strange yet wonderous creature.

"Luxury watches" Glad you're getting payed tho!

6:41 this is a modern tourist attraction still right by the Gobi. Weird thinking someone from 900 years ago wrote about it.

One of the best channels on KZread. The consistency in subject and execution is awesome. This story in particular is epic. I'm about to order a Polo biography.

The sound of music in the desert is pretty amazing. The first time I saw a video with it I thought it was a hoax, but I guess the sound is created when an avalanche of sand creates vibrations that become trapped in between the upper, dry layer of sand and the wet sand beneath, with the depth of that dry layer determining the note. What's really freaky is that the sound can travel across the desert and linger for hours after the avalanche has stopped. If I had lived back then I would totally have believed in desert spirits as well. In some ways I wonder if our technological prowess has robbed the world of some of its magic. Marco probably told that story of spirits singing songs in the desert a thousand times in his life; how many kids went to bed dreaming of magical deserts haunted by the spirits of phantom warriors or something?

I love Simon's channels. I learn something new everyday. I believe if Simon was my teacher I'd be smarter. He's so eloquent. I also want to thank the team that's behind Simon. Keep up the great work.

I must give you credit for NOT making the several puns and jokes available here. Managing "the wrath of Khan" with a straight face would have been far beyond my willpower!! Well done, sir!

I was waiting for this biography! I am currently reading "Travels of Marco Polo".

Thank you. I enjoy most of your biographical videos but this one was enchanting, very well done.

*treads around the pool with eyes closed" "MARCO!..... "

@AnimalFacts

5 жыл бұрын

@@billyyank Marco!

@Rubashow

5 жыл бұрын

POLO!

@magistrumartium

5 жыл бұрын

That game used to be called Blind Man's Bluff.

@monanoorch8699

Жыл бұрын

??

This channel is addicting. Thanks.

"The Wrath of Khan 's entire army" Very cleverly done Simon ;)

@fullmetalalchemist9126

4 жыл бұрын

What does this mean

@cannotwaittoseedavanteadam4301

4 жыл бұрын

Khaaaaaaaaaan!

@cannotwaittoseedavanteadam4301

4 жыл бұрын

@@fullmetalalchemist9126 The Wrath of Khan is an old Star Trek movie.

These videos really give you a great different insight into these people beyond their legacy, getting to know them more on a personal level in a sense

You do a massive work by documenting yourself on different characters throughout history 👍🏻

I saw that Wrath of Khan reference, you thought you could slip it by us, didn't you? Lol

Wonderful biographies, Simon! So much to learn out there. Could you do one on Saint Paul, I guess it would make another great inspirational lesson. Thank you for your outstanding work.

A truly great and informative video. An actual example of stuff that's not taught in school but should be.

Coming up in the advertising world!! Nice Simon!! I've been to 45 countries and after watching this, I feel like I've done and seen NOTHING.

@kristykodman8216

4 жыл бұрын

International Tay you should start a channel for real you had to have seen some crazy stuff worth talking about

I can see Simon getting really famous in the future. Amazing work!

Just another amazing insight into an amazing person of history! Thank you to everyone who works on making this channel amazing!!

Another great presentation, Simon! Excellent job!

Great episode! I actually enjoyed Marco polo on Netflix, I wish they made a third season.

@realistyadier3660

4 жыл бұрын

Same

roman empire had heating, plumbing and sanitation also before it collapsed and that was 1200 years earlier than this..

@lalehiandeity1649

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly. 1200 years. Everyone forgot about it.

@arandomgreekfrombactria6302

3 жыл бұрын

The Byzantines (aka Roman Empire of the East) held the same heating and plumbing and sanitation technology also.

@dant.3505

3 жыл бұрын

@@arandomgreekfrombactria6302 constantinople did have awesome architecture and technology. complete with aquaducts and underground fresh water storage and sewer system ( separate I assume). I guess all of these advanced works were probably copied from the Roman model. All of my understanding of constantinople and byzantium is from KZread videos so I can't be too sure. I could read read a trusted source but that conflicts with my laziness which indicates my level of laziness being as how reading itself is considered a lazy activity.

@TTH247

2 жыл бұрын

The video is from Polo’s viewpoint. Would he have known about that technology?

Amazing stories. I read the travels of Marco Polo (Il Milione) when I was in middle school in Italy. I remember studying history of China as well... Thanks for the video!

The best account of Marco Polo I have seen. This channel is excellent, very professional, and thoroughly entertaining.

He would have been the worlds greatest grandad with all those stories

Did some one say my name

@MosoKaiser

5 жыл бұрын

Polo!

These videos are one of my favourite series on KZread! I always learn something new and interesting even if I am familiar with the historical figure

My new favorite channel! As a history buff, thank you very much!

The funny thing about the Christian side of the story is that Marco Polo came across multiple Christian monasteries in China at the time.

@SxVaNm345

5 жыл бұрын

Nestorian / Manichaeism.

@longforgotten4823

5 жыл бұрын

Correct, it was Christian heresy but no one from the west knew that anymore at that pointSoar-ed Recreation

@Adnel

5 жыл бұрын

I am under the impression that Simon is very anti Christianity. Although I really enjoy his videos I noticed a slight of hand in many of them. He always tends to throw in something negative about conservatism or Christianity. In one of his videos he talks about a serial killer growing up in a conservative household, but it turns out the mother hated men, so it would be nice to know what he means by conservative. She sounds like a screeching feminist if you ask me.

@dendrien

5 жыл бұрын

Adnel Ma what makes him an anti Christianity? You denying all the real notorious actions Christians has done throughout history of its existence and still doing in the name of christ? Just because someone is documenting something of what’s actually happen doesn’t make you an anti Christian just because it doesn’t fit your narrative of being a peaceful religion.

@dendrien

5 жыл бұрын

Adnel Ma also he isn’t wrong when his referred to as a conservative household. It’s not once action that makes someone conservative, it’s once ideals. There’s horrific people wherever it’s conservative or not. Even good intentions can sometimes corrupt or become horrid actions.

Would be fantastic if you did a biographical on Karl Donitz

@mth469

3 жыл бұрын

That damn Nazi?

That was a great episode! Thanks guys

good video, really helped me for my history presentation!

Marco polo truly lived a life that all people in the 21st century dream of

I’d love to have a time machine to experience everything in history!!!

@sjk6101983

4 жыл бұрын

Richard Head I’m aware of that - most of my information has come from relatives or friends of them actually

@lalehiandeity1649

3 жыл бұрын

@Richard Head The actual events are probably true, but people’s behaviors and decisions were every bit as chaotic and spur-of-the-moment as they are today.

I really love these videos. Dry boring history is so much more exciting with an eccentrically charming brit narrating it.

I learned something new today again! Well done indeed, Simon!

Well hell, I'm moving to Tibet.

@kimkouy3181

3 жыл бұрын

Eww creep

@Tanya-bg2ku

3 жыл бұрын

@@kimkouy3181 ü

@djminos2759

2 жыл бұрын

Yes mate! Sounds fucking great!

Wait....I thought Ibn Batuta was considered to have traveled the furthest in terms of early exploration. Didn't he touch parts of modern day Africa, China, and Western Russia?

@zebidie

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah they should cover Ibn Battuta too. Its an epic story

@kaybevang536

5 жыл бұрын

Did he do Lu Bu from the three kingdoms of China ?

@abdalhadifitouri131

5 жыл бұрын

In nature went further yeah. From Morocco to China with like 10 years stuck in the Maldives

@christiancristof491

5 жыл бұрын

Half things uttered by Ibn Battuta are today known to be lies.

@blueboy3098

5 жыл бұрын

Christian Cristof evidence?

Magnificent video. Thank you!

thanks for sharing this video

i love your channels. you rekindle my love of history

@greghemlock6679

5 жыл бұрын

You should try the history guy

PLEASE do a video on Lt General Lewis B “Chesty” Puller !! The most decorated US Marine that ever lived. His story is amazing

Oh and I love the channels you have, it mixes my love for history and knowledge. People are always amazed at the things I know, yr one of the channels to help

I absolutely love all of your content!i find myself listening to your videos for several hours a day (most of my work day) please keep it up! Also what style of watch did you get?

Columbus is a wildly misrepresented historical figure.

This was well explained and in an interesting way. Thank you !

One more great video. Thank you so much for such a high quality material.

Did the princess ever think that no man wanted to get married to her? Maybe rolling on the floor wrestling with her was all they wanted. Lol

@spacekoalalove

5 жыл бұрын

Except they had to pay with 100 horses..

@Iamtheliquor

5 жыл бұрын

There is a biographics video of her

@candyfordinner7216

5 жыл бұрын

Maybe that's all she wanted to do lol

Not related to the video but I received a Vincero for Christmas because of you guys. I love it.

Simon you are a fantastic host and if not my favourite, love you man! Keep it up👏🏼

man, you are one busy dude,,,,,wonderful channel and you fill it in perfectly...thumbbs up

please do the story teller Hans Christian Andersen

Can you do a video about post-Soviet dictators like Islam Karimov, Saparmurat Niyazov, Emomali Rahmon, Nursultan Nazarbayev, Alexander Lukashenko, and, of course, Vladimir Putin?

@zacharygraham9419

5 жыл бұрын

FSB Would like to know your location

@Biographics

5 жыл бұрын

We did Putin very early on.

@kazakhdoge1822

5 жыл бұрын

@@Biographics What about others that I mentioned? Can you do video on them too?

thank you this is really helping me get facts for my class assignment

Your videos are always amazing. Please keep Up the good work.

Suggestion: could you please add citations/ references on the screen as you recite the script? A decent portion of your audience appear to be well versed in history and sometimes have differing accounts. There are various reasons why historical testimonies may differ. By providing these citations as you go along, it helps discern the validity of yours and other peoples statements.

@24get24give

5 жыл бұрын

what a gret odea!

@Icneumone7

5 жыл бұрын

I thought about the same, because many things he pronounces are already proven whilst other are mere hypothesis or speculation and I feel they are added to the story to corroborate a specific point of view. If it's the truth that you seek than there is no more than researching it yourself.

Mongolian are the only ones I think would give Vikings a run

@Stettafire

4 жыл бұрын

Look at history, the viking invasion of Britian failed in the end

@timmothygodfrey2114

4 жыл бұрын

Tell who exactly where the Vikings?

@peters4115

4 жыл бұрын

Depends. They on land or water? Lol

@chalinosanchez696

4 жыл бұрын

And the spartans

@isis5169

3 жыл бұрын

@@timmothygodfrey2114 they wuz vikangz n shiet

Thanks this help me a lot

I really enjoyed this video you are a great story teller

I love your videos. However, You completely and lazily mischaracterized who Columbus was, his motivations and his understanding of his location on “the map”.

@Justaguy5678

5 жыл бұрын

Brent Poynter thank you

3 ads plus sponsor in beginninh and midway through. Come on man

@MusicGamesEverything

3 жыл бұрын

KZread is who puts the ads on the video

Dude. I found your Today I found Out Channel, and ever since I’ve been watching your videos. Been like.. 3 years? Nearly 4? Keep up the work! Edit: even remember you telling your viewers on TIFO about Biographics!

Fantastic. Wonderful episode.

Ibn Battuta: *am I a joke to you?*

5:58 -- The Wrath of Khan...ha.

@charliespurr7325

5 жыл бұрын

KHAAAAN!

Thanks,I enjoy your stories.

I love the story of Marco Polo and I love this telling of it. Colorful blooms of delicious distraction on a dark, cold night. Thanks!

The italians👍

Pls do micheal Collins

@wildatlanticwitch5942

5 жыл бұрын

Tiocfaidh ár lá!!

@aidenwatler7153

5 жыл бұрын

The astronaut or the revloutionary?

I've just found this channel and it's the best.

This was a really great video!

Ahhh..Italians it's in our blood to just travel now i know how i end up here🤗

That's not an accurate portrayal of Columbus. Other governors of new Spain did most of the enslaving. There's an English translation of his work that says "these people are perfect for subjugation" but he didn't mean enslavement, he meant "becoming subjects of the Spanish crown". He was no saint, but he wasn't the idiotic monster he's portrayed as.

Hey Biographic, love your videos. I'd really love one on Charles Bronson. Keep up the good work!

One of your best biographies.

MARCO!!!! ------->

@joehudson3042

5 жыл бұрын

POLO

@extrapressure

5 жыл бұрын

@@joehudson3042 Fish out of water!

@unknownfury7672

5 жыл бұрын

POLO 😂

Summary: Prison boy impresses everyone with his cool vacation.

WONDERFUL! I truly enjoyed.

Extremely enlightening. Your manner of teaching is enjoyable.

@Retro77691

8 ай бұрын

Marco Polo Was Turkish 🇹🇷

Please do a video on Adolf Hitler

@archstanton6102

5 жыл бұрын

Ted Bundy has been done