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@carlgrau5910

4 жыл бұрын

Allegedly!!

@igorshlepanov3852

4 жыл бұрын

@@carlgrau5910 по. МММ не спит тдля лилтлл или щ л то и он так л тто л и щель до только лздзщь

@tamasmihaly1

4 жыл бұрын

This is History for opinionated British snobs who look at the past through the lens of modern ethics and morals. Simon is at least funny in Business Blaze where he plays an autistic ADHD sufferer or a strung-out tweeker.

@aceminer26

4 жыл бұрын

Hiya just a heads up the map on the tintagel video is wrong

@bobgriffin423

4 жыл бұрын

Well, depending upon your definition of biggest, if you mean longest, it might be the first time your researchers are in error. I thought it was commonly known that the dingo proof fence in Australia is the longest fence in the world. Admittedly, you might just be using the title as a'turn off phrase'. An equally relevant admission is that I don't have time to watch the video now, and you may have acknowledged in it that the great Wall is not the last fence in the world.

Wait, the mongols took turns doing guard duty on the wall built to keep mongols out? 🤣🤣🤣

@Chris-hx3om

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I did notice that too. Definitely a 🤦‍♂🤦‍♂🤦‍♂🤦‍♂ moment...

@DutchDread

Жыл бұрын

I feel like I've seen a monty python sketch like this

@wesleymcglone6937

Жыл бұрын

Mexicans work the American side of border control.

@grisslebear

Жыл бұрын

And thusly Karma gave birth to Irony.

@xiaohuli27

Жыл бұрын

The Mongols weren't always united

10% in good shape is honestly impressive. The sheer size of the wall is insane

@Dan16673

3 жыл бұрын

Yup. The mountain peaks and valleys its goes through are insane. I walked 5km on it and was quite difficult

@Reblwitoutacause

3 жыл бұрын

10% in good shape is the best I can do for myself as well.

@StegoAqua

3 жыл бұрын

Mao: Use the wall as building material!

@teergeret

3 жыл бұрын

@@Reblwitoutacause that was a good one. And good for you too

@TheFrogInYourClosetWatchingYou

3 жыл бұрын

@@Dan16673 fake news... everyone knows the great wall of china is fake. It is government propaganda to lead the masses into believing we have really left Earth (we haven't) and to hide the fact that the Earth is flat.

"You can blame the tang" I always do

@greenkoopa

4 жыл бұрын

I blame it on the alcohol

@janbelcher1896

4 жыл бұрын

Theta 32x I blame it on the sunlight, the moonlight, the good times and the boogy

@greenkoopa

4 жыл бұрын

@@janbelcher1896 well get down, turn around, go to town 🤔

@darthXreven

3 жыл бұрын

what did she do to you?? she broke your heart didn't she?? damn the tang, damn the tang straight to hell I say!!!! 😈

The use of ‘dickhead’ has been fantastically used in this video 👌

@nunyobidniz

4 жыл бұрын

Not so much a swear-word, more like a sentence condiment.

"WE WILL BUILD A WALL AND MONGOLIA WILL PAY FOR IT" -Ancient Chinese Emperor

@oneshothunter9877

3 жыл бұрын

Hahaha! Good one! 😁

@BergmitetheBlueandPointy0712

3 жыл бұрын

Why nobody call the emperor racist when he build the wall ?

@sundaywasabi

3 жыл бұрын

@@BergmitetheBlueandPointy0712 How do you know that nobody called him a racist? I assume you weren't around back when the wall was built. ;)

@Battledongus

2 жыл бұрын

Trump will never be forgotten for that insanely stupid quote and the total failure to do so.

@Battledongus

2 жыл бұрын

@@texassoul7804 Texan calls people calling others racist "snowflakes" colour me surprised.

"The Great Wall of China is surrounded by more misconceptions than the use of face masks during a pandemic" Simon you are simply awesome. 👌

@--enyo--

4 жыл бұрын

You don't know what he thinks is a misconception, though. ;)

@tjsingh8491

4 жыл бұрын

@@--enyo-- It's people thinking they shouldn't have to wear a mask in public... are you stupid?

@hughstewart547

4 жыл бұрын

@@tjsingh8491 well clearly you are.

@JustanOlGuy

4 жыл бұрын

He is a gift, really!

@gregoryanto3673

4 жыл бұрын

@@--enyo-- And it is precisely that wit that makes him and this line so awesome. 😉

“God created war so that Americans would learn geography.” ― Mark Twain

@stephenwright8824

4 жыл бұрын

"God created liquor so the Irish wouldn't take over the world." - Anonymous and traditional but only among Irish-Americans it appears.

@nunyobidniz

4 жыл бұрын

@Timothy McCaskey whale oil beef hooked, we got us an Irish pub!

@somedude4805

4 жыл бұрын

If God created war, it was for his own entertainment.

@ALTAI38

3 жыл бұрын

@@somedude4805 nope, war is gods tool to punish sinners. - genghis han

@TheTARANISh

3 жыл бұрын

@@stephenwright8824 "I have a few good reasons for drinking. And one has just entered my head. If a man can't drink when he's living. How the hell can he drink when he's dead?"

Ancient china: Build that wall!!!! Build that wall!!!!!

Whenever Simon asks about how confident I am in what I know about a topic, I know I'm about to realize how little I actually know about it. I also loved the snark about masks during a pandemic.

I've been to the great wall, not the nice part of it. The local government let my group (in 2010, with 5 American college students and a Chinese born professor) camp out on it overnight. It was pretty neat, and I got to find out a couple people of my group were very afraid of the ghosts of the workers killed building the wall.

@Curraghchase

2 жыл бұрын

Ian Tinley and his group were killed by The Great Wall Ghosts in 2010. This post was written by his poltergeist.

@kazic284

Жыл бұрын

The school wasn't in North Carolina was it?

Wow blowing my mind right off the bat. Totally thought it was just one long unbroken wall

@darthsilversith667

3 жыл бұрын

Same! And I was also one of the ones that thought it was only 700-900 years old (built to keep the mongols out). But honestly, seeing how it has many over-lapping areas.. it’s far more formidable than I ever imagined.

Ask any Aussie, and they will tell you that the reason they built the Great Wall of China, was to keep the rabbits out.

@BadBed1982

4 жыл бұрын

I cant believe you brought up that ad. I just saw that again today in a trivia contest at work (I work for the company that ad was promoting)

@mortified776

4 жыл бұрын

Can't believe Simon neglected to mention the glorious reign of Emperor Nasi Goreng!

@--enyo--

4 жыл бұрын

Too many rabbits... in China...

@tubester4567

4 жыл бұрын

wow, China must be racist!! They built a wall to keep immigrants out!!

@mortified776

4 жыл бұрын

@@dianneforit5409 Haha! Yeah their night shows are pretty feral.

"Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall." --Confucius

@pyromania1018

3 жыл бұрын

"You change your mind about book? Oh no..." ~Confucius

@nel9357

3 жыл бұрын

That is where Rocky got it from🤔😁👍

@nont18411

3 жыл бұрын

Confucius is Batman confirmed

Simon, you and your staff didn't just have an "interesting story" you also gave your audience a wonderfully written, and very beautiful script. The writing on this one was phenomenal!! Truly a work of art unto itself.

love waking up and seeing a new geo/biographics, Today's gonna be a good day :)

@Overworkedandunderpaid

4 жыл бұрын

Yup

@jamespalmer178

4 жыл бұрын

Funny thing, in my country it's 4.30 pm (relative to your time of comment). So I'm like : Wow dude that's quite a time to wake up! :)

@thejoker-wu1sp

4 жыл бұрын

@@jamespalmer178 it's 12 pm here I wish I was in your country so I'd be off already...at least I can listen to this with my phone in my construction helmet 😆

@seanbrazell6147

4 жыл бұрын

You and me both!

@stephaniek8922

4 жыл бұрын

Simon's calming voice is literally what I fall asleep to every night. It's like a kid getting told a good night story!!

"Every time Chinese try and buird a wall, god damn Mongorians come and knock it down!" Southpark City Wok

@BAGG8BAGG

3 жыл бұрын

Came looking for this comment :)

@MichaelBrandonMcCartney

3 жыл бұрын

@@BAGG8BAGG I found my nobody lifes reason for being, if only for a moment. Did I feed, clothe, send a kid in Africa to school for less than a $1 a day or cure cancer? Nope, I made City Wok's Great Wall Mongorian comment for someone seeking it. I can now rest easy!

My favourite part of the Great Wall is the small section they built a ski area next too. I spent a winter running ski classes there for local kids, so imagine being paid to toboggan down the Pyramids of Giza on a daily basis and you get the idea of what is what felt like to carve turns around one of the greatest structures ever built by man

@maryjanedodo

11 ай бұрын

Crazy that it goes from deserts to snow

Simon: The Life of Zhu Yuangzhang would make an excellent 25 minute video in and of itself, you know if someone were to have a KZread channel all about biographies. Who could that be? Me: 😂😂😂

Next on MegaProjects! The Great Wall of China!

Not going to lie, mega popped for the WWE reference

@awzthemusicalreviews

3 жыл бұрын

Same, right up until I realized they don't understand the rules of the Royal Rumble lol shit, knocking a guy out with a chair makes your job more difficult, because that's dead weight you're having to throw over the top. Still popped, tho.

"The tentacles are coming straight towards Earth and there's no stopping them. King Kong's too old to save us this time!" -- Richard Nixon's head

@blackout9112

4 жыл бұрын

Arrooooo

@georgeprchal3924

4 жыл бұрын

Here's all the money on Earth, and this Damn-Well better work!

@robinderoos1166

3 жыл бұрын

Just create a giant anime girl to distract the tentacles, then nuke em

Today’s my birthday and I couldn’t ask for a better start to it. Thank you Simon

"History’s Biggest Barrier" : The Dingo Fence wants to have a word with you.

@RushVidz44

3 жыл бұрын

Australia doesnt count. Yall keeping out the outback 😂

@Apis4

3 жыл бұрын

@@RushVidz44 Emus and Dingoes actually..... Dingoes eats teh bebbies..... and we have a already suffered in the first War with the Emus. Now we have teh mitey fense!!!!!!!

@darthsilversith667

3 жыл бұрын

I’ve never heard of this before!

@Apis4

3 жыл бұрын

@@darthsilversith667 Its the longest man made barrier in the world, way longer than the Great Wall of China

Simon I have newfound respect for you after hearing your use of the word 'dickhead'. Truly made my day 😂

A few things about the wall: 1. The actual purpose of Ming wall is not blocking the raiders, rather it is meant to slow down the raiders. The wall in quite a few parts are not connected but rather built on some key gaps between mountain range. The real purpose of the wall was served as scout towers that can easily sending signals to other posts notifying them of incoming threats. Troops on the wall are not meant to defend against the raiders but rather to chase after them once they pass through the wall. 2. The current design of the wall has a prototype in Zhejiang province. General Qi experienced the wall building against Japanese pirates. 3. The west end of the wall gate's original design was a thing of genius but never built as planned due to the budget crisis of Ming. It was supposedly be a maze like gate which will force anyone in-and-out take extra long steps to get around it meanwhile giving time for guards setting up their defensive positions.

@64standardtrickyness

4 жыл бұрын

Great Comment sad it's getting buried by all the wall don't work Mongols invaded 1000 years later spam.

He said “it wasn’t even the wall’s final form” I love this guy.

My word, being able to switch between wall guard and herder, with friends on both sides of a giant monument of a wall, that's one the most romantic ways of life I've heard of in a long time

1:45 - Chapter 1 - Fact from fiction 5:05 - Chapter 2 - The wall begins 8:15 - Chapter 3 - A symbol of what ? 11:40 - Mid roll ads 13:15 - Chapter 4 - Build the wall 16:25 - Chapter 5 - What's in a name ? 19:05 - Chapter 6 - Upheaval

Great information and I really enjoy the humor. Thank you for the morning entertainment with my coffee! :)

“Besides a blessing from the best character on Futurama”‼️🤣

This is the best video I could find on The Great Wall. You're frickin awesome Simon. Thank you

Thank you for your videos

I learned something new today, I loved this video! Thank you so sharing this video with us!

Biographics of Chiang Kai-shek please

@Ruby321123

4 жыл бұрын

Wow, I can't believe they haven't already done that one! Definitely!

@stephenwright8824

4 жыл бұрын

@@Ruby321123 He's done Ho Chi Minh, but not Ngo Dinh Diem (or Emperor Bao Dai) yet. I'd like to see Biographics on them *and* one on Michael Collins, the genius Irish patriot.

@Sorcerers_Apprentice

4 жыл бұрын

Also, Sun Yat-Sen, the Father of Modern China.

@3LLT33

4 жыл бұрын

@@Sorcerers_Apprentice YES!

16:13 Absolutely correct on the "usefulness" of the primary purpose of the wall -- it was never designed to mitigate the intention of malice from within. The Qing people came right through the wall simply because the doors were literally opened by a traitor within the Ming side.

Simon, love the channel and videos but your office and filming area looks super interesting as well, would love to see a video about your set ! keep it up and thank you !

Simon is David Attenborough Jr. I can’t wait for him to narrate Blue Planet 4 or 5.

I got your Squarespace ad followed by youtube ad. I am so happy to learn that the wall is older then I was told

Always great thank you Simon

Great video! I grew up not far from the Great Wall (the part near Beijing), but I really had no idea about half of this stuff. Thanks 😊 for this!

Warring states period: "This is the ultimate showdown, of ultimate destiny... good guys bad guys and explosions, as far as the eyes can see. And only one will survive, I wonder who it will be..."

@CRLFNKL

4 жыл бұрын

*slow clap*

Great well-written video and presentation by Simon as always. But oh my god the amount of ads that played!

May I respectfully request a video on the Grand Canyon?

@skyden24195

4 жыл бұрын

That'll be on the next "Megastructures." ;-)

@nunyobidniz

4 жыл бұрын

Seconded! All in favour?

Tighten up mate, ya "Business Blaze" is showing 👍🏾

Everyone send Simon love his videos are the maddest and he puts so much effort in to them

Great video Simon! 💜

This is absolutely brilliant. So much better than in the “official history” books

Spring & Autumn period: *BUILD THAT WALL! BUILD THAT WALL!*

Thanks for the vids

Thank you for sharing your thoughts with us all

As always, great video.

I expected this on megaprojects, but this is good too! 🙂👍

Thanks, Simon, for another fascinating video, sprinkled with a good dose of humor😁

Talking about the Great Wall of China and a WWE Royal Rumble gets mentioned! Just one of the many reasons I love these!!

I wanna share something here about the Great Wall of China, during the reign of the Kangxi Emperor, a official reported about the Great Wall in a bad condition and suggesting it to be repaired, but Kangxi replied that there is no need to repair the Great Wall, as the people's heart is more greater and effective than any wall in the world. Till now, Kangxi Emperor has been ranked as one of those top emperors in Chinese history for his achievement.

Heavily appreciate your wrestling metaphors, sir.

Educational and made me laugh ! Subbed

Simon is the absolute greatest host period!

Morris M. + Simon Whistler = perfection.

Stone mason upon setting final brick: "There!! Now we'll see if that dog can get in here!!" Cr. Gary Larsen, Far Side Comic

@skyden24195

4 жыл бұрын

how about when the Mongol rode his horse into the wall then thought, "Where did that come from?" Gary Larsen again.

@ComaDave

3 жыл бұрын

There it is. My weary search is at an end. Nicely done.

I’ve fallen into a “Whistler” vortex and I CAN’T GET OUT!

Gonna keep posting this on all the Geographics videos. You should do Padmanabhaswamy Temple in India, unpronounceable name not withstanding. The single largest concentration of gold on the planet was recently found in 5 out of the 6 underground vaults, some estimates put it at over a trillion dollars. The final vault hasn't been opened in centuries and no one knows for sure what is inside it. It also has the spookiest looking door I've ever seen.

Very informative.

Dude 🤣😅😂 you totally killed this one, I died laughing a couple of times. Minus a million . . .🤣😅😂🤣🤣😂

Yay mention of Ausitn, Texas. Simon, you know I've bren watching ;)

The Great wall is an absolute wonder of the world. I have seen it up close and personally walking on it it is amazing. Always good to know the historic background to it. Had no damn idea other walls were built.

please sort out the audio editing on the title splash sequence, the jingle came through my speakers so hard that I was blasted into the front garden

IDEA FOR MEGAPROJECTS - Sagrada Família was started in 1882 and they are still building it. It is also basically not just a building but a giant work of art. There is nothing in the world like it and the fact that it is still under construction after 140 years. Construction stopped because of the pandemic which is the first time it stopped since Spanish Civil war. I think there's a hell of lot of impressive facts.

Thank you

Hooray! Now Simon speaks Metric ( about time). That makes the whole experience much more enjoyable, thank you guys!

Royal Rumble reference. Simon is a force

15:50, I laughed so hard at the quote. 😂

Ahhh I’ve been moving and haven’t been able to watch KZread, I really missed this channel

Feels good to see the "Business Blaze" Simon branching out to other channels

@xenos_n.

4 жыл бұрын

Since he has been doing business blaze his less professional side seems to be seeping out into his other channels... Which I like, I mean, I like seeing like 10% Blaze in biographics or geographics, but if he went full blaze I definitely wouldn't like it as much, tho I do like seeing the occasional looseness and jokes.

5:24 i hear the Hertfordshire in your voice for the first time lol

Simon: The Great Wall of China, History's biggest barrier Great Wall of Benin: Am I a joke to you?

great, now i'm going to have to search all of youtube to find this mysterious biography channel.

I love Simon but 7 adverts? Be wiping your butt with 50s soon 😂 great content as ever

Do the great canals of the Sui Dynasty, it's a ginormous project connecting the yellow River and chang jiang.

I've got big Walls I've got big Walls They're such big Walls And they're dirty big Walls And he's got big Walls And she's got big Walls (But we've got the biggest Walls of them all)

@Customwinder1

4 жыл бұрын

Fly on the Wall !

Please please please please do a Geographics of the silk road!

I think Simon is getting his scripts mixed up I expect Geographics and get Megaprojects.

A video about germania the city that Hitler wanted to build would be awesome!! Love your biographics and geographics channel! Great content and great delivery!

I'd like to see videos of some lesser known places because there are million documentaries, youtube videos and articles of things like the great wall already

Thanks

Enjoyed the Futurama references

Hi Simon, being an Aussie, it would be great to see some more Australian landmarks/locations (I know you've done Uluru already) - for example, the Sydney Opera House or the Great Barrier Reef? Loving your channels though - good work mate.

@maryjanedodo

11 ай бұрын

We don't have a great wall, but we've got an impressive rabbit proof fence...

I actually walked on the Giant Wall back in November (No, no Corona, we were a long way from Wuhan), my brother and I climbed as high as we could and, let me tell you, it is STEEP in some places! Some of those steps are so tall, we can to sit on them and pull our legs up because we couldn't stretch our legs enough and, by the time we got to the top, we were completely exhausted. I could never imagine having to walk up and down a hundred time ever single day like those soldiers had to or even like the people who work at the gift shop we found at the top had to.

Appreciate your brutal honesty, on humanities darker side!!! ✨🙌

The parallels are uncanny. Yet ppl still manage to repeat history.

I liked the vid, you should do Barnenez or worlds oldest buildings.

So it was the ultimate white elephant project.

@elperrodelautumo7511

2 жыл бұрын

Somewhat a glorified white elephant 🐘 project

I love these videos because I'm weird and like a lot of things kids my age dont. Anyways great work on all of these. I'd like to ask if you could do a video on Lake george in upstate New York. It has a lot of geological and war history with it.

While you are doing the Apollo program on megaprojects please do two videos here about the two cities that did the research and design work, Huntsville Alabama and Houston Texas.

Hey Simon, Have you considered doing a MegaProject on The Great Wall?

13:16 I'd love a video on Zhu Yuanzhang if you're willing to do one (and haven't yet done so) on your Biographies channel (still making my way through all your back catalog on most of your channels).

A video about zhu yuangzhang would be great

0:30 *That's what she said...*

Could you do a video about Liu Bowen, one of the advisors to Zhu Yuan Zhang? Thank you!