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@qyyllamas8889

Жыл бұрын

Last time you did the alternate history is two years ago, are you feeling like to change your channel name to something else other than suggest something you stopped doing long time ago?

@qyyllamas8889

Жыл бұрын

To be clear I have nothing against you personally or anything but I think since you are more focused on anthropology and sociology now, I feel you should change your channel name to anthropologist and sociology related

@Ribulose15diphosphat

Жыл бұрын

You could talk about the future of the monarchy in Saudi Arabia. The point is, the the Arab King (I forgot his name) is the main backer of Wahabism, while the crown Prince (I forgot his name too) is a Party-Animal who often insults Islam, and his reig will cause --- tension. Also Architecture in Arabia is intersting (can you please team-up with Adam Something). Arabs absolutly love Postmodernism. They build glass towers in the desert, even if it makes now sense at all.

@toastedkiwi4358

Жыл бұрын

Unfortunately the proliferation of BS injury claims is a large driver of insurance rate increases and has all kinds of undesirable economic effects, such as dissuading possible manufacturers from domiciling in the US since they then become subject to US courts broad interpretation of liability (which just so happens to target well-insured defendants)

@Tethloach1

Жыл бұрын

100 centuries???? 100 x 100 = 10,000 years

I can't wait for Whatifalthist to run out of civilizations to talk about, forcing him to build his own civilization in real life so that he can get more material.

@normanclatcher

Жыл бұрын

He's already done this too, with his far-flung future civilization predictions.

@TheGreenKnight500

Жыл бұрын

@@normanclatcher no, I mean he'll start a religion and conquer land (it would be funny)

@user-uf2df6zf5w

Жыл бұрын

​@@TheGreenKnight500 no, it wouldn't, since we would not get any new content thereafter.

@haidouk872

Жыл бұрын

You guys should stop almost-venerating the guy. You can be fan of the content, but it's not healthy to put him on a pedestal like that.

@TheGreenKnight500

Жыл бұрын

@@haidouk872 it's a joke. It would be funny if he somehow became a warlord or something

I'd think a further breakdown of western civilization into Catholic and Protestant sections would be interesting. Maybe do a comparison between the twp of them and then Orthodox would be fun. Then add in the Ethiopian/Coptic as a comparison

@Shagamaw-100

Жыл бұрын

I personally would like to see a well-researched Buddhist video. I’m no expert, but I could give some advice to Rudyard. There are three distinct branches of Buddhism. Theravada - Traditional Buddhism Mahayana - Spiritual Buddhism Vajrayana - Esoteric Buddhism Each one has its own history and philosophy regarding the Buddha’s teachings.

@scholaroftheworldalternatehist

Жыл бұрын

There are numerous differences of Christianity, much more than in islam

@beaudowns51

Жыл бұрын

I agree

@carlossantin7718

Жыл бұрын

It wouldn’t just be interesting, it would destroy America and Europe

@Danaluni59

Жыл бұрын

Marxism is the most destructive ideology. More murderous and oppressive is one scant century than all religions combined back to the beginning of history.

The Mamelukes were insane. Imagine Haiti, but the slaves decided that staying slaves would be cool, since it let them know who was in the in-group and who was in the out-group. You had slaves lording over free people, and the composition of their elite was decided entirely by whichever group got subjugated and sold into slavery last.

@NP1066

Жыл бұрын

You can't compare Islamic and mamluk kinds of slavery to Western kinds of slavery. The fact that the word "slavery" is slapped on both phenomena of African transatlantic slavery and on Islamic slavery, doesn't mean they're actually comparable

@n.c.kupfermann1023

Жыл бұрын

@@NP1066 Yes and no first of there is no good kind of Slavery. There was a huge slave trade from eastern and central europeans into north-africa and west-asia over the Califate of Cordobar and Byzantium into the meditiranian sea that only stopped because of the christianisation of europe at the end of the medival period. Christians were not allowed to treat other christians as slaves just like Muslimes were not allowed to treat other muslimes as slaves and had this castlike system for other people of the book. Something that the Iberian Christians copied from the iberian muslims and used in their conquest of the americas. Using the local elite against the ruling class. For example the people of Scandinavia enslaved people from the british isle or they went of the river-system in eastern europe in the the blacksea and captured locals and traded them in Byzantium for Silk. This involved castrating the men and selling woman as concobines/slaves. The Mongols and other nomadic people from the eurasian step also sold europeans into slavery mostly of slavic and germanic origin. Another example were the Jantischaren of the Ottoman Empire slaves? Were the European Jews slaves, because they were bascily forced to life in cities and kept in ghettos and only allowed to coexist with christians because Jews was it allowed to land money with compound interest which made the Local Christians Rulers also alot of money? Another example is serfdom in Europe. Forced Labor is a form of Slavery yes ,but there are still nuances. But the Atlantik Slave Trade is more allaign to what the Nazis did. Basicly treating people like disposable Cattle with no rights and not like breathing, feeling, living beings on an industrial scale. Slavery/serfdom/forced Labor is always horrible but still there are differences.

@azouitinesaad3856

Жыл бұрын

​@@NP1066 exactly there is a whole set of rules in Islam on the slavery issue.

@manofwar2354

Жыл бұрын

​@JamesMacPherson the basra slave was revolt lead by someone who thought he mehdi It has nothing with religous principlity Some people will revolt if you push them enough

@freddy4603

Жыл бұрын

@@NP1066 ngl, kinda sounds like you're just excusing Islamic slavery. Mostly because you didn't provide any reason as to why they're not comparable. I'd love to hear your reasoning for such a conclusion

I think you should make a video on the Japanese civilisation as well. While certainly having a lot of Sinic and Confucian elements to it, Japan combines elements of confucianism, shintoism and buddhism in a very unique way generally unseen in other East Asian countries, as well as having a more distinct family structure and language. Huntington categorised Japan as its own small quasi-civilisation and I think and exploration of that idea would be an interesting detour for the series.

@sdagoth3037

Жыл бұрын

Maybe that will be one of the videos he does about smaller civilizations, I'm pretty sure he's a aware than Japanese civilization is fairly distinct.

@ravenknight4876

Жыл бұрын

Huntington at it again.

@rico14

Жыл бұрын

😮

@tzillzigga1830

Жыл бұрын

Actually every countries should be their own civilizations if we counted like Huntington. Eithopian civilization was surrounded by Pagans and Muslims and yet noone is making a video about them.

@boaoftheboaians

Жыл бұрын

I’m not too confident in whatifalthist’s ability to get the general things correct about Japan, considering he thinks Philippines is part of Latin America, but then again he has shown Japan as separate from Chinese civilization in his maps (Also, I haven’t seen him covering Japan much apart from modern geopolitics and his older alternate history videos)

Muslim here, I think this video was largely fair and though I do respectfully disagree with a few points such as the implication that a longstanding Christian plurality or majority in the Muslim world fueled innovation or that Islam uniformly fell into basically spiritual despotism post-Ghazali (see Ottoman and Mughal preferences for more rational modes of thought like Hanafism which remains the most popular school of thought today as well as less rigid forms of Sufism which remain popular in Egypt and other regions), I'd say this was a very good analysis. And bonus points for having a bit more hope for the future of the Muslim world than I do.

@hugoguerreiro1078

Жыл бұрын

I don't think he actually thinks Christians were the ones driving innovation. I think it was more of a joke, as his presented reason for stagnation was a cultural shift due to other reasons. And I really hope muslims can sort themselves out, and that we see more cooperation between the abrahamic religions. I thought the abraham accords were a good start, unfortunately the momentum seemed to die out after 2020.

@deleted3843

Жыл бұрын

​@@hugoguerreiro1078 vast amount of Muslims will not support the Abraham Accords until Israel itself reforms.

@hxyzazolchak

Жыл бұрын

@@deleted3843 No even then we will not support it.

@merothehero6359

Жыл бұрын

@@hugoguerreiro1078 Israel represents the oppression and humiliation imperial europe forced upon the muslims. the conflict is not about religion as Islam is the religion that coined the 'people of the book' mentality. The conflict is about western encroachment on a native people's right to self-sovereignty. Given all these reasons, you'll find the supporters of Palestine tend to be nations most subjected to colonization in history while supporters of Israel are the now-reformed, former Imperialist driven nations

@saadqazi3833

Жыл бұрын

@@hxyzazolchak Not necessarily. A reformed Israel would look nothing like it does today, and it would be essentially what Palestine always was. Granted, this would still require complete equal rights and compensation for Palestinian lives/ property lost.

I can´t believe me, a European, got an ad for a personal injury law firm. Just like in the movies.

@elliottprats1910

Жыл бұрын

Bc it wasn’t a KZread ad but a personal ad inserted into his video

@mam0lechinookclan607

Жыл бұрын

yeah found that funny as well

@danshakuimo

Жыл бұрын

life imitates art, or does art imitate life?

@Frankie5Angels150

9 ай бұрын

That’s because KZread (and the internet, for that matter,) are American. You’re just an interloper or a bird watching from a tree.

@ebodymopar

8 ай бұрын

Can Europeans not sue for wrongful injury?

“A church for Instagram influencers” Crucifixion honestly sounds more enjoyable than being there 😂

@deriznohappehquite

Жыл бұрын

The church is not a club for saints. It’s a hospital for sinners.

@kenshin891

Жыл бұрын

​@deriznohappehquite imagine a hospital that deliberately gave you syphilis. There's a difference between accepting sinners and trying to get them on a different path vs just saying "keep doing what you're doing" and, whether through misunderstanding or deliberately, telling people that pointing out sin/saying people should change is judgement. "Thou shall not judge" is about claiming someone is already damned beyond redemption or conversely that theyre beyond rebuke

@chico9805

Жыл бұрын

​@@deriznohappehquite Very true, that doesn't mean the Church should embrace sin though. Jesus told his followers to sin no more.

@lukaswilhelm9290

Жыл бұрын

@@deriznohappehquite yeah, but sometimes it feels wrong. Not a church but here in muslim majority country i used to see a more secular outlook where sinners are sinners and saints are saints but know i often see a saints act like sinners and sinners act like saints, you know what i mean?

Love the vids. Your video on the ethnic history of the United States in particular was gold. Keep it up

@WhatifAltHist

Жыл бұрын

That's my favorite😀

@watchingwitcher3653

Жыл бұрын

Did you mean Pick it up? Pick. It. Up.

@jlongmasbartholomew5724

Жыл бұрын

I, Nephi, having been born of goodly parents, therefore I was taught somewhat in all the learning of my father; and having seen many afflictions in the course of my days, nevertheless, having been highly favored of the Lord in all my days; yea, having had a great knowledge of the goodness and the mysteries of God, therefore I make a record of my proceedings in my days. Yea, I make a record in the language of my father, which consists of the learning of the Jews and the language of the Egyptians. And I know that the record which I make is true; and I make it with mine own hand; and I make it according to my knowledge". 1 Nephi 1-3 Hello friends, I am a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. The verses above are the first three verses in The Book of Mormon. I know this probably isn't the most ideal place to talk about religion but I really do want you to know that God loves you. You may not love Him or care about Him at all, but He still will continue to love you. You are a beloved son or daughter of God. He knows you personally and He truly and deeply desires for your happiness. He loves everyone who has every lived on this earth, with a perfect equal love regardless of their race, gender, ethnicity, faith and values and beliefs. The Lord loves you more than you can think or comprehend. "He inviteth them all to come unto him and partake of his goodness; and he denieth none that come unto him, black and white, bond and free, male and female; and he remembereth the heathen; and all are alike unto God, both Jew and Gentile" 2 Nephi. He is our loving, caring Heavenly Father. We are literally His children and creations. When we were in the womb, he knew about us" Jerimiah 4:5. He knitted us and we were created in His image. I testify to you that you and I are not a mistake. He knows the very moment when we stand and when we sit. He is familiar with all our ways and knows us personally who we are. The hairs on our very head are numbered. God loved us so much, He sent His Only Begotten Son for us, that we may be able to return and dwell in the presence of God again. The Lord has not forgotten about us even when it feels like He has. He will never forsake us. When we are happy, He and His angels rejoice alongside us. When we are sad, He heals us and lifts us up from our trials. He has always been there for us. He has always been our loving, compassionate Heavenly Father and God. Will we always be His children and people? I testify to you that God lives and that Jesus is the Christ. Both love you exceedingly and rejoice when you are happy. They both love you so much. They love you with a love unfeigned. They will never ever stop doing good unto you. I know that The Book of Mormon is true. "And when ye shall receive these things, I would exhort you that ye would ask God, the Eternal Father, in the name of Christ, if these things are not true; and if ye shall ask with a sincere heart, with real intent, having faith in Christ, he will manifest the truth of it unto you, by the power of the Holy Ghost". Moroni 10:4 I promise and testify to you, that if you will read The Book of Mormon, ponder on its message and ask God if it is not true, you will come to know of its truthfulness, whether its true or not true. Remember my friends that God loves you with all his heart, might mind, soul and strength. He wants you to be happy. He knows what you are going through and dealing with right now. He desires for you to return back to Him. Unfortunately, He has been misrepresented and seen as a cruel and angry God who anticipates for us to slip and writes down every mistake we make waiting to punish us by those who do not know or know Him fully. My friends, God has stored many opportunities and blessings for you. He is incredibly eager and desires with all His heart to bless you abundantly. He wants you to live with Him again. He only wants the best for you and your well being. He wants to experience everlasting joy and indescribable happiness in this life and in the life to come. He wants you to partake of His goodness and come and follow Him. The Lord does not care how early or late you decide to come unto Him. I testify to you that if you have strayed and wondered off the path that there is peace and hope in Jesus Christ, The Savior of the world. The Lord accepts those who come unto Him whether your early, late or just in time who desire to change. The Lord will accept you wholeheartedly and forgive you if you are willing to change. The Lord will welcome you and will always be ready to embrace you with open arms. The Lord will lift us up in our trials and use us to bless the lives of those around us if we are willing to change. If you desire to learn more, you are always welcome to visit comeuntochrist.org. There you will learn more about The Church of Jesus Christ and our core beliefs and values. If you have taken the time to read The Book of Mormon and this comment, thank you. It takes a huge leap of faith and a lot of courage to muster enough faith to read in the Book of Mormon and to believe in something in a personage that you may never see in this lifetime. Although we may not be able to see God and Jesus Christ in this life, I testify to you that they are real. They do truly exist. I promise you that if you will pray to know of their existence, you will come to know whether they exist or have been made up. You are my friends. The Lord loves you unconditionally and is fully aware of you and despite all our weaknesses and shortcomings, he still loves us and will forgive us if we will humble ourselves before Him and diligently seek correction and do whatever is needed to repent. Remember that The Lord is always available to talk to through prayer 24/7. No question sounds too silly for Him. James wrote, "If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him" James 1:5. If you must know whether or not something is true and uplifting, or evil and deceptive, you can always pray to God. He will help you know what the truth is and what is not the truth. He will never be too busy to talk to. He will give you strength you need to overcome and conquer your temptations and will give you the strength you need to endure through your trials and afflictions. Paul said that The Lord will not give you temptations that you cannot resist, but that in your temptations, He will provide a way for you to resist, overcome and conquer them. He will provide a way. He wants to bless you and reward you abundantly in Spiritual and physical things. The Lord knows you and will not forget you. You are loved. You are utterly amazing. You have incredible potential. You are not forgotten or ever will be forgotten or forsaken. You are special. You are unique. You really are one of a kind. You have been reserved for this time and The Lord needs you on His side. It just simply would not be the same without you. That is just how much the Lord need you on His side. Thank you dearly for your time

@mightyraccoon7155

Жыл бұрын

@@watchingwitcher3653 No…?

@AlanMandragonKing

7 ай бұрын

@@WhatifAltHist My friend I know that the United States is categorized as "Western",but I think that we are both unique enough and geographically isolated enough. That America is its own civilization and should be treated as such, albeit a very young one and absolutely descended from Western civilization

I started watching Whatifalthist in Junior High (about 8 years ago), as I was very drawn to alternate histories during that time. However, the difference between Rudyard and say alternate history hub for example is that his content matured along side me. While alternative history is fun, I stopped being as interested when I hit my Junior year in Highschool. Currently I’m a freshman collegiate wrestler and Whatifalthist is really the only channel I still watch from my childhood. His videos analyzing American cultures, civilizations, and predictions of the future resonate with me. To explain why, I’m from a Midwestern city of about 140,000 people. It’s in a really unique demographic position as it’s about 60% white surround on all sides by corn fields which are farmed by rural whites. In the city, there’s a hallowed out industrial sector which is decrepit and in ruins. However, my city found a lifeline in having a couple large companies headquartered in my downtown as well as a massive state school of 20,000, a smaller private college of 5,000, and a community college. Finally, there’s large black, Hispanic, Asian, and Indian (from india) populations. The American cultures of the Midwest, foundry, bourgeoisie intellectuals, and yankee are all present to a significant degree. Next about myself- I grew up in a single mother household with two older brothers. My biological dad is a scumbag who’s off doing whatever trailer park white trash estranged dads do. Despite this, I formed very close bonds with my brothers and mother. I would say love for my family most of life choices. My goals in life are to move out of the lower middle class, take care of my mother in her old age, and settle down with a wife and children. With this combination being how I grew up when Rudyard would talk about America’s issues and future it just made sense. Everything he talked about damn near perfectly described my life and my community. To say that his videos have impacted my life would be a bit of an understatement. As a result of Rudyard, I have read Oswald Spengler, Euripides, Virgil, Gilgamesh, Homer (Iliad and odyssey), Aeschylus, and more. My political and personal identity is deeply shaped by the morals and virtues that Rudyard spouts. Today, I’m entering the final stretch of my freshman year in college and my season ended a couple weeks ago. I’m majoring in economics and have been dating a wonderful Chinese girl for the last year and half. Perhaps I’m not alone in being an OG Whatifalthist fan that’s still here, absolutely loving the new content, and looking forward to every new video. Or, I suppose that also a possibility is that I’m some weird guy that spends too much time on KZread. To each his own I guess. Rudyard if you read this- I’m sure I’m one of many guys that’ve been here from the start who you’ve impacted in some pretty significant ways. Keep up the amazing work

@benjammin9745

Жыл бұрын

Majoring in economics, you won't be lower middle class forever from the sounds of it.

@turkishultranationalist

Жыл бұрын

You sound like whatifalthis You watched too many videos of him Cant blame you since you were a peasant

@turkishultranationalist

Жыл бұрын

@@benjammin9745 ?

@WhatifAltHist

Жыл бұрын

This is sick. It's good to know I have this effect on people

@chickentoucher55

Жыл бұрын

God damn shits long

Every day Whatifalthist uploads is like Christmas.

So, you're saying, Christians talk about Jesus too much, but Muslims don't fixate on Muhammad? Seriously? Christians believe Jesus IS God. Muslims believe Muhammad was a prophet. You'd expect Jesus to be at the center of the Christian religion. To Christians, Jesus IS God. If Christians elevated Paul in their discussions to the extent Muslims elevate Muhammad, you'd be right to question why he's the center of all discussions.

@user-zh3ke3eu3r

Жыл бұрын

I am hindu I thought that too. they even bar showing the face of muhhmad, who was a human and had a real face

@user-zh3ke3eu3r

Жыл бұрын

@Ok Ok muhhmad is not god right, so image or not, why would someone worship him?

@petrus9

Жыл бұрын

@@NikasInParis_777 Christ is literally God in human form. That's what the Trinity is. Go read up on religion my man.

@NikasInParis_777

Жыл бұрын

@@petrus9 oh yeah you are right

@NikasInParis_777

Жыл бұрын

@@petrus9 thank you for letting me know

I can never say that those videos are absolutely correct in every little detail but I just can't stop watching them. They are pretty great, they remind me of how I try to link literature always with the history of a place at the time, and though I get a ton of little details lost, it's still a great way to get people to actually start learning. I can't wait for the video on Muslim Africa! ❤️

@minutemanchan7232

Жыл бұрын

By any chance are you Ahmad Pasha? The Sudanese guy

@ahmedmuawia2447

Жыл бұрын

@@minutemanchan7232 by any chance do you happen to be a somali?

@minutemanchan7232

Жыл бұрын

@@ahmedmuawia2447 :DDDD Why yes

@masahibbhatti4088

Жыл бұрын

Wait are you from the discord channel Al Muqaddimah ?

@theeelite8618

Жыл бұрын

As Somali historian and scholar I don’t think he’ll get an ounce of Islamic African civilization right but he’s fascinating

@21:01 There was a slight error in the video. The Sunni-Shia split was over the line of rule, which was either from Ali, the husband of Fatima, the Prophet's daughter, or from Abu Bakr, the Prophet's best friend. Overall, the video was top quality. Can you please share the books that you used for research?

@PancakeProduct

Жыл бұрын

Sources? What are those.

@abdueltio8512

Жыл бұрын

That's the propaganda of that split which happened in reality far far later. The first truly split happened after the death of Ali and even then there were no Shia in that time

@haritaanzhu112

Жыл бұрын

​@@abdueltio8512 The split in religious practice does happens long after the death of Ali. However it is also true that Ali's followers and supporters in the conflict for the right of ruling is the people that found the Shia practices.

@rizkyadiyanto7922

Жыл бұрын

@@PancakeProduct thats islam history for you.

@merothehero6359

Жыл бұрын

@@rizkyadiyanto7922 you do realize the ilm-alhadith is the most rigorous fact-checking and source-backing process in religious history right? Name a single religion that offers a more robust falsifiable mechanism than ilm-alhadith does for Islam. The Quran itself has been proven to be kept conserved since Islam's inception beyond a shadow of a doubt

Muslim, I'm Sierra Leonan and Moroccan, Sierra Leone has been Islamic for 1,000 years. Shit, the majority of West Africa is Muslim, by like 85%. I don't know why we hardly get added to the list since we've been Muslim for 1,000 years.

@marcuscole1994

Жыл бұрын

How ya let them islamized ya lol asking from an African diaspora

@mauricebeyjr611

Жыл бұрын

@@marcuscole1994 Islam came to Sierra Leone by the Malian Empire

@marcuscole1994

Жыл бұрын

@@mauricebeyjr611 facts I got mali n me bruh 13 percent

here are a few points.. 5:50 Yemen was well civilized for centuries before Islam, and Mecca and Medina were settled as urban communities, Mecca was notorious for its trade, and Medina for its agriculture 11:40 "The weak Christians they let their God die on the cross" There is an old poem for a Muslim Scholar called Ibn Alqayem that he refutes Christiany with, he says: "Worshippers of Christ, we have a question, that we want its answer from those who think (understand), if God dies by the hands of people that killed him, then what kind of God is that?! And if God is pleased with what they did, then they have gained his gratification, and if He hates what they did to him, then their strength overcome his" 15:00 I don't know on what basis you provide this conclusion, through Quran, while reading the stories of the prophets, you repeatedly read verses saying "But most people don't know", "But most people don't believe", "’Most people don't thank God" Ibn Masud, a companion of the prophet, said a famous verse which translates to "Muslim society is what agrees with the truth, even if you are alone", it is a common concept in the Muslim world that the majority is not always right, and that you should stand with truth even if you are alone. 17:40 They didn't force conversion, it is not a synonym with discouraging them, there is no way they could practically discourage a group from becoming Muslims, in Sharia (Islamic laws, which were the laws in practice back then until the fall of Ottomans), saying the Shahadah and declaring yourself as a Muslim is enough to be considered a Muslim, they get the obligations of Muslims and their privileges, and Muslims pay their own tax (Zakat, 2.5% of your wealth annually). 21:00 I think you meant to say his son-in-law Ali, or his father-in-law Abu baker, but this was not the point of split, it is a retrospective view to it, Shia started with the quarrel and fighting between the companions after the killing of the 3rd Caliph, Othman, Ali, the 4th Caliph, saw that they should stabilize the Islamic caliphate first and then go after the killers of Othman (it was more of a rebellious movement which attacked his house and killed him), but Muaweya, the founder of the Umayyad Caliphate, saw that he should revenge for the death of Othman who was from Umayya tribe too, and then the 'civil war' started, and even though Sunnis believe that Ali's claim was the better one, but the division back then led to an accumulation of differences that in the end made them 2 different sects. 26:49 No Muslim really believes that.. it is encouraged to study "the creations of God" in order to find the truth, which in Islam, it is God, in many verses in Quran it tells people to observe the world and think, and what was contributed to AlGhazali is the same words of Neil deGrasse in one of his most famous speeches, when he claimed that Alghazali prohibited math, which in fact, he didn't, and it can't be found in his works, Alghazali criticized the philosophers use of math in theology, Alghazali himself said: “As for ((the praiseworthy disciplines such as medicine and mathematics)), they are associated with worldly benefit. And that category is divided into those that become a communal obligation and those that are of great merit but are not an obligation. If there are not people who are experts in mathematics within society that it will be a hardship on society and certain aspects of society will suffer from it.”

@adamnesico

Жыл бұрын

Hi. I agree that alGazali is unfairly accused of hate science, when he was himself a scientist too. Then why do you think the intelectual reform of Nizam al Mulk and alGazali had such a terrible efect in scientific development? Maybe was that alGazali said that if science cant proof the existence of Allah, then is a lesser discipline? What do you think?

@ibrahimmohammedibrahim9273

Жыл бұрын

Thank you 😊

@Abz2205

Жыл бұрын

​@@adamnesicoscience quite simply goes where the money for research is and since Islam was beginning to decline in its wealth by that point and it was india and china and then later europe that would have the wealth, they were the ones progressing science. Once a society loses its finances it loses its academic capabilities, the people become less educated and therefore less able to think which also in turn allows for corrupt regimes to step in and actively further reduce the capacities of society to think and be educated so that said corrupt regimes can get away with more corruption - if the people were educated and capable of thought they would notice corruption and fight against it but if they are retarded it is nice and easy to do whatever. You can still see this now very prevantly in "islamic cultures" - my family is from Bangladesh and some guy there said to my sister who had got 1st class honours in history that women shouldnt be allowrd to be educated because then they learn their rights. It is disgusting if only these people could read and understand what islam actually says, Aisha (ra) was literally considered a university on her own and these people now try say women cant be educated?

@ahmadfrhan5265

Жыл бұрын

Whites will cry regardless

@someone_somewhere_from........

Жыл бұрын

@@Abz2205 you are absolutely correct and insha'Allah we Muslims will have a strong revival of our prominence in all fields

"Its like calling you're girlfriend everyday, its just too much." That's going to hurt some feelings lol

@e.priest8937

Жыл бұрын

ya i think ill stop doing that right npw lol

would be interesting to see a scenario where the Vinland colony didn't fail and survived to this day

@anonymoose9315

Жыл бұрын

I believe he is done with alternate history as of right now. He’s more into geopolitics because those videos do much better.

@jackboot8432

Жыл бұрын

If only North America had been settled by warriors instead of religious fanatics...

@anonymoose9315

Жыл бұрын

@@jackboot8432 at the point they settled they were already Christians. How religious I don’t know though.

Not sure its correct to say the Ottomans fought well in WW1. My understanding is that Enver Pasha's Caucasus campaign, where an army was lost to questionable logistics, is a pretty good counter example to this.

@tarunrao9643

Жыл бұрын

I agree but some of that could be ascribed to incompetent leadership on the part of Enver Pasha himself. Where Ottoman soldiers were led by competent commanders (Gallipoli), they performed well and on par with European powers. Also well oiled and competent armies were the exception and examples of incompetence (Austria-Hungary, Italy) abound; by that metric the Ottomans performed decently compared to European expectations of them being a pushover.

@AnonYmous-gg9oq

Жыл бұрын

@@tarunrao9643 18th BILLION BATTLE OF THE ISONZO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@cqpp

Жыл бұрын

​@@AnonYmous-gg9oq not Cadorno the butcher of Italy.

@mohdadeeb1829

Жыл бұрын

Ottoman Empire has a population of 21,000,000 and it fought Empires over twice it's size. So for a country with a relatively lower population, they fought well.

@lukaswilhelm9290

Жыл бұрын

You got Enver Pasha or Mustafa Kemal, depends on who is piloting.

Some people are dazed by the inclusion of egyptians as semites. The thing is that depsite speaking a separate branch of the Afroasiatic language family egyptians and other semites are still GENETICALLY very similar, they all are mostly natufian and Anatolian Neolithic with some slight variation from region to region (ie Iraqis tend to have more iranic admixture meanwhile egyptians tend to have more east african admixture) but they are still all genetically and culturally similar

So many people seem to forget Arabs are literally, genetically, in the same population group as Europeans are. Occidental. Glad you made some mention of this.

@Zauberkaffee2001

Жыл бұрын

Arabs are Semitic...more like Jews

@kingmisssile9730

Жыл бұрын

They’re even phenotypically similar

@dreadhead5719

Жыл бұрын

europeans with slightly different features because its hot and sunny down there

@lesinge8868

Жыл бұрын

Caucasoid

@volubilis8005

Жыл бұрын

Hitler (which was Austrian by the way, not German) was actually a member of the North African haplogroup

Incan Civilisation would be pretty damn interesting.

@TheRatOnFire_

Жыл бұрын

Really not much to go off of unfortunately. The empire was only established in 1438, and by then it was only a speck of land similar to a really big Luxembourg, and reached max expansion less than 50 years later, and completely disappeared less than a hundred years after their founding. They simply didn't have enough time to leave a cultural impact, and even then, most of the little records they had were destroyed by the Conquistadors. It's like trying to create a video on Hunnic civilization, too little to create an in depth video

@renatoe9648

Жыл бұрын

not much to go on as they didnt even last 100 years and didnt figure out writing, but prehispanic South America could be interesting

@boaoftheboaians

Жыл бұрын

@@renatoe9648 they didn’t figure out writing because they wrote by tying knots, not by striking marks on some piece of paper or stone

@renatoe9648

Жыл бұрын

@@boaoftheboaians the quipus were used mostly an accounting and its use was limited to a few administrative officials. The information that could be conveyed was limited to a few concepts relevant for accounting, their use to tell a story or keep historical records wouldnt go beyond that of a mnemotecnic aide and innenteligible if you didnt already know the information

Three Wrong Things I Have to Point out here: 1- 5:41 actually Arabia had its influential civilizations before Islam in the form Of Multiple Omani and Yemeni (South Arabia) Empires that date back to thousands of years such as Hamyrite Empire, Magan Empire, Saba Kingdom etc. Even North Arabia (The Arabian Desert) which is the same area of Modern Saudi Arabia, had its own Empires in the Form of Thamud Kingdom, Lahyan Kingdom, Kindah Kingdom etc. But the problem that they were all in a desert and separate from the rest of the world which had its histories mostly lost, this problem is even still present in modern Arabia empires Histories such as the Omani Empire, Rassulid Empire, Multiple Arab Desert Emirates etc are full with holes and lost history. You can even see this problem in other desert civilizations such as the Swahili Civilization Of East Africa and Sahel Of West Africa, which both histories are full with holes and lost parts. 2- 18:50 is wrong, Both Hispania and Central Asia (Transoxiania) were mostly conquered by Arab Generals such as Musa Bin Nusyar and Qutayba Ibn Muslim just like all the other areas that the Arabs conquered even though unlike these areas, this two areas (Hispania and Transoxiania) were conquered by armies that are mixed between Arabs and non-Arabs which can be seen as the return of the influence of the original people of these areas and the formation of the Later Muslim Berber and Persian dynasties. 3- 19:55 The Abbasids were never Shia, they were always sunnis even though they based their rule over the fact that they were relatives of the Prophet.

@yusufardagures5490

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, Abbasids were never Shia. It's a big mistake.

@juniorjames7076

Жыл бұрын

2. You are wrong. Typical Arab-centric p.o.v. Berbers, Turks, Kurds, and Slavs took over the military and administrative leadership of Islamic/Arab regions. Accept it.

@user-dl5ln3wd6f

Жыл бұрын

@@juniorjames7076 Yes, but that only happened during the abbasid caliphate. The problem is that he said that it happened during the early Muslim conquests (from 623-750) which is wrong.

@Enyavar1

Жыл бұрын

The narrator guy actually said "some Arab conqueror from some war in the Middle Ages, I think it was the crusades, said this powerful quote [the weak Christians, they let their god die on the cross],". Ugh. That literal quote is even impossible to find on the internet right off the cuff. This is just a self-taught book-educated guy throwing his imperfect knowledge around, without even doing research on the finer points even. No sources, just blurting out what he knows on the topic. Good work for a layperson, but this is so far from authoritative that it stops being funny. *Even highschool history teachers should do a better job than him.*

@a.s2205

Жыл бұрын

Arabs never had shit. They are beduins

I’m a life long learner who is not only subscribed to, but has watched the full back logs of most notable educational channels on KZread. Of them all, Whatifalthist is currently my favorite thing to show up in my subscription feed. The content of this channel is incredibly high level, and plays a significant role in how I view the world. Thank you

@lucasmurphy740

Жыл бұрын

This is not an educational channel. He’s not a historian and is completely biased in nearly every video he makes. Literally takes one sentence from somebody 1000 years ago, misquotes it, and says, “this is the main problem with Islam”. As if an entire religion with millenia worth of history can be summed up in a sentence. If you’re a lifelong learner, you can learn to discern what is an isn’t educational

I love your videos! Keep them coming!

yes, finally!!!! as a Chinese guy living in Canada, I’ve lived next to a community of Hui Muslims before, Chinese Muslims which are the descendants of Arabs and Persians who travelled down the Silk Road and settled/interbred with the Han. Despite Islam having a bad reputation amongst most Chinese the Hui are known as being as a warlike subgroup, very patriotic towards China, with a lot of fighting vigour and a culture of soldiering compared to most pure Han people, in the same manner as the Ghurkas in India or Chechens in Russia. One favourite Hui story I heard from them was that when Japanese troops tried to invade their home province of Ningxia during WW2 they failed miserably with 35,000 of their troops being cut to pieces and their commanding officers’ ears being mailed back to Tokyo in a wooden crate with Allah’s prayers written on the sides by the Hui cavalrymen via mule train. All in all, some of my favourite people ever. A prosperous, stable, wealthy industrialized Muslim country with strong institutions and not too much expansionism would be a great new addition to the world.

@KCCC326

Жыл бұрын

The question is, how well do they pick our cotton? How much does the CCP sell their hearts for? Funny how the people talking about reparations are sleeping and living in and on slaved picked cotton? Or maybe that's not funny.

@Zauberkaffee2001

Жыл бұрын

So be it

@shane1948

Жыл бұрын

@@KCCC326 That is an ethnic issue, not a Muslim one

@sniedendepoes

Жыл бұрын

They’re taking over the west just fine

@itsblitz4437

Жыл бұрын

There is also actually a minority of Tibetan Muslims ☪️ in China as well. Its sad Chinese seems to view Muslims in their own country as inferior.

I've been waiting for this one for a long time, let's go!

Your videos are always very informative. However, I would really like it if you could put a source document/recommended reading whether you do videos on topics. It would be great to find some new reading material.

Bro I randomly came to see if there are any new videos and found this surprise Love the depth of your videos, it's very hard to find among simplified content

Amazing power of summarization while inserting relevant details tying it all together. “ No one does it better”.

Great job, Rudyard. Thank you 🙏🏼

I was waiting this for long thank you

Bro, that Morgan and Morgan ad where you say that "you can have a clean conscious because the insurance company is paying." Comon dude, you're better than that.

@jurtra9090

Жыл бұрын

is that a scam?

@Bibbo8844hdbks

Жыл бұрын

@@jurtra9090 No, it's a lie. The lawyer is trying to get you to not think about the consequences of your actions. For example, just because a cop was a prick to you, it doesn't mean you can cheat on your taxes. Just because you won't get punished for doing something wrong, doesn't mean that it's not wrong. He's playing the snake in the garden of eden. He has already sold his soul, and he's trying to get you to let him gamble with yours. This is basically his justification for suing the insurance company. kzread.info/dash/bejne/q46epbNshJjfiNI.html

Amazing video, cant wait what you make next

Been waiting for this for a long time

Been waiting for this one a while now.

Out of all sponsors on KZread, I’ve never seen a Morgan and Morgan one. I didn’t even think they did anything other than tv ads

It would be awesome if you did a breakdown about the different "civilizations" in South Africa. It's a hotpot of cultures and each one has their own story to tell.

@haidouk872

Жыл бұрын

Well, judging from the "civilization maps" of the guy, he doesn't seem to believe in the existence of any sub-saharan African "civilization", so there's that

@jaycee945

Жыл бұрын

@@haidouk872 Because there isn't. There isn't a unified culture or civilisation in this part of the world. What exists is an adaption of either Western or Soviet influenced civilisation. Sub-Saharan Africa did not have the same luxury of a couple thousand years of war, unification, technological advancement, invasion and so on that Europe and Asia had. My old political science professor who was a Shona Zimbabwean explained this to us. Africa is in a post-Roman Europe state of civilisation at the moment. The colonisers have officially left and the people left behind are going to struggle for some time while still facing a softer level of foreign influence.

@marcuscole1994

Жыл бұрын

@@jaycee945 so they’re in the Middle Ages

@pilot.wav_theory

Жыл бұрын

@@marcuscole1994 culturally speaking, not technologically i assume he means

@marcuscole1994

Жыл бұрын

@@pilot.wav_theory yea I know

If this episode fucking made my mind explode can I call Morgan and Morgan :O - Glad to see you getting the support you deserve rud, keep up the great work. Its always an instant click for me

Dude You do not know how long I have been waiting for this video, thank you akhi

@seljukmamedov4718

Жыл бұрын

@Kuva-yi Milliye Ethnically I am mostly Iranian with just little percent of khorasani turk and kurd. I was born in Uzbekistan, Bukhara and that is why my its Mamedov.

Question about this series: So up until now you've been doing one video per civilization on the map (excluding SE Asia), but will you cover ones like Sahel and Japan in a similar manner to SE Asia, or will they be done differently?

@boaoftheboaians

Жыл бұрын

Would be interesting to see his take on Japan, but then again I’m also not confident in his accuracy considering he kept peddling the narrative that Philippines is part of Latin America

@laststand6420

Жыл бұрын

​@@boaoftheboaians Phillipine culture is very common(superficially) to that of latin america. What are the reasons you think it should be catagorized otherwise?

@boaoftheboaians

Жыл бұрын

@@laststand6420 Philippines faces the dilemma of being too “Asian” (or Pacific, alternatively) to be classified as part of Latin America Yet the inverse also happens that Philippines can be considered too “Hispanic” or “Western” to be considered Asian in Asia I think it deserves its own category, to give it justice (also on a personal level I’m not very comfortable with the idea of being mistaken for someone who is from places I have very little personal connection to, but then again for various reasons even I’m super weird by normal Filipino standards)

@laststand6420

Жыл бұрын

@@boaoftheboaians There is a great degree of difference in Latin America, and most Brazilians probably wouldn't want to be mistaken for a Mexican either... But that doesn't mean they shouldn't be classified as Latin American. In the same way I can't stand Canada, but I don't think my country of the U.S. and Canada should be classified as parts of different civilizations.

@boaoftheboaians

Жыл бұрын

@@laststand6420 I checked back here cause I forgot to add one critical part to my previous comment of what makes the Philippines different: No one (except the Chavacanos) speaks Spanish here, and we didn’t experience the same devastation of the Natives dying out of introduced diseases... prob because said “introduced diseases” were already familiar to us XD The native culture continued and flourished with Spanish influence being more of an add-on rather than fully combining with the natives and becoming the main thing. By classifying it as Latin America, you’re forgetting the significant Chinese and Indian influence that was here before Magellan (and also Arabic influence to some extent… the Muslims here for sure would, similarly to me, feel far more little connection to Latin America) “Heavily Spanish-influenced” are the words that are more accurate rather than “part of Latin America…. Also, Canada and the US, Mexico and Brazil do not make for good comparisons to Philippines and Latin America, maybe under certain criteria, Mexico specifically could count, but the difference only gets bigger going south (Philippines & Indonesia would be more iconic and fitting to that example… but even those two have significant differences that set them apart, similarly to the Turkics and Mongols) (This shall be my last reply, I’m fully capable of sending a hundred more replies debunking your points, but I don’t wish to make hundred-long comment war out of the replies to a comment that’s completely unrelated to this topic)

Great video, keep up the good work😊👍

The first time I’ve seen a law firm advertisement on a KZread video, well played Morgan & Morgan

Yes more content. Very exciting.

Nice video, although in the future could you link some of the sources in the description for further reading? Cuz I enjoy your content, but frankly it can sometimes be hard to tell what’s fact and opinion and where I can go for further research

@leggonarm9835

Жыл бұрын

It's self research from osmosis, you academy-minded simpleton.

Another excellent video, thank you

Blaming Imam al-Ghazali and belief in occasionalism for the lack of scientific progress in the Islamic world is simply ludicrous, and hailing the Mu'tazilites, who carried out an inquisition against their orthodox co-religionists, as rationalist free thinkers is equally, if not more, absurd.

@hxyzazolchak

Жыл бұрын

seriously that part was a weird one. I felt like he just took a page out of degrasse's book and just read it out to us.

@adamnesico

Жыл бұрын

Then, wich is your theory of why the Ummah stopped making science? The reform of alGazali and Nizam al Mulk seems to be the cause.

@Husayn0318

Жыл бұрын

@@adamnesico A combination of different social, political, and economic factors. Imam al-Ghazali passed away in 1111 CE, and Muslim decline began in the latter half of the 18th century.

@adamnesico

Жыл бұрын

@@Husayn0318 Thats totally wrong, muslim science fell very fast after alGazali. The last great muslim filosofer was ibn Khaldun, the prelast, ibn Rushd, who lived just a century after alGazali.

@Husayn0318

Жыл бұрын

@@adamnesico Ibn Khaldun was an Ash‘arī, for God's sake.

The realistic pictures of historic war are really nice and interesting. I pause to look at some of them for a while.

My favorite so far. Great job 👏

First time watching this, and this was an amazing explanation. Alot of it did go over my head, since I am coming from the Western Christian background, but you explained so much and I truly did learn so much, from this video.

I'm looking forward to the future smaller civilization videos! I would be very interested to see one about Elamite culture if you are ever interested. Thank you for another video here. God be with you out there everybody. ✝️ :)

- Keeps referring arabs as uncivilized during the rashidun Era. - Shows graphic "memes" about our prophets (both Jesus and muhammad) - explains that the success of the rashidun caliphate is because of the war that "weakened" the sassanids and romans when this argument already has been debunked. - Umayyads weren't ruled by a tribal system, it was a complete government and the "syrian" bureaucracy is actually arab settlers in Syria that ruled the bureaucracy. - Abbasids weren't Shia and they weren't an arabised Persian empire. It allowed non arabs into the army permanently but the overwhelming majority was arabs until the 1000s when it started being overrun by turks and Persians. This video treats the Islamic civilization in a very biased and western perspective way.

@aasifazimabadi786

Жыл бұрын

He’s clearly recycling Orientalist talking points.

@alexanderb5726

Ай бұрын

1. Who exactly "debunked" the point on the Roman-Sassanid wars and when? It's quite commonly known that the stale-mate war between the Eastern Romans and Persians utterly depleted their manpower and resources, which made it far easier for the emerging Arab armies to sweep over areas in Iran and the Levant where military presence was slim. I mean that's frankly just common sense. And had the Eastern Romans been at full capacity, it would've been an entirely different matter facing the Rashidun's, who, despite facing a very weak and already worn out Roman Empire, did suffer several defeats by them and were unable to move further than easternmost Anatolia. 2. As for memes, he's perfectly free to do so. He belongs to western culture, Christian culture, we have no heresy laws around Muhammad and we are not obliged to cater to your religious doctrines. Even if you tend to literally blow up when people do not. 3. If you dislike the term uncivilized then argue concretely as to why they weren't. It's not wrong if the only reason you object to it is that you don't like it.

@1sultan189

Ай бұрын

@@alexanderb5726 1) it’s not “commonly known” it’s commonly spread by western sources that the Byzantine and Persians were “weakened”. What I’m saying is that there is no primary sources or evidence that support that claim. If you weren’t lazy and you looked up you would see that they didn’t even have a combined 100k casualty manpower for the entirety of the 26 year. If you’re good at math and assuming they had a combined casualty of such number (they didn’t way less actually) that would mean they would have had about 2000 military deaths a year for an 26 duration period. In the medieval world this is nothing and wars are commonly fought. The Persians had a population of 40 million people and the romans around 25 million people they were not close to “exhausting” their manpower. One could argue that the only issues of that 26 year war was economic weakness and political instability (Persians). Nothing was weakened in the military aspect, the romans and Persians didn’t sustain catastrophic army losses and they didn’t suddenly forgot how to build armors and weapons. They were both economically weakened without a doubt but they were still years ahead Bedouin Arabs so that wouldn’t make any difference. The eastern romans were at full capacity, they had all the manpower, all the economic/logistic advantages, and they had allies that helped them. In fact they even allied with the Sassanids in the battle of Firaz and they both got clapped. The Persians seems to be the ones who weren’t at full strength against the Arabs, they had manpower but lacked political stability contrary to their Roman counterparts. Regardless your roman ancestors scored a whopping 0 victories on the rashidun caliphate which just highlights a skill issue. The rashiduns moved all the way to Anatolia without any issues and only retreated by the orders of the caliph after the first Muslim civil war (Fitna). Maybe it’s better for you to not cope and find excuses but assume that both the Persians and romans were incapable of defeating the Arabs. 2) well you can go ahead I don’t really care, just like I’m allowed to defame your religion and your principles even tho I’m living in your countries and we’re essentially taking over. In fact, that’s exactly what I’m doing regularly, and according to your very own “principles” I am allowed to comment my concerns and if you’re not informed or happy you are welcome to leave hh. 3)

@1sultan189

Ай бұрын

@@alexanderb5726 1) it’s not debunked it’s just a fact if you were informed you would know it. Its not “commonly known” either as I would put it as commonly “falsely stated” by westerners to cope of their ancestors defeat with despite having winnable odds. The reason is that there is 0 primary evidence or source that states the romans and Persians were depleted in manpower, if you look up their battle casualties you would notice they didn’t even have 70k deaths combined for 26 years which is nothing. The Arabs during ridda wars which lasted 1 year before their expansion had more casualties and deaths then the Roman’s and Persians in the whole 26 years. The only consequence of significant value the romans and Persians suffered would be economic weakness and political instability (for Persians only). But that is mediocre at best as they still were very rich and completely outclassed the the Arabs in every field. Also there is 0 evidence that the romans didn’t return to their province after the war, in fact Egypt and the levant constituted 80% of the Roman empire’s economy and wealth. After the war the romans further added defences and garrisons in those regions as they were not willing to abondon it and let it conquer. The only reason why the Persians quickly and swiftly took those regions in the 26 year war was because the romans pulled their forces out of those regions because of an imminent civil war which the Persians capitalized. The same can’t be said for the Arabs, who had to face a ready and fortified Roman army which already rebuilt most forts and stationed even more garrisons. The Arabs never got defeated by the romans under the Byzantine empire and if so I’d like to see you name 1 😂. They even took 25% of Anatolia at one point the only reason they lost it was because they had to pull back in reason of the Islamic civil war (fitna). It seems like you’re not even informed about this subject to be talking with me hhh. But regardless I understand why you westerners cope so much, your ancestors got defeated by Bedouins who had every disadvantage in manpower or economic or logistics or military and y’all still didn’t even score 1 victory. At least the Persians won 1 battle 😂

@1sultan189

Ай бұрын

@@alexanderb5726 2) nobody told you anything about memes, you’re free to go do what you want. Even this you westerners defend more 🏳️‍🌈 and bestiality than your own Jesus I don’t mind anything. In fact if I want to I will speak out against your religion and I weak speak out about your society and I’ll gladly do so WHILE living in your countries and there is nothing you can do about it. By law I have free speech and I can say whatever I want too😂

new whatifalthist video dropped. massive win. i will now motivate myself to finish my spanish homework and this will be the reward.

Copts aren't Semites. The Afroasiatic language family is split into 6 main branches-Berber, Chadic, Cushitic, Egyptian, Omotic, and Semitic. Copts unsurprisingly fall under Egyptian, whereas some Ethiopians like Amharas and Tigreans technically count as Semites.

@forblox2606

Жыл бұрын

yeah i was gonna say

If the FBI could see my excitement at that thumbnail I'd probably be on another list

I find your videos very calming; is that what perspective provides?

I once went to a mosque and watched on as Muslims prayed. After their service, they allowed me to sit and eat with them before they gifted me a copy of the Qur'an. One of the senior members of the mosque then took me around the entire building and explained in depth the theology and teachings of Islam in contrast to my own religion. He really stressed the importance of our communities coming and working together.

Islam had a HUGE cultural influence on the west. (considering after the conquest of Iberia, and the dominance of the pagan north, Christians at the time would have felt on the verge of extinction.) The Iconoclasm of Byzantium was a direct influence of Muslims. (the Orthodox argued that the Muslim victories were proof they were seen as the more holy by God and their lack of Icons was one obvious difference.) The Crusades themselves were argued at the time as the answer to the Muslim Jihad. (for good or bad) We often compare the two but forget that these are breathing systems that interact with and rub off on one another.

@bladestrike8045

Жыл бұрын

All trash cultures like to pretend that they had a "HUGE" influence on the west *LOL* "You see the champion? I taught him all he knows" - looser Reality is that the cultural influence Islam had on the west was much smaller then you make it out to be and the west eventually succeeded in spite of that garbage.

@andrewwilson9183

11 ай бұрын

Yes as adversaries

@alexanderb5726

26 күн бұрын

The Crusades being a response to Jihads are not equivalent to "cultural influence" and I have nowhere seen that Eastern Romans believed muslims more holy in the eyes of God.

I think the meme of Jesus and Mohammad might cause some controversy, I personally understand your point and why you put it in but others will undoubtably not understand.

@aramskaef6955

3 ай бұрын

Yeah it's offensive to both, mockery of Jesus, and drawing the prophets is haram in Islam let alone a caricature.

Hello! Great video that analyzes Islam as a whole, but I’ve wanted to talk about the Ottoman Empire and why it could have not, in fact, survived WW1. 1) Ataturk’s technological advancement was rather impressive indeed, but he had to gain political power to pass his reforms, which he would be unlikely to have unless the people’s faith in the Empire and the Ittihadists has collapsed completely as it did as the result of the war. 2) Yes, but would the British and French just ignore that? Or would they support rebellions against the Ottoman rule in the most oil-rich regions, which were Arabic-speaking and not Turkic-speaking? Considering Ottoman military was downright bad (I’ll return to it in point 4), they could probably just supply and finance those regions so much that their victory would be pretty much guaranteed. 3) Yes, there was no nationalism, but there was, however, plenty of sheikhs and emirs forced to be subservient to Ottomans and wishing to rule as kings in their own right. And Lawrence of Arabia kind of begs to differ about ineffectiveness. 4) Is this statement based entirely on Gallipoli? Because Turkish army was really bad in WW1 overall. The Russian Empire was in disarray but even it was beating the Ottomans into pulp on the Caucasian front. And Italy, who often gets mocked for its poor military performance, has beaten the Ottos singlehandedly just two years prior and taken Lybia from them. Yes, they won in Gallipoli, but that was because they had absolutely favorable terrain and the only competent man in the country - Kemal Pasha - was the one commanding. Plus they have actually dispatched troops to commit the Armenian and the Assyrian genocides instead of fighting, so really, most Turk commanders were just a bunch of psychotic idiots. 5) No, there was plenty of minorities: Orthodox Armenians and Pontic Greeks, Nestorian Assyrians and Lebanese, Druze and Mizrahi Jews in Palestine and Yazidi Kurds. Besides, common religion is not the only thing to unite a nation, language is also very important, and the vast majority of the Empire did not speak Turkish. 6) No, the territories, in fact contained all three areas of the Middle East you correctly identified in the very beginning of the video: the mountains, the Fertile Crescent, and the peninsula desert. This terrain differences did affect the empire negatively. Overall, I think, the Ottoman Empire fell for the same reason the Russian one did: they had great resources which could bring prosperity with proper economic policy (Russia partially managed that), but they were too stuck in smug nationalism to even think about giving regions autonomy. Of all the parties in the Russian Empire only Bolsheviks and Mensheviks were pro-decentralizing, and I don’t think there was any major force in Turkey with such a policy. Ataturk, for all his merits, kept the government completely central, which lead to the Kurdish rebellion beginning, which has been ongoing ever since with brief breaks, and really brings down both Turkey and Kurdistan. Otherwise, a really good video about how Islam came from its grand beginnings to its pretty sorry state today, keep up the good work.

AmazIng content. It would also be great to see a video on the individual cultures within the islamic world. Such as the rise of the Turkic people and their impact on the spread of islam. Also the Iranic peoples, whose influence has stretched from spain to the east indies. Etc

Love your vids bud but as a Christian gone through seminary I'm pretty shocked at how off your analysis is of not only Christian history, but why we worship Jesus in the first place.

@Nasaj_Tengras

Жыл бұрын

I agree. We worship Him because He’s literally YHWH. To criticize Christians for being obsessed with Christ is like criticizing Muslims for being obsessed with Allah.

@thegospelmessenger1corinth634

Жыл бұрын

When someone asks me if a Muslim is saved, I first want to point out God’s love towards them, and all of us. I get so tired of these lifeless religious teachers down-talking gays, Muslims, drunks, etc, and implying that God doesn’t love them just as they are. Yes, their sin grieves Him. But He still loves them with all His heart. And that’s why he sent Jesus. God was willing to die for Muslims. For Gays. For Murderers. For You. For Me. For all of us. The problem is NOT outward. It’s inward. Now, I am not saying Muslims are saved. There is a choice that we all must make. The Bible is littered with scriptures about not hardening our hearts. There are countless warnings about hell and the danger of unbelief. There is no way to God except through belief in Jesus. We are living in the dispensation of the grace of God, by believing and trusting the gospel of salvation (1 Corinthians 15:1-4) given to our Apostle Paul by Jesus Christ you are saved and sealed with the holy Spirit of promise till the day of redemption!!! Ephesians 1:13 - King James Version 13 In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise, Romans 2:16 - King James Version 16 In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel. (Paul's Gospel - 1 Corinthians chapter 15 verses 1-4).

@Handle0108

Жыл бұрын

@@Nasaj_Tengras it’s an obsession because you focus too much on the “Logos”/ Son rather than the Father/God who is the one actually deserves our full worship and focus. Focusing too much on a human individual is kind of an obsession.

@Nasaj_Tengras

Жыл бұрын

@@Handle0108 Jesus is God though. Claims to be the I AM from Exodus, does miracles on His own authority, forgives sin on His authority, and rules on the right hand of (making him equal in authority to) the Father. He’s both fully human and fully God and is (probably) The Angel of YHWH in the Old Testament. It’s not obsession it’s basic theology.

@skp8748

Жыл бұрын

​@@Nasaj_Tengras so God went to the toilet?

I can't believe Morgan and Morgan sponsored you. As a law student, this cracked me tf up hahaha

Also thank you for feeding my existential dread, your videos really make me use my brain and wonder about the chances of myself along with the civilization i grew up with actually coming to fruition.

I have been waiting for this….

Finally I’ve been waiting for this for a while Being pretty far from the Middle East geographically and culturally being south East Asian,the Islamic world have been some of the most confusing for me.it’s also incredibly complex and have diverse old preislamic cultures as well so thank you very much for yhis if yiu are from the region you could talk to me and give more info on the region btw Also would you do any videos on the different Native American civilizations?the info is pretty hard to find .

@thefolder3086

Жыл бұрын

@whatifalthisttbruh Why

@Handle0108

Жыл бұрын

As a Somali (neighbors with Yemen and Arab world) you can ask away.

@thefolder3086

Жыл бұрын

@@Handle0108 ooh, nice Actually, I really wanna know about Somalia itself as well actually First, have Somalis been importing food since ancient times or they just rely on local agriculture fishing and pastoralism? It’s a region with great trade potential and horrible climate except in the south a bit and having the fertile Ethiopian highland nearby. Ik at some point Ethiopia rule the Somalian coast so this isn’t a problem but i wanna know about after that Secondly how far away had the goods from the Indopacific trade route travel to Somalia? Here in Thailand for example we have some goods from Japan but not a lot of influence until later but with a lot of Indian and Chinese influence and even some Arabian influence but there weren’t much from east Africa despite being in the same route. I’ve heard of large Chinese influence pretty far into Africa tho so I wanna know what the influences are like Thirdly do Somalians historically usually care about the land at all as a pretty sea facing civilization?would a powerful Somalian nation try to expand on land or just expand on the coast? Fourthly how does the dynamic between the merchants and various local herder groups play out? Do they trade often or is it just a stoppping point? I’ll ask more later btw, Im doing worldbuilding so this would also be a great inspiration

@Handle0108

Жыл бұрын

@@thefolder3086 Firstly, Somalis have not really relied on foreign lands for food historically, we made the best out of what was in our country. Farms and agriculture in the south of the country made a lot of food, enough for most of the country, and also many people in the country side in central and northern Somalia were Nomadic so they removed from place to place and they relied on their cattle and Camels (which we have the most in the world) to live. We did not need Ethiopian highland, and in fact Ethiopia is our oldest enemy of over 1000 years. Which also leads me to the next point, Ethiopia and it’s past empires(D’mt, Aksum etc) never controlled Somalia or anywhere near our coast for the last 3000 years at least. They did control Yemen and Arabia though but they never controlled Somalia, due to the resistance of the Somali people for thousands of years. It was in fact the opposite, Somali sultanates like Adal sultanate penetrated deep into Ethiopia and kept the Ethiopian rulers to the highlands, until the 19th century.

@Handle0108

Жыл бұрын

@@thefolder3086 As for trade we had goods from as far away as China and south east Asia and we traded with India, Persia and the Roman Empire(who bought incense and cinnamon from us). In fact the first African ambassador to China was a Somali called “Sa’id of Mogadishu” and we introduced exotic animals to them like Giraffes, and to this day China, Japan and Korea use a Somali origin word for Giraffe. The great Chinese fleet admiral Zheng He(who was rumoured to be Muslim) brought back several Giraffes from Somalia and called them “Qilins” Chinesified from the Somali word “geri” and the Japanese and Koreans call it “Kirin.” We’ve also taken influence from others, for example there are many Persian and Indian words in Somali like, “Roti” which means bread and “Sambosa” and “Baraf” which means ice and “Miis” which means table and “Rinji” which means paint etc. And also there are many native Indian and Arab origin populations in Somalia like the Banaadiri and Bravanese who are descendants of Indian and Arab merchants. In regards to foreign relations we had good relations and alliances with Arabs and the Ottoman Empire which helped us on numerous occasions, especially when the Portuguese tried to invade us and take over all of East Africa in the 16th century, and a joint Somali and ottoman fleet defeated the Portuguese at sea and on land our national hero Ahmed Gurey defeated and killed the Portuguese commander Cristovao Da Gama(son of the famous Vasco da gama) who was helping the Ethiopian Christians against us. As for whether we care about the land, there are two types of Somalis throughout history, the Nomad and the Merchant city dweller. The Nomads almost certainly cared about the land because they used it for Pastoralism and animal grazing for their own livelihoods, but Merchants did not care as much since they mostly relied on ships and the sea. But our Sultanates cared about both and expanded on both land and along the coast, which is why we have the largest coast in Africa and there’s an entire region in Ethiopia called the Somali region(almost a third of the country). Merchants and Nomads definitely traded and worked together, since both relied on each other. The nomads brought livestock and merchants brought foreign spices and goods. But there were some differences and the attitude and behaviour or of Nomads and Merchants differ significantly. The nomads are more harsh and tough to deal with and they are very traditional. Merchants and their descendants on the other hand are more globalised, open minded, educated and overall more “civilised” you could say.

As a Canadian I can confirm we are in fact not a civilization as indicated by the map within the first few seconds of this video

@Lusa_Iceheart

Жыл бұрын

I think the map is meant to show that Canadas population is basically the border with the US, like 90% or something is within 50 miles of the border the rest of the country is empty. There's more wolves than people in Yukon, lol. But yeah there is also the part where the country has no common identity besides "we're not the US". Rudyard did a video on Canada before, it was pretty on point imo.

@hpsauce1078

Жыл бұрын

He has included most of Canada as part of the 'uninhabited' coloration, if you look carefully, the bits of Canada that actually have sizable populations have been included as part of 'the West'.

Hey yo from Hoboken! Saw you walking around their last year

@WhatifAltHist

Жыл бұрын

Hi

I was literally thinking about you AND wanting a video on this, you can read my mind...

Your channel is slowly going from an althistory channel to a regular old history channel. 👍

@ThePoliticrat

Жыл бұрын

Which is way better.

@Joleyn-Joy

Жыл бұрын

to a regular *terrible* history channel

@SoulStormZero

Жыл бұрын

​@@Joleyn-Joy I see you did make the effort to underline terrible, yet do not explain why you think that

@lucasmurphy740

Жыл бұрын

@@SoulStormZero he is completely blinded by his bias for western ideology. Pretty sure he called the Assyrians communists at one point. Just an all around bad historian. Not even a historian. Just a KZreadr who makes videos about “history”

@SoulStormZero

Жыл бұрын

@@lucasmurphy740 some philosophers think its impossible to fully escape ones cultural bias. At least we can say that its very difficult if at all possible. But then again, maybe this opinion is also part of that cultural bias.

please release part 2 of the medieval america alt hist project you were making like 3 years ago.

@MaxwellAerialPhotography

Жыл бұрын

Upvote, bump. Seriously we need part 2 Rudyard.

@NTJV

Жыл бұрын

@@MaxwellAerialPhotography I remember getting patreon like a year ago just to ask him about when part 2 would come out and he said it would probably never happen. But I think if we get enough popular support we may be able to over rule him because that video was straight kino.

Please do a tibetan civilization video I would love to see it

Love ur vids

I can't believe I just saw a Morgan & Morgan ad on KZread. I'm from Orlando, FL where they're from. I know people who used to go to parties that went to HS with their son. They're everywhere. I even saw them while on vacation in Boston near Fenway Park.

Your videos are awesome please make one about the Egyptian civilization 🙏🙏🙏

@prateeksharma6706

Жыл бұрын

There is no Egyptian civilization left in modern day Egypt is just Arab now !!

@makeytgreatagain6256

Жыл бұрын

@IBZ most Egyptians are Arab in blood, very few are true Coptic netives.

@prateeksharma6706

Жыл бұрын

@IBZ they are not same they don't have a thing common to ancient Egyptians they have more common to arabian Bedouin tribes Unlike india and china where u can find similarity far back

@mohdadeeb1829

Жыл бұрын

​​@@prateeksharma6706There's a thing called "Inter-Marriage" .

@user-pakshibhithi10

Жыл бұрын

​@IBZ Are today's Egyptians the same Egyptians who built Pyramids? I've seen some African channels saying ancient Egyptians were all black when the pyramids were built, only after that there were Middle-eastern and European descent people who existed in Egypt. Idk if that's true, since, mainstream archaeologists say that Ancient Egyptians were mostly Middle-eastern.

You are of the few KZreadrs to seriously study and analyze civilizations and their strengths and weaknesses.

@spiritgaming1442

Жыл бұрын

He literally doesn't look at any sources past 1960. This information is 80 years old.

@gahamhumphrey4812

Жыл бұрын

@@spiritgaming1442 good, less politicized

@spiritgaming1442

Жыл бұрын

@@gahamhumphrey4812 It was just as political then as it was now. There's no difference.

@SireJaxs

Жыл бұрын

@@spiritgaming1442 mald lmao, how about u actually listen to what he has to say instead of what people that disagree with him say

@spiritgaming1442

Жыл бұрын

@SireJaxs I do. If you look back to many of his older vids, I agree with him on many things, and I've commented on many of them. Though I've noticed over time that his views on the world are shallow and one dimensional. He often comes to insane conclusions. For example, old people suck because they had too much sex which caused people to not have enough sex which caused an old population. That's ludicrous. History is complex and ever-changing. Using information that was relevant 80 years ago is not credible and leads to said insane conclusions. Hell, Nathan Seper, the original commenter, stated that whatifalthist is a youtuber that seriously studies and analyzes civilizations and their strengths and weaknesses. You can't fit an entire civilization into a cookie cutter video and force the civilization into 2 categories. Especially one that's existed for thousands of years. In conclusion, whatifalthist uses stereotypes and over simplifications to cut down a group of people into a cookie cutter video for his audience to appraise him for his immense intelligence.

I don't think that al ghazali was the reason of islamic world being more closed and conservative, I think it was the nizami schools in the seljuk empire which focused on religious teachings to serve political goals and neglected scientific researchs Edit: actually al ghazali critisised some philosophies because he wanted to encourage the critic thinking,he said that philosophy isn't the only way to know the truth but also by the using of the five senses and he defended the natural sciences and scientific researchs

@andrewwilson9183

11 ай бұрын

His philosophy did undermined the doctrine of uniformity which in turn undermines science.

@omarelmorsy139

11 ай бұрын

But it was needed so that other sects wouldn't be born like the ismaily shias who caused a lot of chaos in the Islamic world+it's not justification to put all the blame on Al ghazali

@perniciousseizurehellio3438

11 ай бұрын

​@@omarelmorsy139can you explain please, how did it prevent other sects from rising

@omarelmorsy139

11 ай бұрын

@perniciousseizurehellio3438 by criticising some philosophies a lot of sect used like: esotericism,Incarnation and union

Would you be able to make a video on the egyptian civilization?

Something interesting about a "east-west" Eurasian split I don't hear talked about: West of the Indus, religious claims are based around the divine coming down and revealing itself to humanity (namely the "Abrahamic" religions). East of the Indus, religion is a product of humans attempting to reason about the divine (especially Buddhism and Taoism, but also Hinduism and Shinto to an extent). I don't know if there's a socio-cultural reason behind this, but it's intriguing. Even more interesting is that the West's more recent religions - deism, atheism, and new age spiritualism - follow the Eastern pattern of human reasoning about the divine more closely.

@andrewwilson9183

11 ай бұрын

That was also true of Greek philosophy as well.

@bilkishchowdhury8318

Ай бұрын

Your analysis is not even superficial

3:26 Wow, you divide West and East more or less the same way I've always thought about it! My first introduction to "The West" vs "The East" was the USA vs. Japan, so it always felt strange to me to call Muslim countries or Russia as "Eastern", when they were clearly closer to the West religiously and in terms of civilizational continuity (or at least in terms of the way European and Americans start "Western History" in the Middle East).

@Ucedo95

Жыл бұрын

What we call Middle East should be the West, including the Balkans. The rest of Europe is the Far West.

These are my favorite kind of videos.

According to some historians ,Arabs first appeared in historical sources around 835 B.C.They were fighting with the assiriyan empire.They were led by a chief whom the assiriyans called "jundibu the Arab".His group of camels are also mentioned.

@captainfury497

Жыл бұрын

Obviously the Arabs were in the area for several thousand years so its not at all surprising They didn't drop out of thin air all of sudden

@khalidalali186

Жыл бұрын

The Battle of Qarqar took place in 853 BCE bro.

@laststand6420

Жыл бұрын

The Bible records them all the way back to Abraham(Ishmaelites). They are described as a people who will always be contrary to the world, and the world contrary to them.

So from what I can infer. The mongol invasions of abbasids really changed the trajectory. Also, all the barbarians that came from steppe with them, (turks, tartars, mongols,) had brutal and ruthless barbaric warrior type lifestyle and they caused a lot of instability. People like Tamerlane, Ghori, ghanavid, Nader Shah constantly destroyed cities and carried out genocides and massacres. Its these barbarians that converted to islam and controlled the region in late middle ages (mughals, persians, ottomans and such) and had a more absolutist interpretation of islam. Though ottomans were less radical, and at a time less strict than europe; catholic church was wild for a time.

@yusufardagures5490

Жыл бұрын

Turks came 200 years before Mongols you know right?

@ThePoliticrat

Жыл бұрын

Love your avatar

@a.s2205

Жыл бұрын

Arab muslims were also barbarians

@josha136

Жыл бұрын

I dont understand how he calls iranians barbarians as they had organized the first superpower (achaemenid empire) also woth human rights

@a.s2205

Жыл бұрын

@@josha136 he calls Muslim Arabs barbarians

Glad to see the channel getting some big time sponsors

I am genuinely curious about your infographics relating to Australia.

Nice work

Will you make a civilization video about Japan? I mean it kind of belongs to the chinese/sinic civilization but you have them as a different civilization on your map

@straightrippnable706

Жыл бұрын

I would like to see this video myself, and can only imagine the effort it would take ;) I agree but can claim to get a sense (as opposed to entirely understanding) of how they must be more along the line of Koreans or a particular group in Chinese history, in abstract interpretqtion, than being "like other Asians". In a sense too, it can be a greater effort to tell other stories than even understand. For a few reasons. I sent one of my friends once, a video on someone's history, might have been the India videos, and he increduously asked "told by a white guy?" For me it didn't matter because it was respectfully done and introductary -level, as far as my understandings lie. But that is maybe something that needs to be considered. I see Rudyard as being too respectful for such a view of his material, I'm jist saying it exists. I woild like to see this video myself.

@JustinianG

Жыл бұрын

My friends and I are going to write an alt history story set in Japan. So if you help me find someone with enough subscribers (111 minimum) to collaborate with on my next video project. I'll do a video on Japanese civilization for you. My next YT video will be on the religious history of Ukraine. I'll touch on the grand duchy of Lithuania, the polish Lithuanian commonwealth and the Kievan rus. So if u know any content creators on YT who have tried anything relevant to that then lmk

@JustinianG

Жыл бұрын

@@straightrippnable706 My friends and I are going to write an alt history story set in Japan. So if you help me find someone with enough subscribers (111 minimum) to collaborate with on my next video project. I'll do a video on Japanese civilization for you. My next YT video will be on the religious history of Ukraine. I'll touch on the grand duchy of Lithuania, the polish Lithuanian commonwealth and the Kievan rus. So if u know any content creators on YT who have tried anything relevant to that then lmk

Whatifalthist are you planning on doing a video on the civilization of Sub Saharan Africa? That would be interesting!

@JcLazy1

Жыл бұрын

There's a few channels that do sub Saharan Africa.

Great job! I would love to see a video about tibetan civilization

Whenever I pause the video to read lengthy texts, I get a lot of controls on the bottom of the screen that hide the last lines of the text. How do I get rid of the controls? Another solution would be, when text, to keep the lowest part of the page blank.

Hey yo, you should make a video about the history of women and how various geography, family structure, emotions, and other factors affect how society views and treats them. I would LOVE to see you go over things like female soldiers and roles of women in families across regions. Along for what the future of things like womens rights will be. I know you're a busy man but I was wondering if you knew the answer to some of these questions? Will push back to wokism create a more patriarchal system? Are female soldiers a likely thing we will continue to see in the future? Will Islam's attitudes ever change towards women? Does the allowance of women's rights correlate to the decline of a civilization? Like stuff like that.

@adamnesico

Жыл бұрын

Female soldiers????? In how many societys.

@Trapset_Agent

Жыл бұрын

@@adamnesico Ukraine, USA, Kingdom of Benin, Scythia, United Kingdom, North Korea, Soviet Union Russia, Australia, Norway, Switzerland, Italy, France, etc.

@adamnesico

Жыл бұрын

@@Trapset_Agent Ukraine, USA, UK, North Korea, URSS, Australia, Norway, Switzerland, Italy, France... all of them westernnized societys with feminism, nothing to explain there, we already know those. Why you didnt mentioned Vietnam? We dont know if the scythian fighting women were a defensive militia or true warriors, but I dont think they were soldiers. So, in the end the only non western female soldiers presented are the agoji. Why you didnt included the army of Nzinga? Or the female guard of the mauryas? They were the indian version of the agoji.

@adamizzat3801

Жыл бұрын

Wow that actually a pretty good video idea.

@Trapset_Agent

Жыл бұрын

@@adamnesico I just included what I was able to think off the top of my head. Those do count I just didn’t know about them

0:00 I think you should draw a circle around Southeast Asia. Vietnamese, Malays, Filipinos, despite their major religious denomination, share a lot of the same Southeast Asian traditions. It's more like a gradient rather than here's Protestantism, here's Islam, and here's Buddhism. Same in Africa or the US South, despite them following Christianity or Islam, they bring their own local spiritual beliefs and incorporate them into their religion. References: Iliffe, John. Africans, The History of a Continent. Baker, Chris, Phongpaichit, Pasuk. A History of Ayutthaya: Siam in the Early Modern World. Baker, Chris, Phongpaichit, Pasuk. A History of Thailand. Liberman, Victor. Strange Parallels in Southeast Asia, Vol I and II.

This video is way too oversimplified, painting Islam as some sort of weird hybrid animal. Very orientalist too. Honestly my expectations were low to begin with so….. yeah.

@joemartin7451

11 ай бұрын

indeed. he nailed alot of points when he talked about modern problems. but when talking about civilizations that are diverse and complicated outside the christian western sphere, he gets alot of points incorrect. he had me alot of times going "cmon dude you can do better that that" whith his conclusions.

I love your videos, keep up the good work. just one little sidenote though, you need to equalize your volume before posting, sudden and multiple jumps and drops of 25 to 30% are quite annoying.

Amazing how similar Muhammed and Moses are. I have been saying for this longest time Muhammad is the most impressive human in history. The guy was literally Ceasar and Pope in one.

@_Phen_

Жыл бұрын

Even jews were convinced that he was a prophet at that time.

@_Phen_

Жыл бұрын

@Pedro Ortega Morals change over time. You can't just apply a modern principle on an arab man who lived 1400 years ago.

@_Phen_

Жыл бұрын

@Pedro Ortega Think about the next time you see 9 years being married in England during the 1800's century.

@manofwar2354

Жыл бұрын

​@Pedro Ortega no problem really thats how world work for thousand of year All royalty did that She was already engaged before and it was normal to christian and jew alreeady to marry at this age according to all civilazation laws

My dad always said when asked if there was electricity in Iran, that the first battery was invented there.

@kevinjones2061

Жыл бұрын

If you're referring to the Baghdad battery the ancient battery found by archaeologists or at least thought to be a battery that was found in Iraq.

@MaxwellAerialPhotography

Жыл бұрын

@@kevinjones2061 you’re referring to the Baghdad battery, then you clearly have read much on it asides from ancient alien esque conspiracy screeds. That artifact was not a battery, at best the fact that it could provide some form of electrical current is likely coincidental since there is no evidence of electrical loads or metallic wires for transmission. At most this artifact could discharge the equivalent of a light static shock, which may have had some form of religious application.

@kevinjones2061

Жыл бұрын

@@MaxwellAerialPhotography did you miss the part my sentence where I said or at least thought to be? It's commonly referred to as the Baghdad battery whether you believe it or not

@bilkishchowdhury8318

Ай бұрын

ElectroBOOM is proof of the Iranian electrical legacy.

That sponsorship is an actual sponsorship akin to something found on tv

Hey man I love you videos but one critique. Im Eritrean and I’ve noticed in videos you label Eritrea as an Islamic country/state but we are an orthodox Christian state (similar to Ethiopia). I noticed this in the family dynamics video as well

@KawaiiCanadafreememes

Жыл бұрын

It's a common mistake I find, I guess it's because like 45% of the country is Muslim, but still, you'd think he'd know better

@user-dl5ln3wd6f

Жыл бұрын

@@KawaiiCanadafreememes It's mostly Muslim now.

@KawaiiCanadafreememes

Жыл бұрын

@user-dl5ln3wd6f It's not, most statistics indicate its between 50-65% Christian and 40-50% Muslim.

@nigerians_have_starwars_names

Жыл бұрын

Not only is it majority Christian- at a magnitude larger than 55%. It’s a Christian led state

I absolutely love your videos, I'm only 16 but you have helped me develop my fascination of history, when genz takes over, I will remember and spare you lolol.

@silasmoody2539

Жыл бұрын

He is gen z he's like 21

@sageof6pandas233

Жыл бұрын

@@silasmoody2539 I'm referring to his other videos where he pleads with younger people to spare him when we gain power

@rizkyadiyanto7922

Жыл бұрын

gen z wont do shit.

Rudyard really going for that daytime TV demographic.