The story of CIVILIZATION

Today, we are doing the Crusades, which will lead us into the Renaissance, the Protestant Reformation, and the Scientific Revolution. Three questions we are looking at today are, what are the Crusades? The second question is, why did they happen? The third question is, why did they stop? Those are

Today, we will do Genghis Khan and the Mongolian conquest. As you know, the Mongols have a terrible reputation for their brutality, for their atrocities. Today, I want to make the argument to you that what they did, given the circumstances, given the constraints they were under, was actually logical

Today, we do China. Obviously, we are in China, and we know a lot of Chinese history. So, I will go fairly quickly and deeply. This is an opportunity for us to look back on the theories we've developed over the course of this year and really think

Today, we do Islam. Some questions that we will look at today about the Islamic Golden Age. 1. The first major question is, while Europe was in its Dark Ages, Islam was embarking on its Golden Age. How did this happen? Why was there this divergence? 2. The second question

We continue the Vikings, and we will look at their worldview, their cultural system. And as I mentioned, I do believe that the Viking culture is truly one of the outstanding cultures in Western civilization. The problem, though, is we know actually very little about the Viking culture. And there

The Vikings are extremely interesting. And I believe that they are one of the most underappreciated and misunderstood European cultures. In the Western tradition, there are two main pillars, the Greco-Romans and the Judeo-Christians. The four traditions, the Greeks, the Romans, the Jews, the Christians, have been overstudied

The Byzantine Empire is considered the continuation of the Roman Empire in Eastern Europe. The Holy Roman Empire is considered the continuation of the Roman Empire in Western Europe. When we think about the Holy Roman Empire in the West, we think of the famous Voltaire quotation about the Holy

We are doing the Byzantine Empire, and I will be looking at three questions. 1. The first question is why do we have the Byzantine Empire? Historically, we have seen the Byzantine Empire as a continuation of the Roman Empire. We have the Byzantine Empire because Constantine the Great in

The rise and fall of the Roman Empire. And this topic is extremely relevant today because there's a country in the world that purposefully modeled itself after Rome, and this country is the United States of America. The similarities between Rome and the United States are very striking.

We are going to build on what we've learned to better understand human history and to better understand what's happening in the world today, and also to be able to predict the future. Three Major Conflicts If you have been following current events, and I hope