PickVidsBest World history Videos
「World history」下面有147部被不同的人、在不同月份推荐过的视频。挑的时候先看对象：入门7部，适合还没学过的人；进阶4部，适合已经懂术语的人；普通向136部，按兴趣就能看；更硬的0部，留给想看推导或细节的人。这一类数量最多的是讲解，所以它们的共同点是用一个图像或类比把一个概念补上。常出现的频道包括CGP Grey、Tom Scott、Denis Shiryaev。目录给这个主题划的范围是：History: ancient civilizations, medieval, empires, 20th century history, Cold War, archival footage, history documentaries, historical lectures, Dan Carlin, history of ideas and places.如果只看三部，就从《Try to Rule Fairly and You'll Be Overthrown》开始，它负责把问题讲出画面；然后看《Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order by Ray Dalio》，换一种讲法或例子；最后看《London Swallowed a City but Couldn't Digest It.》，留给已经有基础的人。页面按每页24部切开，顺序看的是被推荐跨越了多少个月，不是播放量。每条标题下面那一句是这部片子自己的内容说明，用来区分它在讲定义、过程、演示还是观点。点进去能看到推荐原话、原文链接和适合谁看。看的时候把强烈推荐当成有人明确叫你去看，把引用当成只是拿来举例，把批评留下来对照，不要把每条评论都当成同一力度。
Chernobyl 3828
A Ukrainian documentary about the liquidators who cleaned radioactive debris off the Chernobyl reactor roof in two-minute shifts.
They Shall Not Grow Old – New Trailer – Now Playing In Theaters
The trailer for Peter Jackson's They Shall Not Grow Old, a WWI documentary built from restored, colorized archival footage and BBC interviews with British soldiers.
Kursk: The Epic Armored Engagement (2013)
A panel at The National WWII Museum on the Battle of Kursk, moderated by Keith Huxen with historians Robert Citino and John Parshal.
Dropping the Bomb: Hiroshima & Nagasaki
A very long video essay by Shaun on the decisions and motivations behind the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, with a detailed timeline and argument that they were not militarily necessary.
David Reich — How one small tribe conquered the world 70,000 years ago
Dwarkesh Patel interviews ancient-DNA geneticist David Reich about human prehistory, including the small group that left Africa around 70,000 years ago and the Yamnaya expansion.
A New History for Humanity – The Human Era
Kurzgesagt explains the Holocene or Human Era calendar, which adds 10,000 years to the current year to anchor dates to the start of human civilization.
The 1751 Machine that Made Everything
Machine Thinking argues the 1751 machine, a metal-cutting lathe associated with Vaucanson, triggered the biggest explosion of wealth in history by enabling precise manufacturing of other machines.
Work.
Historia Civilis traces the history of work and time discipline, comparing modern working hours with those of medieval peasants and the changes brought by clocks and industrialization.
Every Ruler Makes the Same Mistake When They Die
CGP Grey, adapting The Dictator's Handbook, explains how rulers keep power and why succession causes trouble when they die.
The Surprising History of Copyright and What It Means For...
Karl Fogel's 2006 Google Tech Talk traces copyright from a 16th-century English censorship law to a distribution monopoly.
How Kodak Exposed Nuclear Testing
Veritasium tells how Kodak film was fogged by radioactive fallout from the first atomic tests, letting the company detect nuclear testing before anyone announced it.
The Fallen of World War II
Neil Halloran's animated, data-driven documentary visualizes the human cost of World War II and compares it with other wars and the trend toward fewer war deaths in recent decades.
How to write cuneiform with Irving Finkel and @preservethings I Curator's Corner S4 Ep9
British Museum curator Irving Finkel teaches how to write cuneiform, with a colleague following along.
The Origins of Russian Authoritarianism
Kraut traces centuries of political development, from Mongol rule and the Orthodox church to Muscovite autocracy, that shaped Russia's authoritarian state.
The Longest Year in Human History (46 B.C.E.)
Historia Civilis tells the story of 46 BCE, the 445-day year in which Julius Caesar reformed the Roman calendar.
Pandora's Box, E1: The Engineers' Plot
The first episode of Adam Curtis's 1992 BBC series Pandora's Box, on the engineers' plot, examining communism in the Soviet Union and the rise and limits of technocratic central planning.
The Constitution of Athens
Historia Civilis explains the constitution of ancient Athens, including its assembly, offices and use of sortition to choose leaders.
The US-Canada Border Is 5,500 Miles of Pure Nonsense
CGP Grey walks through the odd history and quirks of the US-Canada border, including how it was surveyed and its irregularities such as exclaves.
history of the entire world, i guess
A fast, absurdist 19-minute animated run through the history of the whole world, narrated and scored by Bill Wurtz in his distinctive style.
Making Mushroom Ketchup - 18th Century Cooking
The Townsends channel shows how to make mushroom ketchup, a popular 18th-century sauce, in period style.
Holy Post - Race in America
Phil Vischer of VeggieTales and Holy Post gives an 18-minute history of racial injustice in America, covering why anger persists despite civil rights laws.
ARROWS vs ARMOUR - Medieval Myth Busting
Tod's Workshop fires full-weight medieval arrows from a 160lb English warbow at reproduced medieval armour.
[60 fps] The Flying Train, Germany, 1902
Neural-network upscaled, 60 fps, stabilized and colorized version of 1902 footage of the Wuppertal Schwebebahn suspended railway in Germany.
The Iroquois Confederacy
Historia Civilis explains the origins and governing system of the Iroquois (Haudenosaunee) Confederacy.