thank you for this, i always thought it was just gastric bleeding stomach ulcers so i had to look it up after reading this comment. so i guess the ulcers and meds made the cancer worse which led to his death?
@@TheAlmawardofficially he died of Cancer, exacerbated by stomach ulcers. To quote a PBS documentary: “The physicians who conducted Napoleon's autopsy, on May 6, 1821, concluded that his death was from stomach cancer, exacerbated by bleeding gastric ulcers, after a huge dose of calomel - a compound containing mercury that was used as a medicine - was administered to him on the day before he died.” Edited for spelling & grammar.
You can always tell who died in battle, by their statues. If they are mounted, they fought in wars, if they are standing, they ruled during peacetime. If there is one horse leg up, they were wounded in battle, and died of their injuries later. If two legs are up, they died in battle.
@@realglutenfreeit's a commonly believed myth, but there are many instances in the world where it just isn't true and is mostly likely correlation not causation. It doesn't happen or follow the system enough for to to be widespread intentional symbolism.
According to the great Sir Terry Pratchett (im paraphrasing), if the horse has three legs in the air the rider got lost on the way to the battlefield, if the horse has four legs in the air you're dealing with an exceptionally skilled sculptor, and if there's five legs in the air there's at least one more horse behind the one you're looking at.
Gotta say it's the absolute chemistry and compatibility that makes you both so enjoyable to watch.. I started with Office Blokes for the reactions but you two together always puts a smile on.. Cheers from the US.
Napolean's height started with france and england having different sets of measurements....he was 170 cm (above average for the time), but french units were larger so in french measurements he was 160 cm. Britain ran with the french number, but in English terms when publishing propaganda. 💫The more you know 😊
The error at the time was actually based in the differences in Imperial unit standards between the two ( metric hadn't caught on yet in either location and this discrepency was one of the leading reasons the french revolution pushed metric so hard) but otherwise exactly right abd no one talks about it so thank you for pointing this out.
Napoleon was around average perhaps a bit over average in Height, however his enemies, as a form of propaganda said that he was small, also it did not help that his personal guards, had a minimum height requirement, which lead to Napoleon appeared to be smaller than he was because of the impressive physic of his guards.
6:30: Correction: There is not a single scientific finding that has happened since this video came out that changes what he said even slightly. We still live in a standard model universe with a big bang taking place 13.8 billion years ago.
He cut her off (in the sense of dissuading her from continuing via humor - not in a rude sense) before I could figure out what she was referring to - something about a new understanding of the first microbial life. Can’t say I’m up to date on that field so I don’t know what she was referring to.
Dave, The guy with the arrow through the eye is from the Bayou Tapestry. Except some people think that was probably an error in a restoration. Ash, Napoleon did try to invade Russia and ALMOST died - but he survived that. It was the UK that banished him to an island where he died.
I've seen so many reactions to this video where they just sit there expressionless but Ash's glowing personality makes me so happy and I love her reactions to this (I also love your guys' Dooo reactions). This is definitely my favorite reaction channel.
@awesomeguy684 thank you! I really appreciate that! Most people find me annoying in my day to day life cos I’m so loud and laughing all the time. I can’t help it 😂 It’s just me
As others have said, Napoleon returned alive from the Russian campaign. With his grand army destroyed (he lost around 360,000 soldiers in Russia) a coalition defeated him at the battle of Leipzig and later forced him to abdicate. They banished Napoleon to Elba in the Mediterranean. When he escaped Elba to France the troops they sent to capture him changed sides until he was in control of France again. The other nations didn't want a repetition of him conquering everyone again. Still on talking terms they gathered their armies to stop him again. After his defeat at Waterloo they banished him to to the remote island of Saint Helena in the Atlantic where he died.
I think you convoluted Napoleon and Alexander the Great. Yes, Napoleon invaded Russia. He retreated because he can't sustain the supply and winter came. Both Napoleon and Alexander the Great retreated, however, Alexander retreated not because he was defeated but to consolidate his army. Pause with plans to continue further invasions l in the future. Napoleon did not die in the battlefield. Alexander the Great did die away from his homeland with a mysterious illness before recommencing his invasion plans. Most people suggests he was sick of malaria, typhoid fever, or pneumonia. It can be a combination of a lot of other diseases.
Napoleon died of a stomach ulcer caused by arsenic poisoning. The arsenic was in a "tonic" being used to calm his nerves (this was common at the time).
The "nothing is nowhere" at bit at the beginning bugs everyone and that's fine. There's maybe a dozen people on the planet who can really wrap their heads around this stuff. Put simply, time is related to movement in space, so if space didn't exist before the Big Bang, then neither did time; thus there is no time at which the Big Bang hadn't already happened. Regarding pre-British Empires, my favourite examples are actually about influence, not territory. Roman coins were used as legal tender across Europe as late as the 13th century because they were such high quality and so well known that everyone used them. Another good example is Ibn Battuta, a 14th century Muslim explorer born in Tangier who travelled throughout Africa and Asia as far as Kilwa, Tanzania; India, the Maldives, and Sumatra; and Beijing, China. He was good at languages, but he was always able to find people who spoke Arabic. The Abbasid and Malmuk Abbasid caliphates had been trading for so many centuries that merchants everywhere knew the language. Oh, and Napoléon was 5'6" by British measurement, but 5'2" under the French system where the inch was slightly longer. The British press intentionally left out that explanation to make fun of him.
“Napoleon was only 51 when he died on the island of St. Helena, where he was out of power and exiled. By May 5, 1821, he had been getting sicker, suffering from recurrent abdominal pain, progressive weakness and unabating constipation. His last weeks were plagued by vomiting, incessant hiccups and blood clots. The physicians who conducted his autopsy, on May 6, 1821, concluded that his death was from stomach cancer, exacerbated by bleeding gastric ulcers, after a huge dose of calomel - a compound containing mercury that was used as a medicine - was administered to him on the day before he died. Ever since, armchair pathologists have been wondering if this was, indeed, the case, or if he was poisoned with arsenic.”
When Napoleon was defeated around Moscow his army largely froze and starved to death trying to retreat but Napoleon himself abandoned his soldiers and went back to western Europe. He was unable to recover from the loss of his army and was forced into exile on Elba island in 1814. The next year he went back to France and gathered a new army of loyalists but was defeated the next year at Waterloo and was exiled again, this time to St Helens from which he did not return. Napoleon was of average height for his time but would be considered short today.
I've watched reactions to this video so many times and every time i think I wont watch the whole thing and every time I do. At this point I think I've spent at least 3-4 hours of my life watching this one video lol. I even quote it "the sun is a deadly laser... not anymore theres a blanket" "We can make a religion out of that" and etc lol
I loved the Napoleon section just because it was so close to 1066 And All That in its half remembered history Napoleon did attack Tsarist Russia in 1812 (Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture - with canon) and as the French advanced the Russians withdrew burning crops etc. Napoleon entered an abandoned Moscow and then made a late autumn retreat which led to 500 000 French troop losses Napoleon was broken by this He lost control of some conquered nations and was exiled to Elba off Italy. He came back in 1815 tried to strike at the Allied forces and lost at the Battle of Waterloo. The British then took charge of him and exiled him to St Helena which was one of a chain of islands around the world that the British used as restocking points It is rumoured that he had fashionable green wallpaper in his rooms on St Helena The green was made with Arsenic and in the damp climate the Arsenic leeched out and contributed to his demise. I think the myth of Harold II at the Battle of Hastings (1066) dying from an arrow in the eye might be what Dave was thinking of. I was doing a little reading project on abandoned cities and remembered the Great Zimbabwe but I couldn't find much on its history which is a shame.
This is a great video and reminds us that we are just a split second in the history of this planet. We think everything revolves around us when we are just merely here for a very short time of the experience.
The United States Civil War ended in 1865, which in effect outlawed slavery in every state. The 13th constitutional amendment was ratified in December of 1865.
Yes man. Saw you on office blokes. Love that channel. Ive seen this video like 4 times now. Its always stunning including all of your reactions. I was so shocked by my shock i wanted see other ppl reacting to this lol. Love it.
NOOOoooooooo! It would have been awesome to here what has changed in our scientific understanding since then! I am being dead set serious here btw. Get Ash her own science channel!
I'm surprised he got the Panama Canal so wrong. America didn't kick out Panamanians, we convinced them to revolt from Columbia, and form a new nation, and let us build the canal, but under our ownership. Also, it's a series of canals, not just one, despite the name. There is a body of water in there as well.
He did on st Helena from cancer but there's always a theory he was killed by aresnic poisoning. Via his wallpaper. His body was exhumed and was super preserved which added fuel to the aresnic theory
In 1860 there were 25 million people in slavery with a world population of 1.3 billion people, 1.9% of the world population. Today there are 50 million slaves with a population of 8 billio, 0.625 percent. So, per capita there are 60%less slaves now then during the civil war.
Most of the parts of the world that are rich in minerals or some natural resource is financially poor as you said people at the top benefit but that's it and gets even worse when the resource dries up or technology moves elsewear.
I find German history incredibly fascinating because the Germans and Germany were always there, but at the same time not and always different like a shapeshifter. Stupid oversimplified: Rejects Roman annexation - Germanic Tribes defeat Rome, are often slapped in the face, but Rome generally fails to subdue them Creates an empire that wasn't really an empire but also was an empire and somehow lived for over 1000 years - very special and unique The Kingdom of Prussia and hundreds of German States gangsta! Before being defeated by one of history's greatest generals. defeats the French, unites into a new empire Get a colonial empire Fights 80% of the world alone and almost won.. Is treated badly Comeback as Villian, fights the whole world and only lost because of own mistakes.. Gets divided again Reunites again and is not allowed to be strong again. Also a few German inventions: - Incandescent lamps (Heinrich Göbel 1854) - The Telephone (Johann Philip Reis 1859) - The dynamo and tram (Werner von Siemens 1866) - The 35 mm camera (Oskar Barnack 1925) - Nuclear fission and atomic bomb (Otto Hahn - emigrated to the Americans during Nazi Germany - 1938) - The ship chart (Jürgen Dethloff and Helmut Gröttrub 1969) - Periodic Table (Julius Luther Meyer 1864) - Jeans (Levi Strauss 1873) - The recorder, player - with which the first films were possible (Emil Berliner 1887) - The Aspirin - Which all great athletes felt used to relieve pain, And which saved countless lives (Felix Hoffmann, Klausi Alder.. 1879) - Spark plug (Robert Bosch 1902) - Thermos flask (Reinhold Burger 1903) - the toothpaste (Ottomar Heinsius von Mayenburg) - The coffee filter (Melitta Bentz) - Cassette recorder (Fritz Pfleumer 1928) - Teabag (Adolf Rambold 1929) - The jet engines - Essential for all jets and rockets + First war rockets V1, V2 of the Nazis (Hans von Ohain 1929) - First rocket (in general, Hans von Ohain) - The helicopter (Heinrich Focke 1936) - The first car (Carl Benz - With honorary Schnauzer - 1886) - First Computer (Konrad Zuse 1941) - First 3D film (during the Third Reich) - Fanta (Yes THAT Fanta.. Also during the Nazi era) - The typewriter (Peter Mitterhofer - 1869) - NASA (actually the US buyed thousands of German engineers to build NASA because they can't do it themselves) - The first letterpress Mashine (Which was probably the best invention of all time because now they could start printing books, Johannes Gutenberg - 1440) - Motorcycle (Gottlieb Daimler 1885) - Birth control pill (Schering AG 1961) - the trigger of the gold rush (Johann August Sutter was a Swiss but actually German since he was born in Germany, but Swiss and German are one blood anyway, Who triggered the gold rush in America. Not an inventor but cool fact - 1848) Well, as you saw, the Germans changed the world with their inventions many times. Where we would be today without the German art of thinking.. And Craftsmanship. Germany the land of poets and thinkers - that's how it was known The problem is that many Germans are not proud of their country and blood because they were brought up that way. Because if you say anything to that effect, you will be called a Nazi. The problem is that many people don't have the right deep historical knowledge that people need to understand the world and and that only Hitler himself and his party were Nazis. There was a big difference between Nazi, German and Wehrmacht soldier. There is no such thing as black and white.. People always wonder how could the Germans follow the Austrian Painter.. Well most Germans followed Hitler because of the crisis. Germans were so depressed that it is unimaginable for us. They were seen as evil around the world as they were blamed for everything in World War I. And when you have 3 kids at home, no job, money is worthless and no food and water you will follow anyone who promises you to fix it. Because that's what the Nazis did in the beginning - they fixed the crisis and gave the Germans hope again.. Or better: They gave the German people a scapegoat to blame. And remember that antisemitism was normal in Europe for hundreds of years. Many people didn't liked the jews because they were often these rich trading people. No German at the time could have known that Hitler was so crazy. It's not as easy as we always think. Even in the Wehrmacht, only a few liked the Nazis. They were German soldiers. the general German soldier, like my grandfather, had nothing to do with the Nazis and the Holocaust. And if we are honest: what kind of "peace" could the general German soldier expect? What could have they expect after all the Nazi crimes and everyone thought that all Germans were evil Nazis. Most soldiers fought for their lives and German people against a planet. If even many of Hitler's own generals like Rommel (legend) or Stauffenberg knew that he was not quite right in the head.. Then the normal soldier knew that even more. Many Germans were manipulated by the ultimate propaganda of the Nazis and could do nothing about it. They thought to the last second that they were winning because of the propaganda. You can imagine the Nazis like a natural dark Parasite Rising from the suffering of the Germans. And the 'Problem' is that Germans are People who have a very special work and perfectionism mentality. That's not a weak enemy.. Look what the german army achieved in ww2.. Because of their unbreakable pride. Calling all German soldiers Nazis is like calling all American soldiers democrats because they were in power. We should be prouder of ourselves, after all, Germany has repeatedly fought against the entire world, one time under a bad regime. We made this modern world possible and maintain a reputation for perfection and quality. The hard-working German. Or rather, we once had this reputation. Today there is no longer a country of poets and thinkers. We are still occupied by the USA.. Because we are the most important point in Europe. And people are manipulated and have no prospects.. If you're proud of your history.. You will be called a Nazi. What I also find very interesting is that the Germanic people spread very far and are therefore the ancestors of many other people. Therefore, historians are not entirely sure how German the Germanic peoples were, but since they were the first to speak German and also created English, they were already German. In addition, the Germans were also the ancestors of the Vikings means Germanic mythology is almost identical to Norse mythology. Actually the same. I would be in favor of not only teaching the Americans that Germany is the bad guy and that they really deal with it. Most of the settlers who came to America at that time were German. Over 40 million. That's why you have so many German names. That's why the Americans love German culture and are surrounded by it, but don't want to admit it. Every "American" fairy tale was recorded and reinvented by the Brothers Grimm, they were German.. Thanks for listening 🎉
Talking about diseases did you know that in the early 1900’s diabetes was nearly eliminated in the world? If you got it you died removing the necessary genes from the gene pool. Then they developed artificial insulin and people could live with the disease and reproduce thus increasing the number of affected individuals.
Poverty is caused by low security and the lack of a unifying culture, not a lack of resources. Public trust of their safety, is vital to an advanced society. An advanced society, is vital to escape poverty, mankind's natural state.
January 1, 1883 the Emancipation Proclamation came into effect technically abolishing slavery. But us whites suck so the vestiges of it (indentured servitude, share cropping) was quite severe for decades. You know the rest.
Is ash really small or is dave a giant?? I promise he looks like he is 6'7 or something. Great looking couple, ive only seen the office blokes but now i gotta subscribe to my guy dave 🤟🏾.
Napoleon was quite popular with the common folk even in Britain, General Wellington had propaganda made depicting a giant Wellington and a tiny Napoleon, those propaganda tricks made the world believe Napoleon was small, which he wasn't, he was 1,68 m, the average of a french man in 1800 was 1,64 m, so he was tall for the time
Starting to watch you guys, now that the Blokes aren't doing reactions. Great looking couple! Always thought Dave had some of the more pertinent things to say on the other channel too. I mean, I liked all 3, but Dave had some shit to say 🙂
This is the first ever video I've watched from you guys and I might try another few, but she seems much more of a person to do these kinds of videos than you are, my man. You're just trying to rush through it without reacting or contributing. Believe me, there are so many reaction channels now, you can't get away with that...
No doubt, that the Continent of Africa has a lot of minerals. But the place the has the most minerals on the planet, is still yet to be tapped in to. It's an on-going project in Northwestern Ontario, Canada. But sadly, the Ontario people have traditionally gravitated towards a Liberal or Conservative Provincial Government, and those 2 Government parties have always proven to be an issue when it comes to mining in Canada. The abundance of minerals that exists in the Northwestern Ontario region of Canada has been known about for well over 20 years now. The "Ring of Fire" is the biggest deposit discovered so far. But there has been nothing but roadblocks and ego on the part of our Provincial governments, both Conservative and NDP. When it comes to mining in Canada, the Yukon, Alberta and British Columbia are the only Provinces/Territories that have had consistent success when it comes to mining, and that has usually been under a NDP or Independent party. The Liberals and Conservatives, just complicate things, and create a whole bunch of "Red Tape". Just look at Alberta. They have moved almost entirely Conservative in the last 10+ years and their mining has taken a huge hit. Not just in their oil mining, but their precious metals as well. And instead of the Alberta citizens doing something about it, and voting in somebody different and with new ideas, they get caught up with identity politics and start blaming all their PROVINCIAL problems on the Federal government just to shit on Trudeau. And just for the record I'm not a fan of Trudeau or most of his Cabinet. Other than legalizing weed, I don't see anything good that his government has done. But, the amount of people that blame him for stuff that has nothing to do with the Federal government, just goes to show you how much people in Canada understand how our political system is ran. It also demeans the legitimate criticism towards Trudeau and his Liberal Cabinet.
Also, it's not even worth debating. If you're going to argue the fact that the world population got out of hand, because slavery was ended, then you're not worth listening to. I really hope I'm wrong in my perception here. I always enjoyed watching the Office Blokes. I'd hate to think that one of them is willing to entertain the idea of this being the reason for the worlds population issues. He's kind of making it seem like that. :/
Ayo im happy for my guy dave lol im a bit jealous to be fair.. ( in a good way ) keep it up ;p if any woman wants to look at me like that.. haha much love brotha
Jezz, since that guy got sooooo much wrong imagine how many others think of a history so mistakenly disconnected to the real history. Education seems to have failed many. Sad
Dave, there's more slaves in Africa today than there was in the ENTIRE world during the Transatlantic slave trade, and the US only made up around 3-5% of the entire slave trade, the other 95-97% of the slave trade was done by Europeans and Middle Easterners. Great reaction as always bro!
You're not wrong about Africa having a lot of slaves in modern times. But that's NOT the message he was giving off in this reaction. He was kind of giving the impression that the world's population got out of hand because America ended slavery. I want clarification, because this is unacceptable to think this way, because it's completely untrue. Or are people just incapable of separating the two or should I say 3 things? The fact that America ending slavery has nothing to with the fact that modern day Africa has tons of slaves. Or the fact that America ending slavery has nothing to do with the modern day population being so high. These are things not even worth debating. People who think they are worth debating have some racist tendencies.
No, Napoleon did invade Russia and was terribly defeated but the dying was done by his soldiers. He died of cancer in exile on St. Helena.
thank you for this, i always thought it was just gastric bleeding stomach ulcers so i had to look it up after reading this comment. so i guess the ulcers and meds made the cancer worse which led to his death?
Possibly. It's also speculated that he was poisoned
No, he died of a stomach ulcer caused by arsenic poisoning.
@@TheAlmawardofficially he died of Cancer, exacerbated by stomach ulcers. To quote a PBS documentary: “The physicians who conducted Napoleon's autopsy, on May 6, 1821, concluded that his death was from stomach cancer, exacerbated by bleeding gastric ulcers, after a huge dose of calomel - a compound containing mercury that was used as a medicine - was administered to him on the day before he died.”
Edited for spelling & grammar.
Napoleons KD ratio was insane. Unfortunately he met Russia
You can always tell who died in battle, by their statues. If they are mounted, they fought in wars, if they are standing, they ruled during peacetime. If there is one horse leg up, they were wounded in battle, and died of their injuries later. If two legs are up, they died in battle.
That's so interesting!
What, really? Never would have thought that. Thanks for that information!
If all four of the horse's legs are up, you died in battle and exist on a metaphysical plain beyond space & time.
@@realglutenfreeit's a commonly believed myth, but there are many instances in the world where it just isn't true and is mostly likely correlation not causation. It doesn't happen or follow the system enough for to to be widespread intentional symbolism.
According to the great Sir Terry Pratchett (im paraphrasing), if the horse has three legs in the air the rider got lost on the way to the battlefield, if the horse has four legs in the air you're dealing with an exceptionally skilled sculptor, and if there's five legs in the air there's at least one more horse behind the one you're looking at.
Gotta say it's the absolute chemistry and compatibility that makes you both so enjoyable to watch.. I started with Office Blokes for the reactions but you two together always puts a smile on.. Cheers from the US.
5:49 🎵🎶The sun is a deadly lazer🎵🎶😂😂😂
Napolean's height started with france and england having different sets of measurements....he was 170 cm (above average for the time), but french units were larger so in french measurements he was 160 cm.
Britain ran with the french number, but in English terms when publishing propaganda.
💫The more you know 😊
The error at the time was actually based in the differences in Imperial unit standards between the two ( metric hadn't caught on yet in either location and this discrepency was one of the leading reasons the french revolution pushed metric so hard) but otherwise exactly right abd no one talks about it so thank you for pointing this out.
Napoleon was around average perhaps a bit over average in Height, however his enemies, as a form of propaganda said that he was small, also it did not help that his personal guards, had a minimum height requirement, which lead to Napoleon appeared to be smaller than he was because of the impressive physic of his guards.
Napoleon was 5'6".
6:30: Correction: There is not a single scientific finding that has happened since this video came out that changes what he said even slightly. We still live in a standard model universe with a big bang taking place 13.8 billion years ago.
He cut her off (in the sense of dissuading her from continuing via humor - not in a rude sense) before I could figure out what she was referring to - something about a new understanding of the first microbial life. Can’t say I’m up to date on that field so I don’t know what she was referring to.
She most probably was metioning about the evolution or how us came to life as written by textbooks used in her school.
Ash's laugh is contagious lol
Dave, The guy with the arrow through the eye is from the Bayou Tapestry. Except some people think that was probably an error in a restoration.
Ash,
Napoleon did try to invade Russia and ALMOST died - but he survived that. It was the UK that banished him to an island where he died.
I've seen so many reactions to this video where they just sit there expressionless but Ash's glowing personality makes me so happy and I love her reactions to this (I also love your guys' Dooo reactions). This is definitely my favorite reaction channel.
You are confusing pretending to laugh and showing your teeth with having a personality. A common enough mistake.
@awesomeguy684 thank you! I really appreciate that! Most people find me annoying in my day to day life cos I’m so loud and laughing all the time. I can’t help it 😂 It’s just me
@@The_real_I_am_Ash no way you’re not annoying, ignore the haters
you gonna marry her or what?
As others have said, Napoleon returned alive from the Russian campaign. With his grand army destroyed (he lost around 360,000 soldiers in Russia) a coalition defeated him at the battle of Leipzig and later forced him to abdicate. They banished Napoleon to Elba in the Mediterranean. When he escaped Elba to France the troops they sent to capture him changed sides until he was in control of France again. The other nations didn't want a repetition of him conquering everyone again. Still on talking terms they gathered their armies to stop him again. After his defeat at Waterloo they banished him to to the remote island of Saint Helena in the Atlantic where he died.
I think you convoluted Napoleon and Alexander the Great.
Yes, Napoleon invaded Russia. He retreated because he can't sustain the supply and winter came.
Both Napoleon and Alexander the Great retreated, however, Alexander retreated not because he was defeated but to consolidate his army. Pause with plans to continue further invasions l in the future.
Napoleon did not die in the battlefield. Alexander the Great did die away from his homeland with a mysterious illness before recommencing his invasion plans. Most people suggests he was sick of malaria, typhoid fever, or pneumonia. It can be a combination of a lot of other diseases.
... but... but I wanted to hear what she was saying about how our understanding of abiogenesis and early microbes has changed...
Same here! I love talking science. I made a comment about it if you're curious, though. It's pretty long, though, so sorry!
Napoleon died of a stomach ulcer caused by arsenic poisoning. The arsenic was in a "tonic" being used to calm his nerves (this was common at the time).
The "nothing is nowhere" at bit at the beginning bugs everyone and that's fine. There's maybe a dozen people on the planet who can really wrap their heads around this stuff. Put simply, time is related to movement in space, so if space didn't exist before the Big Bang, then neither did time; thus there is no time at which the Big Bang hadn't already happened.
Regarding pre-British Empires, my favourite examples are actually about influence, not territory. Roman coins were used as legal tender across Europe as late as the 13th century because they were such high quality and so well known that everyone used them.
Another good example is Ibn Battuta, a 14th century Muslim explorer born in Tangier who travelled throughout Africa and Asia as far as Kilwa, Tanzania; India, the Maldives, and Sumatra; and Beijing, China. He was good at languages, but he was always able to find people who spoke Arabic. The Abbasid and Malmuk Abbasid caliphates had been trading for so many centuries that merchants everywhere knew the language.
Oh, and Napoléon was 5'6" by British measurement, but 5'2" under the French system where the inch was slightly longer. The British press intentionally left out that explanation to make fun of him.
I'm constantly amazed by how intelligent and worldly Ash is in real life.
In real life?
You know what I mean@@Northernliiights
@Northernliiights Take off "in real life".. That's what was meant pretty sure.. Don't make a thing out of it lol
"I'm constantly amazed by how intelligent and worldly Ash is in real life."
Compared to what?
@@Great-Documentaries Just stahp.. It was an innocuous comment praising the woman.. Cut it out with the sensitivity already.
“Napoleon was only 51 when he died on the island of St. Helena, where he was out of power and exiled. By May 5, 1821, he had been getting sicker, suffering from recurrent abdominal pain, progressive weakness and unabating constipation. His last weeks were plagued by vomiting, incessant hiccups and blood clots. The physicians who conducted his autopsy, on May 6, 1821, concluded that his death was from stomach cancer, exacerbated by bleeding gastric ulcers, after a huge dose of calomel - a compound containing mercury that was used as a medicine - was administered to him on the day before he died. Ever since, armchair pathologists have been wondering if this was, indeed, the case, or if he was poisoned with arsenic.”
When Napoleon was defeated around Moscow his army largely froze and starved to death trying to retreat but Napoleon himself abandoned his soldiers and went back to western Europe. He was unable to recover from the loss of his army and was forced into exile on Elba island in 1814. The next year he went back to France and gathered a new army of loyalists but was defeated the next year at Waterloo and was exiled again, this time to St Helens from which he did not return. Napoleon was of average height for his time but would be considered short today.
I've watched reactions to this video so many times and every time i think I wont watch the whole thing and every time I do. At this point I think I've spent at least 3-4 hours of my life watching this one video lol. I even quote it "the sun is a deadly laser... not anymore theres a blanket" "We can make a religion out of that" and etc lol
'The sun is a deadly laser' will never not be hilarious to me
Napoleon II (Napoleon's son) died after getting pneumonia. He fell ill with pneumonia and became bedridden for months, later dying of tuberculosis
I loved the Napoleon section
just because it was so close to
1066 And All That
in its half remembered history
Napoleon did attack Tsarist Russia in 1812
(Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture - with canon)
and as the French advanced
the Russians withdrew burning crops etc.
Napoleon entered an abandoned Moscow
and then made a late autumn retreat
which led to 500 000 French troop losses
Napoleon was broken by this
He lost control of some conquered nations
and was exiled to Elba off Italy.
He came back in 1815
tried to strike at the Allied forces
and lost at the Battle of Waterloo.
The British then took charge of him
and exiled him to St Helena
which was one of a chain of islands around the world
that the British used as restocking points
It is rumoured that he had fashionable green wallpaper in his rooms
on St Helena
The green was made with Arsenic
and in the damp climate the Arsenic leeched out
and contributed to his demise.
I think the myth of Harold II at the Battle of Hastings (1066)
dying from an arrow in the eye
might be what Dave was thinking of.
I was doing a little reading project on abandoned cities
and remembered the Great Zimbabwe
but I couldn't find much on its history
which is a shame.
gotta say this is the best video on youtube lol thx for reacting to it
This is one of my favorite videos to share with new friends just to see how they react. XD
the arrow thru the eye was King Harold when he was fighting William the conqueror.
This is a great video and reminds us that we are just a split second in the history of this planet. We think everything revolves around us when we are just merely here for a very short time of the experience.
"for what is your life? It is as a vapor that appears for a little while and vanishes away."
@@ceeph36A fleeting existence in the context of time indeed..
But our actions can have an impact for generations.
The dude who got shot in the eye was Lord Admiral Horatio Nelson. He also lost an arm.
Harold Godwinson, King of Anglo-Saxon England, Battle of Hastings 1066, Winner William the Conqueror, AKA William the Bastard (but not to his face)
The United States Civil War ended in 1865, which in effect outlawed slavery in every state. The 13th constitutional amendment was ratified in December of 1865.
Yes man. Saw you on office blokes. Love that channel. Ive seen this video like 4 times now. Its always stunning including all of your reactions. I was so shocked by my shock i wanted see other ppl reacting to this lol. Love it.
"the Great Zimbabwe" usually refers to the medieval Kingdom of Zimbabwe, the capital of which was Great Zimbabwe
NOOOoooooooo! It would have been awesome to here what has changed in our scientific understanding since then!
I am being dead set serious here btw.
Get Ash her own science channel!
4:18 "New shit just got made"😂
I'm surprised he got the Panama Canal so wrong. America didn't kick out Panamanians, we convinced them to revolt from Columbia, and form a new nation, and let us build the canal, but under our ownership. Also, it's a series of canals, not just one, despite the name. There is a body of water in there as well.
Arrow through the eye is Harold Godwinson at Hastings. 1066 and all that.
The only reason I havent watched all of the OB vidz is I have a very bad second hand embarrassment reaction to certain things
I would love to hear more sience ash ❤, it's only boring if you make it boring, learning is fun! 😊
He did on st Helena from cancer but there's always a theory he was killed by aresnic poisoning. Via his wallpaper. His body was exhumed and was super preserved which added fuel to the aresnic theory
In 1860 there were 25 million people in slavery with a world population of 1.3 billion people, 1.9% of the world population. Today there are 50 million slaves with a population of 8 billio, 0.625 percent. So, per capita there are 60%less slaves now then during the civil war.
Bill Wurtz was on the original "vine" train...
For a comedy routine including the subject of how people were shorter in the past, see "Jim Jefferies - Heaven and Hell".
The nice girl found this video to be the most hilarious thing she ever saw.
Interesting that you don't know about Marthin Luther. He is very famous in germany
Napoleon fled from Russia, still alive. It was his troops who died en masse. Napoleon was twice banished to islands and died a broken man in his 50s.
You have to show her OverSimplified!
She's adorable man. Definitely a keeper. Well done.
Ash freakin ROCKS!!!
It amuses me that the skull and crossbones when Hitler offs himself has a Hitler moustache shape in the nose.
King Harrold ll was the arrow to the eye guy. Battle of Hastings.
JEFF was HERE 🏆
ive watched this guus videos so many times over. hes amazing at subtile comedy😂
An instant classic.
You know i came here, because of the original video, but you 2 are adorable !!!!
Most of the parts of the world that are rich in minerals or some natural resource is financially poor as you said people at the top benefit but that's it and gets even worse when the resource dries up or technology moves elsewear.
i used to be an adventurer like you, until i took a arrow to the knee
America is actually still a pretty young nation, probably the youngest.
I recommend Oversimplified The Napoleonic Wars parts 1 and 2. A fun watch to be sure
I find German history incredibly fascinating because the Germans and Germany were always there, but at the same time not and always different like a shapeshifter.
Stupid oversimplified:
Rejects Roman annexation - Germanic Tribes defeat Rome, are often slapped in the face, but Rome generally fails to subdue them
Creates an empire that wasn't really an empire but also was an empire and somehow lived for over 1000 years - very special and unique
The Kingdom of Prussia and hundreds of German States gangsta! Before being defeated by one of history's greatest generals.
defeats the French, unites into a new empire
Get a colonial empire
Fights 80% of the world alone and almost won..
Is treated badly
Comeback as Villian, fights the whole world and only lost because of own mistakes..
Gets divided again
Reunites again and is not allowed to be strong again.
Also a few German inventions:
- Incandescent lamps (Heinrich Göbel 1854)
- The Telephone (Johann Philip Reis 1859)
- The dynamo and tram (Werner von Siemens 1866)
- The 35 mm camera (Oskar Barnack 1925)
- Nuclear fission and atomic bomb (Otto Hahn - emigrated to the Americans during Nazi Germany - 1938)
- The ship chart (Jürgen Dethloff and Helmut Gröttrub 1969)
- Periodic Table (Julius Luther Meyer 1864)
- Jeans (Levi Strauss 1873)
- The recorder, player - with which the first films were possible (Emil Berliner 1887)
- The Aspirin - Which all great athletes felt used to relieve pain, And which saved countless lives (Felix Hoffmann, Klausi Alder.. 1879)
- Spark plug (Robert Bosch 1902)
- Thermos flask (Reinhold Burger 1903)
- the toothpaste (Ottomar Heinsius von Mayenburg)
- The coffee filter (Melitta Bentz)
- Cassette recorder (Fritz Pfleumer 1928)
- Teabag (Adolf Rambold 1929)
- The jet engines - Essential for all jets and rockets + First war rockets V1, V2 of the Nazis (Hans von Ohain 1929)
- First rocket (in general, Hans von Ohain)
- The helicopter (Heinrich Focke 1936)
- The first car (Carl Benz - With honorary Schnauzer - 1886)
- First Computer (Konrad Zuse 1941)
- First 3D film (during the Third Reich)
- Fanta (Yes THAT Fanta.. Also during the Nazi era)
- The typewriter (Peter Mitterhofer - 1869)
- NASA (actually the US buyed thousands of German engineers to build NASA because they can't do it themselves)
- The first letterpress Mashine (Which was probably the best invention of all time because now they could start printing books, Johannes Gutenberg - 1440)
- Motorcycle (Gottlieb Daimler 1885)
- Birth control pill (Schering AG 1961)
- the trigger of the gold rush (Johann August Sutter was a Swiss but actually German since he was born in Germany, but Swiss and German are one blood anyway, Who triggered the gold rush in America. Not an inventor but cool fact - 1848)
Well, as you saw, the Germans changed the world with their inventions many times. Where we would be today without the German art of thinking.. And Craftsmanship.
Germany the land of poets and thinkers - that's how it was known
The problem is that many Germans are not proud of their country and blood because they were brought up that way. Because if you say anything to that effect, you will be called a Nazi. The problem is that many people don't have the right deep historical knowledge that people need to understand the world and and that only Hitler himself and his party were Nazis. There was a big difference between Nazi, German and Wehrmacht soldier. There is no such thing as black and white.. People always wonder how could the Germans follow the Austrian Painter.. Well most Germans followed Hitler because of the crisis. Germans were so depressed that it is unimaginable for us. They were seen as evil around the world as they were blamed for everything in World War I. And when you have 3 kids at home, no job, money is worthless and no food and water you will follow anyone who promises you to fix it. Because that's what the Nazis did in the beginning - they fixed the crisis and gave the Germans hope again.. Or better: They gave the German people a scapegoat to blame. And remember that antisemitism was normal in Europe for hundreds of years. Many people didn't liked the jews because they were often these rich trading people. No German at the time could have known that Hitler was so crazy.
It's not as easy as we always think. Even in the Wehrmacht, only a few liked the Nazis. They were German soldiers. the general German soldier, like my grandfather, had nothing to do with the Nazis and the Holocaust. And if we are honest: what kind of "peace" could the general German soldier expect? What could have they expect after all the Nazi crimes and everyone thought that all Germans were evil Nazis. Most soldiers fought for their lives and German people against a planet. If even many of Hitler's own generals like Rommel (legend) or Stauffenberg knew that he was not quite right in the head.. Then the normal soldier knew that even more. Many Germans were manipulated by the ultimate propaganda of the Nazis and could do nothing about it. They thought to the last second that they were winning because of the propaganda. You can imagine the Nazis like a natural dark Parasite Rising from the suffering of the Germans. And the 'Problem' is that Germans are People who have a very special work and perfectionism mentality. That's not a weak enemy.. Look what the german army achieved in ww2.. Because of their unbreakable pride. Calling all German soldiers Nazis is like calling all American soldiers democrats because they were in power.
We should be prouder of ourselves, after all, Germany has repeatedly fought against the entire world, one time under a bad regime. We made this modern world possible and maintain a reputation for perfection and quality. The hard-working German. Or rather, we once had this reputation. Today there is no longer a country of poets and thinkers. We are still occupied by the USA.. Because we are the most important point in Europe. And people are manipulated and have no prospects.. If you're proud of your history.. You will be called a Nazi.
What I also find very interesting is that the Germanic people spread very far and are therefore the ancestors of many other people. Therefore, historians are not entirely sure how German the Germanic peoples were, but since they were the first to speak German and also created English, they were already German. In addition, the Germans were also the ancestors of the Vikings means Germanic mythology is almost identical to Norse mythology. Actually the same.
I would be in favor of not only teaching the Americans that Germany is the bad guy and that they really deal with it.
Most of the settlers who came to America at that time were German. Over 40 million. That's why you have so many German names. That's why the Americans love German culture and are surrounded by it, but don't want to admit it. Every "American" fairy tale was recorded and reinvented by the Brothers Grimm, they were German..
Thanks for listening 🎉
The Napoleonic Wars by Oversimplified does a great and entertaining job of explaining Napoleon’s life. I highly suggest it as a reaction video
Word. Oversimplified is amazing
After antibiotics were invented is when the population exploded.
this was very interesting. made laugh.
Talking about diseases did you know that in the early 1900’s diabetes was nearly eliminated in the world? If you got it you died removing the necessary genes from the gene pool. Then they developed artificial insulin and people could live with the disease and reproduce thus increasing the number of affected individuals.
Yes slavery was abolished in america, but then there was the jim crow era (amerian apartide) until the 1960s...
Poverty is caused by low security and the lack of a unifying culture, not a lack of resources. Public trust of their safety, is vital to an advanced society. An advanced society, is vital to escape poverty, mankind's natural state.
Let her explain stuff I wanted to hear haha ❤
Glad she enjoyed the best video on UA-cam. You haven't done Samson. C'mon man, you'll LOVE him!
I think Henry V is the one that got the arrow through the eye?
Slavery was actually abolished in 1865.
spread lies "to belittle him." NICE double entendre!!!!
January 1, 1883 the Emancipation Proclamation came into effect technically abolishing slavery. But us whites suck so the vestiges of it (indentured servitude, share cropping) was quite severe for decades. You know the rest.
A lot of central Africa still has full blown slave markets. It's insane.
Think it was william The Conker Player who took an arrow to rhe eye.
23:00 she talking about ww2 germans into russia
I love this video and reaction. You two vibe so well :)
Cool from old Trafford.
Is ash really small or is dave a giant?? I promise he looks like he is 6'7 or something. Great looking couple, ive only seen the office blokes but now i gotta subscribe to my guy dave 🤟🏾.
You two are so cute, keep going :)
Where did the seeds on land come from
Jinjer Reacts, and Bill Wurtz Reacts, can't get enough of them. This was like watching a couple of kids see this.
There were several Napoleons
Napolian died on the island of Saint Helena off the coast of Sputh Africa
Napoleon was quite popular with the common folk even in Britain, General Wellington had propaganda made depicting a giant Wellington and a tiny Napoleon, those propaganda tricks made the world believe Napoleon was small, which he wasn't, he was 1,68 m, the average of a french man in 1800 was 1,64 m, so he was tall for the time
Thanks!
Thank You!
23:44 u confused napolaone with hannibal barka i think?
even when accounting for ratios its still higher, in india alone there are more slaves than the entirety of the tran-atlantic slave trade
That's not boring. Talk more science Ash.
Starting to watch you guys, now that the Blokes aren't doing reactions. Great looking couple! Always thought Dave had some of the more pertinent things to say on the other channel too. I mean, I liked all 3, but Dave had some shit to say 🙂
Let her talk about science stuff!
napolen died on a sorry island some miles of the african coast
This is the first ever video I've watched from you guys and I might try another few, but she seems much more of a person to do these kinds of videos than you are, my man. You're just trying to rush through it without reacting or contributing. Believe me, there are so many reaction channels now, you can't get away with that...
No doubt, that the Continent of Africa has a lot of minerals. But the place the has the most minerals on the planet, is still yet to be tapped in to. It's an on-going project in Northwestern Ontario, Canada. But sadly, the Ontario people have traditionally gravitated towards a Liberal or Conservative Provincial Government, and those 2 Government parties have always proven to be an issue when it comes to mining in Canada. The abundance of minerals that exists in the Northwestern Ontario region of Canada has been known about for well over 20 years now. The "Ring of Fire" is the biggest deposit discovered so far. But there has been nothing but roadblocks and ego on the part of our Provincial governments, both Conservative and NDP. When it comes to mining in Canada, the Yukon, Alberta and British Columbia are the only Provinces/Territories that have had consistent success when it comes to mining, and that has usually been under a NDP or Independent party. The Liberals and Conservatives, just complicate things, and create a whole bunch of "Red Tape". Just look at Alberta. They have moved almost entirely Conservative in the last 10+ years and their mining has taken a huge hit. Not just in their oil mining, but their precious metals as well. And instead of the Alberta citizens doing something about it, and voting in somebody different and with new ideas, they get caught up with identity politics and start blaming all their PROVINCIAL problems on the Federal government just to shit on Trudeau. And just for the record I'm not a fan of Trudeau or most of his Cabinet. Other than legalizing weed, I don't see anything good that his government has done. But, the amount of people that blame him for stuff that has nothing to do with the Federal government, just goes to show you how much people in Canada understand how our political system is ran. It also demeans the legitimate criticism towards Trudeau and his Liberal Cabinet.
Also, it's not even worth debating. If you're going to argue the fact that the world population got out of hand, because slavery was ended, then you're not worth listening to. I really hope I'm wrong in my perception here. I always enjoyed watching the Office Blokes. I'd hate to think that one of them is willing to entertain the idea of this being the reason for the worlds population issues. He's kind of making it seem like that. :/
Ayo im happy for my guy dave lol im a bit jealous to be fair.. ( in a good way ) keep it up ;p if any woman wants to look at me like that.. haha much love brotha
I heard that it took him 11 months to make this video.
Okay, how drunk is the girl?
❤❤🎉🎉🎉❤❤ amei sua reação gostaria que você reagisse ao brasileiro Gabriel Henrique ele ganhou ouro agt americano
I say the African empire is next
Jezz, since that guy got sooooo much wrong imagine how many others think of a history so mistakenly disconnected to the real history. Education seems to have failed many. Sad
Dave, there's more slaves in Africa today than there was in the ENTIRE world during the Transatlantic slave trade, and the US only made up around 3-5% of the entire slave trade, the other 95-97% of the slave trade was done by Europeans and Middle Easterners. Great reaction as always bro!
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You're not wrong about Africa having a lot of slaves in modern times. But that's NOT the message he was giving off in this reaction. He was kind of giving the impression that the world's population got out of hand because America ended slavery. I want clarification, because this is unacceptable to think this way, because it's completely untrue. Or are people just incapable of separating the two or should I say 3 things? The fact that America ending slavery has nothing to with the fact that modern day Africa has tons of slaves. Or the fact that America ending slavery has nothing to do with the modern day population being so high. These are things not even worth debating. People who think they are worth debating have some racist tendencies.
or pun..
Napoleon died in exile on St. Helena...
youre thinking of hitler, not napolean
You guys are cute together