In my opinion Dan Carlin is this generation’s best story teller, dare I say, in the world. It’s not just the content but how it’s presented on his platform. I will forever be a huge fan of his work and future work. Thank you for the blood sweat and tears you put into all of these.
I cannot agree more; easily one of my best discoveries in the past 5 years. I keep telling people but unfortunately few ever end up checking this out, a massive shame in my opinion. Learning about history puts everything into context, and I believe has many benefits for anyone.
I agree. I find it very difficult to convey to people how good he is. It's more than just history retold, it's a journey into the minds of those people also. My only disapointment...I wish there was more content. Thats the price you pay for quality I suppose. It's a small price for such value. Thankyou Dan.
Colleen The Great War channel on Yt covers the war "in real time" a century on, aswell as presently covering all thepost war fallout - imperial ears, local wars, regional and international politics, everything.
Fantastic ! Always feels like Christmas morning to discover Dan has released a new show. Just the thing needed to break up the monotony of a cold, rainy fall day.
Really enjoyed the part on the Islamic Conquests. As someone who did the Late Antiquity Near East for my dissertation I noticed the same thing Dan Jones said that western and Islamic scholarship have little cross over especially in that period and the ensuing Medieval Period. One of my favourite historians, even though little of his work is in English is Ibn Khaldun's Muqqadima, which is available in English thankfully. Overall another great podcast
Dan Carlin is the Michael Jordan of podcasts. Love this guy. He made me fall in love w history again and because of WW2 stuff I came across in my research on Laurence Rees. This guy is amazing writing about WW2. His book on Hitler and Stalin that came out in Oct 2020 is so awesome. Thanks Dan.
I love Dan Carlin`s podcast series, approach, analogies, observations, humor, sensitivity, occasional darkness, voice, and enthusiasm. But the audio of those telephone interviews could surely get more balanced. I crank up the volume so I can hear the guest. Then Dan`s yall of exaltation blows off my brain.
Will now go check out DJ and his work. Just getting rolling as far as HH channel and wow absolutely enthralling, cant get enough of these podcasts DC!! I wish more people would actually learn about the history of our world and not stop time in whatever year they choose so they can point their fingers and shake their heads. Thank you for clarity, knowledge, and a basic understanding of who/where we come from!
Did anyone else notice that Dan jones referred to our guy Dan Carlin as a historian around the 1:08:49 mark?!! I know Dan is modest and isn’t a historian, but what a fantastic compliment to get! Love it!
I think we can acknowledge historical context AND modern context when discussing the "great men" of history. Someone could easily be acknowledged as progressive for their time while still being CLEARLY racist, for example. American populists who supported the "working man" (who was most definitely defined as a white man specifically) are a recent example relevant to today's discussion of race relations, the legal basis of CRT, etc. So while they might have indeed added to the historical arc toward liberty, they still reserved their own ideas of progress for their own kind. I think we should just recognize that heroes are temporary, personality cults are garbage, and anyone who gargles their balls might have prejudices of their own that they may or may not be acknowledging. My favorite podcasters Dan Carlin and Mike Duncan both manage to present events with enough disclaimers about the individuals involved to give the kind of cold reading of history that everyone needs without taking away from the excitement of the events themselves.
Reading the book. Thank you for steering me to it. What an incredible feat, including the history of Islam. Dan Jones has done an incredible job on the research.
I haven't had a dose of Dan Carlin in about a year (was waiting for the full assembly of the latest HH), so I forgot how amazing he is. This particular one was outstanding! In an hour and a half I got 5! new subjects from history that I hadn't thought about either in a while or at all. Here it goes another dive in the rabbit holes :D Can't wait!
Man, I wish Dan let Dan continue praising Dan at the end. It's probably the one chance he had to publicly let people know how much good he felt he gave to the world with his podcasts. That was a missed opportunity, imo. Hopefully he got to hear it in person at least.
Always love a chance to nerd out about Bohemond of Taranto and his nephew Tancred. If you ever study the first crusade you know that these are two amazing figures.
"Now the man was such as, to put it briefly, had never before been seen in the land of the Romans, be he either of the barbarians or of the Greeks (for he was a marvel for the eyes to behold, and his reputation was terrifying). Let me describe the barbarian's appearance more particularly - he was so tall in stature that he overtopped the tallest by nearly one cubit, narrow in the waist and loins, with broad shoulders and a deep chest and powerful arms. And in the whole build of the body he was neither too slender nor overweighted with flesh, but perfectly proportioned and, one might say, built in conformity with the canon of Polycleitus... His skin all over his body was very white, and in his face the white was tempered with red. His hair was yellowish, but did not hang down to his waist like that of the other barbarians; for the man was not inordinately vain of his hair, but had it cut short to the ears. Whether his beard was reddish, or any other colour I cannot say, for the razor had passed over it very closely and left a surface smoother than chalk... His blue eyes indicated both a high spirit and dignity; and his nose and nostrils breathed in the air freely; his chest corresponded to his nostrils and by his nostrils...the breadth of his chest. For by his nostrils nature had given free passage for the high spirit which bubbled up from his heart. A certain charm hung about this man but was partly marred by a general air of the horrible... He was so made in mind and body that both courage and passion reared their crests within him and both inclined to war. His wit was manifold and crafty and able to find a way of escape in every emergency. In conversation he was well informed, and the answers he gave were quite irrefutable. This man who was of such a size and such a character was inferior to the Emperor alone in fortune and eloquence and in other gifts of nature." "The Alexiad" Now THAT´S a description of a knight straight out of a fairy tale! The stuff that legends are made of. The fact that we have this AMAZING description plus his biography just brings Bohemond to life in a way that few people of his times do. Also, let´s keep in mind that Anna was about 16 when she saw him, soooo... you know, just sayin´ XD.
*I feel we, viewers, are selfish when it comes to Dan Carlin and the content he make because we are always fiending for more from him, no matter what the topic or show is about... Sometimes, we the fans of someone we love, can be very selfish... especially when it comes too expecting them to always be pumping out content for us to consume, I like to say that we live in a "Microwave Era" where our attention spans are a lot shorter than they were in the past, we get content and consume it so fast that we really do not even savor it...we swallow it whole and ask for more right away, even though the Chef who cooked it worked for days on the meal... I always pray that we can get more of Dan Carlin and his Hardcore History episodes, along with other podcast where he is a guest on, especially Lex Fridman's podcast... the Lex and Dan episode on Lex's podcast was an amazing episode that left me slobbering for more even though I savoured & chewed on it for a long time... I know Dan is probably extremely busy living his best life but I'm definitely saying some prayers for Dan to drop some new episodes or podcast... I will admit that sometimes I end up just looking at someones channel on UA-cam and not actually knowing if they have other content elsewhere... Does anyone know if this is the case with Dan's content? Is there a podcast or other show I am missing on his website or elsewhere? Would love to absolutely demolish & consume more content from Dan.*
Dan i love the podcast's and this conversation got me thinking, i would love to hear a multipart telling of the reign of Justinian and Belisarius's conquest's from you! hell ive even got the title ''the last throw of the die''.
Mr. Carlin, when you asked Mr. Jones "Who are the Franks?", I was a little perplexed (not knowing Mr. Jones background). What a huge/vague/specific topic. I pictured you sitting back smiling in anticipation after asking. Good stuff bro!
It is not inconceivable that the Frank's traded east to Asia. More likely took slaves and I'm sure the Mongols and Persians did too, the Arabs had whole categories of slaves. I think it was probably traders who traded slaves who came into contact with both groups. The proto Thais may not have dealed directly with the Frank's but their traders could most certainly speak a bit of both languages for this word to travel so far. Thank you, very interesting.
i have a copy of barbara tuchman's "A Distant Mirror" and its everything that the two dans say it was. what i really loved was the economic upheavals and how it challenged the old nobility.
Dan (Carlin) asked an interesting question about why medieval imagery depicted classical and biblical scenes in contemporary dress and settings and I felt Dan (Jones) answer that it was allegorical was unsatisfactory, he missed a good chance to explain the medieval mindset formed by their worldview and pre Copernican cosmology. The medieval world was an extremely static one, their view of time was Aristotelian (the official church view) the earth literally did not move and was just a stage to play out gods divine plan, before banking and finance there was little social mobility or chance for betterment- If you were the son of a ploughman that is what you would be like your father and his father before him, and before printing and indeed mass literacy knowledge was jealously guarded and interpreted by the church. The idea of progress is an enlightenment or at most Renaissance concept so they literally believed that the world had changed little since classical times and would change little till the day of judgement,for them the biblical stories were literally true and may as well have been yesterday and so were very real. Yes they were creatures just like us with the same needs and desires but some of their motivations may seem incomprehensible because of their world view, he acknowledges that Churchill was "old fashioned" so how much more were the people of the middle ages?
Yes, interesting point. I doubt concepts of technology and archaeology existed in the 14thC. The past, for most people, would have been like a dark moonless night. You could hear the voices, but see almost nothing. It would not, at that time, have made any sense to paint ancient personages wearing unfamiliar garb. And any visual representation of ancient fashion (were the artist or patron even able to conceive of such an idea) other than of togas would have been arbitrary.
You wondered why the Vikings/ Normans were so bad ass. They were initially fish eaters in part and they were at least 6" taller than the rest, either due to diet or genetics. Long ago at a NY museum I picked up an original Viking sword and surprised that it was 10-12 pounds. I'm 6'2 and 200 pounds and would have difficulty swinging a 10 pound sledge with gusto... As you well know the Vikings went east into Russia before they went west and founded Novogod and became the original Rus when breeding with Slavs. They also believed in Valhalla and got to sit at the big table if you died in battle.
I tried to google a book mentioned in the podcast and discovered an error on Dan Jones' part. The Crusades Through Arab Eyes is a historical essay by Lebanese author Amin Maalouf. He credited it as a book by Paul Cobb.
Very interesting the middle ages in one of those sections of history I've had trouble finding interesting or accessible. This is a great kind of.. .whos who in a way lol
Woahhhh there Dan, it's only been a week since the last Addendum! Any faster and you would've created a sonic boom which would've shattered every window in Oregon!
I always loved Jones. I have all his books, and he’s a favorite of mine. I agree that history is subjectively viewed, however there most definitely IS such a thing as objective truth! That was ridiculous, and I hope he was failing to express his thoughts properly rather than actually believing that.
54:12 "heyho! we're the francs! hello, and goodbye!" i gotta admit, during this whole episode, i constantly thought of the "history of the world" boardgame. 🙄
Huh? Looks like you’re trying to be sarcastic. Having read a history book on this topic, called “People of the Book”, I can confidently assert that conflict and violence between different ethnic groups was rare within Muslim-ruled countries until the 20th century. The same can be said of life in the Persian Empire, Roman Empire and Mongol Empire. Racism and those ethnic conflicts within countries are quite new in history: they arose with the rise of capitalism (and colonialism and the Atlantic slave trade which were integral to early capitalism), I.e. in the past 500 years.
The Roman section here made me realise, we really trip ourselves up by referring to "the Roman empire"--discussions like this you get people going "well, I guess it was bad when the republic gave way to the autocratic empire, and also the imperialism", but like...the Roman republic did imperialism! Rome already "had an empire", in that it invaded and took over other places and pillaged their wealth as you discuss, for *centuries* before the emperors showed up and it became the thing we call "the Roman empire". Very confusing modern terminology!
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In my opinion Dan Carlin is this generation’s best story teller, dare I say, in the world. It’s not just the content but how it’s presented on his platform. I will forever be a huge fan of his work and future work. Thank you for the blood sweat and tears you put into all of these.
I cannot agree more; easily one of my best discoveries in the past 5 years. I keep telling people but unfortunately few ever end up checking this out, a massive shame in my opinion. Learning about history puts everything into context, and I believe has many benefits for anyone.
I agree. I find it very difficult to convey to people how good he is. It's more than just history retold, it's a journey into the minds of those people also. My only disapointment...I wish there was more content. Thats the price you pay for quality I suppose. It's a small price for such value. Thankyou Dan.
I was going through Dan carlin withdrawal symptoms. Was just listening to Wrath of the Khans again!
I listen to the wrath at least once a month
@@aarinlangan2148 lol. I thinks it's the best one. Would love a longer version though
Symptoms include muttering the phrase "you know I'm interested in the extremes of human experience" again.... and again.... and again...
I just ran through death throes of the republic, wrath of Kahn’s and ghost of OS front. …. I need MORE!!!
@@Baseballnfj absolutely, that Dan phrase perfectly sums up my interest in history and human experiences of the past! Lol
As a history lover , I can’t overstate the value these podcasts bring me, Thanks again Dan your awesome 😎
His awesome?
@@BurtTurbo 'christopher' bot boy
Can’t get enough of each and every episode you release, Dan. Thank you!
Such an amazing story teller!
I'm 45 and this is the first time I've ever taken anytime to listen to history based work 👌🏼
If u enjoyed this..... Mr Carlin has a huge amount of material of unsurpassed quality. I'm especially fond of Blueprint for Armageddon.
I'm so happy you finally found someone you like.
@@markb8468 I'm totally biased when it comes to WW1, nobody else's version will do. Dan mentions everything!!
Colleen
The Great War channel on Yt covers the war "in real time" a century on, aswell as presently covering all thepost war fallout - imperial ears, local wars, regional and international politics, everything.
@@corneliuscapitalinus845 that was a great series 👍
Fantastic ! Always feels like Christmas morning to discover Dan has released a new show. Just the thing needed to break up the monotony of a cold, rainy fall day.
Really enjoyed the part on the Islamic Conquests. As someone who did the Late Antiquity Near East for my dissertation I noticed the same thing Dan Jones said that western and Islamic scholarship have little cross over especially in that period and the ensuing Medieval Period. One of my favourite historians, even though little of his work is in English is Ibn Khaldun's Muqqadima, which is available in English thankfully. Overall another great podcast
Dan Jones is a force on nature. So compelling in his conversation. He is at the pinnacle of his field. Can't say enough about his research. Fantastic!
Dan Carlin is the Michael Jordan of podcasts. Love this guy. He made me fall in love w history again and because of WW2 stuff I came across in my research on Laurence Rees. This guy is amazing writing about WW2. His book on Hitler and Stalin that came out in Oct 2020 is so awesome. Thanks Dan.
I might have gone and bought all of this beautiful man’s books. Excellent writing
Always nice to see a Carlin video pop up. Thanks man
Whoa, two of my favorite history nerds on one show! Thanks Dan.
Was a delight to hear two history nerds nerd-out together
I love Dan Carlin`s podcast series, approach, analogies, observations, humor, sensitivity, occasional darkness, voice, and enthusiasm.
But the audio of those telephone interviews could surely get more balanced. I crank up the volume so I can hear the guest. Then Dan`s yall of exaltation blows off my brain.
Will now go check out DJ and his work. Just getting rolling as far as HH channel and wow absolutely enthralling, cant get enough of these podcasts DC!! I wish more people would actually learn about the history of our world and not stop time in whatever year they choose so they can point their fingers and shake their heads.
Thank you for clarity, knowledge, and a basic understanding of who/where we come from!
..."You know you've made it when you got a bit of garnet..." Priceless
Did anyone else notice that Dan jones referred to our guy Dan Carlin as a historian around the 1:08:49 mark?!! I know Dan is modest and isn’t a historian, but what a fantastic compliment to get! Love it!
Thank you Dan. A superb conversation made possible by two lifetimes of research.
I was surprised & delighted to see this HH Addendum released. Ty!!
Just pre-ordered this book. If it's half as interesting as this conversation, it's a steal.
You can also gets Dan Carlin's books, I'm re reading Armageddon is always near.
Thank you, Dan.
To all who love HCH:
Check out the Martyr Made podcast with Daryl Cooper. You can come back and thank me here. 😁👍
YES! Martyr made rules!
I'm listening to Unraveling right now. Then I'll hit Martyr Made
I think we can acknowledge historical context AND modern context when discussing the "great men" of history. Someone could easily be acknowledged as progressive for their time while still being CLEARLY racist, for example. American populists who supported the "working man" (who was most definitely defined as a white man specifically) are a recent example relevant to today's discussion of race relations, the legal basis of CRT, etc.
So while they might have indeed added to the historical arc toward liberty, they still reserved their own ideas of progress for their own kind. I think we should just recognize that heroes are temporary, personality cults are garbage, and anyone who gargles their balls might have prejudices of their own that they may or may not be acknowledging.
My favorite podcasters Dan Carlin and Mike Duncan both manage to present events with enough disclaimers about the individuals involved to give the kind of cold reading of history that everyone needs without taking away from the excitement of the events themselves.
This has been a fine month to be a HH fan. Thank you, Dan, for all the hard work you continue to do.
Reading the book. Thank you for steering me to it. What an incredible feat, including the history of Islam. Dan Jones has done an incredible job on the research.
Brilliant! Thank you for the fantastic interview and discussion!
Its a great Friday.
Yes. Even the Virginian's now will have a Governor that doesn't promote false and dividing history.
I haven't had a dose of Dan Carlin in about a year (was waiting for the full assembly of the latest HH), so I forgot how amazing he is. This particular one was outstanding! In an hour and a half I got 5! new subjects from history that I hadn't thought about either in a while or at all. Here it goes another dive in the rabbit holes :D Can't wait!
golden age of historical story telling.
Man, I wish Dan let Dan continue praising Dan at the end. It's probably the one chance he had to publicly let people know how much good he felt he gave to the world with his podcasts. That was a missed opportunity, imo. Hopefully he got to hear it in person at least.
Hello Oh Waker
Always love a chance to nerd out about Bohemond of Taranto and his nephew Tancred. If you ever study the first crusade you know that these are two amazing figures.
"Now the man was such as, to put it briefly, had never before been seen in the land of the Romans, be he either of the barbarians or of the Greeks (for he was a marvel for the eyes to behold, and his reputation was terrifying). Let me describe the barbarian's appearance more particularly - he was so tall in stature that he overtopped the tallest by nearly one cubit, narrow in the waist and loins, with broad shoulders and a deep chest and powerful arms. And in the whole build of the body he was neither too slender nor overweighted with flesh, but perfectly proportioned and, one might say, built in conformity with the canon of Polycleitus... His skin all over his body was very white, and in his face the white was tempered with red. His hair was yellowish, but did not hang down to his waist like that of the other barbarians; for the man was not inordinately vain of his hair, but had it cut short to the ears. Whether his beard was reddish, or any other colour I cannot say, for the razor had passed over it very closely and left a surface smoother than chalk... His blue eyes indicated both a high spirit and dignity; and his nose and nostrils breathed in the air freely; his chest corresponded to his nostrils and by his nostrils...the breadth of his chest. For by his nostrils nature had given free passage for the high spirit which bubbled up from his heart. A certain charm hung about this man but was partly marred by a general air of the horrible... He was so made in mind and body that both courage and passion reared their crests within him and both inclined to war. His wit was manifold and crafty and able to find a way of escape in every emergency. In conversation he was well informed, and the answers he gave were quite irrefutable. This man who was of such a size and such a character was inferior to the Emperor alone in fortune and eloquence and in other gifts of nature."
"The Alexiad"
Now THAT´S a description of a knight straight out of a fairy tale! The stuff that legends are made of. The fact that we have this AMAZING description plus his biography just brings Bohemond to life in a way that few people of his times do. Also, let´s keep in mind that Anna was about 16 when she saw him, soooo... you know, just sayin´ XD.
@@borna1231 He was clearly Annunaki
2 podcast episodes in 2 weeks? Let's freaking gooooo
I’m new to this channel and feel it’s a very good and informative channel thanks.
Can't wait, will listen as soon as I can 👍
More main courses! And more of these! You know that, but we love you Dan
This was fantastic, i would love the hear an episode like this with you and historian Arthur Herman!
Been a minute since I listened to some Dan Carlin.
Hmm, just noticed that the Hardcore History logo looks really nice.
I confused Dan Jones with Dan Brown and got wicked nervous about the path this podcast might be going down, 😂
Same
*I feel we, viewers, are selfish when it comes to Dan Carlin and the content he make because we are always fiending for more from him, no matter what the topic or show is about... Sometimes, we the fans of someone we love, can be very selfish... especially when it comes too expecting them to always be pumping out content for us to consume, I like to say that we live in a "Microwave Era" where our attention spans are a lot shorter than they were in the past, we get content and consume it so fast that we really do not even savor it...we swallow it whole and ask for more right away, even though the Chef who cooked it worked for days on the meal... I always pray that we can get more of Dan Carlin and his Hardcore History episodes, along with other podcast where he is a guest on, especially Lex Fridman's podcast... the Lex and Dan episode on Lex's podcast was an amazing episode that left me slobbering for more even though I savoured & chewed on it for a long time... I know Dan is probably extremely busy living his best life but I'm definitely saying some prayers for Dan to drop some new episodes or podcast... I will admit that sometimes I end up just looking at someones channel on UA-cam and not actually knowing if they have other content elsewhere... Does anyone know if this is the case with Dan's content? Is there a podcast or other show I am missing on his website or elsewhere? Would love to absolutely demolish & consume more content from Dan.*
Dan you’re the best!
Right?!??
Thanks for the new video Dan ! 🙏😁
Hello Hanz
Take A Moment let's relax and enjoy a genius at play
Dan Carlin King of kings 🎉
Thx
You're the man Dan!
Dan i love the podcast's and this conversation got me thinking, i would love to hear a multipart telling of the reign of Justinian and Belisarius's conquest's from you! hell ive even got the title ''the last throw of the die''.
didnt think id like this but its great appresh dan < 3 ended up wanting more
Never have a clicked a video so fast!
Except gay porn
Are you kidding me Dan? Two uploads? What did I do that was so special? THANKS DAN!!!!!!!
Great interview, excited to read this guy's book
Mr. Carlin, when you asked Mr. Jones "Who are the Franks?", I was a little perplexed (not knowing Mr. Jones background). What a huge/vague/specific topic. I pictured you sitting back smiling in anticipation after asking. Good stuff bro!
I'm buying that book on the very hour of its publishing.
Never thought I’d hear Dan Carlin interview David Icke.
Interestingly the Thai word “Farang” also derives from “Franks”
It is not inconceivable that the Frank's traded east to Asia. More likely took slaves and I'm sure the Mongols and Persians did too, the Arabs had whole categories of slaves. I think it was probably traders who traded slaves who came into contact with both groups. The proto Thais may not have dealed directly with the Frank's but their traders could most certainly speak a bit of both languages for this word to travel so far. Thank you, very interesting.
I just got done with Supernova 6 just to find this. Yay!
Speaking of marketing, why isn't the Amazon affiliate link for Powers and Thrones in the description here Dan? Please let us give you money bro, lol.
Double double!! Let’s goooooo
What a pleasant surprise
Love you Dr. CARLIN
I really enjoyed this
why does this show not have 10M subs?!!
He gets a lot of his listeners on the regular podcast apps
Excellent episode 👌
1:05:00 inadvertently making a solid argument for 'it was overblown'
Dan is the man
Been going thru "the plantagenets" by DJ on audiobook. Truly awesome
Dan Carlin is a gift from the cosmos
i have a copy of barbara tuchman's "A Distant Mirror" and its everything that the two dans say it was. what i really loved was the economic upheavals and how it challenged the old nobility.
Thank you so much.
Great!!
This is the standard the U.S. education system needs it's foundation based upon.
Yes Dan Carlin should be tought in k-12
Hello Rose Barfuss
Omg my two historians together.
Dan jones is awesome, read most of his books
Dan (Carlin) asked an interesting question about why medieval imagery depicted classical and biblical scenes in contemporary dress and settings and I felt Dan (Jones) answer that it was allegorical was unsatisfactory, he missed a good chance to explain the medieval mindset formed by their worldview and pre Copernican cosmology.
The medieval world was an extremely static one, their view of time was Aristotelian (the official church view) the earth literally did not move and was just a stage to play out gods divine plan, before banking and finance there was little social mobility or chance for betterment- If you were the son of a ploughman that is what you would be like your father and his father before him, and before printing and indeed mass literacy knowledge was jealously guarded and interpreted by the church.
The idea of progress is an enlightenment or at most Renaissance concept so they literally believed that the world had changed little since classical times and would change little till the day of judgement,for them the biblical stories were literally true and may as well have been yesterday and so were very real.
Yes they were creatures just like us with the same needs and desires but some of their motivations may seem incomprehensible because of their world view, he acknowledges that Churchill was "old fashioned" so how much more were the people of the middle ages?
Yes, interesting point. I doubt concepts of technology and archaeology existed in the 14thC. The past, for most people, would have been like a dark moonless night. You could hear the voices, but see almost nothing. It would not, at that time, have made any sense to paint ancient personages wearing unfamiliar garb. And any visual representation of ancient fashion (were the artist or patron even able to conceive of such an idea) other than of togas would have been arbitrary.
Thank you Dan, I guess we will see you in 3 months time. You promised to drop one soon and you did and it was well worth it as always.
OH MY GOD TY DAN!
You wondered why the Vikings/ Normans were so bad ass. They were initially fish eaters in part and they were at least 6" taller than the rest, either due to diet or genetics. Long ago at a NY museum I picked up an original Viking sword and surprised that it was 10-12 pounds. I'm 6'2 and 200 pounds and would have difficulty swinging a 10 pound sledge with gusto... As you well know the Vikings went east into Russia before they went west and founded Novogod and became the original Rus when breeding with Slavs. They also believed in Valhalla and got to sit at the big table if you died in battle.
I'm 6' 190 pounds and deadlift 400. I"d have no trouble with a 10 pound anything. Its all relative man. These dudes weren't keyboard warriors.
I get 2 in a week?! I feel spoiled ♥
Got this book for 99p on kindle. Insane value...
I tried to google a book mentioned in the podcast and discovered an error on Dan Jones' part. The Crusades Through Arab Eyes is a historical essay by Lebanese author Amin Maalouf. He credited it as a book by Paul Cobb.
He was probably referring to The Race for Paradise by Paul M Cobb.
Wonderful
History is ALWAYS rewritten and changed, only few people have acces to real history archives
I love Graham Hancock and Dan this is a dream come true. 🤘🏻
i love hearing about the Normans my last name originates from a norman knight in William the conquers army
Very interesting the middle ages in one of those sections of history I've had trouble finding interesting or accessible. This is a great kind of.. .whos who in a way lol
Woahhhh there Dan, it's only been a week since the last Addendum! Any faster and you would've created a sonic boom which would've shattered every window in Oregon!
I'm here. Am I too early?
If only you put a comma on this video's title, I'm convinced this would have had better view count..
YESSSSSSSS!!!!!!
The fact that Dan gets so many views gives me hope in this questionable world.
*appreciation
I always loved Jones. I have all his books, and he’s a favorite of mine. I agree that history is subjectively viewed, however there most definitely IS such a thing as objective truth! That was ridiculous, and I hope he was failing to express his thoughts properly rather than actually believing that.
54:12 "heyho! we're the francs! hello, and goodbye!"
i gotta admit, during this whole episode, i constantly thought of the "history of the world" boardgame. 🙄
How about a little history on what a paradise ethnically diverse countries have been in the past.
Huh? Looks like you’re trying to be sarcastic.
Having read a history book on this topic, called “People of the Book”, I can confidently assert that conflict and violence between different ethnic groups was rare within Muslim-ruled countries until the 20th century.
The same can be said of life in the Persian Empire, Roman Empire and Mongol Empire.
Racism and those ethnic conflicts within countries are quite new in history: they arose with the rise of capitalism (and colonialism and the Atlantic slave trade which were integral to early capitalism), I.e. in the past 500 years.
ITS HAPPENING GUYS ITS HAPPENING AGAIN
Heck yeah
For some reason my Tribe, the Lombards, always gets a passing mention even though Michelangelo Simoni and Da Vinci were Lombards.
The Roman section here made me realise, we really trip ourselves up by referring to "the Roman empire"--discussions like this you get people going "well, I guess it was bad when the republic gave way to the autocratic empire, and also the imperialism", but like...the Roman republic did imperialism! Rome already "had an empire", in that it invaded and took over other places and pillaged their wealth as you discuss, for *centuries* before the emperors showed up and it became the thing we call "the Roman empire". Very confusing modern terminology!
Let's go Brandon!
The Gascons did not die out. Dartagnan was a Gascon. 😉
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