Building Angkor - Monsoon Metropolis - Extra History - Part 1

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  • @extrahistory
    @extrahistory  5 років тому +586

    Ankor challenges a lot of ideas about medieval cities and we can't wait to dive into such a rich history! What are you most curious about?

  • @florians9949
    @florians9949 4 роки тому +450

    “Hinduism, not shy on biology”
    Greek pantheon: “99% of our problem were because the gods couldn’t keep in their pants”

    • @Master-fi3ci
      @Master-fi3ci 4 роки тому +7

      *Hinduism

    • @florians9949
      @florians9949 4 роки тому +5

      @@Master-fi3ci sorry.

    • @Master-fi3ci
      @Master-fi3ci 4 роки тому +14

      @@florians9949 it's ok bro. Peace

    • @turquoiserecommended811
      @turquoiserecommended811 3 роки тому +6

      Titans and Monsters: Are you sure about that

    • @florians9949
      @florians9949 3 роки тому +14

      @@turquoiserecommended811Yeah, prety sure. Most events that happened in the Greek mythology was either because the gods where too damn horny, pridefull or both. Monsters where ussually just colateral damages (cougth coutgh medusa, arachne or minotaur) and the Titans didn’t do much outside of the Titanomachy, and because the gods were assholes.

  • @jamesbechtel7736
    @jamesbechtel7736 2 роки тому +72

    My technology teachers wife was standing on top of Ankor Wat only a few weeks after Sputnik was launched. I remember her telling me how strange she felt to be there looking up watching something that was then so modern move across the night sky above her, while something so ancient lay beneath her very feet. Such a wild thing to have lived first hand.

    • @hengoudom481
      @hengoudom481 Рік тому +1

      That's so cool 😩

    • @khmerrepublic7188
      @khmerrepublic7188 Рік тому

      Thanks for sharing that amazing 20th century vs 12th century back in time.

    • @mars-jr5uu
      @mars-jr5uu Рік тому

      @@hengoudom481I love you 😘

    • @Brud69420
      @Brud69420 3 місяці тому

      ​@@hengoudom481 Bigge Cheese😎

  • @sebuc
    @sebuc 5 років тому +133

    I’m Cambodian! Angkor Wat is something’s a lot of Cambodians take pride in, you covered everything! Good job!

    • @nilnil12345
      @nilnil12345 3 роки тому +7

      Cambodia was once a great Hindu Kingdom and later converted to Buddhism.

    • @airiarisaka5699
      @airiarisaka5699 2 роки тому +1

      Tamil king from south India

    • @jcdenton1635
      @jcdenton1635 2 роки тому +4

      @@airiarisaka5699 Khmer, not Tamil. Look at the sculptures of king Jayavarman and Hindu apsaras at Angkor Wat temple. They were Eastern Asian.

    • @hanbyeol12
      @hanbyeol12 3 місяці тому

      cambodia has so much more to be proud of
      ជយោ! អង្គការមហាត្រឹមត្រូវមហាភ្លឺស្វាងមហាអស្ចារ្យ! ជយោ! ជយោ!

  • @Pikazilla
    @Pikazilla 5 років тому +969

    "The temple is like no other building in the world. It has towers and decoration and all the refinements which the human genius can conceive of."
    -Antonio da Magdalena
    I don't actually know who this guy is, I just got this quote from Civilization V

    • @krankarvolund7771
      @krankarvolund7771 5 років тому +71

      No one really important, just a capuchin friar who go to India and was the first european to see Angkor Wat, he later give his impressions to an historian, try to help restore the temple (but this project failed) and die in a shipwreck ^^

    • @LordBloodySoul
      @LordBloodySoul 5 років тому +4

      I think it is fitting for this amazing structure :D

    • @omkardhakephalkar2737
      @omkardhakephalkar2737 5 років тому +4

      Civ V!

    • @HenryMcCraken4
      @HenryMcCraken4 5 років тому +4

      VI is better

    • @jacoblevenson7934
      @jacoblevenson7934 5 років тому +7

      A fitting quote from someone who watches this channel and a fitting source and knowledge of the Sayer for someone with Aqua as their icon.

  • @yvetteszentesi6077
    @yvetteszentesi6077 5 років тому +375

    2:38 - "Modern Archeologists"
    That "Indiana Jones" joke was somehow .. hilarious... XD

    • @lilithserena342
      @lilithserena342 4 роки тому

      Yvette Szentesi Archaeologists*

    • @irrelevant_noob
      @irrelevant_noob 3 роки тому

      @@lilithserena342 maybe you've missed that little "or archeologist" note in the dictionaries? :-B

  • @Artur_M.
    @Artur_M. 5 років тому +828

    As someone used to the Celsius scale I had a brief "wait, what?" moment at 5:40, before realizing it's Fahrenheit.
    BTW, a very interesting episode!

    • @drakan4769
      @drakan4769 5 років тому +115

      it's the dry season.... because all the water in the lakes boils and evaporates

    • @somerandomguy___
      @somerandomguy___ 5 років тому +5

      Can relate

    • @sortilien2099
      @sortilien2099 5 років тому +34

      ME see and ear 100°...
      my brain : stop kidding...
      also my brain 3 sec later : ah right... 100°F not 100°C.

    • @ismirdochegal4804
      @ismirdochegal4804 5 років тому +8

      Same here. I was all like
      "During the dry season [...] temperatures rise over 100° " -> not possibile. The Dascht-e Lut holds the record at 78,2°C. Ground so hot liquid water starts boiling? I guess you mean 100°Fahrenheit ~38°C .
      I have read a little about the Fahrenheit-Skala and it has some decent toughts behind it. Truth is: around here it is only briefly mentioned in school.

    • @xenotundra3346
      @xenotundra3346 5 років тому +16

      Yeah the vast majority of the world is used to Celsius.

  • @CharDhue
    @CharDhue 5 років тому +936

    100° : wow its technically boiling water tenperature
    30 feet : oke its american ==

    • @kytt2970
      @kytt2970 5 років тому +60

      It’s a little under 40 degrees C

    • @bp837
      @bp837 5 років тому +41

      @@kytt2970 So just your average Eastern European July midday. Noted.

    • @viklondon3466
      @viklondon3466 4 роки тому +7

      Farenheit silly billies

    • @tarkhan15
      @tarkhan15 4 роки тому +34

      only america can fight a long bloody war for independence then 200 years later stubbornly stick to the weights and measures of its former tyrant

    • @bradleymoore2797
      @bradleymoore2797 4 роки тому +4

      I'll have you know every military organization of the US uses the metric system.

  • @KendrixTermina
    @KendrixTermina 5 років тому +174

    So fascinating how this hugeass advanced civilization was almost forgotten because they built from perishable materials.
    Makes you wonder what other secrets are still hidden...

    • @KasumiRINA
      @KasumiRINA 4 роки тому +13

      MOST civs that didn't start working stone. Majority of buildings in Middle East like Egypt in Africa or Sumer and Akkad in Asia, were made from mud bricks. They didn't last long. City walls made from beaten earth were sturdy enough for a siege. Only temples and sometimes palaces were made from stone. What's left... well, that reminds me of Ozymandias:
      And on the pedestal these words appear:
      'My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:
      Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!'
      Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
      Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare
      The lone and level sands stretch far away...

    • @DeepakKumar-bs3kx
      @DeepakKumar-bs3kx Рік тому

      ​@@KasumiRINAsearch about kailasha temple india
      You will amaze after knowing what indian civilization was and how it suffered and still going on

  • @Kumimono
    @Kumimono 5 років тому +857

    "Hoh, those things look like penises. Artist is having a laugh."
    "Wait, what?"

    • @bradyjordan4639
      @bradyjordan4639 5 років тому +81

      "together they show the creative life giving-" Bursts out laughing*

    • @paulisaperson0516
      @paulisaperson0516 5 років тому +58

      Heh, they drank dick water

    • @rawatdhruvrajsingh5304
      @rawatdhruvrajsingh5304 5 років тому +15

      Literally it's much more complex....
      They also represents kinda of VTOL rocket aircraft...
      But ifbyou research... You will realise how naive our world is now....
      And how advance we were before...

    • @nickdelsobral9198
      @nickdelsobral9198 5 років тому +33

      When the UA-cam algorithm realizes what is being depicted:
      AnGkOr WhAt?
      I’m here all day, people

    • @gigastrike2
      @gigastrike2 5 років тому +29

      0:12 Haha, that symbol looks like the Twitch logo.
      7:27 Nope, it's a uterus.
      7:33 Yeah, it's definitely a uterus.

  • @jp6459
    @jp6459 5 років тому +216

    7:19 Well, that was surprisingly matter of fact.

  • @DragoniteSpam
    @DragoniteSpam 5 років тому +51

    The fact that there's still stuff on this scale that's being discovered by archaeology in my lifetime makes me excited.

  • @baccaglowstone1582
    @baccaglowstone1582 5 років тому +523

    Hey Khmer, I time to share, new kingdoms here and there

    • @jonasb104
      @jonasb104 5 років тому +38

      "I understood that reference."

    • @valorix3385
      @valorix3385 5 років тому +44

      *"Hey, we could make a religion out of this!"*

    • @SanDiego_Railfan
      @SanDiego_Railfan 5 років тому +22

      It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it the Suljick Turks!

    • @ottovonbismarckboi9112
      @ottovonbismarckboi9112 5 років тому +23

      Remember those trading kingdoms there’s more of them

    • @dominiklehn2866
      @dominiklehn2866 5 років тому +7

      That was my exact though when I heard that name... Watched that too many times...
      P.S.: "China's whole again.... Then it broke again"

  • @driesdeblock2901
    @driesdeblock2901 5 років тому +1905

    After al these years of watching the series I have one point of criticism: please note metric measurements. Non Americans have no idea what your talking about. Thnx

    • @maarchalk2840
      @maarchalk2840 5 років тому +136

      yes, the thing is most papers work with the metric system so it shouldn't be that much work

    • @booty_hunter4207
      @booty_hunter4207 5 років тому +23

      They absolutely know. If you dont have even a modicum of knowledge of how to convert, then you are beyond stupid

    • @embr4247
      @embr4247 5 років тому +213

      booty_ hunter420 it is never taught in school(most places) and most people don’t ever need it. So most people don’t bother to learn how to convert.

    • @lentulz1657
      @lentulz1657 5 років тому +97

      booty_ hunter420 chill

    • @Hanesboi
      @Hanesboi 5 років тому +95

      @@booty_hunter4207 Yes they do however the metric system is way better. Our counting system goes in increments of 10. Want proof?
      60.00 and 6.00 have different values just due to their positions in the numbers and one change makes it ten times larger or smaller.
      So why not use metric with it's easy to conceptualize system of 10?

  • @sirrliv
    @sirrliv 5 років тому +99

    "What is a Linga?"
    Aaand Demonetized!
    Seriously though, excellent start to what promises to be a very interesting series. Never expected to see something like this, but I'm already engrossed.

    • @nar-aryanalakanta1464
      @nar-aryanalakanta1464 5 років тому +2

      xD its sad if you tube wont understand!

    • @khaccanhle1930
      @khaccanhle1930 5 років тому +7

      Demonitized content: creative, funny, socially relevant, factually correct and historically accurate.

    • @KasumiRINA
      @KasumiRINA 4 роки тому +1

      @Dark Emperor That symbolism never stopped neopagans making wooden penii and worshiping them after reading too much "aryan" hoaxes like Book of Veles and stuff.

    • @adeimantus4224
      @adeimantus4224 3 роки тому +1

      It's like Ying and Yang

  • @nightrunnerxm393
    @nightrunnerxm393 5 років тому +86

    EC: The new video is about building Angkor!
    Rando: What?
    EC: Exactly!

  • @laurakastrup
    @laurakastrup 3 роки тому +23

    I was lucky enough to tour Angkor last time we were in Cambodia.
    Let’s just say. A 14 year old kid with a knack for history with adhd at Angkor is literally a mother’s worse nightmare
    Also I’m born in Vietnam so I look fairly Asian, meaning it’s really hard to see me anywhere else than in Denmark (where we live)

    • @mars-jr5uu
      @mars-jr5uu Рік тому

      Hii do you wanna be friends?

  • @SuperBoramee
    @SuperBoramee 5 років тому +29

    I usually don't care, but since you're an educational channel I feel obligated to tell you that Khmer is pronounced "Khmai" like sky. Probably one of the series I've most ever been excited to see, not enough people talk about Cambodia. Much love.

  • @ahmedmuawia2447
    @ahmedmuawia2447 5 років тому +164

    "BEEN A LONG TIME GONE"
    When Mashup historical accuracy with a song.

  • @pand4696
    @pand4696 5 років тому +11

    7:38 LMAO THE LENNY FACES IN THE CLOSED CAPTIONS XD

  • @D4Mathur
    @D4Mathur 4 роки тому +82

    9:40 Correction: These are Apsaras. Apsaras are not goddesses, they are divine women more akin to the Norse Valkyries..

    • @comradecetacean1927
      @comradecetacean1927 3 роки тому +11

      Well, similar to Valkyries as being divine and beautiful. But serving the role like a seductress & terrible mothers, as oppose to maybe like battle angels.

  • @ryangriffin1998
    @ryangriffin1998 5 років тому +51

    "To the city of god-kings, to the city of Angkor"
    Lonely as I am, together we cry

    • @newmoonsuon95
      @newmoonsuon95 5 років тому +1

      Well at least Angkor wat has alot of visitor everyday, how about you ? Do u have any ?

    • @arkadeepkundu4729
      @arkadeepkundu4729 5 років тому +2

      Would totally listen to a RHCP album about the ancient kingdom of Khmer

  • @komnoms4359
    @komnoms4359 5 років тому +133

    I'm Khmer and this got released on my birthday! I'm crying 😭😭😭

  • @Legendthehedgehog
    @Legendthehedgehog 5 років тому +4

    Thank you guys so much for doing this. Cambodia is a small country but it's rich in culture and history that often gets overlooked.

  • @simpleman6352
    @simpleman6352 5 років тому +86

    Mean while auto generated captions: *_'King Joy Waterman'_*

    • @raphuscucullatus7845
      @raphuscucullatus7845 5 років тому +10

      hail king joy waterman

    • @MerkhVision
      @MerkhVision 4 роки тому +6

      Akash Bava its kinda fitting actually haha

    • @ImEpic854
      @ImEpic854 5 місяців тому

      Now, it’s “jwharam on the second”
      And yes, I used 3:52 for this.

  • @Beruderu
    @Beruderu 5 років тому +4

    Thanks guys :) Cambodia (and Southeast Asia in general) has a beautiful and rich history that deserves to be seen. Angkor is a breathtaking place, if you ever have the opportunity, please go.

  • @TheCreepypro
    @TheCreepypro 5 років тому +9

    this was really cool and fun to learn about the most interesting bit has to be about harnessing the power of the monsoon through the use of hydraulics and irrigation systems can't wait to hear more about that next time!

  • @AverytheCubanAmerican
    @AverytheCubanAmerican 5 років тому +29

    Angkor is so fascinating, it's on my bucket list

    • @booty_hunter4207
      @booty_hunter4207 5 років тому +1

      "Cant wait to angkor someday"

    • @Damo2690
      @Damo2690 5 років тому

      I almost got kicked out of it lol

    •  5 років тому

      You should definitely head out for Wat.

    • @ValkyrieTiara
      @ValkyrieTiara 5 років тому

      Same.

    • @Orybun90
      @Orybun90 5 років тому +1

      All I can say is that it is massive, beautiful, and a lot of shops around it. P.s. keep your bags/backpack in front of you at all times

  • @th3omachos
    @th3omachos 5 років тому +42

    5:40
    Americans: wow, 100°, that's a lot
    Europeans: *REEEEEEEE*

    • @robertli3600
      @robertli3600 5 років тому +10

      You mean literally the rest of the world

    • @th3omachos
      @th3omachos 5 років тому +3

      @@robertli3600 i think you really can say "the rest"

  • @erikbertram6019
    @erikbertram6019 5 років тому +57

    Hey Extra Credits! I really like your videos on history, but I'd love to have small captions with the corresponding SI measurements when you use imperial. Keep up the great videos!

    • @raphuscucullatus7845
      @raphuscucullatus7845 5 років тому +1

      @@macanaeh It's not like we all hate Europeans, it's just that no one wants to go through the extra work making *EVERYONE* understand it.

  • @joaoelias8126
    @joaoelias8126 5 років тому +57

    "... after all he had leprosy and was eager to make his mark"
    sick

    • @guessmyname1246
      @guessmyname1246 5 років тому +8

      .... T-that... Was that a 3x combo pun?

    • @joaoelias8126
      @joaoelias8126 5 років тому +1

      @@guessmyname1246 like onions have layers

  • @ThirdRock777
    @ThirdRock777 4 роки тому +7

    Really appreciate your episodes. Hope you can do one about the Philippines. From pre-Spanish period (before 1500s) to today. Very colorful history. :) Keep up the good work and stay safe.

  • @Astrobaut
    @Astrobaut 5 років тому +675

    Me: *sees 100 degrees* So they are at boiling point each dry season?
    Also Me: *sees 30 feet* Ah, so they are using that barbaric system.

    • @lucth16
      @lucth16 5 років тому +74

      Thought the same thing... what a stupid system eh.

    • @Psychol-Snooper
      @Psychol-Snooper 5 років тому +18

      The system that split the atom and put men on the Moon? In my experience people that call others "barbaric" and "stupid" do so ironically. A wise person might hold that such feats enacted under a ponderously complex system of measure might be all the more genius. What system build Angkor? Was it the Metric system? Or the Pyramids of the globe? Maybe all those before Napoleon were "stupid barbarians." 🙄

    • @Mr.Newlove
      @Mr.Newlove 5 років тому +115

      Very problematic for educational videos. We don't want another rover slamming into mars do we...

    • @ericwolf9664
      @ericwolf9664 5 років тому +2

      How did you think it was boiling? Celsius is just celsius. It isnt measured in degrees last i checked

    • @ribbitgoesthedoglastnamehe4681
      @ribbitgoesthedoglastnamehe4681 5 років тому +11

      Yeah. When its Fahrenheit or Kelvin, it should be mentioned.
      I actually believed this for a little while, going, yeah, something like really dark asphalt or something, forgetting they didnt have asphalt. I think i was way too tired. Ive even been there during Tet and seen it was not boiling hot.

  • @oli3096
    @oli3096 5 років тому +2

    finally! Cambodia has such a rich history and i’m glad u are helping share one of our treasures to the world!

  • @sakalcham
    @sakalcham 5 років тому +7

    Been a long time fan, finally an episode about my country🤩

  • @lenni853
    @lenni853 5 років тому +20

    Hey guys.
    I love your videos👍
    I'm from Germany and I have no problem with converting American units to the metric system, but I think that a lot people would appreciate if you would also put your length measurements and so on in metric.
    A fan who loves every episode of your show.
    Leon

  • @rexx23ify79
    @rexx23ify79 5 років тому +18

    Awww yeah. Khmer pride! (Even though I'm born and raised in Sweden) ហូ!

  • @bigheadj.r.628
    @bigheadj.r.628 5 років тому +4

    Happy 1000th Video Extra Credits :)

  • @somedragontoslay2579
    @somedragontoslay2579 5 років тому +28

    OMG, Angkor's climate is so extreme! The country boils!

    • @irrelevant_noob
      @irrelevant_noob 3 роки тому

      @@nabielw are you sure it's not 1.745rad? There's no way to distinguish what kind of degree that symbol stands for...

  • @Fordo007
    @Fordo007 3 роки тому +3

    I love these videos on South Asia like the Majapahit series. I love history and between this and African history it's my biggest blank spots, so I LOVE hearing all of this. So much stuff I don't know about so many great civilizations and people.

  • @srunvechasak7637
    @srunvechasak7637 5 років тому +8

    🥰🥰🥰 Thank you for making a video abt my country

  • @adrienbrown9782
    @adrienbrown9782 5 років тому +1

    I’ve been waiting for this series for so long!!!! THANK YOU

  • @silviasanchez648
    @silviasanchez648 5 років тому +66

    For the benefit of non-Americans watching this:
    100° (it doesn't say, but I'm assuming is Fahrenheit) translates as 38°C
    30 feet are 9, 144 metres

    • @Apledore
      @Apledore 5 років тому +10

      30 feet is about 10 meters.

    • @nishilbhartiya
      @nishilbhartiya 5 років тому +10

      9.144* not 9,144 xD

    • @EditEraseRewrite
      @EditEraseRewrite 5 років тому +13

      @@nishilbhartiya Other countries and languages use commas as decimal separators.

    • @badunius_code
      @badunius_code 5 років тому +5

      @@EditEraseRewrite which is also confusing since comas are used to separate list entries.

    • @azelfdaboi5265
      @azelfdaboi5265 5 років тому +2

      9,144 meters seemed a little big

  • @artycuen3572
    @artycuen3572 5 років тому +1

    Best show on UA-cam. Thank you.

  • @natalkumar6132
    @natalkumar6132 5 років тому +3

    at 2:11 , you forgot to add Vijayanagara , in Hampi , capital of Vijayanagara empire.

  • @fedrickthegreat2138
    @fedrickthegreat2138 3 роки тому +1

    I am a Cambodian and oh yeah I am thankful that you made an entire series dedicated to our culture thank you

  • @oliversalita1474
    @oliversalita1474 5 років тому +3

    7:37
    OMG YOU NEED TO TURN ON CLOSED CAPTIONS HERE ITS SO FUNNY 🤣😂

  • @evannationarmy7769
    @evannationarmy7769 5 років тому +2

    Listened to the song "Nokor Thom", and I cried, a lot! Heck of a job, Tiffany, heck of a job!

  • @Felixkeeg
    @Felixkeeg 5 років тому +10

    Wow, I always thought Angkor Wat was way older!

  • @officeranuch1660
    @officeranuch1660 5 років тому +1

    Deeply thanks for your sharing

  • @nakrakthandeuk2212
    @nakrakthandeuk2212 5 років тому +7

    I like that because I’m Khmer and I lived by Angkor

  • @caleblim6890
    @caleblim6890 5 років тому

    Just came back from an illuminating Siem Reap mission trip. Angkor Thom and Angkor Wat are simply amazing, and our guide showed us and explained so much for us. J-man 7 is the MAN!

  • @Jacob-vl6ts
    @Jacob-vl6ts 5 років тому +6

    7:30 ah. I understand now why my history teacher grazed this topic.

    • @eleSDSU
      @eleSDSU 5 років тому +1

      Grazed lingas? gigity.

  • @monsignor2943
    @monsignor2943 5 років тому +1

    Omg finally finally thanks you!! I need to be a patreon member!! Also his Khmer pronunciation is very good to be honest.

  • @thomasmathew4865
    @thomasmathew4865 5 років тому +3

    omg the drawings are amazing! Thanks for making these videos!!
    Tell Zoey I said hi :)

  • @daybreakhascome
    @daybreakhascome 5 років тому +1

    Yo I'm super happy you guys are branching into historic architecture, keep up the wonderful work

  • @shouryuuken4147
    @shouryuuken4147 5 років тому +7

    Whenever I hear Angkor Wat I have to think of Illusion of Gaia. Good to know what the actual inspiration for that dungeon is.

  • @viktorlyngmo3034
    @viktorlyngmo3034 4 роки тому +1

    Love the smirk faces on english subtitles from 7.10 to 7.40😅 cracked me up.

  • @Hans140
    @Hans140 2 роки тому +3

    Couldn’t hold back that song reference, huh extra history?

  • @mariakelly1059
    @mariakelly1059 3 роки тому

    I watched an incredible documentary about Ankor Wat last year. Stunning is an understatement!

  • @KenWojcik
    @KenWojcik 5 років тому +42

    EH: “Khmer Empire, around 1150”
    Me: “Actually it’s 5:03

  • @410rebelion
    @410rebelion 5 років тому

    This is such a timely video!! I just visited the Angkor complex last week. The atmosphere is practically shimmering with history and religion! It’s a stunning and mesmerizing place to explore. It’s wonderful to learn even more about it now.

  • @Flugmorph
    @Flugmorph 5 років тому +36

    would it be too much to ask to use the metric system at least alongside the imperial stuff?

  • @khmerrepublic7188
    @khmerrepublic7188 Рік тому

    Thanks "Extra History" for uploading and history of Angkor Wat. 🌏🔆Ancient Khmer civilizations have done an excellent job and Engineering very much. Great presentations!

  • @varishthsingh731
    @varishthsingh731 5 років тому +12

    Angkor Wat is the perfect example of Ancient Hindu cities and what Hinduism has contributed in making the world beautiful❤❤❤🇮🇳🇮🇳🚩🚩🚩

  • @alemirdikson
    @alemirdikson 5 років тому +2

    @2:09
    As a lifelong They Might Be Giants fan, I appreciate this greatly.

  • @affanhocaoglu7835
    @affanhocaoglu7835 5 років тому +16

    2:09 been a long time ago... Ok you can pass now

  • @flibbernodgets7018
    @flibbernodgets7018 5 років тому

    I loved the architectural info in this episode. So fascinating.

  • @blockmasterscott
    @blockmasterscott 5 років тому +4

    2:39 Poor Indy.🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @pietermantel9498
    @pietermantel9498 5 років тому +1

    Congratulations! To another 1000 videos!

  • @legospritesanddb
    @legospritesanddb 5 років тому +6

    2:10 I saw that reference to They Might be Giants

    • @ValkyrieTiara
      @ValkyrieTiara 5 років тому

      Fun Fact: Istanbul (Not Constantinople) was NOT written by They Might Be Giants. It was written in 1953 by two guys named Jimmy Kennedy and Nat Simon, and performed by a quartet called The Four Lads. The TMBG cover is better though.

  • @andramoie
    @andramoie 5 років тому +1

    Guys, you always make a huge point out of being as inclusive as possible, which is great!
    That's why it really surprises me that you would not give metric values for the measures that you quote. The vast majority in the world uses metric and imperial values mean nothing to them.

  • @danculea7865
    @danculea7865 5 років тому +34

    I'm fine with you talking in imperial but at the very least write it down in both metric and imperial.

    • @cajunamuria5938
      @cajunamuria5938 4 роки тому

      Danny cul If you are gonna say imperial you really don’t have a excuse for anything about that as it’s called customary and idek how you got imperial as the Europeans crated the metric system and they were imperial not the US

  • @lyhoursun1164
    @lyhoursun1164 4 роки тому +1

    This is way better than a lecture about history than my Khmer school. I applaud you

  • @kalinsapotato
    @kalinsapotato 5 років тому +3

    For the roughly 7.3 billion people not using Imperial measurements:
    37 degrees Celsius odd
    9.14 metres or so

  • @NoNameThoughtOfYet
    @NoNameThoughtOfYet 5 років тому +2

    The Outro Music For This Video Is Beautiful! :D

  • @emilygordbort7300
    @emilygordbort7300 5 років тому +55

    48 seconds in, already has a dislike somehow.
    *someone* got pissed at EC at some point

    • @emilygordbort7300
      @emilygordbort7300 5 років тому

      k lol

    • @biohazard724
      @biohazard724 5 років тому +9

      There's a bot that autonomously dislikes videos by popular channels

    • @dustygrrrl
      @dustygrrrl 5 років тому +7

      it's the pronounciation.

    • @baccaglowstone1582
      @baccaglowstone1582 5 років тому +2

      This video has barley even been out long enough for someone to watch it all

    • @emilygordbort7300
      @emilygordbort7300 5 років тому +2

      @@biohazard724 oh thanks

  • @M1aocat
    @M1aocat 5 років тому

    These videos are soo great!!!
    Keep on making them!

  • @eboiwarcrimes1474
    @eboiwarcrimes1474 5 років тому +45

    Khmer is actually pronounced “Koo-mai” weird, i know

    • @oli3096
      @oli3096 5 років тому +1

      i think it’s more of khe- mare

    • @saran42yu
      @saran42yu 5 років тому +8

      @@oli3096 its khmae

    • @WaterShowsProd
      @WaterShowsProd 5 років тому +7

      It actually depends on what region you're from. I've talked to Khmer friends about this. Some areas still use older Khmer language and the pronunciation differs from Central Khmer. In Northeast Thailand there are Khmer communities that have been isolated from Cambodia for centuries and their language retained old words and pronunciations so that its a dialect unintelligible to Central Khmer.

    • @thynara8500
      @thynara8500 5 років тому +7

      Is actually not weird for us khmer just for you Americans

    • @veasnajohan6456
      @veasnajohan6456 4 роки тому

      Its actually spelled Kha-me

  • @royalewithcheese7
    @royalewithcheese7 4 роки тому +2

    Peasants: How shall we purify the waters my Lord?
    The Lord: you guys know how to draw penises, right?

  • @killerqueen7592
    @killerqueen7592 5 років тому +49

    "Sees dislike"
    who hurt you?

  • @henglongaing1036
    @henglongaing1036 5 років тому

    Nice video. Big love from Cambodia 🇰🇭

  • @Deathworks1
    @Deathworks1 5 років тому +4

    Can you please do one on the Ethiopian empire and the Ethiopian-Italian war

  • @kimmac543
    @kimmac543 2 роки тому +1

    U guys are awesome 👏

  • @BothHands1
    @BothHands1 5 років тому +3

    such an awesome video, absolutely fascinating. during this time, europe was doing crazy dark ages stuff, right? dying from plagues and bad irrigation
    i've heard a lot about angkor wat, but i had no idea it was such a massive city, and i think i still learned more in this video than the sum total of everything i knew about it.
    i love this series so much! so much history crammed into 10 minutes, but somehow really interesting, rather than being dry, which most things are when they pack a lot of info into a short period of time
    love everything about this!!
    cambodia is apparently doing much better these days than they were in the 90's. it used to be that their country's name was synonymous with poverty.

  • @TheBlueSapphireCoLtd
    @TheBlueSapphireCoLtd 5 років тому

    I live in cambodia and this bring joy to me
    Thank you

  • @gforkolk7988
    @gforkolk7988 5 років тому +6

    Please make vids about Byzantine history and Bulgaria

    • @rattlehead999
      @rattlehead999 5 років тому

      not interesting at all, and if Byzantine wasn't fighting wars on many fronts, Bulgaria would have been crushed easily early on... And IDK about greeks, be here in Bulgaria many make it seem like it was a great history, when it wasn't.

    • @crzylkfx
      @crzylkfx 5 років тому +2

      They did a series on Justinian, and the Early Christian Schisms had a lot of focus on Constantine. They could always do more, of course. 1000 years is a long time. But they haven't exactly been ignored

    • @eleSDSU
      @eleSDSU 5 років тому

      @@rattlehead999 Then don't watch the video, some of us find it interesting.

  • @dorsal6612
    @dorsal6612 5 років тому +3

    "Constantinople (been a long time gone)"
    I LOVE IT

  • @BrownBombero7
    @BrownBombero7 5 років тому +26

    So... Did they boil each summer? 100 degrees and all...

  • @catcharide56
    @catcharide56 5 років тому

    Congratulations on the 1000th video!

  • @Sazoji
    @Sazoji 5 років тому +4

    wow, you could boil water at 100 degrees, they should set up an open hydrothermal generator if the air is so hot

    • @krankarvolund7771
      @krankarvolund7771 5 років тому

      100°F, that makes 33°C. At 100°C, water boils, but human skin burned :p

    • @Sazoji
      @Sazoji 5 років тому

      @@krankarvolund7771 100° in angkor is in C, EC just thinks in F tho. its no wonder why no one wants to go there with that temp, it only gets to 40° here during the summer. I cant imagine 100°

    • @xaviersaavedra7442
      @xaviersaavedra7442 5 років тому

      Matthew Carrell
      Hey what day is it on metric time

    • @eleSDSU
      @eleSDSU 5 років тому

      @@krankarvolund7771 37.7°C mate, at least do the conversion properly.

    • @krankarvolund7771
      @krankarvolund7771 5 років тому

      @@eleSDSU Well, mea culpa, I used a site for the conversion, but my brain change the number between the time where I look at it and the time where I wrote it XD

  • @bryonyamada2620
    @bryonyamada2620 5 років тому

    Angkor Wat is on my Bucket list to see/vist

  • @graysaga8330
    @graysaga8330 5 років тому +15

    Like if you’re proud to be a cambodian

  • @domsjuk
    @domsjuk 2 роки тому

    Glad you decided to change (Square miles, Fahrenheit....) to units everyone else can understand as well in the following seasons.

  • @JochenBrinkmann
    @JochenBrinkmann 5 років тому +115

    100°C Temperatur? Wait a minute... Oh, THOSE kind of 100°...
    Seeing how your videos are watched the world over, can't you stop using fake units like Fahrenheit - or at least add the iso units, so non-US people can follow?

    • @xaviersaavedra7442
      @xaviersaavedra7442 5 років тому +3

      Jochen Brinkmann
      If you don’t use metric time your comment is invalid

    • @mansoor6678
      @mansoor6678 5 років тому +7

      These videos seriously should use the metric system. Even i got confused for a while after seeing 100 degrees. I swear, americans should simply discard their Miles and Fahrenheit bullshit.

    • @alexanderhoraitis6801
      @alexanderhoraitis6801 5 років тому +10

      "using fake units like Fahrenheit" or they can use both

    • @isaacschmitt4803
      @isaacschmitt4803 5 років тому +5

      It's ok, there are conversion rates out there. How do you think I feel? I prefer Kelvin!

    • @JochenBrinkmann
      @JochenBrinkmann 5 років тому

      @@isaacschmitt4803 Well, °Kelvin and °C are basically the same scale - just add or substract 273°, so no pobs there. At least mentioning the unit used would have spared me (and others in this comment section) a major WTF moment!

  • @tragonthong
    @tragonthong 5 років тому

    I am Khmer and I am your fan, specially for this video !

  • @525Lines
    @525Lines 5 років тому +16

    It's typical in agrarian societies to tax farmers by having them work on public projects when they're idle, i.e. between plantings and harvests.

    • @krankarvolund7771
      @krankarvolund7771 5 років тому +1

      Well, you don't want to have idle farmers, I mean imagine they could start to think :p

    • @Oxtocoatl13
      @Oxtocoatl13 5 років тому +3

      Also warfare was mainly conducted in that window, because come harvest peasant levies would be needed on the fields.

    • @525Lines
      @525Lines 5 років тому +1

      @@Oxtocoatl13 Come to think of it, Roman troops were put on public works when they weren't fighting, too.

    • @Yayaloy9
      @Yayaloy9 3 роки тому

      @@525Lines I mean in that period, practically every country employs the same system. Peasant, serf, nobles, etc. Different name but the practice is more or less the same.

  • @zhubajie6940
    @zhubajie6940 5 років тому

    If at all possible all should save to visit the Siem Reap, Cambodia area. I have visited twice each over a period of two weeks to take in all the culture, history and architecture there and it is always increasing in what is being presented.

  • @itaieiron7275
    @itaieiron7275 5 років тому +11

    Could you please use the metric system?

  • @mathieuleader8601
    @mathieuleader8601 5 років тому

    amazing sculptures