Int'l Commerce, Snorkeling Camels, and The Indian Ocean Trade: Crash Course World History #18
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In which John Green teaches you the history of the Indian Ocean Trade. John weaves a tale of swashbuckling adventure, replete with trade in books, ivory, and timber. Along the way, John manages to cover advances in seafaring technology, just how the monsoons work, and there's even a disembowelment for you Fangoria fans. Crash Course World History is now available on DVD! http://store.dftba.com/products/crashcourse-world-history-the-complete-series-dvd-set Follow us! @thecrashcourse @realjohngreen @raoulmeyer @crashcoursestan @saysdanica @thoughtbubbler Like us! http://www.facebook.com/youtubecrashcourse Follow us again! http://thecrashcourse.tumblr.com Support CrashCourse on Patreon: http://patreon.com/crashcourse
Me: It's MUSLIM not MUZLIM AAAHHHHHH!!!!!!
Anyone?
اسلام...
best wishes
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Just a note that I find it weird how you kept on using سلام as if it were a symbol of Islam. Because it isn't...
THNX JOHN!!! U R THE BEST!!
when the nyzintine empire fell and middle East became Islamic
Europe had to find a new route to india
hence Columbus called the Americas Indians
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In fact, the term was known as the Pirate Round, and referred to the route from the Atlantic to the Pacific
aggressively does happy dance
Also, is this a kid show? Like the E/I kind of show?
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1. Network of trade routes connecting various port cities all around the Indian Ocean Basin
2. Silly name given to the Indian Ocean Trade network by a funny guy with glasses and a lisp
they should all go back to the mudaland asap world wide
So for example, i was a sword smith, and a trade ship arrived with ivory, what would I trade for said ivory to get it?
I personally find Europe boring because it was pretty much the only thing that I learned about in history. I wanted to learn about more than Europe but everyone was too "Euro-biased"
And I dont really know how known European history is in other places. It just happens to be that the US is mostly the place off all attention, and since Americans came from Europe (sort of) I could understand that they get some European history. But I dont think that people in Indonesia or Chili get as much European history as the US or Europe. And ofcourse as an European getting European history is very important
Though an important thing to bear in mind this far into the series is that, besides the Roman empire and some other empires that have reached into Europe, such as the El Andaluz and Islamic empires which he mentions a bit in Europe, there hasn't been a huge amount of large scale stuff happen in Europe by this point. As in stuff that's relevant to world history. While empires were rising and falling in the east and Africa, huge innovations were being made, people in places such as modern day Germany and UK were living in little agricultural communities, not really impacting on world history.
He's talking about things as they become relevant to world history. Europe hasn't always been relevant. That's a myth that Eurocentrism has tried to perpetuate. As soon as this series gets to the age of imperialism, the industrial revolution, and the world wars he won't stop going on about Europe though, I'm sure. Though, if these episodes have set the tone, he will also talk about other parts of the world, because they too were important. Our historical narratives have been so dominated by European views of history that it's great to see this series making an effort to point our gaze elsewhere. Not to say I think he's being biased in the other direction, but he's giving a much more nuanced overview. And that is what makes this series so bloody brilliant!
For example, I'd never heard about how important this trade route was, but I'd heard of the Silk Road. Because the Silk Road helped get goods to Europe. And Europe came to become dominant in the world in the last few centuries, so the histories I was brought up hearing were biased towards Europe. So I never heard about this trade route that was at least equally important in shaping world history.
And also, John really try to put some perspective in how we learn History. Remember the Crusades video? Or the Persian and Greeks? History is not simply a colection of dates, but that's how we usually learn it. To change it we also need to stop viewing history through the same eyes. And these ayes are usually europeans, so learning the history of other places help us to remember that History is always controversial and different.
And.. Bangladesh was also a part of india as east Bengal which also partitioned from India as a part of Pakistan.
To be honest I've gotten a bit annoyed at how some Arabic words are so misunderstood outside of Arabic-speaking countries. I don't expect anyone to know Arabic, of course, but I've been told several times now by people who don't even speak Arabic what the correct meaning of the word "Allah" is and that I, and the vast majority of Arabs, simply have it wrong. It's kinda funny, really.. but mostly frustrating :P
You're welcome :)
so yeah they made a mistake there. bad mistake to make. some people like to argue that islam does in fact mean peace, but that isnt true. its just that islam comes from the same root as peace. the words desk & book also have the same root in arabic but clearly have different meanings.
edit: wait now im not sure
Good luck guys~
Me: "Yep, just like periods."
Trade is quite important. No nation can make everything it needs on it's own and prosper.
Good to point out the fate of Srivijaya.
What I still don't understand is how Islam thru a "couple" of Islam traders could spread out SO FAST (50 years time span) along the Indonesian coasts (not immediately inland! that took some 200 years) with NOTHING more to offer than "better trading contact". I mean; it is the indonesian GOODS that were in demand by the muslim traders NOT the other way around (selling "books" yeah, = Koran..not the scientific or mathematic books), thus the Hindu Indonesians were the ones to call the price, to set import taxes or benefits. Right ?
And the Sundanese and Bukinese (edit yes Bugis) sailed and traded too through the waters..so any other India market goods (cotton, ivory, other spices, steel) could have been bought through them.
So what was the appeal ?
For the lot of them, Islam offer much internationalism than Hindu and their local animist belief. At that time, the Arab were getting rich by playing middleman for many exotic goods to Europe through their Italian Connection (Venetia, Pisa, etc). It only make sense that Aceh was the first area to be Islamized since there are many proof of Islamic community existence in the 10-11th century - some historian even suggest a much earlier period along with Nestorian.
This internationalism membership card was very powerful as it also went to the spice islands in the 15th century.
But, if by Indonesian coast you mean Java, well thats a diff story altogether
Some of them established communities near local ports, married the locals (their spouse then converted to Islam), took part in the local politics, became advisors to local rulers, and some even become military leaders. Many of them were revered among the locals as wali (saints) and their graves today are popular pilgrimage sites. Their descendants then became part of local aristocracy.
Most likely the muslim merchants just taught Koran and Islamic teachings to the locals as they traded instead of selling the book to them as commodity because the book itself wasn't a trade commodity, and if they wanted to preach the content of Koran or when the locals asked them about Islamic teachings they just spill their knowledge to the locals.
The Islamic thought that was preached in Indonesia by those merchants was mainly Sufism, which is more mystical, esoteric and tolerant thought that is practiced by most Indonesian muslims today
Also, Majapahit, the last strong Hindu-Buddhist empire which centered in Java and covered much of the archipelago, Malay Peninsula and southern Philippines in 15th century, was weakened in 16th century due to series of incompetent rulers, succession crisis and civil wars. The last king, Kertabhumi, gave muslim merchants in north coast of Java trading rights with the province of Demak, which was ruled by one of Kertabhumi's son who had converted to Islam as the center of trades, in exchange of loyalty to Majapahit.
This policy, while profitable to the imperial treasury, weakened Hindu-Buddhism as main religion, says the wiki. Eventually the empire was destroyed when Ranawijaya, the Duke of Daha, who ruled a province in inland East Java rebelled, invaded the capital, and killed the king. The ruler of Demak, Raden (Prince) Patah, the aforementioned son of Kertabhumi, while a muslim, still regarded himself as a loyal subject and heir of the empire. And thus he came into conflict with Ranawijaya, which he won. Raden Patah also had the aforementioned wali as his military, political, and spiritual advisors. After the defeat of Ranawijaya, he then declared the Sultanate of Demak as the continuation of Majapahit. That sure helped the spread of Islam in Java. Subsequent muslim kingdoms in Java still regarded themselves as continuation of Majapahit, as their kings were also descendants of Majapahit monarchs.
Regarding Srivijaya, some historians say its decline was caused bay civil wars and them having lost a war against Kingdom of Chola in southern India. Its remnant kingdoms were then conquered by Javanese kingdom of Singhasari, which in turn was succeeded by Majapahit.
And the the areas that werent too affected by the trade routes aren't populated by many muslims, as Bali is still Hindu, and Lesser Sunda Islands, North Sulawesi, parts of Maluku, and parts of West Papua are predominantly Christian.
same could watch it for hours XD
We respect them and they history and consider them our historic allies but they are literally under us. Both Geographically and achievement wise.
Don't expect much information from this dude though. He fucking called Mogadishu a Swahili city but I don't think he is that stupid these videos seem to be just for the teenies who are being shown that "history isn't boring" and if you want the history of Mogadishu. go search on it yourself
Europeans were rather ignorant about a lot of things, evident by mistaking Hinduism as some sort of strange Christianity when they arrived in India.
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You know I had faith that you would eventually realize how silly this is and that I was being facetious, or like... get tired of this.
Though somehow you're WAAAY more bored than I am, which I guess goes to show there's always someone worse off than you.
Tho seriously, the "take your hats off on the inside" did come from Paul's misogynistic views, and like a lot of things in history people forget the reason for doing things and it just becomes a "We do it just cuz, I mean it's always BEEN this way"
It's like how people say "What a gyp" and they don't realize that it's talking about Romani folk using a racial slur. They're not so racist as they are ignorant... That said it could upset a roma folk since it's comparable to saying "Jew them down" or "Indian giver" but at the same time I dunno if anyone ever takes those saying seriously.
In any case, that was mildly fun, but I'm tired of playing.
I guess I can understand that, I mean I doubt Hanna/Barbara thought they were being malicious whenever they had a blackface gag in their Tom & Jerry cartoons. It was just a cute joke.
Though those kinds of jokes were deemed taboo by society because they attacked a very large group of people. So yeah, I doubt anyone would take hats seriously, I mean we still use stereotypes of American tribes as football mascots.
Just thinking that your bigotry is innocent doesn't stop you from being a bigot.
I honestly don't know why you're missing my point entirely. Yes, we get it, hat wearers were persecuted, you've told us that over and over again. But he wasn't even referencing this occurrence! He was JOKING (keyword here, you might need to search this up and learn something new) and with common sense one can use the tool of CONTEXT (another keyword, please feel free to use dictionary to learn what this is) to plainly see that this joke is in no way attempting to be racist or bigotry. It is a harmless joke that you somehow managed to find offense in. I cannot believe someone would find that joke offensive, it is nowhere even close to the mark.
I dunno why I thought that was a bucket hat, maybe because there was no outer wear, making him wearing a fedora a ridiculous stereotype.
Hat wearers have been persecuted as early as the bible days, with paul condemning men wearing hats saying that women should only cover their heads, so it's a little sexist too.
I honestly don't know why you're defending this bigot.
He is being super racist, the anti-hat movement was started by Catholics to oppress women, and telling people to take their hats off inside is basically tea-bagging on minorities.
"Huhuh suddying for my finals, liek if ur only here for AP world history too lul."
you will be proved wrong. It's a warzone.
Ok(calmly), watch the videos on 1.5X speed and then take the Practice Test.
I CAN DO IT!!!!
1 liek = 1 Australia
Just want to say that monsoon - in portuguese ''monção'' pl. ''monções'' - is also used in portuguese speaking countries, specially Mozambique, to describe the ''rainning season'' in general.
to talk of the brutality of the Spanish in the New World, without relating it to the Spanish battle with Islam is absurd. talking of slavery in America and restricting that to North American us slavery, and then saying that America is both North and South America once we are past the topic of slavery is a bit hypocritical, don't you think? of course this comment is directed towards other people making posts not the people presenting the history.
The important thing to remember is that primary school history classes aren't supposed to make students scholars of the Mughal occupation of India. That's a job for college professors, college education being something America is a world leader in. No, the job of primary school history teachers is to get kids interested history, something I think they do very well. Always room for improvement though.
ya we traveled to each others lands not to mention the slavery or labouring of some races the race by Europeans but...
Asians traveled to Africa
Arabs traveled to Africa
Africans traveled to Asia
Africans traveled to the middle east and etc
whites are not the only ones the willingly traveled .blacks , Asians , south Asians , Polynesians , Melanesians and Amerindians did ( include Latinos and mixed people if you want)
No hard feelings man
cultural, scientific and military achivements as well as important figures in 2 months? with 1 45 minute class mondays-fridays? all of that? again you think its racism when its not. you litreally can't fit all of that into a 2 year course.
. Another resource I also found helpfull for signals binary
is Skyarza Trade Success Star - it will be on google if you need it
too bad ,no one besides indians give a shit.
The region was a major trade hub at least since the third century BC and not 15 century. Muslims domination of trade only started with after Islam came to India, as it was Indian merchants, who became Muslims who dominated trade and not Arabs/ Persians.
The number of ancient ports in India perhaps exceeds the number from the whole world combined.
The major factors of this domination were -
India is cut from rest of Asia by land by the huge Himalayas , dense forests and deserts, so international trade on land seemed difficult .
Central position of India with good natural harbours along a huge coastline provided easy access,
abundant natural resources to trade as well as build high class ships ( India was the major producer of textiles, gems, luxury products , medicinal herbs, metal works, rice, wheat, oil etc),
India had a huge trading community and a monopoly in cultural sphere for the greater part in history.
True, but that's not the point.
There is so much more to Indian ocean's history that this video does not do justice.
It was the first place where people crossed thousands of miles, from Malaysia/Indonesia to Africa, solely on ships, colonising places spreading civilisation solely through maritime activities, a good two millennia before the East India company was established.
Yes but the area that was dominated by the Arabs is known as "Arabian Sea".
#sadfish
Where are the snorkeling camels?
For the record, the first sentence is sarcastic and the second one is sincere.
7:55 the temple is called Borobudur in Central Java, built by Sailendra dynasty in early 9th century.
8:27 Srivijaya.., yes since 7th century they trade with Muslim merchants from Arabia and India, as well as Chinese, but they remain as Mahayana Buddhist well untill their collapse in 13th century. Actually Islam established later in Samudra Pasai in Aceh and then Malacca, then it spread throughout the archipelago.
Thank you Mr Green for mentioning this side of the world..., Indonesia.
Almost as if corporations control governments rather than the other way around hmm...
I'm a bit of a rare libertarian, because I actually read.
I'm
not entirely against government intervention on principal of
regulations, because with or without government you will naturally have
regulatory forces, be it the corporation selling you a product, the
consumers, the development of guilds or 3rd party inspectors etc.
The
problem I have with government intervention is that you can't so easily
get rid of a governing official as you can anyone in the private sector
if they are doing a bad job.
Anyway, we are really straying from the topic.
Can
we agree that the international commerce of the period described in
the video, while still being run by some collective entity, was still a
freer market than we have today?
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Because what you're saying is nonsensical.
By analogy, if someone who doesn't eat meat doesn't know what a vegetarian is, he cannot meaningfully answer the question "Because you don't eat meat, are you a vegetarian?" you may as well ask "Because you don't eat meat, are you a flibbertigibbet?"
This is NOT HARD.
You started attempting to construct nonsensical logical statements which had NOTHING to do with anything, and everything to do with your trying to distract from the fact that the statement:
"Say, how were you able to say that you're not an American, despite not knowing what an American is?"
Makes the OPPOSITE of sense.
This is basically just you admitting that what you said made no sense.
Once again, your inability to make a coherent statement is mindboggling.
Premise 1: Something is American by virtue of having property x.
Premise 2: I do not have property x.
Conclusion: I am not an American.
Dumb dumb brain farting:
Premise 1: What makes an American an American? And conversely, a non-American a non-American? "I don't know what the fuck that means".
Premise 2: fart noises
Conclusion: I am not an American.
Well played.
Oh god, pulling pseudo-philosophy out of your ass. How very first year of University of you.
This is NOT HARD.
Your comment says "Say, how were you able to say that you're not an American, despite not knowing what an American is?"
You're implying that I would automatically know what it means to be an American if I wasn't an American.
Which makes ZERO sense.
This is YOUR failure to make coherent statements.
Is this some particularly avant-garde post-modern piece of performance art meant to illustrate the failure of language?
You're saying that someone who is non-American is more likely to understand what Americans do.
That makes no sense.
Addendum (for those with whom I need to be immediately explicit):
1) That was a question, not a statement. Moreover, it's telling that you have opted not to attempt an answer.
2) Someone who does not know what an American is can certainly be non-American. However, he cannot say so because he does not know what an American is! Being does not require knowledge whereas saying, an epistemic claim, by definition, does. If you make an epistemic claim about x, you cannot not know what x is! Unless (the usual caveat) you're confused, or full of shit.
Watch as being, saying, knowing and doing are conflated.
That statement makes no sense. You're saying it doesn't make sense that I'm not an American, but I don't know what an American is.
That's a nonsensical statement, like your assertion the names are American.
, and even I don't know what the fuck that means.
What does that even mean?
Good video overall though, at least for the few hundred years they focused on :)
...what about sri lanka?
Really? In Bengal , they pronounce "Very very good " as Bhery Bhery good" . haha.
Eastern Indian cultures of Odisha (Ancient Kalinga)and Bengal pronounce v as w ,sometimes also b.
You're gonna cry tear of blood for sure.
Yes, it is a very interesting area to study, from the tribal cultures of NTT and Papua, to the empiric-ish history of Western Indonesia. A historian could spend several lifetimes studying it all and still not get the full scope.
Anyway, I already know some of the historic language adaptation and culture. My (Indonesia) culture and history is really interesting actually, there are so many kingdom, myth, folklore, etc. I hope John will make a world history of Indonesia.
BTW: Indonesian, indirectly, is influenced by Sanskrit via Javanese (and they call it the island of Jawa, not Java), and Indonesian is directly influenced by numerous other languages, including Melayu, Dutch, Chinese and - more and more these days and quite unfortunately - English. It is not uncommon to find very old people here who speak both Dutch and Japanese (although they're not generally good at it any more due to disuse) due to the end of the Dutch empire and the Japanese control and so on.
Despite all the cross-cultural and cross-religious contamination that they are generally aware of, Indonesians still look at things like the Ramayana and Mahabarata, as well as the Garuda as parts of Indonesian culture and history despite actually being from India. In fact, Indian movies, music and TV shows continue to play an important role here.
And, finally, how to spell and say it is a matter of both changes in language and culture, so whether it is Sriwijaya or Srivijaya, Mojopahit or Majapahit, you're not wrong.
Apologies to those Indonesians who are sensitive about what they think actually comes from Indonesia. Much of it is that which was actually assimilated or adapted by pre-Indonesian cultures (remember, your country isn't even 100 years old yet) due to trade, religious changes, invasions, etc. Much of what you have came from somewhere else, and much of what you had got sent somewhere else. It's the nature of humans - things keep moving around and changing, so in the end it doesn't matter where batik, rendang and angklung came from - it only matters that they're here now. :)
They found the indian sea route from europe to india and conquered many territorys and way points in the indian ocean
Indian ocean trade is more old than you think......
Cough* because it was under the strait of Malacca which is modern day Malaysia
The lesson is if India need to regain her prominent role, she needs to improve her economy and trading power because Money matters.
Like all awesome African things, Kilwa was destroyed by European poop. Specifically, it the envious eyes of the Portuguese. I believe they bombed Kilwa from the sea, destroying it largely overnight. Things went down hill from there for Kilwa, and eventually Portugal too. Lisbon got dished some sweet geological justice hardcore stylez in 1755. Coincidence? Or Kilwa karma?
Incidentally, I believe not long after you guys made this (about a year I think) archaeologists identified a few or more Kilwan coins found in the Wessel islands of Australia's Northern Territory.
Being half-Tanzanian, half-Australian, the idea that merchants from what would be modern day Tanzania were potentially derping on what would be modern day Australia, almost 100 years before Europeans swooped on by Terra Australis, is badass.
And this video is NOT about the 15th century. We can agree on that, right?
Well many Americans voted for a bunch of Americans in the senate that later voted climate change is a hoax n free health care is another evil of communism
Adding another one to the block list. Man, youtube really dredges up the filth of the online community.
In astronomy, the geocentric model (also known as geocentrism, or the Ptolemaic system) is a description of the cosmos where Earth is at the orbital center of all celestial bodies..
You admitted to it grow up
I had to correct you mostly due to the fact that many Americans believe Africa never had any sort of civilization.
I can't stand that Eurocentric historic outlook !
GO THE MONGOLS !
I can't stand that Eurocentric historic outlook !
GO THE MONGOLS !
trade was replaced by Imperialism.
Wrong! Asian elephants live in Southeast Asia and Indonesia as well as India.
Why? Both these countries are from the Subcontinent and historically "Indian" though they are not currently part of the modern nation of India.
Thanks man! Very interesting to me, you answered my question perfectly.
Getting ignored is often more a good thing, we hear a lot about Syria, Somalia, Afghanistan and Detriot...
and yes indeed cristianity is no longer a viable religion just like jesus is no longer an acceptable "god" though any god is not a viable god
thechnically speaking all religions are bollocks yours included their base their creation stories are all debunked by scientific facts
Also, the entire world does not need to know whether or not you support crash-course, they don't need to know whether I support Crash Course or not. The comments section is suppose to be for any further questions people might have, not for people to post whether they like the show or not.
No one is using the Roman gods to hold anyone down (gay people) or dictate behavior (abortion), or propagate ignorance (science and sex education), or cause disgusting harm (aids and contraceptives in Africa), or prevent real progress on social and environmental issues (global warming denial & racism).
The Roman gods are harmless, the Christian belief is not.
You asked why Christianity was an issue and not the Roman Gods, I gave an answer - you ignored it.
You appealed to Isaac Newton's beliefs as demonstrative of the unassailable nature of those beliefs based on an appeal to authority, I explained the fallacy in that position - you ignored it.
I made the point that demonstrating claims is how you show them to be true - You rambled and simply reasserted your idiocy rather than provide said demonstration.
Can you respond coherently to a single point made or question asked?
Does that answer my question?
I assume you're trying to show you're smarter than me. (The grammatical and syntactical errors in your question make me very suspicious on that front). Even if that were the case what would that demonstrate? My entire point was that Isaac Newton's intelligence is irrelevant. You're attempting an argumentum ab auctoritate (a fallacy) and are now trying to make that same fallacious appeal to yourself?? Isaac Newton's theories in physics and mathematics are correct because they can be demonstrated to be correct. (those that weren't subsequently shown to be wrong). His belief in god, however, cannot be demonstrated... much like his belief in alchemy.
1. He had shoulder length hair.
2. He was a towering genius.
3. He was Christian.
4. He was an alchemist.
Another one for fun! Socrates.
1. He had a beard.
2. He was a polytheist.
3. He was executed.
4. He was a towering genius.
Do you think because Isaac Newton was smarter than me I'd be scared to say he was wrong? He was wrong about lots of stuff. Lead can't be turned into gold for example... what a nincompoop idea.
Are you scared to say Socrates was wrong about polytheism? I guarantee he was smarter than you.
Better plan?
What is the world coming to!?
Seriously??
And now you're cowardly skipping past responding the posts that followed it?
What a fucking Christian. You wonder why people like me assume you're all dishonest... you keep acting like it.
I'll repost it for those that wondered what retardation you deemed delete-worthy.
Pew Research Center. World's Muslim population more widespread than you might think. There are about 1.6 billion Muslims, or 23% of the world's population, making Islam the second-largest religion." - google " how many muslims in the world", also are you suggesting that us Christians should just vote Democrat to be in your good books? Fuck u.
You all promise to never ever vote and I'll turn my attention to the next issue down the list.
The ones that worry me are the people causing harm NOW. You know, Christians.
The Roman gods are harmless, the Christian belief is not.
Also BCE and CE actually make sense as opposed to having Before Christ: Christ was born roughly 5 years Before Christ. Wut.
You are a very clever troll. Made me respond/10
As Daan892 stated, considering that this is called Crash Course, the videos is very short. It is impossible to mention all cities/states/empires that arose during/around this trade: Malacca, Aceh, Champa, Temasek/Singapura, Chola, Sailendra Dynasty of Java, Cities on Southern India & Eastern Africa, ....
Sigh, no one even want to mention us, the malaccan's which the name strait of Malacca derives from.
From what I know, Majapahit had different approach in economy and never had direct contact with Indian Ocean trade. While Srivijaya emphasized to use their strategic location for their growth, Majapahit's centre in mid-eastern part of Java was not suitable to become trade port for Indian Ocean trade. Even though they were able to conquer almost of Sumatra Island (which was previously controlled by Srivijaya), they let the conquered state to be tributary with autonomy to manage their own government. Even Aceh on northern Sumatra and Malacca on Malay Peninsula grew stronger (and later became independence) when Majapahit got weaken by internal strifes around 1400s.
Majapahit chose to strengthen their economy through mining, agriculture, and military conquest like their predecessor Javanese kingdoms. But they still contributed to Indian Ocean trade by becoming hub port, collecting spices from eastern part of Nusantara archipelago which was one of most important commodities in the trade.
There are one possible reason why Majapahit is not mentioned at all: Crash Course always makes sure their videos are as short as possible, so they have to left out many informations. Considering that they are called Crash Course, their videos have to be short.
At any rate, my point was just that there are oftentimes circumstances in which borders could conceivably completely change, Chrimea would be an example of that.
- History of Middle Age Europe (AKA dispelling myths about Dark Ages).
- Society of Various cultures (The society of Vikings and Celts were actually advanced than we thought).
- Bronze Ages Greece (Minoan era).
This is a nice suggestion
You adulterous people, don't you know that friendship with the world means enmity against God? Therefore, anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God.
Ironically, given that I myself am a conservative, evangelical Christian, I agree with the vast majority most of your sentiment and am quite familiar with all the Biblical prophecy concerning the End Times to which you refer. However, I also live in the world, which is, like it or not, not Christian (for evidence, see the Bible). These videos are about world history and not about religious faith (see the video on Christianity from Judaism to Constantine et al) therefore the designation BCE/CE may be considered by many to be more appropriate (regardless if that feeling is devil-inspired or not, it is still real to them). Neither dating system can be used without insulting someone and as you say they both take the (rough) birth date for Christ as their pivot point, I don’t see the big deal. Common (or Christian) Era is just as Christian-centred in its implication. I currently live in a country where the year is considered 2557. Now do I go around insisting that things should be 2014 because a monk of the faith of which I am a missionary, declared it to be so? Of course not! Setting dates is completely ambiguous and just because most of the world works from a system based on the birth of Christ does not invalidate those systems based on the emigration of Muhammed to Medina or the achievement of nirvana for the Buddha. The Gospel saves lives, not the inclusion of Christ in a date suffix.
No one reasonably complains about Janus inspiring January or Thor Thursday because no reasonable person is offended by that. Reasonable people are offended by Christ. He is foolishness, He is a stumbling block and His Word is sharper than a two edged sword but moreover it is alive when these other influences are not. Offense is the reasonable response of a fallen world.
For ‘Christians’ committing acts of terror in the name of Christ I refer you to the Central African Republic, this year. Compare and contrast with ‘Muslims’ committing acts of terror in the name of Allah or Muhammed or Abu Bakr or Ali.
As for Israel/Palestine (something completely irrelevant to the Gregorian calendar)… while I agree it is pointless for some Arabic maps to disregard Israel out of prejudice, as a Christian, I frankly couldn’t care less about what the land is called if its inhabitants would stop shooting each other. Call it Canaan.
Presenting a slippery slope fallacy about it doesn't help anyone. It just makes you look like a cranky uber-conservative whining about "THEM DAMN HIPPIES AND THEIR REASONABLE STANDARDS OF MEASUREMENT".
No one expects you to stop using BC/AD in colloquial speech, but claiming that academic discussion should use the same terminology as your colloquial layman's discussion because it confuses you is beyond silly. It's like screaming at NASA to stop using the metric system because THIS IS 'MURICA and you're too lazy to learn.
Well.... This certainly makes you want to think for a minute...
Forcing european traders to find a new route to the far east. Coincidentally this meant them sailing around Cape Hope and getting into the Monsoon Marketplace.