same. first i watched the articles of confederation one, but then i decided to start at the revolutionary war, but then i decided to start from the top
Just wanted to give a big thank you for this video series! I’m really enjoying it. I’ve watched the civil war era through the westward expansion of the USA. I’ve learned so much. I plan on watching all the videos over time. Would love to see more history series, but this is enough to keep me busy for a while. 😊 For those who are unaware, there is a playlist on the channel. It has all the videos in order. Save that, and you’re all set.
I love all your videos i stumbled upon them 3 days ago and watched like 4 of em, and now im here and imma watch from the very beginning, kudos man your a great teacher, I enjoy it and fall asleep to it every night since and i listen durin work
I found the channel randomly looking for a documentary about the late 19th century in the USA. I found #33 - didn't even watch it - started here - subbed. There are a whole lot of hours of journey ahead of me. A great intro for hours to come to educate a random European guy some well sorted facts. Thanks!
@@michaellorenzen8200 we tend to agree on the stories of the winners of conflicts and wars, so there kind of is a unified storyline. One thing all Europeans can agree on is "We are the good ones". Americans have that too I guess. Spoiler: We are not the good ones.
Thank you for all the work. I've been enjoying the playlist on US History and am about 1/2 way thru. I don't see your credentials anywhere and I'm curious as to what they might be.
*Man has Needs that need to be satisfied* 0:00 A Person has requirements. Mankind thrives under certain conditions Certain Environmental Conditions sustain life. *Environmental Determinists* 0:55 Environmental Determinism - The Environment Determines Life. "Land is all that matters." + Food + Water + Shelter + Habitable Land + Ability to continue to feed oneself. 2:35 Humans are not entirely determined by environment, although it plays a role in what one person can do. 2:45 Environment is something, it is not everything. *The Formation of The Earth* 3:05 Space Junk, Science Junk. 3:35 Pangea. 3:45 Eastern Hemisphere and Western Hemisphere. *American Land Fertility* 4:00 Northwest Hemisphere is The Area which becomes The United States. 4:34 Lots of America is fertile land. + Green Fertility on The Eastern Half of America. Plants grow here. - Desert on The Western Half of America. Plants do not grow here *Rivers* 7:05 The Mississippi River is incredibly important for sustaining life. 7:30 Rivers support Animals and Human Civilizations. 7:54 Rivers are irrigated to be utilized to support Agriculture, growing food/crops. 8:35 Rivers held Transportation: Ships. 9:35 River Travel is much more quick and efficient for travel in comparison to Overland Travel. 10:44 Railroads bring people away from rivers, but rivers are still important. *Water* 11:25 Mechanical Energy 12:06 Water energizes the Water Mills create Energy, Mechanical Energy grinds the corn. *Flat Land vs Mountain Land* 13:10 Flat Land supports Land Travel. Flat Ground is easier to turn into a Road than bumpy ground or hill ground. 15:07 Mountains. Provide Metals. Humans like Gold, Silver, Copper in the Mountain areas. Gold Rushes are a part of American History. Silver Rushes too. *Weather and Climate of America* 17:17 There are different weather patterns in different parts of the country Northeast: Wintertime is cold South: Wintertime is warm, it's warm all year round. 18:45 Malaria, a parasitic disease that afflicts people. It's in the South, in The Caribbean. 21:00 Agriculture. 23:21 The Equator Coastline does not freeze. Making it a great place for growing Sugarcane. 26:27 Adversity precedes Innovation.
Also at 6 minutes into it on your map the reason also why a lot of lands is not settled even today is because some states are up to 90% of land is owned by the government and not for sale to public and that is about 70% of American land.
I studied history for around 10 years at the college university. I used to believe in evolution however now I believe humans was created. If humans were created it would be nice to have that accurate history.
"I think humans are creative and can come up with ways to adapt our environment." But the ability to adapt our environment is itself limited by that environment. The wheel is a good example. Mesoamericans knew of wheels. They used them in toys as well as a kind of pottery wheel. But they never made use of them for transportation because of the lack of suitable pack animals in their native environment, as well as structural investment in aquatic transportation. I think there is a role for creativity in human history, and maybe the term determinism is too strong. I subscribe to a kind of "weak environmental determinism" where the environment constrains human creativity rather than determines human development completely.
The part of evolution that I did not agree with is that logically I do not see any animal on earth that will one day evolve to start wearing clothing. That is what separates humans and animals is that humans where clothes and without clothes we would be like every other animal. Also pyramids being built all around the world roughly at the same time by different people who never communicated so why would they all have the same idea at same time period?
You could point out any number of things that separate humans from other animals. If I had to single out just one, it is language. Other animals have forms of communication, but no other species possess all of Hockett's design features that differentiate mere communication, which is a broad term, from true language, and it is those features unique to human language that allow information to be transmitted intergenerationally and knowledge of the world to be built upon. I definitely wouldn't single out clothing. Clothing is simply a tool, in a sense, and no profoundly different than fire or stone chisels in that respect. Other animals use tools, as I'm sure you know. It's also strange and weirdly chauvinistic to consider clothing THE marker of humanity, given that there are pre-modern tribes as well as modern subcultures which make use of very little clothing. Yet language, whether spoken or signed, is a feature of every single human community. I also don't see how the development of clothing invalidates evolution. That is a very strange leap to make. Any animal of sufficient intelligence and dexterity could theoretically start fashioning clothes for themselves. You can even see vague precursors to clothing in wild animals. Hermit crabs and bagworms and diatoms immediately come to mind, as organisms that use external, non-organic materials to construct mobile forms of protection for themselves. It's just very odd that you assume animals wouldn't be able to develop the use of clothing through selection for more general intelligence. I don't see any reason clothing is particularly special in that regard. As far as pyramids, it's a very basic shape. A square base that becomes smaller as you go up. Very basic concept. A young child building with legos could come up with that idea. Also, pyramids were not all built around the same time. The Great Pyramid of Giza was built around 2600 BC while construction on the Great Pyramid of Cholula began over 2000 years later. I'm not sure where you're getting your historical or scientific information, but you'd do well to think critically about your sources
I’ve seen a few of your videos and decided to start at number 1. I sure appreciate your taking your time to teach me.
Same!
same. first i watched the articles of confederation one, but then i decided to start at the revolutionary war, but then i decided to start from the top
Never attended university but I guess this is how it feels like
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Glad I found this. Thank you for these videos!! I know nothing about my country's history but I would like to learn.
we love your channel! my wife and I watched Texas history everynight, now its time for US history. CHeers from Houston. Happy valentines day everyone!
Make Austin Texas Again !
I've been looking for a channel like this for a while. Thanks!
Just wanted to give a big thank you for this video series! I’m really enjoying it.
I’ve watched the civil war era through the westward expansion of the USA. I’ve learned so much. I plan on watching all the videos over time.
Would love to see more history series, but this is enough to keep me busy for a while. 😊
For those who are unaware, there is a playlist on the channel. It has all the videos in order. Save that, and you’re all set.
I love all your videos i stumbled upon them 3 days ago and watched like 4 of em, and now im here and imma watch from the very beginning, kudos man your a great teacher, I enjoy it and fall asleep to it every night since and i listen durin work
I'm watching all 69, this is awesome, thanks for this series!
Very well-made and interesting 👍😍. More! 😍
I love all your videos! I wish you were my history teacher in school😁
Thank you for the amazing video
I found the channel randomly looking for a documentary about the late 19th century in the USA. I found #33 - didn't even watch it - started here - subbed. There are a whole lot of hours of journey ahead of me. A great intro for hours to come to educate a random European guy some well sorted facts. Thanks!
I'd be interested if someone in Europe could do a similar group of lessons but y'all hate each other and no one can agree on how history happened
@@michaellorenzen8200 we tend to agree on the stories of the winners of conflicts and wars, so there kind of is a unified storyline. One thing all Europeans can agree on is "We are the good ones". Americans have that too I guess. Spoiler: We are not the good ones.
Same here
Love the content and I'm going to watch it all but you should really make a playlist and make it easier to get these in order
You are very good. Are you a college prof? A high school teacher? Whatever the case, you know your stuff and you work is very much appreciated.
My favorite history expert!
Excellent! Please share whatever books you recommend
Thank you for all the work. I've been enjoying the playlist on US History and am about 1/2 way thru. I don't see your credentials anywhere and I'm curious as to what they might be.
*Man has Needs that need to be satisfied*
0:00 A Person has requirements. Mankind thrives under certain conditions
Certain Environmental Conditions sustain life.
*Environmental Determinists*
0:55 Environmental Determinism - The Environment Determines Life. "Land is all that matters."
+ Food + Water + Shelter + Habitable Land + Ability to continue to feed oneself.
2:35 Humans are not entirely determined by environment, although it plays a role in what one person can do.
2:45 Environment is something, it is not everything.
*The Formation of The Earth*
3:05 Space Junk, Science Junk.
3:35 Pangea.
3:45 Eastern Hemisphere and Western Hemisphere.
*American Land Fertility*
4:00 Northwest Hemisphere is The Area which becomes The United States.
4:34 Lots of America is fertile land.
+ Green Fertility on The Eastern Half of America. Plants grow here.
- Desert on The Western Half of America. Plants do not grow here
*Rivers*
7:05 The Mississippi River is incredibly important for sustaining life.
7:30 Rivers support Animals and Human Civilizations.
7:54 Rivers are irrigated to be utilized to support Agriculture, growing food/crops.
8:35 Rivers held Transportation: Ships.
9:35 River Travel is much more quick and efficient for travel in comparison to Overland Travel.
10:44 Railroads bring people away from rivers, but rivers are still important.
*Water*
11:25 Mechanical Energy
12:06 Water energizes the Water Mills create Energy, Mechanical Energy grinds the corn.
*Flat Land vs Mountain Land*
13:10 Flat Land supports Land Travel. Flat Ground is easier to turn into a Road than bumpy ground or hill ground.
15:07 Mountains. Provide Metals. Humans like Gold, Silver, Copper in the Mountain areas. Gold Rushes are a part of American History. Silver Rushes too.
*Weather and Climate of America*
17:17 There are different weather patterns in different parts of the country
Northeast: Wintertime is cold
South: Wintertime is warm, it's warm all year round.
18:45 Malaria, a parasitic disease that afflicts people. It's in the South, in The Caribbean.
21:00 Agriculture.
23:21 The Equator Coastline does not freeze. Making it a great place for growing Sugarcane.
26:27 Adversity precedes Innovation.
I love his ways of explanation. I am already on #11; I will listen to all of his classes.
But he should introduce himself, tell us his achievements.
best channel ever
I'm so excited to be starting this series.
Thank you 🙏🇺🇸
This is Definitely where I parked my car 😏
Is it for ba his honour core subject history of usa?
Also at 6 minutes into it on your map the reason also why a lot of lands is not settled even today is because some states are up to 90% of land is owned by the government and not for sale to public and that is about 70% of American land.
Headed to number one.
You should be paid millions
make that billions.....
Make that quadrillions
I studied history for around 10 years at the college university. I used to believe in evolution however now I believe humans was created. If humans were created it would be nice to have that accurate history.
"I think humans are creative and can come up with ways to adapt our environment."
But the ability to adapt our environment is itself limited by that environment. The wheel is a good example. Mesoamericans knew of wheels. They used them in toys as well as a kind of pottery wheel. But they never made use of them for transportation because of the lack of suitable pack animals in their native environment, as well as structural investment in aquatic transportation.
I think there is a role for creativity in human history, and maybe the term determinism is too strong. I subscribe to a kind of "weak environmental determinism" where the environment constrains human creativity rather than determines human development completely.
On the subject of environmental determinism, just look at modern Israel.
The part of evolution that I did not agree with is that logically I do not see any animal on earth that will one day evolve to start wearing clothing. That is what separates humans and animals is that humans where clothes and without clothes we would be like every other animal. Also pyramids being built all around the world roughly at the same time by different people who never communicated so why would they all have the same idea at same time period?
You could point out any number of things that separate humans from other animals. If I had to single out just one, it is language. Other animals have forms of communication, but no other species possess all of Hockett's design features that differentiate mere communication, which is a broad term, from true language, and it is those features unique to human language that allow information to be transmitted intergenerationally and knowledge of the world to be built upon.
I definitely wouldn't single out clothing. Clothing is simply a tool, in a sense, and no profoundly different than fire or stone chisels in that respect. Other animals use tools, as I'm sure you know.
It's also strange and weirdly chauvinistic to consider clothing THE marker of humanity, given that there are pre-modern tribes as well as modern subcultures which make use of very little clothing. Yet language, whether spoken or signed, is a feature of every single human community.
I also don't see how the development of clothing invalidates evolution. That is a very strange leap to make. Any animal of sufficient intelligence and dexterity could theoretically start fashioning clothes for themselves. You can even see vague precursors to clothing in wild animals. Hermit crabs and bagworms and diatoms immediately come to mind, as organisms that use external, non-organic materials to construct mobile forms of protection for themselves. It's just very odd that you assume animals wouldn't be able to develop the use of clothing through selection for more general intelligence. I don't see any reason clothing is particularly special in that regard.
As far as pyramids, it's a very basic shape. A square base that becomes smaller as you go up. Very basic concept. A young child building with legos could come up with that idea. Also, pyramids were not all built around the same time. The Great Pyramid of Giza was built around 2600 BC while construction on the Great Pyramid of Cholula began over 2000 years later.
I'm not sure where you're getting your historical or scientific information, but you'd do well to think critically about your sources
God created the world