The Persians & Greeks: Crash Course World History #5

Hyped to show this to my history class today! Thanks CrashCourse and viral sensation Hank Green

Oh and did I ever mention? Thank you! This series is very nicely done.

Thank you so much for this entertaining way to view history. ❤

Greece is overrated.

Coming back to this after 11 years — I was 14 when they came out — it’s fun to get to think about the bigger questions in this video with an adult mind. Thanks for saying things that went over my head in 2012 so that in 2023 I can get really absorbed in thinking about the historical implications of the Greco-Persian Wars.

Thank you.

this is so helpful thx

What’s the point of being alive?

Thank you for this educational video

ahhmm... does the person who edits the maps knows History? Greek cities are in wrong locations

The word of the week is "fart jokes"

Thank you guys for these videos on crash course

Oh no!... I forgot to be awesome...

Big mistake: you put Athens on the Peloponnesus. 🤦🏻‍♂️ Love the video, though.

I love how the idea that the Persians weren't cartoon villains is controvertial.

i'd rather be persian than greek, persia has spices, greece has yoghurt

This vid kinda felt like it really was more about ancient Greece than Persia. Still very enjoyable and thanks!

Wow this episode was a banger

2023 anyone

( The lost And Untold History Of The Kurds ) Book..

I want to hear a history of communism and socialism from this guy. That would be interesting.

Heck, knowing Persia: they may have let them remain a vassal democracy.

Who gets to study Aristophanes instead of actually boring Sophocles in highschool?

I thought Athens changed their minds and canceled the "kill all" order and send a different ship to stop the first order and just kill the leaders?

Dude how did you manage to misplace Athens ? 😅

Correction: 5th century BCE. 4th century is from 399-301 (after the Peloponnesian Wars through Alexander, etc).

“Me're the exception!"
—The Mongols

Unfortunately, modern slavery continues

Damn, that's lots of globes.

I never knew the word “music” came from Ancient Greek “mōpssphkē”

Hello John, sorry to correct some in you video. Darius I didn't be the son of Cyrus II the Great!, he had two sons one of them is Cambises II, he reigned during 7 years and he conquered Egypt, And the other son was Bardiya who reined only some months. Darius I was not son of Cyrus, he was a nobleman from Persian Achaeminid Clan, but he doesn't be part of the kindom family.

Purpose of life: find safety first, then find resiliency, and finally make sure your descendents don't forget the first two.

He said it only took 2000 years to get rid of slavery, but it still exists?

ok as a Persian, i was surprised of how villainised we are in the western history because we always remember the great Cyrus as a man who loved justice and his country so much and we respect him so much. so reading history from a western point of view was very shocking for cause i was like? nah we are actually good people!!!!

I looked up weather the Persians had slaves they did. Didn't the Persians burn Athens to the ground forcing them to built a wall out of the ruble.

History through a specific guilt ridden lens.

Darius I was not Cyrus's son. He was a distant cousin, I believe, who ousted Darius's actual son Bardiya by claiming he was an imposter and usurped the throne

CYPRUS IS TURKEY

Hi John,

What were the differences between Sparta and Athens?

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Should the Persians have won is so dumb. The Greeks were defending their own land.

Everytime my teacher puts these videos on i cry a little more