Afleveringen
-
Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of Ancient China, is most famous for constructing the Great Wall that protected the Chinese realm against Mongolian incursions for millennia, and for the legions of Terracotta soldiers that guarded his tomb. Yet he was also one of their wackiest and most paranoid rulers, and a man so preoccupied with living forever that he cut his life short in the process. Let’s find out why.Qin Shi Huang, born Ying Zheng in 259 BC, was officially the son of King Zhuangxiang of the Qin and his wife Zhao Ji. According to rumor however, his mother was not of noble birth, and was in fact a concubine that Zhuangxiang became acquainted with after he was sent to the royal court of Zhao as a hostage.Zhao was one of 6 rival empires, the Han, Qi, Chu, Wei, and Yan, that the Qin dynasty battled against during the Warring States Period for mastery of China. Zhuangxiang was fairly successful, for by the time he died in 246 BC the Qin had extended their territories considerably to the East and West. When Zheng acceded to the throne after his father’s passing he was only 13 years old, and so it was decided that Lu Buwei, Zhuangxiang’s former chancellor, was to act as king’s regent until the adolescent came of age. His appointment only added more fuel to the fire surrounding the young monarch’s scandalous origins, for many whispered that he himself was Zheng’s father, and also that he had designs on the crown. Buwei proved the gossipers halfcorrect,for the deceitful chancellor quickly got to work hatching a devious plan to install one of his friends on the throne.It all began in 240, when Buwei introduced Zheng’s widowed mother, Zhao Ji, to Lao Ai, an esteemed noblemen who was supposedly famed for the size of his penis. When Zhang, renamed Qin Shi Huang, became emperor in 238, his power was immediately challenged by Lao, who hoped to place the two sons he had produced with the Queen dowager firmly in the line of succession by seizing power for himself.#qinshihuang #ancientchina #history #qindynasty #chinesehistoryCopyright © 2021 A Day In History. All rights reserved.DISCLAIMER: All materials in these videos are used for entertainment purposes and fall within the guidelines of fair use. No copyright infringement intended. If you are, or represent, the copyright owner of materials used in this video, and have an issue with the use of said material, please send an email to [email protected] by PodcastPayouts.com -------------------------------
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices -
The Cold War was the period of great tension between the United States and the Soviet Union, which lasted from 1945 until the fall of the Soviet Union, or "USSR," in 1991. The greatest fear of the Cold War period was that tensions between the two superpowers would become so great that the "war" between the two rival nations would turn "hot" and lead to a nuclear exchange that would end human civilization. We're about to tell you about some of the secret experiments and plans carried out by the United States during the Cold War, but before we do that, we'd like to tell you exactly how close the world came to destruction in the Cold War era. There were several instances when the USA threatened or hinted at the use of nuclear weapons, but these threats involved another world power, Communist China, and involved the Korean War and China's actions towards the government of the Nationalist Chinese (and a US ally) in the 1950s. During the Cuban Missile Crisis, US president Kennedy announced an American naval blockade around the island of Cuba to prevent the Russians from installing additional nuclear missiles there. Tensions got so high that Kennedy warned the Soviets that: "...It shall be the policy of this nation to regard any nuclear missile launched from Cuba against any nation in the Western Hemisphere as an attack by the Soviet Union on the United States, requiring a full retaliatory response upon the Soviet Union." Tensions remained high for days until the Soviets agreed to remove the missiles from Cuba in return for the removal of the blockade and the nonpublicized removal of US missiles from the territory of its NATO partner, Turkey, which bordered the USSR.#coldwar #history #ussr #sovietunion #coldwardocumentaryTimecode:00:00 Intro00:42 The Nuclear War Scare06:17 MKUltra09:32 Sex and the CIA11:19 The Vanderbilt pregnancy experiments12:48 Let's not leave the Russians outMusic: Motionarray.com Copyright © 2021 A Day In History. All rights reserved.DISCLAIMER: All materials in these videos are used for entertainment purposes and fall within the guidelines of fair use. No copyright infringement intended. If you are, or represent, the copyright owner of materials used in this video, and have an issue with the use of said material, please send an email to [email protected] by PodcastPayouts.com -------------------------------
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices -
Zijn er afleveringen die ontbreken?
-
Mehmed the Conqueror was a fearsome ruler that transformed the Ottoman Empire with his ambitious war plans and inflicting terror throughout his campaigns to the east. Europeans in the west were terrified of this Ottoman ruler and subsequently celebrated his death. Stick around to learn more about this Sultan and the many ways he destroyed his enemies, in this video of a Day in History.Mehmed the Second was the Ottoman Sultan, sultan meaning a Muslim ruler, mainly from 1451 to 1481. He was born on March 30, 1432, the son of the previous Sultan Murad II. Once Mehmed’s father passed away due to illness during the winter of 14501451, Mehmed II began his ascent to the throne. Mehmed II’s reign began with the death of his baby brother. According to some sources, the new sultan had his baby brother drowned to avoid any future power struggles.Mehmed II was responsible for the sieging of Constantinople, Moldavia, Albania, and the rest of Anatolia. With his conquest of Constantinople, he viewed himself as the continuation of the Roman Empire and not a replacer of it. Although the other European bodies at the time did not view him in the same way. There has always been a struggle between Islam and Christianity within Europe and its borders. The Ottoman Empire under Mehmed II was determined to spread its influence within Europe. The European entities at the time were terrified of the idea of the Islamization of its people.#mehmed #history #ottomanempire #ottomans #vladthedracula #ottomanhistoryCopyright © 2021 A Day In History. All rights reserved.DISCLAIMER: All materials in these videos are used for entertainment purposes and fall within the guidelines of fair use. No copyright infringement intended. If you are, or represent, the copyright owner of materials used in this video, and have an issue with the use of said material, please send an email to [email protected] by PodcastPayouts.com -------------------------------
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices -
One of the things that often stuns people learning about the Nazis for the first time is the sheer amount of information available to us about them – authored by the Nazis. In this video, we will tell you about five infamous documents detailing the evil of the Nazi regime. One of these documents isn't on paper. Instead, it's on audio tape, recorded in October 1943 in Poznan, Poland. The recording of SSReichsfuhrer Heinrich Himmler speaking to an assembled bunch of SS officers is today housed in the US National Archives. We will tell you more about the content of the speech in a few moments.The Marburg DocumentsBefore we tell you about the worst evils of the Nazi regime, let's talk first about some of the political machinations they attempted far away from the battlefields of Europe.Many scandals have rocked the British monarchy in the last four decades, and the royals continue to make headlines today: Prince Harry and Megan Markle and the renunciation of their positions and moving to the United States, and the involvement of Prince Andrew in the Jeffery Epstein scandal. But even these, and the scandal surrounding the late Princess Diana and her death, paled compared to the royal scandal, which exploded into English headlines in 1936. The story of King Edward VIII and the American divorcee' Wallis Simpson is a story in and of itself. For many Englishmen, including Edward's brother, the future George VI, and wartime Prime Minister Winston Churchill, the scandal of the British king being married to an American woman who was divorced was almost too much to bear. The American part was not so bad. Churchill was a member of the aristocracy, and his mother was an American. However, in 1936, the divorce part was BAD. At that time, in that country, in that culture, and in that ultraupper class society – a divorced woman was seen as a "loosewoman" without morals, discipline, or religion. Adding to Mrs. Simpson's problems – she was not wellliked. She was seen as Hitler's personal secretary for the latter part of the war, Traudl Junge, survived the war and gave several interviews about Hitler's last days in the "Fuhrer bunker" before he committed suicide with his new wife Eva Braun. Her character is one of the significant personalities in the famous movie "Downfall" (2004). She was also the focus of the documentary "Blindspot" made just before her death in 2002. Traudl Junge witnessed much of what went on in Hitler's inner circle for the last part of the war and, more importantly, what took place within the bunker as the Red Army closed in.00:00 Start00:55 The Marburg Documents06:50 The Nacht und Nebel Erlass10:03 The Einsatzgruppen documents12:20 Himmler's Speech15:42 Hitler's Last Will and Testament#nazi #history #holocaust #nazisecretsCopyright © 2021 A Day In History. All rights reserved.DISCLAIMER: All materials in these videos are used for entertainment purposes and fall within the guidelines of fair use. No copyright infringement intended. If you are, or represent, the copyright owner of materials used in this video, and have an issue with the use of said material, please send an email to [email protected] by PodcastPayouts.com -------------------------------
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices -
In 1940, the Bolshevik revolutionary and first head of the Red Army, Leon Trotsky, was offed in Mexico City. Trotsky fled the Soviet Union in 1928 after he came out at the bottom of a power struggle with Josef Stalin, a position many people had found themselves in. The offing of real and imagined foes had a long history in Russia. Still, it was during the early Soviet era when an entire branch of the intelligence gathering and spy apparatus of the country was given its own very top secret department within the NKVD in 1936. The department was called the "Directorate of Special Tasks." The NKVD underwent many changes after WWII and became the "MGB." In the MGB, the department was known as "Spets Byuro #1" for "Special Purpose Office #1". It was also known by more sinister and 007like names such as "The Chamber" and "Lab #1".#kgb #topsecret #history #putinkgb #putinCopyright © 2021 A Day In History. All rights reserved.DISCLAIMER: All materials in these videos are used for entertainment purposes and fall within the guidelines of fair use. No copyright infringement intended. If you are, or represent, the copyright owner of materials used in this video, and have an issue with the use of said material, please send an email to [email protected] by PodcastPayouts.com -------------------------------
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices -
In February 2022, Netflix premiered the sequel to History Channel's "Vikings," called "Vikings: Valhalla." Two main characters are the famous Leif Eriksson and his sister, Freydis Eriksdotter. As you may know, Leif is reputed to have arrived in North America centuries before Christopher Columbus. Some accounts in the Norse sagas include a couple of tales of Leif's sister, Freydis – but in one of them, the close brothersister relationship depicted in the series is anything but that! We'll tell you about that in a moment.The Vikings were brutal. It was the early Middle Ages – everyone was brutal. The most powerful Christian king at the start of the Viking era was Charlemagne. Charlemagne may have been Christian and welleducated, but that didn't stop him from waging a genocidal war against the Saxons of Germany in his campaign to convert them to Christianity. Saxon children were instructed to report any pagan activity. Many pagan men and women were burned alive, and many Saxon children were taken back to Charlemagne's kingdom and raised as Christians. Pretty brutal, right?The Magyars of today's Hungary became Christian around 1000 under King, now "saint" Stephen. Stephen was brutal, too – he burned stubborn pagans at the stake, among other punishments.The only real reason the Vikings were considered especially brutal – and they were, make no mistakewas that combined with their brutality was their habit of appearing suddenly out of nowhere and killing many unsuspecting people. Then, they took the survivors as slaves and then disappeared. They did this for about 300 years before most converted to Christianity. At that point, Scandinavian raids essentially stopped, and the tales of their brutality stopped as well.#vikings #history #vikingshistory #ivartheboneless #ragnarlothbrok #norsehistory #rollo DISCLAIMER: All materials in these videos are used for entertainment purposes and fall within the guidelines of fair use. No copyright infringement intended. If you are, or represent, the copyright owner of materials used in this video, and have an issue with the use of said material, please send an email to [email protected] © 2021 A Day In History. All rights reserved.Managed by PodcastPayouts.com -------------------------------
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices -
Grab Atlas VPN for just $1.99/mo before the deal expires: https://get.atlasvpn.com/DayHistoryHave you ever asked your school teacher for permission to get married? No? Well, if you'd beenan Aztec, this would be just one of many things you'd have to do if you wanted to settle down!And did you know the saying Tying the Knot originates in a literal Aztec wedding tradition?Welcome to A Day in History, where we will be deepdiving into the astounding traditions of theAztec people, from wedding preparations to married life and childbirth. In this video, you'll learnabout the rich worlds of deities and crazy religious rituals that provided order to daytoday Azteclife.Aztec society was clearly defined, with a complex, rigid social structure similar to a Castesystem. Families would arrange their children's marriages to determine prestige andconnections, and to strengthen their dynasty.With so many factors to consider, it's no surprise that Aztec marriages were an incrediblycomplicated logistical nightmare to organise. A boy's parents would begin the process of findinga lucrative match by consulting with a female matchmaker. Or “ah atanzah” (aruh artansah) inthe Aztec language of Nahuatl. After securing a match, the groom's parents would need tonegotiate with the 'House of Youth'a school that was part of the sophisticated, mandatoryeducation system for Aztec Boys. This would include inviting their sons' Headmaster andteachers to a special evening. Where they would give grand speeches and ply the school staffwith food and alcohol.Sometimes, a young man in school might realise he was ready to marry before his parentsdecided. In these cases, it was really down to the groomtobe himself to grovel for teachers'permissiona process that included donating twelve large blankets to teachers.The best information we have about weddings come from surviving illustrated Aztec manuscripts known as Codices. From these we know that weddings lasted a whole five days. They'd beginwith guests arriving from midday for a lengthy feast and drinking session.#aztecs #history #azteccivilization #aztecwarrior #aztecreligion Copyright © 2021 A Day In History. All rights reserved.DISCLAIMER: All materials in these videos are used for entertainment purposes and fall within the guidelines of fair use. No copyright infringement intended. If you are, or represent, the copyright owner of materials used in this video, and have an issue with the use of said material, please send an email to [email protected] by PodcastPayouts.com -------------------------------
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices -
The Brutal Things Russian Tsars Did During Their ReignBefore Putin, the Soviet Union, Stalin, and Lenin, Russia was governed by the Tsars, an eccentric bunch of emperors and empresses who ruled the Slavic realm with an iron grip for nearly 400 years. As figureheads with unlimited power, and whose every word was tinged with absolute authority, it comes as no surprise that Russian kings and queens had a tendency to abuse their position, often in spectacularly gruesome ways.Today we're going to talk about tsars like Peter the Great, Nicolas II, Ivan the Terrible and Anna Ivanova . No other sovereigns in history left in their wake such misery as the Russian Tsars, who showcased the very worst of humanity. It’s amazing to think that their gory and often imaginative atrocities, like something you might see in a Saw movie, were actually reallife events. We should count ourselves lucky then, that we live in relative comfort, and that we aren’t confined to a Tsarist jail cell preparing ourselves for a bizarre, and probably slow, execution at the hands of a bloodthirsty dictator. What is for certain however, is that if Peter, Nicolas, Ivan, or Anna somehow timetravelled back to the present day they would definitely take inspiration from this channel. Why not join them by pressing that subscribe and like button!#russiantsars #history #russianhistory #ivantheterrible #ussr #sovietunion #russianempire #historydocumentaryCopyright © 2021 A Day In History. All rights reserved.DISCLAIMER: All materials in these videos are used for entertainment purposes and fall within the guidelines of fair use. No copyright infringement intended. If you are, or represent, the copyright owner of materials used in this video, and have an issue with the use of said material, please send an email to [email protected] by PodcastPayouts.com -------------------------------
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices -
“From the halls of Montezuma, to the shores of Tripoli...” are the beginning lines from the United States Marine Corps Hymn, and the “Tripoli” that's mentioned is the largest city in today's Libya. The hymn was written sometime after 1867, and these lines commemorate two of the Marine Corps' most famous battles “the halls of Montezuma referring to the MexicanAmerican War of 184648, and “the shores of Tripoli” refers to the battles the Marine Corps, along with the US Navy, fought with the infamous “Barbary Pirates” who terrorized the coast of North Africa, the Mediterranean Sea and indeed, a large part of Europe for at three centuries. Slavery had existed in the Mediterranean Basin since before the time of Rome. During the Roman expansion, people from all corners of the empire were enslaved: Franks, Germans, Slavs, Greeks, various people from the Balkans, Africans traded to Rome by Egypt, Jews from Israel and more. Some of the richest people in Rome and the Gothic and Arab empires which followed it were slave traders. Many Viking raiders grew rich and powerful from the treasure they hoarded trading slaves. Slavery was common in Europe, the north coast of Africa, and the Middle East until relatively recent times. The Barbary StatesIn the 1500s, the Ottoman Turks expanded along the North African coast. Due to distance and the fiercely independent nature of the Berbers and others, however, Ottoman control of the Barbary Coast was nominal. As long as the people there recognized the Ottoman Sultan as their overlord and gave help when it was asked, the Turks left the people of the coast alone. One of the many interesting things about the Barbary Pirates is that, as time went on, many of them were not from the region. Many were Europeans, acting much like today's mercenaries, looking for adventure and a quick buck. Unfortunately, what they were mainly looking for were other human being to sell into slavery.#barbaryslavetrade #ottomanslavetrade #history #barbarypirates #whiteslaves Copyright © 2021 A Day In History. All rights reserved.DISCLAIMER: All materials in these videos are used for entertainment purposes and fall within the guidelines of fair use. No copyright infringement intended. If you are, or represent, the copyright owner of materials used in this video, and have an issue with the use of said material, please send an email to [email protected] by PodcastPayouts.com -------------------------------
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices -
Augustus, the first ever emperor of Rome, is most famous for his countless military successes during his long and tyrannical tenure. Yet, in 21 BC, at the height of his power, he was completely embarrassed by the most unlikely of leaders.Amanirenas of the Kush was not only a woman of colour but also disabled, possessing only one working eye. Thanks to her efforts, Augustus, the selfproclaimed ‘son of God, was forced to surrender and accept every one of her demands. Here is the story of how an African queen dominated the most powerful man in the world. Between 40 BC and 10 BC, the mysterious African kingdom of Kush, located in modernday Sudan, was ruled over by the legendary Queen Amanirenas. She was a woman of remarkable stature, towering over her men and sporting three battlescars on her face. Her conflict with Rome would further disfigure her, leading to the loss of one of her eyes. Governing alongside her husband King Teritequas, her domain was rich beyond imagination, possessing vast quantities of gold, iron, and ivory. The wealth of this obscure realm, located at the fringes of the known world, was something that Augustus was very aware of following his triumph against Cleopatra and archrival Marc Anthony in 30 BC in neighbouring Egypt.The Romans were no doubt curious to see, and to pillage, the fabled palace of Queen Amanirenas, which reportedly had brickvaulted rooms adorned with enormous blocks of pure gold and ivory. In fact, it would take only a year for the new overlords of Egypt to extend their campaigns south towards the Kush.Gaius Cornelius Gallus, the first governor of Augustan Egypt, would make the first Roman incursions into the shadowy northern Kushite frontier. After subduing a revolt in the south of Egypt, he audaciously crossed the border to lay claim to the Kushite island of Philae, situated in Lower Nubia. With Queen Amanirenas too weak to mount a counterattack, she was forced to concede her territory and to accept the authority of the local lord who had been chosen to look after Roman interests in the region.But the Queen’s capitulation was also an astute political move, giving her enough time to prepare a relief force that could overcome the Mediterranean conquerors at a later date. #africanqueen #queenamirenas #history #romanempire #africanqueen #africanhistory #augustusceaserScriptwriter: Jake LeighHowarthVoiceover Artist: Chris RedishMusic: Motionarray.com Copyright © 2021 A Day In History. All rights reserved.DISCLAIMER: All materials in these videos are used for entertainment purposes and fall within the guidelines of fair use. No copyright infringement intended. If you are, or represent, the copyright owner of materials used in this video, and have an issue with the use of said material, please send an email to [email protected] by PodcastPayouts.com -------------------------------
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices -
China is an ancient civilization that has existed for nearly 4000 years, responsible for some of the most important inventions ever conceived, such as the compass, gunpowder, paper, and printing. Yet China is also the place where some of the most wicked emperors to ever rule were able to order and perform acts so brutal and savage they defy belief. Here are some of the worst examples.Gao Yang was an infamous alcoholic who sat on the throne of the Northern Qi from 529 to 559.Yang wasn’t always a terrible drunk, starting his reign off fairly successfully by strengthening the Qi’s military capabilities and reducing taxes. In fact, within a short space of time, the Northern Qi had become the top dog in China, commanding admiration from all.With his kingdom flourishing, Yang began to indulge more and more in his favorite pastime to celebrate the stability he had brought to the land. In the later stage of his life, excessive drinking transformed Yang from a respected statesman into a mad crackpot whose depraved acts became a regular feature of court life. Toghon Temur ascended to the Chinese throne in 1333 when he was only 13 years old, becoming the longest reigning Yuan monarch. Given his young age, it was only natural that Temur would grow up with a wacky sense of entitlement. He was perhaps influenced by his equally outlandish chancellor, Bayan, who suggested that all Chinese with the 5 most popular names should be executed, around 90% of the population!Sun Hao, who governed ancient China from 242 to 284, was not only an incompetent king but also a vindictive maniac.At first Sun Hao took his new position as emperor seriously, impressing the populace by lessening taxes, regulating the behavior of many of his corrupt officials, and releasing many concubines. However he soon grew bored of his duties, preferring to fill his days with wine, women, and execution orders. #chineseemperors #history #chinesehistory #imperialchina #ancientchina #chinaScriptwriter: Jake LeighHowarthVoiceover Artist: Stephan VoxMusic: Motionarray.com Copyright © 2021 A Day In History. All rights reserved.DISCLAIMER: All materials in these videos are used for entertainment purposes and fall within the guidelines of fair use. No copyright infringement intended. If you are, or represent, the copyright owner of materials used in this video, and have an issue with the use of said material, please send an email to [email protected] by PodcastPayouts.com -------------------------------
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices -
Commodus had ruled Rome from 177. For the first three years of his reign, he was actually "coEmperor" with his illustrious father, Marcus Aurelius. Marcus Aurelius is wellknown today for the collection of his writings entitled "The Reflections of Marcus Aurelius," a virtual handbook for those who wish to live a calm, stoic life of moderation. Marcus Aurelius was a revered figure in his time, and in the time since, he has been dubbed one of the "Five Good Emperors" for his accomplishments: expanding the borders of the empire and increasing the prosperity of Rome. Commodus, whose birth name was "Lucius Aelius Aurelius Commodus," may have suffered from an inferiority complex, knowing or believing that he could not and would not achieve his father's fame. He may also have been one of the countless spoiled princes throughout history, never being forbidden anything, especially since his stoic father was often absent governing the empire. He might also have been seriously ill mentally – he may have been all three. We will never know for sure. We know that Commodus committed many crimes – not crimes to him perhaps, but to us? Without doubt. Commodus is sometimes compared to the earlier Roman emperor Nero (37AD 68 AD). Nero is still remembered as one of the cruellest emperors, and his life ended when he ordered his slave to kill him – he had just been pronounced a "public enemy" by the Senate for his harsh rile. Commodus was also cruel, and he was finally strangled by a champion wrestler, the killing arranged by his advisers. Both emperors fancied themselves artists. Nero was famed for dressing as a woman and putting on public concerts – he was reputedly terrible, but no one dared not applaud the performances. Commodus also loved singing and dancing and fancied himself a comedian, though his crudity made his aristocratic peers uncomfortable. He also believed himself to be a great gladiator and fought with trained slaves or gladiators, but never in public. Pity the slave or gladiator that didn't let the emperor win, though it is said that Commodus was quite skilled. #rome #commodus #history #ancientrome #nero #romanempire #emperorcommodus #romanemperorScriptwriter: Matthew GaskillVoiceover Artist: Chris RedishMusic: Motionarray.com Copyright © 2021 A Day In History. All rights reserved.Timecode:00:00 Start02:20 Commodus' father, the great Marcus Aurelius 04:13 How it began06:03 Commodus and his sister07:28 The killing of senators08:49 The emperor's “entertainment” 11:13 Renaming Rome13:10 Commodus' ReputationDISCLAIMER: All materials in these videos are used for entertainment purposes and fall within the guidelines of fair use. No copyright infringement intended. If you are, or represent, the copyright owner of materials used in this video, and have an issue with the use of said material, please send an email to [email protected] by PodcastPayouts.com -------------------------------
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices -
Just under half a million women served in the Soviet Red Army in WWII, or as it is known in the former Soviet countries, "The Great Patriotic War".The most famous of them were snipers, but as far as we can tell from what Soviet records were made public after the fall of the USSR, only about 2,000 of them served as snipers on the front line, or at least, those were the women who received formal training. But consider this. Even if we limit ourselves to 2,000, the arguably five most wellknown were responsible for the deaths of close to 700 Axis troops!The most famous Soviet woman sniper was Lyudmila Pavlichenko, a.k.a "Lady Death", her nickname during the war. Lyudmila's tally of Nazis was 309 – an entire company's worth of Nazi invaders, all killed by one person! Lyudmila was born near Kyiv in today's Ukraine, in 1916. She became interested in shooting while she was involved in a sports club as a teenager. One of the boys in the club lorded his skill with a rifle over all the other students, and Lyudmila, who had done some shooting with her father, was determined to shut the young man's mouth. She continued to practice in private and when she realized she was much better than that boy would ever be, she challenged him to a round of target shooting. We remember Lyudmila's name – who the boy was is lost to history. #sovietunion #history #LyudmilaPavlichenko #sovietsnipers #ussr #worldwar2 #majorannanikulinaLets look at some other woman soldiers as we dive deep in soviet territoryScriptwriter: Matthew GaskillVoiceover Artist: Stephen VoxMusic: Motionarray.com DISCLAIMER: All materials in these videos are used for entertainment purposes and fall within the guidelines of fair use. No copyright infringement intended. If you are, or represent, the copyright owner of materials used in this video, and have an issue with the use of said material, please send an email to [email protected] © 2021 A Day In History. All rights reserved.Managed by PodcastPayouts.com -------------------------------
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices -
Ancient engagements in Ancient Greece were not really for romantic reasons, rather to create reciprocal relationships between the two families. Marriage transactions were often arranged by a woman’s male kin or kyrios and involved a series of property and dowry payment exchanges. They even had a name for it δoδωµι, a verb used to describe the process of giving brides to their new husband. This was also reflected in the marriage ceremony itself.According to Rebecca Hague, special wedding vases, the lebes gamikos and loutrophoros, often depicted scenes of the wedding ceremony for which they were created. Surviving examples reveal that the ceremonies commenced with sacrifices and dedications to the gods to protect the bride and groom. The happy couple would bathe and cleanse in ritual waters, and both would dress elaborately in robes. Brides would adorn themselves with a crown and girdle as a mark of virginity. After the wedding couple were dressed, the festivities began with a delicious feast for both families and their friends. At the end of the feast, the bride would travel by cart to her new home . One of the most bizarre explanations for romantic love originates in a philosophical text written by Plato, the Symposium. Symposia were hosted and attended by notable men of the classical and Hellenistic periods to eat, drink and be merry with music and scantily clad entertainers, or hetaerae. At this fictional event, the comic playwright Aristophanes offers a speech in praise of Eros, god of love and desire. He tells a strange story that all humans were conjoined in the mists of time, until Zeus decided this was too threatening and cut people in two! Love is human’s inherent desire to find their ‘other half’ in order to become a whole person on earth. Lets go back in time and check out the lovemaking and marriage traditions of Ancient Greece!#ancientgreece #history #marriage #rome #plato #greekhistoryScriptwriter: Natasha Martellhttps://7strangethings.com/Video Editor & Motion Graphics: Kanishka MudaliyarVoiceover Artist: Jake FloryMusic: Motionarray.com Copyright © 2021 A Day In History. All rights reserved.DISCLAIMER: All materials in these videos are used for entertainment purposes and fall within the guidelines of fair use. No copyright infringement intended. If you are, or represent, the copyright owner of materials used in this video, and have an issue with the use of said material, please send an email to [email protected] by PodcastPayouts.com -------------------------------
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices -
Marriages in ancient Egypt were often arranged to strengthen connections between families or for financial advancement. All the same, romantic love was still important to Egyptians and celebrated in poetry from the age.The Chester Beatty Papyri date from 1200 BC and show a speaker praising the beauty of his lover, which demonstrates the idealised form of beauty at the time: “She radiates perfection and glows with health. The glance of her eye is gorgeous. Her lips speak sweetly, and not one word too many. Longnecked and milky breasted she is, her hair the colour of pure lapis.” The speaker refers to this woman as his “sister” – this does not mean that they were related but rather was a term of respect and esteem for women! In fact, marrying one’s family members was frowned upon for most of the population with the exception of the royal family, to preserve bloodlines and royal lineage. Gives a whole new meaning to the phrase “sisterly love”. One of the most famous Pharaohs from Egyptian dynasties was also renowned for his romantic love match. The young Tutankhamun, who ruled from 1332 – 1323 BC, was married to his halfsister Ankhesenamun. Images from ancient art reveal their devotion to each other; she is frequently depicted by his side hunting and offering him flowers, and their hand gestures and facial expressions show genuine love for each other. Tragically, their love was cut short upon his death at the tender age of 18. Marriage Ceremonies: An Eternal Bond Egyptian marriage ceremonies were somewhat casual in comparison to today’s lavish parties. They were often arranged between parents with reciprocal gifts between households and set up for the purpose of setting up connections and having children. Both the groom and bride’s father would draw up marriage settlements which were signed before witnesses, at which point the woman would join her husband’s home. #ancientegypt #history #marriage #cleopatraScriptwriter: Natasha Martellhttps://7strangethings.com/Voiceover Artist: Stephen LewisMusic: Motionarray.com DISCLAIMER: All materials in these videos are used for entertainment purposes and fall within the guidelines of fair use. No copyright infringement intended. If you are, or represent, the copyright owner of materials used in this video, and have an issue with the use of said material, please send an email to [email protected] © 2021 A Day In History. All rights reserved.Managed by PodcastPayouts.com -------------------------------
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices -
China is a unique nation and has been the most populous planet for the last few centuries. Considering ethnic Chinese living in other countries, it's estimated that about 1in5 people on the planet are Chinese. Twentypercent. The population of China in 2020 was 1.44 billion people. Recently it's been announced that India, whose population in 2020 was 1.38 billion people, will soon be the most populated country on Earth. Premier Xi Xinping has become increasingly totalitarian in his political thinking and seems to be growing a bit paranoid, for the Chinese economy is showing signs of real trouble underneath the veneer of success. Like Chairman Mao before him, Xi's political writings and actions have almost been codified as "Xi Xinping Thought." Suppose you're in the top ranks of the Communist Party. In that case, you will be monitored closely not only for your affinity for Xi Xinping Thought but monitored for hostility to it and the potential for rebellion. From the late 1950s until about 1960, China, which Chairman Mao Zedong ruled, undertook to move from the ranks of economically backward nations into the 20th century. This program was called "The Great Leap Forward."Though the events of the Great Cultural Revolution, which followed the Great Leap Forward in the later 1960s, got more attention from many historians, the Great Leap Forward was a mass movement of unreal scale which involved hundreds of millions of people. Some of the goals of the Great Leap were: to improve food production, increase steel production, spend more money on and develop modern armed forces, construct new water management systems like dams and irrigation, and more. Lets dive into today's video as we uncover some of the most bizarre events in the history of Chinese communism.Timecode:00:00 Introduction01:29 The Social Credit System10:27 The Great Leap Forward13:28 Bizarre Event Of Homemade Steel Production16:00 The Hundred Flowers Movement17:38 Red Light means "GO!" #history #communist #chinesehistory #maozedong #thegreapleapforward #communistchina #communismScriptwriter: Matthew GaskillVoiceover Artist: Jake FloryMusic: Motionarray.com Copyright © 2021 A Day In History. All rights reserved.DISCLAIMER: All materials in these videos are used for entertainment purposes and fall within the guidelines of fair use. No copyright infringement intended. If you are, or represent, the copyright owner of materials used in this video, and have an issue with the use of said material, please send an email to [email protected] by PodcastPayouts.com -------------------------------
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices -
The Roman Empire fell in the 5th century AD, prey to internal corruption, disputes, and many enemies on and within its borders. Despite being just a memory for over fifteen hundred years, the ancient Romans, whose territory included almost the entire coast of the Mediterranean even before an emperor ruled them, have cast a long shadow. The politics of many nations today are based upon many ancient Roman principles. So are laws and modern Western architecturejust three things descended from ancient Rome. First, the language of Rome, Latin, is one of the two main building blocks of many modern European languages, along with Greek. Second, English words coming directly from Latin are "convivial" and "conviviality," relating to a pleasant but not overly raucous good time with good company. "The party was quite convivial, and all the guests enjoyed the spirit of conviviality encouraged by the party's hosts." Third, the Romans called some of their parties "convivium," a relatively sedate private banquet whose Latin definition means "living together." A successfully convivial convivium could last for many hours or even days.Today we shall talk about the nasty private parties of roman emperiors like Caligula, Nero, and Augustus, etc.Upperclass Romans, just like the members of the upperclasses worldwide today, had access to the most exotic and expensive foods of the day. Usually, a Roman banquet would include three meals, the gustatio, today's “hors d'oeuvres”. Incidentally the English word “gustation”, is a direct link to ancient Rome, and means “the act of tasting”. The main course was called “Mensa primae” or “the main table”, and dessert, “Mensa secundae”, or “secondary table”.#romanparties #history #romanslaves #caligula #nero #ancientrome #romanslaveScriptwriter: Matthew Gaskill Video Editor & Motion Graphics: Abhishek SharmaVoiceover Artist: Stephen VoxDISCLAIMER: All materials in these videos are used for entertainment purposes and fall within the guidelines of fair use. No copyright infringement intended. If you are, or represent, the copyright owner of materials used in this video, and have an issue with the use of said material, please send an email to [email protected]: Motionarray.com Copyright © 2021 A Day In History. All rights reserved.Managed by PodcastPayouts.com -------------------------------
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices -
The word “concubine” has several definitions and many connotations. The easiest way to define the Chinese type of concubinage, at least among the very rich and the Imperial family was that they were mistresses. Concubinage in China differed in many ways from that of other nations, though it did have similarities as well. At the very top, in the Imperial Household, there was sisterhood, rivalry, palace intrigue, and much more. This likely took place at the home of rich men too. In the Imperial China which lasted until the Communist Revolution of 1949, a man could have only one wife, but as many concubines as he could afford to house, clothe and feed. Frequently, in Chinese history (and that of other nations), a man's wealth and power were partly judged by the number of concubines he kept and how they lived. Likely the most famous system of concubinage existed within the Chinese imperial family, likely going back at least two thousand years to the Han Dynasty, which lasted from 25AD to 220AD. The law then, and going forward to 1949 was that the higher the rank of the man, the more concubines he was able to have. Since Han times and likely before, a concubine could be bought, at a slave market in the earliest times, or from a family with an attractive daughter who needed money to survive – these are just two examples. In many cases, a wife would have to approve of this “transaction”. History is full of tales of Chinese wives mistreating their husband's concubine or concubines, sometimes addressed as “little sister”, with a number attached in case of multiple women. That was a common occurrence, but likely as common was a good relationship – especially in a bad marriage: a concubine/mistress could take the attention and pressure off a wife and allow her her own time – even more so in a household with multiple concubines. #concubines #history #imperialconcubine #ancientchina #chinesehistory #qingdynasty Scriptwriter: Matthew Gaskill Video Editor & Motion Graphics: Jason Bohol Voiceover Artist: Chris Redish Music: Motionarray.com Copyright © 2021 A Day In History. All rights reserved. DISCLAIMER: All materials in these videos are used for entertainment purposes and fall within the guidelines of fair use. No copyright infringement intended. If you are, or represent, the copyright owner of materials used in this video, and have an issue with the use of said material, please send an email to [email protected] by PodcastPayouts.com -------------------------------
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices -
Today we shall dive deep into human evolution as we look at some of the most bizarre theories of how homo sapiens grew big brains with enhanced cognitive abilities!For the first twothirds of our evolution, homosapiens shared the same brain size of monkeys and other primates. It would take a groundbreaking discovery in 1924 at a quarry in Taung, South Africa, to first introduce this extraordinary new idea. It was there that anthropologist Raymond Dart was stunned to find the fossilized cranium and intact skeletal face of an early bipedal ape, whose remains shared amazing similarities with the human brain.Dart declared it a previously unknown ancestor of modern humans, christening it with the name Australopithecus africanus, or ‘ManApe of Africa,’ causing a mixture of skepticism and feverish enthusiasm to sweep the academic world. Dart experienced lot of pushback from scientists, who believed it was impossible that such a smallbrained specimen, with a size of 450 grams equal to that of a chimpanzee, could be a hominid. It would take decades, and several more important archaeological finds, to validate Dart’s proposal. By the 1950s, a lot of other smallbrained hominids had been excavated. One of these was the Paranthropus robustus, which first came to the attention of scientist Robert Broom in 1938 after he received an intriguing fossil in the mail. He followed this up with a dig at the mysterious origin site in Kromdraai, South Africa, finding a hominid ape with a brain size of 525 grams, similar to that of a gorilla at 500 grams.As a result, the Taung child, another name for Dart’s trailblazing fossil, and the idea that humans had once had similar brain masses to chimpanzees and gorillas, was accepted into standard evolutionary models. In the final third of our evolution, our brain size began to increase dramatically. The first notable enlargement occurred in the Homo habilis, the first type of Homosapiens that entered the evolutionary stage 1.9 million years ago. It was in the next manifestation, Homoerectus, who appeared 1.8 million years ago, that another sizable expansion happened. Their brains were now averaging a little more than 600 grams.Thanks to incremental increases like these over hundreds of thousands of years, average brain weight reached over 1000 grams by 500,000 years ago. When Homosapiens appeared 300,000 years ago, they had a similar brainsize to modern humans of 1,200 grams or more. #homosapiens #history #evolution #neanderthals #paleoanthrology #homoerectus Scriptwriter: Jake LeighHowarthVoiceover Artist: Chris RedishMusic: Motionarray.com Copyright © 2021 A Day In History. All rights reserved.DISCLAIMER: All materials in these videos are used for entertainment purposes and fall within the guidelines of fair use. No copyright infringement intended. If you are, or represent, the copyright owner of materials used in this video, and have an issue with the use of said material, please send an email to [email protected] by PodcastPayouts.com -------------------------------
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices -
In the 13th and 14 centuries, the Mongols established the largest land empire in human history. At its furthest extent, the Mongolian Empire stretched from the coast of China along the northern border of the Himalayas, encompassing much of today's Middle East from Persia to the Black Sea, much of southcentral Russia and Ukraine and Europe to the gates of Vienna. This was done on foot, wagon, and most famously, on horseback. By the time the Mongols reached the eastern borders of Ukraine in the late 1200s, some of their armies numbered 100,000, but it was not their numbers that were the Mongols' primary weapon – terror was. That policy of terror started with their first great leader, the infamous Genghis Khan. He is not infamous everywhere. “The Great Khan”, as he is also known, is still a national hero in Mongolia today.Many stories about this episode have it that Genghis' older halfbrother Behter stole a fish that Temujin killed for the night's meal, and ate it all himself, refusing to share with his family. Soon after, Temujin secretly followed Behter, waited for him to be alone, and then shot him with one of the famous Mongol recurved bows. Another version of the story adds that Behter, as the oldest brother, began to order people around, and this caused resentment on the part of Temujin and his younger fullbrother Qa'sar. There may or may not have been food involved, but in this version, Temujin simply used Behter's greed as an excuse to kill him and move to take control of the the clan himself.Genghis, whose real name was “Temujin”, which means “of iron”. #genghiskhan #history #genghis #mongolempireScriptwriter: Matthew GaskillVoiceover Artist: Stephan VoxMusic: Motionarray.com DISCLAIMER: All materials in these videos are used for entertainment purposes and fall within the guidelines of fair use. No copyright infringement intended. If you are, or represent, the copyright owner of materials used in this video, and have an issue with the use of said material, please send an email to [email protected] © 2021 A Day In History. All rights reserved.Managed by PodcastPayouts.com -------------------------------
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices - Laat meer zien
