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From 16031854, Japan was a closed country. No one could leave the country, and foreigners were limited to a small port near Hiroshima. So when the American naval officer Matthew C. Perry forced Japan to open to trade and diplomacy with the outside world, the country was two hundred years behind the rest of the world economically, technologically, and militarily. Over the next forty to fifty years, however, Japan transformed itself from a feudal society governed by an outdated warrior class to a regional power.In 1896, the Japanese defeated China in the First SinoJapanese War over influence in Korea. Japan also won the island of Taiwan and several other concessions in Chinese cities, which essentially put the Japanese in control of small parts of China. However, Japan was not alone in this: by 1900, China was a weak, corrupt and divided power, and along with the English, French, Germans, Russians, and Americans, all had areas of China that were, if not under their direct control, were heavily influenced by them.In 19041905, Japan won a stunning victory over the Russian Empire. This war, too, was over influence in Korea, which also bordered Russia. With this victory, Japan gained control of Korea and took over Russian interests in northern China.In the 1920s and 30s, many internal and external factors led to the Japanese military's increased power over its civilian government. Moreover, by the second half of the 1930s, the Japanese military government had established almost total control over the government, the economy, and Japanese society. Added to that was the idea that the Japanese culture and people were superior to all others, especially to China and the Chinese, with which Japan had a lovehate relationship for centuries.In 1931, the Japanese army provoked an “incident” in Manchuria, today a part of China, but then a sort of an autonomous territory governed by Chinese military “warlords.” This was what we now call a “false flag” operation which ostensibly gave the Japanese an excuse to invade and take over resourcerich Manchuria.#nanking #ww2 #history #nankingjapan #japanww2 #japanhistory #g2aDISCLAIMER: 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 ---
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Many people today remember the Ottoman Empire as the „Sick Man of Europe”, an epithet the collapsing empire earned during the 19th and early parts of the 20th century. The description was no doubt correct during the period it was invented, however, it is also misleading, as throughout most of its existence, the Ottomans were a formidable power, whose strength was feared in Europe and the Middle East. The strength of the Ottoman Empire was built on multiple pillars, and each of these was able to strike fear into the hearts of the enemies of the Sultan. Stick around to find out what these pillars were, and please like and subscribe to the channel to see more videos like this. Ottoman fratricide Medieval and early modern Europe was mostly ruled by dynastic states. In this regard, the Christian Habsburg Empire differed little from the Ottoman Empire. A great difference between the Habsburgs and the Ottomans, however, was the method of succession. Throughout most of Christian Europe, the eldest son of a ruler stood to inherit his position and the power that came with it. When the eldest son predeceased the ruler, it could be the male descendants of the eldest son( if there were any), the other sons( if there were), brothers or even uncles of the ruler who could claim the throne.Successions were often messy and contested, but generally, there was a clear candidate whose claim was backed by the laws of the country. Ottoman successions differed greatly from the successions of Christian Europe. Succeeding the Sultan in the female line was inhibited, but other than this rule, there seemingly were no other rules. All the sons of the Sultan were potential heirs, and even the youngest could ascend the throne, provided he was able to defeat his brothers.The lack of clear rules leads to many succession crises in the Ottoman Empire. The sons of Bayazid I fought each other for 11 years( 14021413) after their father died, while the early reign of Bayazid’s grandson, Murad II, was also plagued by civil war when he had to fight his uncle and his younger brother to solidify his grip on power.#history #ottomanempire #ottoman#historydocumentary #ottomansDISCLAIMER: 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 ---
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The Jewish people have often been the target of persecution. There are several reasons for this, thoughmany of them do not make sense when looked at rationally. Later in this video, we will tell you howirrational fears and the misreading of history contributed to the hatred of the Jews, known as "antiSemitism." Before we do that, we'll tell you about two times the Jews were persecuted for moreunderstandable reasons. Their slavery in Egypt and the "Babylonian Captivity," took place many yearsbefore the existence of the Roman Empire.This video may contain disturbing or offensive content. Viewer discretion is advised. The creatorsof this video do not condone the actions of the subjects featured.EGYPT AND BABYLONIn the book of Exodus in the Old Testament, the Jews were slaves of Egypt. Egypt had conquered theIsraelites. At the time and throughout history, people at war took one another as slaves. Jews were nothated simply for being Jews – they had lost a war. Though historians are unsure of the dates of theirslavery's beginning and end, many people believe it happened during the time of Pharaohs Seti I andhis son Ramses II of Egypt. This would mean that the events surrounding the Israelite's slavery andtheir deliverance as described in the Bible happened around 13001250 BC.Five or six hundred years later, the Jewish kingdom of Judah found itself a tributary state of Babylon,which lay in most of presentday Iraq. Unfortunately for the Jews, their king had decided that he wouldno longer pay tribute to the Babylonian king, Nebuchadnezzar II. Bad idea. Nebuchadnezzar and theJews fought two wars, which ended in "The Babylonian Captivity ."In other words, many, if not most,Jews found themselves exiled and taken as slaves to Babylon. This ended 70 years later when thePersians defeated Babylon, and their ruler, Cyrus the Great, allowed the Jews to go home. Like theirancestors in Egypt, the Jews of the Babylonian Exile ,“had been enslaved”.ROME and the origins of antiSemitismIn the New Testament and other documents, such as the writings of the RomanJewish historianJosephus, we're told that the influential Jewish religious leaders, the Pharisees, were concerned thatJesus might cause disorder or even cause their overthrow. Because the death penalty was forbidden,they took their case to the Roman governor, Pontius Pilate. As a result, Jesus was executed by theRomans, for he announced himself the "King of the Jews." Pilate believed Jesus was putting himselfahead of Caesar, a big nono to the Romans, and ordered his death. But there was a "catch" that hashaunted the Jewish people in Europe ever since. Because these events took place during the Jewishholiday of Passover, Pilate offered the Jewish crowd gathered by the Pharisees a choice. Should he killJesus or the antiRoman killer named Barabbas?#history #jewspersecution #jewishhistory #jewsDISCLAIMER: 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] Managed by PodcastPayouts.com ---
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In the year 395, the Roman Empire split into two parts: the Western Roman Empire, which included Rome, and the Eastern Roman Empire, sometimes called “The Byzantine Empire” after its capitol at Byzantium, and which became Constantinople during the reign of Emperor Constantine. The split of the most powerful empire in Western history happened for a number of reasons. One, it would be easier to administer a smaller area, considering the means of communication at the time. Two, the borders of the empire were threatened by many hostile people and it was believed that dividing command and control would make defending the empire easier. Three, it was believed that having two equal emperors would lessen the number of power struggles that had been taking place within the Roman Empire for decades. One thing didn't change with the division of the empire, however – the use of torture and bizarre punishments to keep the people and rivals in line.Another Byzantine favorite was "rhinotomy"the removal of the nose. If you've seen the movie "The Northman" (2022), you know that you can live without a nose. But, you couldn't be a Byzantine emperor, for laws forbade the most powerful and exalted figure in the land from being a person who had been disfigured. Political enemies at the highest levels would sometimes cut off the nose of rivals if they had the opportunity to prevent them from taking the throne. Emperors overthrown and not killed outright often had their noses cut off. Even with a leather or cloth mask to prevent foreign bodies from entering the space where the nose used to be, everyone knew what lay underneath. Of course, laws are only as strong as the paper or parchment they're written on and there were exceptions. The emperor Justinian II was involved in a power struggle with two rivals, one of which who had replaced Justinian on the throne after having cut Justinian's nose off. Undaunted, Justinian covered his nose with a shield made from pure gold, and being powerful, retook the throne. Shortly thereafter, his two rivals,former emperors Leontios and Tiberius III, had their noses cut off before being killed. Justice belonged to Justinian in 705AD.By the way, Justinian's nickname was “Rhinometos,” or “slitnosed.” It seems that among the ruling classes, golden noses were a trend in the Eastern Roman Empire. The Byzantine general Tatikios, who led the armies of the empire on the First Crusade also had a golden nose.#byzantineempire #punishments #history #byzantinehistoryDISCLAIMER: 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 ---
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For about ten years between 871881, a revolt in today’s southern Iraq destabilized an entire empire. The death toll resulting from this revolt may have been as “low” as 100,000 and as high as a million and a half; historians are not exactly sure and might never be. Some people today believe that “The Zanj Rebellion” was a revolt of enslaved African people against their Arab masters in a bid for freedom, but the truth behind this brutal period is a bit more complicated.Like the other great religions of the world, Islam is divided into different sects. Many, but not all, of the differences involve the line of succession following the death of the Prophet Muhammad.The Abbasid Caliphate took its name from the uncle of the Prophet, Abbas ibn Abdul Muttalib (566653). The Abbasid Caliphate began in 750. However, over the next 100 years, it went from an empire that stretched from Arabia to modern Iraq to Spain, most of which had been conquered by Muslim armies by the late 700s. By the time of the Zanj Rebellion, the Abbasid Caliphate was still quite large but only a fraction of its former size. The caliphate ended in 1517, though it had taken a very confusing and winding path, both in territories and rulers, to get there.Revolt and rebellion were nothing new to the Abbasids, for the loss of its territory and its replacement by other dynasties or branches of the family of Muhammad were common. It ended in 1517, but it took various forms and moved from Arabia, to Iraq, to Egypt. Not all, but most of the rebellions that took place with the Abbasid period involved struggles for control, not for freedom. Which kind was the Zanj Rebellion. Depends on who you talk to, what you read or what you watch. #zanjrebellion #slavery #history #ottomanslavery #blackslavery 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] Managed by PodcastPayouts.com ---
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“Our” pope, John XII, ruled over Western Christendom from 955963 some six hundred years afterPope Damasus. Damasus had been appointed by the Emperor Theodosius, but by the time of John XII,popes were elected by the people of Rome. Well, that's kind of misleading, for while the people of thecity did vote for the pope, the vast majority of those votes were bought by powerful families who eitherhad a son or other family member “running” for the position. Essentially, the position of pope went tothe highest bidder. What's more the candidates for the position were oftentimes not exactly “paragonsof virtue.” As a matter of fact, some of them, like John XII did not know or care much about religion atall. What many popes and their backers cared about was POWER, and in the Middle Ages, the popewas considered infallible. In other words, he could make no mistakes, at least as far as it concernedmost the people.Kings and emperors were another matter, and at many times in history, the popes were tools of thosewho held military power. The pope, however, held the balance, for winning the pope over to your sidewas costly. In return for his support, rulers often had to pay bribes, give up land and at least to somedegree, listen to what the pope “suggested”, for the pope had the ultimate weapon – excommunication.Being “excommunicated” meant that a person was no longer able to take part in Church rites. Thepractices, such as Holy Communion, confession, and attending Mass. Without these rites and practices,a person could NOT ever ascend to Heaven, and could not, at least in theory, associate with any Christian, and all of the Christians in Western Europe at the time were Catholic. The pope hadtremendous power.John XIIBefore he took his “papal name” of John, he was known as “Octavianus.” His father, the powerful rulerof Rome, Duke Alberic II, named him after the first Roman emperor, Octavian – also known asAugustus, for Alberic wanted his son to follow him not only as the political leader of Rome, but aspope. Alberic's family, the Tusculum clan, had ruled the area for decades. They were rich, powerful andrespected, and Alberic himself was wellloved. After his death in 954, the rich and powerful in Romemade certain that Octavianus was elected pope, and the 18 year old became one of the most powerfuland richest men in the world as “John XII.”#popejohnxii #history #vatican #pope #holyromanempireCopyright © 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] Managed by PodcastPayouts.com ---
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Serial killers. Nations become glued to their televisions or news feeds when just the suspicion of a serial killer roams in their midst. The term serial killer has only been used since the late 1800s, and the term was used to describe the infamous and still unknown “Jack the Ripper” of Victorian England. Imagine a time when none of that existed, and where the upper class did not only live better, more luxurious lives, in many places, and at many times, they could kill with impunity. The ancient serial killers we have more knowledge about are those in the very upper and/or ruling classes.Today in this video we shall uncover some of the most notorious serial killers of the medieval age, people like Liu Pengli, Gilles de Rais, Vlad the Impaler, etc.#serialkillers #history #medieval #weirdhistory Scriptwriter: Matthew GaskillVideo Editor & Motion Graphics: Naman MeeraVoiceover Artist: Stephen Lewis: stephenvox.comMusic: 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 ---
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Hey, folks! Today we are going to dive into a disturbing topic that is rarely discussed and mostly left out of history books: Human Zoos. Most of you probably had no idea such a thing existed, and you cannot be blamed for it. It is certainly easier to forget than to remember and to face the shame of this abhorrent practice.One of the first people to host a human exhibition was a man called P.T. Barnum. Back on August 11th, 1835 in New York City, he displayed a woman, named Joyce Heth. He presented her as “the 161yearold woman” and claimed she was the former slave of Augustine Washington, George Washington’s father. She was said to have raised and taken care of the future president George Washington. None of these claims were true, but regardless, the exhibition was a huge success and attracted the attention of thousands of people.Thousands of people from Asia and Africa were put on ships and brought to Europe and the United States to be displayed in human zoos.Some of the people to be displayed were enslaved, while others were deceived with false promises to board the ships. Needless to say, those promises were underdelivered or were a complete scam.Once they came to the New World, what awaited them was a recreation of their ‘natural environment’, in which they were made to display their customs and way of life.The poor living and weather conditions made many of them sick and weak. If one of them died, the body was buried in the zoo’s garden, without the proper ceremony being observed.Sounds horrible? You haven’t yet heard even half of it.#humanzoos #history #weirdhistory #slavery #ptbarnum #historychannelVoiceover 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 ---
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Napoleon Bonaparte, born in then Italian Corsica in 1769, was the dominant personality of his time. He died in exile on the lonely British South Atlantic island of St. Helena in 1821. But though he was a shell of his former self living in isolation in the middle of nowhere, his life cast a long shadow, and his influence continued for decades after his death. His military philosophy and tactics are still taught throughout the world, for though the weapons of today are much different than those used by his armies, the tactics he used on the battlefield are timeless: speed, audacity, and surprise being foremost among them.Napoleon Bonaparte is one of the most fascinating men in history. If this introduction to the darker side of Napoleon interests you, please “like” and subscribe to our channel! Vive' l'France!Napoleon became Emperor of France in 1804, though he had been the country's de facto ruler since 1799. For anyone to become emperor after the French Revolution of 1789 and the years immediately after had been unthinkable. The Revolution took place to rid France of a king and a system of privilege and oppression. That revolution cost a lot of blood and treasure and caused years of struggle and chaos in France. When Napoleon was ready to take power, the French were tired of political violence and upheaval, high prices, food shortages, and corrupt government. Napoleon, like Caesar more than 1800 years before him, promised law, order, and economic stability.For the first years of his reign, Napoleon managed to do just that, bring a sense of stability. He also brought France military glory. He rose to fame in the 1790s through his prowess on the battlefield. He helped to bring the ideals of the French Revolution to many parts of Europe. Unfortunately for France and Napoleon, his "eyes were bigger than his stomach," and he "bit off more than he could chew," making enemies of Great Britain and Russia.#napoleon #frenchhistory #history #napoleonbonaparte #franceTimecode:00:00 Intro02:56 You don't become emperor without cracking some heads.05:54 Some "revolutionary"07:20 "The Infernal Machine"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] Managed by PodcastPayouts.com ---
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We hope you read more about Timur after you watch this video. There's so much more to learn. One of those things is easy: Timur is just one version of the name of the last great Mongol conqueror. His real name was "Tīmūr bin Taraghay Barlas," or "Timur, son of Taraghay of the Barlas Clan," but he is most often known in English as "Tamerlane," which is just a corruption of "Timurlenk," or "Timur the Lame." Timur actually was "lame" as people used to those with skeletal disabilities: he had a form of tuberculosis that infected the bones, which paralyzed his right leg and shoulder. In his younger years, he had been shot through the right hand with an arrow, losing two fingers, and limiting its use. Timur, in a word, was likely in constant pain throughout most of his life. Perhaps this affected his temper – because Timur's temper was bad. REALLY, REALLY BAD. But, unlike another supposedly disabled leader, the Viking “Ivar the Boneless”, Timur grew up to rule a gigantic empire, and killed millions, not hundreds or thousands. Ivar was an amateur compared to “Timur the Lame.”Timur's ancestors were from a powerful Mongolian clan who had emigrated from Mongolia to the area that geographers still know as "Transoxania"the "Land beyond the Oxus River." We know the area better as Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, and Turkmenistan. These were lands inhabited by Turkic peoples who the Mongols had subjugated under Genghis Khan and his sons in the 1200s. By the time of Timur (13361405), the Mongol Empire had fractured into several different kingdoms. The ruling Mongols assimilated to some degree with the native Turkic people and culture, creating a new culture called the "TurkoMongolian."#tamerlane #timur #history #genghiskhan #mongols 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 ---
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When we think about the Vikings, love, and marriage are usually not the first things that come to mind. However, we might occasionally think about the Vikings and sex when watching one of the many shows and movies about the Vikings in recent years. From TV and movies, you'd almost believe that all Vikings were attractive, always washed, and odorfree. However, it does seem that the Vikings did take relatively good care of their hair. Combs are one of the most common items found in Viking graves and other archaeological sites – but it's hard to believe that these Scandinavian warriors (perhaps of both sexes) weren't more often "combing things out" than they were getting ready for a party.It's not talked about much and definitely not shown (at least not often), but many Vikings were not exclusively heterosexual. Homosexual activity among Vikings was unusual until you know more about it. Like most societies in the Middle Ages, Viking society was dominated by men. Today, sociologists might call Viking society "hypermale"a culture in which the traditionally masculine qualities of aggression, physical prowess, and constant evaluation of one's power relationship to one another was always in the forefront of the mind. One way to show physical dominance was to use another man for pleasure. Viking society did not punish a man for being the "dominant" participant in homosexual acts. However, those who were "submissive" were viewed as worthy of less respect than women. Though it's improbable that there were no Viking men who preferred the more "passive" role, being caught in the act might involve being socially mocked, ostracized, and sometimes killed. The same went for any man, straight or gay, caught wearing women's clothing. That being said, the passive "partner" in Viking homosexual acts was usually not a willing one. Many times the victim was a slave. #vikings #history #marriage #ivartheboneless #vikingshistoryCopyright © 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 ---
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One of the most tragic stories of WWII is that of the "comfort women", a polite name for the forced kidnapping or coercion of women and girls by the Japanese Army to "comfort" their soldiers.As in many war crimes cases, "comfort" is a euphemism, for this was just a polite term for "sexual slavery" on a mass scale.Though records exist in Japan, China, Korea, Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia, and Papua New Guinea, they are partial and only tell part of the story that Japan, to this day, is reluctant to talk about openly. However, it should be said that over the last two decades, they have made a greater effort to both admit their armies' guilt, apologize and make some restitution – though many of the surviving comfort women believe it was not enough.Time has gone by, and most of the victims of this atrocity have passed on, but their memory remains in the national identity of countries occupied by Japan during WWII.It's not just that the children of the comfort women are well into their old age now as well; it's that very few comfort women were able to have children after the years of sexual abuse they endured.Physically, they had been made sterile – not intentionally, but from repeated punishing abuse.Mentally, many victims could not even fathom letting a man touch them again after what they had been through.Among the many things taken from these women was the common dream of having children and grandchildren. It's estimated that nearly 500,000 women were taken from their homes to "service" Japanese troops during the war.Most of the women taken were poor and uneducated.Some were taken by force, literally right off the street.Some were girls who had not yet had their first period.A surprising number were lured into captivity with promises of a goodpaying job elsewhere – maybe in the nearest big city, maybe in Japan. #comfortwoman #history #ww2 #historydocumentary 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 ---
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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 ---
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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 ---
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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 ---
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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 ---
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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 ---
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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 ---
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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 ---
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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 ---
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