History's Living Voices: The Past, Told by Those Who Lived It

If you’re struggling, consider therapy with BetterHelp #ad. Click https://betterhelp.com/voicesofthepast for a 10% discount on your first month of therapy with a credentialed professional specific to your needs. ----------------------------------- Extracts taken from: Musui's Story: The Autobiography of a Tokugawa Samurai by Katsu Kokichi (Author), Teruko Craig (Translator, Introduction) University of Arizona Press (July 1, 1991) https://uapress.arizona.edu/book/musuis-story Edited by Douglas Baker and David Kelly Narration by David Kelly Thumbnail Art by Ettore Mazza​ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Claim your SPECIAL OFFER for MagellanTV here: https://try.magellantv.com/voicesofthepast. Start your free trial TODAY so you can watch Rio: The Great Saga and the rest of MagellanTV’s history collection: https://www.magellantv.com/explore/history -------------- Extracts taken from: True History: An Account of Cannibal Captivity in Brazil by Hans Staden Translated by Sir Richard Francis Burton https://archive.org/details/captivityhansst00burtgoog/page/n135/mode/2up Art by Bilalerlangga. Thumbnail art by Alex Stoica. Music from Epidemic Sound and Artlist Stock footage from Videoblocks and Artgrid Image Credits: Tupi Housing By Valter Campanato/ABr - http://www.agenciabrasil.gov.br/media/imagens/2007/08/28/dsc_0100.jpg/view, CC BY 3.0 br, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=4201804 By Wilfredor - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=50945629 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Here we have three chilling first-hand accounts of Mongol attacks, and the tactics they used when they had a civilization in their grasp. Huge thanks to Jackmeister: Mongol History for their help in producing this video: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQEYhWVV3V-ItwJE-kgRd9w Taken from: Genghis Khan: the history of the world conqueror. Juvaini, Ata Malik, Boyle, J.A. [translator] A Literary History of Persia, Edward G Browne Robert Bedrosian - Armenian Historical Sources (attalus.org) If this channel is something you like, if you think saving primary sources is important, head over to the patreon and join up! https://www.patreon.com/voicesofthepast — Don’t forget to subscribe to my brother's channel History Time, where he makes full length historical documentaries:- https://www.youtube.com/historytime — Music courtesy of:- - Epidemic Sound — Voice actor & editor:- David Kelly We try to use copyright free images at all times. However if we have used any of your artwork or maps then please don't hesitate to contact me and we’ll be more than happy to give the appropriate credit. Thanks to: derivative work Bkkbrad / *File:Gengis Khan empire-fr.svg: historicair 17:01, 8 October 2007 (UTC) / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5) By Stomac - Own work, CC BY-SA 2.0 fr, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=11911497 KoizumiBS / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)This map has been uploaded by Electionworld from en.wikipedia.org to enable the Wikimedia Atlas of the World . Original uploader to en.wikipedia.org was Briangotts, known as Briangotts at en.wikipedia.org. Electionworld is not the creator of this map. Licensing information is below AutorKoizumiBS By Taisir Mahdi - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=62564761 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Signup for your FREE trial to The Great Courses Plus here: http://ow.ly/DbeR30qCbGq --------------------------‐----- This is the first eyewitness description of India by someone from outside of India. If this channel is something you like, if you think saving primary sources is important, head over to the patreon and join up! https://www.patreon.com/voicesofthepast — Don’t forget to subscribe to my brother's channel History Time, where he makes full length historical documentaries:- https://www.youtube.com/historytime — Music courtesy of:- - Epidemic Sound — Voice actor & editor:- David Kelly We try to use copyright free images at all times. However if we have used any of your artwork or maps then please don't hesitate to contact me and we’ll be more than happy to give the appropriate credit. Text taken from "Ancient India as Described by Megasthenes and Arrian: Being a Translation of the Fragments of the Indika of Mecasthenes Collected by Dr. Schwanbeck, and of the First Part of the Indika of Arrian" by JW Crindle. Thanks to: Keenan Pepper / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) Photo Dharma from Penang, Malaysia / CC BY (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0) Vijay Tiwari / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) By Photo Dharma from Sadao, Thailand - Detail of:., CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=61783990 Nikhil99 / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) Kreativeart / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) Prarthana1830590 / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) Prince RoyTravel Miles With Smiles / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get your special offer for MagellanTV here: https://try.magellantv.com/voicesofthepast. It's an exclusive offer for our viewers! Start your free trial today. MagellanTV is a new kind of streaming service run by filmmakers with 3,000+ documentaries! Check out our personal recommendation and MagellanTV’s exclusive playlists: https://www.magellantv.com/explore/history -------------- Extracts taken from "The Corsican: A Diary of Napoleon's Life in His Own Words ..." (1910) Compiled by Robert Matteson Johnston. If this channel is something you like, if you think saving primary sources is important, head over to the patreon and join up! https://www.patreon.com/voicesofthepast — Don’t forget to subscribe to my brother's channel History Time, where he makes full length historical documentaries:- https://www.youtube.com/historytime — Music courtesy of:- Epidemic Sound Artlist.io We try to use copyright free images at all times. However if we have used any of your artwork or maps then please don't hesitate to contact me and we’ll be more than happy to give the appropriate credit. Image credits: Alexander Altenhof, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Shakko - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=25006628 fdecomite, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get your free trial of MagellanTV here: https://try.magellantv.com/voicesofthepast. It's an exclusive offer for our viewers: an extended, month-long trial, FREE. MagellanTV is a new kind of streaming service run by filmmakers with 2,000+ documentaries! Check out our personal recommendation and MagellanTV’s exclusive playlists: https://www.magellantv.com/explore/history -------------- Text taken from 'Revival: Little Golden America' (1944) (Routledge Revivals) by Ilya Ilf and Evgeny Petrov. https://www.amazon.com/Revival-Little-America-Routledge-Revivals/dp/1138567515 If this channel is something you like, if you think saving primary sources is important, head over to the patreon and join up! https://www.patreon.com/voicesofthepast — Don’t forget to subscribe to my brother's channel History Time, where he makes full length historical documentaries:- https://www.youtube.com/historytime — Music courtesy of:- Epidemic Sound Artlist.io We try to use copyright free images at all times. However if we have used any of your artwork or maps then please don't hesitate to contact me and we’ll be more than happy to give the appropriate credit. Thanks to: The Prelinger Collection at Internet Archive By Es715 - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=30843480 army.arch – san francisco By 'Matthew G. Bisanz, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=7977526 By Daryl Mitchell, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=7096597 By Photograph by D Ramey Logan, CC BY 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=45718213 USMC Archives Football Program Cover, U.S. Army vs. U.S. Marines, 20 October 1929 By Professorcornbread - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=52446349 By Jim.henderson - Own work, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=41350342 By Keith - http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/1360/photos/110666, CC BY 3.0, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=44700648 By Rob Young from United Kingdom - View Over Universal Studios Backlot, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=32243748 https://www.flickr.com/photos/wwarby/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The journey of Faxian is one of the most incredible in human history. By foot, he traveled from his home in central China to the far away land of India - where he encountered a surprisingly tolerant society, some truly ancient ruins and the first recorded hospital. If this channel is something you like, if you think saving primary sources is important, head over to the patreon and join up! https://patreon.com/voicesofthepast — Don’t forget to subscribe to my brother's channel History Time, where he makes full length historical documentaries:- https://www.youtube.com/historytime — Music courtesy of:- - Epidemic Sound — Voice actor & editor:- David Kelly We try to use copyright free images at all times. However if we have used any of your artwork or maps then please don't hesitate to contact me and we’ll be more than happy to give the appropriate credit. Thanks to: Seasonsinthesun Joonas Lyytinen By Designer429 - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=40360724Vu2sgaAttribution: Classical Numismatic Group, Inc. http://www.cngcoins.com PHGCOMPoemandpainting / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) Photo Dharma from Sadao, Thailand / CC BY (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0) Prarthana1830590Avantiputra7 / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) Hintha / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) Jean-Pierre Dalbéra, on Flickr [1] / CC BY (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Play War Thunder now with my link, and get a massive, free bonus pack including vehicles, boosters and more: https://playwt.link/voicesofthepast2024 War Thunder is a highly detailed vehicle combat game containing over 2000 playable tanks, aircrafts and ships spanning over 100 years of development. Immerse yourself completely in dynamic battles with an unparalleled combination of realism and approachability. ------------------------------------ Written and Researched by Dr Raoul Mclaughlin: @drraoulmclaughlin7423 Edited and Animated by Manuel Rubio and Siji Sheehan Original Art by Alex Stoica Narrated and Script Edited by David Kelly Music from Epidemic Sound and Artlist Thumbnail Art by Ettore Mazza Sound Editing by Jack White References: McLaughlin, R. Rome and the Distant East (2010) McLaughlin, R. The Roman Empire and the Indian Ocean (2014) McLaughlin, R. The Roman Empire and the Silk Routes (2016) McLaughlin, Kim & Lieu, Rome and China: Points of Contact (2021) 00:00 387 BC 5:41 Troy 1184 BC 15:58 The Kings of Rome 753 BC 29:39 Rome From The Outside 700 BC 37:36 Rise of the Republic 509 BC 48:42 Rome Under Siege 508 BC 1:03:00 The Conflict of the Orders 495 BC 1:11:17 The Twelve Table 450 BC 1:22:20 The Ideal Dictator 458 BC 1:31:09 The Seeds of Expansion 396 BC 1:39:54 The Sack of Rome 387 BC 2:01:15 What If? 374 BC Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Many thanks to Seyed Benyamin Keshavarz (Baron Benyamin aka Getsugawa Yuzuru) for this translation, taken from: The trip to Iran and the Asia Minor : The travels of Toyokichi YENĀGĀ (1899) Video narrated and edited by David Kelly. If this channel is something you like, if you think saving primary sources is important, head over to the patreon and join up! https://www.patreon.com/voicesofthepast — Don’t forget to subscribe to my brother's channel History Time, where he makes full length historical documentaries:- https://www.youtube.com/historytime — Music courtesy of:- Epidemic Sound Artlist.io We try to use copyright free images at all times. However if we have used any of your artwork or maps then please don't hesitate to contact me and we’ll be more than happy to give the appropriate credit. Thanks to: By درفش کاویانی - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=17932152By Carole Raddato - Persepolis, Iran (Flickr album), CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=82536480By Леон Петросян, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=48932037By Philippe Chavin (Simorg) - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1376143By M samadi - Own work, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2955858By Mehrdad Sarhangi - panoramio, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=16271740By Bernard Gagnon - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=67792678By Ninaras - Own work, CC BY 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=58411823 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get MagellanTV here: https://try.magellantv.com/voicesofthepast & get an exclusive offer extended to our viewers: an extra month FREE. MagellanTV is a new kind of streaming service run by filmmakers with 2,000+ documentaries! Check out our personal recommendation and MagellanTV’s exclusive playlists: https://www.magellantv.com/explore/history ------------------------------------------- Here we have Antonio Pigafetta's description of The Philippines, and Ferdinand Magellan's last days. If this channel is something you like, if you think saving primary sources is important, head over to the patreon and join up! https://www.patreon.com/voicesofthepast — Don’t forget to subscribe to my brother's channel History Time, where he makes full length historical documentaries:- https://www.youtube.com/historytime — Music courtesy of:- - Epidemic Sound — Voice actor & editor:- David Kelly We try to use copyright free images at all times. However if we have used any of your artwork or maps then please don't hesitate to contact me and we’ll be more than happy to give the appropriate credit. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Enjoy 10% OFF and free shipping on all Hoverpens with code VOTP: North America & other countries: https://bit.ly/votp_novium UK & Europe: https://bit.ly/votp_noviumeu --------------------- Extracts taken from: Paterculus' Roman History, translated by F.W. Shipley. James Brundage, "The Crusades: A Documentary History", (Milwaukee, WI: Marquette University Press, 1962) "Captain Cuellar´s Narrative of the Spanish Armada" translated by Robert Crawford 1897 "The Diary of a Napoleonic Foot Soldier" by Jakob Walter Account of Second Lieutenant David Rodger Fyffe in "Gallipoli: The Dardanelles Disaster in Soldiers' Words and Photographs" by Richard van Emden and Stephen Chambers: https://www.amazon.com/Gallipoli-Dardanelles-Disaster-Soldiers-Photographs/dp/1408856158 Editing by David Kelly and Luiz Murphy Image Editing by Manuel Rubio - check out his amazing channel: @ArtandContext Music from Epidemic Sound and Artlist Thumbnail Art by Ettore Mazza Art by Bilal Erlangga 00:00 9 AD Battle of the Teutoburg Forest 05:09 1187 Battle of Hattin 11:12 1588 The Spanish Armada 17:54 1812 Napoleon´s Invasion of Russia 25:31 1915 Landing at Gallipoli Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sign up to Morning Brew for free today https://morningbrewdaily.com/votp Sponsored by Morning Brew ------------------------------------------- Extracts taken from: Grayson, G. W. (1988). A Creek Warrior for the Confederacy: The Autobiography of Chief G. W. Grayson. The Civilization of the American Indian series. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press. Edited by Manuel Rubio Art by Alex Stoica Sketches and Art by Alfred Waud​ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get MagellanTV here: https://try.magellantv.com/voicesofthepast & get an exclusive offer extended to our viewers: an extra month FREE. MagellanTV is a new kind of streaming service run by filmmakers with 2,000+ documentaries! Check out our personal recommendation and MagellanTV’s exclusive playlists: https://www.magellantv.com/explore/history ------------------------------------------- Hendrick Hamel was shipwrecked in Korea in 1653, becoming the first Westerner to provide a first-hand account of life in the kingdom. He describes a kingdom of contrasts - blatant liars, yet incredibly credulous, very well educated but terribly misogynistic - with a range of advanced ideas, underfloor heating in their houses being one remarkable example. Corea, Without and Within: Chapters on Corean History, Manners and Religion. With Hendrick Hamel ... by William Elliot Griffis, Hendrik Hamel Publication date: 1885  If this channel is something you like, if you think saving primary sources is important, head over to the patreon and join up! Http://www.patreon.com/voicesofthepast — Don’t forget to subscribe to my brother's channel History Time, where he makes full length historical documentaries:- https://www.youtube.com/historytime — Music courtesy of:- - Epidemic Sound — Voice actor & editor:- David Kelly We try to use copyright free images at all times. However if we have used any of your artwork or maps then please don't hesitate to contact me and we’ll be more than happy to give the appropriate credit. Thanks to: European Space Agency Republic of Korea Hanok四葉亭四迷 / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)Imagen de YD Choi en Pixabay Adbar Steve46814 by Junho Jung at Flickr from South Korea / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) Republic of Korea Seooreung_Royal_Tomb_58 By https://wellcomeimages.org/indexplus/obf_images/2d/bc/3e9564baab6ddf6b20006d9ec5cc.jpgGallery: https://wellcomeimages.org/indexplus/image/V0018478.htmlWellcome Collection gallery (2018-03-22): https://wellcomecollection.org/works/kvsy8kee CC-BY-4.0, CC BY 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=36517817 By Jocelyndurrey - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=47255719 By lamoix - Doctor's Office, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=43960253 by bifyu / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)By https://wellcomeimages.org/indexplus/obf_images/7d/ed/a234fc2aa4a6c3aa426a997f6c9d.jpgGallery: https://wellcomeimages.org/indexplus/image/V0037646.html Wellcome Collection gallery (2018-03-21): https://wellcomecollection.org/works/qmcauudh CC-BY-4.0, CC BY 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=36627689 Norman B. Leventhal Map CenterWikifrits / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sign up for a 14-day free trial and enjoy all the amazing features MyHeritage has to offer: https://bit.ly/VoicesofthePast3 ------------ Extracts taken from: The original letters of the English pilot, William Adams, written from Japan between A.D. 1611 and 1617: reprinted from the papers of the Hakluyt Society. The voyage of Captain John Saris to Japan, 1613 / Edited from contemporary records by Sir Ernest M. Satow The obituary of William Adams by Richard Cocks Edited, Image Researched and Animated by Manuel Rubio @ArtandContext Diaries Edited and Narrated by David Kelly Music from Epidemic Sound and Artlist Thumbnail Art by Ettore Mazza https://www.instagram.com/ettore.mazza/?hl=en Sound Editing by Jack White Images of Coria del Rio by CarlosVdeHabsburgo​ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get 68% off NordVPN at only $3.71 a month, plus a bonus month at https://nordvpn.com/voicesofthepast or use the coupon 'voicesofthepast'. ---------------------------------------------------------- In 1901 the 'Ladies Home Journal' published an article describing the advances predicted to happen in the next hundred years. Flying ships, x-rays, enormous strawberries - the success rate is surprisingly high. Video actor and editor: David Kelly If this channel is something you like, if you think saving primary sources is important, head over to the patreon and join up! https://www.patreon.com/voicesofthepast — Don’t forget to subscribe to my brother's channel History Time, where he makes full length historical documentaries:- https://www.youtube.com/historytime — Music courtesy of:- Epidemic Sound Artlist.io We try to use copyright free images at all times. However if we have used any of your artwork or maps then please don't hesitate to contact me and we’ll be more than happy to give the appropriate credit. Thanks to: Photocolorization / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) sigmund freudThis file comes from Wellcome Images, a website operated by Wellcome Trust, a global charitable foundation based in the United Kingdom. Refer to Wellcome blog post (archive). By University of Liverpool Faculty of Health & Life Sciences from Liverpool, United Kingdom - First x-ray taken in Liverpool, 1896, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=40414962By https://wellcomeimages.org/indexplus/obf_images/a2/62/fbf01c93a6b404e2d7e2e442940f.jpgGallery: https://wellcomeimages.org/indexplus/image/L0001839.htmlWellcome Collection gallery (2018-03-23): https://wellcomecollection.org/works/pthvh6vq CC-BY-4.0, CC BY 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=35860719 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thanks to Bespoke Post for sponsoring this video! New subscribers get 20% off their first box of awesome — go to https://bespokepost.com/voices20 and enter code VOICES20 at checkout. ------------------ Huge thanks to @drraoulmclaughlin7423 for his work compiling the sources, from: Herodotus, Diodorus Siculus, Strabo, Pliny The Elder, Travels of Egeria Edited by Luiz Murphy Thumbnail Art by Ettore Mazza Herodotus section art by Bilal Erlangga Art by Alex Stoica Pyramid Photo Credits: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cheops_pyramid_02.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pyramid_of_Cheops_-_side.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Great_Pyramid_of_Giza_and_Egyptian_sky.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Giza_pyramid01(js).jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pyramids_of_the_Giza_Necropolis.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Sphinx_and_Pyramid_of_Khafre.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pyramid_of_Khafre_(8590203353).jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Reliefs_in_tomb_of_Idut_II.JPG https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pyramid_of_Menkaure_in_Giza_May_2015.JPG https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:09_menkaure_inscription.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flickr_-_vsbatista_-_Mycerinus_and_the_Queens.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flickr_-_vsbatista_-_Mycerinus_and_the_Queens.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_damaged_Pyramid_of_Menkaure_%28Mycerinus%29_and_its_satellite_pyramids_%2814777215676%29.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Queens_Pyramids,_Giza,_Egypt.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Processional_Way_in_2016,_Babylon.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Giza_Old_and_New_Entrances_to_Great_Pyramid_of_Khufu_(9793880364).jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Giza_Pyramids_-_%D8%A3%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AA_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%B2%D8%A9.png https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Entrance_to_Great_Pyramid_of_Giza_May_2015.JPG https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MeidumPyramidPassage.JPG https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pyramid_of_Menkaure_in_Giza_May_2015.JPG https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:All_Gizah_Pyramids-2.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pyramid_Atlanersa_Nuri_20.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Great_Sphinx_of_Giza_and_Pyramid_of_Cheops.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pyramids_of_the_Giza_Necropolis.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Malampuzha_Rock_Garden_Views_DSC09194.JPG https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Great_Sphinx_of_Giza_and_Pyramid_of_Cheops.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cherchell_museum_-_grape_workers.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Meidum_Pyramid_2.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tile_mosaic_of_the_interior_floor_of_Lahore_fort.JPG https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Menkaure's_Pyramid_with_Queens_Pyramids.jpg 00:00 Herodotus (454 BC) 04:40 D. Siculus - Greek Visiting Egypt (60 BC) 09:32 Strabo - Greco-Roman with the Roman Army (20 BC) 13:18 Pliny The Elder - Roman Historian (77 AD) 18:06 Egeria - Roman Christian (381 AD)​ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get up to 60% OFF your Babbel subscription here: http://bit.ly/41JqAlc and start speaking a new language in 3 weeks 🎉 ----------------------------------------------- 00:00 Introduction 04:52 Beginnings 11:07 The Shaman Queen 297 AD 16:15 The Rise of Buddhism 552 AD 21:50 The Fall of Korea 663 AD 27:39 Choosing A Capital 736 AD 37:45 Rise of the Emishi 774 AD 46:48 Embassies to China 717 AD 52:43 The Heian Court 1000 AD 56:59 Shogun 1184 1:02:12 Horsemen of the Apocalypse 1274 Edited and Image Curation by Manuel Rubio - check out his amazing channel: @A@ArtandContextNarrated and Script Edited by David Kelly Thumbnail Image by Ettore Mazza https://www.instagram.com/ettore.mazza Images by Alex Stoica, Bilal Erlangga. Kofun imagery made based on [https://mapps.gsi.go.jp/maplibSearch.do#1 National Land Image Information (Color Aerial Photographs)], Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism References: Christensen, J.A (1981.) Nichiren. Leader of Buddhist Reformation in Japan. Fremont, CA: Jain Publishing Company. Farris, W. W. (2009.) Japan to 1600. A Social and Economic History. Honolulu: Hawai’i University Press. Harding, C. (2020.) The Japanese. A History in Twenty Lives. London: Allen Lane. Kumar, A. (2009.) Globalizing the Prehistory of Japan. New York: Routledge. Matsumoto, H. (2009.) The origin of the Japanese race based on genetic markers of immunoglobulin G. Proceedings of the Japan Academy. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3524296/ Needham, J. and Ronan, C. A. (1995.) The Shorter Science and Civilisation in China: Volume 5. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Kirkland, R. (1997.) The Sun and the Throne. The Origins of the Royal Descent Myth in Ancient Japan, Numen, 44, (2), 109-152. Sei Shonagon (tr. Arthur Waley.) 2011. The Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon. Tuttle: Tokyo. Soka Gakkai. The Nichiren Library. Available from: https://www.nichirenlibrary.org/ World History Encyclopedia. Daily Life in Ancient China. Available from: https://www.worldhistory.org/article/890/daily-life-in-ancient-china/ Wang, Z. (2005.) Ambassadors from the Islands of the Immortals. Honolulu: Hawai’i University Press. #ancientjapan​ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Here we have two extracts - one from Krákumál, a medieval Scottish poem from the 12th century giving the final words of Ragnar Lothbrok - and an extract from the Gesta Danorum by Saxo Grammaticus, which relates what happened next - and the bloody punishment his sons meted out upon his killer. If this channel is something you like, if you think saving primary sources is important, head over to the patreon and join up! patreon.com/voicesofthepast This video is part of Vikings Month - so please check out these other excellent videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4kqG-CL4ToD4CusNdYGrRfovDZvWS6mW Voices of the Past is a channel dedicated to recreating the original accounts from the people who lived through events, or who lived far closer to them than we do today. We do this word for word, with an accompanying soundtrack of rousing music and images. — Thanks for watching! Don’t forget to subscribe for new videos every single week! & Let us know in the comments what you’d like to see covered in the future. — Don’t forget to subscribe to my brother's channel History Time, where he makes full length historical documentaries:- https://www.youtube.com/historytime — Music courtesy of:- - Epidemic Sound — Voice actor & editor:- David Kelly We try to use copyright free images at all times. However if we have used any of your artwork or maps then please don't hesitate to contact me and we’ll be more than happy to give the appropriate credit. Thanks to: Hel-hama [CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)] © Copyright M J Richardson and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence. Author=Jim Champion |Permission=Dual-licensed under the GFDL and CC-By-SA-2.5, 2.0, and 1.0 |other_vers Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"...for one of these asserted that he would rise suddenly from the imperial throne...and the head of Justinian would disappear suddenly, but the rest of his body seemed to keep making these same long circuits..." Here we have a Halloween special for you - Procopius' Secret History, which portrays the then Emperor Justinian as not only cruel and incompetent but actually possessed by demons. Rediscovered centuries after its writing in the Vatican Library, it was finally published in 1623. Possibly the result of Procopius' disillusionment or even as a type of insurance to be released if anything were to happen to him, it covers the same period of Byzantine history as his History of the Wars; featuring all the same players but completely different in tone. How do we actually know about history? Voices of the Past is a channel dedicated to recreating the original accounts from the people who lived through events, or who lived far closer to them than we do today. We do this word for word, with an accompanying soundtrack of rousing music and images. — Thanks for watching! Don’t forget to subscribe for new videos every single week! & Let us know in the comments what you’d like to see covered in the future. — Don’t forget to subscribe to our other channel History Time, where we make full length historical documentaries:- https://www.youtube.com/historytime — Music courtesy of:- - Epidemic Sound — Voice actor & editor:- David Kelly We try to use copyright free images at all times. However if we have used any of your artwork or maps then please don't hesitate to contact me and we’ll be more than happy to give the appropriate credit. Thanks to: Tataryn [CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get all sides to every story at https://ground.news/VOTP and context into the narratives that shape current events and our history. Save 50% off unlimited access through my link. ------------------------------- Extracts taken from: The Volcanic Winter of 536 From The Letters of Cassiodorus Translated by Thomas Hodgkin (1886) The Nan Shi Procopius On The Years Following 536 History of the Wars, Translated by H. B. Dewing (1914) The Chronicle of Michael the Great, Patriarch of the Syrians (12th century) Translated from Classical Armenian by Robert Bedrosian (2013) Edited, animated and researched by Siji Sheehan Thumbnail Art by Ettore Mazza: https://www.instagram.com/ettore.mazza/?hl=en Art by Alex Stoica​ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Use my link https://www.displate.com/voicesofthepast or my discount code VOICESOFTHEPAST to access my special promo on all designs: Get 1-2 displates for 27% OFF and 3+ displates for 33% OFF. automatically at check out when using my link. Valid for 1 week only. ------------------- Extracts taken from: Plutarch. Plutarch's Lives. with an English Translation by. Bernadotte Perrin. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1919. Anna Comnena (Komnene). The Alexiad. Edited and translated by Elizabeth A. Dawes. London: Routledge, Kegan, Paul, 1928. (https://origin.web.fordham.edu/Halsall/basis/AnnaComnena-Alexiad-intro.asp) The Memoirs Of The Conquistador Bernal Diaz Del Castillo Translated From The Original Spanish By John Ingram Lockhart https://www.gutenberg.org/files/32474/32474-h/32474-h.htm Letters by Rear-Admiral John A. Dahlgren https://www.history.navy.mil/research/library/online-reading-room/title-list-alphabetically/s/the-sinking-of-the-uss-housatonic-by-the-submarine-css-h-l-hunley.html Bert Chaney's account appears in Moynihan, Michael (ed.) People at War 1914-1918 (1973); Liddell Hart, Basil, The Tanks vol. 1 (1959) "The Battlefield Debut of the Tank, 1916," EyeWitness to History, www.eyewitnesstohistory.com (2005). Edited by Andrew Dixon Narrated and Script Edited by David Kelly Music from Epidemic Sound and Artlist Thumbnail Art by Ettore Mazza Art by Alex Stoica 00:00 Archimedes´ Inventions (212 BC) 05:38 Greek Fire (1099 AD) 09:00 Mayan Response To Guns (1521) 14:50 The First Submarine (1864) 20:26 The First Tank (1915)​ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Claim your SPECIAL OFFER for MagellanTV here: https://try.magellantv.com/voicesofthepast. Start your free trial TODAY so you can watch American Saint Nick and the rest of MagellanTV’s history collection: https://www.magellantv.com/explore/history -------------- Extracts taken from: Ilya Radozhitskii's Campaign Memoirs (Campaign Memoirs of the Artilleryman) Translated by Alexander Mikaberidze The Napoleonic Society of Georgia (2011) https://www.amazon.com/RadozhitskiiS-Campaign-Memoirs-Alexander-Mikaberidze/dp/1105168719 Music from Epidemic Sound and Artlist Stock footage from Videoblocks and Artgrid Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mountains on the sea that signalled the coming apocalypse. This was the news that terrified the Aztecs and most of all their leader Moctezuma II. Here we have their description of first contact with Europe, researched and written down by Bernardino de Sahagún and the Nahuatl people throughout the second half of the 16th century. Broken Spears by Miguel Leon-Portilla Copyright © 1962, 1990 by Miguel Leon-Portilla Expanded and Updated Edition © 1992 by Miguel Leon-Portilla Reprinted with permission from Beacon Press, Boston If this channel is something you like, if you think saving primary sources is important, head over to the patreon and join up! https://www.patreon.com/voicesofthepast — Don’t forget to subscribe to my brother's channel History Time, where he makes full length historical documentaries:- https://www.youtube.com/historytime — Music courtesy of:- - Epidemic Sound — Voice actor & editor:- David Kelly We try to use copyright free images at all times. However if we have used any of your artwork or maps then please don't hesitate to contact me and we’ll be more than happy to give the appropriate credit. Thanks to: Diego Rivera / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) Madman2001 De Ckn8u - Trabajo propio, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=48588870 Hans Hillewaert British Museum Asele S. www.todocolección.net José Luis Pescador - Cortes en Veracruz Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Claim your SPECIAL OFFER for MagellanTV here: https://try.magellantv.com/voicesofthepast. Start your free trial TODAY so you can watch The Bookmakers and the rest of MagellanTV’s history collection: https://www.magellantv.com/explore/history -------------- Extracts taken from: Henry Rink Tales and Traditions of the Eskimo (Edinburgh: Blackwood, 1875) https://books.google.es/books?id=3pTYAAAAMAAJ&redir_esc=y Diary of Jacob Roggeveen https://www.easterisland.travel/easter-island-facts-and-info/history/ship-logs-and-journals/jacob-roggeveen-1722/ Diary of John Ross https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015073755715&view=1up&seq=220&skin=2021&q1=Arctic%20highlanders THE ACCOUNT OF COOK'S VISIT BY TE HORETA TANIWHA White, Ancient History of the Maori, Vol. V, pp. 121-8 http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-BeaDisc-d1-t2.html Music from Epidemic Sound and Artlist Stock footage from Videoblocks and Artgrid Thumbnail Image by Alex Stoica Artwork by Bilalerlannga​ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Claim your SPECIAL OFFER for MagellanTV here: https://try.magellantv.com/voicesofthepast. Start your free trial TODAY so you can watch Witch Hunt in Salem and the rest of MagellanTV’s history collection: https://www.magellantv.com/explore/history -------------- Extracts taken from: The Memoirs of Lieut. Henry Timberlake (Who Accompanied the Three Cherokee Indians to England in the Year 1762) https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/65256/pg65256-images.html Thumbnail by Alex Stoica: https://www.artstation.com/banana_art_studio Music from Epidemic Sound and Artlist Stock footage from Videoblocks Image Credits: Sutton Harbour: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1902-0818-269 Exeter cathedral interior By Edward Swift - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=51286534 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Here we have Marco Polo telling the Mongol side of the invasion of 1281, and the catastrophes that followed - and the first European mention of the mysterious island of 'Chipangu'. Taken from the translation by Henry Yule. Video actor and editor: David Kelly If this channel is something you like, if you think saving primary sources is important, head over to the patreon and join up! https://www.patreon.com/voicesofthepast — Don’t forget to subscribe to my brother's channel History Time, where he makes full length historical documentaries:- https://www.youtube.com/historytime — Music courtesy of:- Epidemic Sound Artlist.io We try to use copyright free images at all times. However if we have used any of your artwork or maps then please don't hesitate to contact me and we’ll be more than happy to give the appropriate credit. Thanks to: A. Omer Karamollaoglu Kublai Khanそらみみ / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) Hideyuki KAMON / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0) James St. John Pearls By Copyright © National Land Image Information (Color Aerial Photographs), Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, Attribution, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=278362http://record.museum.kyushu-u.ac.jp/mouko/e_04.html Kyushu University: https://web.archive.org/web/20131019155043/http://record.museum.kyushu-u.ac.jp/mouko/index.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"Many of their customs are so distant, foreign, and far removed from our own that is difficult to believe that one can find such stark contrasts among us and people who are so civilized." In 1543 Portuguese traders and missionaries landed in Japan and started the Nanban Trade Period. For half a century, these missionaries and traders interacted with the Japanese, up until the early sixteenth century and the beginning of the isolationist policies of the Edo period. Here we have missionary Luis Frois describing some of the differences he saw between Europeans and the totally foreign Japanese - on subjects ranging from hairstyles to abortion. Taken from chapters 1, 2, 3 and 14 of the translation 'The First Europeans in Japan, 1585', translated, edited and annotated by Richard K Danford, Robin D Gill and Daniel T Reff and published by Routledge. Available at: https://www.amazon.com/First-European-Description-Japan-1585/dp/041572757X https://www.routledge.com/The-First-European-Description-of-Japan-1585-A-Critical-English-Language/Frois-SJ-Reff-Danford-Gill/p/book/9781315852140 If this channel is something you like, if you think saving primary sources is important, head over to the patreon and join up! patreon.com/voicesofthepast — Don’t forget to subscribe to my brother's channel History Time, where he makes full length historical documentaries:- https://www.youtube.com/historytime — Music courtesy of:- - Epidemic Sound — Voice actor & editor:- David Kelly We try to use copyright free images at all times. However if we have used any of your artwork or maps then please don't hesitate to contact me and we’ll be more than happy to give the appropriate credit. Thanks to: gino 張 https://pixabay.com/de/?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=image&utm_content=2266352 Karen Arnold https://pixabay.com/de/?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=image&utm_content=316933 WikimediaImages https://pixabay.com/de/?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=image&utm_content=884013 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sign up for a 14-day free trial and enjoy all the amazing features MyHeritage has to offer: https://bit.ly/VOTP2_MH ------------------------------------------- Extracts taken from: The Memoirs of the Lord of Joinville, translated by Ethel Wedgwood (London: John Murray, 1906) Edited, Researched and Animated by Manuel Rubio and Siji Sheehan Original Art by Alex Stoica Narrated and Script Edited by David Kelly Music from Epidemic Sound and Artlist Thumbnail Art by Ettore Mazza https://www.instagram.com/ettore.mazza/?hl=en Sound Editing by Jack White​ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Play War Thunder now with my link, and get a massive, free bonus pack including vehicles, boosters and more: https://playwt.link/pastvoiceswt War Thunder is a highly detailed vehicle combat game containing over 2000 playable tanks, aircrafts and ships spanning over 100 years of development. Immerse yourself completely in dynamic battles with an unparalleled combination of realism and approachability. ------------------------------------------------------ Extracts taken from: The Roman History of Ammianus Marcellinus published in Vol. III of the Loeb Classical Library edition, 1939 Cronica Mexicana Broken Spears by Miguel Leon-Portilla Copyright © 1962, 1990 by Miguel Leon-Portilla Expanded and Updated Edition © 1992 by Miguel Leon-Portilla Reprinted with permission from Beacon Press, Boston Letters of Cortes to Emperor Charles V - Vol 1 (1908) translated by Francis Augustus MacNutt Abel Tasman's journal: http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks06/0600571h.html Letter from Emperor Qianlong: https://china.usc.edu/emperor-qianlong-letter-george-iii-1793 From E. Backhouse and J. O. P. Bland, Annals and Memoirs of the Court of Peking (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1914), pp. 322­-331 Edited and Image Curation by Manuel Rubio - check out his amazing channel: @ArtandContext Thumbnail Art by Ettore Mazza Art by Alex Stoica Music from Epidemic Sound and Artlist, Footage from Artgrid and Storyblocks. 00:00 380: Coming Of The Huns 04:24 1519: The Spaniards Arrive 07:46 1520: Cortes Meets Montezuma 17:00 1642: Abel Tasman and the Maori 22:58 1793: Qianlong´s Letter To George III​ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Claim your SPECIAL OFFER for MagellanTV here: https://try.magellantv.com/voicesofthepast. Start your free trial TODAY so you can watch Mysteries of China and the rest of MagellanTV’s history collection: https://www.magellantv.com/explore/history -------------- 00:00 Introduction 07:25 China 35:54 Rome 1:13:01 The Fall Written and Researched by Dr Raoul McLaughlin: https://youtube.com/channel/UCGk9VXhk_l__aLVp4Yp90lw Edited and Narrated by David Kelly Music from Epidemic Sound and Artlist Art by Alex Stoica and Bilerlannga References: McLaughlin, R. Rome and the Distant East (2010) McLaughlin, R. The Roman Empire and the Indian Ocean (2014) McLaughlin, R. The Roman Empire and the Silk Routes (2016) McLaughlin, Kim & Lieu, Rome and China: Points of Contact (2021) Hill, J. Through the Jade Gate: China to Rome (2015) Hansen, V, The Silk Road (2011) Boulnois, Silk Road: Monks, Warriors & Merchants (2008) Sampson, G. The Defeat of Rome: Crassus, Carrhae and the Invasion of the East (2008) Sheldon, R. Rome’s Wars in Parthia (2010) Image Credits: Warring States Map By SY - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=64875198 Qin Chariot By Jmhullot - Own work, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=40128332 Mausoleum of Qin By Aaron Zhu, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=61014258 Book of former Han By Gisling - Own work, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5172082 Shangyrak By Man77 - Own work, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=4911212 Ger By Francisco Anzola - Gher (Yurt) settlement, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=32182564 Yurt camp By Benjamin Goetzinger - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=78895467 Han Dynasty Tower By The Real Bear - Summer Vacation 2007, 263 - Watchtower In The Morning Light, Dunhuang, Gansu Province, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=7306049 Pottery Figurine By Zcm11 - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=32568479 Fergana Horse By G41rn8 - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=46941326 Shielbearers By Shizhao - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=28467376 Ancient Rome model photo by Jean-Pierre Dalbéra Marcus Crassus By Following Hadrian - https://www.flickr.com/photos/41523983@N08/14649017884/, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=93823616 Statue of Tiberius By I, Sailko, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=9944178 Upchurch horde Ahala, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons vima coin By Classical Numismatic Group, Inc. http://www.cngcoins.com, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=54732892 Homer H. Dubs by Bassano Ltd half-plate film negative, 5 July 1960 Testudo Trajan Column By CristianChirita (talk · contribs) (Own work), CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=819860 Roman inscription By Kritzolina - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=80756276 Castrum at Masada By David Shankbone - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3270982 Legio VI Ferrata By אור פ - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=40684915 Emperor Trajan By Hartmann Linge - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=11792308 Trajan and Dacia By Joe Mabel - photo by Joe Mabel, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=837749 Ancient Roman glassware By Sailko - Own work, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=97567508 Whu Zhu Coins By 三猎 - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=47275203 Nero C Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Here have Tacitus (perhaps the greatest of Rome's historians) describing to us his knowledge of the lands of the Swedes, Aestii and Sitones - modern day Scandinavia (and the lands across the Baltic Sea). Ancestors of the Vikings, Tacitus gives us a description of a people with no right to bear arms, and who in the far north of the lands live in a matriarchal society. If this channel is something you like, if you think saving primary sources is important, head over to the Patreon and join up! patreon.com/voicesofthepast Voices of the Past is a channel dedicated to recreating the original accounts from the people who lived through events, or who lived far closer to them than we do today. We do this word for word, with an accompanying soundtrack of rousing music and images. This video is part of Vikings Month - so please check out these other excellent videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4kqG-CL4ToD4CusNdYGrRfovDZvWS6mW — Thanks for watching! Don’t forget to subscribe for new videos every single week! & Let us know in the comments what you’d like to see covered in the future. — Don’t forget to subscribe to my brother's channel History Time, where he makes full length historical documentaries:- https://www.youtube.com/historytime — Music courtesy of:- - Epidemic Sound — Voice actor & editor:- David Kelly We try to use copyright free images at all times. However if we have used any of your artwork or maps then please don't hesitate to contact me and we’ll be more than happy to give the appropriate credit. Thanks to: User:Andrein [CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Play War Thunder now with my link, and get a massive, free bonus pack including vehicles, boosters and more: https://playwt.link/voicesofthepast2024 War Thunder is a highly detailed vehicle combat game containing over 2000 playable tanks, aircrafts and ships spanning over 100 years of development. Immerse yourself completely in dynamic battles with an unparalleled combination of realism and approachability. ---------------------- Edited and researched by Siji Sheehan Thumbnail Art by Ettore Mazza: https://www.instagram.com/ettore.mazza/?hl=en Art by Alex Stoica and Bilal Erlangga Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Signup for your FREE trial to The Great Courses Plus here: http://ow.ly/erCe30rFSpy ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Extracts taken from: A Fatalist at War by Rudolf Binding - Translated by Ian F.D. Morrow (Allen & Unwin, 1929) https://archive.org/details/fatalistatwar00rudo/mode/2up Music from: Epidemic Sound Artlist.io Image Credits: German Soldiers By Rudolf Simon sen. / Lizenzinhaber: RudolfSimon - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=65078595 German Soldiers By Bundesarchiv, Bild 104-0832 / CC-BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5481423 Trench in Flanders By Ken Eckert - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=39240724 German Soldiers Lautie Daniel, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons We try to use copyright free images at all times. However if we have used any of your artwork or maps in error then please don't hesitate to contact and we’ll be more than happy to give the appropriate credit. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get your special offer for MagellanTV here: https://try.magellantv.com/voicesofthepast. It's an exclusive offer for our viewers! Start your free trial today. MagellanTV is a new kind of streaming service run by filmmakers with 3,000+ documentaries! Check out our personal recommendation and MagellanTV’s exclusive playlists: https://www.magellantv.com/explore/history -------------- Extracts from "A Journal of the First Voyage of Vasco da Gama 1497-1499" translated by E. G. RAVENSTEIN, F.R.G.S. — Music courtesy of:- Epidemic Sound Artlist.io Image credits: Golden bowl Photo Dharma from Sadao, Thailand, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons We try to use copyright free images at all times. However if we have used any of your artwork or maps then please don't hesitate to contact me and we’ll be more than happy to give the appropriate credit. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Here we have the testimony of Nahua annalist Chimalpahin from 1610, 1611 and 1614, as he describes a couple of visits from a far away foreign land - "Japan, in China". Extracts from: "Annals of His Time" by Don Domingo de San Antón Muñón Chimalpahin Quauhtlehuanitzin. EDITED AND TRANSLATED BY JAMES LOCKHART, SUSAN SCHROEDER, AND DORIS NAMALA. Stanford University Press 2006 https://www.sup.org/books/title/?id=10319 Video actor and editor: David Kelly If this channel is something you like, if you think saving primary sources is important, head over to the patreon and join up! https://www.patreon.com/voicesofthepast — Don’t forget to subscribe to my brother's channel History Time, where he makes full length historical documentaries:- https://www.youtube.com/historytime — Music courtesy of:- Epidemic Sound We try to use copyright free images at all times. However if we have used any of your artwork or maps then please don't hesitate to contact me and we’ll be more than happy to give the appropriate credit. Thanks to: Samuraiantiqueworld De Mexch - Trabajo propio, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=30446022 By Another Believer - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=7512343 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Claim your SPECIAL OFFER for MagellanTV here: https://try.magellantv.com/voicesofthepast. Start your free trial TODAY so you can watch Myths and Monsters and the rest of MagellanTV’s history collection: https://www.magellantv.com/explore/history -------------- Extracts taken from The Travels of Reverend Olafur Egilsson: The Story of the Barbary Corsair Raid on Iceland in 1627. by Olafur Egilsson (Author), Karl Smari Hreinsson (Translator), Adam Nichols (Translator) https://www.amazon.com/Travels-Reverend-Olafur-Egilsson-Barbary/dp/0813228697 Thumbnail Art and Art by Alex Stoica. Stock footage taken from Videoblocks and Artgrid. Music from Epidemic Sound and Artlist. Image Credits: Westman Islands By Bruce McAdamCamera location62° 55′ 41.37″ N, 20° 27′ 25.92″ WView this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap - originally posted to Flickr as Vestmannaeyjar, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=6994388 Grass Roof Houses By michael clarke stuff - originally posted to Flickr as Grass-roof houses, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=7014145 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is the third in our series on the relationship between China and the Roman Empire - in this case the Eastern Roman Empire (Byzantine Empire). Here we have an extract from the Old Book of Tang, the first history compiled of the Tang Dynasty in 945 AD. It is a compilation of earlier annals, dating from the 7th century up until the 10th, which shine light on the Chinese opinion of the Byzantine empire and the various embassies between the two states. Thanks again to the Seattle Silk Road website - a great resource: https://depts.washington.edu/silkroad/texts/texts.html How do we actually know about history? Voices of the Past is a channel dedicated to recreating the original accounts from the people who lived through events, or who lived far closer to them than we do today. We do this word for word, with an accompanying soundtrack of rousing music and images. — Thanks for watching! Don’t forget to subscribe for new videos every single week! & Let us know in the comments what you’d like to see covered in the future. — Don’t forget to subscribe to our other channel History Time, where we make full length historical documentaries:- https://www.youtube.com/historytime — Music courtesy of:- - Epidemic Sound — Voice actor & editor:- David Kelly We try to use copyright free images at all times. However if we have used any of your artwork or maps then please don't hesitate to contact me and we’ll be more than happy to give the appropriate credit. Thanks to: SY [CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)] Ichthyovenator [CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)] Getoryk [CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)] en:User:Bigdaddy1204 [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/)] Cabinet des Médailles [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/)] By Taha b. Wasiq b. Hussain - Created by the help of Muawiya's bust on coins and historical descriptions of him. Medium: Acrylic paintPreviously published: https://scontent.fkhi10-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/75223621_967363183596811_4941094870270869504_n.jpg?_nc_cat=105&_nc_oc=AQnObarlPkLHP4JhpdHaHNAwTp3o4sAnKPkfyNw4OZzk0Yof68winqTkYmHc_ICZxrI&_nc_ht=scontent.fkhi10-1.fna&oh=4e11884204262da573c3d0a231aa2f3d&oe=5E5E508B, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=83421817 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

00:00 Introduction (1853) 06:57 Marco Polo and the Land of Endless Gold (1298) 11:15 First Contact (1543) 16:04 Arrival of the One God 21:03 The English Arrive (1604) 28:04 Japanese Travellers (1614) 32:50 A Closed Country? (1639) 37:26 The Dutch Take Advantage 41:06 Studying the West (1709) 47:06 Russia (1791) 50:57 The Napoleonic Conflict Reaches Japan (1808) 56:09 Planning for When Written by Thomas Lockley Edited, script edited and narrated by David Kelly Art by Matthew Cartwright Check out Thomas Lockley´s fantastic book: https://www.amazon.com/African-Samurai-Yasuke-Legendary-Warrior/dp/1335141022 Citations and sources: Aizawa Seishisai: H. Paul Varley (2000). Japanese Culture, 4th Edition. University of Hawai'i Press; Updated and Exp edition (2000). The Travels of Marco Polo (1298) https://en.m.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Travels_of_Marco_Polo Tanegashima: The Arrival of Europe in Japan Olof G. Lidin NIAS Press, 2002 The life and letters of St. Francis Xavier by Coleridge, Henry James, 1822-1893 Toyotomi Hideyoshi quote: Japan: A Documentary History: The Dawn of History to the Late Tokugawa Period, edited by David J. Lu (Armonk, New York: M. E. Sharpe, 1997) pg 196-197 Memorials of the Empire of Japon in the xvi and xvii Centuries, ed. with notes by T. Rundell. London: Hakluyt Society. 1850. Part II. The Letters of William Adams 1611 to 1617. Pages 17 – 88 Japanese travellers in sixteenth-century Europe. A dialogue concerning the mission of the Japanese ambassadors to the Roman curia (1590). Edited by Derek Massarella and translated by J. F. Moran. (The Hakluyt Society. Ser. 3, 25.) Colloquium IX Anthony Farrington The English Factory in Japan, 1613-1623 The Invention of Religion in Japan Jason Ananda Josephson Storm University of Chicago Press, Oct 3, 2012 (Quotes from extract of Arai Hakuseki, Tidings from the West) Japanese Journal of American Studies, No. 2 1985, Japanese Interpretation of the American Revolution (Tadashi Aruga) pg. 6 If this channel is something you like, if you think saving primary sources is important, head over to the patreon and join up! https://www.patreon.com/voicesofthepast — Don’t forget to subscribe to my brother's channel History Time, where he makes full length historical documentaries:- https://www.youtube.com/historytime — Music courtesy of: Epidemic Sound Artlist.io We try to use copyright free images at all times. However if we have used any of your artwork or maps then please don't hesitate to contact me and we’ll be more than happy to give the appropriate credit. Image credits: By Bernard Gagnon - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5685041 By User:20nana75 - Image:H2A11001.jpg, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2729994 By Loco Steve - Flickr: 039;Sir Walter Raleigh039; Statue Greenwich London, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=31311627 By Mccapra - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=75749994 By Mccapra - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=75749995 Muyo（会話） - アップロード者自身が撮影, CC 表示-継承 3.0, https://ja.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3545508による By antmoose - Flickr, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=27929344 By Justin Vidamo - Flickr: Sunset at Wat Chaiwatthanaram, Ayutthaya, Thailand, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=24954594 By Bourrichon (atelier graphique), CC BY-SA 2.0 fr, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=76729079 By 663highland - Own work, CC BY 2.5, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=6988118 By Bruno Cordioli - Shunga Arte ed eros in Giappone nel periodo Edo, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=8163109 By Stephencdickson - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=72939415 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get your free trial of MagellanTV here: https://try.magellantv.com/voicesofthepast. It's an exclusive offer for our viewers: an extended, month-long trial, FREE. MagellanTV is a new kind of streaming service run by filmmakers with 2,000+ documentaries! Check out our personal recommendation and MagellanTV’s exclusive playlists: https://www.magellantv.com/explore/history --------------- This is the American perspective as it was partially related by Commodore Perry of the initial days of his 'opening' of Japan in 1853. Extract taken from Robert Tomes, The Americans in Japan: An Abridgement of the Government Narrative of the U.S. Expedition (New York: D. Appleton & Co, 1857) If this channel is something you like, if you think saving primary sources is important, head over to the patreon and join up! https://www.patreon.com/voicesofthepast — Don’t forget to subscribe to my brother's channel History Time, where he makes full length historical documentaries:- https://www.youtube.com/historytime — Music courtesy of:- - Epidemic Sound — Voice actor & editor:- David Kelly We try to use copyright free images at all times. However if we have used any of your artwork or maps then please don't hesitate to contact me and we’ll be more than happy to give the appropriate credit. Thanks to: David Rumsey Map Collection, David Rumsey Map Center, Stanford Libraries British Library British Museum Collection Pratyeka Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Claim your SPECIAL OFFER for MagellanTV here: https://try.magellantv.com/voicesofthepast. Start your free trial TODAY so you can watch "The Magnificent Three" and the rest of MagellanTV’s history collection: https://www.magellantv.com/explore/history -------------- 00:00 New Spain 05:18 Mexico City 10:00 Spain 16:52 Onwards to Rome 23:56 The English 31:20 Japan Written by Thomas Lockley. Check out his book on Yasuke: https://www.amazon.com/-/es/Geoffrey-Girard/dp/1335044981/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=yasuke&qid=1615050333&sr=8-1 Edited and narrated by David Kelly. Art by Matthew Cartwright: https://mattcartwrightillustration.com/ And Alexstoica https://www.artstation.com/banana_art_studio *************BIBLIOGRAPHY IN A PINNED COMMENT*********** — Music courtesy of:- Epidemic Sound Artlist.io Image Credits: Sendai Shrine By Tak1701d - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=27807236 Church of the Delcazas Reales By Dorieo - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=43847006By PMRMaeyaert - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=35798929 By Richard Mortel from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia - Monasterio de las Descalzas Reales, Madrid, 16th century, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=69791296 Washi Paper By Mizu basyo - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=25344517By Mizu basyo - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=25344516 Basilica By Jean-Pol GRANDMONT - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=19020259Pauline Chapel By Franco Vannini from Sansepolcro (AR), Italy - aDSC03538, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=72722874By Nicola Quirico - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=57096833 Japan Times article on Coria del RioChristian in Japan Board By Zunkir - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=90943794Hasekura Christian Objects By No machine-readable author provided. World Imaging assumed (based on copyright claims). - No machine-readable source provided. Own work assumed (based on copyright claims)., CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=870913Library Vatican By Dnalor 01 - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=32425597 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Text taken from 'Revival: Little Golden America' (1944) (Routledge Revivals) by Ilya Ilf and Evgeny Petrov. https://www.amazon.com/Revival-Little-America-Routledge-Revivals/dp/1138567515 If this channel is something you like, if you think saving primary sources is important, head over to the patreon and join up! https://www.patreon.com/voicesofthepast — Don’t forget to subscribe to my brother's channel History Time, where he makes full length historical documentaries:- https://www.youtube.com/historytime — Music courtesy of:- Epidemic Sound Artlist.io We try to use copyright free images at all times. However if we have used any of your artwork or maps then please don't hesitate to contact me and we’ll be more than happy to give the appropriate credit. Thanks to: The Prelinger Collection at Internet Archive By Renelibrary - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=77305351 By AgnosticPreachersKid - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=4119836 Ken Lund, CC BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Z28scrambler - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=51131399 By freeparking - Flickr, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3412506 By Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library & Museum - https://www.flickr.com/photos/fdrlibrary/4998715384/in/album-72157626641167895/, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=49513830 By RIA Novosti archive, image #695084 / Valeriy Shustov / CC-BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=18559688 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Claim your SPECIAL OFFER for MagellanTV here: https://try.magellantv.com/voicesofthepast. Start your free trial TODAY so you can watch Pearl Harbour: Inside the USS Arizona and the rest of MagellanTV’s history collection: https://www.magellantv.com/explore/history -------------- Extracts taken from: "Red Army Sniper A Memoir of the Eastern Front in World War II" By Yevgeni Nikolaev, translated by David Foreman 30th Nov 2017, Published by Greenhill Books https://www.amazon.com/Red-Army-Sniper-Eastern-Greenhill-ebook/dp/B09K4Q3RW9/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= Thumbnail art by Alex Stoica: http://bananaartstudio.com/ Music from Epidemic Sound and Artlist Stock footage from Videoblocks and Artgrid Footage taken from the film "Sniper" (1931) Image Credits: Leningrad Front By RIA Novosti archive, image 58228 / Vsevolod Tarasevich / CC-BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=15579350 Soviet Soldiers: By RIA Novosti archive, image 308 / Boris Kudoyarov / CC-BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=18134125 By RIA Novosti archive, image 662767 / Anatoliy Garanin / CC-BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=15579493 By RIA Novosti archive, image 594949 / Anatoliy Garanin / CC-BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=15579499 By RIA Novosti archive, image 660791 / Anatoliy Garanin / CC-BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=15579536 By RIA Novosti archive, image 2675 / B. Vdovenko / CC-BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=15579597 By RIA Novosti archive, image 602161 / Zelma / CC-BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=15579657 By RIA Novosti archive, image 61150 / Alpert / CC-BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=15579747 By RIA Novosti archive, image 62126 / Boris Kudoyarov / CC-BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=15579756 By RIA Novosti archive, image 44732 / Zelma / CC-BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=15579770 By RIA Novosti archive, image 633408 / Anatoliy Garanin / CC-BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=15579774 German snipers: By Bundesarchiv, Bild 101I-216-0417-19 / Dieck / CC-BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5410420 German motorcyle By User:Stefan Kühn - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=279154​ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

By the end of his reign, Genghis Khan was the most powerful man in history. As he oversaw his vast empire, there was one final enemy he found himself facing - his own mortality. Here we have the letter Genghis wrote to the famous Taoist monk Qiu Chuji urging him to cross the vast distance to come to his court, as the Supreme Khan wished to discover the secret of "preserving life" - immortality. Check out the original source (and the story of the monk) at this excellent website: https://depts.washington.edu/silkroad/texts/changchun.html If this channel is something you like, if you think saving primary sources is important, head over to the patreon and join up! patreon.com/voicesofthepast — Thanks for watching! Don’t forget to subscribe for new videos every single week! & Let us know in the comments what you’d like to see covered in the future. — Don’t forget to subscribe to my brother's channel History Time, where he makes full length historical documentaries:- https://www.youtube.com/historytime — Music courtesy of:- - Epidemic Sound — Voice actor & editor:- David Kelly We try to use copyright free images at all times. However if we have used any of your artwork or maps then please don't hesitate to contact me and we’ll be more than happy to give the appropriate credit. Thanks to: Hardcore-Mike [CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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A thousand years before the Mongols, China had to build the world's longest wall to defend against incursions from a truly ancient enemy: The Xiongnu. Here we have an extract from the Book Of Han that describes their customs and origins - a people amongst whom "the strong and robust were held in esteem, while the old and feeble were treated with contempt." https://depts.washington.edu/silkroad/texts/hantxt1.html#beginning If this channel is something you like, if you think saving primary sources is important, head over to the patreon and join up! patreon.com/voicesofthepast — Don’t forget to subscribe to my brother's channel History Time, where he makes full length historical documentaries:- https://www.youtube.com/historytime — Music courtesy of:- - Epidemic Sound — Voice actor & editor:- David Kelly We try to use copyright free images at all times. However if we have used any of your artwork or maps then please don't hesitate to contact me and we’ll be more than happy to give the appropriate credit. Thanks to: Thomas Lessman Philg88 - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=27876174 https://worldhistorypics.weebly.com/about.html JesseW900 Khiruge [CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"The body of Caesar lay just where it fell, ignominiously stained with blood - a man who had advanced westward as far as Britain and the Ocean, and who had intended to advance eastward against the realms of the Parthians and Indians, so that, with them also subdued, an empire of all land and sea might be brought under the power of a single head. There he lay." Nicolaus of Damascus was a prolific historian, and one time tutor to Antony and Cleopatra's children. He was a contemporary of Caesar, and his account of Caesar's final moments paints a vivid picture. How do we actually know about history? Voices of the Past is a channel dedicated to recreating the original accounts from the people who lived through events, or who lived far closer to them than we do today. We do this word for word, with an accompanying soundtrack of rousing music and images. — Thanks for watching! Don’t forget to subscribe for new videos every single week! & Let us know in the comments what you’d like to see covered in the future. — Don’t forget to subscribe to our other channel History Time, where we make full length historical documentaries:- https://www.youtube.com/historytime — Music courtesy of:- - Epidemic Sound — Voice actor & editor:- David Kelly Are you a budding artist, writer, illustrator, cartographer, or music producer? Send us an email! No matter how professional you are or even if you’re just starting out, we can always use new music and images in my videos. Get in touch! I’d love to hear from you. We try to use copyright free images at all times. However if we have used any of your artwork or maps then please don't hesitate to contact me and we’ll be more than happy to give the appropriate credit. Thanks to: SY [CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)] Jack Keilo [CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get your special offer for MagellanTV here: https://try.magellantv.com/voicesofthepast. It's an exclusive offer for our viewers! Start your free trial today. MagellanTV is a new kind of streaming service run by filmmakers with 3,000+ documentaries! Check out our personal recommendation and MagellanTV’s exclusive playlists: https://www.magellantv.com/explore/history -------------- Extracts taken from: The Autobiography of Sergeant William Lawrence: A Hero of the Peninsular and Waterloo Campaigns. Music courtesy of: Epidemic Sound Artlist.io We try to use copyright free images at all times. However if we have used any of your artwork or maps then please don't hesitate to contact me and we’ll be more than happy to give the appropriate credit. Image credits: Waterloo reenactors by WyrdLight.com, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=13892436 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

To coincide with the start of season 6 of the TV series Vikings, here we have where it all began... Written in the 13th century in Iceland, the Tale Of Ragnar Lothbrok (Ragnars saga loðbrókar) tells the story of the legendary Viking king Ragnar Lothbrok and his sons, a story of love, tragedy, trickery and of course - a dragon. And yes! Voices of the Past now has a Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/voicesofthepast So if you want more of this content and believe what the channel is doing is important, please head over and support us. I am still working my day job, so every cent really does help out. This video is part of Vikings Month - so please check out these other excellent videos! https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4kqG-CL4ToD4CusNdYGrRfovDZvWS6mW - How do we actually know about history? Voices of the Past is a channel dedicated to recreating the original accounts from the people who lived through events, or who lived far closer to them than we do today. We do this word for word, with an accompanying soundtrack of rousing music and images. - Thanks for watching! Don’t forget to subscribe for new videos every single week! & Let us know in the comments what you’d like to see covered in the future. — Music courtesy of:- Epidemic Sound — Voice actor & editor:- David Kelly We try to use copyright free images at all times. However if we have used any of your artwork or maps then please don't hesitate to contact me and we’ll be more than happy to give the appropriate credit. Thanks to: Paul VanDerWerf Louis Moe [CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In recognition of the enthusiasm surrounding last week's video on China's perspective, here we have a video exploring the reverse. There are however very few Roman accounts of China that have survived to us - and those that we do have are very limited. Here we have two short extracts from Pliny's magnum opus "Naturalis Historia", in which he describes what he knows of the people of Serica and its surroundings far to the east, and how they in turn affected the Rome he knew at the time. In the second extract he describes a mysterious people (who he again dubs "Seres") whom the people of "Taprobane" (modern day Sri Lanka) apparently crossed a mountain range to trade with. As with our previous video on China, a lot of the locations (and indeed the peoples) mentioned are still debated by scholars. In the coming weeks we will further explore Ancient China's worldview, and descriptions they gave of other cultures that seemed wholly alien to them. Stay tuned for new videos, twice weekly. How do we actually know about history? Voices of the Past is a channel dedicated to recreating the original accounts from the people who lived through events, or who lived far closer to them than we do today. We do this word for word, with an accompanying soundtrack of rousing music and images. — Thanks for watching! Don’t forget to subscribe for new videos every single week! & Let us know in the comments what you’d like to see covered in the future. — Don’t forget to subscribe to our other channel History Time, where we make full length historical documentaries:- https://www.youtube.com/historytime — Music courtesy of:- - Epidemic Sound — Voice actor & editor:- David Kelly Are you a budding artist, writer, illustrator, cartographer, or music producer? Send us an email! No matter how professional you are or even if you’re just starting out, we can always use new music and images in my videos. Get in touch! I’d love to hear from you. We try to use copyright free images at all times. However if we have used any of your artwork or maps then please don't hesitate to contact me and we’ll be more than happy to give the appropriate credit. Thanks to: "Yeu Ninje [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/)]" Gabagool [CC BY 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0)] Gary Lee Todd [CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If you’re struggling, consider therapy with BetterHelp #ad. Click https://betterhelp.com/voicesofthepast for a 10% discount on your first month of therapy with a credentialed professional specific to your needs. --------------- Extracts taken from Marquis Ito´s Experience, translated by Teizo Kuramata: https://archive.org/details/marquisitosexpe00itgoog Edited and Image Curation by Manuel Rubio - check out his amazing channel for more: @ArtandContext Narrated and Script Edited by David Kelly Music from Epidemic Sound and Artlist Thumbnail Art by Ettore Mazza Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices