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Added 2018-05-28 21:28:42 +0000 UTCThe Viking Expansion: From Constantinople to Canada will air later in 2018!
Around 1000 CE, Leif Erikson stepped onto the shores of North America. But his settlements there were only the furthest-flung outposts of the Norse expansion. Centuries of raiding, trading, and light invading had spread Northmen from Byzantium to Greenland—and left legacies we can still see today.
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Dynasty Warriors is loosely based on the "Romance of the three Kingdoms" which in itself is very loosely based on real facts, Some of the real events in the Romance are blown out of proportions while others never happened. And given how the communist party in china during the "cultural revolution" destroyed a lot of ancient records of the period any research into that particular topic is pretty difficult. Throw in how th chinese government reacts to people not "truthfully" (read here: not putting them in the best light) representingtheir history... yeah they banned some games and movies for reasons like "doesn't represent chinese values" like that movie about the evacuation at Dunkirk.
Byron Becker
2018-06-08 08:25:34 +0000 UTCA series on the Armenian genocide would be interesting too, it's a topic I always hear about in passing but never had the time to research personally.
SlothyGuy
2018-06-02 14:36:03 +0000 UTCDynasty Warriors is based on a book, Romance of the Three Kingdoms, which was sort of a period drama written in the 1300s.
Erik Eldritch
2018-06-02 12:40:38 +0000 UTCWhat about (even if it's not straight history) : the different philosophical schools / Philosophists - from Confucius to Kant ? ;)
F. P. P.
2018-05-31 17:32:21 +0000 UTCThere's a Total War Game coming out this Autumn about the Three Kingdoms Period and I'm SOOOOO Hyped up about it!
Martin Verran
2018-05-31 16:20:02 +0000 UTCIsn't Dynasty Warriors (extremely) loosely based off of that time period? They've done "the history behind the games" sponsored stuff before...
Fenrir
2018-05-30 15:33:27 +0000 UTCI don’t think there is wrong with Extra Credits to do well known subjects, usually the well known and the most marketable simply are great stories that deserve the atention in all mediums and something can always be added to the topic or it can be looked form a new angle. The issue to me is that the Vikings had one-off episode and 2 sponsored Danelaw episodes and the mythology series already. But I love all exploring so I don’t really mind.
Sara Samaletdin
2018-05-30 15:14:48 +0000 UTCThere's evidence they wore helmets. In any case, those helmets didn't have horns: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viking_Age_arms_and_armour" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viking_Age_arms_and_armour</a>#Helmet
Antti Björklund
2018-05-30 13:04:30 +0000 UTCWill you guys ever do anything on the three kingdom Era in China
SlothyGuy
2018-05-30 05:01:45 +0000 UTCdon't be so quick with assuming the Vikings had helmets.
seerpea
2018-05-30 04:00:47 +0000 UTCOh, the Envy...
Martin Verran
2018-05-29 23:45:04 +0000 UTCThat imagery comes from Irish depictions of Vikings, since the Irish imagined them as demons with horns on their heads.
Erik Eldritch
2018-05-29 23:30:07 +0000 UTCI absolutely love the Viking Age, I'm thrilled. Don't forget Norse trade with Arabia and the Kievan Rus. The Helgo Buddha is a fascinating example of the extent of Norse trade.
Erik Eldritch
2018-05-29 23:29:15 +0000 UTCOmg, I can't believe that it only took my second suggestion to get one of my ideas on this show!
Pope Urban II
2018-05-29 23:15:09 +0000 UTCThis episode sponsored by Total War Saga: Thrones of Britannia :3
Thomas Alfred Weaver
2018-05-29 20:51:16 +0000 UTCYup! Thats where I found that too! :)
The Fire Piper
2018-05-29 20:09:41 +0000 UTCEverything - I want to know everything :D :D :D
F. P. P.
2018-05-29 19:05:59 +0000 UTCVarangian guard, Buddha, History of India/China/Siam ..., 30-Year War, early middle ages in Europe, Elisabethian England, History of the Maya/Aztecs ...
F. P. P.
2018-05-29 19:05:42 +0000 UTCI heard about that on the NativLang channel but he didn't spend much time on it, mostly used it as a prompt to discuss the differences in the written languages. So I'd like to hear more about that one
Jessica Cheeri
2018-05-29 10:35:29 +0000 UTCYes, the stereotypical picture of a viking is that they have horned helmets. That is, of course, historically untrue.
Antti Björklund
2018-05-29 10:31:14 +0000 UTChelmets?
seerpea
2018-05-29 08:07:44 +0000 UTCAll we need now is the Legend of the Buddha, the Life of Karl Marx, and, fingers crossed, Scott of The Antarctic, and the Sheep shall Rejoice! [Personally I still say Cook Deserves a Series of his Own, though]
Martin Verran
2018-05-29 07:30:09 +0000 UTCI'll be looking for there not being horns on the viking's helmets!
Antti Björklund
2018-05-29 06:38:05 +0000 UTCThank you for at least picking one of my topics, surprised that it beat out lewis and Clark
arthur D. gonzalez-martin
2018-05-29 05:17:31 +0000 UTCWasn't there a series recently where a group of patrons banded to get to get the votes for it?
Dani McKenzie
2018-05-29 03:59:25 +0000 UTCWoot! I finally got a topic I voted for. Only took three years.
Sean Sarff
2018-05-29 02:54:30 +0000 UTCI voted for Captain Cook, but they were all good choices.
Rossum
2018-05-29 02:40:12 +0000 UTCAlso, we do set up the polls such that people can vote for multiple topics, even all of them if they so wish. Hopefully folks are taking advantage of that feature when indicating their preferences :)
Extra History
2018-05-29 00:09:16 +0000 UTCIMO, Empire of Mali and History of Non-Euclidean Geometry both fall into that category, and that's just going off the most recent videos we've done. Since patrons do end up choosing the vast majority of the series we make, it's ultimately up to them to choose the lesser-known topics ;) Feel free to campaign in the community for your favorite topics (all of you in general, not just you specifically).
Extra History
2018-05-29 00:05:20 +0000 UTCYou would be surprised on some of the shenanigans the Vikings took part in that is not commonly known... The Muslim Viking cheese makers in Spain being one of my favorites.
The Fire Piper
2018-05-28 22:43:46 +0000 UTC((*loud warhorn blowing*))
Quinlan Vuong
2018-05-28 22:39:23 +0000 UTCIt's really too bad... Vikings are cool, but they've been done and re-done. Of course, they were always going to win, because they SELL. Alas... I really wish you would treat subjects a lot of people don't already know a lot about !
Romain
2018-05-28 22:03:26 +0000 UTC
