Kamehameha the Great - II: Law of the Splintered Paddle - Extra History
Added 2017-06-09 17:00:00 +0000 UTCKamehameha had united Hawaii under his rule. But what to do with such power? Simple: make life better for his people.
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Thank you all for this overview of a key period in Hawaii's history. You show Kamehameha wasn't perfect, but was still great. I look forward to the "Lies" episode, when you talk about all the other people who helped him. I think it's an important lesson that "great people" have a lot of help, and are largely great by inspiring others to help them.
Bill Lemmond
2017-06-26 14:08:41 +0000 UTCGlad you enjoyed it!
Extra History
2017-06-14 20:34:27 +0000 UTCI mean, he made a volcano erupt and consume his enemies - I feel like he's already proved himself. ;)
Extra History
2017-06-14 20:34:23 +0000 UTCAww, thank you for sharing that with us! It really makes us happy to hear that we did a good job.
Extra History
2017-06-14 20:33:59 +0000 UTCThis is the end of the Kamehameha story! Next up: Articles of Confederation Lies, followed by the Bronze Age Collapse.
Extra History
2017-06-14 20:31:11 +0000 UTCWe didn't do that on purpose, but we did realize it once we saw what days the episodes were coming out! Totally happy about that.
Extra History
2017-06-14 20:30:52 +0000 UTCCouldn't resist. ;)
Extra History
2017-06-14 20:30:30 +0000 UTCYeah, Dameol has it, though it can definitely be a confusing distinction. And a good reminder that our worldview is shaped by geocentrism.
Extra History
2017-06-14 20:30:12 +0000 UTCWe're very happy when we can bring a little less known history to light!
Extra History
2017-06-14 20:29:44 +0000 UTCActually we've got the Articles of Confederation - Lies episode coming up next! But then the Bronze Age will finally start, and I think it was well worth waiting for. David has been blowing me away with the artwork for that series.
Extra History
2017-06-14 20:29:25 +0000 UTCWhich probably won't of happen or at least not been as "easy" as it was if Kamehameha's descendants didn't start messing with the social order for no reason.
Christian K.
2017-06-12 04:51:11 +0000 UTCAh yes - after some more reading I was mistaken. It wasn't the missionaries themselves that headed up the coup - just one of their grandsons.
Nessf
2017-06-11 16:20:14 +0000 UTCWrong, you're going to want to blame sugar interests, the US Marines, business groups and the usual suspects, none of whom were missionaries
Jack the Rat
2017-06-11 10:26:25 +0000 UTC@Christian: I'm going to go with the missionaries that organized a Coup d'état as being at fault here.
Nessf
2017-06-11 07:09:59 +0000 UTCyep we probably once again see a failure to ensure that a legacy lasts. Kamehameha did a lot of great work uniting Hawaii under one rule, but we see little done about passing on that power in a sure and concise matter to prevent it's downfall.
Andrew Showers
2017-06-11 05:10:45 +0000 UTCReally who's fault is it that the Hawaiian Empire collapsed? The people who create the power vacuum or the ones who step into it?
Christian K.
2017-06-10 17:35:13 +0000 UTCAmazing
Martin Ockovsky
2017-06-10 14:18:07 +0000 UTCsigh religious people
Barghest
2017-06-10 12:50:12 +0000 UTCStill want my Kamehameha kamehameha wave.
Michael Jebbett
2017-06-10 06:40:48 +0000 UTCI want you to know that I have a Hawaiian friend who was very, very happy to see this mini-series done.
Nessf
2017-06-10 04:39:02 +0000 UTCI still say a Coalition between Brie and Stilton would be more effective but I'm not complaining as we seem to have saved ourselves from hard Brexit.
Martin Verran
2017-06-09 23:05:08 +0000 UTCare you still doing this
Teagan Broadhead
2017-06-09 21:45:40 +0000 UTCJune 11th is Kamehameha Day in Hawaii and is a state holiday.
barefoot James
2017-06-09 21:00:47 +0000 UTChaha! smash Vista!
Adam "Lux-Vertas" Youdontneedtoknowmysurname
2017-06-09 20:40:59 +0000 UTCThe East and the West are not relative to an individual country's location, they are global terms
Dameol
2017-06-09 19:37:07 +0000 UTCI got to ask; isn't 'western' for Hawaii is Pacific sea and china? Shouldn't it be eastern that they trade with?
Taum Wuthicharn
2017-06-09 17:43:30 +0000 UTCI blame Walpole
Pavel Yakushevich
2017-06-09 17:34:24 +0000 UTCThis is so fascinating! Thank you so much for making this! I love learning the histories of less well known countries and kingdoms, so this is especially interesting to me.
Colin
2017-06-09 17:23:10 +0000 UTCAnd now we await, with baited breath, the First Episode of the Bronze Age Collapse. P.S: Brief General Election News Update ~ it's a Hung Parliament! At least we've got that behind us.
Martin Verran
2017-06-09 17:00:49 +0000 UTC
