Goddess at the Crossroads: Aphrodite & Ashkelon

Here I talk about the Eastern Goddess and her relationship with the Greeks and other cultures.

Goddess at the Crossroads - Aphrodite & Ashkelon ~ Derceto & Semiramis ~ Ancient History [33:43]

Innana - Ishtar - Astarte - Ashkelon - Homer - Hesiod - Herodotus - Aphrodite - Eastern Goddess - Love Curse - Scythian Hermaphrodites - Divination - Corinthian Sacred Prostitution - Venus - Aeneas - Dove Symbolism - Pigeon Power

Who Benefits Most from the Study of History? #History & Money

Who Benefits Most from the Study of History?

The answer might surprise you.

If money is the bottom line, who benefits most from the study of history?

Topics: World History, Longitudinal History, Repetitions of Man, Politics, Economy, Authors, Financial Investors, Relevance of History, Coffee.

Ancient Economics - "War is Business, they are Intertwined" #History

Ancient Economics - "War is Business, they are intertwined." 

What was the economy like before coinage? Why is yearly war so important for maintaining a kingdom's economy? How did money go from precious metal to merely symbolic value?

Ancient Economics - Redistributive Economy: Storage & Trade - Floor Plans of the Palace at Knossos - Debasement of Coinage - Inflation - Rolling Economy - Roman Emperor Octavian Augustus - Advanced Modern Taxation

[Lecture] Introduction to Ancient Law - Athenian Homicide Courts

[Lecture] Introduction to Ancient Law - Athenian Homicide Courts

Mesopotamia
Athenian Law
Athenian Homicide Courts

Rise of the Right: Marching in Europe's Largest Nationalist Event

Exercise:

The Polish Nationalists in the video are concerned mainly with what issue?

[Lecture] Introduction to Roman Government V1

[Lecture] Introduction to Roman Government V1

Plebeian & Patrician
The Roman World
Timeline of Rome
Rome was an empire before it was called the Roman Empire
The power structure of Roman government - the inverted pyramid of power
Ladder of Offices
Legal Dictator

[Lecture] Aspects of the Hellenistic Era

[Lecture] Aspects of the Hellenistic Era

A Return of Monarchy
Major Funds for Art
Scientific Discovery
Personal Approaches
Poetry & Sculpture
Philosophy
Mystery Cults

[Lecture] How The French Revolution Made Napoleon Possible

[Lecture] How The French Revolution Made Napoleon Possible

Born in Corsica 1769
Initial Attitude Toward the French
Becoming an Officer
French Revolution
A Change in Attitude
Italy
Egypt, Admiral Nelson, and The Rosetta Stone
1799 Coup
1804 Emperor
Continental System & England
Moscow 1812
Defeated & Exiled Twice
The Duke of Wellington and the Apsley House, Number One, London
Review of Keypoints

[Lecture] Greece, Persia, & Alexander the Great

How did Persia spurn militarization in the Greeks and as a result bring about the downfall of the Persian Empire?

[Lecture] Greece, Persia, & Alexander the Great

Greco-Persian Wars
Peloponnesian War
Fall of the Athenian Empire
Thebes, The Sacred Band, & Philip II of Macedon
Philip, Alexander, and the Persians
Alexander the Great
Alexander the God
Alexander the King of Asia

Ancient Family Blood Feuds & Modern Examples

When I teach ancient law, the topic of "blood feud" is a fundamental concept that illustrates why regularized and uniform legal structure very important for social stability. As a strong leader or state takes control over a land, a simple legal code is of put into place. This legal structure allows greater control over interpersonal conflict as well as goes far to remove ongoing feuds over land, former abuses, and murder. A "blood feud" is an ongoing cycle of revenge and it can outlive the perpetrators of the original crime. The idea of blood revenge or a blood feud is common across cultures, which is to say, a component of homo sapiens.

In order to wrap your mind around the idea of blood feuds, here are some non-ancient examples:

Hatfield vs. McCoy

Contemporary Albania

[Lecture] Athenian Democracy II

Radical Democracy vs. Representative Democracy
Strengths & Weaknesses of Athenian Radical Democracy
Persuasion & the Masses
Demagogues & Cleon [Thucydides]

[Lecture] Athenian Democracy pt. 1

Archaic Era & Rebirth
Classical Era & Radical Democracy
Change in Warfare 1: Hoplite Warriors as Landowning Middle Class
Drakon
Solon
Change in Warfare 2: Thete Rowers as Lower Economic Class
Direct Democracy Radical Democracy
Radical Democracy vs. Representative Democracy (Republic)
Removing Privilege in Government & Religion
Private Prosecution in the Law Courts
Sycophants & Athenian Democratic Juries
Limited Terms help prevent Corruption
The Assembly (Ekklesia) & Voting

[Lecture] Greek Reemergence from the Ancient Dark Age

[Lecture] Greek Reemergence from the Ancient Dark Age

Coming out of the ancient Dark Age and forming an identity

Quick Tour of Greece
Time Orientation: The Ancient Dark Ages [The Early Iron Age]
Anti-Monarchical Attitudes
Oligarchy, Tyranny, & Democracy [Demos + Kratos]
Spartan Mixed Government
Growth of Population & Trade. The Polis Concept.
The Phonetic Alphabet
Aristocratic Networks: Identity
Epic Tradition: Iliad & Odyssey
Tholos Tombs - Inventing a Past
Syncretism of Gods
Olympic Games & Other Games

[Lecture] Enlightenment, Coffee, & Voltaire

Three things that go well together: Enlightenment, Coffee, & Voltaire!

The Enlightenment: Logic & Scientific Discovery
The Atlantic Economy Fuels the Enlightenment
Coffee Houses, Newspapers, Tobacco
Louis XIV & Huguenots; Revocation of the Edict of Nantes
Triangle of the Enlightenment: PAL
Atheism & Deism
Slavery
Voltaire

Absolutism & Louis XIV

Absolutism & Louis XIV

Absolutism vs. Constitutionalism
Time Orientation: Atlantic Trade & Great Wealth
Colonization & Slave Trade
New Crops: High Volume = Great Wealth
Taxes
Wealth goes to the center of the government
Feudalist Economy vs. Absolutist Economy
Enlightened Despots
Producing Great Works
Hobbes vs. Locke
Louis XIV
Versailles

The French Revolution Documentary Assignment

Documentary Review

 Here is an exercise in critique and analysis of a secondary source. You will be comparing the information in this documentary (from the golden era of the History channel) to other sources in order to evaluate the French Revolution through intertextual analysis, in this case, inter-multimedia analysis.

Your task is to first watch the History Channel’s
documentary on the French Revolution.  Then
you are to write a short 2 page review of the documentary.

In particular, your review should answer the following
questions:

1)  What is the
purpose of this documentary?  Is it
successful in its primary goal?

2)  What does the
documentary do well?

3)  What does the
documentary do poorly?  (For example, are
there aspects of the French Revolution that aren’t covered or
are covered too lightly?)

Early Civilization III Redistribution, Minoans, & Annual Floods

Early Civilization III Redistribution, Minoans, & Review

Redistributive Economy
Minoans
Archaeology & Redistributive Economies
Minoan Palace Society

Archaeology, Architecture, & Myth
Mycenaeans
Flood Season [Review]
Off-Season Labor [Review]

Epic Traditions & Identity

Epic Traditions & Identity: Gilgamesh, Homer, & The Aeneid

Exploring the Epic of Gilgamesh, Homer's Iliad & Odyssey, & Virgil's Aeneid

[Lecture] Moving Toward the Modern State: The 30 Years War

[Lecture] Moving Toward the Modern State: The 30 Years War

Highlights of the 30 Years War
Defenestration of Prague
B - Bohemian
D - Danish
S- Swedish [Gustavus Adolphus & Military History]
F- French
Religious War or Secular War?
Peace of Westphalia 1648
Economic Shift
International Delegation
Clarification of the Spanish-Netherlands
Introduction to Absolutism & Constitutionalism
Louis XIV
Pirates & Freemasons
Dutch & English
Austria & Russia

[Lecture] Old Kingdom Egypt Introduction

Old Kingdom Egypt Introduction

Review of Early Sumerian Culture
Architecture, Shape, & Stability
Thermodynamics in the Home
A Need for Trade: Stone, Metal.
Redistributive Economy
Early Laws & Farmers
Cycles of Nature: Stars, Moon, & Time
Mass Organized Labor
Hierarchy & Class
The Feats of Off-Season Labor
Great Sphinx
A Commentary on Slave Labor & Charlton Heston
Egyptian Herbalism & Brain Surgery
Mastaba, Ziggurat, Pyramid
Egyptian Old Kingdom
Egyptian Beer
Egyptian Time