I started watching this during the Whistler days and at first it was a rough change. Good job with this one Karl. These videos just continue to improve since you took over presentation.
you’re doing just fine karl, you’re growing on me! the balance between you sticking with the script and your personality is perfectly fine with me, i don’t mind you showing your personality here and there. it adds more spice to the videos 😂 but keep up the good work! 🤙🏻
He’s okay I liked some of his videos but then came across the Wounded Knee episode and he had this really forced emotional response he tried to sell like it was extremely hard to read the episode and he’s holding back all these tears etc. Sorry but that’s a bit much and lost a little of liking him over that
@@geographicstravel Ganges, Yellow, Indus, Mississippi, Niger, just a few. Especially rivers that have a history of flooding or significant shifts would be interesting. I enjoy the new presenter, although I was hesitant at first. As a loyal Simon follower, it can be jarring when someone new takes over. It helps that he’s cute and I love the sleeve ❤️ the content seems to remain high quality, which is the most important part for me. So again, you re-earned my subscribe. I’ve gone back and watched all the videos I’ve missed since the change and like the way you are improving in your delivery. Great sense of humor without going off on too many tangents. Keep it up and I trust you’ll take good care of this channel. Thanks again!
It seems like a good balance between facts and personality. I've watched other channels where it's just dry recitation of facts and I find myself tuning them out the droning after a while.
I like this guy He’s very ‘welcoming’? Is that the appropriate description? As much as we all love Simon and love him we do…this guy is doing a sterling job of sharing the load and I welcome his narrative style and more conversational approach to this particular channel
I would like to see a video on the Nile, and the potential water wars between Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia. I don't care what all the too lazy to look it up lot say, I enjoy your delivery and humour. Keep up the good work.
Great job! Miss Simon but you did good! Would love more of your own comments. Part of the uniqueness of this channel is the comments back and forth in the script bs non script. You did this channel proud!!!
Seen Tigris at Elazig and Diyarbakir, both in Turkey. Saw some things that I'd rather not have seen. That's life. 1990. Can't imagine what it's like now.
2:15 - Chapter 1 - The book of genesis 4:20 - Chapter 2 - The sumerians 6:35 - Chapter 3 - Sargon the great & the akkadian empire 8:15 - Chapter 4 - Hammurabi & the babylonian conquest 12:20 - Chapter 5 - The golden age of islam 14:35 - Chapter 6 - Challenges to the tigris euphrates system today 16:00 - Chapter 7 - The mesopotamian marshes 17:20 - Chapter 8 - Upstream dams & diversions 20:00 - Chapter 9 - The tigris & euphrates of tomorrow 21:25 - Conclusion
Nice work Karl. Cheribum is a plural word, as the "im" is a plural suffix in Hebrew. So standing at the Garden Gate would be two cherubs and a "flaming sword." Since this is where Yahweh's throne and garden met Earth, it is unlikely anyone would ever find it since Yahweh left Earth sometime later before the Flood. Scholars are actually quite divided on the dating of when the Torah came into written form. JEDP is nothing short of circular reasoning, so a supplementarian model for the formation of the Torah as well as the rest of the Tanakh is likely the best model...and that is precisely what the Hebrew Bible itself bears record of....if readers would pay attention. Anyway, rant over. Thanks again for an excellent summary of the real cradle of civilization.
Personally I liked the tone and I think, in general, the key is getting the tone right for the subject matter. This is a dry topic to use the pun so it lends itself to being a little fact heavier. Whereas, for example, your video about Yosemite was a little more relaxed, I thought, because there's more humour there and less need for gravity.
@@geographicstravel Oh, agreed, I don't really think there are laughs here in the same way so I think the tone was just right. It does feel like you're growing into the channel's mood across all the ones you do.
Larry the writing on this was superb! Karl you're doing great, pleeeeeaaase give us all the personality Jennifer will allow. You're fabulous and you should show it.
Hey - yee, Hammurabbi ! There's a song in there, meɓbe even a dance ! " if you wanna getta code betta find some Hammurabbi " . Anybody with me on this one ?
Dude! the bronze age in mesopotamia was far later than 6000-5000 BCE [[4:22]]. What you are referring to is the either the chalcolithic period (the late neolithic or the early copper age) or the Ubaid period which was also mostly a pure copper age (before people knew to mix a tenth of tin with the copper).
i liked this video a lot. the subject matter is very interesting to me. if you could do more river valley civilizations in the future i would be very happy. :)
I’ve only seen a few of the videos that you’ve done, but I think you seem to be coming into your own. Maybe a bit more of your own personality, as long as it doesn’t overshadow the subject matter? I think there’s room for that.
It's definitely a balance he's trying to strike. Karl has an easier time with people, since he has a massive amount of knowledge there that he can pull from, since a great deal of viral content from early Today I Found Out and TopTenz were from his scripts and research. lol
For feedback, more comidy could be used, Simon always had away with this even on mondane topics. It was a big selling point for his channels, but far as everything else I would say your doing good Smallwood. I would just work on the comedy like and you got it going ;)
Ohey, another vital part of the ecosystem that large portions of people rely on to survive that is about to die off, forever changing the face of the planet. How swell! Another great video, Karl and team. :) I like when you add your personal touch to the videos. Love when you give voice to your thoughts, makes it more personal and interactive.
I like your hosting style. I think you kind of outdo Simon on these hard fact-based scripts because you seem to retain more information on them or are just more interested in the topics. I appreciate your interjections and little "interesting things", if that makes any sense.
Well, now I remember why I quit watching. That felt like someone's dumb little brother explaining things to you he read on the internet and just didn't really understand.
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I was in Berlin over the summer and busted many of the museums there. Seeing the Ishtar gate and Hammurabi’s code was really something else
I started watching this during the Whistler days and at first it was a rough change. Good job with this one Karl. These videos just continue to improve since you took over presentation.
Been doing good
A fine change, Simon is still on wargraphics and others.
Win win 😊
I agree.
But I still think his name is Kyle…..I can’t unhear it
@@gunnarelisigurjonsson2587
Simon owns warographics, he was just the narrator for this and biographics
@@ummihanikhatun6759and I believe toptenz as well
Your personality is why I started watching again, you do your absolute best work off the cuff.
Love this guys deadpan humour. Also, well-written and informative. Keep it up guys 👍🏻
you’re doing just fine karl, you’re growing on me! the balance between you sticking with the script and your personality is perfectly fine with me, i don’t mind you showing your personality here and there. it adds more spice to the videos 😂 but keep up the good work! 🤙🏻
Keep up the good work Karl!
In my opinion you are doing very well and that is special!
He’s okay I liked some of his videos but then came across the Wounded Knee episode and he had this really forced emotional response he tried to sell like it was extremely hard to read the episode and he’s holding back all these tears etc. Sorry but that’s a bit much and lost a little of liking him over that
You are doing a fabulous job Karl! 🙌
No he's not. Unless you like shit sandwiches!
Re-earned my subscribe with this one! Great topic choice. Would love to see more videos on different river systems and their history
Got any suggestions?
@@geographicstravel Ganges, Yellow, Indus, Mississippi, Niger, just a few. Especially rivers that have a history of flooding or significant shifts would be interesting. I enjoy the new presenter, although I was hesitant at first. As a loyal Simon follower, it can be jarring when someone new takes over. It helps that he’s cute and I love the sleeve ❤️ the content seems to remain high quality, which is the most important part for me. So again, you re-earned my subscribe. I’ve gone back and watched all the videos I’ve missed since the change and like the way you are improving in your delivery. Great sense of humor without going off on too many tangents. Keep it up and I trust you’ll take good care of this channel. Thanks again!
It seems like a good balance between facts and personality. I've watched other channels where it's just dry recitation of facts and I find myself tuning them out the droning after a while.
Just be yourself Karl. Read the script as you feel it and ad some personnal comments as you feel it. Love your video
Good job Karl. Keep it up!
Be yourself Karl. Excellent presentation
I like this guy
He’s very ‘welcoming’? Is that the appropriate description?
As much as we all love Simon and love him we do…this guy is doing a sterling job of sharing the load and I welcome his narrative style and more conversational approach to this particular channel
I love how he looks up the local pronunciation. Way to be a decent person, Karl.
I would like to see a video on the Nile, and the potential water wars between Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia.
I don't care what all the too lazy to look it up lot say, I enjoy your delivery and humour. Keep up the good work.
Oh no!!! They finally did it!!! Danny and the other writers have broken out of the basement!!!
What have they done with Fact Boy!!!
th-cam.com/video/QgPRw1O7NRU/w-d-xo.html
This video explains what happened to Factboy on 3 channels he used to host, but not own.
yea??
"thats like, one of the little baby with wings, right? Id kick the ass on one of em" 😂 this is why I love Karl
Thank you. Proud of my Mesopotamian civilization
0'44: the rivers flow into the Persian Gulf not the Eastern Mediterranean... small detail, ain't it?
Great job! Miss Simon but you did good! Would love more of your own comments. Part of the uniqueness of this channel is the comments back and forth in the script bs non script. You did this channel proud!!!
Thank you! We'll pass the word along! Please share the video around to help with the algorithm. :)
The Bronze Age started around 3300 BCE and ended around 1200 BCE. It's surprisingly recent. 6000 BCE to 5000 BCE is the stone age.
The presentation was great IMHO. Nice balance of you andb data.
Much appreciated! Please share the video for the algorithm. :)
Please keep hosting this Carl! I love the energy you bring to this channel and you are doing great.
Great video man, you’re gonna do great 💪🏿
Glad you think so! Do you prefer videos releasing earlier in the week, or the ones that come out late in the week?
@@geographicstravel earlier, I work weekdays and sometimes when I stocking I just listen without watching
This one felt the most natural so far. Great job Karl!
Seen Tigris at Elazig and Diyarbakir, both in Turkey. Saw some things that I'd rather not have seen. That's life. 1990. Can't imagine what it's like now.
More personality Carl! You have a great sense of humor it seems like!
Love you karl, drink beer on this one too.
Karl,watch out for that anteater behind you. I get funky vibes from it.
Great work Karl. That was fine for presentation. Keep it up.
You've got a great personality Karl! Don't keep too much of it only for yourself ;-P share some in the videos too
2:15 - Chapter 1 - The book of genesis
4:20 - Chapter 2 - The sumerians
6:35 - Chapter 3 - Sargon the great & the akkadian empire
8:15 - Chapter 4 - Hammurabi & the babylonian conquest
12:20 - Chapter 5 - The golden age of islam
14:35 - Chapter 6 - Challenges to the tigris euphrates system today
16:00 - Chapter 7 - The mesopotamian marshes
17:20 - Chapter 8 - Upstream dams & diversions
20:00 - Chapter 9 - The tigris & euphrates of tomorrow
21:25 - Conclusion
Its perfection karl no need to change the presentation style
I think Karl is doing just fine. Didn't like him at first, but he's gotten better and I like his reactions
You have an amazing sense of humour Karl! Keep going!
4:26 there is "6000 - 5000 BC / Bronze age". Bronze age was 3300 - 1200 BC.
Nice work Karl. Cheribum is a plural word, as the "im" is a plural suffix in Hebrew. So standing at the Garden Gate would be two cherubs and a "flaming sword." Since this is where Yahweh's throne and garden met Earth, it is unlikely anyone would ever find it since Yahweh left Earth sometime later before the Flood.
Scholars are actually quite divided on the dating of when the Torah came into written form. JEDP is nothing short of circular reasoning, so a supplementarian model for the formation of the Torah as well as the rest of the Tanakh is likely the best model...and that is precisely what the Hebrew Bible itself bears record of....if readers would pay attention.
Anyway, rant over. Thanks again for an excellent summary of the real cradle of civilization.
The driness is good. it helps you concentrate. you are getting better as this go along.
Thanks.
Dudes rockin a Metroid tattoo so he's A OK in my book!
You struck a good balance
I haven't left yet. Im giving the guy a chance.
I was not expecting Karl on this channel, I know he's done ghost writing for some of these channels, it's a very pleasant surprise to see him hosting
Personality karl personality keep up the good work👍🏽
I like this guy better.
He’s fine but nah Simon is by far the best
Smallwood lol. It kills me every time. I’m immature tho. I’m in my 40‘s and still can’t say Uranus without laughing my ass off
Personally I liked the tone and I think, in general, the key is getting the tone right for the subject matter. This is a dry topic to use the pun so it lends itself to being a little fact heavier. Whereas, for example, your video about Yosemite was a little more relaxed, I thought, because there's more humour there and less need for gravity.
TopTenz is generally a better place for jokes than Geo or Bio.
@@geographicstravel Oh, agreed, I don't really think there are laughs here in the same way so I think the tone was just right. It does feel like you're growing into the channel's mood across all the ones you do.
definitely put your personality in there!!
Just a respectful FYI; the Bronze Age was approx 3300 - 1200 BC, not 6000 - 5000 BC 😊
Great episode. Please, keep the famous deadpan humour all the Northerners are associated with! :D
Larry the writing on this was superb!
Karl you're doing great, pleeeeeaaase give us all the personality Jennifer will allow. You're fabulous and you should show it.
I would like Simon back. No offence Karl, but I like Simon's voice.
Injecting your own personality is the same question Simon asked a long time ago.
It would give the channel its own flair and personality.
Karl is excellent
Karl!!!❤
Locals don't call the rivers Tigris or Euphrates. They call Dajla and Forat and their common flow is known as Shat il Arab.
Mistake: they don't run into the eastern Mediterranean sea, they run into the Persian sea
YoorkshireeE!!
Code of Hammurabi was also two tiered punishment - a crime could cost you a hand, unless you could pay a substantial fine. Even then, "money talks".
I like dry . . . humor! 😝 Another great job Karl!
My 🪙🪙, a bit more of your personality in these heavier informational videos.
MORE FUN STUFF!
Hope thats clear!
Hey - yee, Hammurabbi ! There's a song in there, meɓbe even a dance ! " if you wanna getta code betta find some Hammurabbi " . Anybody with me on this one ?
Dude! the bronze age in mesopotamia was far later than 6000-5000 BCE [[4:22]]. What you are referring to is the either the chalcolithic period (the late neolithic or the early copper age) or the Ubaid period which was also mostly a pure copper age (before people knew to mix a tenth of tin with the copper).
i liked this video a lot. the subject matter is very interesting to me. if you could do more river valley civilizations in the future i would be very happy. :)
Where is Simon Whistler
Simon injured his beard so he had to take a few days off.
Now Simon is locked in the basement.
Danny led the other writers in revolt and escaped, the locked Simon in the basement. We have a plan to get him back, but don't tell anyone. Shhh
He couldn't pronounce Tigris properly.
Became an ascetic. Denounced modernity. Moved to a Cabin in the Woods.
Awesome host. Bit more personality 😊
I presume Simon is busy making new clones...
Karl!! 😊
I’ve only seen a few of the videos that you’ve done, but I think you seem to be coming into your own. Maybe a bit more of your own personality, as long as it doesn’t overshadow the subject matter? I think there’s room for that.
It's definitely a balance he's trying to strike. Karl has an easier time with people, since he has a massive amount of knowledge there that he can pull from, since a great deal of viral content from early Today I Found Out and TopTenz were from his scripts and research. lol
How did Adam and Eve's 2 sons reproduce?
Eve's a woman....
They screwed female monkeys.
That question and possible answer to it is very much why creatonism is bullshit without any basis.
@@willemthijssen1082talking about her sons
@@sandybarnes887 I know, but there was only one woman, and it was Eve, so that's how they procreated
At the very start of the video you say both rivers run in to the Eastern Mediterranean sea.
They dont, they both run in to the Persian gulf
For feedback, more comidy could be used, Simon always had away with this even on mondane topics. It was a big selling point for his channels, but far as everything else I would say your doing good Smallwood. I would just work on the comedy like and you got it going ;)
Ohey, another vital part of the ecosystem that large portions of people rely on to survive that is about to die off, forever changing the face of the planet. How swell!
Another great video, Karl and team. :) I like when you add your personal touch to the videos. Love when you give voice to your thoughts, makes it more personal and interactive.
Zhuzh it up Karl! I like #FactBoy for _a reason_ . lol
EEUUUUUUUUUU… phrates river
I thought this was gonna be about fish
Rip Simon Whistler
He's gorgeous. I'd listen to anything he says haha 😂😂
I like your hosting style. I think you kind of outdo Simon on these hard fact-based scripts because you seem to retain more information on them or are just more interested in the topics. I appreciate your interjections and little "interesting things", if that makes any sense.
Wait? What? The Fact Fiend guy has an other job?
Bit more Karl
Interm? Why not permanent. Simon is still a mortal man, so he cannot host a trillion channels all by himself.
WTF I did not expect to see Karl here
I say, be yourself. Don't try to be Simon Whistler. What being yourself means, I don't know. Maybe it's similar to Simon. :)
Please do Typhoon Haiyan,
We miss Simon
Yup. Whole region is doomed. Ironic.
Well, now I remember why I quit watching.
That felt like someone's dumb little brother explaining things to you he read on the internet and just didn't really understand.
Maybe we should call Spain Espania or Italy Italia...it's okay to pronounce it either way.
See there nothing wrong with Karl I like him but where is Simon. Did he pass the channel down to Karl because of his other channels or what?
OMG, someone new. Keep him!
Sounds like Simon narrating, you know before he lost his mind.
When did he lose his mind?
At the same time he started business blase and grown his beard - i remember baby face Simon and he changed is style quite a lot since then!
The rivers flow into the Persian Gulf, not the Mediterranean
12:30 thats a picture of Ottoman Pasha Abbas Helmy I of Egypt in 1900s. Where is the back checking or did you just asked chat gpt 💀
What's back checking?
smallwood...hehe
when is simon coming back
I mean, we're always open to working with him. But he seems to be really busy with his own channels now. And that's okay. :)
This has been disproven man came from closer to the India China border... You know where all the ppl are
What's wrong with your hand?
They never became civil and never will. No matter where yall took those people out of Africa or from anywhere else.