really great videos covers our central asia. Thanks a lot for your work. l want to point out two small mistakes in the video: 1, Kygyzstan is not on Altay mountains, but on Tianshan mountains; 2, Soviets didn't divert water directly from Aral sea, but from two rivers (Amu dariya and Sir dariya) which are the main source of Aral sea. Aral sea is too salty for irrigation;
Just finished reading "The Silk Road A New History" that you mentioned. Fascinating book. When I saw this notification, I had to watch it. Now my wanderlust is kicking in again.
Fascinating! Thank you so much for sharing all this! I always wanted to see the land where a lot of Persian mathematicians and scientists came before the Mongol invasion. Is there a tour that we can take? Do we need visas? Much appreciated!
@@acolyte1951 I’m stating the OPPOSITE. Tolstoy was a highly educated man in his time, a member of the Russian nobility who spoke several languages and had access to significant resources. He knew that most of the official version of history is not exactly factual. As the saying goes, “history is written by the victors.”
Thanks for making these wonderful lectures available. I’m 58 and love learning new things about history.
really great videos covers our central asia. Thanks a lot for your work. l want to point out two small mistakes in the video:
1, Kygyzstan is not on Altay mountains, but on Tianshan mountains;
2, Soviets didn't divert water directly from Aral sea, but from two rivers (Amu dariya and Sir dariya) which are the main source of Aral sea. Aral sea is too salty for irrigation;
As usual, Gil Stien presents an excellent lecture on the near east. Always learn new things and adventures. Glad to have known him threw out the years
Thank you! 💞
Please do continue posting videos as these! Thank you!
Fascinating
Beautiful thank you so much!
Thanks so much for making this lecture. Was looking for new sources, about C.Asia for a while... Hello From Spain.
Just finished reading "The Silk Road A New History" that you mentioned. Fascinating book. When I saw this notification, I had to watch it. Now my wanderlust is kicking in again.
You can follow along with much of this in google maps and streetview, kind of fun
Great video!
Whats up with the elongated skulls at 40:00??
Thanks for posting this - fascinating
Fascinating! Thank you so much for sharing all this! I always wanted to see the land where a lot of Persian mathematicians and scientists came before the Mongol invasion. Is there a tour that we can take? Do we need visas? Much appreciated!
Where is Afghanistan in all this?
“History - what a wonderful idea, if only it were true.” - Count Leo Tolstoy
“When you come to a fork in the road, take it.” - Yogi Berra, Catcher
Why would you want history to be true?
@@acolyte1951 I’m stating the OPPOSITE. Tolstoy was a highly educated man in his time, a member of the Russian nobility who spoke several languages and had access to significant resources. He knew that most of the official version of history is not exactly factual. As the saying goes, “history is written by the victors.”