well for romans bathing was also a social thing, quite possibly it was also a social thing a place to make deals and strengthen social bonds while bathing.
Notes: Civilization Requirements Surplus production - being able to feed the people lets you build cities Specialization of labor - trade Social stratification Centralized government, shared values (often in religion and writing) 5000 years ago civilizations were associated with river Why river valleys? Flat, well watered, floods brought nutrient-rich silt Indus Valley civilization Located in the flood plain of the Indus and sarawati rivers Rivers flooded twice a year Flourished at around 3000 BCE Traded with Mesopotamians Trade cloth for bronze, used seals on their goods Largest ancient civilization Over 1500 sites had two major cities: Mohenjo and Harappa Made of dense, multistory homes constructed out of bricks perpendicular to the streets Built to catch wind to cool homes Had a drainage system that carried waste and water in sewer ditches that ran under avenues - implied there was government but has an unknown authority Peaceful- barely any weapons and no evidence of war Around 1750 BCE the civilization declined Why? Possibilities: Over run by Caucasus Environmental disaster Major earthquake changed the river course so tributaries dried up
"cause all the other languages sounded like 'BAR BAR BAR BAR BAR BAR BAR'" I don't think I've laughed this hard at an educational video in my entire life, thanks
***** Price discrimination: setting different prices for different customers. Berries may not necessarily be poisonous themselves, but they may be laced with poison. How would you know? There is over the counter, then there is under the counter.
"I am a huge fan of John Green!" Me: Yeah, that's how I got my weird sayings about the Mongols and land wars in Asia. "Uh... but what about the Fault in Our Stars? Me: Uh... what?
I visited Moenjodoro and Harappa a few days back and let me tell you that the pictures you see on the internet do not do them justice. It's such mesmerizing place, you have to visit it if you are a history nut.
I did four years in prison and we were allowed to have tablets. There were free videos to download, one of them being Crash Course History. I watched all of these videos and branched out to his books and, eventually, his movie adaptations as well. Much love to you John Green.
According to most Ancient History text books which are prescribed in Indian schools, the powerful dude with horned helmet is 'Pashupati', an incarnation of Hindu god 'Shiva'. 'Pashu' means animal and 'pati' means master or lord. So basically 'Lord of animals'. PS: Love Crash Course. :)
The stamp may depicts lord shiva in yoga asana (this yoga asana is taught in india as "PADMAASANA" The animals usually depicts the devine bond living peacefully together As lord shiva is considered creator of universe ,he is also cosidered lord of animals as he is some times reffered as Pashupati nath "Pashu" means animal and "Nath" means lord There is a temple in india /Nepal called "pashupati Nath" temple dedicated to lord shiva Shiva is considered the first YOGI inventor of yoga The posture on the stamp may be a yoga posture which we practice for improving Chakra U can also see shiva in famous NATRAJ posture , dancing for creation of universe widely discussed and known in HINDUISM text and india and rest of the world
I think the Indus were the first human civilization that grasped the idea of something beyond the material. I think it was a nation of philosophers and inventors who created a intellectual meritocracy. I think it was the first strive towards the most ideal nation as seen with the lack of emphasis on power (Less importance on temples and palaces) and emphasis of exchanging ideas and socially/morally healthy citizens (bath houses). What the US should've been.
Oh I'm sure we would have found ways to function..the basis of currency is still barter :) Do not be so butthurt my friend with a peculiar name, and also, not a baniya lol. IVC people were awesome definitely, but not everything is completely awesome
Ansh Gandhi no, barter system is distinct from money system. Without money evil baniya does not function. If you arent baniya what are you? Brahmn? Harijan? Bhil Adivasi?
Two corrections: 1. Copper and Bronze were available in Harappan lands. What wasn’t was the metal silver, which was imported from Mesopotamia. 2. Indian Caste system does not have 5 sub castes. It has 4 - Brahmin, Kshatriya, Vaishya and Shudra. Harijan is modern term for shudra. 3. Pashupati seal had proto-shiva on it, who has 3 heads and 3 horns. Elephants, along with tiger and buffalo and 2 deers were also around him. Apart from these minor corrections, it was a Great video! Good work!
Yes , india has 4 ; bramhin (philosopher), kshatriya (the worrier) vaishya ( traders) and shudra ( helpers of above 4 ) and "harijan"(people of lord vishnu) is the word given by mahatama gandhi to dalits
I love how the stick figure is still contemplating his existential questions in utter meditative silence throughout this video. Hope he figured it out, man. Or just stopped overthinking everything. One of the two.
when you Look at non-Politicized facts we are actually living in the Best time to be alive. (in western civilization) We have almost constant Access to running water, Near equal sexual, racial, and religious equality. we even have constant access to mass of human information Making self education possible. Personal freedoms are flourishing and modern Medicine is saving Billions of lives world wide! Even with the upcoming american election and Britain leaving the European union, society has checks and balances to stop tyrants or total economic collapse. I dare you Name one time it would be better to be alive!
Hi John Green, My 5 and 1/2 year old daughter watched this video. Her first video of yours to see. She says thank you for allowing us to learn and watch. She liked the Indus valley art you showed. She liked your magic and presentation style. We had to slow down the video speed to 85 percent because you speak English very fast (she's bilingual). We're almost certain to be watching more of your videos in the future for her history lessons. We hope that you're staying healthy and safe in these interesting and challenging times. I wish you and your family prosperous, long lives, Trip Seibold
"The Moist Mystery of Mohenjo Daro" _"The Wet Wonder"_ Sounds more like R rated movies about intense explicit sessions of skoodilypooping than anything else
+serioushamster well, it wasn't "so easily". The time frame between the "mature" Harappan phase and the late Harappan phase (when the civilization started to decline ) was over a period of a 1000 years or even more. As mentioned in the video, the cause is hotly debated, but in my opinion and research, it was due to the shifting of the main course of the Indus River, which lead to the drying of major tributaries in the system, such as the much fabled Saraswati river, the remnants of which is now believed to be the dry river bed of Ghaggar-Hakra.
Honestly, we watched this in class today, and I feel like I’m the only one who followed because I’m the only one who raised their hand. Idk why, but I never spaced out during this entire thing, and I was so proud of myself. The first lecture I’ve ever had in which I didn’t space out.
You guys are all great. Love that you offer this very important information for free. Information that a lot of people don't know in this age. Your doing the world a great service. Thank you
I’m so jealous of everyone commenting that they’re watching this for a test. When I went to school (in the 90s-00s... at a super tiny school), we were barely taught any history. I’m so happy content like this is available to more people!!
I'm not sure on how he came to the conclusion that the Harappans aren't the ancestors of modern India and Pakistan, many of the ancient Harappan deities are present in the Hindu pantheon on of gods. In fact it's widely accepted that the Dravidian race of people in India are the direct descendants based on genealogy. And Pakistan became Islamic around 700 AD after the Arab invasion of the Ummayuds, they're ancestors were largely either Hindu, Jain or Buddhists as evidenced by the numerous archeological sites.
If Egyptian can feel proud on there Pyramids than why can't us ?? More than 85% of Egypt's population is muslims but there ancestors who created those pyramids were non muslims If you want to state that Pakistanis are mostly muslims therefore they can't claim this Indus civilization than you are totally wrong One more thing Indus was never be a part of ancient India This region (Pakistan) was known as Sindhu or Sindh the region beyond Sindh was called Hind Hind and Sindh were two different regions only at the time of british India it become a part of British India and now this state an official part of Pakistan
The entire territory of modern Pakistan, apart from most of Balochistan, has historically been a part of India, and that has nothing to do with hatefully created modern boundaries
Syed Mashood Ali and who even said don’t feel pride about it - the Indus Valley civilisation is the shared pride of the entire Indian subcontinent, regardless of religion. So idk what you are going on about he said nothing which would provoke your response 😒
Pakistani follow the narrative that their ancestors came from outside from the middle East and they suppressed the Hindus and ruled over them. In reality though most pakistanis were simply converted to islam. They are not from the Arab lands.
I'm home schooled and I find these to be a great source of information on very interesting subjects. Thanks CrashCourse! p.s I spend way too much time watching you're videos...
Sorry to break the thread, but replying to the OP: I about DIED when he said "Sawart River." I had to rewind just to hear it again, and I died laughing. But again, we should cut him some slack; it's nice that he even made a video going in-depth on a topic like this. Also, he's not a native speaker.
Very interesting! Just wanted to add that there were many trade goods, one of the most important being Lapis Lazuli. There was a colony located about 900kms away from the main territory of the Indus Valley civilization which was constructed to control the Lapus Lazuli mines regionally. Also, they sold gold, silver, timber, animals (monkey too for some reason) to Mesopotmia. Also, the hypothesis is that they were a federation/republic instead of a monarchy or theocracy. They also didnt discriminate against Nomadic tribes and actually traded with them (also using them as transportation services to move goods!).
The dude sitting with the animals in a Yoga pose is called the "Proto-Shiva", one of the earliest representations of Hindu God Shiva. Therefore it is not true to say that Indus Valley people had nothing to do with Hinduism ,since both Shiva and Yoga belong to the Hindu tradition. There is other evidence like the "Mother-Goddess", "The Bull" that also show a link with Hinduism. I enjoyed the video nonetheless.
+Blue Stars What's wrong with Pakistanis. you guys always sound so illiterate. You just showed that you have never seen any Renaissance art, never read a history textbook. I don't want to get into an argument with an illiterate person and ruin the comments section. Have a good day.
+Siddharth Shankar... Don't be stupid. We have better literacy rate then India as well toilets. It is India who is short of toilets due to which 500 millions Indians hug in open. Don't get personal.. I wrote the historic facts which should not be manipulated by religious extremist in India who killed the Ghandi (founding father of India).
This is why I say most Pakistani people are illiterate. Zia destroyed you guys. Literacy rate in Pakistan is 56%, in India it is 72%. Also, Pakistan has the highest proportion of out of school children in Asia at 58%, in India that number is less than 2% .Therefore that gap will only get wider. India also has better Per capita income, produces more PHDs in one year than Pakistan has produced since independence. Pakistanis should be the last people in the world to lecture anyone about religious extremism, remember OBL? Anyways, I am not saying all this to gloat over the fact that we are "superior", afterall we don't chose the country that we are born in. It's just that it is so disappointing that an entire population has become bereft of any critical thinking faculties due to religious brainwashing I accept that expecting correct information from an illiterate person is itself paradoxical.
A mistake to associate the caste system / four varnas with the Great Bath at Mohenjo Daro. The four varnas came much later, starting around 100 CE, and to begin with among the Central Asian / Indo-European / Vedic people. You may like reading Early Indians (2018) by Tony Joseph. Also, since Vedic Hinduism itself came after or at best, towards the end of the Indus Valley civilisation, it's incorrect to appropriate the person in the seal as Pashupati, as some of the commenters are doing. At best, Shiva or Pashupati could be an invention of Vedic Hinduism under the influence of earlier Harappan beliefs.
I think Shiva was an old Local God in the region with Shakti/The Goddess and a few others. We are sure that Devas and Asuras came from the Iranians and all these merged with the Local culture(or what remained of it) to form the Vedic culture. Shiva, especially is not relevent in Early Vedas, but used as a figure to basically get the Locals to accept this new religion.
@@shubhampandi9561 They didn't even have anything related to Vedas and we found absolutely zero Gods that were worshiped at that time. Shiva is the only one we are doubtful of as an Old God.
Its strange that we have gone to the moon and now not far from going to Mars. But strangest thing is that we have not yet decipher the Indus valley writings.
+nillic It's just code. There are now computers powerful enough to determine a range of possibilities of what the texts could mean based on character appearance rates, commonalities in all human languages and so forth. If humans had language already when they left africa then all languages share certain semantic qualities. The key to the seals must be locked in those commonalities.
What!? I found this particular episode to be very disappointing. *How can you talk about Mohenjo Daro: Without explaining that it means City of the Dead?* It's one of the spookiest, most frightening places on Earth. Archeologists were creeped out about it from Day One. *Skeletons were found piled high in the corners in house after house, in street after street! We know exactly why Mohenjo Daro collapsed: *Nearly everyone there suddenly died!* Why they died, is what we don't know. How a nearly perfect, incredibly advanced civilization can suddenly be wiped off the face of the Earth in a day: Is a terrifying mystery. One of the greatest mysteries of the world. Yet so much time is spent talking about their baths??
I wish all the teachers were as cool as your videos. I would not have that hard time learning for my exams because I would actually remember something from their lessons.
Hmm, I live in Pakistan myself and to think that we had one of the oldest civilizations here is pretty cool. The historical sites around here are poorly managed as far as I know. I think it should be looked after. :(
Oldest civilization built by hindus ,not muslims . Mughals invaded and destroyed most of em. Harappa mihanjodaro have nothing to do with islamic Pakistan.
@Devesh Gupta That's actually very interesting! I still feel nice for them having been here. :) I hope the Pakistani government can start caring for the historical sites here, honestly, because they do add value to the nation.
Thank you for your series, I stumbled upon them one day and have been watching one episode with every breakfast. I'm of Indian origin, and I would like to know more about the Indus valley civilization and why the indians of today aren't considered descendants of the Indus valley civilization.
Aviram Bhalla-Levine FWIW, his presentation is pretty much what I remember from high school, back in the mid-'80s. I may have forgotten that we can't read their writing.
The history known today have been written mainly by the European Generals who ruled India and you guessed it, they have written it in a biased manner to show their supremacy over the natives. The say vedas and sanskrit have come from Aryans. This Aryan invasion has already been debunked. You dont find Sanskrit texts any where else in the world except India. Most the of the history written about our country is totally distorted.
2828jordan Spot on! The British historians wanted to believe that the native Indians were barbaric and it was the European aryans who came and civilized Indians. But that is clearly proved wrong by the discovery of Harappa and Mohenjadaro. Clearly the Indus valley civilization was far more advanced than the Europeans of later centuries. It would be stupid to believe that Caucasians came and dominated the natives of the Indus valley civilization. It is sad that some Indians still believe in this falsehood of "Aryans" and "Dravidians" and remain divided.
Cibson Charles Greeks were debating logic for centuries when the Romans were still living in caves, but the inferior Roman culture defeated the superior Greek culture. Your superior mind is no match for our advanced weapons. It is now believed that climate change and decline in trade from the West brought about the decline of the Indus Valley Civilization. Regardless of the cause, though, Caucasians moved into India in the Indo-Aryan migrations at the end of the Indus Valley civilization.
I find the history of our species to be inherently interesting. How can people not be interested in where we came from and how we got here? Seems like most are just looking to ace a test and move on.
I'm doing it as well for the same reason. (Ok, to be honest, I'm doing it to be good in quizzes as well :P ) Booker DeWitt Human history is fascinating and makes me want to become an archaeologist.
What the hell with all these people using these to cram! This is a "crash course". It's an excellent starting point. And also, I feel like I'm learning more because I'm watching this (and basically all of their playlists) for the pure pleasure of it.
great reviews. cramming them is because we forget to start reviewing early, and to keep in our heads from a more recent point in time. can't forget it if it isnt history!
@Shahzeb Ali their is a thing which is called dna and gene , and genetic research of indus skeleton are related to Indian and Pakistani are to only punjabi people
I am. History is very interesting to me and it's just fun to watch this kind of thing. I finished with history at school years ago, yet I now spend more time reading/watching videos about it then when I had to do it for school.
I'm an ancient Indian culture student and the bull horned diety is called 'pashupati'- meaning the god of animals. I liked the fact that the video says everything that's true and seems has done a lot of research before just saying all of it.
You mention that the guy wears horns but not that he has (at least) three faces? It would seem you and I have different priorities. :P [Late to the party]
Thank you so much for this brilliant video, just subscribed, guess I am 6 years too late but hey better late than never! Indus Valley Civilisation is my personal favourite too! Since I come from the land of this particular civilisation, modern day Pakistan, it will always have a special place in my heart.
Except Pakistan or Pakistanis have nothing to do with it. Pakistan is just a geo-political entity that came into existence in 1947. And as per scholars it is most likely the Dravidians in Southern India who were the inhabitants of the Indus Valley Civilization. Also, the largest Harappan site (Rakhigarhi) and the oldest site (Bhirrana) are both in India, not Pakistan.
@@xerxesbreak5226 the most advanced city mohenjodaro is in Pakistan and had toilets which india doesnt, secondly harrapa is near modern day sahiwal Pakistan, thirdly no need to tell when Pakistan got independent, and 4thly u cant change the fact that its exists in Pakistan, no matter how hard it burns u
@@chee-max6460 Lol As if Pakistan has toilets, there are still millions in Pakistan without access to toilets As of December 2018, 95%+ of India has access to toilets, while Pakistan isn't even at 90% And there is no such thing as "most advanced city" in Indus valley civilization, each city had it's own special features And Rakhigarhi (which lies in India) had sanitation systems too, quit barking if you don't know facts India has 616 IVC sites (including the oldest and the largest) while Pakistan has just 416 Pakistan is a failed country anyway, it got split into Bangladesh and will be split in the future
@@gooduH786 There is no reason to believe they belonged to any other region than the Indian Subcontinent. Indian Subcontinent though connected to Eurasia is extremely isolated due to physical boundaries (read Himalayan range). To top that Indian land was fertile, it makes common sense for the IVC people to move towards the heartland of India than to try and cross those huge mountains.
So my grandmother happens to come from this state called Sindh which was India and now Pakistan. I was just curious because they are in a similar location...
+tonyantonio Or Honors World History... But, don't worry about it, as long as you read your textbooks and try to be engaged in class and stuff, y'all should be fine. Don't watch these to cram, watch them as daily fun facts or something.
Is there a video about the African empires? Like the Songhay, Ashanti, Mali? Or anything about the Bantu migrations? These are often overlooked when studying world history. At least it was in all the world history classes I took throughout elementary and high school. He should definitely add that to this collection of world history.
"We don't know what the great bath was used for"
My theory is that is was used for a great number of people to wash themselves
Hahaha
He means to say that the reason people would wash themselves there is unknown.
+Steven Choza maybe it had nice decor
Alyssa White
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Seriously?
well for romans bathing was also a social thing, quite possibly it was also a social thing a place to make deals and strengthen social bonds while bathing.
Notes:
Civilization Requirements
Surplus production - being able to feed the people lets you build cities
Specialization of labor - trade
Social stratification
Centralized government, shared values (often in religion and writing)
5000 years ago civilizations were associated with river
Why river valleys?
Flat, well watered, floods brought nutrient-rich silt
Indus Valley civilization
Located in the flood plain of the Indus and sarawati rivers
Rivers flooded twice a year
Flourished at around 3000 BCE
Traded with Mesopotamians
Trade cloth for bronze, used seals on their goods
Largest ancient civilization
Over 1500 sites had two major cities: Mohenjo and Harappa
Made of dense, multistory homes constructed out of bricks perpendicular to the streets
Built to catch wind to cool homes
Had a drainage system that carried waste and water in sewer ditches that ran under avenues
- implied there was government but has an unknown authority
Peaceful- barely any weapons and no evidence of war
Around 1750 BCE the civilization declined
Why?
Possibilities:
Over run by Caucasus
Environmental disaster
Major earthquake changed the river course so tributaries dried up
Totally An Alien Thank you for this. You will save many a grade with this information.
Totally An Alien I love you
wow thank you
It's literally been a year, but I too love you for this
As do I
the stick figure with a smiley face asking why it's alive is way funnier to me than it should be
Alaney Holland It’s Forky from Toy Story 4 lol
i mean if he want the response i can give it to him but just like any other 7th grade you probably dont want it
"cause all the other languages sounded like 'BAR BAR BAR BAR BAR BAR BAR'" I don't think I've laughed this hard at an educational video in my entire life, thanks
If you have berries and I have a hammer, I have a hammer, and I have berries.
+PtolemyJones Now THAT'S what I call high-pressure sales tactics! Good job. Capitalism wins
***** Price discrimination: setting different prices for different customers. Berries may not necessarily be poisonous themselves, but they may be laced with poison. How would you know? There is over the counter, then there is under the counter.
***** Assymetric information: the seller ALWAYS knows more than the buyer.
+PtolemyJones was that meant to be dirty?
+PtolemyJones I was interested in your comments, but when I saw the replies below, I am done, I am totally done . No why.
"I am a huge fan of John Green!"
Me: Yeah, that's how I got my weird sayings about the Mongols and land wars in Asia.
"Uh... but what about the Fault in Our Stars?
Me: Uh... what?
I visited Moenjodoro and Harappa a few days back and let me tell you that the pictures you see on the internet do not do them justice. It's such mesmerizing place, you have to visit it if you are a history nut.
8caligula1 you should also not worship shiv ka lund and balatkari krishna follow indus culture and religion wch was strongly Buddhism
@@Shahrukhkhan0978 Allah is false god.
That's interesting that there is little evidence of war in the indus valley, when their neighbors in Mesopotamia never stopped.
I did four years in prison and we were allowed to have tablets. There were free videos to download, one of them being Crash Course History. I watched all of these videos and branched out to his books and, eventually, his movie adaptations as well. Much love to you John Green.
are you married?
@@trashisland3439 no.
@@trashisland3439 why do you ask?
@@kamikazechivalry1264 Someone commented saying "My husband is in prison and has tablets, and loves to watch your videos."
Gotcha.
civilization coming to a dank river valley near you
*The Great Bath*
I N DU S R I V E R V A L L E Y C I V I L I Z A T I O N
Legend
T H E S U N I S A D E A D L Y L A Z E R
Fareed Al-Rashid N O T A N Y M O R E T H E R E S A B L A N K L E T
According to most Ancient History text books which are prescribed in Indian schools, the powerful dude with horned helmet is 'Pashupati', an incarnation of Hindu god 'Shiva'. 'Pashu' means animal and 'pati' means master or lord. So basically 'Lord of animals'.
PS: Love Crash Course. :)
The stamp may depicts lord shiva in yoga asana (this yoga asana is taught in india as "PADMAASANA"
The animals usually depicts the devine bond living peacefully together
As lord shiva is considered creator of universe ,he is also cosidered lord of animals
as he is some times reffered as Pashupati nath
"Pashu" means animal and "Nath" means lord
There is a temple in india /Nepal called "pashupati Nath" temple dedicated to lord shiva
Shiva is considered the first YOGI inventor of yoga
The posture on the stamp may be a yoga posture which we practice for improving Chakra
U can also see shiva in famous NATRAJ posture , dancing for creation of universe
widely discussed and known in HINDUISM text and india and rest of the world
Hinduism didn't exited back then it came with the people who came in the region later on so it's not a hindu god afterall
daniyal k yes but they also incorporated a lot of pre existing beliefs into Hinduism like this one
Jonty Roy motu pati
Vedas are found from those places so they are considered Hindu Gods by archeologists.
I think the Indus were the first human civilization that grasped the idea of something beyond the material. I think it was a nation of philosophers and inventors who created a intellectual meritocracy. I think it was the first strive towards the most ideal nation as seen with the lack of emphasis on power (Less importance on temples and palaces) and emphasis of exchanging ideas and socially/morally healthy citizens (bath houses). What the US should've been.
That too without any weapons. Genius!
They did make currency, though. The root of almost all modern day evils, the successor of the barter.
Ansh Gandhi if there was no currency, then baniyas like you wouldnt even function. So be thankful to IVC people atleast
Oh I'm sure we would have found ways to function..the basis of currency is still barter :) Do not be so butthurt my friend with a peculiar name, and also, not a baniya lol. IVC people were awesome definitely, but not everything is completely awesome
Ansh Gandhi no, barter system is distinct from money system. Without money evil baniya does not function. If you arent baniya what are you? Brahmn? Harijan? Bhil Adivasi?
Two corrections:
1. Copper and Bronze were available in Harappan lands. What wasn’t was the metal silver, which was imported from Mesopotamia.
2. Indian Caste system does not have 5 sub castes. It has 4 - Brahmin, Kshatriya, Vaishya and Shudra. Harijan is modern term for shudra.
3. Pashupati seal had proto-shiva on it, who has 3 heads and 3 horns. Elephants, along with tiger and buffalo and 2 deers were also around him.
Apart from these minor corrections, it was a Great video! Good work!
Bro, harijans aren't shudras. They are out of varna system itself and lower than all of the varna system.
There's nothing called shiva the guy on the seal is a normal human being mediating
harijan is a name for dalits. Which aren't considered even a part of the caste system's heirarchy.
Yes , india has 4 ; bramhin (philosopher), kshatriya (the worrier) vaishya ( traders) and shudra ( helpers of above 4 ) and "harijan"(people of lord vishnu) is the word given by mahatama gandhi to dalits
It's a misunderstanding that the seal represents a Hindu god. Hinduism was brought to India by the people that lived in the Caucasus.
I love how the stick figure is still contemplating his existential questions in utter meditative silence throughout this video. Hope he figured it out, man. Or just stopped overthinking everything. One of the two.
+Bryce “Bryce no. 6” Fergusson He got erased before the next video.
TheRealPentigan That's sad.
Came for history.. left with history and relationship advice. (I actually was having a problem with clinginess... damn.. this helped. )
Learned more from John in 20 min than from my history teacher in half a year.. Seriously, thank you Crash Course, without you I would have failed
what a beautiful morning, I sure am living in the decline of western civilization
good one xD
Not really...
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when you Look at non-Politicized facts we are actually living in the Best time to be alive. (in western civilization)
We have almost constant Access to running water, Near equal sexual, racial, and religious equality.
we even have constant access to mass of human information Making self education possible.
Personal freedoms are flourishing and modern Medicine is saving Billions of lives world wide!
Even with the upcoming american election and Britain leaving the European union, society has checks and balances to stop tyrants or total economic collapse. I dare you Name one time it would be better to be alive!
+Jacob B ancient Indus valley civilisation!
Hi John Green,
My 5 and 1/2 year old daughter watched this video. Her first video of yours to see. She says thank you for allowing us to learn and watch. She liked the Indus valley art you showed. She liked your magic and presentation style. We had to slow down the video speed to 85 percent because you speak English very fast (she's bilingual).
We're almost certain to be watching more of your videos in the future for her history lessons.
We hope that you're staying healthy and safe in these interesting and challenging times.
I wish you and your family prosperous, long lives,
Trip Seibold
He starts talking about Indus Valley at 3:00.
You're welcome!
Thanks, I was ready to move on
Yes! Thankyou
thank youuu
Thank you
Gracia
literally all the comments on these vids:
1. who else is cramming for a test
2. who else is not cramming for a test and just enjoying history
smh
global history II is hard man im telling you
unless you are the Mongols
XD
just enjoying history
I just really like history the way he does it
"The Moist Mystery of Mohenjo Daro"
_"The Wet Wonder"_
Sounds more like R rated movies about intense explicit sessions of skoodilypooping than anything else
Sabba7h im glad im not the only who thought that .😅
me too
R is not the appropriate rating for those movies.
Yesssss. I couldnt think of a way to say that without getting reported but you did it perfectly.
Nice to know I'm not the only one with a dirty mind
The Indus Valley people had a drainage system,something the Europeans didnt get till the 1800s.How did such an advanced people die out so easily?
+serioushamster well, it wasn't "so easily". The time frame between the "mature" Harappan phase and the late Harappan phase (when the civilization started to decline ) was over a period of a 1000 years or even more. As mentioned in the video, the cause is hotly debated, but in my opinion and research, it was due to the shifting of the main course of the Indus River, which lead to the drying of major tributaries in the system, such as the much fabled Saraswati river, the remnants of which is now believed to be the dry river bed of Ghaggar-Hakra.
the recent published research shows it was as old as 8000 year old.. i think they survived quite a good time
Mesopotamian did it too 🤗
serioushamster They survived for so long , I think they made a long lasting legacy
serioushamster They survived for hundreds - a thousand years so they actually last for a long time
Honestly, we watched this in class today, and I feel like I’m the only one who followed because I’m the only one who raised their hand. Idk why, but I never spaced out during this entire thing, and I was so proud of myself. The first lecture I’ve ever had in which I didn’t space out.
my husband watches these videos on his tablet in prison. he loves them. makes the time pass and gives him a good laugh.
In prison really??
@@miguelcabreramartinez7834 what kind of rich white prison is he in that he gets a tablet...I'm not even in prison and I don't have a tablet
love that tax goes towards prisoners having tablets and not kids in schools having them
ok
Meanwhile, I'm watching these videos in the hopes that my $100k debt will be worth it...
I have to watch these for my AP class. Never have I been more excited to watch a series of 10 minute long history videos
You guys are all great. Love that you offer this very important information for free. Information that a lot of people don't know in this age. Your doing the world a great service. Thank you
I’m so jealous of everyone commenting that they’re watching this for a test. When I went to school (in the 90s-00s... at a super tiny school), we were barely taught any history. I’m so happy content like this is available to more people!!
I'm not sure on how he came to the conclusion that the Harappans aren't the ancestors of modern India and Pakistan, many of the ancient Harappan deities are present in the Hindu pantheon on of gods. In fact it's widely accepted that the Dravidian race of people in India are the direct descendants based on genealogy. And Pakistan became Islamic around 700 AD after the Arab invasion of the Ummayuds, they're ancestors were largely either Hindu, Jain or Buddhists as evidenced by the numerous archeological sites.
If Egyptian can feel proud on there Pyramids than why can't us ??
More than 85% of Egypt's population is muslims but there ancestors who created those pyramids were non muslims
If you want to state that Pakistanis are mostly muslims therefore they can't claim this Indus civilization than you are totally wrong
One more thing Indus was never be a part of ancient India
This region (Pakistan) was known as Sindhu or Sindh the region beyond Sindh was called Hind
Hind and Sindh were two different regions only at the time of british India it become a part of British India and now this state an official part of Pakistan
Syed Mashood Ali hind and sindh are literally the same thing pronounced differently what are you on bro
The entire territory of modern Pakistan, apart from most of Balochistan, has historically been a part of India, and that has nothing to do with hatefully created modern boundaries
Syed Mashood Ali and who even said don’t feel pride about it - the Indus Valley civilisation is the shared pride of the entire Indian subcontinent, regardless of religion. So idk what you are going on about he said nothing which would provoke your response 😒
Pakistani follow the narrative that their ancestors came from outside from the middle East and they suppressed the Hindus and ruled over them.
In reality though most pakistanis were simply converted to islam. They are not from the Arab lands.
John Green teaching about the Indes Valley civilization and giving relationship advice in the same breath? I love Crash Course!
I'm home schooled and I find these to be a great source of information on very interesting subjects. Thanks CrashCourse! p.s I spend way too much time watching you're videos...
I got this channel 11 years to late. Thank You for all of your work. Loving it!
I always watch this series while playing Civ 5.
Me too
TheKoopasArmy I watch it while bathing in goats milk and watching the Fresh Prince of Belair on mute ;-)
TheKoopasArmy Strange...I "watch" this playing Total War games
+FSuixo me too. 77 hours in this FUCKING awesome cool game.
+TheKoopasArmy I was playing Civ: BE but pretty close.
“40th and final episode in this series”
Me: **sees playlist with 42** this is going to be fun
"Sarawati" river? It's "Saraswati!"
damn son I'm sorry
not like we pronounce words different in different accents or languages
cut the americans some slack bhai
@Ohm namah Shivay omg someone finally pointed this out! lmao good to know im still from the original indus valley civilization
Sorry to break the thread, but replying to the OP: I about DIED when he said "Sawart River." I had to rewind just to hear it again, and I died laughing. But again, we should cut him some slack; it's nice that he even made a video going in-depth on a topic like this. Also, he's not a native speaker.
@Abhi Prakash I can feel your pain xD
Very interesting! Just wanted to add that there were many trade goods, one of the most important being Lapis Lazuli. There was a colony located about 900kms away from the main territory of the Indus Valley civilization which was constructed to control the Lapus Lazuli mines regionally. Also, they sold gold, silver, timber, animals (monkey too for some reason) to Mesopotmia. Also, the hypothesis is that they were a federation/republic instead of a monarchy or theocracy. They also didnt discriminate against Nomadic tribes and actually traded with them (also using them as transportation services to move goods!).
The dude sitting with the animals in a Yoga pose is called the "Proto-Shiva", one of the earliest representations of Hindu God Shiva. Therefore it is not true to say that Indus Valley people had nothing to do with Hinduism ,since both Shiva and Yoga belong to the Hindu tradition. There is other evidence like the "Mother-Goddess", "The Bull" that also show a link with Hinduism.
I enjoyed the video nonetheless.
Bull is said to b the ride of god shiva
+Blue Stars What's wrong with Pakistanis. you guys always sound so illiterate. You just showed that you have never seen any Renaissance art, never read a history textbook. I don't want to get into an argument with an illiterate person and ruin the comments section. Have a good day.
+Siddharth Shankar... Don't be stupid. We have better literacy rate then India as well toilets. It is India who is short of toilets due to which 500 millions Indians hug in open. Don't get personal.. I wrote the historic facts which should not be manipulated by religious extremist in India who killed the Ghandi (founding father of India).
This is why I say most Pakistani people are illiterate. Zia destroyed you guys. Literacy rate in Pakistan is 56%, in India it is 72%. Also, Pakistan has the highest proportion of out of school children in Asia at 58%, in India that number is less than 2% .Therefore that gap will only get wider. India also has better Per capita income, produces more PHDs in one year than Pakistan has produced since independence. Pakistanis should be the last people in the world to lecture anyone about religious extremism, remember OBL? Anyways, I am not saying all this to gloat over the fact that we are "superior", afterall we don't chose the country that we are born in. It's just that it is so disappointing that an entire population has become bereft of any critical thinking faculties due to religious brainwashing I accept that expecting correct information from an illiterate person is itself paradoxical.
Calm down
12 years later & still very watch-able
When you start studying a night before the exam
🤣😭
Hassan Muse shh
Omg same
hahahaha
What I'm doing right now XD
A mistake to associate the caste system / four varnas with the Great Bath at Mohenjo Daro. The four varnas came much later, starting around 100 CE, and to begin with among the Central Asian / Indo-European / Vedic people. You may like reading Early Indians (2018) by Tony Joseph.
Also, since Vedic Hinduism itself came after or at best, towards the end of the Indus Valley civilisation, it's incorrect to appropriate the person in the seal as Pashupati, as some of the commenters are doing. At best, Shiva or Pashupati could be an invention of Vedic Hinduism under the influence of earlier Harappan beliefs.
At best you can comment or think whatever you want but that person is Shiva and whole Harappan civilization was vedic Hindu civilization
I think Shiva was an old Local God in the region with Shakti/The Goddess and a few others. We are sure that Devas and Asuras came from the Iranians and all these merged with the Local culture(or what remained of it) to form the Vedic culture. Shiva, especially is not relevent in Early Vedas, but used as a figure to basically get the Locals to accept this new religion.
@@shubhampandi9561 They didn't even have anything related to Vedas and we found absolutely zero Gods that were worshiped at that time. Shiva is the only one we are doubtful of as an Old God.
@@ishubetterthanyou1582 only fools likey you are sure theirs no evidence
@@ishubetterthanyou1582 don't tell me what they found , we are not blind
Its strange that we have gone to the moon and now not far from going to Mars. But strangest thing is that we have not yet decipher the Indus valley writings.
so do I, I am planning to take history lessons at one of our UK universities.
+Mashiur Chowdhury
We need Rosetta Stone. The other option would be to keep digging! :)
+nillic It's just code. There are now computers powerful enough to determine a range of possibilities of what the texts could mean based on character appearance rates, commonalities in all human languages and so forth. If humans had language already when they left africa then all languages share certain semantic qualities. The key to the seals must be locked in those commonalities.
What!? I found this particular episode to be very disappointing. *How can you talk about Mohenjo Daro: Without explaining that it means City of the Dead?* It's one of the spookiest, most frightening places on Earth. Archeologists were creeped out about it from Day One. *Skeletons were found piled high in the corners in house after house, in street after street! We know exactly why Mohenjo Daro collapsed: *Nearly everyone there suddenly died!* Why they died, is what we don't know. How a nearly perfect, incredibly advanced civilization can suddenly be wiped off the face of the Earth in a day: Is a terrifying mystery. One of the greatest mysteries of the world. Yet so much time is spent talking about their baths??
+Kathryn Davidson English Translation for the Sindhi word "Mohen-jo-Daro" is Mount* of The Dead to be precise.
can you suggest some unbiased documentaries or books about Indus Valley civilization???
They should have used all 9 minutes to talk about the wet wonder!
+Kathryn Davidson May be they were worshiping satan and God's wrath came.........
+Shazid Dihan Truly possible. Lol.
Shoutout to everyone who is studying for the WHAP test tomorrow. You're doing great!
+SACKCLOTHANDASHES thanks
These are so hilarious and fun to watch! We just finished watching this over breakfast. Thanks for the humor and the good information.
Its such an intellectual pleasure to listen to your videos. Great job John.
I absolutely love these videos! Both the science and history crash courses are intriguing and fun! Thank y'all so much!
“Why am a I alive?”
*Well that was quick*
This was the peak learning experince
Good luck to everyone taking the ap test tomorrow too, +Andrew Shelton same!
Is anyone here just because they like history? Lol.
+justin mcconnell ME!
+justin mcconnell Me too, but I doubt what he's teaching is accurate enough ........ofcourse with history you can't be 100% accurate
BAHAHAHA nope, i have a midterm
me
+inPursuit ofNirvana This series is a good starting point to figure out what sections of history you find more interesting.
I wish all the teachers were as cool as your videos. I would not have that hard time learning for my exams because I would actually remember something from their lessons.
“The Fault In Our Stars” is my favorite book of all time!
Mine too but film too
Hmm, I live in Pakistan myself and to think that we had one of the oldest civilizations here is pretty cool. The historical sites around here are poorly managed as far as I know. I think it should be looked after. :(
Oldest civilization built by hindus ,not muslims . Mughals invaded and destroyed most of em. Harappa mihanjodaro have nothing to do with islamic Pakistan.
@Kundan .N kya nahi hua tha?
@@Nk-fu1yn Back then, I don't think they followed the religions we have today.
@Devesh Gupta That's actually very interesting! I still feel nice for them having been here. :) I hope the Pakistani government can start caring for the historical sites here, honestly, because they do add value to the nation.
@@Nk-fu1yn oh shitthole, civilization has nothing to do with religon
Thank you for your series, I stumbled upon them one day and have been watching one episode with every breakfast. I'm of Indian origin, and I would like to know more about the Indus valley civilization and why the indians of today aren't considered descendants of the Indus valley civilization.
Aviram Bhalla-Levine FWIW, his presentation is pretty much what I remember from high school, back in the mid-'80s. I may have forgotten that we can't read their writing.
man ar u living in america , i live in india what is ur name bro ?
The history known today have been written mainly by the European Generals who ruled India and you guessed it, they have written it in a biased manner to show their supremacy over the natives. The say vedas and sanskrit have come from Aryans. This Aryan invasion has already been debunked. You dont find Sanskrit texts any where else in the world except India. Most the of the history written about our country is totally distorted.
2828jordan Spot on! The British historians wanted to believe that the native Indians were barbaric and it was the European aryans who came and civilized Indians. But that is clearly proved wrong by the discovery of Harappa and Mohenjadaro. Clearly the Indus valley civilization was far more advanced than the Europeans of later centuries. It would be stupid to believe that Caucasians came and dominated the natives of the Indus valley civilization. It is sad that some Indians still believe in this falsehood of "Aryans" and "Dravidians" and remain divided.
Cibson Charles Greeks were debating logic for centuries when the Romans were still living in caves, but the inferior Roman culture defeated the superior Greek culture. Your superior mind is no match for our advanced weapons.
It is now believed that climate change and decline in trade from the West brought about the decline of the Indus Valley Civilization. Regardless of the cause, though, Caucasians moved into India in the Indo-Aryan migrations at the end of the Indus Valley civilization.
I hope one day archeologists learn more about the Indus Valley and how it collasped.
RE watching this makes me realize how much I miss this series
AP test on thurday, watching this whole playlist to jog up my memory.
Hi John, could you do a crash course on ancient South Indian History? That would be great!
when ur apwh test is in 7 days and you forgot everything before 1914
same
Same
Same lol
Same lol
SAAAMMMMEEE
8:53 😂😂😂😂 i loved the honesty, i think that's my team.
CrashCourse is awesome!
TOTALLY AGREE!!
I don t even have history anymore,just watching this because it s interesting
Am I really the only one who's watching the World History series to understand history and not for tests?
Anyone?
Okay.
I find the history of our species to be inherently interesting. How can people not be interested in where we came from and how we got here? Seems like most are just looking to ace a test and move on.
I'm doing it as well for the same reason. (Ok, to be honest, I'm doing it to be good in quizzes as well :P )
Booker DeWitt Human history is fascinating and makes me want to become an archaeologist.
lol same here!
youre not the only one bb
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I just can't believe how good this is for a 2nd episode. The drive by fruitings of Indianapolis and Houston are the cherries on top.
Is it bad that i'm only watching the whole world history playlist to study for the AP Exam
nope i am too :D
me too
me too
ditto
same..
I don't even go to school anymore, but I'm learning much more than if I did!
Good luck to everyone taking the AP exam 😄 I’m getting a 2 and being killed by my parents
Same here! They payed for my $94 test and now im bout to fail it.
we got it in like 3 days this is the cram study
Im getting a 1, i gave up, but Im gonna tell my parents that a 1 means I’m number one in the state
@@briannasteier3405 ima say that's not gonna end up too well once she searches up the scoring guide for the ap test xD
Brandon Grigsby AHHH
Your sarcasm is everything... Love the way you teach
What the hell with all these people using these to cram! This is a "crash course". It's an excellent starting point.
And also, I feel like I'm learning more because I'm watching this (and basically all of their playlists) for the pure pleasure of it.
Totally agree. It's just fun to watch and actually really interesting.
Ikr
It helps you visualize everything you've already learned in class, and it just helps you better understand civilizations.
MarioRossiAncora same
great reviews. cramming them is because we forget to start reviewing early, and to keep in our heads from a more recent point in time. can't forget it if it isnt history!
Indus Valley Civilization area correspondent to modern Pakistan. We are very proud of achievements of our ancestors.
Then why your name is quraishi, go back to arabia
@Shahzeb Ali their is a thing which is called dna and gene , and genetic research of indus skeleton are related to Indian and Pakistani are to only punjabi people
I am from Mongolia and I love how John Green randomly refers to "THE MONGOLS!!!" all the time
i'm here just to practice my english and i'm really enjoying it! congratulations for the videos, it's really really good!
Is anyone else here simply for entertainment and not to cram for a test.
I am. History is very interesting to me and it's just fun to watch this kind of thing. I finished with history at school years ago, yet I now spend more time reading/watching videos about it then when I had to do it for school.
So am I
i am
Mix6Mix6 no
Haha, that's where you're wrong. Watching now for "leisure" so later I have to "cram" less for the test... 2 in one!
Trying to figure out how to watch all of these videos before tomorrow
Too late, but next time try watching 2 at a time at 1.5x speed.
ooshi me
SAMEEE
haha nice one
I'm an ancient Indian culture student and the bull horned diety is called 'pashupati'- meaning the god of animals. I liked the fact that the video says everything that's true and seems has done a lot of research before just saying all of it.
John Green paints me from the past in a really honest light
I'm getting ready for the Exam
anybody else?
yep, just watching all of these to help me
Clash Gaming - Haha same, welcome to the club. Good luck on your exam, you will do better than you think!
ForPugsSake THANKS!!!!
Clash Gaming - No problem! Shoot for a 3, but if you keep at your studies, a 4 is totally possible!
ForPugsSake definitely! 😁
India has wide variety of languages.
Tussi great ho or
Tum bahot mast sikhate ho or
Too mast shikavto or in English
You are great. You teach nice.
You mention that the guy wears horns but not that he has (at least) three faces? It would seem you and I have different priorities. :P
[Late to the party]
Thank you crash course for making these videos because they are helpful for cramming for tests
I started watching these for my exam but he reminds me of my old teacher who was my favorite 🤷♀️
Thanks for the info I needed this for my school assesmant
So interesting and knowledgeable. You guys are doing a great job. Appreciate it! :)
....so no one is going to talk about how John wrote "ohh fancy chalk" on the board at 0:12? :( disappointing
Last minute cramming for the AP test on Thursday!
+Arushi S Yessss
Same!!!
+Arushi S I'm so screwed lmao
+i Smogoon Same, but oh well hahahaha
+i Smogoon Aren't we all?
Watching the entire Crash Course world history all over again just to get ready for Season 2. : )
Yay! Crash course is awesome.
Good Luck on the exam everyone, I myself will be satisfied if I get a 2
This vid was super helpful. Thank you.
8:18 John Green was way ahead of the crowd on good advice for Nice Guys
Thank you so much for this brilliant video, just subscribed, guess I am 6 years too late but hey better late than never! Indus Valley Civilisation is my personal favourite too! Since I come from the land of this particular civilisation, modern day Pakistan, it will always have a special place in my heart.
Except Pakistan or Pakistanis have nothing to do with it.
Pakistan is just a geo-political entity that came into existence in 1947. And as per scholars it is most likely the Dravidians in Southern India who were the inhabitants of the Indus Valley Civilization.
Also, the largest Harappan site (Rakhigarhi) and the oldest site (Bhirrana) are both in India, not Pakistan.
@@xerxesbreak5226 the most advanced city mohenjodaro is in Pakistan and had toilets which india doesnt, secondly harrapa is near modern day sahiwal Pakistan, thirdly no need to tell when Pakistan got independent, and 4thly u cant change the fact that its exists in Pakistan, no matter how hard it burns u
@@chee-max6460 Lol
As if Pakistan has toilets, there are still millions in Pakistan without access to toilets
As of December 2018, 95%+ of India has access to toilets, while Pakistan isn't even at 90%
And there is no such thing as "most advanced city" in Indus valley civilization, each city had it's own special features
And Rakhigarhi (which lies in India) had sanitation systems too, quit barking if you don't know facts
India has 616 IVC sites (including the oldest and the largest) while Pakistan has just 416
Pakistan is a failed country anyway, it got split into Bangladesh and will be split in the future
@@xerxesbreak5226 what an idiotic statement. Pakistanis are the inheritors of this culture.
@@xerxesbreak5226 nobody care about what india has or hasn't you stupid troll, this video is about Indus Valley civilization.
How could a 5000 year old civilization decline because it destroyed its environment? It was not like they were emitting excessive green house gases.
Soil degradation, city waste, water pollution... Cram enough people into an area and we don't need modern technology to change it for the worse.
single tear. AMERICA
@@gooduH786 There is no reason to believe they belonged to any other region than the Indian Subcontinent. Indian Subcontinent though connected to Eurasia is extremely isolated due to physical boundaries (read Himalayan range). To top that Indian land was fertile, it makes common sense for the IVC people to move towards the heartland of India than to try and cross those huge mountains.
nikhil reddy he means they were not ethnic “Indians” of today. Ofcourse the IVC was in India
you just taught me more than my lesson i did in school today, thank you!
Watch at 0.75 speed if you have trouble keeping up what he says!
Or turn on captions if you prefer reading info!
So my grandmother happens to come from this state called Sindh which was India and now Pakistan. I was just curious because they are in a similar location...
Would of enjoyed this more if it wasn't my homework...
That shouldn't stop you from enjoying it, I died at the open letter " the moist mystery of mojenjo daro" "the wet wonder"
Same here! But I still like it
These videos are far more interesting than my textbook so thank you!
Desperately trying not to fail my AP World exam tomorrow
Maya Hunter Who cares? Stop polluting the internet unless you have something important to say/add to the video.
Maya Hunter Good luck because you're not going to get much info from these videos
+Zoch Buppet or maybe you are lazy to learn couse i learned alot oh sorry just trying to be assertive..
If you are watching hoping to not fail a AP exam, might as well just take regular history
+tonyantonio Or Honors World History... But, don't worry about it, as long as you read your textbooks and try to be engaged in class and stuff, y'all should be fine. Don't watch these to cram, watch them as daily fun facts or something.
MarleyandMitchG Today was my first day of school and I am excited for AP world. I already watched this video years ago :D
+tonyantonio Same. I have 265 days left, and I really hope I do well! Cross your fingers!
+tonyantonio Dude same! you a freshman?
TheLightedKingdom
You can't even get a AP class until Sophmore Year. Maybe Wrong
about your school
Is there a video about the African empires? Like the Songhay, Ashanti, Mali? Or anything about the Bantu migrations? These are often overlooked when studying world history. At least it was in all the world history classes I took throughout elementary and high school. He should definitely add that to this collection of world history.
i started watching this for school and now i want to watch more of ur videos