Hello. Just one *correction* if I may : @15:57 _".... a wave of Jesuits brought astronomy, mathematics, geography to China"_ *Actually it was the other way around.* _See below for 3 external authoritative sources for reference._ First, a summary : According to the *Cambridge university* in England, at least half of ALL the fundamental inventions and discoveries in the *ENTIRE* world were made by one single country, and which happens to include all the 3 fields you quoted. That country is China!! *In other words, China's contribution was more than the rest of the ENTIRE world COMBINED (including the Greeks, Indians, etc).* This Cambridge university in-depth research is endorsed by the United Nations (UNESCO). In case if anyone is interested to investigate further, here are 3 sources : *(1)* _"Science and Civilization in China Series" published by Cambridge University Press in 7 volumes._ *(2)* _"The Genius of China" by Professor Robert Temple._ ( ... this book is endorsed by the United Nations, and was translated by UNESCO into 43 different languages). *(3)* _"The Chinese scientific genius" (UNESCO Courier, Oct, 1988 by Robert K.G. Temple)_ For those interested, I would recommend the 2nd source. The book is very readable. It has won many international awards including top prestigious international awards, and as mentioned above, was officially endorsed by the United Nations (UNESCO), and translated into 43 different languages by UNESCO. The book's forewords were written by the very person who headed that Cambridge university research : Dr Joseph Needham, who was one of the founders of UNESCO.

The Yu's Flood is not simillar with Noah's Flood in the western religion. The one which is simillar is the Gong Gong's Flood. Stop propaganda that Chinese people more logical dan another race. Gong Gong's Flood is have a mithycall components same as the others Flood Legend.

@@standbae Speaking of race, which race on earth that is more consistent as far as physical features appearance go? Look at the Chinese-looking people be it the Inuits of Greenland, the Nenets of Siberia, natives of Alaska, the Mongolians, Tibetans, Manchurians, Koreans and Japaneses, their eyebrows are consistently away and above their upper eyelids. For the males, I would say they are 99.9% consistent, and for females (X -chromsomes), 100% consistent. As a human species, at least the Chinese ancient pictures portrayed how a Chinese look like thousands of years ago, can you say the same of Jesus Christ, was he bearded or was he black? I would say Chinese history is more consistent in depicting their appearances and facts rather than saying more logical.

Yes it should be 2nd tone. If pronounce as 1st tone, it will be Qing, which is the last dynasty of China.

That's all right. I have seen worse, a podcast on Chinese history, and they even pronounced the dynasty name using the wrong tone. It really hurt my ear.

Many youtubers dare to claim to be experts, while butchering chinese pronunciation. "Chin shear weighing" for Qin shi huang, for example.

@@freemanol He doesn't claim to be an expert. And as a long time Chinese learner, I confirm his pronunciation is excellent. Do not judge things you don't know so quickly.

​@@nguyennambinh5565they said many KZfaqrs, not this youtuber.

especially when he showed tank man. that's how i know this wasnt a ccp propaganda channel.

@@DiamondhandsForever this is pure high quality content, not matter if ccp pays him or not.

I am not Chinese. This is the kind of video we should be showing to Koreans who keep on imposing their culture as more original. I am from the Philippines, by the way.

Can you recommend me something to read? I've learnt Chinese for an year, cleared hsk5 but I would say my level is HSK4. I want to read about Chinese art history in Chinese because I'm gonna be majoring in that but all the books that I find are extremely hard for me to understand

@@Justalazyduck I am an Chinese living in USA for 25 years, being fluent in both Chinese and English, I can tell that it is very hard for a westerner to learn Chines. Chinese is a different language from western languages, western ones are alphabetical language, Chinese, on the other hand is an character language, like a picture. For example, mountain, 山, look like the rolling peaks. Some chinese characters can get very complex, like sneeze, 嚏. To be honest with you, without copying, I cannot write out 嚏. Western language, to me they are more similar, being understand English, I found out that it is not hard to get an glimpse of Spanish, German, French. So there is no shortcut on learning Chinese, try to remember all these characters (kind of picture). On the simple part, Chinese is a very assemble friendly 😄😄language. Fro example, when we talk about the floating vehicles, there are many, many and they all are not related, like boat, ship, (oil) tank, (aircraft) carrier, kayak, conee, battleship, cruiser, destroyer and on and on, each of these has to occupy one brain memory cell. For Chinese it is much simpler, 舟 general water vihecle, 独木舟 (canoe) 船 civilian water vihecle, 邮船, 帆船, 游船 舰 military ship, 巡洋舰(cruiser), 驱逐舰 (destroyer) So in Chinese, you only need to remember three characters, 舟 船 舰 and by combination, you could assemble all these words, they occupy much less memory of your brain. Chinese is hard, but we learn it not because it is easy, we learn it because it is interesting, plus Chinese food is better, right? Enjoy your journey.

SAME 你好👋❤❤

@@wolfnorth7075 yeah about that we all have Asian parents and umm…I learn Chinese cause I have too…😂

May I ask you something? Do speak Chinese? Do your parents granted Thai citizenship? Are you both Thai and Chinese citizen? Hope that’s not too much😅

They probably have one citizenship. China doesn’t allow dual citizenship

​@@DingoNovember兄弟，chinese也有华人这个意思的😢

@@Weeping-AngelHe might be referring to his ethnicity not the nationality

@@user-vp4jb8by1h 我也是泰国华裔的孙子、老人多是从中国来的。在泰国有很多华人子孙、但是跟中国文化了解的人越来越少。我只是想要问他几个问题。

Oh god, I couldn't agree more. I've read 2 books on Chinese history and both of them started saying 'we've got a lot to cover so this will be fast paced' then repeatedly went on long meandering prosaic tangents. BRO. Just tell me the major events that happened! I don't give a shit about whether wu zetian may or may not have been a feminsit icon when viewed from a contemporary Western feminist lens!! I'm not even clear on what dynasty we're on!

What is this guy's name

This documentary is inaccurate, if not misleading, especially on the Ancient China. Please refer to the 'Records of the Grand Historian' by Sima Qian for an accurate Ancient Chinese history. 'The Records of the Grand Historian' was a compulsory read for the Chinese scholars until the Qing dynasty was overthrown in 1912.

And also the fact that he pronounces Chinese names right. I cringed everytime when people pronounce Asian names using European/American accent. I know it is very hard for English speakers but sometimes the name is just plain wrong. At least should get tones right.

Yuan Dynasty is Mongol Dynasty, not Chinese. Qing Dynasty is Jurchen/ Proto Korean Dynasty, not chinese. 500 years of last 1000 years of history in land called China today were ruled by Mongol and Jurchen. Stop stealing other people history. What kind of brainwashing school did chinese historian go to. Also hanchinese refer to one China for political term, HanZu, which was coined in 1949 after communist take over. Ethnic hanchinese, HanRen, which refers to only northern Asian because Proto Mongol people who created Han empire wanted to keep majority southeast Asian chinese population separated.

差不多就是这种感觉

You've explained it very well. Those foreigners eventually became Chinese. That's why even when China breaks, it always comes back together.

I burst into tears reading this 🥹 thank you for reminding me to be proud of being chinese, it can be very hard sometimes

因为所有的人，都以自己是中国文化，和身为中国人而自豪。 不管是什么势力，进入到中国，都会宣传自己是中国人，然后推崇中国文化。 这样原本的中国人才会认可他的统治。普通人不关心坐在位置上的人是谁，只关心他的文化背景。 所以不管是中国人，还是其他国家的人，都认为中国是文明型国家

Yes, thats true but its also most every place on earth.

你真优秀，你很博识，我也喜欢历史，包括任何人民的，也包含印度，但是没有那种条件

@@chuanningzhai-dd4yz thank you... and ofcourse you wont like to take birth in India... as China is better place to live in than India... 💖🇨🇳🇮🇳💖🇨🇳🇮🇳💖🇨🇳🇮🇳

Try some regions in China if time permits. The very north of freezing to -40 degrees Celsius in the winter, the very west part of Qinghai Lake and some deserts in Xinjiang and yes the costal regions from Dalian city to Shenzhen for example😮😮😮😮

難以置信

You may consider a marriage with a Chinese woman 😂, one of my Indian friends just did that and now they have two handsome sons.

Yuan Dynasty is Mongol Dynasty, not Chinese. Qing Dynasty is Jurchen/ Proto Korean Dynasty, not chinese. 500 years of last 1000 years of history in land called China today were ruled by Mongol and Jurchen. Stop stealing other people history. What kind of brainwashing school did chinese historian go to. Also hanchinese refer to one China for political term, HanZu, which was coined in 1949 after communist take over. Ethnic hanchinese, HanRen, which refers to only northern Asian because Proto Mongol people who created Han empire wanted to keep majority southeast Asian chinese population separated.

I am proud to be born as a Chinese, but lack of knowledge of the History of China 's Dynasties. Well is never too old to learn about it. before I close my eyes in peace. Thanks you for the info for sharing. Yes, is an excellence History of China.I was born in the year 1938, according to the luna calendar in Chinese date, started school during the British Colonial , and continue till the Japanese Occupation Surrendered have never been in Chinese school, as my house is walking distant to the national school. Love to know the History of Chinese.👍❤

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中国文化，越了解越有趣

The Chinese people are unwilling to accept your understanding of Chinese history, just listen to your media and politicians!

I am Chinese and have been living outside China for more than 30 years. I am always interested in learning European history and culture. Same kind of confusion to me too when there are too much details in the content, I often feel lost. I wish I could take a course in University or colleges, as a hobby, but until now, never made it. There are always much other things to do. Self learning in my own space and speed.

Same here, have been pronouncing a few of them wrong so it seems ahah 🙂

most direct name translated into english pronous are meaningless, learning chinese word can help more easier understanding

Go stay in China for a year or two🎉🎉 Then you can truly speak correctly and pronunciations in the proper tone🎉🎉 Be warn…. You might not want to leave after 😂😂😂

其实这类细节并不重要。找出历史演变朝代更替的原因和规律，文化的演变及文化和政治之间的关系变化，科学气候经济变化对政权和变革的影响，今天发生的事情和可能的未来与历史的相关性和偶然性。这些更重要。 在我读书的时候老师和教科书告诉我人们不堪忍受腐朽政权的压迫而奋起反抗，建立新政权。后来我发现这其中的主要原因是气候变化导致某个王朝最依赖的粮食产区出现缺口，导致根基松动，而另一些地区则受益于气候变化成为新的人口和经济密集区并且推动了制度的该进，这时候干枯的大树被轻轻推倒。 至少蒙古人的扩张和收缩于自然变化有着明显的直接影响。 我们说历史总是惊人的相似，在中国人看来，很多事情都是曾经发生过的，所以在选择之前应该参考历史，以做出更合理的选择。 说一个题外话，很多人认为毛泽东是近代最杰出的军事家之一，但是他没有接受过任何军事教育和训练，他的战争智慧来源于古代历史典籍和传说故事。他的战略智慧和政治手段也是如此。中国可能是唯一一个出现过多个由文盲和乞丐创建的强大王朝和政权的国家。但这些人无一例外都对历史有着深刻的认识。

Yuan Dynasty is Mongol Dynasty, not Chinese. Qing Dynasty is Jurchen/ Proto Korean Dynasty, not chinese. 500 years of last 1000 years of history in land called China today were ruled by Mongol and Jurchen. Stop stealing other people history. What kind of brainwashing school did chinese historian go to. Also hanchinese refer to one China for political term, HanZu, which was coined in 1949 after communist take over. Ethnic hanchinese, HanRen, which refers to only northern Asian because Proto Mongol people who created Han empire wanted to keep majority southeast Asian chinese population separated.

Not only that, Qin Shi Huang also unified the currency, writing, weights and measures, built a speedway and for the first time used the system of prefectures and counties to strengthen national ties. Without Qin Shi Huang and his policies, China today would be the Europe of the East

@@Lihua666 Yup, he is credited for doing that and avoided the confusion of what India is experiencing now.

​@@marvinfok65 and may I know what is it exactly that India is currently facing?

@@GiorgiodellaPassionediCristo India had hundreds of different languages/dialects. It was said that when you had a translator in one state you need to get another translator in another state. There is a lot of confusion in India because they do not have a common language. It is reported that India is home for 398 languages, including 387 living and 11 extinct languages.

Yuan Dynasty is Mongol Dynasty, not Chinese. Qing Dynasty is Jurchen/ Proto Korean Dynasty, not chinese. 500 years of last 1000 years of history in land called China today were ruled by Mongol and Jurchen. Stop stealing other people history. What kind of brainwashing school did chinese historian go to. Also hanchinese refer to one China for political term, HanZu, which was coined in 1949 after communist take over. Ethnic hanchinese, HanRen, which refers to only northern Asian because Proto Mongol people who created Han empire wanted to keep majority southeast Asian chinese population separated.

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The more accurate word you’re looking for isn’t nation, it’s civilization

@@frankhill4358 No, no, no, don't get me wrong. What I'm talking about here is a country, not a civilization. The country of China originated from two tribes 5,000 years ago. After conquering surrounding tribes, they established dynasties and then went through the changes of the Xia, Shang, and Zhou dynasties. During this period, China's state was similar to a federal state, like today's United States and Russia. It is important to note that at this time, China had already formed a country, existing in the form of a state entity. At the end of the Zhou Dynasty, a federal state called the Qin State forcefully annexed the other six states, thus ending China's federal state form and establishing a centralized state form, which has continued to this day for more than 2,000 years.

@@JohnSmith-nb6lq so was China before Qin Shihuang not like Greek city states?

@@JohnSmith-nb6lq also I really appreciate your insight I have an interest in this history. Can I also ask about the Zhou? Recently there have been rumors that the founder of the Zhou that he wasn’t Chinese (and was instead of Turkic origins)?? I heard this was a baseless conspiracy to delegitimize Chinese identity but do you know if their claims have any grounds.

@@frankhill4358 The Turkic people originated around 500 AD, at which time the Turks were still just a tribe. However, China had already existed in the form of dynasties for over two thousand years by then. This issue is akin to asking whether the United States was established by the ancient Greek city-states, with a gap of thousands of years between them. Anyone with some understanding of Eastern and Western history would know how absurd this comparison is.

Correct! Wu Ze Tian 武则天（武曌）the great, when we chanting the Buddhism Classics the Mantra the opening paragraph must starts from Empress Wu’s leading 4-line Poem, even the Tibetan system. 😮😮😮

中国文化的人会听到两种历史，一种是记录于史书的官方历史，一种是参杂野史和合理推测的讲述历史，多数国外学者学习的都是官方历史，事实上唐朝分汉人势力和胡人势力，权力最重视法理，一个弱女子在厉害也不会对统治集团能有社么影响。 之所以武则天能在哪个时代出头是因为汉人势力拥立的武则天来和胡人势力作斗争，汉人胜利了，但是谋朝篡位的时期放在哪个时代都不好听，没有人像改朝换代， 于是胜利的汉人集团就把武则天抛弃了。

@@user-sm9zr8ty9m 并不是这样哟。历史书里也有提到武周的，不过作为中国历史都是把武周放在李唐王朝一起的，并没有单独作为一个朝代。

@@user-sm9zr8ty9m 搞得好像你很懂一样。我们只是分类主流朝代，武则天这种属于旁系唐。

dont you speak for her just becuase shrs a woman, the famous calligrapher ouyang tong was short lived due to her

这些在国内都还有争议，作为一个外国人已经很了不起了

I would rather say the existence of Northern Barbarians made it impossible for china to stay divided. Europe had Latin, and if Mongol Khanates cooperated with each other instead of fighting, they could have conquered europe and unite it.

that was because of the culture unified did by Original King of Qin dynasty 220-207 BC. And after that every power no matter original or invaders announce themselves the true origin of China and merged themselves into the culture of China. It's in some aspect like some countries announce themselves as legacies of Rome.But the differences is the China could always unit as one country after some separated time

But they don't share the same language. A shared written language, sure, but the local "dialects" act more like separate but related languages. Which is actually how the Romance languages were for a long time, they were spoken very differently but would all be written like Latin even after the Roman Empire for a few hundred years. And yet they still split into several countries.

​@@servantofaeie1569因为统一的观念深深的埋在我们中国人心里，古代，不论谁拥有权利，第一的任务就是统一，方言里面除了粤语，其他地方比如河南地区，东北地区，大部分人都能听懂，除了粤语，不过现在人们受教育程度太高了，基本上普通话，大家都会

事实上整个东亚文化以汉族历史为中心，到蒙古人入侵并且统治中国之后，中国人开始逃亡到国外，在13汉族重新建国（明代）将忽必烈后裔全部灭绝，之后由于当时的国家制度出现问题，在17世纪再次被外族统治（清代）同时有荷兰与葡萄牙人入侵占领澳门🇲🇴但很快这些西方人被明朝击退，没过几年明代出现内乱，外族（清代）与奸臣勾结，他们很快占领中国土地，此后不久清朝要求汉族全部扎小辫以及篡改汉族书籍和历史，企图将中国人变为奴隶……然后就以奴隶身份存在到19世纪，之后的历史大部分人都了解

古代大部分外国人或者外族认为统治中国就可以拥有整个东亚，因为古代中国是以中国为宗主国管理周围的附庸国，古代中国实际面积比起现代中国很小，人口全部是汉族人，但是与周围的附庸国联系起来后的面积比现代中国大很多，周围的附庸国以学习中原地区文化为主，官方文字都是汉语，为东亚地区通用语言。汉族的信物，秦皇玉玺（传国玉玺）在古代只有拥有传国玉玺的政权才会被承认，即使是现代，这件信物依然会有很大的作用

Your back ground can be chinese, but if you are born in Canada, that makes you Canadian

@@Sayno2rices Yes, I am a Canadian citizen of Chinese decent. Definitely not confused about that LOL!

@@Pinkee3867 My kids are of the same, chinese blood, but born Canadians.. I wish they can at least speak in one of the main Chinese dialects, so, you being able to speak it is already better lol

Yeah

Cannot read and write. YOU BRING SHAMEFRUL!

3000 only, other than this are myth

5800 ZHONGGUO CIVILIZATION !!! CRYING CLOWN.

你如果研究透了，春秋战国，与三国，就能是一个非常优秀的政治家了，现在的时代依然适用

They’re not.

I mean the last one, Tang

Yu The Great is amazing,so is King Wen.

There were Nephillim in those days-and after-that God was in the process of cleansing from the earth. They are hybrids or giants, and are evil. They are not considered human even though they are a mix of human and something else. So the story looks a little different when told this way.

Initially it was Yu's father Gong who tried with dams (to stop water) but failed after 9 years, then Yu took this father's role and tried with channels and eventually succeeded after another 13 years. Recently I saw a research which claims that, the flooding may just last for around 22 years, so maybe the flood was not really tamed but faded naturally by itself. 22 years is approximately 2 solar cycles, i think that may suggest something.

This is where he get it wrong .

Qin shi Huang is the only person to unite China .

Mongolian is the Chinese that conquered all the way to the western.

Gun powder is made by us Chinese people in the form of Fire works western people steal our technology to invented handguns n bombs .

The first female emperor in China was Queen Dowager Xuan of dynasty Qin, before 265 B.C.

@@gracejohnson1004 No. its Empress Wu Zetian at Tang dynasty

@@hypoyt0015 I am a Chinese, I read Chinese, and I study Chinese History from Chinese Historians. Where did you get your fact?

@@gracejohnson1004 queen dowager xuan only act as regent She first queen dowager in China, not first woman emperor. While Wu Zetian its real full emperor. Queen dowager xuan do not dare call her as emperor, while Wu Zetian call herself as emperor There a diferent between empress whose act like a regent with a full fledged emperor

@@hypoyt0015 It doesn’t matter with the title. Queen/empress Dowager Xuan was considered the first female powerful political leader in Chinese history. Before her son took over, she exercised in full authority throughout her 36-41 years of reign. Her contribution had built a firm foundation for dynasty Qin to completely unify the great China. Wu Zetian was a controversial wicked dictator who basically stole the whole kingdom by killing all who threatened her selfish gain, including her own children.

这可能是一种正确的分析。母系氏族社会下，人的名字可能需要包含其母亲的身份信息。 所以这个字似乎可以被解释为这个人是某个女人或者某个部落的女人所生。这是早期姓氏产生的方式，后来更多的姓氏则来源于地名，器物，自然现象，官职，职位等的社会属性和自然物质，也有些自主的随机选择。 奇特的是只有极少数汉字是专属的姓氏名称，而这类姓氏的祖先通常都是帝王或者高级统治者。因为只有这些人的身份和其家族是独一无二的，而社会定位和自然属性则是任何人都可以替代和使用的。

@@wenliu9571 姓氏主要是来源两个概念，姓跟母系相关，而氏一般是所属地相关，为了区别不同群体，利于群体团建，其实也是社群最早的形式之一。例如，一些诸侯的大臣的封地，往往都是氏。春秋战国时期，那些小的封地简直多如牛毛，这些都是氏的来源。

German history is as fascinating as chinese history too.

​@@prasanth2601Indian history is also great :D

I agree

Hi. I from china😊

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Koreans mistake them for their ancestors，that's funny. In fact, Gogurveo was the enemy of their ancestors....

That is a pure BS, Manchuria has never been part of china before 17th century. Gogureyo is one of three kingdoms in Korea's three kingdoms period, it once ruled today's Korean capital Seoul, and after it's fall its people, culture and language were absorbed into later Korean dynasties. So it's absolutely false statement to say it has NOTHING to do with Korea.

중국의 한국의 역사이며 청나라는 한국인들이다 중국은 한국인들에 지배됐다

@@xzxzxzxz9892delusional.

新罗才是韩国人的祖宗，宇宙韩国思密达。

I don't believe millions killed during cultural revolution. The Red guards were mere unarmed teenagers that were not trained to kill like military armed forces. How on earth could they have killed millions of people? It's just unsubstantiated propaganda from the west that tens of millions of people were killed during cultural revolution. Millions were sent to the countryside for re-educational and reform. If we were look at Chairman Mao's motive for starting the cultural revolution, it could have been related to the nuclear weapons program of China during that era. China successfully detonated the atomic bomb in 1964. Since then there're threats from the US and allies to invade China to dismantle china's nuclear weapons program. The cultural revolution could have been a ploy to divert attentions away from its nuclear weapons program. And true enough the West paid close attention to the cultural revolution and delayed in launching an invasion into China. That gave China sufficient time to fully develop its hydrogen bomb and successfully detonated it in 1967. With the success of developing the hydrogen bomb, the threats from the US and western allies were no longer there. And after China fully completed its nuclear weapons and delivery system and well hidden away in the mountains, Chairman Mao himself ended the cultural revolution in 1969. It's wasn't a power struggle that started the cultural revolution as some have asserted because Chairman was fully in control of China. He even released Deng siao peng from prison and restored him back to his former position. A closer look at the situations back then, the cultural revolution could have been related to the nuclear weapon program at that time.

@@lionelwong5842 If we are to believe Wikipedia, estimated death from Cultural Revolution is 1M, which is very 'little' given the scale of China. I just have a beef with the creator that he shows the post 1912 tragedies with Cultural Revolution pictures and completely IGNORE WW2 Japanese invasion.

@@mottscottison6943 No, I don't believe 1 million killed during cultural revolution given the fact that the Red guards were mere unarmed teenagers that were not trained to kill people. How on earth could they had killed 1 million people during cultural revolution? The truth is that millions were merely being sent to the countryside for reform and re-education, not killed.

@@mottscottison6943 Also the pictures from the cultural revolution show people being publicly humiliated, no mass killing or mass execution unlike what we see pictures of Japanese invasion into China and other countries.

近代史部分西方学者多少会刻意模糊或者掺入意识形态

After Tang dynasty ended

我是中国人，张家界很美丽，但是很抱歉，这个说法绝对是错误的。