What makes the Great Wall of China so extraordinary - Megan Campisi and Pen-Pen Chen
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The Great Wall of China is a 13,000-mile dragon of earth and stone that winds its way through the countryside of China. As it turns out, the wall’s history is almost as long and serpentine as its structure. Megan Campisi and Pen-Pen Chen detail the building and subsequent decay of this massive, impressive wall.
Lesson by Megan Campisi and Pen-Pen Chen, animation by Steff Lee.
@bolerie 8 жыл бұрын
Hearing her pronounce Chinese words correctly is very soothing
@Liannghawrlastar 8 жыл бұрын
shes chinese american
@rennce 8 жыл бұрын
ikr haha
@ceoofdeath5860 8 жыл бұрын
ikr i was gonna say that
@ceoofdeath5860 8 жыл бұрын
although i think they got a chinese person to say the words
@svalfish1716 8 жыл бұрын
feels good m8. I hate it when they pronounce shit wrong, and then keep saying it over and over again. JUST USE THE WORD IT OR HE OR WHATEVER
@idtyu 8 жыл бұрын
Finally, a Chinese related video voiced by the Chinese, and so all the names are pronounced nicely...
@sorenkair 8 жыл бұрын
arent you quite the peacemaker
@parmavioIets 7 жыл бұрын
tnt ntn tbh either will do the job...
@parmavioIets 7 жыл бұрын
nah it wouldn't slit your esophagus if it was lubricated
@nntflow7058 7 жыл бұрын
clarapendragon♡ But it would be fun. Stop being a boring fuckboy.
@nntflow7058 7 жыл бұрын
Clorox Bleach Bleach is for fuckboys. Cum is for Men.
@aidanrogers4438 4 жыл бұрын
*The Great Wall exists* Uncle Iroh: I’m about to end this wall’s whole career.
@yizao9289 4 жыл бұрын
Iroh : has flashback from when his son dies
@vynonyoutube1418 4 жыл бұрын
there is no war in ba sing se
@aidanrogers4438 4 жыл бұрын
VYNLT The Earth King has invited you to Lake Laogai.
@zainua3638 4 жыл бұрын
@@aidanrogers4438 I am honored to accept his invitation
@eclipsaevalorant7684 4 жыл бұрын
No his son didnt die he almost burned by his dad
@WangEmma-uj6ze 6 жыл бұрын
And here I thought it was one *STRAIGHT* line.
@diamondgoldsilver9899 3 жыл бұрын
same
@anorexicwater4663 3 жыл бұрын
Le mao
@dylanpickle7292 3 жыл бұрын
Why?
@robossthinking1056 3 жыл бұрын
@@dylanpickle7292 well it is called the Great Wall Meaning singular, as in one wall
@2o287 3 жыл бұрын
nah fam its gae
@wunademones 8 жыл бұрын
I like the way she takes time out to pronounce the dynasties correctly
@neutralButton 8 жыл бұрын
I like how she uses more "political correct" words like "Chunqiu" rather than "Spring & Autumn" and "Xiongnu" instead of "Huns". Too bad she left out the fact that the Qin dynasty only lasted 15 years lol
@wunademones 8 жыл бұрын
neutralButton It's a talk on the great wall of China not all the other specialists subjects interjecting with it
@neutralButton 8 жыл бұрын
wunademones I would consider that fact pretty significant. The Great Wall is considered a staple of Qin greatness but most might not realize that Qin rule only lasted 15 years and a lot of the construction is carried out by the succeeding Han dynasty.
@CantinaTV 7 жыл бұрын
It just confuses me from what I've been taught in class. I'd rather she pronounce them normally
@27TheJose 7 жыл бұрын
must be a watch MOJO fan
@qpwoeiruty465 8 жыл бұрын
The most important thing that the Great Wall of China can teaches us is the strongest defense still can't stop the internal collapse. In fact, those dynasties which tried to rely on the Great Wall, including Qin, Han, and Ming, were overthrow mainly because of a domestic upheaval rather than barbarian invasions. For Qin and Ming empire, their policy of strengthening the wall led to the social instability and the government bankruptcy, which then caused the rebellions and uprisings. These empires did everything they could in order to protect themselves from outside invaders, but these policies and attempts accelerated their death instead. How ironic it is!!
@pierce8200 8 жыл бұрын
If only China could control the gunpowder trade,they could be filthy rich
@louiswu6300 7 жыл бұрын
Ching Hung Lin you are a smart one
@jasonma1577 6 жыл бұрын
actually Ming dynasty perish becuase of people's uprising, then Qing enter by this chance.
@ethanwang1095 5 жыл бұрын
Good lesson for US
@nathanx.675 4 жыл бұрын
Ching Hung Lin this is a classic example of Survivorship bias. If they didn’t have the wall, they might’ve been overthrown long before the internal collapse.
@YashSharmaFitness 5 жыл бұрын
TedEd is better than TedEx
@KatiesAccount69 3 жыл бұрын
I- okay then. . .
@giraffeman326 3 жыл бұрын
What about FedEx
@judet2992 3 жыл бұрын
@Mr Wonder lol
@reyrepuponio1669 3 жыл бұрын
@@KatiesAccount69 wa aww 0
@chippiebannister4298 3 жыл бұрын
Ya can say that again 0_0
@W0LFB3AT5 4 жыл бұрын
*”Now all of China knows you’re here!”*
@gamingmusicandjokesandabit1240 4 жыл бұрын
Is this what you call a wants to know your location meme but the problem is already solved?
@kingkillmonger6624 4 жыл бұрын
*Burns flag*... Perfect *smiles in Huns*
@voiceofneha7196 4 жыл бұрын
*But there's still something worth fighting for*
@notkillbg5677 3 жыл бұрын
*=/*
@iscloudy3922 3 жыл бұрын
Gaming, music and jokes! *and a bit of cooking* time to make a man out of you
@bradsuarez2683 7 жыл бұрын
I always thought the Great Wall of China was one continuous wall!!
@princessdenne 4 жыл бұрын
Samee
@ashtonbio 4 жыл бұрын
Same here
@Foxsxxy 4 жыл бұрын
No wall
@alphagamer2864 4 жыл бұрын
Me too
@catee4726 4 жыл бұрын
@Ace Ghost Gaming goo
@Chipwhitley274 8 жыл бұрын
Wow... I never realized how much of an unorganized mess the Great Wall of China was.
@beyondfossil 8 жыл бұрын
+Chipwhitley274 They should call it the Great Walls of China!
@thebigeader3809 6 жыл бұрын
I know, the disorganization is killing me
@JonatasMonte 6 жыл бұрын
Made in China...
@JonatasMonte 6 жыл бұрын
Maybe the Mongols had OCD or the mess it was made logistics a nightmare for invaders.
@kanishmaray 6 жыл бұрын
Chipwhitley274 I always thought it was a straight wall 😂
@Emily-vp9xe 4 жыл бұрын
Hearing Chinese words pronounced correctly sounds so soothing and satisfying.
@lexigrimhaive 3 жыл бұрын
I appreciate that this is narrated by someone who is able to correctly pronounce everything. However, Kublai Kahn was Genghis’ grandson, not his son.
@wildreams 7 жыл бұрын
How refreshing to listen to accurate Chinese pronunciations on TED.
@anthonys7660 7 жыл бұрын
They should've made Mongolia pay for it
@naturalDisplay21 7 жыл бұрын
They did, the "Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region"
@MHArca 7 жыл бұрын
naturalDisplay21
@erdenebolor6445 7 жыл бұрын
so you want your enemy to pay for your defense from them? Would that rly work?
@lingkong3685 7 жыл бұрын
US got the New Mexican state
@amgaaac8480 7 жыл бұрын
Ant Marmaud mongolians built todays earth
@furrowsan 4 жыл бұрын
_On that day, 5 years ago, Wall Maria was attacked by a Titan._
@gyroscope8244 4 жыл бұрын
The wall was a pen and humanity cattle.
@furrowsan 4 жыл бұрын
They are the prey and we are the hunters
@stephen-fi6fc 4 жыл бұрын
It was intended to protect the Titans from Levi Ackerman
@ChimkenNugget 3 жыл бұрын
welp they will facing another wall.
@bingbonghafu 5 жыл бұрын
1:53 Correction; Kublai Khan is Genghis Khan’s grandson, not his son.
@kayacenk4164 3 жыл бұрын
and They Turkish not mongolian. even their name Turkish
@Harry2002-z9q 3 жыл бұрын
@@kayacenk4164 lol kublai Khan was grandson of chingis Khan and he is Mongolia 😂 by Turkic people's logic everyone is Turkish in earth
@tuguldursooyo4685 3 жыл бұрын
@@kayacenk4164 Its Mongolian(NOMADIC) names , you Turkish are arabs, kurds , greeks and local anatolians with muslim customs, your only Turkic thing is your language lol Real Turkic are closer to Mongols , compare yourself to Kazakhstan or just see yourself in the mirror and tell me if its asian or arabic greekish my dude lmao.
@zeflute4586 2 жыл бұрын
And Kublai never needed to cross the great wall, the northern China was already in Mongolian Empire's control at his time.
@Jonathan-gi8kw 2 жыл бұрын
Who else read Conn Iggulden and knew he was his grandson? Great set of books
@GlitchyShadow13 8 жыл бұрын
"I will build a great wall along our northern border with mongolia, and I will make mongolia pay for that wall" -Emperor Qin
@TheSunshineRequiem 8 жыл бұрын
+GlitchyShadow13 when did he say that?
@2daysthoughts401 8 жыл бұрын
+TheSunshineRequiem After he took over China like Trump will
@2daysthoughts401 7 жыл бұрын
Silicon Cake Why so rude
@ifly7777 7 жыл бұрын
"I will build a wall and make the mexican pay" said Donald Trump
@ben9820 7 жыл бұрын
Ifly 777 That's the joke
@davidford694 7 жыл бұрын
The farther west you go, and farther into the desert, the less the walls look like the one you see in all the pictures. They had an ingenious way of taking advantage of the moisture in reeds, combining them with dirt to create a solid mud structure. The resulting wall looks like a long mound, and is not very tall. Still amazing to see in the desert and far from anywhere in particular.
@emilyzhang112 Жыл бұрын
First of all, wonderful pronunciation! Also, what's even more interesting is that it wasn't always seen as this great symbol of culture and pride for most Chinese; in fact, many saw it as a symbol of the oppressive feudal governments in the past, and it's relatively recently that we've taken much more pride in it. I really hope it can be preserved well, because the amount of tourists it gets is really bad for the wall, structurally.
@NazriB 11 ай бұрын
Lies again? World Cup Don't Understand Chinese
@emilyzhang112 11 ай бұрын
@@NazriB could you elaborate what your comment means?
@michaelinglis8516 4 жыл бұрын
That wall is an OCD nightmare, it's so erratic. I'm sure historically it made sense but I feel like one continuous wall would have been more efficient.
@andyzhang9928 4 жыл бұрын
But take into account that there were periods such as the warring states period were China wasn't unified at all, and some states built their walls in order to fend off neighboring states. China's border has also varied over time, so it was logical for them to build new sections of the wall as well. Take my opinion with a grain of salt, because it's just an opinion after all
@michaelinglis8516 4 жыл бұрын
@@andyzhang9928 Well most of your comment was likely based on solid facts and it was actually exactly what I figured had contributed to the erratic nature of the wall. I just hadn't put two an two together. Thanks for the info!
@EL8888 4 жыл бұрын
I feel the pain...
@kabirqirati1160 4 жыл бұрын
Finally someone who said it out ... I actually thought it was one continious wall and now I feel incomfortable knowing how inconsistent it is
@porcorosso4330 3 жыл бұрын
@@michaelinglis8516 You also have to take into account the terrain.
@thomasalsip3608 7 жыл бұрын
Oh god... OH GOD... THE WALL IS TRIGGERING MY PERFECTIONISM, DESTROY IT OR MAKE IT ONE LONG LINE!
@adamgg123 7 жыл бұрын
Thomas Alsip i felt the same i was so frustrated
@ihsankur6658 7 жыл бұрын
AAAHHHHH!!!!
@spoorthy8570 7 жыл бұрын
ocd, I have ocd
@tired690 7 жыл бұрын
Thomas Alsip You're joking, right?
@thomasalsip3608 7 жыл бұрын
Imnotsurewhat tomakemyusername Right and wrong, I am a helluva perfectionist but I've got a sense of humor, overreacting type, offensive type, roasting (which you're only supposed to do to close friends), puns, I've got a variation in humor (not good at any tho) and I'm thankful I don't have OCD, really, just a neat freak diagnosed with ADD.
@OmarExplains 7 жыл бұрын
1:37 oh... that's how the titans got stuck inside the wall :P
@xxsansgamerxx6093 4 жыл бұрын
That's a joke right?
@vivek6356 3 жыл бұрын
@@xxsansgamerxx6093 lol
@imsodepressed7612 3 жыл бұрын
@@xxsansgamerxx6093 hmmm I wonder
@imsodepressed7612 3 жыл бұрын
eren is quivering
@sydneykim5753 3 жыл бұрын
im glad that this comment was here. i was in class watching this and it was getting a bit boring lmao
@user-jd7xb5xc7o 5 жыл бұрын
It was Li Zicheng's peasant army that overthrew the Ming Dynasty, not the Manchu Dynasty, which took the opportunity to enter the Central Plains after losing both.
@superpowerdragon 5 жыл бұрын
Correction, the qing didn't fought through the wall, in fact, the qing never manage to cross it, it was wu san gui who let them inside after Ming fell to the rebellion
@shanghainoon7829 8 жыл бұрын
As one of the 7 wonders of the world, I encourage everybody to see the wall at least once.
@jiayilim1986 8 жыл бұрын
agreed
@astonma2096 8 жыл бұрын
+Shanghai Noon I disagree, it cannot stand that many visitors.
@shanghainoon7829 8 жыл бұрын
Aston Ma it's good for our economy bro?
@MorrisonEnterprise 8 жыл бұрын
+Shanghai Noon You're one of the seven wonders?
@Commievn 8 жыл бұрын
Nope, i'd rather visit Japan.
@professorm4171 8 жыл бұрын
I hear there's an ice dragon in the wall.
@94kenDOLL 8 жыл бұрын
+professorM how did this theory come about? jon snow's pet dragon?
@professorm4171 8 жыл бұрын
94kenDOLL Rumors from the first men also a dragon under Winterfell.
@professorm4171 8 жыл бұрын
FuranDuron The North never forgets.
@rooryan 8 жыл бұрын
23 feet high?! When winter comes, China better hope that's enough to keep out the white walkers
@Dafisha 8 жыл бұрын
Let's eat it
@Feet_Lover 3 жыл бұрын
Wasn't planning to write that essay about Ancient China and all of their Dynasties but after it became 90% of my grade I'm starting to reconsider.
@hsrplanet 2 жыл бұрын
Great work. This is the only KZfaq channel that I follow for valid information. Your amazing animation and narration made me read so many books. May each and every member of this platform stay blessed and successful. Amen.
@MrAlen6e 8 жыл бұрын
Donal Trump be looking at this and saying "see we can do it "
@kaiserglory8289 8 жыл бұрын
I know right?
@boobio1 7 жыл бұрын
And he is right.
@denniswang2332 6 жыл бұрын
except that it’ll take 2000 years
@postshift19 6 жыл бұрын
How much money do you want to waste on an idea that will never work, to protect against something that really isn't a problem?
@hss7155 6 жыл бұрын
Sebastie Cortes 1a
@VlairHuiTing 7 жыл бұрын
holy shit, her chinese pronunciation is accurate.
@ZhuGeLiang6969 3 жыл бұрын
she is chinese... duhh
@furious129 3 жыл бұрын
@@ZhuGeLiang6969 how u no
@aa-yr1nk 3 жыл бұрын
Plot twist: she's actually Mulan
@i_nameless_i-jgsdf 3 жыл бұрын
@Chloe Nichols and how do you know she is not? The fact she pronouced chinese perfectly is the proof that she could be a chinese english speaker, eh?
@lilywalker7499 3 жыл бұрын
@@i_nameless_i-jgsdf yo chill is it really that important
@felixcsao4184 3 жыл бұрын
Attack on titans: prequel
@weiwu3108 4 жыл бұрын
I think this video is really downplaying the benefit of the Great Wall. Think about this: if the wall stopped 999 small to medium scale nomadic raids, but failed to stop 1 concerted, huge scale invasion intended to overthrow the ruling dynasty, is it really fair to call the Great Wall a failure? Plus, the Great Wall has many other economical & social functions, which has been well documented & discussed in books.
@BeerDad69 8 жыл бұрын
Look, we all saw Mulan, we know how the dang wall works
@Lydario 8 жыл бұрын
+Jeffrey Carpenter From what I recall... The great wall was never even mentioned in Mulan, let alone displayed...
@brandonstednitz8408 8 жыл бұрын
+Lydario It was featured at the very beginning, to introduce Attila and his eagle buddy. But no, it was never referred to directly.
@BeerDad69 8 жыл бұрын
+StSitu nicely done, dude
@multitaskgamerpro6980 8 жыл бұрын
+Brandon Stednitz which is bullshit cause attila was born in modern hungary and never went to china
@Lydario 8 жыл бұрын
Though he's clearly inspired by Attila, his name in the movie is actually Shan Yu.
@oliverb1119 8 жыл бұрын
Wait, are you chinese? Your pronounciation is really good.
@physioweng 8 жыл бұрын
+Oliver Bergqvist As the name "pen-pen chen" indicates...
@phaoyu1 8 жыл бұрын
+Oliver Bergqvist Yea I made that mistake before too! Her pronunciation in both languages are really good!
@Mralexdenver 8 жыл бұрын
pretty sure there were two people talking lol
@YoungTheFish 8 жыл бұрын
+Alex Blood Only one narrator is listed, though.
@Mralexdenver 8 жыл бұрын
YoungTheFish there are two
@fieljoy 2 жыл бұрын
This is a very detailed video! It answered all the questions I had in mind. I would definitely recommend this video to anyone curious about the great wall.
@advancedorange4818 Жыл бұрын
This is a very detailed video! It answered all the questions I had in mind. I would definitely recommend this video to anyone curious about the great wall.
@tellyoueverything-wh1nx 5 жыл бұрын
Its just like hearing my teacher tell a story its so soothing
@unrealsimon93 8 жыл бұрын
The Manchus were LET IN by a Ming general guarding a major Gate. The way the commentator said it seems to imply that they got through through violence.
@unrealsimon93 8 жыл бұрын
huh? One Ming general simply opened the gate and let the Manchus in to repel the rebels who overthrew the Ming dynasty and conquered Beijing. But the Manchus decided to stay and rule instead.
@agentzap 8 жыл бұрын
+unrealsimon93 *whoosh*
@astonma2096 8 жыл бұрын
+unrealsimon93 Yes. No one would work or fight for you for free.
@MsSomeone98 8 жыл бұрын
+unrealsimon93 It's a joke. It's a common 9/11 joke to say "jet fuel can't melt steel beams" to joke about the 'inside job" theory. The phrase changed a lot, and became a meme. "Jet fuel can't melt dank memes,". It changes to suit the historical situation. For example, when talking about the Siege of Constantinople, it's said "Ottomans can't melt Byzantine walls, 1453 was an inside job". Same with the Chinese and the Ming. "Ming generals can't melt stone walls". tl;dr: it's a joke about inside jobs.
@unrealsimon93 8 жыл бұрын
Oh I see! Thanks for the explanation lol :D
@SelenaC_anime 8 жыл бұрын
THANK YOU for pronouncing all the Chinese correctly!!!
@lyumnam7085 4 жыл бұрын
I don't know why but I always fall in love with Chinese music
@moonylight8807 4 жыл бұрын
Sameee❤its rlly unique
@turrnut Жыл бұрын
when i went to the great wall i saw people(tourists) write their names in almost like, every single stone of the wall. those people are... I dont know who they are but they are destroying the wall
@taniwhab3860 7 жыл бұрын
I know what is so impressive about the wall; it's that China managed to build something that old that is still standing, unlike the roads they built in Fiji.
@Muralidharan001 4 жыл бұрын
These walls build to stand centuries and it was built over many centuries.
@itwasmedio9198 7 жыл бұрын
I love how she speaks fluent english but when she has to pronounce a Chinese word/location she suddenly sounds as if she was just purely Chinese
@tuna34joseph 4 жыл бұрын
haha because she is Cninese
@janieliu9713 4 жыл бұрын
@@tuna34joseph Her English speaking voice is Asian, higher pitched with clear articulation, different from a more coarse, deeper Caucasian woman's voice. She is second-generation Chinese I guess. Most second generation Chinese can pronounce pinyin and tones correctly like she does, but most of them cannot actually speak Chinese fluently in an authentic way
@tuna34joseph 4 жыл бұрын
@@janieliu9713 Are you Chinese too?😅
@l.z.7320 4 жыл бұрын
Yusuf Tuna well her last name is Liu which is one of the most common Chinese last names so I’d say yes.
@avivastudios2311 Жыл бұрын
She is. Look at the name in the title.
@name00059 2 жыл бұрын
Hello people who see this today u probably saw this video 4-6 years ago but great to see u amazing people
@orangutan7294 4 жыл бұрын
This Video helped me with my Major assignment thank you for making this ( don't worry I added this to my reference list)
@user-yb8kp8zb9v 7 жыл бұрын
Here is a small interesting fact, when the five barbarians （around year 300) entered the heart land of China, they built part of the great wall themselves to keep other barbarians out. Sometimes you have to like those people.
@yuexiao9139 6 жыл бұрын
5 north nomadic hordes, you can google ''Uprising of the Five Barbarians'', althoug "uprising" is not a correct description.
@atlanticking2315 6 жыл бұрын
五胡亂華
@lucisleesion8824 5 жыл бұрын
@@atlanticking2315 exactly
@pesetmekyokkacssart7483 3 жыл бұрын
My ancestors are not barbarians. They're brave and great warriors. Not a barbarian!!
@sharkb8754 2 жыл бұрын
@@pesetmekyokkacssart7483 sorry mate, but you are a barbarian ;)
@user-pw2mp7lu2v 8 жыл бұрын
As a Chinese, it's so nice to see such a video introducing the Great Wall.
@jemuelflorida5601 2 жыл бұрын
Salute to Ted Ed, I have learnt so much watching their videos, still so much to learn
@Her1Only 3 жыл бұрын
I love how I’m here for a school project and next thing I see is so many AOT comments 😂 I love it 😆
@ChimkenNugget 3 жыл бұрын
love it.
@shubhammishra5952 2 жыл бұрын
Weebs
@cookiesandcream2828 7 жыл бұрын
I love Chinese, Korean and Japanese histories. 😍😍
@sansan2591 4 жыл бұрын
What a about Mongolians ? They had one of the only biggest empire
@CarpeDiem-ml5ld 4 жыл бұрын
Yes bloodlust stories rock
@user-rm8tf5qo7e 3 жыл бұрын
@@sansan2591 Mongolia has no cultural background, only fights and does not rule. If it is not the civil strife of the Han people, they cannot beat the Han people (the main nationality of China)
@sorayamartini11 3 жыл бұрын
@@user-rm8tf5qo7e *every ethnic groups have their own culture and should be respect by the whole world*
@erhemeebayra8209 3 жыл бұрын
@@user-rm8tf5qo7e thats so rude of you to say that . Of course they do have cultures omg
@NekoBakaProductions 8 жыл бұрын
I visited the Great Wall a month ago. In Mandarin there is a saying, which is also carved onto a tablet displayed at a ruined part of the Great Wall, "不爬长城非好汉" which literally translates to "If One does not climb the Great Wall, he is not a true man" And I agree. The one I went to was the Old Great Wall. 20 minutes away from the train station, which has almost no tourists. The entrance was the very spot the rebel army in the breached and the ruins have been overtaken by vegetation. some of the most amazing sights in China, coupled with some of the most treacherous steps and heights that can make you question your sanity. I strongly suggest everyone to take a spin at this place. Surmount that and no need for leg day for a while.
@TsubakiSato 4 жыл бұрын
This was very helpful for my social studies thanks. :D
@manjularathaur9712 3 жыл бұрын
Ted ed is seriously my favourite channel!
@KiwiImpactSaint 8 жыл бұрын
1:55 Khublai was the GRANDSON of the Great Khan. He was the son of Tolui, the youngest son of the Great Khan's chief Khatun Borte.
@matthewsmith1779 7 жыл бұрын
Yup
@Aristocratic13 7 жыл бұрын
I watched both seasons of Marco Polo, I can vouch for your statement
@matthewsmith1779 7 жыл бұрын
C. J. Bailey That show is fucking terrible and terribly inaccurate. But that was a funny comment.
@Aristocratic13 7 жыл бұрын
Matthew Smith I found it entertaining. And yeah, I don't recall the actual Marco Polo living in Mongolia that long
@matthewsmith1779 7 жыл бұрын
C. J. Bailey It was unwatchable to me. First season was borderline. I couldn't roll my eyes hard enough when Marco Polo drew the trebuchet and gave it to Kublai. Like it was some privileged European technology the Mongols knew nothing about. When in reality, the Mongols had the best engineers on the planet. And there was nothing Marco Polo[a merchant's son] could tell them about builing siege engines. Also about the warning Marco gave not to attach the "Lion Hearted" European s. You mean the guys we just ran over a decade before? Those guys?? Europeans were not a mystery to the Mongols at this point in history. They knew all about them. The second season was somehow even worse. They made Kublai seem like an easily manipulated fool. I only got 3 episodes in that season so I'm not sure how it progressed from there. But when Kublai was manipulated into killing that child, I was done. It became too stupid for me. The show just seemed sloppily written. The only good character I could see was Kublai's wife.
@barch118 8 жыл бұрын
more like the great WALLS of china
@lotuualesi1677 3 жыл бұрын
I like this story teller! Her tone & accents understands me in every details of the story 😘
@jlvv_1 5 жыл бұрын
Wow hundreds of thousands lives to build this gigantic wall :( in Past time~ with no technology~ Big respect~ and Now the wall become such an icon~ History is just Amazing 💕
@a-drewg1716 3 жыл бұрын
I know you probably meant no modern technology..... but they still had technology
@davedalavai4985 7 жыл бұрын
I thought the title will be, " What makes The Great Wall of China... Great"
@bangchiu6623 6 жыл бұрын
Does anyone realize that her voice is so attractive? And her Chinese pronunciation is perfect as well..
@ChimkenNugget 3 жыл бұрын
yeah
@frankae4668 3 жыл бұрын
Omg the only English video on KZfaq that pronounces Chinese perfectly！！
@zexalyu4188 5 жыл бұрын
Great video !!!
@toydog5654 6 жыл бұрын
She switch between professional level English and Chinese with ease, so awesome.
@marcusisidro7273 7 жыл бұрын
I learned all of this years ago after watching Mulan
@tiff_00 5 жыл бұрын
Today now,a person wrote "Dahyun x Minho oppa!" On the wall when they're a sign said "No writing"
@averageguy79 Жыл бұрын
This helped me with a project i had to do, a 3d model of the great wall.
@DanielFenandes 8 жыл бұрын
The entrance and finishing songs are só nice
@gavcantrellofficial 8 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@DanielFenandes 8 жыл бұрын
+Gav Cantrell Who are you?
@gavcantrellofficial 8 жыл бұрын
+Daniel Dourado The composer.
@DanielFenandes 8 жыл бұрын
+Gav Cantrell Nice! Is there a full version of it ?
@gavcantrellofficial 8 жыл бұрын
Unfortunately not, I just wrote to the video. But thanks for your interest!
@alexbrowne7576 6 жыл бұрын
I never knew that the wall had so many other walls breaking off from it.
@lab204forest7 3 жыл бұрын
nice video, well done!
@hitrapperandartistdababy 6 жыл бұрын
I had no idea it was so convoluted with so many branches and sections. I always thought it was a singular wall
@Josue166 6 жыл бұрын
I was just there a few days ago. Wow its huge AF breathtaking and unreal
@00SNIVY00 7 жыл бұрын
I've always thought the wall was just a single long structure. It never occurred to me that there would be more than just one line of it; that there are several areas rather than one strip.
@johnwolf5731 4 жыл бұрын
People often mistake that the Chinese Walls are completely defensive, however, with the newest archaeological evidence found in (Outer) Mongolia, there are Walls that were actually far more north than today's, used as a forefront attempting to keep xiongnu even thousand miles away from current walls.
@myhome-jenspartnercozyshor1589 5 жыл бұрын
Thx for the information
@ilkeryoldas 8 жыл бұрын
It's the Alright Wall of China.
@leobear1390 7 жыл бұрын
I'll bet Trump slaps his salami to this video.
@DearKnowledge 4 жыл бұрын
The voice over is so perfect
@samisahil5510 Жыл бұрын
Nice video thanks this important information
@MogofWar 8 жыл бұрын
They built a wall, and they made the Mongols pay for it. lol.
@kaiserglory8289 8 жыл бұрын
Sounds like Trump
@jimespera9031 8 жыл бұрын
also trump build it and mongols and Mexicans pay 200000000000 $ or yuan
@Eddieheli 8 жыл бұрын
Actually made Huns to pay for it. After Huns devastating defeat by Chinese force 2000 Years ago, some surviving group moved to the Central Asia and Eastern Europe, others became prisoners for the Chinese, and Imperial government resettled these Huns at the border and fix the Wall.
@tulgatulgaldo6241 8 жыл бұрын
How?
@sorenkair 8 жыл бұрын
@Mog of War History tends to repeat itself. Will we ever learn?
@Sassymui8 7 жыл бұрын
Give me 20 years and I can build a small part of the Wall.
@ncblizzard1527 7 жыл бұрын
"Hey where's that ciment ?"
@Efe-hn5wb 7 жыл бұрын
This movie is now avаilablе to watсh here => twitter.com/69f51327d269cfce9/status/801621618623533060 What mаkеees the Great Wall of Chinа so eеxtrаordinarу Megan Campisi аnd Pеn Pen Chen
@appelmonkey375 7 жыл бұрын
Give 20 years and i might build a wall, not even THE WALL just a wall mabey
@emmanuelmclymbee856 2 жыл бұрын
Very well presented
@mar__k Жыл бұрын
But why was it built like that shape though? In some areas it looks more fortified but on others there's just a huge unfortified gap.
@Tjakelol106 8 жыл бұрын
Why did she said gengis khan and his SON kublai khan, isn't kublai is his grandson?!
@spemo1 7 жыл бұрын
because they dont know shit
@saurabhbanik7811 7 жыл бұрын
Also if you ask a Mongolian they would say that the name should be pronounced as Chengish Han .
@elidoubleday8080 7 жыл бұрын
close enough
@joelbattan8146 7 жыл бұрын
Chengis not ish, Mongolian here. :P It means God, Sky, Horizan, or mighty.(all those words sort of mean the same thing since the sky and horizan is thought to be the folklore, mighty sky god, tengri)
@saurabhbanik7811 7 жыл бұрын
Joel Battan Ya sorry my bad i made a spelling mistake in my original comment. Interestingly in many indian languages including hindi and bengali he is called as chengis han only.
@geo24793 8 жыл бұрын
Was Kublai the son of Genghis? I thought he was his grandson?
@celestehills 8 жыл бұрын
He was his grandson. This video is not fully correct, I guess.
@kevma7921 8 жыл бұрын
+Tiffany C. has a lot of mistakes
@taroseushi5001 8 жыл бұрын
I too know he is his grandson
@enkhtsetsegbaterdene4161 8 жыл бұрын
+George Holden yes, he was Gengis khan's grandson.
@munkh-undrahganzorig8596 8 жыл бұрын
+George Holden As Mongolian i can tell that "this video has too many mistakes"....
@user-cb4mh7fu6g 5 жыл бұрын
That was soawesome ！
@krititapadutta5664 Жыл бұрын
Explained well
@maxlol0 7 жыл бұрын
actually, it was not the manchu clan which overthrew the ming dynasty. it was a rebel leader called li zi cheng. In April 1644, Li's rebels sacked the Ming capital of Beijing, and the Chongzhen Emperor committed suicide. Li proclaimed himself the Emperor of the Shun dynasty. After Li's army was defeated on 27 May 1644 at the Battle of Shanhai Pass by the combined forces of the defecting Ming general Wu Sangui and the Manchus, Li fled from Beijing towards his base in Shaanxi.
@wouldyouliketomeetkenbamba9495 7 жыл бұрын
Well but tye one that consolidated they power in china is the manchus so yeah
@wouldyouliketomeetkenbamba9495 7 жыл бұрын
And shun is so short lived too
@xiaoliu3397 7 жыл бұрын
还有通敌卖国的晋商。那些人在满族建国后都成了皇商
@uniquesensitivesnowflake7366 8 жыл бұрын
Part of me look at the comment for trump comments.
@Thoseeyes424 8 ай бұрын
I need this for my English school project tnx so much for your help
@vreel4737 5 жыл бұрын
👏👏👏 jolly good show!
@RoninFoxSpeaks 8 жыл бұрын
Qin Shi Huang was like "We're going to build a wall and the locals are going to pay for it."
@Clee-os6pv 8 жыл бұрын
Ya, that is what he did.
@kublaib6319 6 жыл бұрын
another important purpose for the Great Wall is to control the trade between the han chinese (inside the wall) and the northern nomads. without the strict control of trade, the gov would lose tremendous among of tax income
@emi_wuuuuu 5 жыл бұрын
can i just say i love how they used both the metric and imperial system
@aarone1777 2 жыл бұрын
Speaking as a native born American; Metric is better, WAY better!
@tigergutt93 3 жыл бұрын
Man she practiced alot on the chines words before this. And thank you for it. Integrity is rare. Thank you to you.
@gameygameygamer 7 жыл бұрын
i have a pen - pen i have a chen uhh pen-pen chen
@hansolo6751 7 жыл бұрын
ahh~~~
@mydad4332 6 жыл бұрын
miles janes pan not pen, pan means desire in Chinese, Chen is a surname, literally means not new.
@BlueEyes-WhiteDrag0n 6 жыл бұрын
张纲 *READ THE DESCRIPTION* THE NARRATORS NAME IS *PEN PEN CHEN* 🤦♂️
@TheRyanLamont 8 жыл бұрын
Interesting, I never knew the wall was so segmented
@tyleravery1905 3 жыл бұрын
The Great Wall Of China was, in my opinion, the greatest historical achievement. Imagine building something that big that long ago! Also, this video was great!
@willyoueatmypussyplease3549 2 жыл бұрын
What about the pyramids and sphinx in Egypt and Machu Picchu in Peru
@Commievn Жыл бұрын
@@willyoueatmypussyplease3549 Generally, The Ancient Pyramid and Great Wall of China are considered the Pinnacle of human achievement. For the Pyramid it is the exceptional engineering wonder. For the Great Wall of China, it is the tenacity of everlasting rule & order. China is perhaps the only empire that could call themselves the thousand Reich. While Khafre Pyramid is the most lasting engineering wonder, made by mankind.
@user-wt4jf8bc1t 8 ай бұрын
@@willyoueatmypussyplease3549 Great but useless
@behal_ 4 жыл бұрын
nice it really helped
@hanpol 8 жыл бұрын
0:35 not turkish, turkic. Turkic peoples are the ones living in central asia, turkish are the ones from turkey
@hanpol 8 жыл бұрын
+Halil Ibrahim i know
@hanpol 8 жыл бұрын
Turkic peoples include turkish people but not all turkic peoples are turkish
@AceofDlamonds 8 жыл бұрын
Good point. People don't often realize the change in meaning from Turk-ish to Turk-ic
@TheSunshineRequiem 8 жыл бұрын
+DassKla4 I thought Turkic came from Turkey long time ago?
@hanpol 8 жыл бұрын
Actually I think the Turkish come from central asia
@omurseckin 8 жыл бұрын
"it's not a great wall it's an alright wall."
@yukiyan8952 8 жыл бұрын
+Ömür Seçkin gotta be a goddamn turk. you have nothing to do with mongols, xiongnu or xianbei. remember that.
@omurseckin 8 жыл бұрын
Karl Pilkington? An Idiot Abroad? Anyone?
@omurseckin 8 жыл бұрын
Yuki Yan that was a quote from Karl Pilkington...
@e.s.blofeld1775 8 жыл бұрын
+Ömür Seçkin "with an 'ead loike a fookin' orange!"
@omurseckin 8 жыл бұрын
Murat Karayilan aha bir tane kürdo da damladı. şimdi 5000 yıllık şanlı kürt tarihini anlatacak.
@linggabastara3360 5 жыл бұрын
Informative....
@stcards8165 4 жыл бұрын
No one will ever read this, to the very few people who do, have a great day.
@galactustales 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks, I did
@ladygrinningsoul357 3 жыл бұрын
I did. 👋
@MarkAlcarezBoston 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
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