2+ Hours of How Every Civilization Worked

2+ Hours of How Every Civilization Worked 0:00 Intro 0:00 Ancient Mesopotamia 1:15 Ancient Egypt 2:44 Ancient Greece 4:14 Ancient Rome 5:38 Ancient China 7:14 Ancient India 8:37 Ancient Persia 10:04 Medieval Europe 11:46 The Islamic Caliphates 13:17 The Aztec Empire 14:42 Imperial Japan 16:11 The Ottoman Empire 17:43 Colonial era Americas 19:18 Revolutionary and Napoleonic France 21:05 Sumer and early Mesopotamia 22:49 Ancient Egypt 24:27 Ancient Greece 26:07 Ancient Rome 27:48 Ancient China 29:26 The Islamic world 31:19 The Byzantine Empire 32:57 Viking and Norse Scandinavia 34:33 Medieval Europe — serfdom and slavery 36:07 The Aztec Empire 37:35 West African kingdoms 39:11 The Inca Empire 41:00 The Ottoman Empire 42:23 Colonial Spanish America 44:38 The Atlantic slave trade and plantation Americas 46:32 The American South 48:28 Imperial Russia and serfdom 50:22 Colonial Africa and the scramble 52:10 Modern and contemporary slavery 54:42 Ancient Mesopotamia 56:31 Ancient Egypt 58:04 Ancient Greece 59:44 Ancient Rome 1:01:16 Ancient China 1:03:01 The Islamic Golden Age 1:04:38 Medieval Europe 1:06:07 The Renaissance and early modern Europe 1:07:33 Colonial America 1:09:05 18th to 19th century Europe — the reform era 1:10:34 The Victorian era asylum 1:12:12 The modern era 1:31:34 Beer — ancient Mesopotamia 1:34:05 Opium — ancient Egypt 1:36:27 Soma — ancient India 1:38:42 Cannabis — ancient China 1:40:57 Alcohol — ancient Greece 1:43:02 Kykeon — the Eleusinian Mysteries 1:45:33 Chicha — the Inca Empire 1:47:54 Cocaine — ancient Andes 1:50:19 Peyote 1:52:53 Psilocybin mushrooms — the Aztecs 1:55:36 Mandrake 1:58:18 Arsenic 2:01:26 Mesopotamia 2:03:14 Ancient Egypt 2:05:01 Ancient Greece 2:06:46 Ancient Rome 2:08:21 Ancient China 2:10:13 Ancient India 2:11:45 The Aztecs 2:13:21 The Vikings 2:14:50 Feudal Japan 2:16:21 Medieval Europe 2:18:04 The Ottoman Empire 2:19:41 The Renaissance 2:21:39 Crushing by elephant 2:23:06 Crucifixion 2:24:45 Poena cullei — Rome 2:26:10 The brazen bull 2:27:31 Lingchi — death by a thousand cuts 2:28:51 Impalement 2:30:15 Boiling to death 2:31:43 Keelhauling 2:33:03 The guillotine 2:34:25 Hanging, drawing, and quartering 2:35:33 The Iron Maiden 2:36:53 The gas chamber and electric chair Enjoy! :D This animated presentation is a creative interpretation designed for entertainment and learning. While based on real concepts, artistic license has been used to simplify and visualize complex ideas. We encourage you to use this as a starting point for your own discoveries!