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  1. Hi everyone! My name is Bob Whitaker and I wrote this series on Cleopatra. I'm really excited to see this final episode published. This episode, focused on historiography, is the entire reason I wanted to do this series to begin with. My hope is that Episode 5 continues the discussion of why Cleo's story gets told the way that it usually gets told, and how that story has changed over time (particularly in the last couple of decades). I hope you enjoy it! Also, I've enjoyed reading your comments on the series as a whole, and I know Rob has got a Lies episode planned. Looking forward to seeing those questions as well!
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  2. Rando: the end is near God: no it ain’t
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  3. If I have learned anything from extra credits is it that all people are born with a tag with the initials that they wear on their clothes.
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  4. I love the little dialog between Alfred and Guthrum, never thought I’d laugh this much from Extra History.
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  5. aaand we are live! Hope you enjoy the new series.
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  6. Aaaaand we are live with episode two! Thank you Extra Credits for this wonderful story! Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays everyone! If you are a World of Tanks player and have not already done it, use the Bonus Code HULSE14 and get a free Gift Box!
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  7. Most historians focus mainly on human events, and ignore the broader macrohistorical forces that can shape our lives like climate or disease. Kudos to you Extra History for covering the Little Ice Age.
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  8. The book of Judges is akin to the Age of Heroes in Game of Thrones. It was the period that gave us legendary heroes like Gideon and Samson. However, if you read the book as a whole, you realize that the main theme is deterioration. The people continuously disobey God while the heroes themselves are progressively corrupt, eventually culminating in the genocidal Benjamite War. Samson, as the last Judge before said war, is in fact the most morally-corrupt Judge in the book. Most of the better known Judges were actually horrible people. The whole book was written to validate the need for a united kingdom. "In those days there was no king in Israel, everyone did what was right in his own eyes."
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  9. Drowned or shot at a festival. . . . Sources vary. History is fun like that.
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  10. Now that it's been established that this will be a regular thing, I'm counting the days on my fingers until the Third Century Crisis and Thirty Years War series' get the Extra History Complete treatment.
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  11. The character dynamics in here are really interesting. Sam makes a mistake and begs forgiveness, which he gets. Zal gives Rudabeh's servants jewels and a message, and the servants don't immediately scheme to undercut her somehow. He also passes his tests with no divine help, and Rudabeh's disapproving father doesn't back out of the deal. I get the feeling that if this were, say, a Greek myth, half the people involved would be dead after a whole bunch of lies and miscommunication.
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  12. Spain: "Hey, what the hell?! We give you support at the start of your rebellion, and now we hear word that you are preparing to invade our half of the island?"
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  13. Out of curiosity, has there been any expeditions to search for Mali's lost exploratory fleet, either back then or in modern times?
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  14. EC has showed me that Bismark is no longer 'that guy who isn't Hilter in the Civ games' but a true political genius
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  15. Well this hits close to home considering the potential railroad strike going on right now.
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  16. Ok, in one episode we got a prince killed by a pig, a church burning with 1200 innocent lives, a crusade disastrous even for the average results of those expeditions, pirates, a Pope serving as a matchmaker, and a divorce happening before Henry VIII. Ah, the Medieval times...
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  17. I unironically love how Wu straddles the line between Girlboss and Supervillainess. She's like Medea, but without the access to sorcery.
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  18. Rollo... "The Walker" kitschy 80s music plays
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  19. “If you’re going into the woods… in search of a bride” That’s an interesting alternative to Tinder
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  20. this episode was heartbreaking, i can't imagine what it was like for edsel to go through that as someone who probably shares a fair few personality traits with him
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  21. It's quite the poetic justice that Vlad Dracula's mythical weakness is a stake. Excellent series, and I have to give kudos to the artist(s) for the DBZ reference @7:19.
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  22. If I could venture a guess, I would say she realized the only thing stronger than a powerful nation at the time, was the Catholic church. So she worked really hard to get on their good side and make them the ultimate allies for her people. It's really sad she had to sacrifice her beliefs and traditions for the safety of her people. But whatever it takes seemed like her motto.
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  23. Saw this posted somewhere but I think it suits putting it here, "Comparing your love life to Romeo and Juliet is like using Hamlet to compare how functional your family life is."
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  24. "The ancient Romans would occasionally add an extra month between February and March." Ah yes... Smarch.
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  25. I've waited years for you to do a series on Vlad III and have to say, it's everything I ever hoped for. Amazing job, can't wait for the next episode.
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  26. I demand an extra politics board game.
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  27. Weird Tales. Innovators of the clickbait thumbnail.
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  28. Little-known fact about Robert E. Lee: He was such a teacher's pet at West Point, he's the only graduate in history to graduate without getting a single demerit.
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  29. Rule number 1 of meeting with Conquistadors: Never show gold.
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  30. «Can I be the next Sun?» «Sure. Jump into that fire.» «How about I strap the Sun on my belt, or just jump in the sky like you did?» «...no.»
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  31. Gilgamesh: I am the broest bro to ever bro. Samson: Bro, hold my beer (if you're strong enough). Everyone: You're a NAZARITE! You're not supposed to drink!
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  32. Zeus is basically the Walpole of Greek Mythology: Everything was his fault.
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  33. Good ol' helpin' of Walp-Os.
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  34. Kind of sad this was a one-off, as the subject is so interesting I would have gladly listened to a full-length series on it.
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  35. I laughed out loud seeing Fuller chase the train.
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  36. okay a lot of historical events sound utterly ridiculous if you try to spin them into a literary narrative... this one actually works pretty well. Interesting.
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  37. I had a feeling this would be a referrence to the Puritans. "People so uptight the British KICKED THEM OUT!"--Robin Williams
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  38. Ethiopian Emperor: “I’m not Prester John.” Christians: “He’s Prester John.”
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  39. Saw this in 23 seconds since it was posted. I really do like it when all of the episodes are compressed into one longe form episode.
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  40. Incan--sistancy. I'll let myself out over the terraces.
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  41. Apparently Miller missed the bit where Jesus literally says that no one but God knows when the last day comes. Matthew 24:36 for anyone curious.
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  42. Interesting how one lost battle and a subsequent ill-considered decision can initiate a complete shift in the status quo. Thoroughly enjoying this series, thank you so much!
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  43. [Long Post Ahead] Hi everyone! I’m Rob Rath, lead writer for Hunting the Bismarck. Because sponsored episodes don’t have a LIES episode, the EH crew decided the best thing would be for me to write them here in the comments. EPISODE I: THE PRIDE OF GERMANY • BRITISH PERSPECTIVE: After discussing possible approaches, we chose to tell the story from the British perspective as an hour-by-hour intelligence thriller. This approach had a few big advantages: it was tense, had a propulsive narrative, and allowed us to focus on the British intelligence effort that’s usually glossed over in other documentaries. It also let us communicate the “fog of war” and show how little the British often knew. The downside, though, is it gives short shrift to the Germans—but my hope is that the Bismarck’s side of this story is already well known to most naval history fans. • WASN’T YAMATO THE BIGGEST?: Yes, the Yamato’s displacement was larger—but it was still under construction when Bismarck sank. Yamato had already been “launched,” but that merely meant that its hull was floating in the water with its superstructure and armaments still under construction. Only after being “commissioned” into active service did it count as a real battleship. • CANADIAN SUPPLY CONVOYS: Several people pointed out that the Royal Canadian Navy and Merchant Marines played a large role in the Atlantic convoys. This is absolutely true, and I wish we had depicted that. As a form of apology, let me offer this: did you know that four Canadian midshipmen served at the Battle of the Denmark Strait? One served on the Prince of Wales, while three died on the HMS Hood. The Hood crew also included 20 men from Newfoundland, which was not (yet) a part of Canada. EPISODE II: THE MIGHTY HMS HOOD • WHY WAS PRINZ EUGEN OUT AHEAD?: It actually wasn’t a strategy. When Bismarck fired at the cruiser Norfolk in Episode I, the concussion of its own guns knocked out its radar array. Prinz Eugen was going first to act as a radar picket. • DID ALL THAT STUFF IN THE BATTLE REALLY HAPPEN?: Many people thought we took artistic license, but the events in this episode are based on the accounts of veterans and Hood survivors. One caveat: much like the circumstances of Hood’s sinking, there’s significant debate over whether Hood’s B-turret fired one last salvo. Both British and German sailors reported seeing the shot, but that doesn’t necessarily mean someone intentionally fired the guns. It’s possible that ammunition cooked off in the barrel, or that an internal explosion made it appear the guns fired. • DIDN’T MYTHBUSTERS PROVE SHIP SUCTION IS A MYTH?: Mythbusters used a 20-foot boat, which doesn’t reflect the fluid dynamics of a sinking battleship. A large ship going down very fast can experience “downflooding,” where water pours into the large spaces in the hull and ventilation shafts, pulling floating objects down like a drain. In addition, air escaping from the ship creates bubbles and foam at the surface, making the water less dense and able to support bodies. Oil and entangling debris also contribute to dragging sailors down—all three Hood survivors described being pulled down in some way. EPISODE III: A CHANCE TO STRIKE • WHY DID THE BRITISH KEEP ATTACKING ALLIES?: During most combat operations, ships tried to maintain radio silence so that listening stations on land didn’t triangulate their signal and inform enemy vessels of their position. This meant a ship’s location wasn’t always clear, and it was hard for pilots to recognize the size and silhouette of a ship when hurtling at it from several miles out. Mistakes were common. • TIME TRAVELING SHIPS AND ENIGMA ROTORS: We accidentally depicted some ships with post-war modernizations like angled flight decks. We also used the destroyer HMS Sheffield (D80)—which the Argentine Navy famously sunk during the Falklands War—instead of the cruiser HMS Sheffield (C24). Also, we misstated the number of rotors on the Enigma: the standard version had three and the naval version had four. EPISODE IV: SINKING THE BISMARCK • WASN’T THE BISMARCK SCUTTLED?: Yes. The crew set scuttling charges, partially because regulations mandated that they be set before an evacuation could take place. But Bismarck was already foundering and most assessments agree that she would’ve sunk within a day or half a day—so really the British sank her, the scuttling just sped it up. • WHY DID THE ROYAL NAVY KEEP SHOOTING?: According to naval procedure, Tovey couldn’t stop firing until Bismarck struck her colors, which she never did. The feelings about this were very mixed among the British sailors. The HMS Rodney’s chaplain really did beg his captain to stop the shelling. • WAS THERE REALLY A U-BOAT?: The lookout on the Dorsetshire spotted U-74, which had come to pick up Bismarck’s war diary at the request of Admiral Lütjens. U-74 later rescued three men clinging to a raft. WALPOLE In 1732, King George II gifted Walpole the residence at 10 Downing Street, where Winston Churchill lived and worked during WWII. Too easy? Ok! The Prinz Eugen was named after Prince Eugene of Savoy, an Italian-French general who served the Austrian Habsburgs. In 1731, Eugene was responsible for hammering out the Second Treaty of Vienna, which reoriented European politics by breaking Britain away from its ally France and instead aligning it with Austria. Who steered this on the British side? WALPOLE.
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  44. How many factions are in this war? I lost count.
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  45. I like how you avoid lionizing Ford and explore his micromanaging and dictatorial tendencies that would've ruined his company if not for grounded minds like Couzens. That's one of the reasons I love Extra History: you tear down myths and explore the nuances behind the so-called "great men of history."
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  46. I would like to add that a huge Irish population headed into the Montana region where many would work in the great Anaconda Mine which supplied a huge chunk of the US copper for many decades. There was also a move into the Dakota territories where they made a sizable minority of the populous but not as much as the Scandinavians and Germanic cultures that arrived. And I would say it makes a lot of sense that they would have stayed in those low-cost places having just spent everything to get to the US and yet still very close to family and friends back in Ireland who may very well be completely dependent upon family overseas to survive. One final observation though is that it would make complete sense to have a quarantine zone as that could have quickly lead to an epidemic. Not perhaps the best temporary situation for the immigrant, but I feel justified after seeing what not having pro-active precautions lead to with the Spanish Flu epidemic.
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  47. Suddenly, Emperor Kusco's toy model of his new home and displacing Pacha's whole village seems... Not so Disney anymore.
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  48. The fact that he made his first car too wide to get out the door of the place he made it is just... face-palm
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  49. You've given a whole new meaning to calling Smaug "A whale of a dragon!" It was wonderful to work with you all and we look forward to joining you around the campfire again in the future.
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  50. He was a really chill dude if you ignore the conquest
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