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Civilization #31: The Oceanic Currents of History

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Description

Traditionally, we have understood historical movement as either a line or a circle. We are either progressing towards the truth, or trapped in an endless loop. In this talk to his Chinese high school students, Jiang Xueqin proposes a new theory, which he calls "the oceanic currents of history." When we examine the fall and decline of global empires, a pattern emerges. As the empire expands, it draws once isolated regions into its orbit. The empire allows these regions to become more prosperous and sophisticated through trade and conflict. Prosperity increases the population in these borderlands, which forces them to expand and come into direct conflict with the empire. Sometimes, these people of the borderlands will overwhelm the empire, and become a new empire.

Top Comments (10)

@trile2799 2025-02-18

New class! So excited! I wish every history teacher was like you. Your class is fun and exciting. You show students that it is okey to come up with new ways of looking at a subject, not just reading out old ideas from a textbook.

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@LevelUPAlways-e7p 2025-07-30

THIS,Might just be the best lecture he ever did...my goodness I can't get over it I've had to watch it over and over, to think culture is a meta reality on top of the reality placed by the brain..ah my goodness I'm watching it again with a book

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@Diogenes7777 2025-09-04

This lecture genuinely explains what is happening in my country (Australia) right now.

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@duinay3 2025-06-29

Your lectures do not fail to surprise

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@TJ-Judge 2025-10-01

I love these lectures. Its like the science that underlines human civilisation. All of the questions I have had about our different societies are being answered in these videos

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@ericalakin9224 2025-09-23

i feel more peace in accepting the hurricane than struggling to stop it or prep ahead of its path. Aids me from dissociating into the metaverse and back into real life

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@AmicusNoctis 2025-08-12

21:40 "Crazy ideas makes crazy events"

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@123saycheese 2025-07-11

“America in itself is a hurricane” I LOL while nodding yes

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@Rahlibrown_ICT 2026-03-11

Who is here during Israel-Iran war

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@omar.alere22 2026-02-27

damn from a year ago…..

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