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Civilization #33: The Rise and Fall of the Byzantine Empire

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The Byzantine empire saw itself as the continuation of the Roman empire. In this lecture to his Chinese high school students, Jiang Xueqin argues that Constantinople and Rome had opposing cultural systems. Rome was a pagan Latin republic, and Constantinople was a Christian multicultural empire.

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@dopplerdog6817 2025-10-08

I can tell this man reads a LOT. Why? Because he mispronounces unusual words and names, those you don't encounter in every day speech (eg Constantinople). Basically it means he didn't have someone lecture him so he can pick up the pronunciation, but he learned it by reading so the pronunciation isn't obvious. This isn't to criticise, and I think it's the mark of someone who loves learning.

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@ANlevant 2025-06-28

I feel jealous. My history class was never this philosophical, or critical. It was memorizing. Good job!

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@nathangreyism 2025-07-02

I’m diggin the emo look professor 😅

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@chiltondaniel 2025-08-15

I was critical at first of him. But his wealth of knowledge and understanding cannot be denied.

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@crit2074 2025-07-08

Man, your lessons makes me a better human being. Thank you for sharing it with the world!

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@kai7778. 2025-11-02

This was very good lecture about ancient Byzantine Empire: 10/10! I wish my teachers would have been as good as this Professor Jiang Xueqin. I think Christian theology has simplified the intellectual process of our thinking way too much narrowing our concepts of ourselves and the Universe we are part of. I feel like Christian theology has made my opinions over-simplified and ignorant and my cognitive intelligence capacity has been drastically reduced. Now I am climbing my way out of the cave into the sunlight. These videos help me immensely to enhance my perception of this world by increasing and activating my neurosynapsis in form of neogenesis.

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@JorgeGViso 2025-12-27

Prof jiangs hair on point today

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@The_Love_Codex 2026-03-25

Prof Jiang, you are an incredibly beautiful soul. I truly love every one of your lectures and often wish I had a teacher like you growing up. You don’t just teach knowledge—you inspire deep reflection on our greater purpose as divine beings of light, navigating this life with amnesia. Sending you divine protection and holding space for your courage human journey. ❤❤❤

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@uddin1659 2025-10-27

Getting shit thrown at you from the second floor: Egalitarian 😅😅

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@evangeloslagoudis2448 2026-04-28

one more thing Professor ,after 29th May 1453 , many residents of Constantinoupoli left the City towards western Europe and brought the ancient books with them creating the European civilization.

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