The Silk Road: The Incredible Trading Pathway

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[twocvbloke]

Fun part about the "Punishment by death" is the same was applied to tea, as they had monopolised it too, until someone went in under cover and stole the plants to grow in India, and now we have PG Tips, Tetley and Yorkshire Tea because of that person nicking their plants... :P

[danielreuben]

For some reason, I always envisioned something like a highway of dirt going from China to the West. Thank you for correcting my imagination with the myriad of routes, both on land, and water.

[lyleslaton]

Well done Simon, boiling down an entire semester of dry information into 16 minutes of useful knowledge.

[alexander-mauricemillamlae]

9:55 Fun Fact: Ferdinand von Richthofen was the uncle of Manfred von Richthofen, also known as The Red Baron (WW1 Flying Ace). Simon made a Tifo video on it.

[arnepianocanada]

"Paving the way" for the Silk Road ... nice bit of wordplay!

[HeyMJ.]

Ghengis Khan’s daughters established governance in the regions that their father conquered along the Silk Road. They established a stable, secure route with toll stations to fund gov.

[deplorablekunt]

I would enjoy seeing a video about the history and cultivation of marijuana from discovery to today. That seems like at least a “SideProjects” subject.

[robertwalker-smith]

I became fascinated with the Inner Asian nomad cultures as a university student. It's intriguing how the sedentary agricultural civilizations of East Asia and Europe reacted to hordes of small fierce warriors on small fast horses showing up out of nowhere and wrecking everyone's shit.

Over and over again.

[williamsoltes]

Dear Simon, I know that Mega projects doesn't do videos on music. However, there was this one band who's stage system required the use of millions of dollars, hydraulic elevators, miles of electric cables, tons of audio cables, stage risers, lifting derricks, enormous transport vehicles, scaffolding, hundreds of motorized lights, giant inflatable props, mixing boards, scheduling itineraries, a 35ft tall projection screen, ultra high end computers, lawyers, seamless integration, coordination, and competent management of all the above, some bricks; and, (why the heck not?), more than a couple of laser beams thrown in for good measure. That band, (if you haven't yet guessed), was of course PINK FLOYD, and that stage ( 1980's THE WALL TOUR) will be, if you agree to it, your very first Specal Edition of...MEGAPROJECTS! Thanks for all you do Simon. Your videos are excellent!

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[trj]

That was an excellent episode. Thankyou Mega Team.

[StarScapesOG]

Simon, you should look at some of the modern non-military mega projects, such as Bagger 288/293 or Bingham Canyon Copper mine.

[willardSpirit]

So this is the Amazon prime of its day? Next year shipping?! Incredible

[bluefluteman]

I really enjoy your videos. They are very interesting and well presented. Thank you Sir.

[matthewnield]

Big fan of all the channels, following for awhile now. Would love e a video on the F-104 thinderchief if one hadn't been done already

[Adventure.AS.]

Just an FYI, the map at 10:48 incorrectly labels the Red Sea as the Persian Gulf.

[JustanOlGuy]

Thank you for this! My inner Logistician has always wondered how.

[benjaminrees]

A culmination of so many channels and videos! Not just silk road directly but Justinian, and so many empires, to the Black Plague, great wall, Kublai Khan, etc. Loved it

[vaynehowlett]

Always excited to see a new video from you

[chickendog]

It's weird I used to play crossout years ago. Me and my friend just started playing it again. It's weird to see an ad for an older reality dead game.