Building Angkor - Monsoon Metropolis - Extra History - Part 1

📜 Building Angkor: Monsoon Metropolis - Let's lay down the foundations for one of the architectural marvels of the ancient world: At its height, the city of Angkor was, by several measures, the largest city of the medieval era. With a million people and a footprint larger than modern-day New York, it was arguably the world’s largest pre-industrial city. And at its center lay the magnificent Angkor Wat.

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[extrahistory]

Ankor challenges a lot of ideas about medieval cities and we can't wait to dive into such a rich history! What are you most curious about?

[Artur_M.]

As someone used to the Celsius scale I had a brief "wait, what?" moment at 5:40, before realizing it's Fahrenheit.

BTW, a very interesting episode!

[yvetteszentesi]

2:38 - "Modern Archeologists"
That "Indiana Jones" joke was somehow .. hilarious... XD

[jamesbechtel]

My technology teachers wife was standing on top of Ankor Wat only a few weeks after Sputnik was launched. I remember her telling me how strange she felt to be there looking up watching something that was then so modern move across the night sky above her, while something so ancient lay beneath her very feet. Such a wild thing to have lived first hand.

[sebuc]

I’m Cambodian! Angkor Wat is something’s a lot of Cambodians take pride in, you covered everything! Good job!

[florians]

“Hinduism, not shy on biology”
Greek pantheon: “99% of our problem were because the gods couldn’t keep in their pants”

[Pikazilla]

"The temple is like no other building in the world. It has towers and decoration and all the refinements which the human genius can conceive of."
–Antonio da Magdalena


I don't actually know who this guy is, I just got this quote from Civilization V

[CharDhue]

100° : wow its technically boiling water tenperature

30 feet : oke its american ==

[jp]

7:19 Well, that was surprisingly matter of fact.

[KendrixTermina]

So fascinating how this hugeass advanced civilization was almost forgotten because they built from perishable materials.
Makes you wonder what other secrets are still hidden...

[driesdeblock]

After al these years of watching the series I have one point of criticism: please note metric measurements. Non Americans have no idea what your talking about. Thnx

[baccaglowstone]

Hey Khmer, I time to share, new kingdoms here and there

[DragoniteSpam]

The fact that there's still stuff on this scale that's being discovered by archaeology in my lifetime makes me excited.

[Kumimono]

"Hoh, those things look like penises. Artist is having a laugh."


"Wait, what?"

[DMathur]

9:40 Correction: These are Apsaras. Apsaras are not goddesses, they are divine women more akin to the Norse Valkyries..

[sirrliv]

"What is a Linga?"
Aaand Demonetized!

Seriously though, excellent start to what promises to be a very interesting series. Never expected to see something like this, but I'm already engrossed.

[pand]

7:38 LMAO THE LENNY FACES IN THE CLOSED CAPTIONS XD

[nightrunnerxm]

EC: The new video is about building Angkor!
Rando: What?
EC: Exactly!

[SuperBoramee]

I usually don't care, but since you're an educational channel I feel obligated to tell you that Khmer is pronounced "Khmai" like sky. Probably one of the series I've most ever been excited to see, not enough people talk about Cambodia. Much love.

[komnoms]

I'm Khmer and this got released on my birthday! I'm crying 😭😭😭