Understanding Western Civilization.

Excuse me, but showing abbasid chaliphate in anatolia - byzantine roma- is wrong. Those are seljuq turks, supported by the abbasid chaliphate, indeed they were officially nominated by the chaliph as "islamic warriors" but they are not the abbasids, thats ill. Many turkmens back in time weren't even muslim, they were shamans. Sorry to bitch about it, but your try to reduce all middle eastern societies in one big group when seperating barbarians and romans, got me offended a little.

Civilization which is revealed by god is the best, AMEN.

Japan has never been under European control or influence? I beg to differ. Try after WW2.

Why is Germanic culture included?

Science moving forward has shown that God exists and that God is the only God. The God of the bible. Jesus Christ. We live in an electric universe a simulation of reality that is a part of a larger reality.

All objects are more empty space than they are matter. We will all be judged at the end. Get ready

We need god.

Greatest civilization ever

I believe you have a deep misunderstanding of Christianity.

The american civil war wasn't about slavery, c'mon thought you'd be honest

Was anyone else filled with the overwhelming urge to play Europa Universalis after watching this?

I recommend Ibn Warraq: Why the West is best.

Very good video! West is always criticized by ourselves, but we don't realize we are the only society to feel guilty about our errors.

Oh so the west is the germanics that STOLE the west from Rome? Interesting

I think it's incredible to hear something positive about western civilization which has done so much to improve the human condition. I also like the fact that you give the middle ages and the early Catholic Chuch a break. Showing how they help forge the western culture we have today.

This is a great video, I'd only disagree with 1 thing, being that the civil war was fought for slavery which is a VERY disputable claim.

Lincoln was a racist and believed we should even deport black people out of america, he also never freed a single slave, since he declared slavery to be illegal only in southern states, of which he had 0 control over.

There was a slavery component of course, but the primary reason was political, the south wanted to secede but Lincoln didn't allow them to.

(Also, considering nuclear war is a threat, i don't think china or russia will be invading western countries any time soon).

But why is Mexico not part of it? Like we speak Spanish and all😢😢😢😢😢

I would love rutger to do a video regarding how does one pull a new religion out of our current chaos. To my mind it would have to be based on these lessons of history that should humble us all to come hat in hand to the middle to hammer out the principles that have worked for the vast span of history. Our identity must begin with humanity and humility

The auto-flagellation is probably western society’s greatest curse and greatest blessing. Without self-reflection, moral and social growth can’t occur, but with too much guilt, stagnation is bound to happen. I’m a very left-leaning person, and I’m white, but the concept of “white guilt” is hysterical to me. None of the folks in my generation were alive when slavery, colonization or even segregation were around, so it’s nonsense to feel ashamed of what you yourself had no hand in. Furthermore, feeling “guilt” or “shame” accomplishes nothing; you’re not making any strides towards economic parity, or advancing socioeconomic mobility, by feeling guilty. The ancestors of slaves or indigenous peoples can’t trade your guilt in for gold. It’s almost another form of self-centeredness, another example of people making a topic they have no personal involvement to about themselves, because it affects “how they feel.” It also boggles my mind how some of these Twitter brained hyperleftists blind themselves into recognizing only Western Imperialism or despotism, while applauding the same behavior in Eastern societies (Russia’s invasion of Ukraine or China’s 1B1R initiative). It’s important to be honest about one’s history and one’s society, but we can only control our own small slice of the present, in hopes of making a better future. Look to the past for knowledge of how to be better in the future, not how to feel worse about the past.