These civilization videos require INTENSE research—I've read six books just for this one! Unlike geopolitics videos where I can fit new info into existing frameworks, each civilization demands I reach a threshold of intuitive understanding. I know these aren't my most popular uploads, but they're my passion projects. My standard: I must be able to explain a civilization's essence in one sentence or after six drinks. Next up: Central Asia and Jewish civilization!

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Bibliography:

Japan and the Shackles of the Past by Taggart Murphy

The Chrysanthemum and the Sword by Ruth Benedict

Oriental Ways of Thinking by Nakamura

The Rice Economies by Francesca Bay

A History of Japan by Mason

The Japanese Mind by Roger Davies

Lineages of Modernity by Emmanuel Todd

The Origins of Ideology by Emmanuel Todd

A History of Civilizations by Fernando Braudel

The Culture Map by Erin Meyer

Our Oriental Heritage by Will Durant

Inside Asia by John Gunther

The Isles by Norman Davies

Behave by Sapolsky

Rise of the West by McNeil

The Soul of China by Amaury de Riencourt

Culture and Its Consequences by Geert Hofstader

The Military Revolution by Geoffrey Parker

The Global Crisis by Geoffrey Parker

Disunited Nations by Peter Zeihan

A History of the Second World War by Liddell Hart

Tragedy and Hope by Carroll Quiggley,

Japan and the Shackles of the Past

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