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,
