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World history Videos Recommended on Hacker News (147)
World history is one of the 150 topics Hacker News readers organize their video recommendations around. These 147 videos each earned real recommendations in real HN threads between 2008 and 2026 — 401 recommendations in total — and they're ranked by how many separate months the community kept coming back to them, not by view count.
History: ancient civilizations, medieval, empires, 20th century history, Cold War, archival footage, history documentaries, historical lectures, Dan Carlin, history of ideas and places.
Why HN keeps sending people here — on Try to Rule Fairly and You'll Be Overthrown: “CGP Grey's excellent Rules for Rulers video” — an HN commenter, 2018.
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15 mo on HNTry to Rule Fairly and You'll Be Overthrown
CGP Grey
15 HN recommender · 2016–2025
11 mo on HNPrinciples for Dealing with the Changing World Order by Ray Dalio
Principles by Ray Dalio
10 HN recommender · 2022–2025
11 mo on HNLondon Swallowed a City but Couldn't Digest It.
CGP Grey
12 HN recommender · 2012–2024
9 mo on HNWhy Some Diseases Only Traveled One Direction
CGP Grey
11 HN recommender · 2015–2024
9 mo on HN8. The Sumerians - Fall of the First Cities
Fall of Civilizations
7 HN recommender · 2020–2023
8 mo on HNThe Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire | The Secret World of Finance
Independent POV
6 HN recommender · 2019–2024
8 mo on HNThe UK Is a Country Made of Countries
CGP Grey
6 HN recommender · 2015–2023
8 mo on HNTiedustelueverstin arvio Venäjästä | 3.12.2018
fin_topsu
14 HN recommender · 2022–2024
8 mo on HNDebt: The First 5,000 Years | David Graeber | Talks at Google
Talks at Google
8 HN recommender · 2013–2024
7 mo on HNMost Cities Got More Democratic. This One Didn't.
CGP Grey
6 HN recommender · 2015–2023
5 mo on HNHyperNormalisation 2016
crisalist
6 HN recommender · 2016–2020
7 mo on HNDr Shashi Tharoor MP - Britain Does Owe Reparations
OxfordUnion
8 HN recommender · 2017–2023
5 mo on HNJames Burke Connections, Ep. 4 "Faith in Numbers"
DRS_Education
4 HN recommender · 2020–2026
6 mo on HNThe Battle of Midway 1942: Told from the Japanese Perspective (1/3)
Montemayor
7 HN recommender · 2019–2022
6 mo on HNThe Man Who Accidentally Killed The Most People In History
Veritasium
6 HN recommender · 2022–2026
5 mo on HNTimothy Snyder: The Making of Modern Ukraine. Class 1: Ukrainian Questions Posed by Russian Invasion
YaleCourses
6 HN recommender · 2022–2025
5 mo on HNIrving Finkel | The Ark Before Noah: A Great Adventure
The Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures
4 HN recommender · 2021–2025
5 mo on HNCracking Ancient Codes: Cuneiform Writing - with Irving Finkel
The Royal Institution
3 HN recommender · 2020–2024
5 mo on HNTom Scott vs Irving Finkel: The Royal Game of Ur | PLAYTHROUGH | International Tabletop Day 2017
The British Museum
6 HN recommender · 2019–2025
5 mo on HNThe Agricultural Revolution: Crash Course World History #1
CrashCourse
4 HN recommender · 2015–2021
5 mo on HNBuilding a Cathedral without Science or Mathematics: The Engineering Method Explained
engineerguy
5 HN recommender · 2023–2026
5 mo on HNHappy People | Spring (part 1) [Happy People Documentary | Spring in Siberia Part 1
Дмитрий Васюков
4 HN recommender · 2015–2023
5 mo on HNThe Secret History of Silicon Valley
Google TechTalks
5 HN recommender · 2008–2016
5 mo on HNEngland: South Sea Bubble - The Sharp Mind of John Blunt - Extra History - Part 1
Extra History
6 HN recommender · 2018–2025
5 mo on HNAlexander Pope Wrote a 35-Page Takedown of a Historian
CGP Grey
5 HN recommender · 2021–2025
5 mo on HNCollapse of Complex Societies by Dr. Joseph Tainter
vlada888
5 HN recommender · 2015–2023
4 mo on HNKGB Defector Yuri Bezmenov 1985 Interview. Explains KGB Manipulation of US Public Opinion
20th Century Time Machine
4 HN recommender · 2021–2025
4 mo on HNFULL INTERVIEW with Yuri Bezmenov: The Four Stages of Ideological Subversion (1984)
Nicholas Marshall
4 HN recommender · 2020–2026
5 mo on HNI Watched Ancient Apocalypse So You Don't Have To (Part 1)
Miniminuteman
4 HN recommender · 2023–2025
4 mo on HN1177 BC: The Year Civilization Collapsed (Eric Cline, PhD)
National Capital Area Skeptics (NCAS)
5 HN recommender · 2017–2025
3 mo on HN2. The Bronze Age Collapse - Mediterranean Apocalypse
Fall of Civilizations
3 HN recommender · 2021–2026
4 mo on HNCarl Sagan - Cosmos - Eratosthenes
carlsagandotcom
4 HN recommender · 2022–2024
4 mo on HNSurviving in the Siberian Wilderness for 70 Years (Full Length)
VICE
4 HN recommender · 2014–2023
3 mo on HNJames Baldwin vs William F Buckley: A legendary debate from 1965
Aeon Video
3 HN recommender · 2020–2023
3 mo on HNTimothy Snyder Speaks, ep. 14: Politics of Eternity, Politics of Inevitability
Timothy Snyder
2 HN recommender · 2018–2025
4 mo on HN[4k, 60 fps] San Francisco, a Trip down Market Street, April 14, 1906
Denis Shiryaev
3 HN recommender · 2020–2023