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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.

2 mo on HN

Trump's Biggest Failure

Kraut
2 HN recommender · 2020–2023
2 mo on HN

Mark Blyth - A Brief History of How We Got Here and Why

McMaster Humanities
2 HN recommender · 2019–2022
2 mo on HN

URBEX | Abandoned Soviet Space Shuttles (Buran) in Baikonur

Exploring the Unbeaten Path
1 HN recommend · 2018–2022
2 mo on HN

Don't Be a Sucker - 1947

Weirdo Video
2 HN recommender · 2017–2025
2 mo on HN

The Myth of the Robber Barons with Burt Folsom

Foundation for Economic Education
2 HN recommender · 2014–2020
2 mo on HN

What Eating the Rich Did For Japan

Asianometry
2 HN recommender · 2023–2026
2 mo on HN

LESSON 1: Do Not Obey In Advance

Timothy Snyder
2 HN recommender · 2023–2025
2 mo on HN

The Wright Brothers DID Invent the Airplane

Greg's Airplanes and Automobiles
2 HN recommender · 2023–2025
2 mo on HN

Understanding the Russian mindset

CaspianReport
2 HN recommender · 2019–2022
2 mo on HN

Why Britain Uses Separate Hot and Cold Taps

Tom Scott
2 HN recommender · 2015–2025
2 mo on HN

Charlie Chaplin - Final Speech from The Great Dictator

Charlie Chaplin
2 HN recommender · 2022–2026
2 mo on HN

Eisenhower Farewell Address (Best Quality) - 'Military Industrial Complex' WARNING

Ewafa
2 HN recommender · 2018–2023
2 mo on HN

The Epic Of Gilgamesh In Sumerian

Peter Pringle
3 HN recommender · 2021–2025
2 mo on HN

Pounds, shillings, and pence: a history of English coinage

Lindybeige
2 HN recommender · 2021–2026
2 mo on HN

How Semiconductors Ruined East Germany

Asianometry
2 HN recommender · 2023–2024
2 mo on HN

What Happened Before History? Human Origins

Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell
2 HN recommender · 2016–2022
2 mo on HN

The Most Complex International Borders in the World

WonderWhy
2 HN recommender · 2015–2018
2 mo on HN

Sergey Kuryokhin: Lenin was a mushroom / С.Курехин: Ленин был грибом, part 1

xox
2 HN recommender · 2016–2018
2 mo on HN

[4k, 60 fps] A Trip Through New York City in 1911

Denis Shiryaev
2 HN recommender · 2020–2024
2 mo on HN

Eric Cline | 1177 BC: The Year Civilization Collapsed

The Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures
2 HN recommender · 2016–2020
2 mo on HN

Taken for a Ride - The U.S. History of the Assault on Public Transport in the Last Century

PEACE REBEL
2 HN recommender · 2015–2025
2 mo on HN

Is the world getting better or worse? A look at the numbers | Steven Pinker

TED
2 HN recommender · 2018–2022
1 mo on HN

KGB defector Yuri Bezmenov's warning to America

Persian Humanist
1 HN recommend · 2017–2024
1 mo on HN

Salmon Sushi Is Not Real

My Name Is Andong
1 HN recommend · 2021–2023
1 mo on HN

Some Countries Exist Only on Paper

CGP Grey
1 HN recommend · 2016–2020
1 mo on HN

Former KGB Agent Yuri Bezmenov Explains How to Brainwash a Nation (Full Length)

Federaljacktube
1 HN recommend · 2016–2017
1 mo on HN

I finally made GARUM | Ancient Rome's favorite condiment

Tasting History with Max Miller
1 HN recommend · 2020–2021
1 mo on HN

Wuppertal Schwebebahn 1902 & 2015 side by side video

Ett & Annat
1 HN recommend · 2020–2025
1 mo on HN

A Trip Down Market Street, 1906 - With Sound!

Mike Upchurch
1 HN recommend · 2018–2024
1 mo on HN

Empire Files: How Palestine Became Colonized

TeleSUR English
1 HN recommend · 2018–2022
1 mo on HN

The Sinister Reason Weed is Illegal | Adam Ruins Everything

Dropout
1 HN recommend · 2017–2019
1 mo on HN

McNamara meets with Castro (Fog of War)

8bitRicky
1 HN recommend · 2018–2024
1 mo on HN

AMAZING VIDEO! Man Lifts 20 Ton Block By Hand?

Mystery History
1 HN recommend · 2018–2024
1 mo on HN

Duck And Cover (1951) Bert The Turtle

Nuclear Vault
1 HN recommend · 2013–2022
1 mo on HN

The Bronze Age Collapse - Before the Storm - Extra History - Part 1

Extra History
1 HN recommend · 2017–2022
1 mo on HN

history of japan

bill wurtz
1 HN recommend · 2016–2025