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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.
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1 mo on HNDECLINE of EMPIRES: The Signs of Decay
eon3
1 HN recommend · 2018–2023
1 mo on HNSarah C. M. Paine — Why dictators keep making the same fatal mistake
Dwarkesh Patel
1 HN recommend · 2023–2025
1 mo on HNThe centuries-old debt that's still paying interest
Tom Scott
1 HN recommend · 2021–2026
1 mo on HNWhy the Soviet Computer Failed
Asianometry
1 HN recommend · 2022–2024
1 mo on HNNew York City in 1993 in HD - DTheater DVHS Demo Tape
Youtube Pedant
1 HN recommend · 2016–2022
1 mo on HN[60 fps] A Trip Through Paris, France in late 1890s / Un voyage à travers Paris, 1890
Denis Shiryaev
1 HN recommend · 2020–2024
1 mo on HNComplete History Of The Soviet Union, Arranged To The Melody Of Tetris
pigwiththefaceofaboy
1 HN recommend · 2011–2021
1 mo on HNThe British Museum is full of stolen artifacts
Vox
1 HN recommend · 2020–2022
1 mo on HNUkraine on Fire
Global Tree Pictures
1 HN recommend · 2022–2022
1 mo on HN15. The Nabataeans - The Last Days Of Petra
Fall of Civilizations
1 HN recommend · 2022–2024
1 mo on HNAdmiral Jeremiah Denton Blinks Morse Code Warning as P.O.W.
Audie Murphy American Legend
1 HN recommend · 2018–2023
1 mo on HNAdam Ruins Everything - The Sinister Reason Weed is Illegal
truTV
1 HN recommend · 2018–2022
1 mo on HNProf. Timur Kuran on "The Portal", Episode #004: "The Economics of Revolution and Mass Deception."
Eric Weinstein
1 HN recommend · 2019–2025
1 mo on HNHyperNormalisation by Adam Curtis HD Full [2016] [Subs]
L33T GUY
1 HN recommend · 2019–2026
1 mo on HNHow the pyramids were built in Egypt
Geopolymer Institute
1 HN recommend · 2017–2024
0 mo on HNLast Witness to President Abraham Lincoln Assassination I've Got A Secret
HistoryFlicks4u
0 HN recommender · 2019–2026
0 mo on HNEisenhower warns us of the military industrial complex.
RobUniv
0 HN recommender · 2013–2017
0 mo on HNAfghanistan War Exposed: An Imperial Conspiracy (Full Documentary)
Empire Files
0 HN recommender · 2020–2026
0 mo on HNGulf of Tonkin: McNamara admits It didn't happen.
compelled2283
0 HN recommender · 2019–2023
0 mo on HNInterview With An 87 Year Old Farmer (1929)
Folk Survival
0 HN recommender · 2021–2023
0 mo on HNSchaliegas: USSR Gas Well Blow Out = Nuclear Bomb Puts Out Fire
Stop Schaliegas
0 HN recommender · 2020–2021
0 mo on HNIs America Actually Metric?
Veritasium
0 HN recommender · 2017–2022
0 mo on HNThe History of Europe: Every Year
Cottereau
0 HN recommender · 2018–2024
0 mo on HNThe Exploding Whale: An infamous moment in Oregon history creates a strangely beloved icon
KATU News
0 HN recommender · 2020–2023
0 mo on HNLegal Drunk Drivers from the 1960s
Robert Exley
0 HN recommender · 2023–2025
0 mo on HNI was wrong (and so was everyone)
Tom Scott
0 HN recommender · 2022–2023
0 mo on HNScientists Make Easter Island Statue Walk | National Geographic
National Geographic
0 HN recommender · 2019–2024
0 mo on HNRussia releases secret footage of 1961 Tsar Bomba hydrogen blast | REUTERS
Reuters
0 HN recommender · 2021–2026
0 mo on HNFormer KGB Agent, Yuri Bezmenov, Warns America About Socialist Subversion
Mrgunsngear B Channel
0 HN recommender · 2020–2025
0 mo on HNThis library has every book ever published.
Tom Scott
0 HN recommender · 2023–2026
0 mo on HNGamal Abdel Nasser laughing at Muslim Brotherhood hijab requirement in 1958 (subtitled)
Video Clips
0 HN recommender · 2017–2022
0 mo on HNThe Netherlands Is Not 'Holland.' It Never Was.
CGP Grey
0 HN recommender · 2016–2026
0 mo on HNThe Dark History of "Left-Wing" Zionism
Bes D. Marx
0 HN recommender · 2024–2025
0 mo on HNRick Suddeth: USSR: Moscow 1989 Grocery Store
Rick Suddeth
0 HN recommender · 2015–2021
0 mo on HNNapoleon's greatest foe
Lindybeige
0 HN recommender · 2018–2021
0 mo on HNFirst Strike (Part 1)
filmsouth
0 HN recommender · 2015–2021