I can tell this man reads a LOT.  Why?  Because he mispronounces unusual words and names, those you don't encounter in every day speech (eg Constantinople).  Basically it means he didn't have someone lecture him so he can pick up the pronunciation, but he learned it by reading so the pronunciation isn't obvious.  This isn't to criticise, and I think it's the mark of someone who loves learning.

I feel jealous. My history class was never this philosophical, or critical. It was memorizing. Good job!

Sir, I am a smart guy that grew up really poor and college was never an option. Your classes have meant a whole lot to me and you are a really great teacher.

From the bottom of my heart. Thank you for sharing. American schools do not elaborate. We are taught a bare minimum that's majority propaganda. Your videos are a breath of fresh air. Kudos

I’m diggin the emo look professor 😅

I was critical at first of him. But his wealth of knowledge and understanding cannot be denied.

Now that i early retire my goal is to enriche and feed my mind and soul. What an amazing place to be on your channel professor to be doing so.

Man, your lessons makes me a better human being. Thank you for sharing it with the world!

This was very good lecture about ancient Byzantine Empire: 10/10!
I wish my teachers would have been as good as this Professor Jiang Xueqin.
I think Christian theology has simplified the intellectual process of our thinking way too much narrowing our concepts of ourselves and the Universe  we are part of.
I feel like Christian theology has made my opinions over-simplified and ignorant and my cognitive intelligence capacity has been drastically reduced.
Now I am climbing my way out of the cave into the sunlight.
These videos help me immensely to enhance my perception of this world by increasing and activating my neurosynapsis in form of neogenesis.

45:00 worldview
55:20 power, media, and history
57:20 Godhead
58:20 bureaucracy:  distance, secrecy, mystery - not creative
Not creative - Byzantines
1:01:48Tribalism - energetic, deep
Homer, Dante
Energy getting along
Vikings
Caliphates Mongols

emo cut jiang luv it

Prof jiangs hair on point today

This is awesome, the professor is actually showing the neighborhood I grew up (11:48). Another fun fact: Those defensive walls were inlaid with special earthen bricks so the walls could absorb shocks from earthquakes, and the horizontal lines (same red bricks) were laid at irregular height intervals to confuse the enemy's calculations.

Prof Jiang, you are an incredibly beautiful soul. I truly love every one of your lectures and often wish I had a teacher like you growing up. You don’t just teach knowledge—you inspire deep reflection on our greater purpose as divine beings of light, navigating this life with amnesia.
Sending you divine protection and holding space for your courageous human journey.  ❤❤❤

I'm Greek and I've read so many history books about Eastern Roman Empire especially from russian, greek and french historians. It's amazing how well you understand this unique state and it's complexities that enlightened the world during the very dark Dark Ages. Thank you for teaching people history for free. You are amazing.

Love the short emo cut Professor, looking like a young Justin Bieber 🤘

you are always welcome to visit Istanbul, sir! thanks for all the great videos!

0:01 Background information ℹ️

Student Questions
21:37
26:30 Julius Caesar
28:00 I can’t force my vision on you.

Community and Individual
39:00 Soul and Community.
42:05 Fear of Shame.

Sex (it is not this black and white in reality)
42:25 Sex.
43:25 Violence.

The idea that the opposite of chaos is action is very unexpected

“Because tonight will be the night that I will fall for you” 😎

1:00:16 also when Germany was still divided into many principalities with very distinct traditions before 1871, they had one of the most influential western scientists, philosophers and poets.