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Netflix has created a new documentary series about the Alexander The Great, however in it they are attempting to depict him as being a homosexual, despite the fact that there is no proof of that.  Oliver Stone also falsely attempted to portray him that way in 2004.

Alexander The Great was a Greek king who subjugated Persia for Greece while he was in his 20’s.  In his ten year campaign in Persia he won many initial battles due to courage and good strategy, leading to many areas such as Babylon and Egypt then welcoming him as a liberator without a fight, where Egypt even made him a Pharaoh.  He was the last significant king of Greece, and he was given the title “The Great” by the later Romans who admired his accomplishments.

“Historians” who are claiming that he was a homosexual are making that assumption without any proof— where they are ridiculously reasoning: “Back then everyone was gay in Greece, so therefore he must have been as well.”  Such reasoning can be seen in this Daily Mail article about the Netflix series that even claims in its title that “historians [say he] had relationships with men.”

When I was making the “History of the World article,” I kept seeing videos about Greek history which said that homosexuality was “compulsory” in ancient Greece— and I knew that there was no way that could be true, so after searching the internet about the matter I found the excellent book “Homosexuality in Ancient Greece: The Myth is Collapsing”, which details much evidence showing that homosexuality was generally not accepted, let alone “ideal” in ancient Greece.  I summarized the book at this link, which is included in the section about Greece in the History of the World article.  The book has an entire chapter that debunks claims about Alexander The Great being a homosexual.

 

MUCH PREFERABLE VIDEOS ABOUT ALEXANDER THE GREAT

 

This video on the “Epic History TV channel” details Alexander the Great’s conquests of all of Persia between 334 BC and his early death in 323 BC at age 32.  The video makes use of detailed computer simulations that depict the strategies and situations of key battles.  It explains his long string of victories over a period of ten years due to his effective strategies and courage as a general, as well has how the newly acquired lands immediately fragmented into empires that fought with each other for power after his death, with most of the regions ultimately being subjugated by Rome a few hundred years later.

[Note: This interesting video starts by explaining background information about the situation of Greece at the time, and then it details Alexander’s conquests starting at about 5:00 using computer simulations.  I recommend watching it.]

 

This well-made German ZDF documentary details the life of Alexander the Great.  The documentary is dubbed in English.

Video: “Alexander the Great” (ZDF documentary) Episode 1 of 2: The Path To Power

This episode details the early life of Alexander the Great, where he grew up being trained as a warrior, tutored by Aristotle, and expecting to one day be the king of his province.  Alexander’s kingdom of Macedonia was initially thought of as being somewhat of a “backwater” area before Alexander took control of most of Greece and embarked on his ambitious campaign of conquering Persia.

 

“Alexander the Great” (ZDF documentary) Episode 2 of 2: Until the End of the World

This second episode explains Alexander the Great’s ambitious conquest of Persia, where he won key battles due to courage and good strategy, leading to many regions of the area such as Babylon and Egypt then welcoming him as a liberator without a fight.

He was the last great leader of Greece, and his death resulted in the fragmentation of the newly subjugated lands of Persia, followed by Rome eventually taking power in the region a few centuries later.

 

Ancient Assassins – Alexander the Great’s Spidermen

This interesting video explains a siege that Alexander engaged in during his conquest of Persia, where his soldiers scaled the face of a dangerous steep cliff over a period of a few days in order to surprise the enemy that was camped out on top.  [Note this video is not yet on the History of the World article.]

This documentary details the Nordic Bronze Age that existed in a time period between 1,800 BC—500 BC, also explaining how previously sheep herding people from the Eastern Steppes infiltrated the European continent starting in 3,500 BC, bringing their language, horses, and technology such as wheels and bronze metallurgy.  It explains how people in mainland Europe became relatively advanced even before being subjugated by the Romans.

[Note:  This is another interesting European history documentary that is one of my favorites.  It is a good precursor to watching the “Barbarians II” documentary series that I posted here the other day.

Also the description that I initially wrote on its video page on the “History of the World in Videos” article was not accurate enough, so I have updated it to be as above.]

[Note:  This documentary is not yet on the “History of the World in Videos” article.  I recommend watching the interesting “The Medici: Godfathers of the Renaissance” documentary series before the videos in this article— especially this episode that explains the circumstances of the corrupt Popes that triggered the Protestant reformation.]

“Martin Luther: Driven to Defiance” (Part 1 of 2)

Following is from the video page:

A 2002 PBS Biography Documentary narrated by Liam Neeson as part of Empires Special Series.

Few if any men have changed the course of history like Martin Luther.  In less than ten years, this fevered German monk plunged a knife into the heart of an empire that had ruled for a thousand years, and set in motion a train of revolution, war and conflict that would reshape Western civilization, and lift it out of the Dark Ages.

Martin Luther was born into a world dominated by the Catholic Church, which holds spiritual dominion over all the nations of Europe.  For the keenly spiritual Luther, the Church’s promise of salvation is irresistible – caught in a thunderstorm, terrified by the possibility of imminent death, he vows to become a monk.  But after entering the monastery, Luther becomes increasingly doubtful that the Church can actually offer him salvation at all.  His views crystallize even further with a trip to Rome, where he finds that the capital of Catholicism is swamped in corruption.

Wracked by despair, Luther finally finds release in the pages of the Bible, when he discovers that it is not the Church, but his own individual faith that will guarantee his salvation.  With this revelation, he turns on the Church, attacking its practice of selling Indulgences in the famous 95 Theses.

 

“Martin Luther: The Reluctant Revolutionary” (Part 2 of 2)

Following is from the video page:

When an obscure monk named Martin Luther nailed 95 Theses – 95 stinging rebukes – attacking the mighty Catholic Church, and its head, Pope Leo X to the door of Wittenberg Cathedral he unleashed a tornado.  It was a hurricane of violence and revolution that raged across Europe, and changed the face of a continent forever.   The Catholic Church brought all its considerable power to bear to try and muzzle Luther, including accusations of heresy and excommunication.  But protected by his local ruler, Frederick the Wise, Luther continued to write ever more radical critiques of the Church, and to develop a whole new system of faith, one that puts the freedom of the individual believer above the rituals of the Church.

His ideas spread like wildfire, aided by the newly invented printing press.  Finally he’s called before the German imperial parliament, in the city of Worms, and told he must recant.  Risking torture and execution, Luther nevertheless refused and proclaimed his inalienable right to believe what he wished.

Convinced he would not survive the trip to Worms but with absolute faith he declared, “I am not afraid, for God’s Will will (sic) be done, and I rejoice to suffer in so noble a cause.”

Luther finally died in the year 1543, seized by a crippling heart attack but he held onto his righteousness and rage until the very end.

“When I die, I want to be a ghost… So I can continue to pester the bishops, priests and godless monks until that they have more trouble with a dead Luther than they could have had before with a thousand living ones.”

I was looking through the “History of the World in Videos” article on NOITV recently, it contains a lot of interesting information.   I want to eventually develop it more and add more videos to it.  For example I think it needs more information about Central and South America, Canada, and ancient Mesopotamia, and there isn’t any information about space exploration.

One of my favorite documentaries in it is the History Channel “Barbarians II” series that was created in 2007, which explains how power shifted from the Roman Empire to kingdoms in mainland Europe.  It is a shame that some of those episodes are no longer available to watch on Amazon streaming, I’m looking into finding those episodes to post them myself.

There is a newer “woke” version of that series on YouTube, however each of its episodes are twice as long and I don’t think they are nearly as interesting.  It includes annoying guest commentary by people like Neil deGrasse Tyson and Al Sharpton where they actually even mention the Black Lives Matter organization as some sort of a comparison!  The new video series was created during the BLM rioting and kneeling at football games, etc.  In fact the History Channel even updated the online artwork for the original non-woke Barbarians II series to feature a black man as being representative of what happened!

This is what the History Channel wants people to think a “Barbarian” looks like.

This is the original artwork for the 2007 Barbarians II DVD.

It is true that one of the many Barbarian leaders in history who was named Hannibal was “somewhat” black, however.  (link, and link)

 

This opening scene in Ridley Scott’s movie Gladiator is a good depiction of what Barbarians actually looked like.

This video explains that while the news media has been reporting a “crisis” happening between Texas and the U.S. federal government where the U.S. has been cutting through barbed wire that Texas has been putting up, portions of the “border wall” are actually open for migrants to cross through starting as close as half a mile from where the controversy exists.

[Note though that there are still questions of states rights vs. federal rights when it comes to immigration enforcement.  Actually I think it would be preferable for federal rights to have precedence in immigration issues since it would combat the harmful policies of “sanctuary cities” and “sanctuary states” once the federal legislation has been corrected (which is possible if an awakening will happen).

I believe the most effective deterrents to illegal immigration are to stop allowing migrants to apply for amnesty, ending the policy of birthright citizenship for illegal migrants, erecting a physical barrier that is actually effective, and deporting new migrants who illegally come into the country after those policies have been implemented.]

In this video, Mark Dice explains the situation of the U.S. federal government attempting to tear down barbed wire barriers in a Texas state park where the state of Texas has been trying to impede the flow of illegal migrants coming over the border, along with other issues.

Dice explains that such a tactic of states is nothing new, where Democrat states allow “sanctuary cities” that interfere with the operations of the Border Patrol and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to stop them from deporting illegal migrants.

He also explains the dangers of the situation of unvetted people coming over the border; the ease it is for anyone to claim asylum; the fact that such migrants are given asylum hearings as far away as ten years from now or more; the fact that there are at least 30 million illegal migrants in the country now; he explains Joe Biden’s plan to give a path of citizenship to all of the illegal migrants that are in the country; he explains California’s plan to give free health care to illegal migrants; and he shows video clips of politicians such a Joe Biden, Barack Obama, and Chuck Shumer who previously spoke against illegal immigration.

This video explains that migrants are panhandling door-to-door in New York city neighborhoods.  [Note: Mayor Eric Adams shouldn’t be let off the hook because he has started speaking against the migration agenda.  He allowed it to happen for years knowing what the result was going to be. (link)]

 

Image from Wikipedia.

Many people across the U.S. post signs in their yards that say, “WE BELIEVE: Black Lives Matter, No Human is Illegal, Love is Love, Science is Real, etc, etc..”  I wonder how people living in those houses would respond to random migrants constantly knocking on their doors asking for money and to be taken into their homes to be housed.

 

The Biden Administration’s open border policies continue to result in an endless stream of illegal immigrants/migrants to sanctuary cities, straining resources.

African migrants, mostly men at Tompkins Square Park near a migrant re-intake center for housing in East Village NYC… pic.twitter.com/Vp99m5QDvA

— NJEG Media (@NJEGmedia) January 17, 2024

This article on the website Border Hawk News explains that migrants are congregating and leaving a mess in the many local parks and neighborhoods in Manhattan such as Tompkins Square Park.

 

This video says the migrants living in New York City are being evicted from the (expensive) hotels where they have been housed for over a year.  I think many of such migrants will end up being distributed to towns across the United States and to areas such as the West coast.

(Click on the image to view its video.)

Following is a summary of this Breitbart article:

[Note the original article uses the Border Patrol’s term “apprehended” which I think creates an inaccurate impression of what is happening, so instead I’m using the phrase “being processed” where the migrants are usually signed up for asylum hearings in the future and in the meantime they are usually released into the interior of the U.S.]

The Tucson, Arizona Sector Chief Patrol Agent John Modlin posted a video which explains that the Border Patrol processed nearly 12,000 illegal migrants during the past week in that area, which is up from just under 10,000 one week earlier.

During the first three reporting periods in January, Tucson agents processed nearly 35,000 migrants (which is about 1,662 per day).  During the same period last year, about 10,200 were processed (which was about 486 per day).

Unofficial reports for December show that about 80,000 were processed by Tucson agents (which was about 2,500 per day).

A new type of laser mapping technology known as LIDAR reveals lost cities in the foothills of the Ecuadorian Andes.

[UPDATE: This is actually summarized from this AP article:]

A cluster of lost cities has been reported as discovered in Ecuador, South America, which were established around 500 B.C. and were habituated for about 1,000 years.  The area is estimated to have been home to at least 10,000 farmers and perhaps as many as 30,000 at its peak.

Recent mapping by laser-sensor LIDAR technology reveals the lost cities which was a dense network of settlements and roadways in the forested foothills of the Andes.

The settlements date to about the same time period as the Roman Empire, and it predates the Aztec, Incan, and Mayan civilizations.  [Note: But it does not predate the much older Caral pyramids in Peru that date to about the same time period as the Egyptian pyramids.]

Earthen mounds and buried roads in the area were first noticed more than two decades ago by the archeologist Stéphen Rostain, who said he initially was not sure of how it all fit together.  He has recently reported his findings in the journal Science.

The people who inhabited the area are called the “Upano.” Instead of building with stone as the Incans and Mayans did, they built with mud in an elaborate system of organized labor.

The buildings were residential and ceremonial and they were erected on more than 6,000 earthen mounds, where they were surrounded by agricultural fields with drainage canals.  The largest roads were 10 meters wide and stretched for 6 to 12 miles.

[Note: January 21, 2024— I’m very impressed with Native American culture, I think it is amazing how they accomplished what they did without having contact with other cultures.  See the videos on this page.  This video is one of my favorites (personally I recommend watching the second one in the series that I linked to here before the first one.)]

This video explains that a New York rapper announced a baby shower for five different women that he has impregnated.

I think it is almost a certainty that those kids will be paid for with welfare money if for no other reason than they will be able to get away with it, but even if not almost all of many others in similar situations are paid for that way.

Many black people have been conditioned to think of themselves as being victims such as by BLM propaganda for example, and as a result many use it to rationalize behavior such as his.

The people who run the world actually see dysfunctional mentalities such as his as being ideal for the coming New World Order.