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@Dryside007
10 ай бұрын
I started watching this during the Whistler days and at first it was a rough change. Good job with this one Karl. These videos just continue to improve since you took over presentation.
@gunnarelisigurjonsson2587
10 ай бұрын
Been doing good A fine change, Simon is still on wargraphics and others. Win win 😊
@timgagliano621
10 ай бұрын
I agree. But I still think his name is Kyle…..I can’t unhear it
@ummihanikhatun6759
10 ай бұрын
@@gunnarelisigurjonsson2587 Simon owns warographics, he was just the narrator for this and biographics
@goosenotmaverick1156
10 ай бұрын
@@ummihanikhatun6759and I believe toptenz as well
@finnhd915
10 ай бұрын
I was in Berlin over the summer and busted many of the museums there. Seeing the Ishtar gate and Hammurabi’s code was really something else
@jeremylugo5206
10 ай бұрын
you’re doing just fine karl, you’re growing on me! the balance between you sticking with the script and your personality is perfectly fine with me, i don’t mind you showing your personality here and there. it adds more spice to the videos 😂 but keep up the good work! 🤙🏻
@davidkillin8466
10 ай бұрын
Love this guys deadpan humour. Also, well-written and informative. Keep it up guys 👍🏻
@ryannowens
10 ай бұрын
Your personality is why I started watching again, you do your absolute best work off the cuff.
@gnrtravels
10 ай бұрын
0'44: the rivers flow into the Persian Gulf not the Eastern Mediterranean... small detail, ain't it?
@harrisonmiller6475
10 ай бұрын
Keep up the good work Karl! In my opinion you are doing very well and that is special!
@DavidInMonroe318
10 ай бұрын
He’s okay I liked some of his videos but then came across the Wounded Knee episode and he had this really forced emotional response he tried to sell like it was extremely hard to read the episode and he’s holding back all these tears etc. Sorry but that’s a bit much and lost a little of liking him over that
@janko1423
10 ай бұрын
Good job Karl. Keep it up!
@TheFlizash
10 ай бұрын
Oh no!!! They finally did it!!! Danny and the other writers have broken out of the basement!!! What have they done with Fact Boy!!!
@schlafer8785
10 ай бұрын
kzitem.info/news/bejne/sp2GuKtniGl_hYo This video explains what happened to Factboy on 3 channels he used to host, but not own.
@smithworks23
10 ай бұрын
yea??
@mayonaise000
7 ай бұрын
I love how he looks up the local pronunciation. Way to be a decent person, Karl.
@agale1360
10 ай бұрын
Re-earned my subscribe with this one! Great topic choice. Would love to see more videos on different river systems and their history
@geographicstravel
10 ай бұрын
Got any suggestions?
@agale1360
10 ай бұрын
@@geographicstravel Ganges, Yellow, Indus, Mississippi, Niger, just a few. Especially rivers that have a history of flooding or significant shifts would be interesting. I enjoy the new presenter, although I was hesitant at first. As a loyal Simon follower, it can be jarring when someone new takes over. It helps that he’s cute and I love the sleeve ❤️ the content seems to remain high quality, which is the most important part for me. So again, you re-earned my subscribe. I’ve gone back and watched all the videos I’ve missed since the change and like the way you are improving in your delivery. Great sense of humor without going off on too many tangents. Keep it up and I trust you’ll take good care of this channel. Thanks again!
@Muggle1983
10 ай бұрын
You are doing a fabulous job Karl! 🙌
@mr.iforgot3062
10 ай бұрын
No he's not. Unless you like shit sandwiches!
@zarasbazaar
10 ай бұрын
It seems like a good balance between facts and personality. I've watched other channels where it's just dry recitation of facts and I find myself tuning them out the droning after a while.
@rejeanlacoursiere2073
10 ай бұрын
Just be yourself Karl. Read the script as you feel it and ad some personnal comments as you feel it. Love your video
@SmithFriscoFamily
10 ай бұрын
Be yourself Karl. Excellent presentation
@tomorrowwestport2620
10 ай бұрын
I like this guy He’s very ‘welcoming’? Is that the appropriate description? As much as we all love Simon and love him we do…this guy is doing a sterling job of sharing the load and I welcome his narrative style and more conversational approach to this particular channel
@ginnidiaz861
10 ай бұрын
The presentation was great IMHO. Nice balance of you andb data.
@geographicstravel
10 ай бұрын
Much appreciated! Please share the video for the algorithm. :)
@kreiner1
10 ай бұрын
Love you karl, drink beer on this one too.
@saemae1169
10 ай бұрын
Thank you. Proud of my Mesopotamian civilization
@zaco-km3su
10 ай бұрын
The Bronze Age started around 3300 BCE and ended around 1200 BCE. It's surprisingly recent. 6000 BCE to 5000 BCE is the stone age.
@emom358
10 ай бұрын
I would like to see a video on the Nile, and the potential water wars between Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia. I don't care what all the too lazy to look it up lot say, I enjoy your delivery and humour. Keep up the good work.
@goosenotmaverick1156
10 ай бұрын
"thats like, one of the little baby with wings, right? Id kick the ass on one of em" 😂 this is why I love Karl
@patwawryk7717
10 ай бұрын
More personality Carl! You have a great sense of humor it seems like!
@alanr745
9 ай бұрын
Nice work Karl. Cheribum is a plural word, as the "im" is a plural suffix in Hebrew. So standing at the Garden Gate would be two cherubs and a "flaming sword." Since this is where Yahweh's throne and garden met Earth, it is unlikely anyone would ever find it since Yahweh left Earth sometime later before the Flood. Scholars are actually quite divided on the dating of when the Torah came into written form. JEDP is nothing short of circular reasoning, so a supplementarian model for the formation of the Torah as well as the rest of the Tanakh is likely the best model...and that is precisely what the Hebrew Bible itself bears record of....if readers would pay attention. Anyway, rant over. Thanks again for an excellent summary of the real cradle of civilization.
@Antropovich
10 ай бұрын
4:26 there is "6000 - 5000 BC / Bronze age". Bronze age was 3300 - 1200 BC.
@kennyhagan5781
10 ай бұрын
Karl,watch out for that anteater behind you. I get funky vibes from it.
@clintonriddle1148
10 ай бұрын
I’ve only seen a few of the videos that you’ve done, but I think you seem to be coming into your own. Maybe a bit more of your own personality, as long as it doesn’t overshadow the subject matter? I think there’s room for that.
@geographicstravel
10 ай бұрын
It's definitely a balance he's trying to strike. Karl has an easier time with people, since he has a massive amount of knowledge there that he can pull from, since a great deal of viral content from early Today I Found Out and TopTenz were from his scripts and research. lol
@SD-bf6hk
10 ай бұрын
Great job! Miss Simon but you did good! Would love more of your own comments. Part of the uniqueness of this channel is the comments back and forth in the script bs non script. You did this channel proud!!!
@geographicstravel
10 ай бұрын
Thank you! We'll pass the word along! Please share the video around to help with the algorithm. :)
@akevabanshee3632
10 ай бұрын
Please keep hosting this Carl! I love the energy you bring to this channel and you are doing great.
@trizvanov
2 ай бұрын
Great episode. Please, keep the famous deadpan humour all the Northerners are associated with! :D
@rheinhardtgrafvonthiesenha8185
10 ай бұрын
Smallwood lol. It kills me every time. I’m immature tho. I’m in my 40‘s and still can’t say Uranus without laughing my ass off
@AnnaAnna-uc2ff
10 ай бұрын
Thanks.
@danielkleinberg790
10 ай бұрын
The driness is good. it helps you concentrate. you are getting better as this go along.
@user-eh6th9wj5k
10 ай бұрын
This one felt the most natural so far. Great job Karl!
@tdyerwestfield
10 ай бұрын
How did Adam and Eve's 2 sons reproduce?
@willemthijssen1082
10 ай бұрын
Eve's a woman....
@LyleFrancisDelp
10 ай бұрын
They screwed female monkeys.
@Mecha82
10 ай бұрын
That question and possible answer to it is very much why creatonism is bullshit without any basis.
@sandybarnes887
10 ай бұрын
@@willemthijssen1082talking about her sons
@willemthijssen1082
10 ай бұрын
@@sandybarnes887 I know, but there was only one woman, and it was Eve, so that's how they procreated
@jontaedouglas7244
10 ай бұрын
Great video man, you’re gonna do great 💪🏿
@geographicstravel
10 ай бұрын
Glad you think so! Do you prefer videos releasing earlier in the week, or the ones that come out late in the week?
@jontaedouglas7244
10 ай бұрын
@@geographicstravel earlier, I work weekdays and sometimes when I stocking I just listen without watching
@Deuce1550
10 ай бұрын
Great work Karl. That was fine for presentation. Keep it up.
@jacobnyukeyev
10 ай бұрын
Mistake: they don't run into the eastern Mediterranean sea, they run into the Persian sea
@joed5150
10 ай бұрын
Dudes rockin a Metroid tattoo so he's A OK in my book!
@seancallan4009
4 ай бұрын
Just a respectful FYI; the Bronze Age was approx 3300 - 1200 BC, not 6000 - 5000 BC 😊
@cat3crazy
10 ай бұрын
I would like Simon back. No offence Karl, but I like Simon's voice.
@TaufiqueJoarder
10 ай бұрын
Locals don't call the rivers Tigris or Euphrates. They call Dajla and Forat and their common flow is known as Shat il Arab.
@danielsantiagourtado3430
10 ай бұрын
You have an amazing sense of humour Karl! Keep going!
@SnarkNSass
10 ай бұрын
Karl!!!❤
@hobinrood710
10 ай бұрын
I haven't left yet. Im giving the guy a chance.
@SamlSchulze1104
10 ай бұрын
Injecting your own personality is the same question Simon asked a long time ago. It would give the channel its own flair and personality.
@pykepyke_
7 ай бұрын
Karl is excellent
@jacobavners2394
10 ай бұрын
You've got a great personality Karl! Don't keep too much of it only for yourself ;-P share some in the videos too
@ignitionfrn2223
10 ай бұрын
2:15 - Chapter 1 - The book of genesis 4:20 - Chapter 2 - The sumerians 6:35 - Chapter 3 - Sargon the great & the akkadian empire 8:15 - Chapter 4 - Hammurabi & the babylonian conquest 12:20 - Chapter 5 - The golden age of islam 14:35 - Chapter 6 - Challenges to the tigris euphrates system today 16:00 - Chapter 7 - The mesopotamian marshes 17:20 - Chapter 8 - Upstream dams & diversions 20:00 - Chapter 9 - The tigris & euphrates of tomorrow 21:25 - Conclusion
@hughes3511
10 ай бұрын
I think Karl is doing just fine. Didn't like him at first, but he's gotten better and I like his reactions
@murrayscott9546
10 ай бұрын
Seen Tigris at Elazig and Diyarbakir, both in Turkey. Saw some things that I'd rather not have seen. That's life. 1990. Can't imagine what it's like now.
@Di-VilE
10 ай бұрын
Its perfection karl no need to change the presentation style
@ClutchMyPrimus1
10 ай бұрын
MORE FUN STUFF! Hope thats clear!
@LyleFrancisDelp
10 ай бұрын
I like this guy better.
@DavidInMonroe318
10 ай бұрын
He’s fine but nah Simon is by far the best
@chininator4426
10 ай бұрын
Where is Simon Whistler
@damianm4727
10 ай бұрын
Simon injured his beard so he had to take a few days off.
@WaywardVet
10 ай бұрын
Now Simon is locked in the basement.
@kreiner1
10 ай бұрын
Danny led the other writers in revolt and escaped, the locked Simon in the basement. We have a plan to get him back, but don't tell anyone. Shhh
@tcdahn7
10 ай бұрын
He couldn't pronounce Tigris properly.
@stdew07
10 ай бұрын
Became an ascetic. Denounced modernity. Moved to a Cabin in the Woods.
@smithworks23
10 ай бұрын
definitely put your personality in there!!
@nowt2957
10 ай бұрын
Personally I liked the tone and I think, in general, the key is getting the tone right for the subject matter. This is a dry topic to use the pun so it lends itself to being a little fact heavier. Whereas, for example, your video about Yosemite was a little more relaxed, I thought, because there's more humour there and less need for gravity.
@geographicstravel
10 ай бұрын
TopTenz is generally a better place for jokes than Geo or Bio.
@nowt2957
10 ай бұрын
@@geographicstravel Oh, agreed, I don't really think there are laughs here in the same way so I think the tone was just right. It does feel like you're growing into the channel's mood across all the ones you do.
@hankj7077
10 ай бұрын
You struck a good balance
@Darkflowerchyld718
10 ай бұрын
Larry the writing on this was superb! Karl you're doing great, pleeeeeaaase give us all the personality Jennifer will allow. You're fabulous and you should show it.
@georgegillett6059
10 ай бұрын
Awesome host. Bit more personality 😊
@tim.a.k.mertens
10 ай бұрын
I was not expecting Karl on this channel, I know he's done ghost writing for some of these channels, it's a very pleasant surprise to see him hosting
@dreamchasergarage690
10 ай бұрын
Code of Hammurabi was also two tiered punishment - a crime could cost you a hand, unless you could pay a substantial fine. Even then, "money talks".
@charleswestphal3035
10 ай бұрын
Karl!! 😊
@stadoo9372
10 ай бұрын
Personality karl personality keep up the good work👍🏽
@carlhassler5336
7 ай бұрын
Dude! the bronze age in mesopotamia was far later than 6000-5000 BCE [[4:22]]. What you are referring to is the either the chalcolithic period (the late neolithic or the early copper age) or the Ubaid period which was also mostly a pure copper age (before people knew to mix a tenth of tin with the copper).
@rickybobby7660
10 ай бұрын
YoorkshireeE!!
@dirtbikerman1000
10 ай бұрын
At the very start of the video you say both rivers run in to the Eastern Mediterranean sea. They dont, they both run in to the Persian gulf
@laurapianezzola3934
10 ай бұрын
I presume Simon is busy making new clones...
@devinodonnell
10 ай бұрын
Zhuzh it up Karl! I like #FactBoy for _a reason_ . lol
@Kieran_Martin
10 ай бұрын
For feedback, more comidy could be used, Simon always had away with this even on mondane topics. It was a big selling point for his channels, but far as everything else I would say your doing good Smallwood. I would just work on the comedy like and you got it going ;)
@GeekyGirl36
10 ай бұрын
I like dry . . . humor! 😝 Another great job Karl! My 🪙🪙, a bit more of your personality in these heavier informational videos.
@MisakaMikotoDesu
10 ай бұрын
Interm? Why not permanent. Simon is still a mortal man, so he cannot host a trillion channels all by himself.
@solidspiderznake8100
10 ай бұрын
12:30 thats a picture of Ottoman Pasha Abbas Helmy I of Egypt in 1900s. Where is the back checking or did you just asked chat gpt 💀
@eadweard.
10 ай бұрын
What's back checking?
@murrayscott9546
10 ай бұрын
Hey - yee, Hammurabbi ! There's a song in there, meɓbe even a dance ! " if you wanna getta code betta find some Hammurabbi " . Anybody with me on this one ?
@Facetiously.Esoteric
10 ай бұрын
Well, now I remember why I quit watching. That felt like someone's dumb little brother explaining things to you he read on the internet and just didn't really understand.
@rey273
10 ай бұрын
i liked this video a lot. the subject matter is very interesting to me. if you could do more river valley civilizations in the future i would be very happy. :)
@MyUrbanExplorationOnline
10 ай бұрын
Wait? What? The Fact Fiend guy has an other job?
@iveBENwatchin
10 ай бұрын
Rip Simon Whistler
@shitori_1410
10 ай бұрын
Please do Typhoon Haiyan,
@andybryson3887
10 ай бұрын
The rivers flow into the Persian Gulf, not the Mediterranean
@resileaf9501
10 ай бұрын
Ohey, another vital part of the ecosystem that large portions of people rely on to survive that is about to die off, forever changing the face of the planet. How swell! Another great video, Karl and team. :) I like when you add your personal touch to the videos. Love when you give voice to your thoughts, makes it more personal and interactive.
@johncooper8398
10 ай бұрын
He's gorgeous. I'd listen to anything he says haha 😂😂
@StevieSmith77
10 ай бұрын
I thought this was gonna be about fish
@elijahchannell6496
10 ай бұрын
See there nothing wrong with Karl I like him but where is Simon. Did he pass the channel down to Karl because of his other channels or what?
@briandoss9232
10 ай бұрын
Yup. Whole region is doomed. Ironic.
@Machtyn
10 ай бұрын
I say, be yourself. Don't try to be Simon Whistler. What being yourself means, I don't know. Maybe it's similar to Simon. :)
@Lisa-vc9vb
10 ай бұрын
Maybe we should call Spain Espania or Italy Italia...it's okay to pronounce it either way.
@johnransom1146
10 ай бұрын
Bit more Karl
@EAdrien92
10 ай бұрын
We miss Simon
@smithbilly467
10 ай бұрын
EEUUUUUUUUUU… phrates river
@theodoremartin2355
10 ай бұрын
Sounds like Simon narrating, you know before he lost his mind.
@geographicstravel
10 ай бұрын
When did he lose his mind?
@michellemire8462
10 ай бұрын
At the same time he started business blase and grown his beard - i remember baby face Simon and he changed is style quite a lot since then!
@BruceBoyde
10 ай бұрын
I like your hosting style. I think you kind of outdo Simon on these hard fact-based scripts because you seem to retain more information on them or are just more interested in the topics. I appreciate your interjections and little "interesting things", if that makes any sense.
@phoenixroberts6986
10 ай бұрын
They run into the eastern Mediterranean? Come on, dude, get the simple stuff right.
@iI_Principe
10 ай бұрын
smallwood...hehe
@PiousMoltar
10 ай бұрын
WTF I did not expect to see Karl here
@jackpender8724
10 ай бұрын
when is simon coming back
@geographicstravel
10 ай бұрын
I mean, we're always open to working with him. But he seems to be really busy with his own channels now. And that's okay. :)
@TheHonorableMarine
10 ай бұрын
OMG, someone new. Keep him!
@georgioskissas1538
10 ай бұрын
What's wrong with your hand?
@murrayscott9546
10 ай бұрын
If your gonna go to efforts to pronounce Tigris you might as well do the same for U - frat.
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