How Arctic Explorers Slept and Ate in the Polar Night | Boring History For Sleep

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we head into the Frozen edge of 
the Earth to discover how Arctic

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explorers slept and ate during 
the endless polar night. 

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It wasn't luxury. 
Sleep meant bundling into 

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reindeer Furs, sometimes with 
frost still clinging to your 

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beard meals were seal, meat 
ships biscuits, and whatever you

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could thaw, without losing your 
fingers. 

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Now, dim the lights, grab your 

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blanket, and maybe imagine the 
muffled quiet of snow all around

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you. 
Because this is how Arctic 

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explorers found, rest, and 
strength in the heart of the 

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Polar night. 
Imagine yourself standing on a 

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frozen ocean that stretches 
Beyond the Horizon in every 

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direction with the sun on a 
four-month vacation. 

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There is no gentle Dawn to wake 
you up. 

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No Sunset to Signal bed time. 
Just an endless. 

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Twilight that leaves you 
questioning whether you've 

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accidentally broken time itself,
welcome to the Poland night 

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where Arctic, explorers from the
1800s and early 1900s. 

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Learned that surviving winter 
meant mastering the art of 

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sleeping when your body had. 
Absolutely no idea what time it 

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was supposed to be. 
These were your typical camping 

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trips where you could just check
your phone for the weather, 

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forecast and head home. 
If things got dicey Once the ice

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lock their ships in place, they 
were committed to riding out the

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darkness like passengers on the 
world's most uncomfortable 

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cruise ship. 
The thing about Poland is that 

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it doesn't just mean dark. 
It means your circadian rhythm 

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that. 
Internal clock, that tells you 

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when to feel sleepy gets tossed 
around like a snow globe in a 

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blizzard, imagine trying to 
maintain a normal sleep 

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schedule. 
When your brain keeps insisting,

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it's either perpetually Dawn or 
perpetually midnight, depending 

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on its mood, that day. 
However, this is where the 

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situation becomes intriguing. 
These explorers did not simply 

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Retreat to a corner and wait the
arrival of spring. 

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They developed elaborate 
routines and rituals around 

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sleep, that would make a luxury 
hotel concierge jealous. 

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They had to Proper rest. 
The difference between waking up

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refreshed and ready to chip ice 
off the ship's Hull or waking up

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so disoriented, you might try to
put your boots on your hands, 

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take the crew of HMS Erebus and 
Terror during Franklins, 

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Expedition all the men, aboard 
announcements Fram. 

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They discovered that creating 
artificial rhythms was like 

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teaching your body a new dance 
awkward at first but eventually 

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it would catch on ship's Bells, 
became their metronome, marking 

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time, in a world where natural 
time at temporarily ceased to 

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exist. 
The sleeping quarters themselves

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were marvels of cramped 
Ingenuity picture. 

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Trying to design a bedroom 
inside, a wooden ice box that's 

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constantly creaking and groaning
as ice pressure squeezes, the 

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hull your bedroom might be a 
space, no bigger than a modern 

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walk-in closet shared with two 
or three other, explorers who 

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probably hadn't had a proper 
bath in months. 

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Romance was not in the are more 
like a mixture of unwashed wool,

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seal oil and that particular 
mustiness that develops, when 

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damp things, never quite have 
the chance to dry out. 

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The beds themselves were often 
just wooden frames with rope or 

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canvas stretched across them 
layered, with whatever they 

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could acquire for padding. 
Some Expeditions were lucky 

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enough to have proper mattresses
stuffed with horse hair or 

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cotton, but more often than not,
you were sleeping on a 

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collection of Blanket's Furs and
whatever extra clothing, you 

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weren't currently wearing. 
It was like playing Tetris with 

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your comfort level. 
How many layers could you add 

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before you could not actually 
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Speaking of layers, the clothing
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unique challenges, you couldn't 
just strip down to your pajamas 

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when the temperature inside your
shelter, hovered around freezing

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on a good day. 
Instead explorers developed a 

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complex system of removing just 
enough clothing to avoid 

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overheating. 
While keeping enough on to 

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prevent becoming a popsicle. 
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the night The unexpected thing, 
about all this discomfort is 

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that it created a strange kind 
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When everyone is equally 
miserable and equally determined

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to survive, you develop a shared
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absurdity of your situation. 
These men would write in their 

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journals about the particular 
Art of Getting comfortable. 

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When comfortable was purely a 
relative term, like being the 

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warmest person in a meat 
freezer, Now let's discuss the 

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evening routine of an Arctic 
Explorer because getting ready 

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for bed in the polar night was 
less like your modern ritual of 

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brushing teeth and more like 
preparing for a delicate, 

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scientific experiment. 
First there was the question of 

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when exactly bedtime occurred 
without the sun's reliable 

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schedule ship captains. 
Had to impose artificial 

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structure usually maintaining 
the same watch schedules. 

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They'd used during normal 
sailing this meant that 

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somewhere around. 
What would have been the evening

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in the Civilized World? 
You'd hear the call for the 

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evening watch change and you'd 
know it was time to begin the 

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elaborate process of 
transforming yourself from a 

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working Explorer into something.
Vaguely resembling a person 

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ready for sleep. 
The first challenge was heat 

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management throughout the day 
you'd be an active which 

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generated body heat from your 
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The initial challenge was 
managing heat throughout the 

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day. 
You'd been active generating 

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body heat through your movements
Now you needed to devise a 

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method to maintain warmth while 
remaining still for 8 hours. 

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This necessitated a strategy 
that would impress even a chess 

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Grandmaster utilizing too many 
blankets would result in waking 

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up sweating, which in Sub-Zero 
temperatures would lead to a 

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chilling experience. 
As that moisture, transformed 

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into your personal ice sculpture
The above scenario, required a 

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strategy that would make a chess
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Too many blankets. 
And you'd wake up sweating which

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in Sub-Zero temperatures meant 
you'd then wake up freezing. 

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As that moisture, turned into 
your personal ice sculpture. 

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Insufficient blankets would 
result in a night spent 

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shivering, akin to a Chihuahua 
caught in a snowstorm. 

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Smart explorers learn to create 
a layering system that they 

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could adjust throughout the 
night. 

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They'd start with their base 
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And yes, they slept in them 
because taking them off meant 

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losing pressures, body heat, and
then having to warm up freezing 

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fabric against your skin in the 
morning which was about as 

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pleasant as it sounds. 
Over this, they'd add a flannel 

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shirt or Walter. 
Then their outer layer might be 

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a thick wall coat, or for 
Parker, it could be opened or 

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closed depending on how the 
night was treating them. 

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The really experienced Arctic 
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Learn to position extra clothing
within Arm's Reach, creating a 

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buffet of warmth options. 
They could grab without fully 

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waking up. 
Then came the delicate art of 

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sharing body heat without 
driving your bunk mates. 

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Absolutely insane. 
In the smaller shelters and 

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ships, you might be sleeping 
close enough to your companions 

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that you could hear every snore,
every toss and turn and every 

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muttered dream about warm beds 
back home. 

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Some explorers became legendary 
for their ability to sleep 

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through anything. 
A skill that probably saved more

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friendships than any amount of 
Good Intentions. 

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The bedding situation itself was
like solving a daily puzzle. 

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Firstly, sleeping bags when 
available were prized 

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possessions. 
Reindeer hide was particularly 

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covered in because it provided 
insulation, even, when damp and 

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staying dry, was often more of a
hope than a reality But most 

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Expeditions had to make do with 
wool blankets, which worked, 

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well, until they got wet, but 
which point they became about as

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useful for warmth as a wet 
towel. 

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Some clever explorers figured 
out that creating a small tent, 

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within their larger shelter 
could trapped their body heat 

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more effectively, they rigged 
up, Canvas OR extra blankets to 

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create personal cocoon, like, 
building a fort as a child. 

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Except this fort might literally
save your life. 

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The mental preparation for sleep
was just as important as the 

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physical preparation, you had to
train your mind to ignore the 

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constant sounds of the ice the 
grinding cracking and groaning, 

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that could sound like the world 
was slowly tearing itself, apart

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just outside your thin walls. 
Experienced Arctic, explorers 

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learn to consider these sounds 
almost comforting, like a very 

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strange form of white noise that
meant the ice was moving, but 

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not necessarily threatening 
their immediate survival. 

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Here's something that might 
surprise you eating in, the 

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Arctic wasn't just about staying
fed, it was about staying sane. 

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When you're trapped in Endless, 
Darkness with the same handful 

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of people, for months, on end. 
Mealtime becomes the highlight 

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of your day, Your Entertainment,
your social hour and 

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occasionally, your only reminded
that you're still part of the 

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human race. 
But let's start with the 

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Practical side, because Arctic 
nutrition was like trying to 

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fuel a car, with whatever you 
could find in your garage. these

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explorers needed massive amounts
of calories to keep their bodies

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generating heat, but they were 
working with preserved foods 

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that had been packed months or 
even years earlier, back when 

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someone was optimistically 
assuming they'd still be edible 

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by the time they were needed, 
The Staples included items such 

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as salt pork hardtack, and 
pemmican, and Incredibly 

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nutritious and appetizing 
combination of dried meat, fat 

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and berries. 
Imagine trying to get excited 

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about dinner, when your options 
are leathery, meet brick, or 

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crackers. 
That require soaking in hot 

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water before they won't break 
your teeth. 

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But here's where human Ingenuity
kicks in. 

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These men became surprisingly 
creative with their limited 

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ingredients. 
Ships Cooks who are often just 

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regular crew members with 
slightly more enthusiasm for not

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poisoning, everyone learn to 
stretch their supplies with 

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elaborate stews and suits. 
That could make a small piece of

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preserved meat. 
Feel like a feast. 

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When padded out with whatever 
vegetables, they'd managed to 

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keep from freezing solid. 
The preservation methods 

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themselves were fascinating and 
slightly terrified. 

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Before Refrigeration, they 
relied on salt smoking and the 

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arctic's. 
Natural freezer. 

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Temperatures to keep food safe. 
This meant that opening a barrel

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of salt. 
Pork was like, unwrapping, a 

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present UI never knew whether I 
would find perfectly preserved, 

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meat or something that had 
developed its own system during 

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the journey. 
Fresh food became the subject of

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dreams and intricate planning 
some Expeditions brought live 

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animals chickens pigs, even cows
which provided fresh eggs, milk 

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or meat for as long as they 
could be kept alive in the 

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freezing conditions. 
Keeping livestock alive in the 

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Arctic was like, trying to run a
farm inside a freezer and it 

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required constant attention and 
creativity. 

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Hunting became both a necessity 
and a psychological lifeline. 

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Fresh seal walrus or polar bear.
Meat, wasn't just nutrition. 

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It was proof that you could 
still interact with the world 

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beyond your floating, ice 
prison. 

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The taste of fresh meat. 
After weeks of preserved. 

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Rations was apparently 
transformative. 

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Akin to discovering color after 
living in a world of black and 

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white The cooking facilities 
range from ingenious to barely 

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functional. 
Small Expeditions might have 

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just a single oil lamp or 
alcohol stove, that served 

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double duty for cooking and 
Heating. 

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Larger ships were equipped with 
functional Galley stoves but 

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maintaining their fuel supply 
required constant balancing 

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between maintaining warmth and 
insufficient energy to prepare 

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hot meals. 
Hot beverages became almost 

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sacred tea coffee and hot 
chocolate weren't just drinks. 

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They were liquid comfort. 
You could hold in your hands and

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feel spreading through your 
chest. 

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Many explorers wrote about the 
ritual of their morning. 

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Hot drink with an almost 
religious reverence Describing 

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how that first sip could 
transform their mood and energy 

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for the entire day. 
Water itself was often an 

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adventure, you couldn't just 
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You had to melt ice or snow, 
which sounds simple Until you 

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realize that snow can contain. 
All sorts of interesting things 

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from wind-blown. 
Dirt to organic matter, you'd 

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rather not think about too hard.
Some Expedition set up elaborate

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systems for collecting and 
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Clean ice While others just 
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hoped for the best. 
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just about nutrition. 
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Humanity in a place that seemed 
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When you're living in a space 
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apartments with a group of men 
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months. 
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social dance, that could make or
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would Gather in one place. 
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community that helped combat the
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their situation. 
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civilized conversation, while 
balancing a tin plate on your 

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lap, sitting on a wooden crate 
in a room that swaying slightly 

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as the ice shifts around your 
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With the temperature, just warm 
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fog, but cold enough that your 
food starts cooling the moment, 

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it hits your plate. 
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etiquette. 
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there were unspoken rules about 
portion sharing about who got 

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first access to the warmest spot
near the stove and about how to 

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politely ignore it when 
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deteriorated under the stress of
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successful Expeditions were 
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boundaries were respected even 
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was tired cold and probably a 
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ceremony. 
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insist on certain formalities 
saying grace waiting for 

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everyone to be served before 
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conversation that went beyond 
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These small rituals helped 
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were still civilized human 
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Arctic rather than slowly 
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else. 
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often a source of both 
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Cooks had to balance nutrition 
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Sometimes using pressure 
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for holidays or celebrations. 
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an exercise in making Magic. 
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transforming salt, pork and 
hardtack into something that 

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could at least remind everyone 
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actually tastes like it. 
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common within the crew. 
Someone might trade their ration

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of sugar for extra tobacco or 
exchange a portion of their 

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meat, allocation for someone 
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These small economies helped, 
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some control over their 
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make choices about their daily 
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The conversation during meals 
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about the next day's work to 
elaborate storytelling sessions 

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where crew members would share 
Tales from their past 

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Adventures, their homes, and 
their plans. 

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For when they return to 
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served multiple purposes. 
They were entertainment. 

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They were a way to share 
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And they were a method of 
keeping memories of the outside 

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world alive during the long 
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Some Expeditions develop 
Traditions around food that 

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helped Mark the passage of time,
special meals for Sundays 

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birthday. 
Celebrations, with whatever 

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small luxuries could be spared 
and competitions to see who 

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could create the most 
interesting dish from standard 

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rations. 
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structure and anticipation in a 
world where every day could 

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otherwise feel exactly the same.
The cleanup after meals was its 

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own challenge washing dishes, 
when water has to be heated from

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Ice and then disposed of 
carefully. 

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You can't just dump dirty 
dishwater. 

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Anywhere, when you're trying to 
keep your living space, sanitary

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meant that every pot and plate 
represented, a significant 

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investment of time and fuel. 
Food storage became a constant 

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concern and occasional source of
drama. 

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Supplies had to be carefully 
rationed and protected from both

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spoilage. 
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who might be tempted to help 
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during a moment of weakness. 
The person in charge of the Food

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Supplies held, one of the most 
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unpopular positions on the 
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sleeping situation, because the 
relationship between Arctic 

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explorers and their beds was 
complicated, intimate and often 

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frustrating like a romance novel
written in a freezer, your 

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sleeping area, wasn't just where
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It was your private space your 
sanctuary and sometimes your 

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only escape from the constant 
company of your fellow 

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explorers. 
The architecture of Arctic 

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sleeping was an art form. 
Born from necessity in larger 

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Expeditions with proper ships. 
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in the crew. 
Quarters swaying gently with the

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movement of ice pressing against
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The river could be soothing like
being rocked to sleep until the 

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ice decide to shift more 
dramatically and suddenly you 

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were experiencing what felt like
sleeping in a paint mixer. 

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Smaller Expeditions or those who
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created sleeping Arrangements, 
that would challenge even the 

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most creative interior designer.
Snow houses when properly built 

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could actually be quite cozy. 
The snow provided insulation and

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body heat could warm the 
interior to almost comfortable 

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temperatures. 
But, almost comfortable, when 

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you're talking about sleeping in
a snow house, still means, 

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you're basically camping inside 
of very elaborate Ice Cube the 

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bedtime routine in these 
conditions, required strategic 

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thinking. 
That would impress a military 

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logistics officer? 
You had to time your preparation

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just right too early and you'd 
lie awake in your confined space

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getting claustrophobic too late 
and you'd be fumbling with 

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frozen buckles and ties in the 
dark while your body heat 

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disappeared into the Arctic air.
Getting undressed for sleep was 

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like performing a magic trick. 
In Reverse, you had to remove 

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layers without losing the 
warmth. 

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Those layers have been trapping 
and quickly burrow into your 

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sleeping arrangements before 
your body temperature could 

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drop. 
Some explorers became remarkably

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skilled at this process able to 
transition from Fully Dressed to

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properly bedded down in just a 
few minutes. 

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The sharing of sleeping spaces 
created its own etiquette and 

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occasional comedy. 
When you're pressed close enough

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to your fellow explorer that you
Feel their breathing and hear 

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every shift they make during the
night. 

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You develop, a heightened, 
awareness of personal habits 

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that you probably never want to 
know about. 

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Some men like human icebergs 
seem to absorb warmth from the 

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air around them While others 
like natural furnaces generated 

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heat that could warm their 
neighbor's. 

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Snoring became both a blessing 
and a curse in these tight 

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Quarters on one hand steady 
snoring. 

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Could provide a rhythmic 
backdrop that helped mask other 

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disturbing sounds from outside 
on the other hand when you're 

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already struggling to sleep in 
uncomfortable conditions, 

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listening to someone sawing logs
to feet from your ear, could 

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drive you to the edge of sanity.
The dreams that came in Arctic 

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sleep, were often more Vivid and
strange than normal dreams. 

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Probably due to the combination 
of stress. 

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Unusual sleeping conditions and 
diet changes. 

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Many explorers wrote about 
remarkably detailed dreams of 

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home of warm beds of foods. 
They missed of summer days. 

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That felt impossibly distant, 
these dreams could be either a 

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blessing, providing mental 
escape from their harsh reality 

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or torture making the morning 
Awakening. 

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Even more difficult. 
Waking up in Arctic conditions 

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required its own set of survival
skills, the transition from 

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whatever warmth you'd managed to
accumulate during the night to 

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the reality of Sub-Zero are was 
like jumping into a cold pool 

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except the pool was your entire 
living environment. 

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Some explorers learn to keep 
essential items Within Reach. 

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So they could partially dress 
while still under their covers 

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extending the warmth as long as 
possible. 

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The condition of your bedding 
became crucial to your 

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well-being and morale Damp 
blankets or sleeping Furs could 

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become frozen solid overnight. 
Creating a choice between 

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sleeping with frozen bedding or 
taking the time and fuel to thaw

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and dry everything before sleep.
Assuming you have the resources 

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to do. 
So personal sleeping 

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accessories, became precious. 
Possessions, the comfortable 

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pillow made from extra clothing,
or whatever, soft materials were

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available. 
Could mean the difference 

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between rest and a night of neck
pain. 

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Some explorers fashioned wooden 
supports or repurpose their 

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boots. 
As makeshift pillows, resulting 

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in inventive solutions, that may
amuse modern campers but were 

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crucial for their comfort in 
those harsh. 

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Conditions living through the 
Poland night meant developing an

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entirely new relationship with 
time Consciousness and what it 

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means to be awake or asleep. 
When the sun disappears for 

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months, your body's natural 
rhythms, don't just get 

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confused, they staged a full 
Rebellion, that would make a 

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toddler's. 
Tantrum look like a model of 

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emotional regulation. 
The psychological effects of 

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endless Darkness was something 
these early explorers had to 

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navigate without any of the 
scientific understanding we have

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today about seasonal affective 
disorder or circadian rhythm 

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disruption. 
They just knew that after a few 

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weeks of continuous Twilight, 
their mind started playing 

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tricks on them. 
In ways that range from mildly 

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annoying to genuinely concerning
some men found themselves 

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sleeping at odd hours wide awake
when they should have been worn 

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out or sleeping for much longer 
or shorter periods than normal. 

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Others experience to kind of 
dreamy wakefulness where the 

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boundaries between sleeping and 
waking became blurred like 

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living in a constant state of 
just having awakened from a nap 

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but never feeling fully alert. 
The smart Expedition leaders 

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learned to create artificials to
help their Cruise maintain some 

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semblance of normal sleep 
patterns. 

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This might mean maintaining 
strict watch, schedule's 

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requiring everyone to be present
for meals at specific times or 

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creating evening activities that
help signal to the brain that 

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bed time was approaching. 
Even when the light outside 

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hadn't changed in weeks, Reading
became both a blessing and a 

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challenge during these long 
nights. 

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Those Expeditions lucky enough 
to have brought books found that

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reading could help pass the time
and provide mental stimulation. 

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But reading by oil, ample 
Candlelight in cold conditions 

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was demanding on the eyes and 
required careful management of 

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precious fuel supplies. 
Some men would save their 

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reading for just before sleep 
using it as a mental transition 

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activity. 
While others found that reading 

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made them more alert when they 
needed to be winding down. 

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The development of indoor games 
and activities became crucial 

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for mental health. 
During the long Darkness, card 

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games storytelling sessions and 
music. 

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If anyone had brought 
instruments served, a dual 

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purpose as both entertainment 
and markers of the passage of 

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time. 
Knowing that every evening after

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dinner, there would be a card 
game or story session helped 

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create the Rhythm that the 
missing son could no longer 

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provide. 
Personal hygiene during these 

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extended periods, became both 
more challenging and more 

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important than you might expect.
When you're living in close 

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quarters with the same people 
for months, small issues can 

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become major problems. 
But washing in Sub-Zero 

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temperatures with limited Water 
Supplies, required planning and 

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motivation, there could be 
difficult to maintain when you 

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were already struggling with the
psychological effects of 

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isolation and darkness. 
Some explorers found that 

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maintaining small personal 
rituals help them cope with the 

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disorientation of Endless Night.
This might mean keeping a 

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detailed Journal maintaining a 
specific morning routine, 

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regardless of what the light 
outside looked like, or 

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dedicating time, each day to 
some form of physical exercise 

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within the confined spaces of 
their shelter. 

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The quality of sleep during 
polar night often differed from 

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that of normal sleep. 
Many explorers reported more 

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vivid dreams, more frequent 
waking during the night and a 

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general sense that their sleep 
was less restful even when they 

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managed to receive adequate 
hours of rest. 

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This change was probably due to 
the combination of stress, the 

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unfamiliar environment, and the 
disruption of normal light dark 

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cycles, that help regulate deep 
sleep. 

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Temperature regulation during 
sleep, became a complex dance. 

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That required constant 
adjustment. 

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The inside of shelters could 
vary dramatically and 

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temperature depending on wind 
conditions, the effectiveness of

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heating sources, and how well, 
the structure was insulated 

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learning to sleep comfortably. 
Despite these fluctuations was a

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00:23:40,100 --> 00:23:43,500
skill that separated the 
successful Arctic sleepers from 

467
00:23:43,500 --> 00:23:45,500
those, who spent their nights 
tossing and turning. 

468
00:23:45,500 --> 00:23:48,800
The sounds of the Arctic night 
created their own sound track 

469
00:23:48,800 --> 00:23:51,100
for Sleep. 
Beyond the ice sound, we 

470
00:23:51,100 --> 00:23:54,500
mentioned earlier, there were 
wind patterns the sound of other

471
00:23:54,500 --> 00:23:57,700
crew members moving around. 
The occasional animal noise from

472
00:23:57,700 --> 00:24:00,500
outside and the various creeks 
and settling sounds of their 

473
00:24:00,500 --> 00:24:03,000
shelter. 
Learning to identify which 

474
00:24:03,000 --> 00:24:06,600
sounds were normal and which 
might indicate a problem became 

475
00:24:06,600 --> 00:24:08,300
part of the Bedtime mental 
routine. 

476
00:24:09,000 --> 00:24:11,900
Eventually, every Arctic 
Explorer had to master the art 

477
00:24:11,900 --> 00:24:15,100
of waking up, when mourning was 
purely a theoretical concept 

478
00:24:15,100 --> 00:24:18,700
without, the sun's gentle 
nudging, or even the promise of 

479
00:24:18,708 --> 00:24:22,100
daylight to motivate getting out
of your warm cocoon starting 

480
00:24:22,100 --> 00:24:25,300
each day, became an act of pure 
willpower, that would challenge 

481
00:24:25,300 --> 00:24:26,800
even the most disciplined 
person. 

482
00:24:27,700 --> 00:24:30,000
The wake up calling Arctic 
Expeditions was usually 

483
00:24:30,000 --> 00:24:32,700
artificial. 
A ship's Bell someone calling 

484
00:24:32,700 --> 00:24:35,700
out or simply the gradually 
increase in activity of other 

485
00:24:35,700 --> 00:24:40,000
crew members starting their day.
But responding to these cues 

486
00:24:40,000 --> 00:24:42,500
when your body had no natural 
reason to believe it was more 

487
00:24:42,500 --> 00:24:45,000
mourning required developing 
mental tricks. 

488
00:24:45,000 --> 00:24:47,500
That modern shift workers would 
recognize and appreciate. 

489
00:24:48,500 --> 00:24:51,200
Smart explorers learn to prepare
for morning the night before 

490
00:24:51,200 --> 00:24:54,600
laying out clothes in order, 
keeping a centralized items 

491
00:24:54,600 --> 00:24:57,600
within easy reach. 
And most importantly, having a 

492
00:24:57,600 --> 00:25:00,500
plan for the first few minutes 
after waking, that would get the

493
00:25:00,500 --> 00:25:03,800
moving before, the cold could 
fully register and convinced 

494
00:25:03,800 --> 00:25:05,400
them to borrow back under their 
covers. 

495
00:25:05,400 --> 00:25:08,800
For just five more minutes that 
could easily stretch into hours.

496
00:25:10,000 --> 00:25:12,700
The first task of the Arctic 
morning was usually rekindling 

497
00:25:12,700 --> 00:25:15,400
or 10 to heating sources that 
had been banked overnight. 

498
00:25:16,200 --> 00:25:19,000
This meant someone had to be 
brave enough to leave their warm

499
00:25:19,000 --> 00:25:22,000
sleeping area and Venture into 
the coldest part, of the shelter

500
00:25:22,000 --> 00:25:24,500
to coax fires back to life or 
light oil lamps. 

501
00:25:25,200 --> 00:25:28,700
This thankless, but crucial job 
often rotated among crewmembers.

502
00:25:28,700 --> 00:25:30,700
What was taken on by early 
risers? 

503
00:25:30,700 --> 00:25:33,400
Who found it easier to get 
moving once they were already up

504
00:25:33,400 --> 00:25:36,500
and active breakfast in the 
Arctic wasn't just the first 

505
00:25:36,500 --> 00:25:39,100
meal of the day. 
It was proof that you had 

506
00:25:39,100 --> 00:25:42,100
successfully survived another 
night and were ready to face 

507
00:25:42,100 --> 00:25:44,200
whatever challenges. 
The endless, Twilight might 

508
00:25:44,200 --> 00:25:47,700
bring Hot drinks were a 
important in the morning, 

509
00:25:47,700 --> 00:25:51,200
providing internal warmth that 
helped motivate the body to 

510
00:25:51,200 --> 00:25:53,700
continue functioning when 
external conditions were 

511
00:25:53,700 --> 00:25:57,300
consistently hostile. 
Getting dressed in Arctic 

512
00:25:57,300 --> 00:25:59,900
conditions was like, putting on 
Armor for battle against the 

513
00:25:59,900 --> 00:26:02,200
elements. 
The process had to be done 

514
00:26:02,200 --> 00:26:05,500
efficiently to avoid losing body
heat, but also carefully to 

515
00:26:05,500 --> 00:26:07,900
ensure that all layers were 
properly arranged and that 

516
00:26:07,900 --> 00:26:11,500
nothing was forgotten. 
Wet or improperly worn clothing,

517
00:26:11,500 --> 00:26:14,000
could be dangerous. 
So the morning dressing routine 

518
00:26:14,000 --> 00:26:17,300
became a practice sequence that 
each Explorer perfected through 

519
00:26:17,300 --> 00:26:21,100
experience Personal grooming in 
the Arctic morning was often 

520
00:26:21,100 --> 00:26:24,500
reduced to the absolute Basics 
but maintaining some standards 

521
00:26:24,500 --> 00:26:26,100
helped preserve morale and 
dignity. 

522
00:26:27,000 --> 00:26:30,900
A quick wash with melted snow 
water combing, hair and tending 

523
00:26:30,900 --> 00:26:33,200
to any minor injuries or 
frostbite concerns. 

524
00:26:33,200 --> 00:26:36,200
These small acts of self-care 
helped maintain the 

525
00:26:36,200 --> 00:26:39,500
psychological boundary between 
survival mode and simply giving 

526
00:26:39,500 --> 00:26:43,800
up on civilization entirely. 
The transition from the relative

527
00:26:43,800 --> 00:26:46,700
shelter of sleeping areas to the
full reality of Arctic 

528
00:26:46,700 --> 00:26:50,000
conditions was always a shock. 
No matter how many times you'd 

529
00:26:50,000 --> 00:26:52,600
experience it stepping outside 
for necessary. 

530
00:26:52,600 --> 00:26:55,300
Tasks meant facing are that 
could literally take your breath

531
00:26:55,300 --> 00:26:58,700
away, wind that felt like it was
trying to strip the warmth from 

532
00:26:58,700 --> 00:27:02,400
your body and a landscape that 
remained unforgiving, beautiful 

533
00:27:02,400 --> 00:27:05,700
and hostile. 
But here's the remarkable thing 

534
00:27:05,700 --> 00:27:09,100
about these arcade, explorers 
they developed, not just the 

535
00:27:09,100 --> 00:27:10,800
skills to survive these 
conditions. 

536
00:27:10,800 --> 00:27:14,500
But often a strange appreciation
for the unique experience, they 

537
00:27:14,500 --> 00:27:18,800
were living Many wrote about 
moments of unexpected Beauty, 

538
00:27:18,800 --> 00:27:22,600
the play of Aurora across the 
sky during clear nights, the 

539
00:27:22,600 --> 00:27:25,400
intricate patterns of ice 
formation and the profound 

540
00:27:25,400 --> 00:27:27,100
silence. 
That could only be found in 

541
00:27:27,100 --> 00:27:31,400
places far from civilization. 
As you settle into your own warm

542
00:27:31,400 --> 00:27:34,300
bed tonight in a room with 
electric lights and central 

543
00:27:34,300 --> 00:27:38,100
heating with the promise of 
dawn, just hours away, you can 

544
00:27:38,100 --> 00:27:41,600
appreciate both how far we've 
come and how remarkable those 

545
00:27:41,600 --> 00:27:43,600
early Arctic explorers truly 
were. 

546
00:27:43,600 --> 00:27:47,700
They faced months of darkness 
and cold with nothing but wool 

547
00:27:47,700 --> 00:27:49,800
oil lamps and human 
determination? 

548
00:27:49,800 --> 00:27:53,600
They turned survival into an art
form and somehow managed to 

549
00:27:53,600 --> 00:27:55,900
maintain their Humanity in 
conditions. 

550
00:27:55,900 --> 00:27:57,400
That seem designed to strip it 
away. 

551
00:27:57,408 --> 00:28:00,600
Their Legacy isn't just the 
geographical knowledge, they 

552
00:28:00,600 --> 00:28:04,000
gained, or the roots, they 
mapped, but the proof that human

553
00:28:04,000 --> 00:28:06,600
beings can adapt almost anything
when they have to. 

554
00:28:06,600 --> 00:28:10,200
And that sometimes the most 
important survival tool is the 

555
00:28:10,200 --> 00:28:13,500
ability to find humor and 
camaraderie, even when you're 

556
00:28:13,500 --> 00:28:15,700
sleeping in what amounts to a 
very expensive Ice Cube. 

557
00:28:15,700 --> 00:28:19,500
So as you drift off to sleep, in
your comfortable bed, perhaps, 

558
00:28:19,500 --> 00:28:22,000
you'll spare a thought for those
brave souls who spent their 

559
00:28:22,000 --> 00:28:25,300
nights, in the endless, Arctic 
Darkness sharing, warmth and 

560
00:28:25,300 --> 00:28:28,700
stories, and the simple comfort 
of knowing that morning, would 

561
00:28:28,700 --> 00:28:31,400
come eventually. 
Even if the sun had temporarily 

562
00:28:31,400 --> 00:28:39,200
forgotten how to rise. 
George Washington's, formative 

563
00:28:39,200 --> 00:28:42,300
years, unfolded Against The 
Rustic backdrop of mid-18th 

564
00:28:42,300 --> 00:28:44,600
century Virginia. 
While popular culture, might 

565
00:28:44,600 --> 00:28:48,800
depict him as an almost Mythic 
hero from the start, he was in 

566
00:28:48,800 --> 00:28:52,700
reality shaped by the day-to-day
concerns of a frontier society 

567
00:28:52,700 --> 00:28:55,100
and a family struggling for 
greater prosperity. 

568
00:28:56,100 --> 00:29:01,500
Born on February 22nd, 1732 in 
Westmoreland County, he was part

569
00:29:01,500 --> 00:29:05,600
of a sprawling, network of 
half-siblings uncle's, aunts and

570
00:29:05,600 --> 00:29:07,900
cousins, who formed a 
complicated social web in the 

571
00:29:07,908 --> 00:29:11,300
colony. 
His father Augustine sought to 

572
00:29:11,300 --> 00:29:14,200
expand the family's Holdings 
through tobacco farming, land 

573
00:29:14,200 --> 00:29:17,500
speculation and the occasional 
foray into iron mining. 

574
00:29:18,100 --> 00:29:20,600
These early Pursuits carved out 
the environment where young 

575
00:29:20,600 --> 00:29:24,100
George would learn about risk. 
Reward and the challenges of 

576
00:29:24,100 --> 00:29:25,800
shaping one's Destiny. 
In a new world. 

577
00:29:25,800 --> 00:29:29,500
Contrary to apocryphal stories 
Washington's. 

578
00:29:29,500 --> 00:29:32,500
Childhood was not defined by 
topping cherry trees or sporting

579
00:29:32,500 --> 00:29:35,800
wooden teeth. 
It was however marked by loss 

580
00:29:35,800 --> 00:29:38,900
his father died. 
When George was only 11 throwing

581
00:29:38,900 --> 00:29:41,900
the family's finances into 
uncertainty, his half-brother 

582
00:29:41,900 --> 00:29:45,500
Lawrence considerably older 
stepped in as a paternal figure.

583
00:29:46,500 --> 00:29:49,300
It was Lawrence who introduced 
George to polite Society in 

584
00:29:49,300 --> 00:29:52,400
Virginia and instilled in him 
and admiration for military 

585
00:29:52,400 --> 00:29:54,900
achievement. 
Lawrence had served under the 

586
00:29:54,900 --> 00:29:58,300
British flag in the Caribbean, 
the detail that quietly stoked 

587
00:29:58,300 --> 00:30:00,500
George's aspirations towards 
soldiering. 

588
00:30:01,400 --> 00:30:03,600
Through Lawrence. 
He was exposed to the idea that 

589
00:30:03,600 --> 00:30:06,800
honor discipline and loyalty 
could earn a young man. 

590
00:30:06,800 --> 00:30:10,600
Respect in the British colonies.
Despite these influences and 

591
00:30:10,600 --> 00:30:12,700
assess City often. 
Guided Washington's, early path 

592
00:30:12,700 --> 00:30:16,500
formal schooling, was peace meal
at best tutors came and went 

593
00:30:16,500 --> 00:30:20,400
young George's mother, Mary Ball
Washington, strove to keep the 

594
00:30:20,400 --> 00:30:23,400
family float. 
But educational opportunities. 

595
00:30:23,400 --> 00:30:26,800
Remain sporadic. 
This patchy instruction did not 

596
00:30:26,808 --> 00:30:29,500
deter him. 
It forced him to become largely 

597
00:30:29,500 --> 00:30:33,000
self-taught an approach that 
would define his later life. 

598
00:30:33,600 --> 00:30:35,800
He was from his teenage years, 
onward. 

599
00:30:35,800 --> 00:30:39,900
A voracious Note, Taker and 
letter writer constantly 

600
00:30:39,900 --> 00:30:41,800
refining. 
His penmanship grammar and 

601
00:30:41,800 --> 00:30:45,200
mathematical skills. 
Writing itself became a window 

602
00:30:45,200 --> 00:30:48,100
into the adult world. 
He hoped to master one of his 

603
00:30:48,100 --> 00:30:51,100
initial breakthroughs came in 
the realm of surveying. 

604
00:30:51,100 --> 00:30:54,100
A skill, both profitable and 
adventurous and colonial 

605
00:30:54,100 --> 00:30:56,200
Virginia. 
Land in those days. 

606
00:30:56,200 --> 00:30:59,200
Was currently and in individuals
who could map Uncharted 

607
00:30:59,200 --> 00:31:02,300
territories were in high demand.
Washing Washington's early. 

608
00:31:02,300 --> 00:31:04,700
Forays into the wild Frontiers 
often. 

609
00:31:04,700 --> 00:31:07,700
In the company of rugged 
backwoodsman introduced him to 

610
00:31:07,700 --> 00:31:10,200
the complexities of dealing with
Native, American tribes, 

611
00:31:10,200 --> 00:31:14,300
unscrupulous land, speculators 
and the raw challenges of 

612
00:31:14,300 --> 00:31:17,300
nature. 
These Expeditions were no mere 

613
00:31:17,300 --> 00:31:20,800
camping trips night. 
Spent in crude shelters rainy 

614
00:31:20,800 --> 00:31:22,800
days. 
Measuring difficult to Reign and

615
00:31:22,800 --> 00:31:25,300
the ever-present threat of 
disease, built up his resilience

616
00:31:26,200 --> 00:31:29,900
By the time, he turns 17, he had
already secured a points to 

617
00:31:29,900 --> 00:31:33,400
serve a large tracts of land, in
the Shenandoah Valley, a 

618
00:31:33,400 --> 00:31:35,600
testament to his growing 
reputation for diligence. 

619
00:31:36,600 --> 00:31:39,700
During this phase Washington. 
Also observed firsthand the 

620
00:31:39,700 --> 00:31:43,600
tensions Brewing between French 
British and Native interests. 

621
00:31:44,300 --> 00:31:47,200
The Ohio Valley to the West Was 
a patchwork of claims and 

622
00:31:47,200 --> 00:31:51,200
counterclaims with British 
colonists, French Trappers and 

623
00:31:51,200 --> 00:31:53,600
Indigenous peoples. 
All jostling for control. 

624
00:31:54,600 --> 00:31:56,100
The Washington was only a 
teenager. 

625
00:31:56,100 --> 00:32:00,400
These experiences, litter spark.
If he could prove himself an 

626
00:32:00,400 --> 00:32:03,100
effective leader. 
Specially in regions where 

627
00:32:03,100 --> 00:32:06,500
boundaries were contested, he 
might Ascend socially and 

628
00:32:06,500 --> 00:32:09,200
financially. 
Colonial Virginia had its share 

629
00:32:09,200 --> 00:32:12,500
of privileged families but 
upward Mobility was possible for

630
00:32:12,500 --> 00:32:15,300
those who possessed skill, 
connect connections and 

631
00:32:15,300 --> 00:32:19,800
unrelenting work ethic. 
Beyond surveying Washington's, 

632
00:32:19,800 --> 00:32:22,100
adolescent years were also a 
period of subtle, social 

633
00:32:22,100 --> 00:32:24,100
schooling. 
He learned the art of 

634
00:32:24,108 --> 00:32:27,400
conversation and manners. 
So important in an era, governed

635
00:32:27,400 --> 00:32:29,600
by strict codes of Honor by 
memorizing. 

636
00:32:29,600 --> 00:32:31,800
The Rules of Civility and Decent
Behavior. 

637
00:32:32,700 --> 00:32:35,300
This pamphlet copied diligently 
in his youthful. 

638
00:32:35,300 --> 00:32:39,100
Handwriting offered guidelines 
for everything from posture and 

639
00:32:39,100 --> 00:32:42,400
polite company to showing 
respect for superiors though. 

640
00:32:42,400 --> 00:32:45,300
It might seem quaint. 
Now these rules exemplified the 

641
00:32:45,300 --> 00:32:48,900
polished veneer that colonial 
society, demanded of any young 

642
00:32:48,900 --> 00:32:52,200
man aiming to rise in Rank by 
the time Washington approached. 

643
00:32:52,200 --> 00:32:55,400
Adulthood he was neither a 
wide-eyed Farm Boy nor a 

644
00:32:55,400 --> 00:32:58,200
Pampered Aristocrat. 
He was a tall physically strong 

645
00:32:58,200 --> 00:33:02,000
young man comfortable on 
Horseback capable with a musket 

646
00:33:02,000 --> 00:33:05,200
Adept at mathematics. 
In cognizant of how crucial 

647
00:33:05,200 --> 00:33:09,100
Alliance is, could be He held 
quiet Ambitions, that revolved 

648
00:33:09,100 --> 00:33:12,900
around land, local military 
distinction and acceptance among

649
00:33:12,900 --> 00:33:15,000
the elite. 
But events on the horizon 

650
00:33:15,000 --> 00:33:19,300
Imperial rivalries that would 
ignite the frontier would soon 

651
00:33:19,300 --> 00:33:23,200
catapult him onto a larger stage
that transitional zone between 

652
00:33:23,200 --> 00:33:26,200
surveying in the wilderness and 
attending Gentile dances along 

653
00:33:26,200 --> 00:33:28,800
the Potomac. 
George Washington was preparing 

654
00:33:28,800 --> 00:33:31,800
with without fully knowing it 
for trials that would define his

655
00:33:31,800 --> 00:33:33,900
future and reshape a continents 
destiny. 

656
00:33:34,900 --> 00:33:38,500
Washington's transformation from
a surveyor to a soldier was not 

657
00:33:38,500 --> 00:33:41,900
the result of random events or 
meticulously planned strategy. 

658
00:33:41,900 --> 00:33:46,200
It was instead triggered by the 
turbulent geopolitics of the 

659
00:33:46,200 --> 00:33:49,600
mid-18th century. 
At the time, the British and 

660
00:33:49,600 --> 00:33:52,200
French Empires vied for 
dominance over North America's 

661
00:33:52,200 --> 00:33:55,400
lucrative territories. 
The frontier regions of the Ohio

662
00:33:55,400 --> 00:33:59,500
Valley thick with forests and 
fur-bearing Wildlife became a 

663
00:33:59,500 --> 00:34:02,800
Flashpoint for competing claims 
indigenous Nations far from 

664
00:34:02,808 --> 00:34:06,600
passive onlookers, leveraged, 
these rivalries and pursuit of 

665
00:34:06,600 --> 00:34:09,400
their interests, Forging and 
breaking alliances as 

666
00:34:09,400 --> 00:34:13,900
circumstances demanded. 
In 1753 Virginia's lieutenant 

667
00:34:13,900 --> 00:34:16,400
governor Robert Dinwiddie 
sought. 

668
00:34:16,400 --> 00:34:19,199
Someone Intrepid resourceful to 
deliver a warning to French 

669
00:34:19,199 --> 00:34:20,800
forces. 
Building forts near the forks of

670
00:34:20,808 --> 00:34:24,100
the Ohio, the young George 
Washington, then just 21 

671
00:34:24,100 --> 00:34:27,400
volunteered. 
This Mission would catapult him 

672
00:34:27,400 --> 00:34:30,300
into International Intrigue and 
for which he had limited formal 

673
00:34:30,300 --> 00:34:33,300
training. 
Undertired, he set off with a 

674
00:34:33,300 --> 00:34:35,900
small party in wintry 
conditions, navigating 

675
00:34:35,900 --> 00:34:37,600
difficult, terrain and 
uncertain. 

676
00:34:37,600 --> 00:34:40,800
Reception's reached the French 
Outpost and handed over 

677
00:34:40,800 --> 00:34:43,199
dinwiddie's demand that they 
abandoned their incursion. 

678
00:34:44,000 --> 00:34:46,800
The French officers responded 
politely but refused to budge. 

679
00:34:47,800 --> 00:34:50,900
Washington's return Journey was 
harrowing, he nearly drowned 

680
00:34:50,900 --> 00:34:54,300
Crossing an icy River. 
Only surviving by grabbing onto 

681
00:34:54,300 --> 00:34:57,800
a piece of Driftwood and Hauling
himself onto a small island, yet

682
00:34:57,800 --> 00:35:01,300
that near fatal ordeal did 
little to shake his resolve Upon

683
00:35:01,300 --> 00:35:04,200
returning to Williamsburg, you 
penned a report detailing his 

684
00:35:04,200 --> 00:35:07,700
observations, the account 
published and widely distributed

685
00:35:07,700 --> 00:35:11,900
burnished Washington's name. 
His straightforward prose 

686
00:35:11,900 --> 00:35:15,000
describing the hazards of the 
journey and the French refusal 

687
00:35:15,000 --> 00:35:18,800
to retreat resonated with 
colonists hungry for news and 

688
00:35:18,800 --> 00:35:21,500
British officials eager for 
evidence of French Defiance 

689
00:35:21,500 --> 00:35:25,700
Washington emerged from 
anonymity suddenly recognized as

690
00:35:25,700 --> 00:35:28,200
a figure capable of undertaking 
difficult assignments. 

691
00:35:28,200 --> 00:35:32,000
At the Empire's margins, not 
long afterward, Dinwiddie 

692
00:35:32,000 --> 00:35:34,800
promoted him and dispatched him.
Back to the frontier, with 

693
00:35:34,800 --> 00:35:40,300
modest Force to secure strategic
points in 1754 tensions, erupted

694
00:35:40,300 --> 00:35:43,500
into outright Conflict at 
Washington, hastily fortified 

695
00:35:43,500 --> 00:35:47,000
and named Fort Necessity and 
attacked by French and 

696
00:35:47,000 --> 00:35:49,900
Indigenous allies forced him to 
surrender under humiliating 

697
00:35:49,900 --> 00:35:54,500
conditions, The engagement while
a setback militarily, taught, 

698
00:35:54,500 --> 00:35:57,400
Washington's sobering lessons 
about leadership discipline. 

699
00:35:57,400 --> 00:36:01,600
And the unpredictability of War,
The British press Twisted, the 

700
00:36:01,600 --> 00:36:04,800
episode in contradictory ways, 
some painted him as a Plucky, 

701
00:36:04,800 --> 00:36:07,400
Colonial undone by minimal 
support, others. 

702
00:36:07,400 --> 00:36:10,200
As a foolhardy officer, 
stumbling into a larger conflict

703
00:36:10,200 --> 00:36:12,600
amid. 
This swirl of opinions, 

704
00:36:12,600 --> 00:36:16,100
Washington's, internal drive to 
prove himself only intensified 

705
00:36:16,100 --> 00:36:18,900
soon. 
The conflict expanded into what 

706
00:36:18,900 --> 00:36:21,700
Europeans would call, the Seven 
Years War and Americans would 

707
00:36:21,700 --> 00:36:24,800
dubbed, the French and Indian 
War Washington served as 

708
00:36:24,800 --> 00:36:27,800
provincial officer and a general
Edward Braddock the British 

709
00:36:27,800 --> 00:36:29,300
commander charged with seizing 
French. 

710
00:36:29,300 --> 00:36:32,900
Forts French troops and their 
indigenous allies ambushed 

711
00:36:32,900 --> 00:36:35,400
British forces during the 
disastrous Braddock Expedition 

712
00:36:35,400 --> 00:36:38,400
near the Monongahela River in 
1755. 

713
00:36:39,500 --> 00:36:42,000
Mating them. 
In the chaos, Washington 

714
00:36:42,000 --> 00:36:44,500
distinguished himself by 
rallying survivors and 

715
00:36:44,500 --> 00:36:46,600
organizing a fighting withdrawal
though. 

716
00:36:46,600 --> 00:36:49,500
He was beset by illness and 
almost had multiple horses shot 

717
00:36:49,500 --> 00:36:51,700
from under him. 
He emerged from the Carnage with

718
00:36:51,700 --> 00:36:53,300
a reputation for courage Under 
Fire. 

719
00:36:54,300 --> 00:36:57,400
Yet for all his Valor 
Washington, grew frustrated with

720
00:36:57,400 --> 00:37:00,600
British arrogance toward 
Colonial officers he witnessed 

721
00:37:00,600 --> 00:37:03,500
British regulars, disregarding 
local intelligence and ignoring,

722
00:37:03,500 --> 00:37:06,100
suggestions from men, like 
himself, who knew the frontier 

723
00:37:06,100 --> 00:37:10,900
this snobbery combined with 
logistical incompetence fuel 

724
00:37:10,900 --> 00:37:14,400
deep, resentments, he realized 
that Colonial troops often 

725
00:37:14,400 --> 00:37:18,200
received second-class treatment,
lesser pay and fewer Provisions.

726
00:37:18,200 --> 00:37:21,100
This personal exposure to 
British condescension would 

727
00:37:21,100 --> 00:37:23,900
later shape his willingness to 
challenge Imperial Authority 

728
00:37:23,900 --> 00:37:27,400
though. 
That momently years ahead by the

729
00:37:27,400 --> 00:37:30,400
war's end Washington. 
Had resigned his commission and 

730
00:37:30,400 --> 00:37:32,900
returned to Mount Vernon. 
The estate, he inherited 

731
00:37:32,900 --> 00:37:36,800
following Lawrence's death. 
The war had left him with real 

732
00:37:36,800 --> 00:37:39,400
Combat experience and the seeds 
of an emerging identity. 

733
00:37:39,400 --> 00:37:43,200
Part loyal, British subject, 
heart Colonial leader, 

734
00:37:43,200 --> 00:37:46,800
increasingly skeptical of 
Imperial attitudes over the 

735
00:37:46,800 --> 00:37:51,200
ensuing decade, or he would 
focus on his plantations dabble 

736
00:37:51,200 --> 00:37:54,900
in local politics and Mary 
Martha downridge custis a 

737
00:37:54,900 --> 00:37:57,300
wealthy Widow whose Fortune 
helped Shore up his finance's. 

738
00:37:58,100 --> 00:38:00,800
Washington transformed. 
Mount Vernon into a profitable 

739
00:38:00,800 --> 00:38:04,700
Enterprise. 
Bermen with new crops analyzing 

740
00:38:04,700 --> 00:38:07,700
agricultural techniques and 
exerting influence in 

741
00:38:07,700 --> 00:38:10,800
Virginia's, House of Burgesses 
yet, the memory of the frontier 

742
00:38:10,800 --> 00:38:14,600
battles, never fully dimmed. 
He had seen how tenuous British 

743
00:38:14,600 --> 00:38:18,500
Authority could be on American 
soil, how alliances shifted and 

744
00:38:18,500 --> 00:38:21,400
how local knowledge often out 
stripped distant orders. 

745
00:38:21,400 --> 00:38:24,500
He also observed the subtle 
changes stirring among 

746
00:38:24,500 --> 00:38:28,000
colonists, growing populations 
expanding Commerce. 

747
00:38:28,000 --> 00:38:31,300
And a sense of collective 
identity, not solely, anchored 

748
00:38:31,300 --> 00:38:33,700
to Britain. 
While Washington did not yet 

749
00:38:33,700 --> 00:38:35,500
foresee a complete break with 
the crown. 

750
00:38:35,500 --> 00:38:38,700
The stage was quite quietly, 
being set for a more profound 

751
00:38:38,700 --> 00:38:41,900
Clash. 
Looking back, his French and 

752
00:38:41,900 --> 00:38:44,200
Indian War experience was 
something of a dress rehearsal 

753
00:38:44,200 --> 00:38:48,300
granting him the ground insights
that were proven dispensable in 

754
00:38:48,300 --> 00:38:50,200
the larger crisis. 
Looming on the horizon, 

755
00:38:50,200 --> 00:38:52,500
following the French and Indian 
War. 

756
00:38:52,500 --> 00:38:56,900
Washington, spent the 1760s and 
early 1770s deeply immersed, in 

757
00:38:56,900 --> 00:39:00,400
The rhythms of Plantation life 
at Mount Vernon managing labor, 

758
00:39:00,400 --> 00:39:03,900
maintaining his reputation as a 
local Squire and serving 

759
00:39:03,900 --> 00:39:07,100
intimate in the Virginia House 
of Burgesses occupied. 

760
00:39:07,100 --> 00:39:10,000
Much of his time meticulously 
oversaw. 

761
00:39:10,000 --> 00:39:13,300
The cultivation of crops, 
initially to backhoe later 

762
00:39:13,300 --> 00:39:16,400
diversifying into wheat and 
other Staples, adapting to 

763
00:39:16,400 --> 00:39:19,300
market trends and soil 
conditions, but Economic 

764
00:39:19,300 --> 00:39:23,400
Security, remain tenuous British
trade regulations, shipping 

765
00:39:23,400 --> 00:39:26,200
monopolies and Mercantile 
restrictions often pinched, 

766
00:39:26,200 --> 00:39:30,100
Colonial Planters, Washington 
found himself confronting deaths

767
00:39:30,100 --> 00:39:33,200
currently shortages and a 
constraining imperial 

768
00:39:33,200 --> 00:39:36,100
bureaucracy that dictated how 
Goods could be exported or 

769
00:39:36,100 --> 00:39:40,100
imported Emit these challenges, 
Washington's perspective on 

770
00:39:40,100 --> 00:39:43,100
British Authority, gradually 
evolved early on. 

771
00:39:43,100 --> 00:39:45,600
He had desired, nothing more 
than to climb in status within 

772
00:39:45,600 --> 00:39:48,900
the British Imperial framework. 
He admired British military 

773
00:39:48,900 --> 00:39:52,100
traditions and social Customs, 
but he began to see the 

774
00:39:52,100 --> 00:39:55,100
Practical constraints that came 
with living under a distant 

775
00:39:55,100 --> 00:39:56,800
Parliament. 
That issued edicts without 

776
00:39:56,800 --> 00:40:02,100
consulting Colonial, assemblies.
The Stamp Act of 1765, imposing 

777
00:40:02,100 --> 00:40:05,500
taxes on printed materials 
galvanized discontent among 

778
00:40:05,500 --> 00:40:08,200
colonists. 
Washington who used legal 

779
00:40:08,200 --> 00:40:10,200
documents frequently for land 
transactions. 

780
00:40:10,200 --> 00:40:13,500
Saw the actors as a direct from 
front to local autonomy. 

781
00:40:14,400 --> 00:40:17,400
While not the most fiery 
rhetorician in Virginia figures 

782
00:40:17,400 --> 00:40:20,400
like Patrick Henry captured that
on a Washington, expressed 

783
00:40:20,400 --> 00:40:24,000
measured indignation. 
He argued that taxation without 

784
00:40:24,000 --> 00:40:27,400
representation violated the 
rights of Englishmen A stance 

785
00:40:27,400 --> 00:40:31,100
that resonated among fellow 
Planters, merchants and small 

786
00:40:31,100 --> 00:40:35,100
farmers alike. 
In 1769, the Virginia House of 

787
00:40:35,100 --> 00:40:38,200
Burgesses responded, to new 
British taxes, on glass paper, 

788
00:40:38,200 --> 00:40:41,600
paint and tea by passing 
resolves condemning these in 

789
00:40:41,600 --> 00:40:43,400
positions. 
When the Royal Governor 

790
00:40:43,400 --> 00:40:46,400
dissolved, the assembly, the 
delegates Washington included 

791
00:40:46,400 --> 00:40:50,000
met informally at the rally. 
Tavern in Williamsburg, drafting

792
00:40:50,000 --> 00:40:53,000
non-importation agreements. 
These packs found not to 

793
00:40:53,000 --> 00:40:55,400
purchase British goods until 
colonial grievances were 

794
00:40:55,400 --> 00:40:58,700
addressed Though not as 
flamboyant, as protests in 

795
00:40:58,700 --> 00:41:01,900
Boston, these Virginian measures
underscored How Deeply 

796
00:41:01,900 --> 00:41:04,500
resentment had taken root among 
even, the more conservative 

797
00:41:04,500 --> 00:41:07,500
landholding class. 
Washington's letters from this 

798
00:41:07,500 --> 00:41:10,000
period, reveal a measured, but 
firm tone. 

799
00:41:10,000 --> 00:41:13,500
He spoke of the encroachments of
Parliament and the need for 

800
00:41:13,500 --> 00:41:16,600
Unity among the colonies. 
Not one to relish public 

801
00:41:16,600 --> 00:41:18,400
speaking. 
He employed his reputation as a 

802
00:41:18,400 --> 00:41:21,800
balanced pragmatic figure. 
People listened when Washington 

803
00:41:21,800 --> 00:41:24,600
spoke because they trusted his 
sense of responsibility and 

804
00:41:24,600 --> 00:41:26,800
fairness. 
Privately he worried about 

805
00:41:26,800 --> 00:41:29,600
violence escalating yet. 
He also felt that the colonies 

806
00:41:29,600 --> 00:41:32,800
should not yield to intimidation
this blend of caution and 

807
00:41:32,800 --> 00:41:34,400
resolve was a Hallmark of his 
character. 

808
00:41:34,400 --> 00:41:38,100
Tensions, escalated to a 
critical level, by 1774. 

809
00:41:38,100 --> 00:41:41,300
The Boston Tea Party and 
subsequent punitive British 

810
00:41:41,300 --> 00:41:44,000
measures prompted the formation 
of the First Continental 

811
00:41:44,000 --> 00:41:46,900
Congress. 
Washing was chosen as one of 

812
00:41:46,908 --> 00:41:50,200
Virginia's delegates, solidified
his role as a national figure 

813
00:41:50,200 --> 00:41:52,800
rather than just a regional 
voice, he traveled to 

814
00:41:52,800 --> 00:41:55,000
Philadelphia where 
representatives from a cross, 

815
00:41:55,000 --> 00:41:57,800
the colonies debate it, how far 
to push back against British 

816
00:41:57,800 --> 00:42:00,400
months. 
While radicals like Samuel 

817
00:42:00,400 --> 00:42:03,700
Adams, advocated more Extreme 
Measures other sort of 

818
00:42:03,700 --> 00:42:06,000
compromise or hoped. 
For a restoration of harmonious,

819
00:42:06,000 --> 00:42:08,400
relationships, Washington's 
presence, signaled, that 

820
00:42:08,408 --> 00:42:12,200
Virginia, the largest and most 
populous colony was prepared to 

821
00:42:12,200 --> 00:42:13,700
stand. 
Alongside New England, in 

822
00:42:13,700 --> 00:42:17,700
protesting Imperial overreach. 
Washington's military background

823
00:42:17,700 --> 00:42:20,900
was not overlooked during those 
Congress sessions, he was one of

824
00:42:20,900 --> 00:42:24,000
the few delegates with firsthand
experience in large-scale combat

825
00:42:24,000 --> 00:42:26,900
operations though. 
Overshadowed, by the fiery, 

826
00:42:26,900 --> 00:42:30,500
oratory of John Adams or Patrick
Henry, he projected a quiet 

827
00:42:30,500 --> 00:42:32,700
confidence that could unify 
disparate factions. 

828
00:42:32,700 --> 00:42:36,700
He seldom took the floor for 
dramatic speeches, but in 

829
00:42:36,700 --> 00:42:39,800
committee meetings, delegates 
consulted him about potential 

830
00:42:39,800 --> 00:42:42,200
military scenarios of the 
standoff with Britain. 

831
00:42:42,200 --> 00:42:44,600
Escalated. 
How might a ragtag colonial 

832
00:42:44,600 --> 00:42:47,000
militia, confront the most 
formidable army in the world, 

833
00:42:48,000 --> 00:42:52,200
Events soon compelled everyone 
to take action in April 1775, 

834
00:42:52,200 --> 00:42:55,300
the battles at Lexington and 
Concord Unleashed. 

835
00:42:55,300 --> 00:42:58,200
Open conflict, British soldiers 
and Colonial. 

836
00:42:58,200 --> 00:43:01,600
Militiamen exchanged shots. 
The war was effectively underway

837
00:43:01,600 --> 00:43:04,100
by the time the second 
continental congress. 

838
00:43:04,100 --> 00:43:07,000
Convened, the question was no 
longer whether to resist 

839
00:43:07,000 --> 00:43:11,500
military but how John Adams 
recognizing this. 

840
00:43:11,500 --> 00:43:13,400
Need to draw the southern 
colonies. 

841
00:43:13,400 --> 00:43:15,600
More tightly Into The Corrs 
nominated. 

842
00:43:15,600 --> 00:43:18,200
Washington, to lead the newly 
formed, Continental Army. 

843
00:43:18,900 --> 00:43:22,300
With a reluctant Washington. 
Accepted declaring, he would 

844
00:43:22,300 --> 00:43:25,700
serve without pay. he stressed 
that he was neither the most 

845
00:43:25,700 --> 00:43:29,200
qualified nor seeking personal 
Glory, yet he would do his duty 

846
00:43:29,200 --> 00:43:33,400
of called upon In that moment, 
the diligent Virginia planter 

847
00:43:33,400 --> 00:43:36,900
and local politician found 
himself thrust onto a stage with

848
00:43:36,900 --> 00:43:39,700
no script. 
Leading a revolution against the

849
00:43:39,700 --> 00:43:43,300
crown seemed all dacious, even 
Reckless, but Washington 

850
00:43:43,300 --> 00:43:45,800
believed the colonies had 
reached an irreversible point. 

851
00:43:46,800 --> 00:43:48,600
He saddled his horse and 
departed for Massachusetts. 

852
00:43:48,600 --> 00:43:53,200
Determined, if unsure about the 
trials, that lay ahead his 

853
00:43:53,200 --> 00:43:54,900
leadership, would soon be tested
in ways. 

854
00:43:54,900 --> 00:43:58,600
Few could have imagined both by 
the might of British forces and 

855
00:43:58,600 --> 00:44:01,000
by the fractious, nature of a 
fledgling Nation, still 

856
00:44:01,000 --> 00:44:04,300
discovering its Collective 
identity, Washington's 

857
00:44:04,300 --> 00:44:06,500
appointment as the Commander in 
Chief of the Continental Army, 

858
00:44:06,500 --> 00:44:08,800
paved the way for a challenging 
battle against the most 

859
00:44:08,800 --> 00:44:12,300
formidable military force of the
era arriving in Cambridge. 

860
00:44:12,300 --> 00:44:17,300
Massachusetts in July 1775, he 
took command of a collection of 

861
00:44:17,300 --> 00:44:21,100
militias besieging British held 
Boston. what he found was a 

862
00:44:21,108 --> 00:44:25,100
disorganized Force lacking 
supplies uniforms, and 

863
00:44:25,100 --> 00:44:28,300
consistent discipline militias 
from different colonies, held 

864
00:44:28,300 --> 00:44:31,900
different loyalties, very 
drastically and training and 

865
00:44:31,900 --> 00:44:35,600
often viewed each other with 
suspicion, Washing realized that

866
00:44:35,600 --> 00:44:39,500
to stand any chance against the 
British yet, to forge these 

867
00:44:39,500 --> 00:44:42,300
disparate units into a cohesive 
army with a shared purpose. 

868
00:44:43,100 --> 00:44:46,300
Early on Washington faced, a 
series of strategic dilemmas. 

869
00:44:47,000 --> 00:44:49,900
Despite the often romanticized 
notion of the Continental armies

870
00:44:49,900 --> 00:44:54,000
Underdog Valor. 
The reality was messy disease 

871
00:44:54,000 --> 00:44:57,400
desertions and short-term 
enlistments undercut. 

872
00:44:57,400 --> 00:45:01,100
The stable Force who desperately
needed British troops in. 

873
00:45:01,100 --> 00:45:02,600
Boston were well, supplied by 
sea. 

874
00:45:02,600 --> 00:45:04,600
So a direct assault seemed 
suicidal. 

875
00:45:05,400 --> 00:45:09,400
Instead Washington imposed 
discipline, orchestrated Siege 

876
00:45:09,400 --> 00:45:12,800
lines and introduced stricter 
regulations over time. 

877
00:45:12,800 --> 00:45:16,800
He acquired Canon from fought to
Conroe famously, transporting 

878
00:45:16,800 --> 00:45:18,500
them across difficult winter, 
terrain. 

879
00:45:18,500 --> 00:45:22,400
Under Henry Knox, oversight by 
March 76, artillery on 

880
00:45:22,400 --> 00:45:25,100
Dorchester Heights, forced the 
British to evacuate Boston. 

881
00:45:26,000 --> 00:45:27,900
Although, it was a bloodless 
victory for the American 

882
00:45:27,900 --> 00:45:31,000
Washington, understood that the 
war had barely begun. 

883
00:45:31,000 --> 00:45:34,500
The British Navy, and army could
and would strike at more 

884
00:45:34,500 --> 00:45:37,600
critical ports. 
Washington's next trials, 

885
00:45:37,600 --> 00:45:40,800
unfolded in New York and 
anticipating a major British 

886
00:45:40,800 --> 00:45:43,200
offense of. 
He shifted his army to defend 

887
00:45:43,200 --> 00:45:47,000
Manhattan and its surrounding 
the British arrived in force 

888
00:45:47,000 --> 00:45:50,700
under General, William Howe and 
by late summer in 1776 

889
00:45:50,700 --> 00:45:53,900
Washington's men, endured a 
crushing defeat at the Battle of

890
00:45:53,900 --> 00:45:57,800
Long Island A series of Retreats
followed culminating in the 

891
00:45:57,808 --> 00:46:00,600
British seizing. 
New York City, morale plummeted,

892
00:46:00,600 --> 00:46:04,300
many soldiers deserted others, 
questioned, Washington's 

893
00:46:04,300 --> 00:46:08,000
competence yet in a bold move, 
Washington ordered a stealth 

894
00:46:08,000 --> 00:46:11,500
evacuation across the East River
during the night fearing, 

895
00:46:11,500 --> 00:46:13,600
thousands of troops and avoiding
total annihilation. 

896
00:46:14,500 --> 00:46:17,600
That partial salvation became an
early example of his knack for 

897
00:46:17,608 --> 00:46:20,900
improvisational Retreats a skill
that may lack, the glamour of 

898
00:46:20,900 --> 00:46:23,800
offensive victories. 
It was crucial for the survival 

899
00:46:23,800 --> 00:46:28,600
of the cause in late, 1776 
within this expiring and 

900
00:46:28,600 --> 00:46:31,700
temperatures, dropping washing 
orchestrated, one of the 

901
00:46:31,700 --> 00:46:34,500
revolution's. 
Most dramatic, stroke's crossing

902
00:46:34,500 --> 00:46:37,100
the icy Delaware River on 
Christmas night to surprise 

903
00:46:37,100 --> 00:46:41,000
Hessian mercenaries at Trenton 
The success at Trenton followed 

904
00:46:41,000 --> 00:46:44,500
by another victory at Prince and
rejuvenated the Patriots. 

905
00:46:45,900 --> 00:46:48,200
Washington's leadership style in
these moments combined 

906
00:46:48,200 --> 00:46:50,200
particulars planning with 
personal bravery. 

907
00:46:51,100 --> 00:46:54,600
He rode at the front encouraging
his men proving that cunning and

908
00:46:54,600 --> 00:46:57,800
audacity could offset numerical 
or logistical disadvantages. 

909
00:46:57,800 --> 00:47:02,300
The morale boost was enormous 
coaxing recruits to stay in new 

910
00:47:02,300 --> 00:47:05,400
volunteers to join. 
Yet the Continental, Army's 

911
00:47:05,400 --> 00:47:08,800
tribulation remained, abundant 
the British sought to isolate 

912
00:47:08,800 --> 00:47:11,600
New England by seizing. 
The Hudson River Corridor while 

913
00:47:11,600 --> 00:47:13,500
smaller armies. 
Skirmish in the interior, 

914
00:47:14,400 --> 00:47:16,800
Washington clashed repeatedly 
with delegates in the 

915
00:47:16,800 --> 00:47:19,800
Continental Congress Who 
provided inconsistent funding 

916
00:47:19,800 --> 00:47:23,100
and supplies reflecting the 
fragile, nature of the young 

917
00:47:23,100 --> 00:47:25,600
Confederation. 
He wrote endless letters 

918
00:47:25,600 --> 00:47:28,400
pleading for shoes, blankets and
rations. 

919
00:47:28,400 --> 00:47:32,400
Meanwhile British raids and 
Loyalists sympathizers sowed 

920
00:47:32,400 --> 00:47:37,800
confusion behind American lines.
In 1777, Washington lost a key 

921
00:47:37,800 --> 00:47:40,000
engagement at Brandywine, 
allowing the British to capture 

922
00:47:40,000 --> 00:47:43,700
Philadelphia, the Patriot 
Capital, another setback at 

923
00:47:43,700 --> 00:47:47,700
Germantown, followed critics and
Congress grew louder questioning

924
00:47:47,700 --> 00:47:50,500
whether a different General 
might fare better yet. 

925
00:47:50,500 --> 00:47:54,000
Washington retained the Loyalty 
of many officers, forging a 

926
00:47:54,000 --> 00:47:57,200
sense of unity that transcended,
local affiliation at Valley 

927
00:47:57,200 --> 00:48:02,400
Forge during the cruel winter of
1777 to 1778, the Army, endured 

928
00:48:02,400 --> 00:48:04,800
starvation, disease and freezing
conditions. 

929
00:48:04,800 --> 00:48:08,500
Thanks to the drilling expertise
of Baron von Steuben next. 

930
00:48:08,500 --> 00:48:12,500
Prussian officer washing troops 
emerged, more disciplined able 

931
00:48:12,500 --> 00:48:16,100
to engage British regulars, on 
nearly equal terms at Valley 

932
00:48:16,100 --> 00:48:18,600
Forge, the Continental Army 
underwent, a significant 

933
00:48:18,600 --> 00:48:21,900
transformation transitioning. 
From an unruly collection of 

934
00:48:21,900 --> 00:48:25,800
militias to a functional 
fighting force, washing the 

935
00:48:25,800 --> 00:48:29,400
delicate art of balancing 
alliances, the French, the 

936
00:48:29,400 --> 00:48:32,700
sueded by the American victory 
at Saratoga the Horatio Gates 

937
00:48:32,700 --> 00:48:36,200
led, the effort not Washington 
directly Join the conflict. 

938
00:48:36,200 --> 00:48:39,000
Providing Naval strength and 
additional Ground Forces 

939
00:48:39,000 --> 00:48:42,000
coordinating with French 
officers like the Marquis De 

940
00:48:42,000 --> 00:48:46,000
Lafayette, demanded diplomatic 
finesse Washington adapted 

941
00:48:46,000 --> 00:48:56,800
forging trust with these foreign
allies even as intercolonial to 

942
00:48:56,800 --> 00:49:00,600
the Army's identity his men 
might groan about scarce 

943
00:49:00,600 --> 00:49:03,900
supplies or rag uniforms but 
they trusted their General to 

944
00:49:03,900 --> 00:49:07,600
hold them together. 
By the war's midpoint Washington

945
00:49:07,600 --> 00:49:10,200
had solidified his role as the 
Lynch pin of American 

946
00:49:10,200 --> 00:49:13,600
resistance, his direct 
Battlefield successes varied. 

947
00:49:13,600 --> 00:49:16,800
Some were brilliant, others, 
disappointing, but his 

948
00:49:16,800 --> 00:49:20,000
unshakeable commitment to the 
cause combined with an ability 

949
00:49:20,000 --> 00:49:22,000
to Pivot tactic and maintain 
Unity. 

950
00:49:22,000 --> 00:49:25,700
Kept the Rebellion alive. 
Emerging from these years of 

951
00:49:25,700 --> 00:49:28,900
hardship was a sense that 
whether revered or criticized, 

952
00:49:28,900 --> 00:49:32,400
Washington was indispensable. 
He was no mere figurehead. 

953
00:49:33,400 --> 00:49:35,700
The political apparatus and the 
Army itself needed. 

954
00:49:35,700 --> 00:49:38,600
His Steady Hand at the Helm of 
the Revolution was to stand a 

955
00:49:38,600 --> 00:49:41,800
chance of seeing final victory. 
As the Revolutionary War 

956
00:49:41,800 --> 00:49:45,100
entered, its latest stages, 
washing face to new set of 

957
00:49:45,100 --> 00:49:47,900
challenges that tested his 
leadership on multiple fronts. 

958
00:49:48,900 --> 00:49:51,800
The conflict had become more 
sprawling with battles in the 

959
00:49:51,800 --> 00:49:54,200
South intensifying British 
forces. 

960
00:49:54,200 --> 00:49:57,700
Hoping to exploit loyalists 
sentiment launched campaigns in 

961
00:49:57,708 --> 00:49:58,900
Georgia. 
And the Carolinas. 

962
00:49:58,900 --> 00:50:02,700
Meanwhile the Continental Army 
in the north still had to guard 

963
00:50:02,700 --> 00:50:04,300
against renewed offensives from 
New York. 

964
00:50:05,200 --> 00:50:07,900
Washington, found himself 
juggling resource allocations 

965
00:50:07,900 --> 00:50:10,000
and strategic oversight across a
vast territory. 

966
00:50:10,000 --> 00:50:13,000
All with limited Manpower and 
meager finances. 

967
00:50:13,800 --> 00:50:16,100
One of his core strengths. 
Lay in understanding that 

968
00:50:16,100 --> 00:50:19,300
Victory did not necessarily 
require defeating every British 

969
00:50:19,300 --> 00:50:22,800
unit on the battlefield. 
Over years of warfare Washington

970
00:50:22,800 --> 00:50:25,900
recognized that prolonging the 
conflict, making it too costly 

971
00:50:25,900 --> 00:50:30,000
for Britain to sustain could be 
enough to force negotiations as 

972
00:50:30,000 --> 00:50:32,800
British public support for the 
war waned and the conflict 

973
00:50:32,800 --> 00:50:34,800
strained. 
The Empire's coffers this 

974
00:50:34,800 --> 00:50:38,900
strategy of endurance gained 
tracking Coordinated partisan 

975
00:50:38,900 --> 00:50:41,700
Warfare in the southern states, 
where generals like Nathanael 

976
00:50:41,700 --> 00:50:44,400
Greene used hidden run tactics 
and force the British to 

977
00:50:44,400 --> 00:50:47,600
overextend their supply lines. 
Washington might not have 

978
00:50:47,600 --> 00:50:50,500
designed every maneuver 
personally, but his overarching 

979
00:50:50,500 --> 00:50:53,400
directive emphasized wearing 
down the opponent, rather than 

980
00:50:53,400 --> 00:50:56,700
seeking a single Grand trial for
all costs. 

981
00:50:57,600 --> 00:51:01,000
Yet, frustration still mounted 
the Continental Congress, 

982
00:51:01,000 --> 00:51:04,900
perennially short, on funds, 
struggled to pay or Supply the 

983
00:51:04,900 --> 00:51:07,900
troops inflation. 
Ran rampant and the paper 

984
00:51:07,900 --> 00:51:09,700
currency. 
They issued known as 

985
00:51:09,700 --> 00:51:11,600
Continentals lost much of its 
value. 

986
00:51:12,300 --> 00:51:15,400
Sometimes entire regiments, 
threatened Mutiny over unpaid 

987
00:51:15,400 --> 00:51:18,800
wages, and lack of food. 
Washington wrote urgent letters 

988
00:51:18,800 --> 00:51:22,400
balancing please and warnings 
desertion could unravel the 

989
00:51:22,400 --> 00:51:27,100
entire Revolution, but the men's
hardships were genuine He 

990
00:51:27,100 --> 00:51:29,400
balanced his empathy for his 
soldiers, suffering with the 

991
00:51:29,400 --> 00:51:32,400
need to uphold discipline 
against this turbulent. 

992
00:51:32,400 --> 00:51:35,300
Backdrop, French assistance, 
played a decisive role. 

993
00:51:36,100 --> 00:51:38,500
Following France's official 
entry into the war. 

994
00:51:39,100 --> 00:51:41,600
Spain and the Dutch Republic 
also offered varying degrees of 

995
00:51:41,608 --> 00:51:44,600
support to America. 
Broadening the conflict into a 

996
00:51:44,600 --> 00:51:46,300
larger Global struggle against 
Britain. 

997
00:51:47,000 --> 00:51:49,900
Washington worked with French 
Admirals and Generals who like 

998
00:51:49,900 --> 00:51:52,200
Admiral Degrassi and general 
Rochambeau. 

999
00:51:52,200 --> 00:51:55,100
Brought Naval superiority and 
well-trained troops. 

1000
00:51:55,100 --> 00:51:59,500
Diplomatic Synergy was crucial 
washing never fluent in French 

1001
00:51:59,500 --> 00:52:02,400
relied on interpreters and the 
Goodwill of allies like 

1002
00:52:02,400 --> 00:52:06,200
Lafayette, maintained, strong 
communication Joint operations, 

1003
00:52:06,200 --> 00:52:07,700
required, patience and 
compromise. 

1004
00:52:07,700 --> 00:52:10,900
The French navy, sheds and 
European political priorities, 

1005
00:52:10,900 --> 00:52:14,200
often constrained quick action. 
The culmination of these 

1006
00:52:14,200 --> 00:52:17,300
alliances and strategies took 
shape in 1781 at Yorktown. 

1007
00:52:17,300 --> 00:52:20,400
Virginia British General 
Cornwallis had entrenched. 

1008
00:52:20,400 --> 00:52:24,300
His forces there, hoping for 
resupply, by sea, Washington 

1009
00:52:24,300 --> 00:52:28,000
seized the moment. 
He feigned moves toward New York

1010
00:52:28,000 --> 00:52:30,400
but then swiftly marched. 
A major portion of his army, 

1011
00:52:30,400 --> 00:52:34,200
South The French Fleet under the
grass blocked, the chest Peak, 

1012
00:52:34,200 --> 00:52:36,400
preventing a British Naval 
evacuation. 

1013
00:52:37,100 --> 00:52:40,500
Trapped and under constant 
bombardment Cornwallis 

1014
00:52:40,500 --> 00:52:44,300
surrendered in October. 7081 the
Victory at Yorktown did not 

1015
00:52:44,300 --> 00:52:47,300
instantly end the war but it was
the decisive blow that 

1016
00:52:47,308 --> 00:52:50,800
shattered, Britain's willingness
to continue negotiations in 

1017
00:52:50,800 --> 00:52:53,300
Europe soon. 
Began leading to the 70 of May 

1018
00:52:53,300 --> 00:52:56,800
33 of Paris, recognizing 
American independence. 

1019
00:52:57,600 --> 00:52:59,300
Washington's role in the final 
phase. 

1020
00:52:59,300 --> 00:53:02,700
Showcased, two defining traits 
of his leadership adaptability 

1021
00:53:02,700 --> 00:53:06,300
and a knack for collaboration. 
He was not a tactical genius in 

1022
00:53:06,300 --> 00:53:09,200
the mold of Napoleon, but he 
excelled in forging. 

1023
00:53:09,200 --> 00:53:12,500
Unity among diverse groups with 
clashing Egos and conflicting 

1024
00:53:12,500 --> 00:53:15,200
interests. 
He also grasped the cycle 

1025
00:53:15,200 --> 00:53:18,400
dimension of War Victory. 
Could be achieved as much 

1026
00:53:18,400 --> 00:53:21,100
through morale and diplomatic 
pressure as through Battlefield 

1027
00:53:21,100 --> 00:53:24,000
conquests. 
Under his guidance, the 

1028
00:53:24,000 --> 00:53:26,400
Continental Army endured for 
eight, grueling years 

1029
00:53:26,400 --> 00:53:30,000
culminating in a capitulation 
that many had deemed impossible.

1030
00:53:31,100 --> 00:53:34,400
When peace was finally secured 
Washington stunned. 

1031
00:53:34,400 --> 00:53:37,100
The World by resigning his 
commission and returning to 

1032
00:53:37,100 --> 00:53:39,000
private life, rather than 
seasoning power. 

1033
00:53:39,900 --> 00:53:42,300
In a time, when Victoria's 
Generals in Europe, often 

1034
00:53:42,300 --> 00:53:45,200
leveraged military success to 
become dictators or monarchs. 

1035
00:53:45,200 --> 00:53:47,100
His gesture was nearly 
unprecedented. 

1036
00:53:48,200 --> 00:53:51,200
He sent a farewell address to 
the Army bidding, an emotional 

1037
00:53:51,200 --> 00:53:53,800
goodbye to the officers who had 
become like, family through 

1038
00:53:53,800 --> 00:53:58,100
shared hardships. 
Then he returned to Mount Vernon

1039
00:53:58,100 --> 00:54:01,000
longing for quiet days, over 
seeing his estate. 

1040
00:54:01,900 --> 00:54:05,500
In the public imagination. 
Became the embodiment of Roman 

1041
00:54:05,500 --> 00:54:09,800
Republican virtue, akin to since
in natus, leaving his plow to 

1042
00:54:09,800 --> 00:54:12,300
defend the nation and then 
returning to his farm. 

1043
00:54:12,300 --> 00:54:14,800
Yet the young Republic soon, 
discovered that Independence 

1044
00:54:14,800 --> 00:54:18,400
would not solve every problem 
War debts disputes, among the 

1045
00:54:18,400 --> 00:54:21,500
states, and a weak central 
government under the Articles of

1046
00:54:21,500 --> 00:54:24,100
Confederation threatened, the 
stability of the new nation 

1047
00:54:24,100 --> 00:54:27,000
calls for a stronger National 
framework grew louder. 

1048
00:54:27,000 --> 00:54:31,100
And once again, the Gaze of the 
fledgling country turned to 

1049
00:54:31,100 --> 00:54:33,900
Washington, would he remain a 
private citizen? 

1050
00:54:33,900 --> 00:54:36,500
Or would he use his stature to 
help shape? 

1051
00:54:36,500 --> 00:54:39,600
The governance of the country? 
He had been so instrumental in 

1052
00:54:39,600 --> 00:54:43,600
forging, The next chapter of his
life and In Deed of the nation's

1053
00:54:43,600 --> 00:54:47,500
would hinge on how he answered 
that question after returning to

1054
00:54:47,500 --> 00:54:51,600
Mount Vernon in 1783 Washington,
tried to refocus on his 

1055
00:54:51,600 --> 00:54:55,700
Plantation, hoping for a respite
from public affairs yet, the 

1056
00:54:55,700 --> 00:54:58,900
fragile state of the post-war 
union soon, pulled him back into

1057
00:54:58,900 --> 00:55:01,300
the spotlight. 
Under the article's affair 

1058
00:55:01,300 --> 00:55:06,500
Confederation Federal government
lacked authority to tax regulate

1059
00:55:06,500 --> 00:55:09,600
commerce, effectively, or settle
disputes among states. 

1060
00:55:10,400 --> 00:55:14,300
Economic turmoil, loomed, large 
debts from the war weighed on 

1061
00:55:14,308 --> 00:55:18,100
every state and the absence of a
cohesive National policy bread 

1062
00:55:18,100 --> 00:55:21,600
friction insurrections such as 
Shay's Rebellion in 

1063
00:55:21,600 --> 00:55:23,400
Massachusetts. 
Highlighted how easily? 

1064
00:55:23,400 --> 00:55:26,500
Unrest might spiral if the 
central government could not act

1065
00:55:26,500 --> 00:55:28,900
decisively Leaders across the 
states. 

1066
00:55:28,900 --> 00:55:32,300
Recognized the dire need for 
reforms and Washington was a 

1067
00:55:32,300 --> 00:55:33,800
natural figure to help spearhead
them. 

1068
00:55:34,400 --> 00:55:36,000
Though. 
Initially hesitant he feared 

1069
00:55:36,000 --> 00:55:37,300
Public Service would want once 
again. 

1070
00:55:37,300 --> 00:55:40,400
Swallow his private life. 
He came around to the idea that 

1071
00:55:40,400 --> 00:55:41,900
a stronger. 
Government framework was 

1072
00:55:41,900 --> 00:55:46,600
essential to preserve the Union.
In 1787, he agreed to preside 

1073
00:55:46,600 --> 00:55:49,700
over the Constitutional 
Convention in Philadelphia, this

1074
00:55:49,700 --> 00:55:52,700
Gathering intended, first to 
revise the article's soon, 

1075
00:55:52,700 --> 00:55:55,200
morphed into a wholesale 
creation of a new constitution. 

1076
00:55:56,100 --> 00:55:58,300
Did not speak off and during the
debate. 

1077
00:55:58,300 --> 00:56:01,300
But his mere presence link 
gravity to the preceding 

1078
00:56:01,300 --> 00:56:06,000
delicate, disagreed vigorously, 
over representation slavery and 

1079
00:56:06,000 --> 00:56:08,800
executive power. 
Yet most recognized that 

1080
00:56:08,800 --> 00:56:11,600
Washington's approval would be 
critical for winning public 

1081
00:56:11,600 --> 00:56:13,900
acceptance of any proposed 
Constitution. 

1082
00:56:13,900 --> 00:56:18,700
His role was largely that of 
mediator and symbol of unity, he

1083
00:56:18,700 --> 00:56:22,500
allowed men like James Madison, 
Alexander Hamilton, and Benjamin

1084
00:56:22,500 --> 00:56:24,600
Franklin to articulate competing
ideas. 

1085
00:56:25,700 --> 00:56:28,300
But whenever debate grew 
contentious, the image of 

1086
00:56:28,300 --> 00:56:31,700
Washington seated at the front, 
reminded them, that the 

1087
00:56:31,700 --> 00:56:35,200
revolution's integrity and the 
future of Republican governance 

1088
00:56:35,200 --> 00:56:39,800
were at stake. 
By September 1787, the delegates

1089
00:56:39,800 --> 00:56:42,900
crafted a new Constitution that 
incorporated a more robust 

1090
00:56:42,900 --> 00:56:46,000
federal government, tempered by 
system of checks and balances 

1091
00:56:46,000 --> 00:56:48,700
will not perfect. 
It was a revolutionary 

1092
00:56:48,700 --> 00:56:50,200
experiment in structured 
Liberty. 

1093
00:56:51,100 --> 00:56:52,600
Washington's endorsement 
carried. 

1094
00:56:52,600 --> 00:56:55,500
Enormous weight during the 
ratification process, especially

1095
00:56:55,500 --> 00:56:58,800
in the Virginia, reluctant 
Anti-Federalists. 

1096
00:56:58,800 --> 00:57:02,000
Found it difficult to argue that
the Constitution must tyranny, 

1097
00:57:02,000 --> 00:57:05,700
when Washington vouched for it. 
Once the Constitution became law

1098
00:57:05,700 --> 00:57:08,900
calls for Washington to serve, 
as the first president were 

1099
00:57:08,900 --> 00:57:12,200
unanimous in their intensity. 
He was the linchpin who could 

1100
00:57:12,200 --> 00:57:14,300
lend immediately legitimacy to 
the new system. 

1101
00:57:14,300 --> 00:57:18,900
Despite personals reservation. 
He was aging and the toll of 

1102
00:57:18,900 --> 00:57:22,200
public life was no small burden.
He reluctantly accepted the 

1103
00:57:22,200 --> 00:57:25,300
role, the Electoral College 
elected him, unanimously in 

1104
00:57:25,300 --> 00:57:28,300
1789. 
In April, of that year, he 

1105
00:57:28,300 --> 00:57:30,700
journeyed to New York City. 
The temporary capital to take 

1106
00:57:30,700 --> 00:57:33,400
the oath of office is 
inauguration was a subdued 

1107
00:57:33,400 --> 00:57:37,000
ceremony reflecting a new 
nation's blend of optimism and 

1108
00:57:37,000 --> 00:57:39,000
anxiety. 
He stood on a balcony, 

1109
00:57:39,000 --> 00:57:40,900
overlooking. 
Throngs of cheering citizens, 

1110
00:57:40,900 --> 00:57:44,700
placing in his hand, on a Bible 
and swearing to preserve protect

1111
00:57:44,700 --> 00:57:48,500
and defend the Constitution. 
And shaping the executive branch

1112
00:57:48,500 --> 00:57:51,400
wash, Washington faced, a blank 
slate. 

1113
00:57:52,200 --> 00:57:55,300
There was no blueprint for how a
president should behave you 

1114
00:57:55,300 --> 00:57:57,600
believed in setting, careful 
precedence, that would guide 

1115
00:57:57,600 --> 00:58:00,700
successes and this cautious 
approach colored his every 

1116
00:58:00,700 --> 00:58:03,600
decision. 
He formed a cabinet of advisors,

1117
00:58:03,600 --> 00:58:08,100
including Thomas Jefferson as 
Secretary of State and Alexander

1118
00:58:08,100 --> 00:58:11,700
Hamilton a Secretary of the 
Treasury, the ideological 

1119
00:58:11,700 --> 00:58:15,100
clashes between Jefferson who 
championed agrarian democracy 

1120
00:58:15,100 --> 00:58:18,600
and Hamilton, who pushed for a 
robust federal government in 

1121
00:58:18,600 --> 00:58:22,300
industrial growth forced washing
to navigate to delicate balance 

1122
00:58:22,300 --> 00:58:25,200
balancing. 
These factions, he aimed to 

1123
00:58:25,208 --> 00:58:27,600
prevent the country from 
splitting into parties and 

1124
00:58:27,600 --> 00:58:30,300
camps. 
Still, the seeds of political 

1125
00:58:30,300 --> 00:58:34,300
rivalry were planted eventually,
sprouting into the Federalists 

1126
00:58:34,300 --> 00:58:35,900
and Democratic Republican 
parties. 

1127
00:58:36,900 --> 00:58:39,800
Washington's presidency. 
Also, navigated foreign policy 

1128
00:58:39,800 --> 00:58:42,500
dilemmas the young. 
United States was military, 

1129
00:58:42,500 --> 00:58:46,900
weak, financially, indebted, and
overshadowed by European powers.

1130
00:58:48,200 --> 00:58:51,500
When the French Revolution 
erupted many Americans felt they

1131
00:58:51,500 --> 00:58:53,500
owed France. 
A debt of gratitude for its 

1132
00:58:53,500 --> 00:58:56,300
wartime support. 
Yet Washington believed 

1133
00:58:56,300 --> 00:58:59,900
neutrality was crucial in 
tangling, the fragile Republic. 

1134
00:58:59,900 --> 00:59:01,800
In Europe's Wars, could spell 
disaster. 

1135
00:59:01,800 --> 00:59:06,300
His proclamation of neutrality 
and 1793 Drew Ayer from those 

1136
00:59:06,300 --> 00:59:09,500
who wanted to Aid France. 
But it shielded the new nation 

1137
00:59:09,500 --> 00:59:12,000
from a catastrophic conflict. 
It was ill-prepared to handle. 

1138
00:59:12,900 --> 00:59:16,500
Domestic issues also tested, the
new Administration, Hamilton's 

1139
00:59:16,500 --> 00:59:19,400
financial plan, which included, 
Federal Assumption of State 

1140
00:59:19,400 --> 00:59:21,100
debts. 
And the creation of a National 

1141
00:59:21,100 --> 00:59:24,500
Bank sparked, Fierce debates, 
Washington, backed Hamilton, 

1142
00:59:24,500 --> 00:59:27,500
believing that fiscal stability,
was essential for National 

1143
00:59:27,500 --> 00:59:31,200
respectability but Jefferson's 
faction decried. 

1144
00:59:31,200 --> 00:59:33,100
These measures as threats to 
states rights. 

1145
00:59:33,100 --> 00:59:37,400
Then in 1794 the Whiskey 
Rebellion flared in Western 

1146
00:59:37,400 --> 00:59:40,600
Pennsylvania. 
Where Farmers violently opposed 

1147
00:59:40,600 --> 00:59:44,500
to federal tax on distilled 
spirits. washing alarmed by the 

1148
00:59:44,500 --> 00:59:47,400
prospect of an armed 
Insurrection, personally, LED 

1149
00:59:47,400 --> 00:59:50,100
troops to quell, the rebellion 
and act that showcases his 

1150
00:59:50,100 --> 00:59:53,100
Federal Authority, but also 
raise fears about militarized, 

1151
00:59:53,100 --> 00:59:56,900
responses to dissent throughout 
these trials, Washington, Labor,

1152
00:59:56,900 --> 01:00:00,000
to maintain a posture of parties
and squabbles though that 

1153
01:00:00,000 --> 01:00:03,900
position grew increasingly 
difficult, newspapers reflecting

1154
01:00:03,900 --> 01:00:07,000
the rise of party driven 
journalism attacked or Praise 

1155
01:00:07,000 --> 01:00:10,800
Him, depending on editorial 
leaning criticisms, stung the 

1156
01:00:10,800 --> 01:00:14,200
once revered hero but he 
remained steadfast convinced 

1157
01:00:14,200 --> 01:00:16,000
that the survival of 
constitutional governance, 

1158
01:00:16,000 --> 01:00:19,800
required robust debate, even if 
it's sometimes, descended into 

1159
01:00:19,800 --> 01:00:23,300
vitriol, By the end of his 
second term, he yearned for 

1160
01:00:23,300 --> 01:00:24,900
retirement more earnestly than 
ever. 

1161
01:00:24,900 --> 01:00:27,600
The question was whether the 
country could sustain itself 

1162
01:00:27,600 --> 01:00:30,700
without him or if his moral 
Authority and balanced 

1163
01:00:30,700 --> 01:00:34,800
leadership remained 
indispensable By 1796 Washington

1164
01:00:34,800 --> 01:00:37,200
had served two terms as 
president and felt strongly. 

1165
01:00:37,200 --> 01:00:39,900
That rotating leadership was 
essential to the Republic's 

1166
01:00:39,900 --> 01:00:43,900
Health unanimously, re-elected 
in 1792, he could likely have 

1167
01:00:43,900 --> 01:00:45,900
secured a third term, but he 
declined. 

1168
01:00:46,500 --> 01:00:49,100
In doing so, he established a 
precedent of voluntary 

1169
01:00:49,100 --> 01:00:52,400
executive, turnover later, 
codified by the 22nd amendment. 

1170
01:00:52,400 --> 01:00:55,500
That would profoundly influence 
American political culture, 

1171
01:00:55,500 --> 01:00:59,700
recognizing the young nation's 
precariousness, offered parting 

1172
01:00:59,700 --> 01:01:02,800
guidance in his farewell 
address, Published rather than 

1173
01:01:02,800 --> 01:01:06,400
delivered orally, it warned 
against the dangers of permanent

1174
01:01:06,400 --> 01:01:10,100
foreign alliances and excessive 
parties and ship, he urged 

1175
01:01:10,100 --> 01:01:13,800
Americans, to cherish, Unity 
keep religion and morality as 

1176
01:01:13,800 --> 01:01:17,100
public pillars and remain where 
of ideological factions that 

1177
01:01:17,100 --> 01:01:18,500
could fracture National 
cohesion. 

1178
01:01:19,700 --> 01:01:23,600
After leaving office, in March 
1797, Washington returned to 

1179
01:01:23,600 --> 01:01:26,300
Mount Vernon. 
A sense of relief washed over 

1180
01:01:26,300 --> 01:01:29,800
him tempered by ongoing concerns
about the fledgling nation's 

1181
01:01:29,800 --> 01:01:34,300
trajectory oversaw expands at 
his estate experimented with 

1182
01:01:34,300 --> 01:01:37,200
different crop. 
Rotations and dabbled in various

1183
01:01:37,200 --> 01:01:40,800
manufacturing Ventures on site, 
such as a Grist Mill and a 

1184
01:01:40,800 --> 01:01:43,400
Distillery. 
However, retirement did not 

1185
01:01:43,408 --> 01:01:47,200
provide an escape from moral 
dilemmas, Washington's wealth, 

1186
01:01:47,200 --> 01:01:48,900
and Plantation. 
Lifestyle had always hinged on 

1187
01:01:48,908 --> 01:01:52,400
enslaved labor, while he had 
privately expressed ambivalence 

1188
01:01:52,400 --> 01:01:55,400
about slavery, calling it 
repugnant in certain 

1189
01:01:55,400 --> 01:01:57,800
correspondences. 
He never publicly championed 

1190
01:01:57,800 --> 01:02:00,000
abolition. 
Only in his world. 

1191
01:02:00,000 --> 01:02:02,300
Did he arranged for the 
emancipation of his enslaved? 

1192
01:02:02,300 --> 01:02:05,500
People after Martha's death. 
The move that became one of the 

1193
01:02:05,500 --> 01:02:08,100
most significant private amounts
of patients of that era. 

1194
01:02:08,100 --> 01:02:11,500
But the structural system of 
slavery continued unabated 

1195
01:02:11,500 --> 01:02:15,100
across the South highlighting. 
The contradictions embedded in 

1196
01:02:15,100 --> 01:02:18,600
the new Republic increasingly 
foreign tensions threatened to 

1197
01:02:18,608 --> 01:02:21,700
pull, wash in Washington, back 
into public, life relations with

1198
01:02:21,700 --> 01:02:24,800
revolutionary France. 
Deteriorated under John Adams's,

1199
01:02:24,800 --> 01:02:27,600
presidency. 
Culminating, in the Quasi War at

1200
01:02:27,600 --> 01:02:32,300
Sea in 1798, Adams asked, 
Washington to serve as commander

1201
01:02:32,300 --> 01:02:34,700
of provisional Army. 
Should full scale War break out.

1202
01:02:34,700 --> 01:02:38,200
Washington, agreed though, he 
delegated most duties to 

1203
01:02:38,200 --> 01:02:40,600
Hamilton. 
He remained on Stan by hoping, 

1204
01:02:40,600 --> 01:02:45,300
conflict could be averted. 
By 1799 the immediate threat 

1205
01:02:45,300 --> 01:02:48,600
passed and Washington settled 
again into the routine at Mount 

1206
01:02:48,600 --> 01:02:52,800
Vernon that same year on the 
12th, Washington braved, a cold 

1207
01:02:52,800 --> 01:02:55,700
wet ride around, his estate, 
checking fence lines and 

1208
01:02:55,700 --> 01:02:59,800
farmland later that evening, he 
developed a sore throat within 

1209
01:02:59,800 --> 01:03:03,300
days his condition worsened in 
what many now believe was acute.

1210
01:03:03,300 --> 01:03:07,900
Epic Titus Medical Treatments of
the time bleeding blistering and

1211
01:03:07,900 --> 01:03:13,600
gargling only weakened infer On 
the night of December 14th. 1799

1212
01:03:13,600 --> 01:03:17,600
George Washington passed away. 
Surrounded by close friends and 

1213
01:03:17,600 --> 01:03:20,700
family, the new sent shockwaves 
throughout the country. 

1214
01:03:20,700 --> 01:03:25,400
Bells tolled in distant cities, 
eulogies poured in from across 

1215
01:03:25,400 --> 01:03:28,800
political, divides reflecting 
the universal respect, American 

1216
01:03:28,800 --> 01:03:32,200
felt for his leadership. 
Even in Europe figures like 

1217
01:03:32,200 --> 01:03:35,800
Napoleon ordered tributes, 
Washington's death brought a 

1218
01:03:35,800 --> 01:03:37,900
collective Reckoning. 
The man who had guided the 

1219
01:03:37,900 --> 01:03:41,600
nation through Revolution 
constitutional formation and 

1220
01:03:41,600 --> 01:03:44,800
early governance was gone. 
That his legacy was already 

1221
01:03:44,800 --> 01:03:49,300
enshrined over subsequent 
decades and centuries Americans 

1222
01:03:49,300 --> 01:03:53,400
would build monuments, mint 
coins and compose Hagia graphic 

1223
01:03:53,400 --> 01:03:55,400
stories. 
That sometimes obscured the 

1224
01:03:55,400 --> 01:04:00,000
complexity of his life myths 
multiplied, the cherry tree 

1225
01:04:00,000 --> 01:04:03,000
ledge by Parson Weems became a 
fixture in school primers. 

1226
01:04:03,000 --> 01:04:05,700
Overshadowing, the more 
instructive lessons of 

1227
01:04:05,700 --> 01:04:09,000
Washington's, real struggles, 
and ethical dilemmas, the wooden

1228
01:04:09,000 --> 01:04:12,400
teeth trop over shadowed the 
details of his expensive painful

1229
01:04:12,400 --> 01:04:15,300
dental operators made from 
various materials, including 

1230
01:04:15,300 --> 01:04:17,200
human, or animal teeth and 
Metal. 

1231
01:04:18,200 --> 01:04:20,500
Yet Behind The Shining marble 
statues stands. 

1232
01:04:20,500 --> 01:04:25,100
A more nuanced figure washing 
was a man of his time's shaped 

1233
01:04:25,100 --> 01:04:28,000
by its limitations, particularly
regarding slavery in class 

1234
01:04:28,000 --> 01:04:31,100
structures, but also capable of 
transcending narrow 

1235
01:04:31,100 --> 01:04:34,100
self-interest. 
He recognized the fragility of 

1236
01:04:34,100 --> 01:04:37,200
the American experiment and 
acted repeatedly to keep it 

1237
01:04:37,200 --> 01:04:41,800
intact, resigning his military 
Commission in 1783 presiding 

1238
01:04:41,800 --> 01:04:45,500
over the Constitution's, 
drafting in 1787 and stepping 

1239
01:04:45,500 --> 01:04:49,300
down as president after two 
terms, each decision sent an 

1240
01:04:49,300 --> 01:04:51,800
unmistakable message that we 
were Republic's longevity 

1241
01:04:51,800 --> 01:04:55,500
depended on checks against 
personal ambition, Washington's 

1242
01:04:55,500 --> 01:04:58,300
example, stood out for a nation,
still refining, its democratic 

1243
01:04:58,300 --> 01:05:00,700
values. 
He was neither a flamboyant 

1244
01:05:00,700 --> 01:05:04,600
speaker or a philosophical 
theories Forest, but he 

1245
01:05:04,600 --> 01:05:08,600
possessed a calm gravitas, that 
could unify corals from State's.

1246
01:05:08,600 --> 01:05:11,800
He understood how to maintain 
moral legitimacy in the eyes of 

1247
01:05:11,808 --> 01:05:15,000
both Elites and ordinary 
citizens and those he was not 

1248
01:05:15,000 --> 01:05:18,200
without flaws the ownership of 
enslaved, individuals being 

1249
01:05:18,200 --> 01:05:21,600
Chief among them, he helped lay 
the groundwork for a political 

1250
01:05:21,600 --> 01:05:24,700
system capable of evolving 
Beyond its Founders limitations.

1251
01:05:25,600 --> 01:05:29,100
Today, while the two centuries 
after his passing, George 

1252
01:05:29,100 --> 01:05:32,000
Washington remains an essential 
symbol for an America that 

1253
01:05:32,000 --> 01:05:34,300
struggles with its historical 
contradictions. 

1254
01:05:34,300 --> 01:05:38,000
If we look beyond the simplified
school book portrayals, we find 

1255
01:05:38,000 --> 01:05:41,400
a person who navigated immense 
pressures with perseverance and 

1256
01:05:41,400 --> 01:05:44,400
humility, whose quiet strength 
and deliberate choice to 

1257
01:05:44,400 --> 01:05:47,100
relinquish power set a tone for 
Republican governance. 

1258
01:05:48,000 --> 01:05:50,500
Complexity of his legacy, 
invites us to reflect on, both 

1259
01:05:50,500 --> 01:05:53,300
the grand achievements, and the 
unresolved tensions that were 

1260
01:05:53,300 --> 01:05:56,700
woven into the nation's birth. 
Poignant reminder that even 

1261
01:05:56,700 --> 01:05:57,800
foundational. 
Heroes. 

1262
01:05:57,800 --> 01:06:01,000
Stand on shifting terrain, 
forging a path for future 

1263
01:06:01,000 --> 01:06:09,900
generations. 
To walk upon Picture this. your 

1264
01:06:09,900 --> 01:06:12,500
settling in for the night, maybe
with a warm cup of something 

1265
01:06:12,500 --> 01:06:16,700
comforting and someone asks you 
to imagine ancient Italy Not the

1266
01:06:16,700 --> 01:06:19,900
Italy of pasta and espresso. 
Oh, wouldn't that be nice? 

1267
01:06:19,900 --> 01:06:23,500
But a wild Untamed place where 
every Hill might hide. 

1268
01:06:23,500 --> 01:06:25,500
A god, having a particularly 
dramatic day. 

1269
01:06:26,600 --> 01:06:30,300
Our Story begins with Mars, the 
God of War, apparently had 

1270
01:06:30,300 --> 01:06:33,300
nothing better to do than fall 
head over sandals for a young 

1271
01:06:33,300 --> 01:06:37,100
woman named rear Sylvia, Now 
real wasn't just anyone. 

1272
01:06:37,100 --> 01:06:40,800
She was a Vestal Virgin, which 
meant she'd taken a sacred vow 

1273
01:06:40,800 --> 01:06:43,300
to stay single and the eternal 
flame in the temple. 

1274
01:06:43,300 --> 01:06:46,600
Imagine it, as the most 
stringent employment agreement 

1275
01:06:46,600 --> 01:06:49,700
in the ancient world, where 
violating it could result in 

1276
01:06:49,700 --> 01:06:51,500
death rather than mere 
termination. 

1277
01:06:51,500 --> 01:06:54,200
But Gods as you've probably 
noticed. 

1278
01:06:54,200 --> 01:06:57,500
If you've ever read mythology, 
particularly good at respecting 

1279
01:06:57,500 --> 01:07:01,800
human rules, Mars swept down 
from his Celestial perch like a 

1280
01:07:01,808 --> 01:07:05,300
Divine hurricane and before you 
could say workplace harassment 

1281
01:07:05,300 --> 01:07:08,400
complaint rear found herself 
pregnant with twins. 

1282
01:07:09,300 --> 01:07:12,200
The event created what ancient 
Romans might have called a 

1283
01:07:12,200 --> 01:07:15,000
situation though. 
They probably used more colorful

1284
01:07:15,000 --> 01:07:18,800
language, King amulius Reyes 
uncle and the current ruler was 

1285
01:07:18,800 --> 01:07:21,900
understandably pleased. 
He'd already stolen the throne 

1286
01:07:21,900 --> 01:07:24,800
from his brother and wasn't keen
on potential heirs popping up to

1287
01:07:24,800 --> 01:07:29,000
complicate his retirement plans.
When the Twins were born to 

1288
01:07:29,000 --> 01:07:31,400
healthy boys, who would someday 
be called Romulus and Remus 

1289
01:07:31,400 --> 01:07:35,200
Amelia made the kind of 
executive decision that makes 

1290
01:07:35,200 --> 01:07:38,400
modern corporate restructuring. 
Look gentle, the ordered, the 

1291
01:07:38,400 --> 01:07:40,300
babies to be thrown into the 
Tiber River. 

1292
01:07:40,300 --> 01:07:43,300
Now, if this were a modern story
we'd call Child Protective 

1293
01:07:43,300 --> 01:07:47,700
Services but the setting was 
ancient Rome where Rivers were 

1294
01:07:47,700 --> 01:07:50,900
apparently considered acceptable
babysitters and wolves had 

1295
01:07:50,900 --> 01:07:52,800
better parenting skills than 
most humans. 

1296
01:07:54,400 --> 01:07:56,300
The servant tasked with this 
Grim Duty. 

1297
01:07:56,300 --> 01:07:58,700
Let's call him reluctant middle 
management. 

1298
01:07:59,700 --> 01:08:02,800
Placed the babies in a basket 
and set them, afloat, probably 

1299
01:08:02,800 --> 01:08:05,500
hoping someone up River would 
fish them out and wondering if 

1300
01:08:05,500 --> 01:08:08,100
his job description had always 
included in fantasize. 

1301
01:08:09,000 --> 01:08:12,200
The Tiber swollen with spring 
rains, carried the basket, 

1302
01:08:12,200 --> 01:08:15,700
Downstream like Nature's Own 
Lazy River, except considerably 

1303
01:08:15,700 --> 01:08:18,500
less fun. 
And with much higher Stakes, you

1304
01:08:18,500 --> 01:08:19,899
can imagine the baby's bobbing 
along. 

1305
01:08:19,899 --> 01:08:22,399
Probably thinking, this wasn't 
quite the welcome to the world. 

1306
01:08:22,399 --> 01:08:25,399
They'd been expecting though, at
their age, their concerns were 

1307
01:08:25,408 --> 01:08:28,600
likely limited to warmth food 
and Dry Diapers. 

1308
01:08:28,600 --> 01:08:33,200
None of which a river provides 
particularly well, The basket. 

1309
01:08:33,200 --> 01:08:36,399
Eventually washed ashore near 
the base of the Palatine Hill in

1310
01:08:36,399 --> 01:08:39,300
a spot where a fig tree cast 
dappled Shadows on the muddy 

1311
01:08:39,300 --> 01:08:42,399
Bank. 
This is the pivotal moment in 

1312
01:08:42,399 --> 01:08:45,300
our story as it seems. 
The gods were not yet done in. 

1313
01:08:47,000 --> 01:08:48,399
She Wolf probably out for her 
morning. 

1314
01:08:48,399 --> 01:08:51,600
Constitutional discovered the 
crying infants and made a 

1315
01:08:51,600 --> 01:08:54,399
decision that would echo through
history, instead of seeing 

1316
01:08:54,399 --> 01:08:57,700
breakfast. 
She saw babies in need this wolf

1317
01:08:57,700 --> 01:09:00,300
and you have to admire her 
maternal, instincts began, 

1318
01:09:00,300 --> 01:09:03,300
nursing the twins as if they 
were her Cubs picture. 

1319
01:09:03,300 --> 01:09:06,899
This scene two human babies 
being raised by a wolf under a 

1320
01:09:06,899 --> 01:09:08,700
fig tree. 
Like some sort of ancient 

1321
01:09:08,700 --> 01:09:12,399
daycare center run by wildlife. 
Kind of image that makes. 

1322
01:09:12,399 --> 01:09:15,100
You wonder if maybe we've been 
overthinking child care all 

1323
01:09:15,100 --> 01:09:17,700
these centuries, the twins 
thrived under their 

1324
01:09:17,700 --> 01:09:20,700
unconventional, upbringing 
growing strong on Wolf's Mill 

1325
01:09:20,700 --> 01:09:23,600
and whatever else their adoptive
mother could provide they 

1326
01:09:23,600 --> 01:09:26,399
learned to crawl among the roots
of the Fig Tree to understand 

1327
01:09:26,399 --> 01:09:29,600
the language of the wild and to 
see the world through eyes that,

1328
01:09:29,600 --> 01:09:31,399
you know, fear of Beast or 
storm. 

1329
01:09:32,300 --> 01:09:34,200
In many ways. 
They were getting an education. 

1330
01:09:34,200 --> 01:09:35,800
No. 
Roman school could provide 

1331
01:09:35,800 --> 01:09:39,399
though, it was probably lacking 
in mathematics and rhetoric. 

1332
01:09:39,399 --> 01:09:42,200
This Arrangement could have 
persisted indefinitely 

1333
01:09:42,200 --> 01:09:45,500
establishing the world's first, 
truly alternative family 

1334
01:09:45,500 --> 01:09:49,899
structure, but Destiny had other
intentions as often happens in 

1335
01:09:49,908 --> 01:09:52,200
the best stories. 
Just when you think, you know 

1336
01:09:52,200 --> 01:09:55,000
where things are heading a 
Shepherd, appears over the hill 

1337
01:09:55,000 --> 01:09:58,600
and everything changes. 
Once again, Foust was the kind 

1338
01:09:58,600 --> 01:10:00,900
of Shepherd who paid attention 
to things, that weren't strictly

1339
01:10:00,900 --> 01:10:03,900
his concern, which is either 
admirable curiosity, or 

1340
01:10:03,900 --> 01:10:06,400
professional nosiness depending 
on your perspective. 

1341
01:10:07,300 --> 01:10:10,300
On this particular morning as he
guided his flock toward better 

1342
01:10:10,300 --> 01:10:12,300
grazing. 
He spotted something that made 

1343
01:10:12,300 --> 01:10:15,300
him stop dead in his tracks. 
And in the shepherd business 

1344
01:10:15,300 --> 01:10:16,900
stopping when you should be 
moving. 

1345
01:10:16,900 --> 01:10:19,800
Usually, means you've seen 
something worth investigating or

1346
01:10:19,800 --> 01:10:21,600
you're about to become something
else as breakfast. 

1347
01:10:21,600 --> 01:10:25,000
What he saw was a She Wolf nurse
nursing two, human babies under 

1348
01:10:25,000 --> 01:10:28,200
a fig tree, which even by 
ancient Roman standards was 

1349
01:10:28,200 --> 01:10:29,900
unusual enough to Warrant a 
second look. 

1350
01:10:31,000 --> 01:10:34,000
Most people finding themselves 
witness to such a scene might 

1351
01:10:34,000 --> 01:10:36,200
have to back away slowly and 
reconsidered their breakfast 

1352
01:10:36,200 --> 01:10:40,000
choices, but Foust possessed 
that particular mixture of 

1353
01:10:40,000 --> 01:10:42,800
courage and poor judgment. 
That drives people to adopt 

1354
01:10:42,800 --> 01:10:45,900
stray animals and investigate 
strange noises in the basement. 

1355
01:10:47,000 --> 01:10:49,600
He approached carefully not 
because he was afraid of the 

1356
01:10:49,600 --> 01:10:52,600
wolf mind you but because 
interrupting a nursing mother of

1357
01:10:52,600 --> 01:10:55,400
any species tends to end badly 
for all involved. 

1358
01:10:56,300 --> 01:10:59,800
The wolf perhaps sensing that 
her unconventional, childcare 

1359
01:10:59,800 --> 01:11:03,000
Arrangement was about to be 
discovered looked up at Foust 

1360
01:11:03,000 --> 01:11:05,400
with the kind of steady gaze 
that suggested. 

1361
01:11:05,400 --> 01:11:08,500
She was evaluating whether he 
represented help or hindrance 

1362
01:11:09,500 --> 01:11:11,700
what happened? 
Next depends on which version of

1363
01:11:11,700 --> 01:11:14,900
the story you prefer. 
Some say, the wolf simply walked

1364
01:11:14,900 --> 01:11:17,500
away. 
Her Duty done, like a Divine 

1365
01:11:17,500 --> 01:11:21,100
babysitter, who shifted ended 
others claimed, she adopted 

1366
01:11:21,100 --> 01:11:23,800
felic to, which would have made 
for interesting dinner 

1367
01:11:23,800 --> 01:11:26,800
conversations. 
Most practical version suggests 

1368
01:11:26,800 --> 01:11:30,400
that wolf and Shepherd reached 
some sort of understanding the 

1369
01:11:30,400 --> 01:11:33,500
kind of wordless negotiation 
that happens between adults who 

1370
01:11:33,500 --> 01:11:36,000
suddenly find themselves 
responsible for children neither

1371
01:11:36,000 --> 01:11:41,700
of them at The twins probably 
wondering how he was going to 

1372
01:11:41,700 --> 01:11:46,500
explain this to his wife Aquila.
You can imagine him practicing 

1373
01:11:46,500 --> 01:11:50,400
the conversation during the walk
home, honey, you know, how we 

1374
01:11:50,400 --> 01:11:51,600
always talked about having 
children. 

1375
01:11:51,600 --> 01:11:55,900
Well, funny story. 
Most wives might have questions 

1376
01:11:55,900 --> 01:11:58,900
about babies appearing out of 
nowhere, but AKA let her 

1377
01:11:58,900 --> 01:12:02,200
practical heart took one. 
Look at the healthy wolf raised,

1378
01:12:02,200 --> 01:12:05,200
infants, and apparently decided 
that origin stories were less 

1379
01:12:05,200 --> 01:12:09,100
important than diaper duty. 
The couple raised Romulus and 

1380
01:12:09,100 --> 01:12:11,700
Remus as their sons though they 
couldn't quite hide. 

1381
01:12:11,700 --> 01:12:13,700
The fact that these boys were 
different from the average 

1382
01:12:13,700 --> 01:12:16,600
Shepherds children. 
For one thing they grew like 

1383
01:12:16,600 --> 01:12:21,500
weeds in a rainy season, tall, 
strong and seemingly immune to 

1384
01:12:21,500 --> 01:12:24,100
the normal childhood ailments 
that kept other parents up at 

1385
01:12:24,100 --> 01:12:26,800
night. 
For another, they displayed a 

1386
01:12:26,800 --> 01:12:29,000
natural confidence that 
suggested they'd never learned 

1387
01:12:29,000 --> 01:12:31,700
to be afraid of anything, which 
was either inspiring or 

1388
01:12:31,700 --> 01:12:34,500
concerning, depending on your 
parenting philosophy. 

1389
01:12:35,500 --> 01:12:38,300
Twins learned the shepherd's 
trade but they approached it 

1390
01:12:38,300 --> 01:12:40,600
with the kind of innovation that
comes from Thinking Outside 

1391
01:12:40,600 --> 01:12:43,500
traditional boundaries. 
While other young men were 

1392
01:12:43,500 --> 01:12:46,500
content to follow established 
grazing routes and time-honored 

1393
01:12:46,500 --> 01:12:50,000
methods of flock management 
Romulus and Remus seemed to view

1394
01:12:50,000 --> 01:12:52,200
the entire landscape as their 
personal domain. 

1395
01:12:52,200 --> 01:12:55,300
They knew every cave and 
streaming within miles. 

1396
01:12:55,300 --> 01:12:59,000
Could track any animal through 
the hills and had an uncanny 

1397
01:12:59,000 --> 01:13:01,100
ability to sense trouble before 
it arrived. 

1398
01:13:02,000 --> 01:13:04,900
This last skill, proved 
particularly useful because the 

1399
01:13:04,900 --> 01:13:07,900
hills around their home, were 
not exactly what you'd call a 

1400
01:13:07,900 --> 01:13:11,200
peaceful suburb. 
Bandits roamed the area like 

1401
01:13:11,200 --> 01:13:14,600
ancient Highway robbers except 
the highways were mostly goat 

1402
01:13:14,600 --> 01:13:18,000
paths and the robbery often 
involves stealing entire flocks 

1403
01:13:18,000 --> 01:13:21,400
rather than just wallets these 
Bandits had grown comfortable in

1404
01:13:21,400 --> 01:13:23,900
their profession. 
Operating with the confidence of

1405
01:13:23,900 --> 01:13:25,900
people who'd never met serious 
opposition. 

1406
01:13:25,900 --> 01:13:28,200
They were about to learn that 
confidence. 

1407
01:13:28,200 --> 01:13:30,800
Can be a fragile thing 
especially when it encounters 

1408
01:13:30,800 --> 01:13:33,400
two young men who'd been raised 
by wolves and taught by 

1409
01:13:33,400 --> 01:13:36,600
Shepherds who understood that 
protecting your flock sometimes 

1410
01:13:36,600 --> 01:13:40,500
required, more than just a Stern
talking to The twins began 

1411
01:13:40,500 --> 01:13:43,600
organizing, the local Shepherds 
and to something resembling a 

1412
01:13:43,600 --> 01:13:46,100
neighborhood watch program. 
If neighborhood watch programs 

1413
01:13:46,100 --> 01:13:49,500
involved, strategic ambushes and
the kind of justice that doesn't

1414
01:13:49,500 --> 01:13:52,900
require paperwork. 
They turned Bandit hunting into 

1415
01:13:52,900 --> 01:13:55,900
something approaching an art 
form using their knowledge of 

1416
01:13:55,900 --> 01:13:58,400
the train and their wolf taught 
instincts to outmaneuver 

1417
01:13:58,400 --> 01:14:00,500
criminals who had grown lazy 
from Easy victories. 

1418
01:14:01,700 --> 01:14:04,100
Word of their success. 
Bred through the hills like 

1419
01:14:04,100 --> 01:14:07,800
smoke from a well-tended fire 
and soon people were traveling 

1420
01:14:07,800 --> 01:14:11,200
considerable distance is just to
see these young men who made the

1421
01:14:11,200 --> 01:14:14,400
roads safe again. 
Some visitors came seeking 

1422
01:14:14,400 --> 01:14:16,600
protection. 
Others hoping to join their 

1423
01:14:16,600 --> 01:14:19,300
group in a few simply wanted to 
hear the stories that were 

1424
01:14:19,300 --> 01:14:23,600
already growing in the telling 
Success as anyone who's ever had

1425
01:14:23,600 --> 01:14:26,500
a particularly excellent year at
work knows as a way of 

1426
01:14:26,508 --> 01:14:29,400
attracting the wrong, kind of 
attention, you know how it is 

1427
01:14:29,400 --> 01:14:31,500
when you're doing something well
and word gets around. 

1428
01:14:31,500 --> 01:14:35,000
Suddenly, everyone wants a piece
of Your Action, including 

1429
01:14:35,000 --> 01:14:37,100
people, you'd rather not meet in
a well-lit place. 

1430
01:14:37,100 --> 01:14:42,000
Let alone a dark alley. 
King, Amelia himself had heard 

1431
01:14:42,000 --> 01:14:44,700
about the twins reputation for 
dealing with Bandits. 

1432
01:14:45,400 --> 01:14:48,700
Now emelius was the sort of 
ruler who preferred his subjects

1433
01:14:48,700 --> 01:14:52,200
to be grateful for whatever 
protection he provided which in 

1434
01:14:52,200 --> 01:14:55,000
Practical terms meant very 
little protection but 

1435
01:14:55,000 --> 01:14:56,700
considerable taxation for the 
privilege. 

1436
01:14:56,700 --> 01:14:59,800
The idea that two young 
shepherds were handling security

1437
01:14:59,800 --> 01:15:03,000
better than his forces was not 
the kind of news that improved 

1438
01:15:03,000 --> 01:15:06,500
his mood during breakfast. 
But emelius had bigger problems 

1439
01:15:06,500 --> 01:15:10,200
than freelance law enforcement. 
His brother named all the one. 

1440
01:15:10,200 --> 01:15:13,200
He'd overthrow years early was 
still alive and still had 

1441
01:15:13,200 --> 01:15:15,900
supporters who remembered when 
the kingdom had been run. 

1442
01:15:15,900 --> 01:15:18,500
By someone who actually cared 
about effective governance. 

1443
01:15:19,400 --> 01:15:21,900
These supporters had an annoying
habit of pointing out, the 

1444
01:15:21,900 --> 01:15:24,600
numerous rule had been marked by
prosperity and justice. 

1445
01:15:25,400 --> 01:15:27,900
While emulous is 10 year was 
more notable for Creative 

1446
01:15:27,900 --> 01:15:31,000
Taxation and the kind of 
paranoia that comes from knowing

1447
01:15:31,000 --> 01:15:32,900
you're not actually supposed to 
be in charge. 

1448
01:15:34,200 --> 01:15:37,000
The king's paranoia was about to
prove Justified because the 

1449
01:15:37,000 --> 01:15:39,500
Twins were approaching the age. 
When young men start asking 

1450
01:15:39,500 --> 01:15:41,600
uncomfortable questions about 
their Origins. 

1451
01:15:42,300 --> 01:15:45,100
Faust lesson AKA had done their 
best to provide satisfying 

1452
01:15:45,100 --> 01:15:47,300
answers about where Romulus and 
Remus had come from. 

1453
01:15:47,300 --> 01:15:50,100
But their story about finding 
babies by the river. 

1454
01:15:50,100 --> 01:15:53,700
Was the kind of explanation that
works for children and becomes 

1455
01:15:53,700 --> 01:15:56,400
increasingly inadequate as those
children grow into adults with 

1456
01:15:56,400 --> 01:15:59,500
functioning critical thinking, 
skills Romulus. 

1457
01:15:59,500 --> 01:16:02,700
The more directive of the two 
had started pressing for details

1458
01:16:02,700 --> 01:16:05,700
with the Persistence of someone 
who'd inherited, both Divine 

1459
01:16:05,700 --> 01:16:09,800
stubbornness and wolfish 
determination Remus more 

1460
01:16:09,800 --> 01:16:13,400
diplomatic than equally, curious
had been asking around among the

1461
01:16:13,400 --> 01:16:15,900
local Elders. 
Piecing together, fragments of 

1462
01:16:15,900 --> 01:16:19,800
old stories and half remembered 
gossip like ancient detective. 

1463
01:16:19,800 --> 01:16:23,200
Working a Cold Case. 
Their investigation might have 

1464
01:16:23,200 --> 01:16:26,100
continued indefinitely, a 
leisurely pursuit of family 

1465
01:16:26,100 --> 01:16:29,500
history that bothered no one. 
Except the king of iulius chose 

1466
01:16:29,500 --> 01:16:32,600
this moment to make one of those
decisions that seemed reasonable

1467
01:16:32,600 --> 01:16:35,000
in the short term. 
But catastrophic in hindsight, 

1468
01:16:35,000 --> 01:16:38,900
he decided to have Remus 
arrested the charge was cattle 

1469
01:16:38,900 --> 01:16:42,400
rustling, which in ancient times
was serious business but also 

1470
01:16:42,400 --> 01:16:44,900
the kind of accusation that 
could be leveled against any 

1471
01:16:44,900 --> 01:16:47,900
Shepherd you'd ever moved 
livestock across disputed 

1472
01:16:47,900 --> 01:16:51,700
boundaries, in reality, should 
probably heard about the twins 

1473
01:16:51,700 --> 01:16:54,400
growing influence and decided to
remove them before. 

1474
01:16:54,400 --> 01:16:58,100
They became a genuine threat to 
his rule, arresting one twin he 

1475
01:16:58,100 --> 01:17:00,800
reasoned would either eliminate 
half the problem or Draw the 

1476
01:17:00,800 --> 01:17:04,200
other into a trap. his reasoning
was the kind of strategic 

1477
01:17:04,200 --> 01:17:07,900
thinking that explains why some 
people succeed in politics and 

1478
01:17:07,900 --> 01:17:12,000
others end up as cautionary 
tales in bedtime stories, Remus 

1479
01:17:12,000 --> 01:17:15,100
was brought before King amulius,
and chains which must have been 

1480
01:17:15,100 --> 01:17:17,700
quite a sight. 
The young man who'd been raised 

1481
01:17:17,700 --> 01:17:20,700
by wolves and trained by 
Shepherds standing in a palace 

1482
01:17:20,700 --> 01:17:23,100
throne room like a wild creature
suddenly caged. 

1483
01:17:24,000 --> 01:17:27,700
But if a million expected 
intimidation or pleading, he'd 

1484
01:17:27,700 --> 01:17:31,100
seriously underestimated his 
prisoner, Rhema stood straight 

1485
01:17:31,100 --> 01:17:34,700
met the Kings gaze without 
flinching and answered questions

1486
01:17:34,700 --> 01:17:37,700
with the kind of calm confidence
that comes from, knowing you've 

1487
01:17:37,700 --> 01:17:39,300
never done anything. 
Truly wrong. 

1488
01:17:39,300 --> 01:17:43,000
His bearing was so naturally 
Regal that several courtiers 

1489
01:17:43,000 --> 01:17:44,400
later. 
Remarked, they'd never seen 

1490
01:17:44,400 --> 01:17:46,300
anyone wear chains with such 
dignity. 

1491
01:17:47,500 --> 01:17:50,600
This was unfortunate for a new 
list because numerator happened 

1492
01:17:50,600 --> 01:17:54,200
to be present at court that day 
kept around as a sort of living 

1493
01:17:54,200 --> 01:17:57,400
reminders of Concord opposition,
but still sharp enough to 

1494
01:17:57,408 --> 01:17:59,700
recognize something significant 
when he saw it. 

1495
01:18:01,200 --> 01:18:04,300
As numer, tall watched this 
young prisoner certain details 

1496
01:18:04,300 --> 01:18:06,500
began clicking into place like 
pieces of a puzzle. 

1497
01:18:06,500 --> 01:18:08,200
He'd been trying to solve for 20
years. 

1498
01:18:09,300 --> 01:18:11,500
Timing was right. 
The age was right. 

1499
01:18:11,500 --> 01:18:14,900
And there was something about 
the young man's features, his 

1500
01:18:14,900 --> 01:18:16,800
bearing. 
And the way he held himself, 

1501
01:18:16,800 --> 01:18:19,700
even in captivity that stirred 
memories of his daughter Ria 

1502
01:18:19,700 --> 01:18:22,400
Sylvia and whispered 
possibilities that had been 

1503
01:18:22,408 --> 01:18:24,500
buried under years of grief and 
resignation. 

1504
01:18:25,500 --> 01:18:28,300
Meanwhile Romulus was 
discovering that his brothers 

1505
01:18:28,300 --> 01:18:31,100
arrested triggered something in 
him, that felt less like worry 

1506
01:18:31,100 --> 01:18:35,200
the more like controlled Fury. 
He began Gathering allies with 

1507
01:18:35,200 --> 01:18:38,300
the focused intensity of someone
who'd found his true calling. 

1508
01:18:39,100 --> 01:18:41,000
It turned out that his true 
calling involved. 

1509
01:18:41,000 --> 01:18:43,200
The kind of leadership that 
makes people willing to follow 

1510
01:18:43,200 --> 01:18:45,400
you into battle against 
overwhelming odds. 

1511
01:18:46,300 --> 01:18:48,500
Though, none of the participants
quite realized it yet. 

1512
01:18:48,500 --> 01:18:50,800
They set the stage for a family 
reunion. 

1513
01:18:50,800 --> 01:18:52,300
That would change the course of 
history. 

1514
01:18:52,300 --> 01:18:55,800
Dramatic timing. 
Holds significance, the numerous

1515
01:18:55,800 --> 01:18:59,000
extensive experience in politics
in able to identify a crucial 

1516
01:18:59,000 --> 01:19:01,400
moment as it loomed across a 
throne room. 

1517
01:19:01,400 --> 01:19:04,700
While King emulous was busy, 
congratulating himself on 

1518
01:19:04,700 --> 01:19:07,700
capturing one of the trouble. 
Some Shepherds numitor was 

1519
01:19:07,700 --> 01:19:09,800
conducting. 
His own quiet investigation into

1520
01:19:09,800 --> 01:19:11,900
question's that haunted him for 
two decades. 

1521
01:19:11,900 --> 01:19:16,200
He began with discreet enquiries
the kind of careful questioning 

1522
01:19:16,200 --> 01:19:18,400
that comes naturally to depose 
rulers. 

1523
01:19:18,400 --> 01:19:21,400
We've learned that Curiosity 
must be balanced with survival. 

1524
01:19:22,300 --> 01:19:24,000
Spoke with servants, who 
remembered the night? 

1525
01:19:24,000 --> 01:19:27,000
His grandsons would have been 
taken, guards, who recalled the 

1526
01:19:27,000 --> 01:19:28,700
orders. 
They'd been given and even 

1527
01:19:28,700 --> 01:19:31,000
Tracked Down The Man. 
Who'd been commanded to drown 

1528
01:19:31,000 --> 01:19:34,300
the babies in the Tiber. 
What he discovered was the kind 

1529
01:19:34,300 --> 01:19:37,200
of story that explains why some 
people believe in divine 

1530
01:19:37,200 --> 01:19:40,300
intervention and others start 
questioning the competence of 

1531
01:19:40,308 --> 01:19:43,500
their subordinates. 
Servant it turned out had 

1532
01:19:43,500 --> 01:19:45,900
possessed just enough conscience
to make him terrible at 

1533
01:19:45,900 --> 01:19:50,100
infanticide instead of drowning 
the babies, he'd set them afloat

1534
01:19:50,100 --> 01:19:53,100
in a basket probably telling 
himself that such actions 

1535
01:19:53,100 --> 01:19:55,900
counted as following orders 
while leaving room for the gods 

1536
01:19:55,900 --> 01:19:57,800
to intervene if they were so 
inclined. 

1537
01:19:57,800 --> 01:20:01,200
It was the kind of creative 
interpretation of instructions 

1538
01:20:01,200 --> 01:20:04,700
that either makes you a hero or 
gets you executed, depending on 

1539
01:20:04,700 --> 01:20:08,900
how things turn out. 
Timeline matched perfectly the 

1540
01:20:08,900 --> 01:20:11,900
location where the twins had 
been found was exactly where a 

1541
01:20:11,900 --> 01:20:13,900
basket launched into the type of
would have washed ashore. 

1542
01:20:15,500 --> 01:20:17,700
And there were physical 
resemblances, that became more 

1543
01:20:17,700 --> 01:20:19,200
obvious, once you know what to 
look for. 

1544
01:20:20,400 --> 01:20:23,800
The secure The Way They Carried 
themselves, certain gestures 

1545
01:20:23,800 --> 01:20:25,300
that echoed his murdered 
daughter. 

1546
01:20:26,900 --> 01:20:30,000
Numerator range to private 
meeting with Remus using the 

1547
01:20:30,000 --> 01:20:32,200
kind of political maneuvering 
that keeps deposed. 

1548
01:20:32,200 --> 01:20:34,900
King's alive long enough to see 
Their Kingdoms restored. 

1549
01:20:36,000 --> 01:20:38,700
What passed between them in that
conversation was probably one of

1550
01:20:38,708 --> 01:20:40,600
those moments that feels like 
Destiny. 

1551
01:20:40,600 --> 01:20:43,200
Clicking into place, the young 
man learning. 

1552
01:20:43,200 --> 01:20:46,200
He was descended from gods and 
Kings and an old man discovering

1553
01:20:46,200 --> 01:20:48,700
that his family line hadn't 
ended in the Tiber after all. 

1554
01:20:49,500 --> 01:20:52,600
However understanding one's 
identity and taking action to 

1555
01:20:52,600 --> 01:20:56,500
change it presented entirely 
different challenges Remus was 

1556
01:20:56,500 --> 01:20:59,800
still in Chains formulas. 
Still held the throne and 

1557
01:20:59,800 --> 01:21:02,400
Romulus was somewhere in the 
Hills Gathering what a mounted 

1558
01:21:02,400 --> 01:21:05,800
to a shepherd's Army. 
The situation called for the 

1559
01:21:05,808 --> 01:21:09,200
kind of careful planning that 
balances Justice with practical 

1560
01:21:09,200 --> 01:21:12,200
politics except that. 
None of the people involved were

1561
01:21:12,200 --> 01:21:15,000
particularly known for their 
patients Romulus. 

1562
01:21:15,000 --> 01:21:17,600
Meanwhile was discovering that 
leadership came to him as 

1563
01:21:17,600 --> 01:21:21,500
naturally as breathing. the 
local Shepherds and farmers who 

1564
01:21:21,500 --> 01:21:24,500
benefited from the twins Bandit 
clearing activities were eager 

1565
01:21:24,500 --> 01:21:28,300
to help rescue Remus But Romulus
was thinking bigger than a 

1566
01:21:28,300 --> 01:21:31,000
simple jailbreak, he was 
beginning to Envision the kind 

1567
01:21:31,000 --> 01:21:33,400
of solution that would ensure. 
This problem, never arose. 

1568
01:21:33,400 --> 01:21:36,600
Again, he sent messages to 
everyone who had reason to 

1569
01:21:36,600 --> 01:21:39,700
dislike a nulease rule, which 
turned out to be a surprise in 

1570
01:21:39,700 --> 01:21:41,400
large portion of the local 
population. 

1571
01:21:42,500 --> 01:21:44,500
Farmers tired of excessive 
taxation. 

1572
01:21:44,500 --> 01:21:47,000
Merchants frustrated by 
arbitrary. 

1573
01:21:47,000 --> 01:21:49,400
Trade restrictions Nobles who 
remembered? 

1574
01:21:49,400 --> 01:21:51,100
When the kingdom had been 
governed with something 

1575
01:21:51,100 --> 01:21:54,500
approaching competence, all 
found themselves, quietly 

1576
01:21:54,500 --> 01:21:57,600
invited to consider whether the 
current rangement was really 

1577
01:21:57,600 --> 01:21:59,700
working for anyone, except the 
king himself. 

1578
01:22:00,800 --> 01:22:03,500
The response was more 
enthusiastic than Romulus are 

1579
01:22:03,500 --> 01:22:05,700
dead, hope. 
Apparently Amelia should have 

1580
01:22:05,708 --> 01:22:08,800
been even less popular than 
anyone realized ruling through 

1581
01:22:08,800 --> 01:22:11,600
fear and inertia, rather than 
genuine support. 

1582
01:22:12,800 --> 01:22:15,900
When given an alternative people
were remarkably willing to 

1583
01:22:15,900 --> 01:22:18,900
consider change. 
Especially when that change was 

1584
01:22:18,900 --> 01:22:21,200
being organized by young men who
had already proven their 

1585
01:22:21,200 --> 01:22:22,600
effectiveness at solving 
problems. 

1586
01:22:24,000 --> 01:22:27,300
The revolution when it came was 
almost anti-climactic. 

1587
01:22:28,100 --> 01:22:30,800
Emulous had spent so much energy
watching for threats from 

1588
01:22:30,800 --> 01:22:33,900
established Nobles that he'd 
completely missed the danger 

1589
01:22:33,900 --> 01:22:35,500
approaching from Shepherds and 
farmers. 

1590
01:22:36,700 --> 01:22:39,700
By the time he realized what was
happening Romulus, was already 

1591
01:22:39,700 --> 01:22:42,400
at the palace gates, with enough
supporters to make resistance 

1592
01:22:42,400 --> 01:22:45,200
pointless. 
What followed was the kind of 

1593
01:22:45,200 --> 01:22:48,700
regime change that historians 
later described as surprisingly 

1594
01:22:48,700 --> 01:22:52,000
bloodless, which is another way 
of saying that, sometimes people

1595
01:22:52,000 --> 01:22:54,500
are ready for Change and just 
need someone competent to 

1596
01:22:54,500 --> 01:22:58,000
organize it. 
Emulous was removed from Power 

1597
01:22:58,000 --> 01:22:59,800
with the same efficiency of the 
Twins. 

1598
01:22:59,800 --> 01:23:02,600
And once applied to Bandit 
problems, numerator, found 

1599
01:23:02,600 --> 01:23:05,200
himself restored to a throne, he
never expected to see. 

1600
01:23:05,200 --> 01:23:08,600
Again, the family reunion that 
followed was probably worth the 

1601
01:23:08,600 --> 01:23:11,800
wait, two young men learning. 
They were Prince's and 

1602
01:23:11,800 --> 01:23:13,700
grandfather. 
Discovering, his grandsons, had 

1603
01:23:13,700 --> 01:23:16,600
not only survived but thrived 
and a kingdom. 

1604
01:23:16,600 --> 01:23:19,000
Finally getting the kind of 
leadership, it had been missing 

1605
01:23:19,000 --> 01:23:22,000
for 20 years. 
It was the sword of ending that 

1606
01:23:22,000 --> 01:23:23,700
would have been perfectly 
satisfying. 

1607
01:23:23,700 --> 01:23:27,100
If this had been the end of the 
story, But this was really just 

1608
01:23:27,100 --> 01:23:28,900
the beginning. 
You might think that 

1609
01:23:28,900 --> 01:23:32,100
overthrowing a tyrant and 
restoring a beloved king would 

1610
01:23:32,100 --> 01:23:34,700
be the kind of achievement that 
leads to comfortable, retirement

1611
01:23:34,700 --> 01:23:37,900
and grateful citizens, building 
statues in your honor. 

1612
01:23:37,900 --> 01:23:41,300
And for most people, that would 
probably be enough excitement 

1613
01:23:41,300 --> 01:23:45,400
for One Life Time. 
But Romulus and Remus had been 

1614
01:23:45,408 --> 01:23:48,900
raised by wolves and trained by 
Shepherds who understood that 

1615
01:23:48,900 --> 01:23:51,900
standing still in dangerous 
territory is usually a mistake. 

1616
01:23:52,600 --> 01:23:55,300
The problem was that success had
given them a taste for 

1617
01:23:55,300 --> 01:23:59,100
leadership and Leadership. 
Once you've experienced it tends

1618
01:23:59,100 --> 01:24:01,400
to be addictive in the way that 
solving puzzles becomes 

1619
01:24:01,400 --> 01:24:03,200
compulsive for people who are 
good at it. 

1620
01:24:04,000 --> 01:24:06,700
They discovered, they had a 
talent for organizing people, 

1621
01:24:06,700 --> 01:24:10,400
settling disputes and turning 
chaotic situations into 

1622
01:24:10,400 --> 01:24:14,000
functional communities. 
It was deeply, satisfying work. 

1623
01:24:14,000 --> 01:24:16,900
The kind that makes you wonder 
what else you might accomplish 

1624
01:24:16,900 --> 01:24:19,800
with the right resources and 
enough time, but limited as 

1625
01:24:19,800 --> 01:24:22,900
Kingdom, while grateful for 
their help was already well 

1626
01:24:22,900 --> 01:24:25,900
established with its Traditions 
hierarchies and ways of doing 

1627
01:24:25,900 --> 01:24:28,800
things. 
The twins found themselves in 

1628
01:24:28,800 --> 01:24:32,000
the position of successful 
Consultants, who completed their

1629
01:24:32,000 --> 01:24:34,700
project and worked quite sure 
what to do with themselves next.

1630
01:24:35,500 --> 01:24:38,200
There were two young to settle 
into comfortable advisory roles 

1631
01:24:38,200 --> 01:24:40,900
and two ambitious to be 
satisfied with the relatively 

1632
01:24:40,900 --> 01:24:44,800
quiet life of reformed princes, 
the solution when it came to 

1633
01:24:44,800 --> 01:24:47,700
them was both obvious and 
audacious, they would found 

1634
01:24:47,700 --> 01:24:50,500
their City. 
They aimed to establish a 

1635
01:24:50,500 --> 01:24:52,700
genuine City that had the 
potential to grow into something

1636
01:24:52,700 --> 01:24:56,000
significant, not just a small 
settlement or an expanded 

1637
01:24:56,000 --> 01:24:58,300
Village. 
It was the kind of project that 

1638
01:24:58,300 --> 01:25:00,900
appeals to people who've never 
been taught that certain things 

1639
01:25:00,900 --> 01:25:04,100
are impossible, which is either 
the advantage of a wolf raised 

1640
01:25:04,100 --> 01:25:07,000
education or evidence that some 
kinds of ignorance are actually 

1641
01:25:07,000 --> 01:25:09,200
useful. 
They gather their most loyal 

1642
01:25:09,200 --> 01:25:12,400
followers, the Shepherds and 
farmers who supported their 

1643
01:25:12,400 --> 01:25:14,600
Revolution. 
Young men, eager for adventure 

1644
01:25:14,600 --> 01:25:17,900
and anyone else, who found the 
idea of building something new 

1645
01:25:17,900 --> 01:25:20,400
or appealing than maintaining 
something old? 

1646
01:25:20,400 --> 01:25:23,800
It was the sort of group that 
forms naturally around ambitious

1647
01:25:23,800 --> 01:25:28,500
projects, Part idealists part 
opportunists and part people who

1648
01:25:28,500 --> 01:25:30,300
simply couldn't imagine doing 
anything else. 

1649
01:25:31,300 --> 01:25:34,300
The first decision was where to 
build their city which should 

1650
01:25:34,300 --> 01:25:36,700
have been a straightforward 
question of geography water 

1651
01:25:36,700 --> 01:25:38,100
access and defensive 
positioning. 

1652
01:25:38,100 --> 01:25:41,900
Instead, it became the kind of 
disagreement that reveals 

1653
01:25:41,900 --> 01:25:44,500
fundamental differences in 
personality and approach. 

1654
01:25:44,500 --> 01:25:48,100
To problem, solving Romulus had 
a preference for the Palatine 

1655
01:25:48,100 --> 01:25:51,000
Hill, the location where their 
Wolfmother had found them as 

1656
01:25:51,008 --> 01:25:54,100
babies and raised them. 
It had symbolic significance. 

1657
01:25:54,100 --> 01:25:57,900
Excellent defensive potential 
and the kind of commanding view 

1658
01:25:57,900 --> 01:25:59,700
that makes visitors take you 
seriously. 

1659
01:26:00,600 --> 01:26:03,000
From a practical standpoint, it 
was an excellent choice. 

1660
01:26:03,000 --> 01:26:06,900
High Ground access to the river 
and room for expansion. 

1661
01:26:07,800 --> 01:26:10,500
We must preferred the Aventine 
Hill, which offered different 

1662
01:26:10,500 --> 01:26:14,100
advantages at a trade route, 
routes more accessibility to 

1663
01:26:14,100 --> 01:26:17,200
Merchants, and a position to 
take advantage of river, traffic

1664
01:26:17,200 --> 01:26:20,000
that could bring Prosperity 
along with strategic importance.

1665
01:26:21,000 --> 01:26:23,400
His choice, reflected a more 
commercial vision of their 

1666
01:26:23,400 --> 01:26:25,500
future city. 
One that would grow through 

1667
01:26:25,500 --> 01:26:29,700
trade and diplomacy rather than 
Conquest intimidation Both 

1668
01:26:29,700 --> 01:26:32,900
locations had Merit which made 
the choice more difficult rather

1669
01:26:32,900 --> 01:26:36,400
than easier in a perfect world. 
They might have flipped a coin, 

1670
01:26:36,400 --> 01:26:39,800
built two cities or found some 
other compromised on honored, 

1671
01:26:39,800 --> 01:26:42,100
both vision's. 
But the twins had inherited 

1672
01:26:42,100 --> 01:26:45,400
their Divine fathers competitive
nature along with their human 

1673
01:26:45,400 --> 01:26:48,100
grandfathers, political 
instincts, and neither was 

1674
01:26:48,100 --> 01:26:50,900
particularly inclined, to defer,
to the others judgment on such a

1675
01:26:50,900 --> 01:26:54,400
crucial decision. they decided 
to settle the matter through 

1676
01:26:54,400 --> 01:26:58,500
divination reading Omens in the 
flight patterns of birds which 

1677
01:26:58,500 --> 01:27:01,400
was the ancient Roman equivalent
of Consulting, focus groups and 

1678
01:27:01,400 --> 01:27:04,800
market research Seemed like a 
reasonable way to let the gods, 

1679
01:27:04,800 --> 01:27:07,700
make the final decision, 
removing personal preference 

1680
01:27:07,700 --> 01:27:10,400
from the equation while 
maintaining the appearance of 

1681
01:27:10,400 --> 01:27:13,600
divine guidance. 
The contest was simple. 

1682
01:27:13,600 --> 01:27:17,500
Each brother would stand on his 
chosen Hill and count the birds 

1683
01:27:17,500 --> 01:27:19,700
that flew overhead within a 
specified time. 

1684
01:27:19,700 --> 01:27:23,000
The brother who saw more birds 
would receive Divine approval 

1685
01:27:23,000 --> 01:27:25,400
for his site selection. 
While the other brother would 

1686
01:27:25,400 --> 01:27:29,300
gracefully accept the decision. 
The solution was Flawless until 

1687
01:27:29,300 --> 01:27:31,700
it came to reality. 
Remorse. 

1688
01:27:31,700 --> 01:27:35,300
Six vultures circling over the 
Aventine Hill, which he took, as

1689
01:27:35,300 --> 01:27:38,900
a strong sign of divine favor. 
Vultures after all were 

1690
01:27:38,900 --> 01:27:41,800
associated with Mars, who was 
considered their Divine father. 

1691
01:27:41,800 --> 01:27:45,400
And the number six was 
respectable suggesting serious, 

1692
01:27:45,400 --> 01:27:48,700
Celestial attention. 
He was probably already planning

1693
01:27:48,700 --> 01:27:50,600
the layout of streets and public
buildings. 

1694
01:27:50,600 --> 01:27:53,800
When Messengers arrived with 
news from the Palatine Hill 

1695
01:27:53,800 --> 01:27:58,100
Romulus had seen 12 volts, which
was either twice as good as his 

1696
01:27:58,100 --> 01:28:01,300
brothers result, while the kind 
of divine joke that God's find 

1697
01:28:01,300 --> 01:28:03,700
amusing and Mortals considered 
troubling. 

1698
01:28:04,500 --> 01:28:08,500
The number 12 had significance 
in Roman religious thinking, it 

1699
01:28:08,500 --> 01:28:12,100
suggested completion Perfection 
and the kind of cosmic approval,

1700
01:28:12,100 --> 01:28:13,800
that's hard to argue with 
mathematically. 

1701
01:28:14,900 --> 01:28:17,800
What should have settled the 
dispute instead intensified it? 

1702
01:28:17,800 --> 01:28:20,800
Because now they were arguing. 
Not just about location, but 

1703
01:28:20,800 --> 01:28:23,900
about interpretation timing. 
And whether the gods were 

1704
01:28:23,900 --> 01:28:26,000
speaking clearly or just 
enjoying themselves at Mortal 

1705
01:28:26,000 --> 01:28:29,600
expense, the problem with Divine
signs is that there are 

1706
01:28:29,600 --> 01:28:32,100
remarkably open to 
interpretation, especially when 

1707
01:28:32,100 --> 01:28:34,400
the people reading them have 
strong, opinions about what the 

1708
01:28:34,400 --> 01:28:37,900
gods ought to be saying. 
Until you started examining the 

1709
01:28:37,900 --> 01:28:42,000
details Romulus is 12 vultures 
seem to decisive and Remus was 

1710
01:28:42,000 --> 01:28:45,700
precisely the type of person who
believed details mattered and 

1711
01:28:45,700 --> 01:28:49,400
Romulus actually seemed 12 birds
or had he counted some of them 

1712
01:28:49,400 --> 01:28:52,800
twice as they circled. 
Where they all vultures or had. 

1713
01:28:52,800 --> 01:28:56,100
He included other species to 
reach his impressive total and 

1714
01:28:56,100 --> 01:28:58,500
most importantly, who would seem
their Birds first? 

1715
01:28:58,500 --> 01:29:01,600
Because surely priority should 
count for something in Divine 

1716
01:29:01,600 --> 01:29:03,900
mathematics. 
These were the kinds of 

1717
01:29:03,900 --> 01:29:05,700
questions that might have been 
resolved through. 

1718
01:29:05,700 --> 01:29:09,000
Calm discussion Between Brothers
who trusted each other's honesty

1719
01:29:09,000 --> 01:29:12,700
and shared a common goal. 
Fortunately, the Twins were 

1720
01:29:12,700 --> 01:29:15,500
discovering that wolf raised 
confidence and divine Heritage 

1721
01:29:15,500 --> 01:29:19,200
could combine in ways that made 
compromise feel less like wisdom

1722
01:29:19,200 --> 01:29:23,200
and more like weakness, The 
argument escalated in the way 

1723
01:29:23,200 --> 01:29:25,700
that disagreements do. 
When both parties are absolutely

1724
01:29:25,700 --> 01:29:28,200
certain, their right? 
And neither is particularly 

1725
01:29:28,200 --> 01:29:32,500
skilled at backing down 
gracefully what had started as a

1726
01:29:32,500 --> 01:29:35,500
practical discussion about City 
Planning was becoming a 

1727
01:29:35,500 --> 01:29:39,300
fundamental Clash over 
leadership Authority and who had

1728
01:29:39,300 --> 01:29:42,100
the right to make decisions that
would affect thousands of future

1729
01:29:42,100 --> 01:29:45,300
citizens. 
Romulus initiated construction 

1730
01:29:45,300 --> 01:29:48,600
on the Palatine Hill arguing 
that the superiority of 12 

1731
01:29:48,600 --> 01:29:51,800
vultures over 6 was reasonable 
and that taking action was 

1732
01:29:51,800 --> 01:29:55,300
preferable to an endless debate.
He marked out the boundaries of 

1733
01:29:55,300 --> 01:29:58,900
his future city, with a plow, 
creating the sacred Pharaoh, 

1734
01:29:58,900 --> 01:30:01,200
that would define the limits of 
what he was already calling 

1735
01:30:01,200 --> 01:30:04,400
Rome. 
It was the kind of bold move 

1736
01:30:04,400 --> 01:30:07,300
that either demonstrates 
decisive, leadership, or forces 

1737
01:30:07,300 --> 01:30:11,400
everyone else to choose sighs. 
Rimas feeling is perfectly valid

1738
01:30:11,400 --> 01:30:14,500
concerns ignored what his 
brothers preparations with 

1739
01:30:14,500 --> 01:30:17,500
growing frustration. 
The Aventine Hill remained 

1740
01:30:17,500 --> 01:30:20,700
unbroken ground. 
But more importantly, the prince

1741
01:30:20,708 --> 01:30:23,800
of shared decision-making was 
being abandoned in favor of what

1742
01:30:23,800 --> 01:30:25,600
looks suspiciously like 
dictatorship. 

1743
01:30:25,600 --> 01:30:29,200
The pivotal moment occurred when
Remus chose to challenge, the 

1744
01:30:29,200 --> 01:30:32,500
arbitrary nature of boundaries 
and the dubious legitimacy of 

1745
01:30:32,508 --> 01:30:35,500
his brothers Authority. 
He jumped over the freshly 

1746
01:30:35,500 --> 01:30:39,100
plowed Furrow that marked Rome's
border probably intending it as 

1747
01:30:39,100 --> 01:30:41,900
a gesture of contempt. 
A way of demonstrating that 

1748
01:30:41,900 --> 01:30:44,700
imaginary lines in the dirt 
don't automatically deserve 

1749
01:30:44,700 --> 01:30:47,600
respect just because someone 
claims Divine approval for 

1750
01:30:47,600 --> 01:30:50,200
drawing them. 
If the ancient world hadn't 

1751
01:30:50,200 --> 01:30:53,200
taken symbols. 
So seriously, this symbolic 

1752
01:30:53,200 --> 01:30:56,400
protest could have been 
effective but Romulus had just 

1753
01:30:56,400 --> 01:30:58,400
spent considerable effort 
establishing that this 

1754
01:30:58,400 --> 01:31:01,300
particular line in the dirt 
represented, something sacred 

1755
01:31:01,300 --> 01:31:04,800
and inviolable, the boundary of 
a city blessed by the gods and 

1756
01:31:04,800 --> 01:31:07,600
protected by Divine will What 
happened? 

1757
01:31:07,600 --> 01:31:10,800
Next was the kind of moment that
demonstrates why family disputes

1758
01:31:10,800 --> 01:31:12,400
are often the most dangerous 
kind. 

1759
01:31:13,300 --> 01:31:16,500
Romulus killed his brother 
either in a fit of rage, or as a

1760
01:31:16,500 --> 01:31:19,200
calculated decision to not, 
allow a challenge to his 

1761
01:31:19,200 --> 01:31:21,600
authority. 
The exact details were probably 

1762
01:31:21,600 --> 01:31:24,800
lost in the shock and grief that
followed that the result was 

1763
01:31:24,800 --> 01:31:27,500
unmistakable. 
Twin who had shared everything 

1764
01:31:27,500 --> 01:31:30,900
from Wolf's milk to Revolution 
was dead by his brothers. 

1765
01:31:32,700 --> 01:31:35,600
The Killing might have been 
impulsive driven by anger and 

1766
01:31:35,600 --> 01:31:39,400
competitive Pride rather than 
calculated malice, but intention

1767
01:31:39,400 --> 01:31:42,500
mattered less than consequence. 
And the consequence was that 

1768
01:31:42,500 --> 01:31:45,700
Rome's, Foundation story would 
forever be marked by fracture 

1769
01:31:45,700 --> 01:31:47,900
side. 
Brother, killing brother over 

1770
01:31:47,900 --> 01:31:51,700
questions of power and Prestons.
Romulus was left to found his 

1771
01:31:51,700 --> 01:31:54,700
city alone, carrying the weight 
of what he'd done along with the

1772
01:31:54,708 --> 01:31:58,000
responsibility of leadership. 
he'd gotten his way about the 

1773
01:31:58,000 --> 01:32:01,100
location and the authority, but 
at a cost that would haunt him 

1774
01:32:01,100 --> 01:32:05,700
and Define his City's character 
for centuries to come Rome would

1775
01:32:05,700 --> 01:32:07,900
grow to become the greatest City
in the ancient world. 

1776
01:32:07,900 --> 01:32:11,900
The center of an Empire that 
stretched across continents and 

1777
01:32:11,900 --> 01:32:13,800
influence civilization for 
millennia. 

1778
01:32:14,700 --> 01:32:17,500
But it would always bear the 
mark of its violent beginning. 

1779
01:32:17,500 --> 01:32:20,900
The knowledge that its first law
had been written in a Brother's 

1780
01:32:20,900 --> 01:32:24,200
blood and its first lesson had 
been that power often comes 

1781
01:32:24,200 --> 01:32:26,400
through the elimination of those
who challenged it. 

1782
01:32:28,200 --> 01:32:30,600
I really was that both brothers 
had been right about their 

1783
01:32:30,600 --> 01:32:33,800
Visions for the city. 
Rome's success would ultimately 

1784
01:32:33,800 --> 01:32:37,300
depend on both military. 
Strength Romulus is specialty 

1785
01:32:37,300 --> 01:32:40,400
and Commercial Prosperity. 
Rumors is preference. 

1786
01:32:40,400 --> 01:32:43,800
The city would need the defense 
of advantages of the Palatine 

1787
01:32:43,800 --> 01:32:46,600
Hill and the trade 
opportunities, that connected it

1788
01:32:46,600 --> 01:32:49,500
to the wider world. 
But that understanding would 

1789
01:32:49,500 --> 01:32:52,400
come later built on the 
foundation of one Brothers, 

1790
01:32:52,400 --> 01:32:56,200
ambition and another's death. 
There's something particularly 

1791
01:32:56,200 --> 01:32:58,600
sobering about getting 
everything you thought you 

1792
01:32:58,600 --> 01:33:01,400
wanted and discovering, it 
tastes like ashes in your mouth.

1793
01:33:02,500 --> 01:33:04,300
Romulus stood on his chosen 
Hill. 

1794
01:33:04,300 --> 01:33:08,900
Surrounded by loyal followers 
and blessed by Divine signs with

1795
01:33:08,900 --> 01:33:11,700
the authority to build whatever 
kind of City he could Envision, 

1796
01:33:11,700 --> 01:33:14,700
he should have been triumphant 
instead. 

1797
01:33:14,700 --> 01:33:17,000
He was learning that some 
victories cost more than 

1798
01:33:17,000 --> 01:33:20,300
defeating ever could the city 
that rose on the Palatine Hill, 

1799
01:33:20,300 --> 01:33:23,800
grew with remarkable speed, as 
if Romulus was trying to build 

1800
01:33:23,800 --> 01:33:26,600
something large enough to 
contain his grief or impressive 

1801
01:33:26,600 --> 01:33:28,800
enough to justify what he'd done
to achieve it. 

1802
01:33:29,900 --> 01:33:32,500
His followers worked with the 
Zeal of those who knew they were

1803
01:33:32,500 --> 01:33:35,300
part of something historic. 
But also with the Quiet 

1804
01:33:35,300 --> 01:33:38,400
efficiency of those who'd seen 
their leaders decisiveness and 

1805
01:33:38,400 --> 01:33:39,900
didn't want to test his 
patience. 

1806
01:33:40,700 --> 01:33:43,700
Rome attracted people the way 
successful projects always do 

1807
01:33:43,700 --> 01:33:47,800
refugees, seeking safety, 
Traders drawn by opportunity, 

1808
01:33:47,800 --> 01:33:51,700
young men, looking for adventure
and families hoping for a fresh 

1809
01:33:51,700 --> 01:33:54,800
start in a place that wasn't 
burdened by old grudges and 

1810
01:33:54,800 --> 01:33:58,000
established hierarchies. 
Romulus. 

1811
01:33:58,000 --> 01:34:00,500
Welcome the mall with the kind 
of inclusive policies. 

1812
01:34:00,500 --> 01:34:02,600
That suggested he'd learned 
something from his brothers 

1813
01:34:02,600 --> 01:34:04,600
vision of a commercial Lee 
successful City. 

1814
01:34:05,800 --> 01:34:08,800
But the rapid growth created, 
new problems that required the 

1815
01:34:08,800 --> 01:34:12,600
kind of pragmatic solutions that
don't appear in heroic songs or 

1816
01:34:12,600 --> 01:34:15,600
romantic history. 
Most of the early settlers were 

1817
01:34:15,600 --> 01:34:19,500
men which meant Rome had a 
promising economic future but a 

1818
01:34:19,500 --> 01:34:22,300
questionable demographic one. 
You can't build a lasting 

1819
01:34:22,300 --> 01:34:25,500
civilization without families. 
You can't have families without 

1820
01:34:25,500 --> 01:34:27,400
women willing to participate in 
the project. 

1821
01:34:28,700 --> 01:34:30,700
Romulus approached this 
challenge with the same 

1822
01:34:30,700 --> 01:34:33,500
systematic. 
Thinking he'd applied to Bandit 

1823
01:34:33,500 --> 01:34:36,300
elimination and political 
revolution, the organized 

1824
01:34:36,300 --> 01:34:38,700
festivals and trade. 
Gatherings invited. 

1825
01:34:38,700 --> 01:34:41,000
Neighboring, communities to 
participate in religious 

1826
01:34:41,000 --> 01:34:43,900
ceremonies and generally did 
everything possible to create 

1827
01:34:43,900 --> 01:34:47,000
opportunities for social 
interaction, between Rome's 

1828
01:34:47,000 --> 01:34:49,700
male, heavy population, and the 
daughter's of nearby 

1829
01:34:49,700 --> 01:34:52,200
settlements. 
The results were mixed. 

1830
01:34:52,900 --> 01:34:55,100
Some marriages occurred 
naturally through these events, 

1831
01:34:55,100 --> 01:34:58,400
creating the kind of alliances 
that, strengthened Rome's 

1832
01:34:58,400 --> 01:35:01,000
position while addressing its 
population concerns. 

1833
01:35:02,000 --> 01:35:05,200
However, many neighboring 
communities continue to harvest 

1834
01:35:05,200 --> 01:35:08,800
suspicions towards this rapidly 
expanding City, due to its 

1835
01:35:08,800 --> 01:35:11,000
reputation for drawing 
individuals who could be 

1836
01:35:11,000 --> 01:35:15,000
described as adventurous and 
less charitably as fugitive 

1837
01:35:15,000 --> 01:35:18,800
Seeking Justice elsewhere. 
The solution Romulus eventually 

1838
01:35:18,800 --> 01:35:21,700
implemented was the kind of 
strategy that works in the short

1839
01:35:21,700 --> 01:35:24,200
term while creating long-term 
complications. 

1840
01:35:24,200 --> 01:35:28,300
That future Generations, have to
manage during a particularly 

1841
01:35:28,300 --> 01:35:31,700
well, attended Festival, Roman 
men, systematically abducted, 

1842
01:35:31,700 --> 01:35:35,400
women from the visiting Sabine 
tribe, not random violence, but 

1843
01:35:35,400 --> 01:35:37,800
organized recruitment that 
Rome's leaders presented as a 

1844
01:35:37,800 --> 01:35:42,000
emergency Metro money rather 
than kidnapping, This event 

1845
01:35:42,000 --> 01:35:45,500
known to history as the rape of 
the Sabine, Women was probably 

1846
01:35:45,500 --> 01:35:48,800
less brutal than the name 
suggests but more coercive than 

1847
01:35:48,800 --> 01:35:50,300
modern sensibilities would 
tolerate. 

1848
01:35:51,300 --> 01:35:54,000
The Roman version emphasized 
that the women were treated with

1849
01:35:54,000 --> 01:35:57,200
respect offered genuine, 
marriages rather than temporary 

1850
01:35:57,200 --> 01:36:00,100
arrangements and give them the 
opportunity to become founding 

1851
01:36:00,100 --> 01:36:03,500
mothers of a great city rather 
than just wives and traditional 

1852
01:36:03,500 --> 01:36:06,700
communities. 
Whether the Sabine Women saw it 

1853
01:36:06,700 --> 01:36:09,400
that way, as a question, that 
ancient historians didn't spend 

1854
01:36:09,400 --> 01:36:13,200
much time, exploring but the 
Practical result was that roam, 

1855
01:36:13,200 --> 01:36:15,400
acquired both the population 
basic needed for long-term 

1856
01:36:15,400 --> 01:36:18,500
stability, and a war with the 
Sabine tribe. 

1857
01:36:18,500 --> 01:36:21,700
That tested every military and 
diplomatic skill Romulus had 

1858
01:36:21,700 --> 01:36:24,300
developed the conflict that 
followed demonstrated that 

1859
01:36:24,300 --> 01:36:27,200
Romulus had learned more from 
his grandfather numerator and 

1860
01:36:27,200 --> 01:36:30,500
just how to overthrow tyrants he
fought when fighting was 

1861
01:36:30,500 --> 01:36:34,200
necessary but also negotiated 
when negotiation offered better 

1862
01:36:34,200 --> 01:36:37,600
outcomes, eventually the war 
ended not with Conquest. 

1863
01:36:37,600 --> 01:36:41,400
But with integration the Sabinas
joining Rome is equal Partners 

1864
01:36:41,400 --> 01:36:45,300
rather than defeated enemies. 
Their King Titus, Titus ruling 

1865
01:36:45,300 --> 01:36:48,100
jointly with Romulus in an 
arrangement that doubled the 

1866
01:36:48,108 --> 01:36:52,500
City's population and political 
complexity this integration was 

1867
01:36:52,500 --> 01:36:54,900
probably the kind of outcome 
that Remus would have approved 

1868
01:36:54,900 --> 01:36:58,400
of growth through inclusion 
rather than just Conquest 

1869
01:36:58,400 --> 01:37:02,100
Prosperity through cooperation, 
rather than simple domination. 

1870
01:37:03,200 --> 01:37:05,600
It's suggested that Romulus had 
in his own way. 

1871
01:37:05,600 --> 01:37:08,600
Found room for his brother's 
Vision within the city he'd 

1872
01:37:08,600 --> 01:37:11,800
alone. 
He is that followed were marked 

1873
01:37:11,800 --> 01:37:14,300
by the kind of steady 
development that historians find

1874
01:37:14,300 --> 01:37:17,500
less dramatic than Wars and 
revolutions but which actually 

1875
01:37:17,500 --> 01:37:21,400
determines whether civilizations
Thrive or merely survive, Rome 

1876
01:37:21,400 --> 01:37:25,400
grew into a genuine City with 
laws institutions and the kind 

1877
01:37:25,400 --> 01:37:28,900
of Civic culture that attracts 
visitors and inspires imitators.

1878
01:37:29,900 --> 01:37:31,900
It became the kind of place 
where people chose to live 

1879
01:37:31,900 --> 01:37:34,200
rather than just the place where
they happen to end up. 

1880
01:37:35,200 --> 01:37:39,000
Romulus ruled for nearly four 
decades long enough to see his 

1881
01:37:39,000 --> 01:37:41,800
experimental City become an 
established Regional power. 

1882
01:37:41,800 --> 01:37:45,500
When he finally disappeared, the
gods reclaiming him in a 

1883
01:37:45,508 --> 01:37:49,200
whirlwind according to those who
preferred dramatic endings, he 

1884
01:37:49,200 --> 01:37:51,000
left behind. 
Something that had grown far, 

1885
01:37:51,000 --> 01:37:52,800
beyond one man's Vision or 
ambition. 

1886
01:37:53,900 --> 01:37:57,400
Rome would continue for more 
than 1,000 years growing from a 

1887
01:37:57,400 --> 01:38:00,100
single City to an Empire that 
encompassed most of the known 

1888
01:38:00,100 --> 01:38:03,100
world. 
Its influence on law, language, 

1889
01:38:03,100 --> 01:38:05,400
architecture. 
And political thought, would 

1890
01:38:05,400 --> 01:38:09,300
Outlast the Empire itself. 
Shaping civilizations that arose

1891
01:38:09,300 --> 01:38:11,900
centuries after the last Roman 
emperor had been forgotten. 

1892
01:38:13,300 --> 01:38:16,600
And through all of that history,
Rome carried the memory of its 

1893
01:38:16,600 --> 01:38:19,500
beginning. 
Twin brothers, raised by wolves 

1894
01:38:19,500 --> 01:38:24,000
saved by Shepherds and separated
by a disagreement that ended in 

1895
01:38:24,000 --> 01:38:26,600
tragedy. 
It was a story that reminded 

1896
01:38:26,600 --> 01:38:30,600
every generation that greatness 
often comes at a price that the 

1897
01:38:30,600 --> 01:38:33,900
most important battles are 
sometimes fought between people 

1898
01:38:33,900 --> 01:38:37,300
who love each other. 
And that cities like, people are

1899
01:38:37,300 --> 01:38:39,500
shaped as much by their sorrows,
as their triumphs. 

1900
01:38:39,500 --> 01:38:41,900
The wolf twins. 
Had grown up to found the 

1901
01:38:41,908 --> 01:38:44,800
greatest City in the ancient 
world, but they'd also 

1902
01:38:44,800 --> 01:38:47,900
demonstrated that even the most 
extraordinary Beginnings. 

1903
01:38:47,900 --> 01:38:50,400
Can't protect us from the 
ordinary tragedies that Define 

1904
01:38:50,400 --> 01:38:53,600
Human Experience. 
In the end, that might be the 

1905
01:38:53,600 --> 01:38:56,500
most important lesson. 
Their story teachers, not that 

1906
01:38:56,500 --> 01:38:59,600
we're destined for greatness, 
but that greatness itself is 

1907
01:38:59,600 --> 01:39:02,800
never quite what the expected to
be when we finally achieve it. 

1908
01:39:03,800 --> 01:39:07,100
Rome began with a Brother's 
dream and a brother's death and 

1909
01:39:07,100 --> 01:39:10,000
perhaps that's exactly the right
foundation for a city that would

1910
01:39:10,000 --> 01:39:13,000
teach the world. 
Both the possibilities and the 

1911
01:39:13,000 --> 01:39:16,500
costs of human ambition, some 
stories end with everyone, 

1912
01:39:16,500 --> 01:39:20,000
living happily ever after. 
But the best stories, the ones 

1913
01:39:20,000 --> 01:39:22,600
that stay with you long after 
the telling end with the 

1914
01:39:22,600 --> 01:39:24,500
understanding that happiness and
sorrow. 

1915
01:39:24,500 --> 01:39:27,800
Triumphant and tragedy are often
just different ways of 

1916
01:39:27,800 --> 01:39:30,500
describing the same complex 
experience of being human. 

1917
01:39:31,500 --> 01:39:35,000
And that really is why we still 
tell the story of Romulus and 

1918
01:39:35,000 --> 01:39:37,300
Remus. 
After all these centuries, not 

1919
01:39:37,300 --> 01:39:40,400
because it has a perfect ending,
but because it has a true one 

1920
01:39:45,700 --> 01:39:49,900
Elizabeth Schuyler came into the
world on August 9th. 1757 

1921
01:39:49,900 --> 01:39:54,000
cradled by The Rolling vistas of
the Hudson River her father, 

1922
01:39:54,000 --> 01:39:57,400
Philip Schuyler was a respected 
military leader and landowner in

1923
01:39:57,400 --> 01:40:01,200
the colony of New York and Her 
Mother Catherine Van Rensselaer 

1924
01:40:01,200 --> 01:40:04,100
hailed from one of the most 
influential families in the 

1925
01:40:04,100 --> 01:40:07,100
region growing up amid. 
Such privilege might have 

1926
01:40:07,100 --> 01:40:11,300
nurtured a sense of arrogance in
some, but Eliza as she was often

1927
01:40:11,300 --> 01:40:14,900
called had a natural warmth that
set her apart from many of her 

1928
01:40:14,900 --> 01:40:19,200
peers nestled in the Shiloh 
mansion in Albany, Eliza spent 

1929
01:40:19,200 --> 01:40:22,400
her early years as part of a 
large clan that valued public 

1930
01:40:22,400 --> 01:40:26,100
service hospitality and the 
quiet force of tradition. 

1931
01:40:27,100 --> 01:40:28,800
The estate humbled with 
activity. 

1932
01:40:29,600 --> 01:40:32,900
Soldiers sometimes shared camps 
stories by the half traveling 

1933
01:40:32,900 --> 01:40:36,500
Merchants arrived to do business
and politicians stopped by on 

1934
01:40:36,500 --> 01:40:40,200
their way to legislative session
in this swirl of visitors. 

1935
01:40:40,200 --> 01:40:45,800
Eliza learn to mingle with all 
sorts horti militia officers. 

1936
01:40:45,800 --> 01:40:49,700
And even the occasional foreign 
Envoy, Yet her home, life had 

1937
01:40:49,700 --> 01:40:53,900
its share of complexities, the 
Skylar family, the wealthy 

1938
01:40:53,900 --> 01:40:56,900
carried, the anxiety of living 
in a colony, hovering on the 

1939
01:40:56,908 --> 01:40:59,800
brink of conflict. 
The tensions between Britain and

1940
01:40:59,800 --> 01:41:03,500
its American subjects. 
Simmered as a child Eliza 

1941
01:41:03,500 --> 01:41:06,800
observed, how her father weighed
the possibility of War General 

1942
01:41:06,800 --> 01:41:09,200
Philip, Schuyler eventually 
became a key figure in the 

1943
01:41:09,200 --> 01:41:12,000
Continental Army, and dinner 
table conversations. 

1944
01:41:12,000 --> 01:41:15,900
Often circled back to strategy 
Logistics and the moral burden 

1945
01:41:15,900 --> 01:41:18,900
of rebellion. 
These discussions shaped Eliza's

1946
01:41:18,900 --> 01:41:20,500
understanding of Politics as 
something. 

1947
01:41:20,500 --> 01:41:24,100
More than an abstract game. 
It was about forging, a future 

1948
01:41:24,100 --> 01:41:28,700
from uncertain times, despite 
such concerns her childhood 

1949
01:41:28,700 --> 01:41:31,600
retained, a sense of magic. 
She roamed the garden, 

1950
01:41:31,600 --> 01:41:34,600
overlooking, the Hudson 
daydreaming about distant 

1951
01:41:34,600 --> 01:41:38,000
places, she only knew from 
Travelers Tales, she and her 

1952
01:41:38,000 --> 01:41:41,500
sisters and jelica and Peggy 
shared a bond forged by laughter

1953
01:41:41,500 --> 01:41:44,600
and Mischief pranks on 
unsuspecting cousins. 

1954
01:41:44,600 --> 01:41:47,800
Midnight raids on the kitchen to
pilfer sugar biscuits. 

1955
01:41:47,800 --> 01:41:51,600
Eliza was neither the bookish 
child Angelica was Andor as 

1956
01:41:51,600 --> 01:41:54,600
vivacious as Peggy but she 
combined a quiet determination 

1957
01:41:54,600 --> 01:41:58,300
with a thoughtful curiosity. 
As she approached her teenage 

1958
01:41:58,300 --> 01:42:00,800
years. 
Eliza's, mother introduced her 

1959
01:42:00,800 --> 01:42:03,900
to the more formal aspects of 
Womanhood sewing circles, 

1960
01:42:03,900 --> 01:42:07,300
polite, dances and lessons in 
Hospitality were considered 

1961
01:42:07,300 --> 01:42:08,900
essential to any young ladies 
future. 

1962
01:42:10,000 --> 01:42:13,600
Some these rituals were wrote, 
but Eliza took to them, with a 

1963
01:42:13,600 --> 01:42:16,600
sense of genuine, kindness she 
discovered, she could put people

1964
01:42:16,600 --> 01:42:20,600
at ease, a smile here, a 
well-timed joke, there, it was 

1965
01:42:20,600 --> 01:42:22,900
less about social climbing and 
more about forging a real 

1966
01:42:22,908 --> 01:42:25,400
connection sometime around her 
adolescence. 

1967
01:42:25,400 --> 01:42:28,700
The American Revolution moved 
from hushed speculation to 

1968
01:42:28,700 --> 01:42:32,200
living reality soldiers. 
Set up camp on the Schuyler 

1969
01:42:32,200 --> 01:42:35,900
grounds forged alliances in the 
drawing room and apprehension 

1970
01:42:35,900 --> 01:42:38,100
about the future permeated daily
life. 

1971
01:42:39,000 --> 01:42:41,800
Eliza's, father was dispatched 
on missions, across the region. 

1972
01:42:41,800 --> 01:42:45,400
Leaving her mother to manage the
estate's day-to-day operations 

1973
01:42:45,400 --> 01:42:49,100
in this environment. 
Eliza developed resourcefulness 

1974
01:42:49,100 --> 01:42:52,400
noticing, how the women of her 
family stepped up, when men were

1975
01:42:52,400 --> 01:42:55,000
off Waging War. 
Her father's increased 

1976
01:42:55,000 --> 01:42:59,200
involvement in the war in 1777, 
marked a significant shift in 

1977
01:42:59,200 --> 01:43:02,300
the situation. 
That year British forces 

1978
01:43:02,300 --> 01:43:05,100
threatened the Hudson Corridor 
and Albany itself seemed 

1979
01:43:05,100 --> 01:43:07,700
vulnerable. 
While many families, fled South 

1980
01:43:07,700 --> 01:43:10,200
for safety. 
The shires remained steadfast 

1981
01:43:10,200 --> 01:43:12,500
trusting in Philip's, strategic 
mine. 

1982
01:43:13,700 --> 01:43:17,200
Eliza watched as her once calm 
household transformed into a 

1983
01:43:17,200 --> 01:43:20,500
nerve center of patriot, 
supporters maps on tables, 

1984
01:43:20,500 --> 01:43:24,600
correspondences carried in and 
out by exhausted couriers and 

1985
01:43:24,600 --> 01:43:28,300
the muffled clang of armaments. 
Stacked in the yard amid this 

1986
01:43:28,300 --> 01:43:31,800
upheaval Eliza group, keenly 
aware of her position in the 

1987
01:43:31,808 --> 01:43:33,900
swirling drama of a young 
nation's birth. 

1988
01:43:34,700 --> 01:43:37,300
With Angelica off, forging, 
social alliances in other 

1989
01:43:37,300 --> 01:43:39,100
colonies. 
And Peggy bouncing between 

1990
01:43:39,100 --> 01:43:42,500
acquaintances Eliza found 
herself called upon to maintain 

1991
01:43:42,500 --> 01:43:45,600
assemblance of normalcy. 
She visited the wounded in 

1992
01:43:45,600 --> 01:43:48,200
makeshift infirmaries and 
prepared care packages for 

1993
01:43:48,200 --> 01:43:51,200
soldiers, though. 
Still unmarried she was no 

1994
01:43:51,200 --> 01:43:53,900
longer a mere child, listening 
in on adult conversations. 

1995
01:43:53,900 --> 01:43:57,800
She was a participant embracing 
the cause of Liberty her father 

1996
01:43:57,800 --> 01:44:01,900
championed as the war. 
Raged each new day, seemed to 

1997
01:44:01,900 --> 01:44:05,700
bring a surprise shifting 
alliances and certain supplies 

1998
01:44:05,700 --> 01:44:09,700
and heartbreak over Los battles 
in that cauldron of Revolution. 

1999
01:44:09,700 --> 01:44:13,500
Fate was about to introduce her 
to a fiery young officer of 

2000
01:44:13,500 --> 01:44:15,500
illegitimate birth and boundless
ambition. 

2001
01:44:15,500 --> 01:44:19,700
Elizabeth Shiloh was about to 
meet Alexander Hamilton and her 

2002
01:44:19,700 --> 01:44:23,500
life would never be the same. 
She first encountered Alexander 

2003
01:44:23,500 --> 01:44:27,200
Hamilton in 1779, but their 
paths had nearly crossed 

2004
01:44:27,200 --> 01:44:29,600
earlier. 
He served as made to come to 

2005
01:44:29,608 --> 01:44:32,300
General George Washington, and 
was known among the Continental 

2006
01:44:32,300 --> 01:44:35,000
armies in a circle for his 
articulate letters and Keen, 

2007
01:44:35,000 --> 01:44:38,400
strategic mine. 
Hamilton's Origins, born out of 

2008
01:44:38,408 --> 01:44:41,200
wedlock in the West Indies. 
Could have made him an outsider,

2009
01:44:41,200 --> 01:44:44,600
but his intellect and further 
for the Patriot cause earned him

2010
01:44:44,600 --> 01:44:46,700
respect. 
Though, not from an elite 

2011
01:44:46,700 --> 01:44:49,900
lineage, like, Eliza's Hamilton 
possessed a magnetic quality, 

2012
01:44:49,900 --> 01:44:54,000
that defied social conventions. 
When they finally met it was 

2013
01:44:54,000 --> 01:44:56,500
through mutual acquaintances who
gathered in the Shiloh 

2014
01:44:56,500 --> 01:44:59,100
household. 
Hamilton arrived with a swirl of

2015
01:44:59,108 --> 01:45:02,000
laughter and conversation and 
earnestness in his eyes that 

2016
01:45:02,000 --> 01:45:05,400
left an impression he was no 
tall Gallant figure. 

2017
01:45:05,400 --> 01:45:09,300
Instead he was Compact and 
brimming with Restless energy, 

2018
01:45:09,300 --> 01:45:12,900
rumor had it, he could dictate 
multiple letters simultaneously 

2019
01:45:12,900 --> 01:45:16,400
to different AIDS, his mind 
racing faster than his quilt. 

2020
01:45:16,400 --> 01:45:19,800
Could keep up Eliza. 
Conversely was known for her 

2021
01:45:19,800 --> 01:45:23,600
measured confidence quiet but 
unwavering their conversations 

2022
01:45:23,600 --> 01:45:25,900
at first centered on 
practicalities. 

2023
01:45:25,900 --> 01:45:30,000
The direction of the war rumors 
of British troop movements and 

2024
01:45:30,000 --> 01:45:33,400
the hardships faced by soldiers.
But beneath these tactical 

2025
01:45:33,400 --> 01:45:37,800
topics a personal connection 
sparked Eliza found Hamilton's 

2026
01:45:37,800 --> 01:45:42,300
ambition refreshing rather than 
both, he in turn appreciated, 

2027
01:45:42,300 --> 01:45:44,900
her sincerity in the 
intelligence, she did not flaunt

2028
01:45:45,800 --> 01:45:47,800
they spent evening strolling 
through the garden. 

2029
01:45:47,800 --> 01:45:50,600
Forging a bond grounded in 
Shared, Hope for America's 

2030
01:45:50,600 --> 01:45:53,400
future, and a mutual sense of 
responsibility to their 

2031
01:45:53,400 --> 01:45:57,100
respective families. 
Still alive are harbored doubts.

2032
01:45:57,900 --> 01:46:00,100
Courtships. 
In Wartime carried uncertainty. 

2033
01:46:00,100 --> 01:46:02,900
She saw how heartbreak could 
follow a letter announcing a 

2034
01:46:02,900 --> 01:46:06,100
casualty, or a transfer to a 
distant front, the Hamilton's 

2035
01:46:06,100 --> 01:46:09,300
letters penned during his 
absences were tender. 

2036
01:46:10,000 --> 01:46:11,900
Infused with more than just 
flattery. 

2037
01:46:12,800 --> 01:46:16,100
He spoke of unity both for the 
nation and between two Souls 

2038
01:46:16,100 --> 01:46:17,900
ready to face life's challenges 
together. 

2039
01:46:18,800 --> 01:46:22,300
When he addressed her as Eliza, 
it felt simultaneously intimate 

2040
01:46:22,300 --> 01:46:25,100
and reverent. 
They married on December 14th. 

2041
01:46:25,100 --> 01:46:28,900
1780 in a ceremony that 
reflected the swirl of 

2042
01:46:28,900 --> 01:46:33,000
revolutionary further. 
The bride's father was still way

2043
01:46:33,000 --> 01:46:36,600
down by the complexities of War.
Offered a generous celebration, 

2044
01:46:36,600 --> 01:46:40,000
at the Skiller Mansion, guests 
included prominent, Military 

2045
01:46:40,000 --> 01:46:43,500
Officers, local dignitaries and 
friends from across the 

2046
01:46:43,500 --> 01:46:46,200
colonies. 
Candles flickered, as violins 

2047
01:46:46,200 --> 01:46:49,100
played and talked of 
Independence, mingle with toast 

2048
01:46:49,100 --> 01:46:52,200
to love. 
For Eliza, that night felt like 

2049
01:46:52,200 --> 01:46:54,700
a bridge between her old life 
and a New Horizons. 

2050
01:46:55,300 --> 01:46:58,200
In the early weeks of marriage, 
their world seemed to pulse with

2051
01:46:58,208 --> 01:47:00,800
promise. 
Get the reality of the war 

2052
01:47:00,800 --> 01:47:03,500
intruded. 
Almost immediately Hamilton was 

2053
01:47:03,500 --> 01:47:06,700
pulled back to his post, 
drafting critical Communications

2054
01:47:06,700 --> 01:47:10,200
for Washington, orchestrating 
Supply Logistics and 

2055
01:47:10,200 --> 01:47:12,900
occasionally heading into 
dangerous territory. 

2056
01:47:12,900 --> 01:47:16,200
The lieser accustomed to 
supporting her father's 

2057
01:47:16,200 --> 01:47:17,900
campaigns adapted. 
Swiftly. 

2058
01:47:17,900 --> 01:47:20,600
She learned to manage household 
finance's. 

2059
01:47:20,600 --> 01:47:23,700
Keep track of important 
documents and servers. 

2060
01:47:23,700 --> 01:47:26,200
A confidant for Hamilton's 
anxiety is about the fate of the

2061
01:47:26,200 --> 01:47:29,100
revolution. 
She first encountered Alexander 

2062
01:47:29,100 --> 01:47:33,900
Hamilton in 1779 but their paths
had nearly crossed earlier, he 

2063
01:47:33,900 --> 01:47:36,500
served as an aide to comp to 
General George Washington and 

2064
01:47:36,500 --> 01:47:39,100
was known among the Continental 
armies in a circle for his 

2065
01:47:39,100 --> 01:47:41,500
articulate letters and Keen, 
strategic mind. 

2066
01:47:42,300 --> 01:47:45,200
Hamilton's Origins, born out of 
wedlock in the West Indies. 

2067
01:47:45,200 --> 01:47:48,500
Could have made him an outsider,
but his intellect and further 

2068
01:47:48,500 --> 01:47:50,200
for the Patriot cause earned him
respect. 

2069
01:47:51,100 --> 01:47:54,000
Though, not from an elite 
lineage, like, Eliza's Hamilton 

2070
01:47:54,000 --> 01:47:57,300
possessed a magnetic quality, 
that defied social conventions. 

2071
01:47:57,300 --> 01:48:00,900
When they finally met it was 
through mutual acquaintances who

2072
01:48:00,900 --> 01:48:02,400
gathered in the Shiloh 
household. 

2073
01:48:02,400 --> 01:48:06,200
Hamilton arrived with a swirl of
laughter and conversation and 

2074
01:48:06,200 --> 01:48:09,300
earnestness in his eyes that 
left an impression he was no 

2075
01:48:09,300 --> 01:48:13,000
tall Gallant figure. 
Instead he was Compact and 

2076
01:48:13,000 --> 01:48:16,700
brimming with Restless energy, 
rumor had it, he could dictate 

2077
01:48:16,700 --> 01:48:20,300
multiple letters simultaneously 
to different AIDS, his mind 

2078
01:48:20,300 --> 01:48:22,500
racing faster than his quilt 
could keep up. 

2079
01:48:22,500 --> 01:48:26,100
The Eliza conversely was known 
for her measured confidence 

2080
01:48:26,100 --> 01:48:30,300
quiet but unwavering their 
conversations at first centered 

2081
01:48:30,300 --> 01:48:34,000
on practicalities. 
The direction of the war rumors 

2082
01:48:34,000 --> 01:48:36,900
of British troop movements and 
the hardships faced by soldiers.

2083
01:48:36,900 --> 01:48:40,700
But beneath these tactical 
topics a personal connection 

2084
01:48:40,700 --> 01:48:44,700
sparked Eliza found Hamilton's 
ambition refreshing rather than 

2085
01:48:44,700 --> 01:48:48,900
both, he in turn appreciated, 
her sincerity in the 

2086
01:48:48,908 --> 01:48:52,600
intelligence, she did not flaunt
He spent evenings strolling 

2087
01:48:52,600 --> 01:48:55,300
through the garden. 
Forging a bond grounded, and 

2088
01:48:55,300 --> 01:48:58,000
Shared, Hope for America's 
future, and a mutual sense of 

2089
01:48:58,008 --> 01:48:59,900
responsibility to their 
respective families. 

2090
01:49:00,700 --> 01:49:04,000
Still Eliza Harbor doubts. 
Courtships. 

2091
01:49:04,000 --> 01:49:07,200
In Wartime carried uncertainty. 
She saw how heartbreak could 

2092
01:49:07,200 --> 01:49:09,800
follow a letter announcing a 
casualty, or a transfer to a 

2093
01:49:09,800 --> 01:49:12,100
distant front, A Hamilton's 
letters. 

2094
01:49:12,100 --> 01:49:16,600
Penned during his absences were 
tender infused with more than 

2095
01:49:16,600 --> 01:49:20,000
just flattery. 
He spoke of unity both for the 

2096
01:49:20,008 --> 01:49:22,900
nation and between two Souls 
ready to face life's challenges 

2097
01:49:22,900 --> 01:49:25,700
together. 
When he addressed her as Eliza, 

2098
01:49:25,700 --> 01:49:28,300
it felt simultaneously intimate 
and reverent. 

2099
01:49:29,100 --> 01:49:33,200
They married on December 14th. 
1780 in a ceremony that 

2100
01:49:33,200 --> 01:49:35,400
reflected the swirl of 
revolutionary further. 

2101
01:49:36,400 --> 01:49:40,100
The bride's father hostile way 
down by the complexities of War.

2102
01:49:40,100 --> 01:49:44,200
Offered a generous celebration 
at the skua Mansion, guests 

2103
01:49:44,200 --> 01:49:48,000
included, prominent, Military 
Officers, local dignitaries and 

2104
01:49:48,000 --> 01:49:49,500
friends from across the 
colonies. 

2105
01:49:50,200 --> 01:49:53,200
Candles flickered, as violins 
played and talked of 

2106
01:49:53,200 --> 01:49:57,400
Independence mingle with toast 
to love for Eliza that night 

2107
01:49:57,400 --> 01:50:00,100
felt like a bridge between her 
old life and a new horizon. 

2108
01:50:00,900 --> 01:50:03,800
In the early weeks of marriage, 
their world seemed to pulse with

2109
01:50:03,808 --> 01:50:06,400
promise. 
Get the realities of the war 

2110
01:50:06,400 --> 01:50:09,000
intruded. 
Almost immediately Hamilton was 

2111
01:50:09,000 --> 01:50:12,300
pulled back to his post, 
drafting critical Communications

2112
01:50:12,300 --> 01:50:15,700
for Washington, orchestrating 
Supply, Logistics, and 

2113
01:50:15,700 --> 01:50:19,800
occasionally heading into dip, 
dangerous territory, Eliza 

2114
01:50:19,800 --> 01:50:22,900
accustomed to supporting her 
father's campaigns adapted. 

2115
01:50:22,900 --> 01:50:26,200
Swiftly, she learned to manage 
household finances. 

2116
01:50:26,200 --> 01:50:29,400
Keep track of important 
documents and serve as a 

2117
01:50:29,400 --> 01:50:31,700
confidant for Hamilton's 
anxiety, about the fate of the 

2118
01:50:31,700 --> 01:50:34,200
revolution. 
When the Treaty of Paris 

2119
01:50:34,200 --> 01:50:36,900
officially ended the 
Revolutionary War in 1783 

2120
01:50:36,900 --> 01:50:40,100
Alexander, Hamilton found 
himself in a position to help 

2121
01:50:40,100 --> 01:50:44,100
shape America's future after his
borrowed Mission, he established

2122
01:50:44,100 --> 01:50:46,500
a thriving, legal practice in 
bustling, New York City. 

2123
01:50:46,500 --> 01:50:49,800
Initially you focused on 
property disputes left in the 

2124
01:50:49,800 --> 01:50:51,100
walls. 
Wait yep. 

2125
01:50:51,100 --> 01:50:54,800
Bigger Ambitions loomed, he 
sensed the new nation needed, a 

2126
01:50:54,800 --> 01:50:58,800
stable Financial structure, a 
strong central government, and a

2127
01:50:58,800 --> 01:51:01,800
cohesive framework for Unity 
Eliza. 

2128
01:51:01,800 --> 01:51:04,900
Meanwhile adapted to City Life 
with the same resilience. 

2129
01:51:04,900 --> 01:51:08,600
She had shown in military camps 
The Hamilton's household was 

2130
01:51:08,600 --> 01:51:11,300
never quite for long their 
circle of acquaintances, 

2131
01:51:11,300 --> 01:51:15,300
ballooned including Statesman, 
merchants and Military comrades,

2132
01:51:15,300 --> 01:51:18,600
turned politicians. 
The Hamilton Home became a hub 

2133
01:51:18,600 --> 01:51:22,300
of Spirited discourse Eliza 
served as both Hostess and 

2134
01:51:22,300 --> 01:51:24,700
participant. 
Her Hallmark was a welcoming 

2135
01:51:24,700 --> 01:51:28,100
presence in everyone. 
Felt at ease from the most 

2136
01:51:28,100 --> 01:51:31,600
polished Senator to the rough 
Hume Frontier representative. 

2137
01:51:31,600 --> 01:51:35,800
Despite sometimes intimidating 
conversation about economics or 

2138
01:51:35,800 --> 01:51:38,600
legislation. 
She never shied away from asking

2139
01:51:38,600 --> 01:51:42,000
pointed questions. 
Alexander's participation in the

2140
01:51:42,000 --> 01:51:46,100
Constitutional Convention in 
1787 represented, a progressive 

2141
01:51:46,100 --> 01:51:48,500
moment while he was away in 
Philadelphia. 

2142
01:51:48,500 --> 01:51:52,700
Eliza managed Affairs, in New 
York maintaining correspondence 

2143
01:51:52,700 --> 01:51:54,800
with him. 
She offered moral support 

2144
01:51:54,800 --> 01:51:58,300
reading newspapers to gauge 
public sentiment and relaying 

2145
01:51:58,300 --> 01:52:01,200
her observations. 
They're not formally educated in

2146
01:52:01,200 --> 01:52:04,600
political Theory, she grasped 
the importance of a balanced 

2147
01:52:04,600 --> 01:52:06,900
government. 
She often wrote that the promise

2148
01:52:06,900 --> 01:52:10,000
of Liberty, Would Flounder with 
out practical safeguards. 

2149
01:52:10,900 --> 01:52:14,100
And Hamilton returned with the 
proposed Constitution debate's, 

2150
01:52:14,100 --> 01:52:17,200
rage. 
Federalists championed a robust 

2151
01:52:17,200 --> 01:52:20,100
central government, while 
Anti-Federalists, feared 

2152
01:52:20,100 --> 01:52:23,300
tyranny. 
Hamilton a leading Federalists 

2153
01:52:23,300 --> 01:52:26,400
penned, the majority of the 
Federalist Papers explaining, 

2154
01:52:26,400 --> 01:52:30,400
the Constitution's merits late, 
nights of writing, blurred, 

2155
01:52:30,400 --> 01:52:34,700
until dawn, Eliza recognized his
further during what she could to

2156
01:52:34,700 --> 01:52:38,800
ease his workload. 
She edited drafts lightly made 

2157
01:52:38,800 --> 01:52:42,500
sure he ate and even coordinated
with his co-authors, John Jay 

2158
01:52:42,500 --> 01:52:45,000
and James Madison. 
Although, her name never 

2159
01:52:45,000 --> 01:52:48,000
appeared on the pamphlets, her, 
unseen labor, and emotional, 

2160
01:52:48,000 --> 01:52:51,300
support proved invaluable. 
As the Constitution was 

2161
01:52:51,300 --> 01:52:55,400
ratified, Hamilton stepped into 
a new role, the nation's first, 

2162
01:52:55,400 --> 01:52:57,800
Secretary of the Treasury under 
President, George Washington. 

2163
01:52:57,800 --> 01:53:01,800
He tackled the public debt 
proposed, a national bank and 

2164
01:53:01,800 --> 01:53:04,600
laid out an economic blueprint. 
That would stir controversy for 

2165
01:53:04,600 --> 01:53:08,300
years throughout this world wind
Eliza managed a rapidly 

2166
01:53:08,300 --> 01:53:13,000
expanding family, more children 
arrived, each name with care. 

2167
01:53:13,000 --> 01:53:15,400
She also, tended her father's 
Affairs. 

2168
01:53:15,400 --> 01:53:18,000
As Philip Schuyler had joined 
the new US Senate. 

2169
01:53:18,000 --> 01:53:22,000
Eliza adeptly juggled her 
responsibilities balancing. 

2170
01:53:22,000 --> 01:53:25,300
The Realms of motherhood social 
deployment sea and philanthropic

2171
01:53:25,300 --> 01:53:28,700
engagements. one of her quieter 
achievements, involved the 

2172
01:53:28,700 --> 01:53:32,500
creation of an orphanage in the 
aftermath of War, many children 

2173
01:53:32,500 --> 01:53:36,200
roam, the streets, bereft of 
parents, Eliza's, heart went out

2174
01:53:36,200 --> 01:53:39,600
that He tapped into her 
connections rallying other women

2175
01:53:39,600 --> 01:53:43,300
from prominent families. 
To organize resources though 

2176
01:53:43,300 --> 01:53:45,800
Hamilton's name was more 
associated with financial 

2177
01:53:45,800 --> 01:53:48,400
policy. 
It was Eliza who championed 

2178
01:53:48,400 --> 01:53:51,300
charitable efforts seeing in 
them, a reflection of the new 

2179
01:53:51,300 --> 01:53:55,100
Republic's moral obligations. 
She believed social welfare was 

2180
01:53:55,100 --> 01:53:58,300
not a luxury but a fundamental 
sine of civilised values. 

2181
01:53:58,300 --> 01:54:01,600
Meanwhile the couples personal 
life was a tapestry of devotion 

2182
01:54:01,600 --> 01:54:05,700
intense arguments, and fleeting 
reconciliations Hamilton's 

2183
01:54:05,700 --> 01:54:08,000
political enemies. 
Targeted him relentlessly. 

2184
01:54:08,000 --> 01:54:12,200
He was accused of favouritism. 
Monarchy leaning sympathies and 

2185
01:54:12,200 --> 01:54:15,100
financial improprieties Eliza 
stood by him. 

2186
01:54:15,100 --> 01:54:20,000
Convinced of his Integrity. 
Yet stress loomed long hours at 

2187
01:54:20,000 --> 01:54:23,000
the treasury combined with the 
storm of detractors. 

2188
01:54:23,000 --> 01:54:26,200
Sometimes left Hamilton edgy, 
family dinners, occasionally 

2189
01:54:26,200 --> 01:54:29,200
turned into strategy. 
Session's, with Eliza offering a

2190
01:54:29,200 --> 01:54:32,400
campus perspective at other 
times, he withdrew into brooding

2191
01:54:32,400 --> 01:54:36,300
rumination. 
Then came scandal in 1791 

2192
01:54:36,300 --> 01:54:39,500
Hamilton embarked on a 
disastrous affair with Maria. 

2193
01:54:39,500 --> 01:54:44,700
Reynolds eventually revealed in 
1797 Eliza learned of it in 

2194
01:54:44,700 --> 01:54:47,700
disjointed pieces, the Betrayal 
hitting hard. 

2195
01:54:48,500 --> 01:54:50,400
The affair was no trifling 
rumor. 

2196
01:54:50,400 --> 01:54:53,400
It was a reality that threatened
to unlaw her marriage. 

2197
01:54:54,100 --> 01:54:57,700
Yet in her heartbreak, she chose
not to abandon him. 

2198
01:54:58,800 --> 01:55:02,100
Some historians interpret her 
reaction as moral fortitude. 

2199
01:55:02,100 --> 01:55:06,000
She believed in Redemption 
specially for the father of her 

2200
01:55:06,000 --> 01:55:07,800
children. 
Others? 

2201
01:55:07,800 --> 01:55:11,400
See it as a pragmatic move given
her limited options in that era.

2202
01:55:11,400 --> 01:55:15,300
Regardless her decision, 
underscored a resolved forged by

2203
01:55:15,300 --> 01:55:17,900
adversity. 
She insisted that Hamilton come 

2204
01:55:17,900 --> 01:55:20,600
clean publicly which he did 
through the infamous Reynolds. 

2205
01:55:20,600 --> 01:55:24,200
Pamphlet, revealing private 
matters in humiliating detail. 

2206
01:55:25,100 --> 01:55:27,400
Scandal tarnished Hamilton's 
reputation.' 

2207
01:55:27,400 --> 01:55:32,700
Union, tested by the court of 
public opinion. 

2208
01:55:32,700 --> 01:55:37,900
Emerged battered, yet intact she
retreated from societies glare 

2209
01:55:37,900 --> 01:55:41,500
focusing on her children and 
philanthropic ventures in 

2210
01:55:41,500 --> 01:55:43,700
private. 
She and Hamilton work toward 

2211
01:55:43,700 --> 01:55:47,600
mending, the trust between them.
A stance was rooted in a belief 

2212
01:55:47,600 --> 01:55:51,100
that individuals and the Young 
Nation could be redeemed from 

2213
01:55:51,100 --> 01:55:53,500
failing. 
Provided they confronted their 

2214
01:55:53,500 --> 01:55:58,800
missteps openly By the end of 
the 1790s Hamilton, had resigned

2215
01:55:58,800 --> 01:56:02,600
from the treasury, political 
battles consumed him Federalists

2216
01:56:02,600 --> 01:56:04,500
and Democratic Republicans 
fought bitterly. 

2217
01:56:04,500 --> 01:56:09,000
Eliza quietly reflective saw the
shape of things to come a new 

2218
01:56:09,000 --> 01:56:13,200
century beckoned but personal 
storms had left scars, still she

2219
01:56:13,200 --> 01:56:15,000
pressed on with her 
philanthropic dreams and 

2220
01:56:15,008 --> 01:56:17,700
unwavering commitment to her 
family convinced that the 

2221
01:56:17,700 --> 01:56:20,800
American experiment and her 
marriage, both warranted every 

2222
01:56:20,800 --> 01:56:24,200
ounce of perseverance. 
She could master As the 1800s 

2223
01:56:24,200 --> 01:56:27,900
donned Alexander Hamilton's 
political career entered a 

2224
01:56:27,900 --> 01:56:30,500
contentious phase. 
He engaged in newspaper. 

2225
01:56:30,500 --> 01:56:33,000
Feuds criticized John Adams 
presence. 

2226
01:56:33,000 --> 01:56:35,700
He tried to sway elections 
behind the scenes. 

2227
01:56:35,700 --> 01:56:39,700
Eliza watched worried that his 
Relentless ambition, might 

2228
01:56:39,700 --> 01:56:43,600
alienate even his allies. 
She urged moderation, but 

2229
01:56:43,600 --> 01:56:47,200
Hamilton's temperament demanded.
He pushed forward certain that 

2230
01:56:47,200 --> 01:56:49,600
his vision for the nation 
outweighed short term, Unity 

2231
01:56:50,600 --> 01:56:53,600
Meanwhile Eliza deepened, her 
involvement in New York's 

2232
01:56:53,600 --> 01:56:56,400
charitable circles. 
She helped organize relief for 

2233
01:56:56,400 --> 01:56:59,600
impoverished families. 
Often visited tenements with a 

2234
01:56:59,600 --> 01:57:03,200
small retinue to distribute 
Necessities a presence in these 

2235
01:57:03,200 --> 01:57:06,000
rough neighborhoods surprised. 
Many Dressed modestly. 

2236
01:57:06,000 --> 01:57:08,900
But unmistakably from a higher 
Social sphere. 

2237
01:57:09,700 --> 01:57:12,800
She approached each household 
with empathy, inquiring about 

2238
01:57:12,800 --> 01:57:15,800
their hardships and connecting 
them with local Artisans or job 

2239
01:57:15,800 --> 01:57:19,000
possibilities in her mind. 
The spirit of the Revolution 

2240
01:57:19,000 --> 01:57:22,000
hinged on ensuring that levity 
was not purely for the 

2241
01:57:22,000 --> 01:57:25,700
privileged at home. 
Life was busy the Hamilton 

2242
01:57:25,700 --> 01:57:29,400
children by now, a lively brood 
required guidance, and moral 

2243
01:57:29,400 --> 01:57:33,700
grounding, Eliza's father had 
retired from the Senate and her 

2244
01:57:33,700 --> 01:57:35,800
sisters were scattered among 
marriages in the states. 

2245
01:57:35,808 --> 01:57:39,200
Letters flew back and forth. 
Among the schwa siblings, 

2246
01:57:39,200 --> 01:57:43,600
exchanging gossip and confidence
Angelica living abroad lamented.

2247
01:57:43,600 --> 01:57:47,000
The distance of Peggy struggled 
with health issues in these 

2248
01:57:47,000 --> 01:57:51,300
letters, Eliza was a pillar 
pragmatic, affectionate and ever

2249
01:57:51,300 --> 01:57:54,300
eager to uphold family, bonds, 
despite the swirling chaos of 

2250
01:57:54,300 --> 01:57:59,400
politics Hamilton's dispute. 
Escalated damming critiques of 

2251
01:57:59,408 --> 01:58:03,600
Aaron Burr, once a political 
Ally but now, arrival Burr 

2252
01:58:03,600 --> 01:58:05,800
equally. 
Ambitious, felt slighted by 

2253
01:58:05,800 --> 01:58:10,700
Hamilton's influence and remarks
in 1804 Burr, on the verge of 

2254
01:58:10,708 --> 01:58:13,000
losing New. 
York's governorship intensified 

2255
01:58:13,000 --> 01:58:16,800
tensions by accusing Hamilton of
undermining his campaign as 

2256
01:58:16,800 --> 01:58:19,700
accusation swirled. 
Bearish issued a challenge. 

2257
01:58:20,600 --> 01:58:24,700
Adorned duel to settle, their 
honor Eliza upon learning of the

2258
01:58:24,708 --> 01:58:27,900
challenge pleaded for Hamilton 
to find another resolution. 

2259
01:58:27,900 --> 01:58:31,800
She implored him to consider 
their children to think of the 

2260
01:58:31,800 --> 01:58:35,600
Scandal that had already tested.
Mouth to weigh the Heartbreak 

2261
01:58:35,600 --> 01:58:37,900
that another public 
confrontation would unleash. 

2262
01:58:38,600 --> 01:58:40,400
Hamilton assured. 
Her, the affair was a matter of 

2263
01:58:40,400 --> 01:58:42,500
principle. 
He confessed personal 

2264
01:58:42,500 --> 01:58:45,300
reservations about dueling the 
contradicted, his moral 

2265
01:58:45,300 --> 01:58:48,400
convictions, and religious 
beliefs, yet the unwritten rules

2266
01:58:48,400 --> 01:58:51,100
of Honor among gentlemen. 
At the time, left little room 

2267
01:58:51,100 --> 01:58:54,100
for retreat without being 
branded a coward torn between 

2268
01:58:54,100 --> 01:58:56,200
personal ethics and societal 
codes. 

2269
01:58:56,200 --> 01:58:59,500
Hamilton resolved to meet Burr 
across the Hudson River in 

2270
01:58:59,500 --> 01:59:03,000
Weehawken, New Jersey. 
The night before the duel. 

2271
01:59:03,000 --> 01:59:06,800
Hamilton wrote letters to 
friends and family Eliza found 

2272
01:59:06,800 --> 01:59:09,900
him in a somber mood. 
These usual fiery determination 

2273
01:59:09,900 --> 01:59:12,200
replaced by introspective 
melancholy. 

2274
01:59:12,800 --> 01:59:15,800
Gave her instructions about the 
children's education, find 

2275
01:59:15,800 --> 01:59:17,800
answers and even personal 
regrets. 

2276
01:59:18,700 --> 01:59:21,300
You tried desperately to 
dissuade him offering every 

2277
01:59:21,300 --> 01:59:23,500
argument from his political 
future to their family 

2278
01:59:23,500 --> 01:59:27,800
stability, but the Machinery of 
the duel was set in Motion in a 

2279
01:59:27,800 --> 01:59:29,900
final gesture of Love. 
They prayed together. 

2280
01:59:29,900 --> 01:59:34,800
Tears unspoken but understood on
the morning of the July 11th 

2281
01:59:34,800 --> 01:59:39,800
1804, Hamilton and Burr faced 
each other at Weehawken Eliza 

2282
01:59:39,800 --> 01:59:43,800
waited anxiously at home, 
wracked by dread, the details of

2283
01:59:43,800 --> 01:59:47,000
the duel remained debated, but 
the outcome was tragically clear

2284
01:59:47,000 --> 01:59:50,100
Hamilton was mortally. 
Wounded shot in the lower 

2285
01:59:50,100 --> 01:59:52,300
abdomen and transported across 
the river. 

2286
01:59:52,300 --> 01:59:55,800
Eliza rushed to his side, 
finding him in a friend's house 

2287
01:59:55,800 --> 01:59:57,700
drifting in and out of 
Consciousness. 

2288
01:59:57,700 --> 02:00:02,000
He lingered for more than 24 
hours enough time for them to 

2289
02:00:02,000 --> 02:00:05,900
exchange final words. 
Expressed regret for the turmoil

2290
02:00:05,900 --> 02:00:09,900
he'd caused. 
And she through tears a shirt of

2291
02:00:09,900 --> 02:00:13,700
her unconditional love. 
Hamilton died on July 12th 

2292
02:00:13,700 --> 02:00:16,200
leaving. 
Elias are a widowed at age 47 

2293
02:00:16,200 --> 02:00:19,800
with 7, surviving children and 
another extended family to 

2294
02:00:19,800 --> 02:00:23,000
support. 
The entire city of New York was 

2295
02:00:23,000 --> 02:00:25,500
shocked. 
A funeral procession took place 

2296
02:00:25,500 --> 02:00:30,000
overshadowed, by the scandalous 
nature of the duel birth fled 

2297
02:00:30,000 --> 02:00:34,700
publicly vilified. 
Eliza's grief was immense a 

2298
02:00:34,700 --> 02:00:38,300
mixture of sorrow and anger. 
At a code of honor that demanded

2299
02:00:38,300 --> 02:00:41,800
lethal resolution at the 
political climate that spurred 

2300
02:00:41,800 --> 02:00:45,300
such violence, and at the cosmic
cruelty of losing her husband 

2301
02:00:45,300 --> 02:00:47,200
just as the nation was 
stabilizing. 

2302
02:00:48,200 --> 02:00:51,300
In her anguish. 
She sought solace in faith and 

2303
02:00:51,308 --> 02:00:54,100
family. 
The immediate aftermath required

2304
02:00:54,100 --> 02:00:58,400
practical decisions, Hamilton's 
debts, loomed large sum due to 

2305
02:00:58,400 --> 02:01:00,600
his lavish lifestyle and 
unprofitable Investments. 

2306
02:01:00,600 --> 02:01:04,400
Eliza reluctant though she was 
tackled the financial 

2307
02:01:04,400 --> 02:01:08,000
intricacies head-on rather than 
retreating to mourning. 

2308
02:01:08,000 --> 02:01:11,000
She found a Clarity of purpose. 
She would Safeguard her 

2309
02:01:11,000 --> 02:01:13,800
husband's Legacy provide for 
their children and carry on with

2310
02:01:13,800 --> 02:01:16,000
the charitable missions. 
That held a special place in her

2311
02:01:16,000 --> 02:01:19,000
heart. 
If Alexander Hamilton died in 

2312
02:01:19,000 --> 02:01:22,800
his place in history, Eliza 
would live on to shape how that 

2313
02:01:22,808 --> 02:01:24,700
history remembered him in the 
weeks. 

2314
02:01:24,700 --> 02:01:28,000
Following Alexander Hamilton's 
Funeral, Eliza confronted 

2315
02:01:28,000 --> 02:01:31,600
daunting to do list she sorted 
through unpaid bills. 

2316
02:01:31,600 --> 02:01:36,000
Discovered unfinished essays and
treatises in his study and face 

2317
02:01:36,000 --> 02:01:38,600
the prospect of raising her 
children in a social climate 

2318
02:01:38,600 --> 02:01:41,500
that still buzzed with rumors 
about the Fatal duel. 

2319
02:01:42,700 --> 02:01:45,100
The Shiloh family offered 
emotional and financial support.

2320
02:01:45,900 --> 02:01:48,200
But Eliza felt compelled to 
manage her Affairs 

2321
02:01:48,200 --> 02:01:51,000
independently. 
She liquidated, some assets, 

2322
02:01:51,000 --> 02:01:54,600
negotiated with creditors and 
carefully planned a modest 

2323
02:01:54,600 --> 02:01:57,800
lifestyle that would preserve 
dignity, yet, remain financially

2324
02:01:57,800 --> 02:02:00,700
feasible. 
One of her first initiatives was

2325
02:02:00,700 --> 02:02:03,800
to gather Hamilton's letters and
writings she sensed that his 

2326
02:02:03,800 --> 02:02:06,300
political enemies, might attempt
to distort, his legacy 

2327
02:02:06,300 --> 02:02:09,100
determined, to present, an 
accurate account of his 

2328
02:02:09,100 --> 02:02:12,300
contributions, she approached 
friends and colleagues for 

2329
02:02:12,300 --> 02:02:15,200
additional correspondence in a 
thing that could shed light on 

2330
02:02:15,200 --> 02:02:17,100
Hamilton's thought process and 
character. 

2331
02:02:18,000 --> 02:02:20,700
These efforts planted the seeds 
of what would eventually become 

2332
02:02:20,700 --> 02:02:24,200
a significant archival trove. 
Though, she had no formal 

2333
02:02:24,200 --> 02:02:25,700
training in historical 
preservation. 

2334
02:02:25,700 --> 02:02:29,800
All she knew was that the story 
of his role in founding the new 

2335
02:02:29,800 --> 02:02:32,900
nation needed to be told 
honestly free from the rancor 

2336
02:02:32,900 --> 02:02:35,600
that surrounded. 
His final years Her 

2337
02:02:35,600 --> 02:02:37,400
philanthropic Spirit surged as 
well. 

2338
02:02:37,400 --> 02:02:41,000
She returned to the orphan, 
Asylum Society of New York later

2339
02:02:41,000 --> 02:02:44,200
known as Graham Windham, 
dedicating more hours to its 

2340
02:02:44,200 --> 02:02:46,900
expansion. 
The orphanage had grown since 

2341
02:02:46,900 --> 02:02:50,800
its Inception, and children of 
various ages depended on stable 

2342
02:02:50,800 --> 02:02:54,400
funds and guidance Eliza 
believed her personal grief, 

2343
02:02:54,400 --> 02:02:57,300
could fuel a deeper compassion. 
For those who had lost families 

2344
02:02:57,300 --> 02:03:01,800
and equally harsh circumstances,
she organized fundraisers 

2345
02:03:01,800 --> 02:03:05,300
leaning on acquaintances from 
Hamilton's, Federalists circles.

2346
02:03:05,300 --> 02:03:08,700
And from her father's old 
Networks, Donations trickled in 

2347
02:03:08,700 --> 02:03:12,500
enough to expand the orphanages 
facilities at home. 

2348
02:03:12,500 --> 02:03:16,500
She took solace in her children 
presents some older ones like 

2349
02:03:16,500 --> 02:03:19,800
Philip Junior and Angelica 
stepped into supportive roles 

2350
02:03:19,800 --> 02:03:22,900
though they too reeled from 
their fathers violent death. 

2351
02:03:23,800 --> 02:03:27,300
Eliza's maternal instincts 
extended Beyond mere Comfort. 

2352
02:03:27,300 --> 02:03:30,900
She actively cultivated their 
education and moral development.

2353
02:03:30,900 --> 02:03:35,400
Hamilton had always advocated 
for robust learning so she 

2354
02:03:35,400 --> 02:03:38,100
ensured her sons and daughters 
had access to tutors and 

2355
02:03:38,108 --> 02:03:40,500
libraries. 
The younger children gleaned 

2356
02:03:40,500 --> 02:03:43,500
from her and abiding sense of 
hope despite life's traumas 

2357
02:03:43,500 --> 02:03:47,100
friendship with Dolly, Madison 
charismatic wife of President 

2358
02:03:47,100 --> 02:03:50,700
James Madison, rekindled after 
the duel though Madison had 

2359
02:03:50,700 --> 02:03:54,400
once, been Hamilton's political 
rival, Dolly admired, Eliza's 

2360
02:03:54,400 --> 02:03:56,000
fortitude and philanthropic 
Drive. 

2361
02:03:56,000 --> 02:03:59,800
The two women exchanged letters 
on everything from Child rearing

2362
02:03:59,800 --> 02:04:03,500
to the complexities of shaping 
national identity, during visits

2363
02:04:03,500 --> 02:04:06,800
to the Capitol Eliza dined 
amongst statement who revered 

2364
02:04:06,800 --> 02:04:10,000
her husband's intellect yet had 
once clashed with him her 

2365
02:04:10,000 --> 02:04:11,800
presence in the circle's 
underscored that. 

2366
02:04:11,800 --> 02:04:14,600
While Hamilton was gone his 
ideals and family. 

2367
02:04:14,600 --> 02:04:18,600
Remained part of America's 
evolving story over time, Eliza 

2368
02:04:18,600 --> 02:04:22,000
found a measure of Peace. 
She read extensively scripture 

2369
02:04:22,000 --> 02:04:26,400
philosophy, and even Hamilton. 
Essays on finance, she became a 

2370
02:04:26,400 --> 02:04:29,700
discrete mentor to young women. 
Advising them that lost did not 

2371
02:04:29,708 --> 02:04:31,700
have to Define one's entire 
existence. 

2372
02:04:32,600 --> 02:04:35,800
In that process, she uncovered 
an internal Wellspring of power,

2373
02:04:35,800 --> 02:04:39,100
no longer Define me as a 
general's daughter or a 

2374
02:04:39,100 --> 02:04:42,500
statements wife, she was forging
her identity as a protector of 

2375
02:04:42,500 --> 02:04:44,900
children. 
A keeper of her husband's Legacy

2376
02:04:44,900 --> 02:04:47,100
and are quite stabilizing figure
in a nation. 

2377
02:04:47,108 --> 02:04:48,900
Still shaping its postwar 
identity. 

2378
02:04:49,700 --> 02:04:52,300
Yet she confronted constant 
reminders of the jewels 

2379
02:04:52,300 --> 02:04:54,900
aftermath. 
Burr's reputation had collapsed 

2380
02:04:54,900 --> 02:04:58,800
but he lingered on society's 
fringes and occasionally rumors 

2381
02:04:58,800 --> 02:05:01,800
of his presence in New York. 
Circulated some supporters of 

2382
02:05:01,808 --> 02:05:05,400
Hamilton yearned for Eliza's 
public condemnation of Burr, she

2383
02:05:05,400 --> 02:05:08,800
responded by emphasizing 
forgiveness, not for birth, sake

2384
02:05:08,800 --> 02:05:12,200
alone, but for her own spiritual
health, Still, she admitted to 

2385
02:05:12,200 --> 02:05:14,100
close friends that the wound ran
deep. 

2386
02:05:14,900 --> 02:05:17,300
And any mention of Burr, 
reopened old pain. 

2387
02:05:18,200 --> 02:05:22,100
In 1806 tragedy Revisited, her 
life when her sister Peggy died.

2388
02:05:22,900 --> 02:05:25,100
Though, they had not spent as 
much time together recently 

2389
02:05:25,100 --> 02:05:28,200
losing a sibling reignited. 
Her sense of mortality. 

2390
02:05:29,300 --> 02:05:31,200
Each family lost bird 
reflection. 

2391
02:05:31,200 --> 02:05:34,200
Why does fate entwine sorrow and
joy? 

2392
02:05:34,200 --> 02:05:38,500
So tightly She found partial 
answers in her face, which had 

2393
02:05:38,500 --> 02:05:40,400
grown more Earnest since 
Hamilton's death. 

2394
02:05:41,200 --> 02:05:43,300
Eliza turned to church 
communities for Comfort 

2395
02:05:43,300 --> 02:05:46,900
simultaneously offering her 
organizational skills to Parish 

2396
02:05:46,900 --> 02:05:50,100
events. 
Slowly, the Hamilton household 

2397
02:05:50,100 --> 02:05:54,600
stabilized gets were gradually. 
Paid off the children advance in

2398
02:05:54,600 --> 02:05:57,900
their studies or commenced 
livelihoods, Eliza's 

2399
02:05:57,900 --> 02:06:00,900
philanthropic projects, 
flourished, earning her quiet 

2400
02:06:00,900 --> 02:06:04,500
admiration, across class lines, 
life was by no means. 

2401
02:06:04,508 --> 02:06:08,900
Carefree money was tight social,
slight stung but she navigated 

2402
02:06:08,900 --> 02:06:12,200
each challenge with calm 
determination by middle age. 

2403
02:06:12,200 --> 02:06:15,500
She stood as a testament to 
endurance weaving, heartbreak 

2404
02:06:15,500 --> 02:06:19,600
Duty and service into a tapestry
that gave her a renewed sense of

2405
02:06:19,600 --> 02:06:23,800
mission as decades rolled on 
Eliza entered a reflective phase

2406
02:06:23,800 --> 02:06:26,200
of life. 
She remained in New York though.

2407
02:06:26,200 --> 02:06:28,900
The city changed around her 
evolving from a 

2408
02:06:28,900 --> 02:06:31,400
post-revolutionary port in to a 
bustling Metropolis. 

2409
02:06:31,400 --> 02:06:34,600
She occasionally visited her 
beloved, Sheila mansion in 

2410
02:06:34,600 --> 02:06:37,500
Albany now, quieter and steeped 
in nostalgia. 

2411
02:06:38,200 --> 02:06:41,500
Each time she walked the garden 
paths where she wants courted. 

2412
02:06:41,500 --> 02:06:44,900
Alexander reminded of both the 
innocence of Youth and the 

2413
02:06:44,900 --> 02:06:47,000
seismic shifts that had sculpted
her fate. 

2414
02:06:48,000 --> 02:06:51,200
During the War of 1812. 
When the US again, clashed with 

2415
02:06:51,200 --> 02:06:55,300
Britain, Eliza worried for her 
son's some of whom served in the

2416
02:06:55,300 --> 02:06:58,700
conflict, Memory of the 
Revolution merged with fresh 

2417
02:06:58,700 --> 02:07:02,100
anxiety is she found the 
national mood reminiscent of her

2418
02:07:02,100 --> 02:07:07,000
childhood uncertainty pride and 
the determination to defend in 

2419
02:07:07,000 --> 02:07:10,100
dependence though she was no 
longer at the Forefront of 

2420
02:07:10,100 --> 02:07:13,300
patriotic further. 
She contributed by donating to 

2421
02:07:13,300 --> 02:07:15,500
relief efforts for soldiers 
families. 

2422
02:07:16,400 --> 02:07:20,500
The orphan Asylum Society also 
expanded its reach taking in 

2423
02:07:20,500 --> 02:07:22,400
children, orphaned by this new 
war. 

2424
02:07:23,000 --> 02:07:25,500
Family events, punctuated her 
life with both grief and 

2425
02:07:25,500 --> 02:07:31,900
celebration, her father Philip 
Schuyler passed away in 1804 my 

2426
02:07:31,900 --> 02:07:33,700
months. 
After Hamilton's death, her 

2427
02:07:33,700 --> 02:07:37,900
mother, Catherine died in 1803. 
So Eliza found herself 

2428
02:07:37,900 --> 02:07:40,100
increasingly the matriarch of a 
sprawling Clan. 

2429
02:07:40,100 --> 02:07:42,600
Grandchildren eventually came 
into the picture. 

2430
02:07:42,600 --> 02:07:46,400
She watched them with pride 
telling stories of their heroic 

2431
02:07:46,400 --> 02:07:49,100
grandfather. 
These Tales often alluded to 

2432
02:07:49,100 --> 02:07:52,800
Hamilton's intellectual prowess 
omitting, the specifics of his 

2433
02:07:52,800 --> 02:07:56,400
downfall, Eliza believed that 
preserving his better qualities 

2434
02:07:56,400 --> 02:08:00,200
would Inspire young Generations.
A notable shift occurred in the 

2435
02:08:00,208 --> 02:08:03,100
1820s. 
When John Church Hamilton one of

2436
02:08:03,108 --> 02:08:06,400
her son's began collecting 
material for a biography of his 

2437
02:08:06,400 --> 02:08:09,400
father, Eliza became an 
essential collaborator. 

2438
02:08:09,400 --> 02:08:14,400
Providing letters anecdotes and 
clarifications a memory was shot

2439
02:08:14,400 --> 02:08:17,300
despite advancing age. 
She recalled specific 

2440
02:08:17,300 --> 02:08:20,900
conversations recounted 
legislative battles and recalled

2441
02:08:20,900 --> 02:08:24,000
the exact inflection in 
Hamilton's voice when he debated

2442
02:08:24,000 --> 02:08:27,600
a point of law, Many historians 
would later Marvel at her 

2443
02:08:27,600 --> 02:08:30,500
Recollections which filled gaps 
in the archival record. 

2444
02:08:31,400 --> 02:08:33,900
It was as if she carried a 
living library of Hamilton's 

2445
02:08:33,900 --> 02:08:37,200
life in her heart, yet that 
collaboration was not free of 

2446
02:08:37,208 --> 02:08:40,000
emotional toll. 
Revisiting, the events leading 

2447
02:08:40,000 --> 02:08:42,500
up to the duel. 
Forced her to confront Old, 

2448
02:08:42,500 --> 02:08:45,300
Wounds tears, occasionally 
halted, her storytelling. 

2449
02:08:46,400 --> 02:08:48,800
Specially, when she recounted 
the final hours of Hamilton's 

2450
02:08:48,800 --> 02:08:51,000
life. 
John Church pressed, gently 

2451
02:08:51,000 --> 02:08:55,700
wanting to capture every detail 
for posterity Eliza sensing the 

2452
02:08:55,700 --> 02:08:59,600
greater purpose persevered. she 
recognized that telling 

2453
02:08:59,600 --> 02:09:02,200
Hamilton's story might help the 
nation of appreciate the 

2454
02:09:02,200 --> 02:09:05,300
foundation's he helped delay 
structures like the treasury 

2455
02:09:05,300 --> 02:09:08,400
Department, the national bank 
and the concept of federal 

2456
02:09:08,400 --> 02:09:12,400
credit In 1828. 
She traveled briefly to 

2457
02:09:12,400 --> 02:09:15,600
Washington, DC invited by 
friends who are remembered her 

2458
02:09:15,600 --> 02:09:19,200
philanthropic achievements. 
The capital had grown since her 

2459
02:09:19,200 --> 02:09:21,900
early visits. 
Monuments dotted the landscape 

2460
02:09:21,900 --> 02:09:26,200
celebrating founding fathers. 
She experienced a bitter, sweet 

2461
02:09:26,200 --> 02:09:29,300
Pride passing tributes to men. 
Hamilton had worked alongside, 

2462
02:09:29,300 --> 02:09:33,000
George Washington, Thomas, 
Jefferson and James Madison. 

2463
02:09:34,000 --> 02:09:36,900
Some pointed out the conspicuous
absence of Hamilton's own 

2464
02:09:36,900 --> 02:09:39,000
Monument. 
She Shrugged it off. 

2465
02:09:39,008 --> 02:09:42,700
Insisting that the measure of a 
person's influence, lay not in 

2466
02:09:42,700 --> 02:09:46,400
stone Effigies, but in living 
institutions, with the passage 

2467
02:09:46,400 --> 02:09:48,400
of time. 
She also became more candid 

2468
02:09:48,400 --> 02:09:51,800
about the Reynolds Scandal 
though still discrete in private

2469
02:09:51,800 --> 02:09:55,300
conversations, she admitted the 
pain, had never vanished but she

2470
02:09:55,300 --> 02:09:57,200
framed it. 
As a testament to the flawed 

2471
02:09:57,200 --> 02:10:00,900
Humanity, even brilliant people 
carry Her capacity to forgive 

2472
02:10:00,900 --> 02:10:04,500
reflected a deep spirituality. 
She attended church regularly, 

2473
02:10:04,500 --> 02:10:07,600
praying for Unity in a country, 
that seemed perpetually on the 

2474
02:10:07,600 --> 02:10:11,200
brink of new conflicts 
Nullification Crisis debate over

2475
02:10:11,200 --> 02:10:13,900
slavery, and the push Westward 
Living. 

2476
02:10:13,900 --> 02:10:16,800
Well, into her gold years. 
She gathered a tight circle of 

2477
02:10:16,808 --> 02:10:19,600
Confidant. 
They found her mending clothing 

2478
02:10:19,600 --> 02:10:22,300
for Orphan children or 
proofreading a letter for John 

2479
02:10:22,300 --> 02:10:26,000
Church's next manuscript draft. 
She rarely sought to claim for 

2480
02:10:26,000 --> 02:10:29,300
her charitable work. 
If praise, she gently read 

2481
02:10:29,300 --> 02:10:32,000
directed attention to the cause 
itself for her. 

2482
02:10:32,000 --> 02:10:35,400
The real Triumph in ensuring 
children had a chance at life 

2483
02:10:35,400 --> 02:10:38,900
just as the nation's Founders 
had tried to secure opportunity 

2484
02:10:38,900 --> 02:10:43,700
for future Generations. 
In 1832, she experienced another

2485
02:10:43,700 --> 02:10:45,900
heartbreak, when her oldest son,
Philip Jr. 

2486
02:10:45,900 --> 02:10:48,100
Passed away. 
After a struggle with illness. 

2487
02:10:49,000 --> 02:10:53,200
Each loss reminded her of times 
Relentless March, yet her faith 

2488
02:10:53,200 --> 02:10:54,900
and familial bonds kept her 
grounded. 

2489
02:10:54,900 --> 02:10:58,600
She wrote that her love for God.
And for the late General 

2490
02:10:58,600 --> 02:11:01,300
Hamilton fortified her soul 
against despair. 

2491
02:11:02,300 --> 02:11:04,500
Approaching 80 Elizabeth 
Schuyler. 

2492
02:11:05,200 --> 02:11:08,000
Hamilton was more than a relic 
of a revolutionary era. 

2493
02:11:08,000 --> 02:11:11,300
She was a living Narrative of 
strength, weaving, personal 

2494
02:11:11,300 --> 02:11:13,900
tragedy, and national memory 
into a single tapestry of 

2495
02:11:13,908 --> 02:11:17,300
compassion, and Hope. 
Elizabeth, Schuyler Hamilton 

2496
02:11:17,300 --> 02:11:20,900
lived to see Andrew Jackson's 
presidency in the beginnings of 

2497
02:11:20,900 --> 02:11:24,600
the Industrial Revolution. 
She watched America morph into a

2498
02:11:24,600 --> 02:11:26,600
nation. 
Both deeply reflective of its 

2499
02:11:26,600 --> 02:11:29,200
revolutionary roots and 
straining toward modernity. 

2500
02:11:29,200 --> 02:11:34,700
Railroad Factory is a rose this 
political scene erupted with 

2501
02:11:34,700 --> 02:11:37,700
fresh tensions, over State's 
rights and potential expansion. 

2502
02:11:38,600 --> 02:11:41,300
By now Eliza was considered a 
venerable figure. 

2503
02:11:42,000 --> 02:11:44,500
One of the last living links to 
the nation's founding 

2504
02:11:44,500 --> 02:11:47,000
generation. 
In her final years. 

2505
02:11:47,000 --> 02:11:51,300
She resided in a modest home in 
Washington DC partly to be near 

2506
02:11:51,300 --> 02:11:54,700
some of her children. 
The city had matured since the 

2507
02:11:54,700 --> 02:11:58,900
muddy partly built Capital. 
She wants new She took quiet 

2508
02:11:58,900 --> 02:12:02,200
walks with visitors reflecting 
on how her husband had helped 

2509
02:12:02,200 --> 02:12:04,800
shape the financial systems that
were fueled such growth. 

2510
02:12:05,600 --> 02:12:08,400
Political leaders, occasionally 
sought her out for anecdotal, 

2511
02:12:08,400 --> 02:12:11,400
insights, hoping to glean from 
her personal glimpses into 

2512
02:12:11,400 --> 02:12:13,100
Hamilton's strategies and 
relationships. 

2513
02:12:13,100 --> 02:12:16,500
She obliged politely though, she
often reminded them that real 

2514
02:12:16,500 --> 02:12:20,000
progress, required. 
Fresh ideas, Not Mere nostalgia.

2515
02:12:20,900 --> 02:12:24,100
Her commitment to philanthropy 
never waned even in advanced 

2516
02:12:24,100 --> 02:12:27,300
stage she attended orphan. 
Asylum Society meetings when 

2517
02:12:27,300 --> 02:12:30,400
possible offering guidance on 
fundraising and Resource 

2518
02:12:30,400 --> 02:12:32,800
Management. 
Younger trustees listened 

2519
02:12:32,800 --> 02:12:35,700
intently aware that the 
society's founding mother was 

2520
02:12:35,700 --> 02:12:38,400
still sharp. 
Despite her Frailty in many 

2521
02:12:38,400 --> 02:12:40,600
ways. 
The orphanage of become a symbol

2522
02:12:40,600 --> 02:12:43,700
of her life's work, caring for 
the vulnerable preserving hope 

2523
02:12:43,700 --> 02:12:47,200
amidst adversity ensuring the 
completeness of John Church. 

2524
02:12:47,200 --> 02:12:49,900
Hamilton's father's biography 
was one of her most cherished 

2525
02:12:49,900 --> 02:12:53,100
final projects. 
She reviewed the final drafts 

2526
02:12:53,100 --> 02:12:56,300
contributing details, she'd 
previously withheld or forgotten

2527
02:12:56,300 --> 02:12:59,800
she emphasized, Hamilton's 
unwavering dedication to the 

2528
02:12:59,800 --> 02:13:02,100
union. 
His Progressive stance is on 

2529
02:13:02,100 --> 02:13:05,100
federal power and his 
unrelenting push for financial 

2530
02:13:05,100 --> 02:13:08,000
stability. 
Some editorial, disagreements 

2531
02:13:08,000 --> 02:13:12,200
arose, particularly around the 
Reynolds Affair, but Elise are 

2532
02:13:12,200 --> 02:13:14,600
insisted on honesty. 
Tempered by grace. 

2533
02:13:15,600 --> 02:13:19,400
The published volume's not 
immediate, bestsellers gradually

2534
02:13:19,400 --> 02:13:21,800
shaped public, understanding of 
how Hamilton's Legacy. 

2535
02:13:22,700 --> 02:13:26,100
As her health declined, her 
family closed, ranks around her 

2536
02:13:26,100 --> 02:13:29,800
letters from grandchildren 
poured in stories of their 

2537
02:13:29,800 --> 02:13:31,900
studies. 
Their marriages, their small 

2538
02:13:31,908 --> 02:13:36,700
triumphs Eliza's once robust 
figure had become frail, but her

2539
02:13:36,700 --> 02:13:39,700
mind held firm. 
She reminisced about ballrooms 

2540
02:13:39,700 --> 02:13:42,600
in Albany. 
The swirling War councils at her

2541
02:13:42,600 --> 02:13:45,700
childhood home, and the day, she
first locked eyes with us. 

2542
02:13:45,700 --> 02:13:48,700
Almost a Brash young officer in 
Revolutionary guard. 

2543
02:13:48,700 --> 02:13:52,200
Occasional visitors found her 
reading The Federalist Papers by

2544
02:13:52,200 --> 02:13:55,100
candlelight. as if we 
acquainting herself with 

2545
02:13:55,100 --> 02:13:59,900
Hamilton's voice, she also kept 
a well-worn Bible reflecting a 

2546
02:13:59,900 --> 02:14:02,300
faith that had boyed her through
heartbreak after heartbreak. 

2547
02:14:03,300 --> 02:14:06,800
Prayer to her was less about 
ceremony and more about 

2548
02:14:06,800 --> 02:14:09,100
continuous conversation with a 
higher power. 

2549
02:14:09,100 --> 02:14:12,700
That a guided her from water. 
Widowhood in these final 

2550
02:14:12,700 --> 02:14:16,400
dialogues with God, she found 
peace certain that her labors 

2551
02:14:16,400 --> 02:14:19,700
both familiar and charitable 
held meaning, Beyond mortal 

2552
02:14:19,700 --> 02:14:23,200
life, Elizabeth, Sheila, 
Hamilton died. 

2553
02:14:23,200 --> 02:14:28,800
On November, the 9th 1854 at the
age of 97, her passing Mark, the

2554
02:14:28,800 --> 02:14:31,300
end of an era. 
Obituaries praised, her 

2555
02:14:31,300 --> 02:14:34,600
dedication to preserving 
Alexander Hamilton's Legacy and 

2556
02:14:34,600 --> 02:14:38,000
championing. 
Charitable causes publication's 

2557
02:14:38,000 --> 02:14:41,100
recounted her Devotion to the 
orphan, Asylum society, and her 

2558
02:14:41,100 --> 02:14:44,200
unwavering presence during the 
tumultuous birth of the 

2559
02:14:44,200 --> 02:14:46,500
Republic. 
While she never held public 

2560
02:14:46,500 --> 02:14:49,600
office. 
Her influence was palpable in 

2561
02:14:49,600 --> 02:14:52,000
the community. 
She served and in the narratives

2562
02:14:52,000 --> 02:14:55,800
of America's founding She was 
buried near her husband in the 

2563
02:14:55,800 --> 02:14:57,800
graveyard of Trinity Church in 
Manhattan. 

2564
02:14:57,800 --> 02:15:01,500
Reuniting them in the Eternal. 
Rest beneath the city skyline. 

2565
02:15:01,500 --> 02:15:05,500
He had once helped transform for
decades, the memory of her 

2566
02:15:05,500 --> 02:15:09,300
kindness lingered in the stories
told by those, who knew her, a 

2567
02:15:09,300 --> 02:15:13,100
woman who had endured Scandal 
and dual driven tragedy, only to

2568
02:15:13,100 --> 02:15:16,500
emerge as a symbol of Grace. 
In the decades, following her 

2569
02:15:16,500 --> 02:15:21,200
death in Hamilton's financial 
genius grew spurred by economic 

2570
02:15:21,200 --> 02:15:25,200
expansion and civil conflict. 
Historians found in Eliza's 

2571
02:15:25,200 --> 02:15:28,200
carefully guarded letters, a 
trove of insight into The Man 

2572
02:15:28,200 --> 02:15:30,800
Behind the policies, a 
philanthropic Legacy. 

2573
02:15:30,800 --> 02:15:34,100
Endured with the orphanage, 
continuing to serve children, 

2574
02:15:34,100 --> 02:15:38,200
well, into the Modern Age over 
time as the nation wrestled with

2575
02:15:38,200 --> 02:15:40,100
the complexities of its founding
ideals. 

2576
02:15:40,100 --> 02:15:42,900
The figure of Eliza gained 
renewed appreciation. 

2577
02:15:44,000 --> 02:15:47,300
She was not merely the devoted 
wife of a founding father, but a

2578
02:15:47,300 --> 02:15:49,700
quiet architect of social 
welfare and historical 

2579
02:15:49,700 --> 02:15:53,500
stewardship in her own right? 
To this day visitors at 

2580
02:15:53,500 --> 02:15:55,700
Hamilton's grave site. 
Often spare a moment for 

2581
02:15:55,700 --> 02:15:58,100
Elizabeth Sheila, Hamilton her 
story. 

2582
02:15:58,100 --> 02:16:01,000
Underscores, how the quieter 
characters of History can 

2583
02:16:01,000 --> 02:16:09,800
profoundly shape a nation's 
ethos Picture this, you're 

2584
02:16:09,800 --> 02:16:12,500
settling into your favorite 
chair after a long day, maybe 

2585
02:16:12,500 --> 02:16:14,500
with a warm cup of tea steaming 
beside you. 

2586
02:16:14,500 --> 02:16:18,400
Now imagine if in stead of 
relaxing your feet suddenly 

2587
02:16:18,400 --> 02:16:22,000
decided they had other plans 
entirely Not just a little 

2588
02:16:22,008 --> 02:16:24,900
restless leg syndrome. 
Mind you, but full-blown, can't 

2589
02:16:24,900 --> 02:16:26,400
stop. 
Won't Stop Dancing. 

2590
02:16:26,400 --> 02:16:29,300
That's essentially what happened
to the good people of 

2591
02:16:29,300 --> 02:16:31,900
Strasbourg. 
In July 1518, though, they 

2592
02:16:31,900 --> 02:16:35,299
didn't have the luxury of 
calling it quirky Started with 

2593
02:16:35,299 --> 02:16:38,600
fraud trophy, a woman whose name
has echoed through history for 

2594
02:16:38,600 --> 02:16:41,500
all the wrong reasons, on a 
perfectly ordinary summer 

2595
02:16:41,500 --> 02:16:43,100
morning. 
She stepped out of her 

2596
02:16:43,100 --> 02:16:46,799
half-timbered house onto the 
cobblestones of Strasbourg and 

2597
02:16:46,799 --> 02:16:49,799
began to dance. 
Her dancing was not the kind you

2598
02:16:49,799 --> 02:16:52,600
might do at a wedding after a 
few glasses of wine, but an 

2599
02:16:52,600 --> 02:16:55,500
urgent desperate kind of 
movement that seemed to possess 

2600
02:16:55,500 --> 02:16:59,700
her entire being You have to 
understand this wasn't 

2601
02:16:59,700 --> 02:17:01,100
Renaissance. 
Flash mob material. 

2602
02:17:02,200 --> 02:17:04,600
Danced as if her life relied on 
it. 

2603
02:17:04,600 --> 02:17:09,400
And in fact, it did Her feet 
moved in patterns, that made no 

2604
02:17:09,400 --> 02:17:12,700
musical sense and her arms 
flailed in rhythms that belonged

2605
02:17:12,700 --> 02:17:16,299
to know Earthly song. 
The townspeople gathered around 

2606
02:17:16,299 --> 02:17:19,900
her initially amused. 
After all, who doesn't enjoy a 

2607
02:17:19,900 --> 02:17:21,600
bit of unexpected Street 
Entertainment. 

2608
02:17:22,600 --> 02:17:26,400
But as the hours ticked by their
smiles, began to fade like paint

2609
02:17:26,400 --> 02:17:29,600
in the rain, Fryer, kept 
dancing. 

2610
02:17:30,400 --> 02:17:32,900
During the midday heat. 
When sensible people sought 

2611
02:17:32,900 --> 02:17:36,299
shade and cool drinks for our 
trophy can continue to dance 

2612
02:17:36,299 --> 02:17:39,500
during the dinner hour. 
Your owner of roasted meat and 

2613
02:17:39,500 --> 02:17:41,200
fresh bread. 
Should have beckoned any 

2614
02:17:41,200 --> 02:17:43,400
sensible individual home during 
the evening. 

2615
02:17:43,400 --> 02:17:46,000
Her feet should have been 
expressing gratitude for her 

2616
02:17:46,000 --> 02:17:49,400
decision to finally sit down. 
The cobblestones beneath her 

2617
02:17:49,400 --> 02:17:52,299
feet told their story warned 
Smooth by centuries of 

2618
02:17:52,299 --> 02:17:55,600
cartwheels and horse Hooves. 
Now witness to this strange. 

2619
02:17:55,600 --> 02:17:58,100
New Rhythm, you can almost hear 
them. 

2620
02:17:58,100 --> 02:18:01,100
Those ancient Stones Whispering 
among themselves about this 

2621
02:18:01,100 --> 02:18:05,500
peculiar turn of events. 
They'd seem plague and War feast

2622
02:18:05,500 --> 02:18:08,799
and famine, but never anything 
quite like this. 

2623
02:18:10,000 --> 02:18:13,299
By Nightfall for our trophy was 
still moving though. 

2624
02:18:13,299 --> 02:18:16,400
Her dance had transformed from 
something almost graceful and 

2625
02:18:16,400 --> 02:18:19,299
does something more akin to a 
marionette with tangled strings.

2626
02:18:20,000 --> 02:18:23,000
Her neighbors brought her water,
which she drank without stopping

2627
02:18:23,000 --> 02:18:25,200
her movement. 
They offered food, which she 

2628
02:18:25,200 --> 02:18:28,400
barely managed to consume 
between steps, they pleaded with

2629
02:18:28,400 --> 02:18:30,700
her to rest, but she seemed as 
unable to stop. 

2630
02:18:30,700 --> 02:18:32,299
As you might be unable to stop 
breathing. 

2631
02:18:33,400 --> 02:18:36,500
The local Authority scratched 
their heads and consulted, their

2632
02:18:36,500 --> 02:18:39,600
limited medical knowledge. 
Perhaps it was a fever, they 

2633
02:18:39,600 --> 02:18:42,400
reasoned fevers could make 
people act strangely. 

2634
02:18:43,500 --> 02:18:45,299
But rather fayer showed no signs
of illness. 

2635
02:18:45,299 --> 02:18:48,600
Beyond this compulsive movement.
Her skin wasn't flushed. 

2636
02:18:48,600 --> 02:18:52,000
Her eyes weren't glassy. 
She simply could not stop 

2637
02:18:52,000 --> 02:18:54,799
dancing. 
As you lie there, tonight, 

2638
02:18:54,799 --> 02:18:58,500
comfortable in your bed. 
Imagine the bewilderment of 

2639
02:18:58,508 --> 02:19:01,400
those medieval Minds trying to 
process this impossibility. 

2640
02:19:02,299 --> 02:19:05,100
They lived in a world where 
everything had a place in a 

2641
02:19:05,100 --> 02:19:09,500
purpose, cows gave milk chickens
laid eggs and people dance to 

2642
02:19:09,500 --> 02:19:11,000
only when there was music and 
merriment. 

2643
02:19:12,200 --> 02:19:15,799
But here was faucet. 
Flying the natural order with 

2644
02:19:15,799 --> 02:19:19,299
every unwilling step. 
The night Watchman took turns 

2645
02:19:19,299 --> 02:19:23,100
observing her partly out of 
concern and partly out of morbid

2646
02:19:23,100 --> 02:19:25,700
fascination. 
They'd seen plenty of odd 

2647
02:19:25,700 --> 02:19:29,100
things, during their midnight 
rounds, drunken revelries, that 

2648
02:19:29,100 --> 02:19:32,600
lasted too long lovers quarrels,
that spilled into the streets 

2649
02:19:32,600 --> 02:19:35,900
and the occasional Sleepwalker, 
stumbling about in their night 

2650
02:19:35,900 --> 02:19:38,500
clothes. 
But nothing had prepared them 

2651
02:19:38,500 --> 02:19:41,299
for the sight of a middle-aged 
woman dancing alone under the 

2652
02:19:41,299 --> 02:19:43,400
stars. 
Her Shadow performing, an 

2653
02:19:43,400 --> 02:19:46,600
endless exhausting ballet on the
moonlit stones. 

2654
02:19:47,100 --> 02:19:50,500
As Dawn approached bringing with
it, the promise of a new day for

2655
02:19:50,500 --> 02:19:54,600
our trophy was still dancing. 
Her movement had slowed but they

2656
02:19:54,600 --> 02:19:57,000
hadn't stopped. 
It was as if some invisible 

2657
02:19:57,000 --> 02:19:59,900
Puppeteer had taken control of 
her strings and forgotten how to

2658
02:19:59,908 --> 02:20:02,100
let go. 
Now, you might assume that the 

2659
02:20:02,100 --> 02:20:04,800
sensible citizens of stress 
would have shunned for after 

2660
02:20:04,800 --> 02:20:07,100
Fair, after witnessing her 
bizarre predicament for a full 

2661
02:20:07,108 --> 02:20:09,500
day and night. 
You'd be wrong, of course 

2662
02:20:09,500 --> 02:20:12,500
because people have always been 
magnetically drawn to the 

2663
02:20:12,500 --> 02:20:16,100
inexplicable like moths to a 
particularly puzzling flame 

2664
02:20:16,100 --> 02:20:20,000
instead of backing away, small 
crowds began to gather regularly

2665
02:20:20,000 --> 02:20:23,000
around trout Fair. 
They brought their morning bread

2666
02:20:23,000 --> 02:20:25,500
and ate it. 
While watching her dance, they 

2667
02:20:25,500 --> 02:20:28,700
discussed her condition over 
their midday meals, gesturing 

2668
02:20:28,700 --> 02:20:30,500
with chicken legs and chunks of 
cheese. 

2669
02:20:30,500 --> 02:20:33,900
They turned her suffering into a
form of communal entertainment, 

2670
02:20:33,900 --> 02:20:35,900
though. 
None of them would have openly 

2671
02:20:35,900 --> 02:20:38,000
acknowledged it in those exact 
terms. 

2672
02:20:38,000 --> 02:20:40,100
This is where the story takes a 
turn. 

2673
02:20:40,108 --> 02:20:42,500
That would make even the most 
creative screenwriter, pause, 

2674
02:20:42,500 --> 02:20:45,900
and reconsider. 
Within a week of Frou failures, 

2675
02:20:45,900 --> 02:20:48,700
first and voluntary. 
Step others began to join her. 

2676
02:20:48,700 --> 02:20:50,800
Not voluntarily. 
You understand? 

2677
02:20:50,800 --> 02:20:53,700
These were not copycat dancers 
or attention Seekers. 

2678
02:20:53,700 --> 02:20:56,700
These were Ordinary People Who 
suddenly found their feet. 

2679
02:20:56,700 --> 02:20:58,800
Betraying them in the most 
extraordinary way. 

2680
02:20:59,900 --> 02:21:01,500
Hands. 
The baker was kneading dough. 

2681
02:21:01,500 --> 02:21:05,100
When it started his hands which 
had shaped thousands of loaves 

2682
02:21:05,100 --> 02:21:07,400
with methodical Precision, 
suddenly began. 

2683
02:21:07,400 --> 02:21:10,800
Moving to a different rhythm 
Before he knew it, his whole 

2684
02:21:10,800 --> 02:21:13,900
body had joined the dance. 
Leaving behind a kitchen, full 

2685
02:21:13,900 --> 02:21:17,400
of half-formed bread and a wife 
who thought he'd finally succumb

2686
02:21:17,400 --> 02:21:21,200
to the summer heat. 
Greta the Weaver abandoned her 

2687
02:21:21,200 --> 02:21:23,900
Loom, mid thread when her feet 
decided, they had more important

2688
02:21:23,900 --> 02:21:26,500
things to do than operate. 
The pedals in their usual, 

2689
02:21:26,500 --> 02:21:29,600
measured way. 
The half finished cloth remained

2690
02:21:29,600 --> 02:21:32,100
stretched on the frame for 
weeks, a testament to the 

2691
02:21:32,100 --> 02:21:33,900
moment. 
When normal life simply stopped 

2692
02:21:33,900 --> 02:21:36,900
making sense. 
You can picture the scene, can't

2693
02:21:36,900 --> 02:21:39,500
you? 
The Town Square that had once 

2694
02:21:39,500 --> 02:21:42,700
been a place of orderly Commerce
vendors, Hawking, their Wares, 

2695
02:21:42,700 --> 02:21:46,600
children playing simple games, 
Merchants, negotiating deals 

2696
02:21:46,600 --> 02:21:51,100
transformed into something, 
resembling a fever dream. except

2697
02:21:51,100 --> 02:21:54,700
the fever seemed to be catching 
spreading from person to person 

2698
02:21:54,700 --> 02:21:58,600
like a yawn in A Worn Out 
congregation The dancing wasn't 

2699
02:21:58,600 --> 02:22:01,100
Beautiful Mind you. 
This wasn't some spontaneous 

2700
02:22:01,100 --> 02:22:05,200
celebration of life and joy. 
The dancers moved with a 

2701
02:22:05,200 --> 02:22:09,000
desperate urgency, their faces 
etched with exhaustion and 

2702
02:22:09,008 --> 02:22:11,800
confusion. 
The clothes became tattered from

2703
02:22:11,800 --> 02:22:14,400
the constant motion. 
Their shoes were thin against 

2704
02:22:14,400 --> 02:22:18,100
the unforgiving cobblestone's, 
some dance, to their feet, bled,

2705
02:22:18,100 --> 02:22:21,600
leaving small red marks on the 
stones like some Macabre 

2706
02:22:21,600 --> 02:22:25,700
breadcrumb Trail The local 
Physicians were summoned 

2707
02:22:25,700 --> 02:22:28,100
naturally. 
These learned men arrived with 

2708
02:22:28,100 --> 02:22:31,200
their leather satchels, full of 
mysterious remedies and their 

2709
02:22:31,200 --> 02:22:32,900
heads full of medieval medical 
wisdom. 

2710
02:22:32,900 --> 02:22:36,100
They observed the dancers with 
the same intensity, you might 

2711
02:22:36,108 --> 02:22:38,700
observe a puzzle that's missing.
Several crucial pieces. 

2712
02:22:39,600 --> 02:22:43,000
They took notes, they consulted 
their texts and they stroked 

2713
02:22:43,000 --> 02:22:46,400
their beards thoughtfully. 
Their diagnosis, when it came 

2714
02:22:46,400 --> 02:22:49,800
reflected, the medical 
understanding of the time, they 

2715
02:22:49,800 --> 02:22:52,700
declared that the dancers had a 
condition known as hot blood. 

2716
02:22:52,700 --> 02:22:56,100
Therefore, the solution was to 
encourage more dancing until the

2717
02:22:56,100 --> 02:22:58,000
heat dissipated from their 
systems. 

2718
02:22:58,000 --> 02:23:01,100
It was rather like suggesting 
that someone with hiccups should

2719
02:23:01,100 --> 02:23:04,000
hiccup more vigorously until 
they stopped, but it seemed 

2720
02:23:04,000 --> 02:23:06,500
logical within the framework of 
16th century medicine. 

2721
02:23:06,500 --> 02:23:10,500
Therefore, the authorities 
Guided by their immense wisdom, 

2722
02:23:10,500 --> 02:23:12,300
chose to combat the issue 
head-on. 

2723
02:23:12,300 --> 02:23:16,000
They hired musicians to play for
the dancers reasoning, that 

2724
02:23:16,000 --> 02:23:18,600
proper music might help regulate
their chaotic movements. 

2725
02:23:18,600 --> 02:23:21,900
They cleared larger spaces for 
the dancing moving Market, 

2726
02:23:21,900 --> 02:23:24,000
stalls, redirecting, cart 
traffic. 

2727
02:23:24,000 --> 02:23:27,500
They even built a stage thinking
that perhaps the dancers would 

2728
02:23:27,500 --> 02:23:30,000
feel more dignified, performing 
on an elevated platform. 

2729
02:23:30,900 --> 02:23:33,000
The irony would have been 
delicious if it worked. 

2730
02:23:33,000 --> 02:23:35,800
So tragic. 
Instead of curing, the dances 

2731
02:23:35,800 --> 02:23:38,500
the music and attention seemed 
to attract more victims. 

2732
02:23:38,500 --> 02:23:41,700
The dancing seemed to have 
transformed into a seductive 

2733
02:23:41,700 --> 02:23:45,400
Melody appealing to a profound 
concealed fragility within the 

2734
02:23:45,408 --> 02:23:48,100
human soul by the end of the 
second week. 

2735
02:23:48,100 --> 02:23:51,300
Nearly 40 people were dancing in
the streets of Strasbourg. 

2736
02:23:51,300 --> 02:23:54,200
Their individual rhythms 
creating a chaotic Symphony of 

2737
02:23:54,208 --> 02:23:57,700
movement, The families of the 
dancers, tried everything, they 

2738
02:23:57,700 --> 02:24:01,100
could think of, they brought 
favorite foods hoping to tempt, 

2739
02:24:01,100 --> 02:24:02,800
their loved ones to stop and eat
properly. 

2740
02:24:04,200 --> 02:24:06,300
They Carried chairs and stools 
placing them. 

2741
02:24:06,300 --> 02:24:09,600
Hopefully in the dancers paths, 
they all brought pillows and 

2742
02:24:09,600 --> 02:24:12,000
blankets the leaving that. 
If they could persuade the 

2743
02:24:12,000 --> 02:24:14,600
dancers to take a moment's rest,
the spell might be broken. 

2744
02:24:15,500 --> 02:24:19,100
But nothing worked. 
The dancers danced on day and 

2745
02:24:19,100 --> 02:24:22,000
night their movements becoming 
more frantic as their body's 

2746
02:24:22,000 --> 02:24:24,200
grew weaker. 
It was like watching people 

2747
02:24:24,200 --> 02:24:27,800
slowly drown in are struggling 
against an invisible. 

2748
02:24:27,800 --> 02:24:30,400
Current that only. 
They could feel by the third 

2749
02:24:30,400 --> 02:24:33,800
week of this peculiar epidemic, 
the city of Strasbourg had 

2750
02:24:33,800 --> 02:24:37,500
transformed into something. 
Unrecognizable, you know, how a 

2751
02:24:37,500 --> 02:24:39,900
familiar room can suddenly feel 
strange when you move just one 

2752
02:24:39,900 --> 02:24:43,800
piece of furniture. 
Well, imagine an entire city 

2753
02:24:43,800 --> 02:24:46,400
where the fundamental rules of 
human behavior had been 

2754
02:24:46,400 --> 02:24:50,000
Rewritten overnight. 
The marketplace, which it 

2755
02:24:50,000 --> 02:24:52,500
operated according to centuries,
old rhythms of buying and 

2756
02:24:52,500 --> 02:24:54,700
selling. 
Now, resembled something between

2757
02:24:54,700 --> 02:24:57,900
a medical ward and a carnival. 
Even in the face of 

2758
02:24:57,900 --> 02:25:00,500
impossibility vendors still set 
up their stalls each morning, 

2759
02:25:00,500 --> 02:25:03,800
but their attention was divided 
between their Wares and the 

2760
02:25:03,808 --> 02:25:06,700
growing number of dancers who 
wove between the displays like 

2761
02:25:06,700 --> 02:25:10,000
exhausted ghosts. 
Children, who had initially 

2762
02:25:10,000 --> 02:25:12,700
found the whole spectacle 
entertaining, began to grow 

2763
02:25:12,700 --> 02:25:16,000
frightened, there's something 
unsettling about, seeing adults 

2764
02:25:16,000 --> 02:25:19,000
lose control, especially when 
those adults, include your 

2765
02:25:19,008 --> 02:25:22,700
neighbors, your teacher, or your
aunt, who always remembered your

2766
02:25:22,700 --> 02:25:25,900
birth day. 
The dancing had crossed the line

2767
02:25:25,900 --> 02:25:28,300
from Curious novelty to 
something darker and more 

2768
02:25:28,300 --> 02:25:31,100
threatening. 
The dancers themselves had begun

2769
02:25:31,100 --> 02:25:34,500
to show serious signs of wear 
their clothes hung in tatters, 

2770
02:25:34,500 --> 02:25:37,700
their faces gaunt from 
exhaustion and irregular eating,

2771
02:25:37,700 --> 02:25:41,500
some of collapsed and been 
carried home, only to rise and 

2772
02:25:41,500 --> 02:25:43,500
begin dancing again. 
As soon as they regained 

2773
02:25:43,500 --> 02:25:47,600
consciousness It was as if rest 
only stored up energy for more 

2774
02:25:47,600 --> 02:25:51,100
frantic movement Maria, the 
seamstress developed a 

2775
02:25:51,100 --> 02:25:54,200
particularly heartbreaking path 
of she would dance for hours 

2776
02:25:54,200 --> 02:25:56,800
then suddenly stop midst step 
and look around with clear 

2777
02:25:56,800 --> 02:26:00,900
confused eyes as if waking from 
a dream she would recognize her 

2778
02:26:00,900 --> 02:26:04,300
surroundings call out to friends
and family and even sit down for

2779
02:26:04,300 --> 02:26:06,200
a few minutes to drink water or 
nipple bread. 

2780
02:26:06,200 --> 02:26:10,500
Then just as suddenly the 
compulsion would return he would

2781
02:26:10,500 --> 02:26:12,500
leap to her feet and resumed her
endless Stars. 

2782
02:26:13,700 --> 02:26:16,100
These moments of clarity made 
the condition even more 

2783
02:26:16,100 --> 02:26:18,700
disturbing. 
It wasn't Madness in any 

2784
02:26:18,700 --> 02:26:21,800
traditional sense, the dancers 
knew what was happening to them,

2785
02:26:21,800 --> 02:26:25,800
they simply couldn't stop it. 
Imagine being trapped in your 

2786
02:26:25,808 --> 02:26:28,000
own body. 
Watching yourself perform 

2787
02:26:28,000 --> 02:26:30,400
actions. 
You never chose to perform like 

2788
02:26:30,400 --> 02:26:32,700
being a passenger in a vehicle 
who steering wheel. 

2789
02:26:32,700 --> 02:26:36,200
You can't reach. 
The city's records by 

2790
02:26:36,200 --> 02:26:39,400
meticulous, scribes who 
documented everything from grain

2791
02:26:39,400 --> 02:26:42,500
prices to weather patterns began
to read like something from a 

2792
02:26:42,500 --> 02:26:47,900
fever dream item, the dancing 
sickness continues item Johan, 

2793
02:26:47,900 --> 02:26:50,800
the Cooper joined the dance as 
this morning item. 

2794
02:26:50,800 --> 02:26:54,400
The musicians have been paid for
another week of playing item 

2795
02:26:54,400 --> 02:26:57,700
three, more dancers collapsed 
today, but resumed upon waking, 

2796
02:26:58,700 --> 02:27:01,700
You have to admire those record.
Keepers, really faced with 

2797
02:27:01,708 --> 02:27:03,800
something completely outside 
their experience. 

2798
02:27:03,800 --> 02:27:06,200
They did what bureaucrats of 
always done. 

2799
02:27:06,200 --> 02:27:08,800
They wrote it down carefully, 
and hoped someone else would 

2800
02:27:08,800 --> 02:27:11,200
figure out what it all meant. 
The religious authorities. 

2801
02:27:11,200 --> 02:27:14,000
Meanwhile were having 
theological debate, that would 

2802
02:27:14,000 --> 02:27:15,500
have been fascinating if they 
weren't. 

2803
02:27:15,500 --> 02:27:19,300
So urgent, was this Divine 
punishment for some collective 

2804
02:27:19,300 --> 02:27:22,300
sin? 
Mr. Faith was this a 

2805
02:27:22,300 --> 02:27:24,300
manifestation of malevolent 
spirits. 

2806
02:27:24,900 --> 02:27:27,600
Different priests offered 
different interpretations and 

2807
02:27:27,600 --> 02:27:30,900
their congregations split 
accordingly, some organized 

2808
02:27:30,900 --> 02:27:34,600
prayer, vigils others called for
public confessions and a few 

2809
02:27:34,608 --> 02:27:37,700
suggested that perhaps God was 
simply enjoying some Cosmic 

2810
02:27:37,700 --> 02:27:41,600
entertainment at human expense. 
The dancers themselves became 

2811
02:27:41,600 --> 02:27:44,700
unwilling celebrities. 
People traveled from neighboring

2812
02:27:44,700 --> 02:27:47,900
towns to witness the phenomenon 
turning strassberg into an 

2813
02:27:47,900 --> 02:27:52,000
accidental tourist, destination.
Merchants arrived to sell food 

2814
02:27:52,000 --> 02:27:54,800
and trinkets to the crowds 
street performers. 

2815
02:27:54,800 --> 02:27:56,700
Came to compete for attention 
though. 

2816
02:27:56,700 --> 02:27:59,300
Their conventional acts seemed 
almost quaint compared to the 

2817
02:27:59,300 --> 02:28:01,100
desperate dancing happening all 
around them. 

2818
02:28:02,100 --> 02:28:05,700
However, the locals were growing
tired of the novelty living in 

2819
02:28:05,700 --> 02:28:08,200
the middle of an ongoing crisis,
has a way of exhausting. 

2820
02:28:08,200 --> 02:28:11,100
Even the most patient 
communities families were 

2821
02:28:11,100 --> 02:28:14,400
disrupted businesses, struggled 
to function, normally and 

2822
02:28:14,400 --> 02:28:17,100
everyone walked around with the 
nervous energy of people waiting

2823
02:28:17,100 --> 02:28:19,900
for the other shoe to drop 
except in this case. 

2824
02:28:20,700 --> 02:28:22,200
Shoes. 
Never stopped moving. 

2825
02:28:23,600 --> 02:28:26,400
The dancers families organized 
themselves into an informal 

2826
02:28:26,400 --> 02:28:29,300
Support Network. 
They took turns bringing food 

2827
02:28:29,300 --> 02:28:32,200
and water alternated in watching
over their Afflicted. 

2828
02:28:32,200 --> 02:28:35,000
Relatives and shared the burden 
of worry, that comes from 

2829
02:28:35,000 --> 02:28:37,200
loving, someone who is slowly 
wearing themselves down. 

2830
02:28:38,200 --> 02:28:41,200
It was Community Care, born from
desperation, but it was 

2831
02:28:41,208 --> 02:28:44,600
beautiful in its way some of the
dancers had begun to develop 

2832
02:28:44,600 --> 02:28:48,300
their own individual styles. 
Otto, the blacksmith danced with

2833
02:28:48,308 --> 02:28:51,600
heavy rhythmic movements, that 
echoed his hammering, motions at

2834
02:28:51,600 --> 02:28:54,200
the forge Liesel, the baker's 
daughter. 

2835
02:28:54,200 --> 02:28:58,000
Spun and twisted as if needing 
invisible dough their bodies. 

2836
02:28:58,000 --> 02:29:00,200
Even in the grip of this strange
compulsion. 

2837
02:29:00,200 --> 02:29:03,500
Remember their daily work and 
transformed it into movement. 

2838
02:29:04,400 --> 02:29:07,900
By now, the city authorities 
were beginning to panic, what 

2839
02:29:07,900 --> 02:29:10,600
had started as a curious. 
Local phenomenon was threatening

2840
02:29:10,600 --> 02:29:12,700
to become a complete breakdown 
of civil order. 

2841
02:29:13,300 --> 02:29:17,100
More importantly, people were 
starting to die death when it 

2842
02:29:17,100 --> 02:29:20,300
finally came to, the dancers 
arrived, not with drama, but 

2843
02:29:20,300 --> 02:29:22,100
with a kind of merciful 
exhaustion. 

2844
02:29:22,900 --> 02:29:25,700
Similar to a candle nearing. 
Its end, the dancers, struggled 

2845
02:29:25,700 --> 02:29:29,000
to maintain the constant energy 
their body's required, it was 

2846
02:29:29,000 --> 02:29:30,400
closed. 
The Miller who went first 

2847
02:29:30,400 --> 02:29:33,500
collapsing in the middle of what
had been a particularly vigorous

2848
02:29:33,500 --> 02:29:36,200
sequence of Spin and somehow 
failing to rise again? 

2849
02:29:37,300 --> 02:29:40,300
The site of clouds lying still 
on these worn cobblestones 

2850
02:29:40,300 --> 02:29:42,200
created a strange silence in the
Square. 

2851
02:29:43,200 --> 02:29:46,300
Even the other dancers seem to 
pause as if some invisible 

2852
02:29:46,300 --> 02:29:49,300
conductor had finally give them 
permission for a moment's rest. 

2853
02:29:50,000 --> 02:29:53,200
however, only a brief moment 
passed before the surviving 

2854
02:29:53,200 --> 02:29:56,700
dancers, resumed their endless 
movement, Effley stepping around

2855
02:29:56,700 --> 02:29:59,900
their fallen friend as if he 
were merely another obstacle in 

2856
02:29:59,900 --> 02:30:02,200
their path. 
You might wonder what goes 

2857
02:30:02,200 --> 02:30:05,100
through a community's mind when 
the impossible becomes deadly. 

2858
02:30:05,900 --> 02:30:08,400
The people of Strasbourg were 
experiencing something that 

2859
02:30:08,400 --> 02:30:11,200
challenged every assumption 
they'd ever made about how the 

2860
02:30:11,200 --> 02:30:13,500
world worked. 
They were practical people 

2861
02:30:13,500 --> 02:30:16,600
accustomed to practical problems
with practical Solutions. 

2862
02:30:16,600 --> 02:30:21,000
Crop failures could be endured 
diseases, could be treated or at

2863
02:30:21,000 --> 02:30:23,700
least understood and Wars could 
be fought and ended. 

2864
02:30:24,500 --> 02:30:27,500
But this dancing plague defied 
every category they had, for 

2865
02:30:27,500 --> 02:30:31,500
making sense of suffering. 
The Physicians those learned men

2866
02:30:31,500 --> 02:30:33,600
with their impressive 
collections of books and 

2867
02:30:33,600 --> 02:30:36,600
instruments were beginning to 
admit privately that their hot 

2868
02:30:36,600 --> 02:30:38,500
blood theory might need some 
adjustment. 

2869
02:30:39,500 --> 02:30:41,700
Several had observed. 
The darks as closely enough to 

2870
02:30:41,700 --> 02:30:43,800
notice that they were sweating 
excessively. 

2871
02:30:44,500 --> 02:30:48,100
Despite their constant motion, 
their skin remained relatively 

2872
02:30:48,100 --> 02:30:50,100
cool. 
And their breathing wasn't as 

2873
02:30:50,100 --> 02:30:52,400
labor as it should have been 
given their activity level. 

2874
02:30:53,200 --> 02:30:55,300
Their body's appeared to 
function under entirely 

2875
02:30:55,300 --> 02:30:59,000
different rules. 
Dr. Hermon the most respected 

2876
02:30:59,000 --> 02:31:02,000
physician in the region, spent 
three full days and nights 

2877
02:31:02,000 --> 02:31:04,900
observing, the dancers. 
He took careful notes about 

2878
02:31:04,900 --> 02:31:08,300
their movements, they're eating 
and drinking patterns and their 

2879
02:31:08,300 --> 02:31:11,400
brief moments of rest. 
What he discovered puzzled him 

2880
02:31:11,400 --> 02:31:13,100
even more than the original 
phenomenon. 

2881
02:31:13,700 --> 02:31:15,900
The dancers seemed to be in a 
state that was neither fully 

2882
02:31:15,900 --> 02:31:19,200
conscious nor unconscious 
neither sick, nor healthy and 

2883
02:31:19,200 --> 02:31:21,300
neither voluntary, nor 
completely involuntary. 

2884
02:31:22,200 --> 02:31:25,700
It is he wrote in his journal as
if they are sleepwalking, while 

2885
02:31:25,700 --> 02:31:28,200
awake or perhaps Awakening, 
while they sleep. 

2886
02:31:29,100 --> 02:31:31,700
They respond to their names and 
can speak coherently when 

2887
02:31:31,700 --> 02:31:34,100
directly addressed yet. 
They cannot choose to stop 

2888
02:31:34,100 --> 02:31:36,300
moving. 
It is as though some part of 

2889
02:31:36,308 --> 02:31:38,600
their will as being Borrowed by 
an unknown Force. 

2890
02:31:39,800 --> 02:31:42,300
The families of the dancers were
developing their own expertise. 

2891
02:31:42,300 --> 02:31:45,800
Born from Desperate necessity, 
they learned to anticipate when 

2892
02:31:45,800 --> 02:31:47,700
their loved ones were most 
likely to collapse from 

2893
02:31:47,700 --> 02:31:50,800
exhaustion. 
They discovered which foods the 

2894
02:31:50,800 --> 02:31:53,500
dancers could manage to eat 
while moving and they developed 

2895
02:31:53,500 --> 02:31:56,200
techniques for helping them 
drink water without breaking 

2896
02:31:56,200 --> 02:31:58,700
their rhythm. 
They became amateur medical 

2897
02:31:58,700 --> 02:32:00,900
attendance, though. 
No medical school could have 

2898
02:32:00,908 --> 02:32:04,300
prepared them for this 
particular Anna, whose husband 

2899
02:32:04,300 --> 02:32:05,900
had been dancing for nearly a 
month. 

2900
02:32:05,908 --> 02:32:09,500
Describe the experience in terms
that still echo of the 

2901
02:32:09,500 --> 02:32:11,900
centuries. 
He is there and not there. 

2902
02:32:11,900 --> 02:32:16,700
His body dance is yet his eyes 
at me with a profound sadness as

2903
02:32:16,700 --> 02:32:18,800
if he finds himself imprisoned 
behind glass. 

2904
02:32:19,800 --> 02:32:22,100
Occasionally, I think he's 
trying to tell me something with

2905
02:32:22,100 --> 02:32:25,400
his movements but I cannot 
understand the languages feet of

2906
02:32:25,400 --> 02:32:27,300
speaking. 
The community was starting to 

2907
02:32:27,300 --> 02:32:30,600
feel the effects of the constant
music which they had initially 

2908
02:32:30,600 --> 02:32:33,800
perceived as beneficial. 
The Hired musicians were 

2909
02:32:33,800 --> 02:32:37,200
exhausted from playing for weeks
on end and their Melodies are 

2910
02:32:37,200 --> 02:32:40,500
taken on a repetitive almost 
hypnotic quality that seemed to 

2911
02:32:40,508 --> 02:32:44,900
make some listeners feel dizzy. 
Several people reported feeling 

2912
02:32:44,900 --> 02:32:47,100
an uncomfortable urge to move 
their feet in time. 

2913
02:32:47,100 --> 02:32:49,200
With the music though, they 
managed to resist. 

2914
02:32:49,200 --> 02:32:52,100
The compulsion. 
The dancing itself was evolving.

2915
02:32:53,300 --> 02:32:57,300
What had started as individual 
isolated movements was becoming 

2916
02:32:57,300 --> 02:33:00,200
something more coordinated. 
The dancers seemed to be 

2917
02:33:00,208 --> 02:33:03,400
responding to each other 
creating patterns and formations

2918
02:33:03,400 --> 02:33:05,300
without any apparent conscious 
intent. 

2919
02:33:06,200 --> 02:33:10,200
They would form circles, then 
lines scatter and reform in 

2920
02:33:10,200 --> 02:33:13,100
different configurations. 
It was like watching a flock of 

2921
02:33:13,108 --> 02:33:16,700
birds or a school of fish. 
Except these were human beings. 

2922
02:33:16,700 --> 02:33:18,900
Who should have been making 
deliberate choices about their 

2923
02:33:18,900 --> 02:33:22,300
movements, some of the dancers 
have begun to show signs of what

2924
02:33:22,300 --> 02:33:24,000
we might now recognized as 
trance. 

2925
02:33:24,000 --> 02:33:27,000
State's their eyes would roll 
back, their breathing would 

2926
02:33:27,000 --> 02:33:29,700
become shallow and rapid and 
they would move with an intense 

2927
02:33:29,700 --> 02:33:32,200
that seemed to come from 
somewhere outside themselves. 

2928
02:33:33,100 --> 02:33:35,800
During these episodes, they 
appeared completely unreachable.

2929
02:33:35,800 --> 02:33:39,900
As if they had temporarily left,
their bodies behind entirely the

2930
02:33:39,900 --> 02:33:42,100
religious community was 
fracturing under the weight of 

2931
02:33:42,108 --> 02:33:45,500
competing interpretations. 
Father, philhealth preached. 

2932
02:33:45,500 --> 02:33:48,700
That the dancing was a form of 
divine ecstasy, similar to what?

2933
02:33:48,700 --> 02:33:50,500
Mystics experienced during 
prayer. 

2934
02:33:50,500 --> 02:33:54,100
Father, Johann, argued it was 
clearly demonic possession and 

2935
02:33:54,100 --> 02:33:57,700
called for exorcisms. 
Father, Klaus the city's, oldest

2936
02:33:57,700 --> 02:34:00,600
priest suggested that God was 
teaching them about the nature 

2937
02:34:00,600 --> 02:34:03,500
of human will and the body's 
relationship to the soul. 

2938
02:34:04,400 --> 02:34:06,900
The debates were becoming 
increasingly heated and the 

2939
02:34:06,900 --> 02:34:10,100
congregation was choosing side's
based as much on their fears as 

2940
02:34:10,100 --> 02:34:12,300
on their face. 
It's remarkable. 

2941
02:34:12,300 --> 02:34:15,600
How quickly theological 
certainty can crumble when faced

2942
02:34:15,600 --> 02:34:19,200
with something that doesn't fit 
neatly into existing categories 

2943
02:34:19,200 --> 02:34:22,200
of understanding. 
Meanwhile, the dancers danced on

2944
02:34:22,200 --> 02:34:25,500
their numbers fluctuating as 
some collapsed and others were 

2945
02:34:25,500 --> 02:34:27,000
mysteriously called to join 
them. 

2946
02:34:27,800 --> 02:34:30,600
The city had become a living 
laboratory for questions. 

2947
02:34:30,600 --> 02:34:34,300
That nobody knew how to ask 
better loan answer when faced 

2948
02:34:34,300 --> 02:34:37,600
with the inexplicable humans 
have a tendency to multiply 

2949
02:34:37,600 --> 02:34:39,700
explanations rather than admit 
ignorance. 

2950
02:34:40,700 --> 02:34:42,600
By the fourth week of the 
dancing plague. 

2951
02:34:42,600 --> 02:34:45,800
Strasbourg had attracted more 
experts than a modern medical 

2952
02:34:45,800 --> 02:34:48,600
conference each arriving, with 
their own pet, theories and 

2953
02:34:48,600 --> 02:34:52,500
proposed Solutions Master Yuan 
from the University of Basil, 

2954
02:34:52,500 --> 02:34:55,800
wrote an impressive collection 
of astrological charts and 

2955
02:34:55,800 --> 02:34:57,500
announced that the dancing was 
clearly. 

2956
02:34:57,500 --> 02:35:00,700
The result of planetary, Mel 
alignment, Mercury. 

2957
02:35:00,700 --> 02:35:03,900
He explained with considerable 
Authority, was in an unfortunate

2958
02:35:03,900 --> 02:35:07,600
conjunction with Mars, creating 
an excess of kinetic energy in 

2959
02:35:07,600 --> 02:35:11,300
susceptible individuals. 
His solution involved complex 

2960
02:35:11,300 --> 02:35:14,400
calculations of when the planets
would return to a more 

2961
02:35:14,408 --> 02:35:17,000
harmonious configuration. 
Roughly six months. 

2962
02:35:17,000 --> 02:35:20,300
Hence brother Augustine from the
monastery at multimed. 

2963
02:35:20,300 --> 02:35:21,900
Had a different interpretation 
entirely. 

2964
02:35:21,900 --> 02:35:25,500
He arrived with a cart full of 
holy relics, and proclaimed that

2965
02:35:25,500 --> 02:35:29,100
the dancers were experiencing a 
form of religious ecstasy, like 

2966
02:35:29,100 --> 02:35:32,600
Watson himself had experienced. 
The solution. 

2967
02:35:32,600 --> 02:35:36,900
He insisted was pilgrimage to 
the shrine of Saint Vitus, where

2968
02:35:36,900 --> 02:35:39,900
the dancers could Channel their 
divinely inspired movement into 

2969
02:35:39,900 --> 02:35:42,400
proper worship. 
You can imagine the scene 

2970
02:35:42,400 --> 02:35:45,000
learned men with their Scrolls 
and instruments. 

2971
02:35:45,000 --> 02:35:48,900
Religious authorities with their
crosses and holy water, all 

2972
02:35:48,900 --> 02:35:51,400
standing around debating the 
finer points of their theories. 

2973
02:35:51,400 --> 02:35:55,300
While 40 people can continue 
their endless dance, mere feet 

2974
02:35:55,300 --> 02:35:59,200
away, It was like convening a 
panel of experts to discuss the 

2975
02:35:59,200 --> 02:36:01,600
nature of rain while standing in
the middle of a thunderstorm. 

2976
02:36:02,900 --> 02:36:05,800
The city council meanwhile was 
dealing with increasingly 

2977
02:36:05,800 --> 02:36:10,100
practical concerns, the dancing 
had disrupted Commerce attracted

2978
02:36:10,100 --> 02:36:12,800
unwanted attention from 
neighboring regions and was 

2979
02:36:12,808 --> 02:36:15,300
beginning to strain. 
The city's resources, they 

2980
02:36:15,300 --> 02:36:19,100
needed Solutions, not theories, 
but every expert who arrived 

2981
02:36:19,100 --> 02:36:21,000
seemed to bring more questions 
than answers. 

2982
02:36:22,000 --> 02:36:24,900
Dr. Paracelsus, Who would later 
become famous for his 

2983
02:36:24,900 --> 02:36:27,300
revolutionary. 
Medical ideas made a brief 

2984
02:36:27,300 --> 02:36:30,100
appearance during this period. 
His assessment was 

2985
02:36:30,100 --> 02:36:33,800
characteristically blunt, These 
learned men speak of hot blood 

2986
02:36:33,800 --> 02:36:36,600
and planetary influences, while 
people die before their eyes. 

2987
02:36:36,600 --> 02:36:40,500
Perhaps the sickness is not in 
the dance as bodies, but in our 

2988
02:36:40,500 --> 02:36:44,000
understanding of what bodies can
do, he was particularly critical

2989
02:36:44,000 --> 02:36:47,300
of the decision to provide music
for the dancers, you might as 

2990
02:36:47,300 --> 02:36:48,800
well. 
Give wine to a drunk at and call

2991
02:36:48,808 --> 02:36:51,400
it medicine. 
He observed, the music feeds, 

2992
02:36:51,400 --> 02:36:54,500
the compulsion rather than 
curing it occasionally, the 

2993
02:36:54,500 --> 02:36:57,700
kindest treatment is to remove 
what seems helpful, but proves 

2994
02:36:57,700 --> 02:37:02,200
harmful his words carried weight
and action began to form around 

2995
02:37:02,200 --> 02:37:05,300
the idea of trying complete 
silent of constant music. 

2996
02:37:06,400 --> 02:37:09,500
It was a radical departure from 
the established treatment, but 

2997
02:37:09,500 --> 02:37:11,700
then again, the existing 
treatment wasn't working 

2998
02:37:11,700 --> 02:37:13,900
particularly. 
Well, the families of the 

2999
02:37:13,900 --> 02:37:16,600
dancers were developing their 
own theories, based on intimate 

3000
02:37:16,600 --> 02:37:19,900
observation, they noticed that 
their loved ones seem to dance 

3001
02:37:19,900 --> 02:37:23,100
more frantically when crowds 
gathered as if performing for an

3002
02:37:23,108 --> 02:37:27,000
audience, they couldn't see They
observed that certain types of 

3003
02:37:27,000 --> 02:37:30,200
music triggered more intense 
movements, While others seem to 

3004
02:37:30,200 --> 02:37:33,600
calm the dancer slightly. 
They discovered that the dancers

3005
02:37:33,600 --> 02:37:36,400
movement, sometimes echoed their
daily work routines. 

3006
02:37:37,300 --> 02:37:39,500
Often that none of the Learned 
experts had bothered to 

3007
02:37:39,500 --> 02:37:42,200
document. 
Elizabeth, whose teenage 

3008
02:37:42,208 --> 02:37:43,900
daughter had been dancing for 
three weeks. 

3009
02:37:43,900 --> 02:37:47,800
Made a particularly astute 
observation, she dances like 

3010
02:37:47,800 --> 02:37:50,600
she's trying to escape from 
something, but also like she's 

3011
02:37:50,600 --> 02:37:53,000
trying to reach something. 
Her movements aren't random 

3012
02:37:53,000 --> 02:37:56,900
their searching, but I cannot 
tell what she searching for this

3013
02:37:56,900 --> 02:37:59,900
idea of the dance is a form of 
searching resonated with other 

3014
02:37:59,900 --> 02:38:02,300
families. 
They began to notice that their 

3015
02:38:02,300 --> 02:38:05,100
dancers appeared to be moving, 
either towards something or away

3016
02:38:05,100 --> 02:38:07,500
from it, though. 
The nature of that something 

3017
02:38:07,500 --> 02:38:09,000
remained invisible to everyone 
else. 

3018
02:38:09,900 --> 02:38:12,500
It was as if the dancers could 
see a landscape that existed 

3019
02:38:12,500 --> 02:38:15,100
only for them. 
The younger members of the 

3020
02:38:15,100 --> 02:38:17,300
community were having their 
reactions to the prolonged 

3021
02:38:17,300 --> 02:38:21,100
crisis children who had 
initially been fascinated were 

3022
02:38:21,100 --> 02:38:23,400
now having nightmares about the 
being unable to stop moving. 

3023
02:38:24,200 --> 02:38:27,000
Teenagers were avoiding the 
areas where dancers congregated 

3024
02:38:27,000 --> 02:38:30,300
afraid that the compulsion might
somehow reach out and grab them,

3025
02:38:30,300 --> 02:38:32,800
too. 
Young adults were leaving the 

3026
02:38:32,800 --> 02:38:36,500
city entirely unwilling to risk 
being caught up in whatever was 

3027
02:38:36,500 --> 02:38:39,800
happening. 
Perhaps most tellingly some 

3028
02:38:39,800 --> 02:38:42,400
people were beginning to report.
Feeling a strange sympathy with 

3029
02:38:42,400 --> 02:38:44,800
the dancers. 
They would watch the endless 

3030
02:38:44,800 --> 02:38:47,500
movement and find their feet 
tapping involuntarily. 

3031
02:38:47,500 --> 02:38:50,600
They were dream of dancing and 
wake up with their legs. 

3032
02:38:50,600 --> 02:38:53,800
Tangled in bed, sheets. 
A few even reported brief 

3033
02:38:53,800 --> 02:38:56,700
moments of feeling enormous 
irresistible urge to join the 

3034
02:38:56,700 --> 02:38:59,200
dancers, though. 
They managed to fight off the 

3035
02:38:59,200 --> 02:39:02,200
compulsion. 
Their experience is raised 

3036
02:39:02,200 --> 02:39:04,200
disturbing questions about the 
nature of the condition. 

3037
02:39:04,200 --> 02:39:08,300
Was it truly random or some 
people more susceptible than 

3038
02:39:08,300 --> 02:39:11,000
others? 
Was it a hidden contagion or a 

3039
02:39:11,000 --> 02:39:12,800
dormant part of the human 
psyche? 

3040
02:39:13,500 --> 02:39:16,400
Dr. Hermon had been observing 
the dancers since the beginning 

3041
02:39:16,400 --> 02:39:19,300
was developing a theory that was
both simpler and more complex 

3042
02:39:19,300 --> 02:39:22,700
than the others being proposed. 
He suspected that the dancing 

3043
02:39:22,700 --> 02:39:26,300
might be a physical expression 
of something psychological, a 

3044
02:39:26,300 --> 02:39:28,500
kind of breaking point. 
Where individual human will 

3045
02:39:28,500 --> 02:39:31,000
simply gave up trying to 
maintain control over an 

3046
02:39:31,000 --> 02:39:32,500
increasingly uncontrollable 
world. 

3047
02:39:33,800 --> 02:39:37,300
Perhaps he wrote in his private 
notes, the dancers are not sick,

3048
02:39:37,300 --> 02:39:39,300
but rather more honest than the 
rest of us. 

3049
02:39:40,000 --> 02:39:42,400
They are showing us what it 
looks like when the human Spirit

3050
02:39:42,400 --> 02:39:45,200
can no longer pretend that, it 
has Mastery over the body, it 

3051
02:39:45,200 --> 02:39:47,900
inhabits. 
It was a radical idea for its 

3052
02:39:47,900 --> 02:39:51,000
time suggesting that the 
boundary between mind and body. 

3053
02:39:51,000 --> 02:39:53,300
Might be more porous than anyone
had imagined. 

3054
02:39:53,300 --> 02:39:56,700
Sometimes the most profound 
shifts happen not with dramatic 

3055
02:39:56,700 --> 02:40:00,200
Revelations but with quiet 
observations made by exhausted 

3056
02:40:00,200 --> 02:40:04,000
people who have run out of 
clever theories It was Frau 

3057
02:40:04,000 --> 02:40:06,400
Betha, the baker's wife, who had
been caring for three different 

3058
02:40:06,400 --> 02:40:09,200
dancers, who first noticed the 
pattern that would eventually 

3059
02:40:09,200 --> 02:40:12,800
lead to the plagues resolution. 
She observed that the dancers 

3060
02:40:12,800 --> 02:40:16,300
seemed calmer though they never 
stopped moving entirely when 

3061
02:40:16,300 --> 02:40:19,700
they were in smaller groups away
from the crowds and the constant

3062
02:40:19,700 --> 02:40:22,200
music. 
More importantly, she noticed 

3063
02:40:22,200 --> 02:40:25,000
that they danced differently in 
the early morning hours before 

3064
02:40:25,000 --> 02:40:28,100
the city fully awakened. 
Their movements were still 

3065
02:40:28,100 --> 02:40:32,000
compulsive but they seem less 
frantic more like people walking

3066
02:40:32,000 --> 02:40:34,600
in their sleep than people 
fleeing from invisible demons. 

3067
02:40:36,200 --> 02:40:38,100
It's the watching. 
She told doctor Herman one 

3068
02:40:38,100 --> 02:40:41,100
morning after a, particularly 
long night of observation, they 

3069
02:40:41,100 --> 02:40:42,600
dance harder when people watch 
them. 

3070
02:40:42,600 --> 02:40:44,400
Not because they wanted 
attention. 

3071
02:40:44,400 --> 02:40:46,500
But because something about 
being watched to make the 

3072
02:40:46,500 --> 02:40:51,700
dancing worse, this Insight led 
to acquire to experiment, a few 

3073
02:40:51,708 --> 02:40:54,000
families began taking their 
dancing relatives to more 

3074
02:40:54,000 --> 02:40:56,700
secluded locations, quiet 
Courtyards. 

3075
02:40:56,700 --> 02:41:00,500
Guardians outside the city walls
even private homes with large 

3076
02:41:00,500 --> 02:41:03,000
rooms. 
The results were subtle but 

3077
02:41:03,000 --> 02:41:06,500
unmistakable away from audiences
and musicians, the dancers 

3078
02:41:06,500 --> 02:41:11,000
movements became less violent, 
less desperate, doctor, Herman 

3079
02:41:11,000 --> 02:41:12,700
documented, these changes 
carefully. 

3080
02:41:12,700 --> 02:41:15,700
The dancers are still couldn't 
stop moving but their movements 

3081
02:41:15,700 --> 02:41:18,900
became more flowing less like 
convulsion and more like a 

3082
02:41:18,900 --> 02:41:22,400
strange form of sleepwalking. 
Some even began to show brief 

3083
02:41:22,400 --> 02:41:26,300
moments of genuine rest, not 
collapse from exhaustion, but 

3084
02:41:26,300 --> 02:41:29,700
actual pauses in their movement,
the religious authorities were 

3085
02:41:29,700 --> 02:41:32,700
initially resistant to this 
approach, brother Augustine 

3086
02:41:32,700 --> 02:41:35,400
argued, that removing the 
dancers from public view was 

3087
02:41:35,400 --> 02:41:37,800
tantamount to hide in God's work
from the faithful. 

3088
02:41:38,700 --> 02:41:40,900
But father Klaus the elderly 
priest who had been quietly 

3089
02:41:40,900 --> 02:41:43,900
observing throughout the crisis,
supported the experiment. 

3090
02:41:45,000 --> 02:41:47,900
Perhaps he suggested what these 
Souls need is. 

3091
02:41:47,900 --> 02:41:50,100
Not more attention, but more 
Piece. 

3092
02:41:51,000 --> 02:41:54,400
The city council pragmatic. 
As always, was simply relived to

3093
02:41:54,400 --> 02:41:57,100
have the disruption moved away 
from the main commercial areas. 

3094
02:41:57,100 --> 02:42:00,400
They officially sanctioned the 
creation of quiet spaces where 

3095
02:42:00,400 --> 02:42:03,100
dancers could be cared for away 
from crowds though. 

3096
02:42:03,100 --> 02:42:04,900
They were careful not to call it
to cure. 

3097
02:42:05,700 --> 02:42:08,400
Gradually, as they relocated the
dancers to more peaceful 

3098
02:42:08,400 --> 02:42:10,800
environments, an unexpected 
event occurred. 

3099
02:42:11,500 --> 02:42:14,400
Without the stimulation of 
constant music and crowds their 

3100
02:42:14,400 --> 02:42:16,600
individual personalities began 
to reassert themselves. 

3101
02:42:17,900 --> 02:42:21,900
Maria, the seamstress started 
incorporating recognizable, 

3102
02:42:21,900 --> 02:42:23,800
gestures from her work in her 
dance. 

3103
02:42:24,700 --> 02:42:27,600
Not the Frantic mimicry that had
characterized her earlier 

3104
02:42:27,600 --> 02:42:30,600
movements but something more 
like a conversation between her 

3105
02:42:30,600 --> 02:42:35,000
conscious and unconscious minds.
Otto the blacksmith's movements 

3106
02:42:35,000 --> 02:42:37,600
began to follow the rhythm of 
breathing rather than some 

3107
02:42:37,600 --> 02:42:39,900
internal drum beat that no one 
else could hear. 

3108
02:42:40,900 --> 02:42:44,000
His dance became less about 
desperate energy and more about 

3109
02:42:44,000 --> 02:42:47,200
a kind of patient endurance as 
if he were waiting for something

3110
02:42:47,200 --> 02:42:50,200
to finish cooling in his Forge. 
The families caring for the 

3111
02:42:50,208 --> 02:42:52,900
dancers developed new routines. 
Based on these observations, 

3112
02:42:52,900 --> 02:42:55,500
they created spaces that were 
comfortable. 

3113
02:42:55,500 --> 02:42:58,800
But not stimulating provided 
simple Foods at regular 

3114
02:42:58,800 --> 02:43:01,200
intervals. 
And most importantly, they learn

3115
02:43:01,200 --> 02:43:02,900
to be present without being 
intrusive. 

3116
02:43:03,800 --> 02:43:06,300
They discovered that the dancers
seem to respond to quiet 

3117
02:43:06,300 --> 02:43:09,400
companionship in ways. 
They hadn't responded to Medical

3118
02:43:09,400 --> 02:43:13,300
interventions or religious 
ceremonies Anna, whose husband 

3119
02:43:13,300 --> 02:43:14,900
had been dancing for over a 
month. 

3120
02:43:14,900 --> 02:43:18,100
Described the change. 
He still moved constantly but 

3121
02:43:18,100 --> 02:43:20,600
now it's like he's dancing with 
something instead of fighting 

3122
02:43:20,600 --> 02:43:23,900
against something. 
I can see him in there behind 

3123
02:43:23,900 --> 02:43:27,600
his eyes waiting. 
This sentence of waiting became 

3124
02:43:27,600 --> 02:43:30,000
a common theme in her family's 
described their dancing 

3125
02:43:30,000 --> 02:43:32,400
relatives. 
The dancers appeared to be in a 

3126
02:43:32,400 --> 02:43:36,000
state of floods, neither fully 
present or fully absent and 

3127
02:43:36,000 --> 02:43:40,100
neither completely sick nor 
completely well Dr. Hermon began

3128
02:43:40,100 --> 02:43:42,600
to theorize that the dancing 
might represent a form of 

3129
02:43:42,600 --> 02:43:44,300
healing. 
Instead of being, merely a sign 

3130
02:43:44,308 --> 02:43:47,000
of sickness, though. 
He couldn't specify what it was 

3131
02:43:47,000 --> 02:43:50,400
healing from. 
Perhaps he wrote, there are 

3132
02:43:50,400 --> 02:43:53,100
injuries to the human spirit. 
That can only be mended through 

3133
02:43:53,100 --> 02:43:55,400
movement. 
Just as there are injuries to 

3134
02:43:55,400 --> 02:43:57,600
the body that can only be healed
through rest. 

3135
02:43:58,400 --> 02:44:02,000
The idea was revolutionary. 
That the dancing might be a cure

3136
02:44:02,000 --> 02:44:05,300
rather than a disease a 
necessary process rather than a 

3137
02:44:05,300 --> 02:44:08,400
pathological condition. 
It suggested that the dancers 

3138
02:44:08,400 --> 02:44:11,000
bodies might possess a wisdom 
that their conscious Minds 

3139
02:44:11,000 --> 02:44:14,000
couldn't access. 
As word of the quieter approach,

3140
02:44:14,000 --> 02:44:17,100
spread some of the original 
experts began to reconsider 

3141
02:44:17,100 --> 02:44:20,400
their theories. 
Master Yohan from barcelon 

3142
02:44:20,400 --> 02:44:22,700
admitted that his planetary 
calculations might need to 

3143
02:44:22,700 --> 02:44:24,300
account for environmental 
factors. 

3144
02:44:25,300 --> 02:44:27,800
Brother, Augustine suggested 
that perhaps the saint was 

3145
02:44:27,800 --> 02:44:31,000
working through peaceful 
contemplation rather than public

3146
02:44:31,000 --> 02:44:34,200
demonstration. 
Even paracelsus in his final 

3147
02:44:34,200 --> 02:44:35,900
notes. 
On the case, the acknowledge 

3148
02:44:35,900 --> 02:44:38,900
that the solution had come not 
from learning intervention but 

3149
02:44:38,900 --> 02:44:41,300
from careful observation by 
people who cared more about 

3150
02:44:41,300 --> 02:44:45,300
helping than about being right. 
The family's discovered, what we

3151
02:44:45,300 --> 02:44:47,800
experts missed. 
He wrote sometimes healing 

3152
02:44:47,800 --> 02:44:51,500
requires not doing more, but 
doing less the number of new 

3153
02:44:51,500 --> 02:44:53,900
cases had already begun to slow 
the weather. 

3154
02:44:53,900 --> 02:44:56,500
The decline was due to the 
change to approach or simply the

3155
02:44:56,500 --> 02:44:58,700
natural progression of the 
phenomenon remained unclear. 

3156
02:44:59,800 --> 02:45:01,500
What was clear was that the 
desperate? 

3157
02:45:01,500 --> 02:45:04,800
Frantic quality of the dancing 
was gradually, giving way to 

3158
02:45:04,800 --> 02:45:07,300
something that looked more like 
a strange form of prayer or 

3159
02:45:07,300 --> 02:45:10,900
meditation, the city itself was 
slowly returning to something, 

3160
02:45:10,900 --> 02:45:14,100
resembling normal life. 
Though the experience had 

3161
02:45:14,100 --> 02:45:15,400
changed everyone who lived 
through it. 

3162
02:45:15,400 --> 02:45:19,100
People walked more carefully as 
if testing whether their feet 

3163
02:45:19,108 --> 02:45:21,800
would obey their intentions. 
They looked at each other 

3164
02:45:21,800 --> 02:45:24,600
differently with the new 
awareness of how little control.

3165
02:45:24,600 --> 02:45:27,000
Any of them really had over 
their own bodies and Minds. 

3166
02:45:27,000 --> 02:45:30,600
You know, how some storms end 
not with the dramatic crash of 

3167
02:45:30,600 --> 02:45:33,800
Thunder, but with a gradual 
lessening of wind and rain until

3168
02:45:33,800 --> 02:45:36,100
you suddenly realize the silence
as returned. 

3169
02:45:37,500 --> 02:45:40,500
The dancing plague of Strathmore
ended in much the same way. 

3170
02:45:40,500 --> 02:45:43,800
So, gradually that nobody could 
say exactly, when it stopped 

3171
02:45:43,800 --> 02:45:48,700
being an emergency, and started 
being a memory, For started, it 

3172
02:45:48,700 --> 02:45:52,100
all with her first involuntary, 
step was among the last to find 

3173
02:45:52,108 --> 02:45:55,100
Stillness. 
Six weeks, she'd been the 

3174
02:45:55,100 --> 02:45:57,200
unwilling Pioneer of this 
strange territory. 

3175
02:45:57,200 --> 02:45:59,900
Where human will met its 
mysterious limits? 

3176
02:46:00,700 --> 02:46:03,700
When she finally stopped moving,
it wasn't with collapse or 

3177
02:46:03,708 --> 02:46:06,200
drama. 
But with a simple pause, that 

3178
02:46:06,200 --> 02:46:09,900
gradually extended into rest. 
She was sitting in the garden by

3179
02:46:09,900 --> 02:46:12,800
the baker's house where her 
family had moved her to escape 

3180
02:46:12,800 --> 02:46:14,400
the crowds and the constant 
music. 

3181
02:46:15,200 --> 02:46:18,200
The morning sun was filtering 
through Apple leaves and she had

3182
02:46:18,200 --> 02:46:20,700
been moving in slow gentle 
circles for hours. 

3183
02:46:21,500 --> 02:46:24,700
Then as naturally as a person 
might stop humming a tune. 

3184
02:46:24,700 --> 02:46:27,800
She simply sat down on a wooden 
bench and stayed there. 

3185
02:46:28,600 --> 02:46:31,100
Her sister had been watching 
anxiously from the kitchen 

3186
02:46:31,100 --> 02:46:33,400
window almost didn't believe it 
at first. 

3187
02:46:34,700 --> 02:46:37,300
She waited several minutes 
before approaching afraid that 

3188
02:46:37,308 --> 02:46:40,800
any attention might restart the 
compulsive movement but Frou 

3189
02:46:40,800 --> 02:46:43,700
Faire, remained seated, looking 
around the garden with clear 

3190
02:46:43,700 --> 02:46:46,800
present eyes as if she was 
seeing it for the first time in 

3191
02:46:46,800 --> 02:46:48,700
weeks. 
I'm tired. 

3192
02:46:48,700 --> 02:46:51,900
She said, simply and her sister 
began to weep with relief. 

3193
02:46:53,400 --> 02:46:56,000
Over the following days, the 
other dancers found their ways 

3194
02:46:56,000 --> 02:46:59,200
back to Stillness. 
Some stopped during sleep and 

3195
02:46:59,200 --> 02:47:02,300
simply didn't resume when they 
woke others came to rest. 

3196
02:47:02,300 --> 02:47:05,500
Gradually their movements 
slowing like music boxes. 

3197
02:47:05,500 --> 02:47:08,500
Winding down. 
A few experience their final 

3198
02:47:08,500 --> 02:47:10,900
dance as something beautiful 
rather than desperate. 

3199
02:47:11,600 --> 02:47:14,000
A kind of Celebration or 
completion, that left them 

3200
02:47:14,000 --> 02:47:17,600
exhausted but oddly peaceful. 
Not everyone survived the 

3201
02:47:17,600 --> 02:47:21,400
experience, the official records
show that several dancers died 

3202
02:47:21,400 --> 02:47:24,900
from exhaustion or related 
complications though. 

3203
02:47:24,900 --> 02:47:28,400
The exact number was never 
precisely documented, those who 

3204
02:47:28,400 --> 02:47:30,900
lived carried the memory of 
those weeks in their bodies for 

3205
02:47:30,900 --> 02:47:33,600
the rest of their lives. 
They walked differently 

3206
02:47:33,600 --> 02:47:36,400
afterwards with a kind of 
conscious gratitude for their 

3207
02:47:36,400 --> 02:47:38,500
ability to choose when and how 
to move. 

3208
02:47:39,300 --> 02:47:41,600
Dr. Hermon spent months, 
interviewing the recovered 

3209
02:47:41,600 --> 02:47:44,700
dancers trying to understand 
what they had experienced during

3210
02:47:44,700 --> 02:47:46,100
their weeks of compulsive 
movement. 

3211
02:47:47,000 --> 02:47:49,700
Their descriptions were 
remarkably consistent in some 

3212
02:47:49,700 --> 02:47:52,000
ways, and completely individual 
in others. 

3213
02:47:52,900 --> 02:47:56,000
Most remembered feeling trapped 
in their bodies aware of what 

3214
02:47:56,008 --> 02:47:57,800
was happening. 
But unable to control it. 

3215
02:47:58,600 --> 02:48:02,300
But they also described odd 
moments of Peace as if dancing 

3216
02:48:02,300 --> 02:48:04,700
had taken them to places, they 
couldn't reach on purpose. 

3217
02:48:05,800 --> 02:48:07,800
It was like being carried by a 
river Maria. 

3218
02:48:07,800 --> 02:48:10,500
The seamstress told him 
frightening because I couldn't 

3219
02:48:10,500 --> 02:48:13,100
swim to shore. 
But also sometimes beautiful 

3220
02:48:13,100 --> 02:48:16,000
because I could see things from 
the water that I never would 

3221
02:48:16,000 --> 02:48:19,500
have seen from the bank. 
Otto, the blacksmith had a 

3222
02:48:19,500 --> 02:48:21,900
different metaphor. 
It was like being a piece of 

3223
02:48:21,908 --> 02:48:24,600
metal on my Anvil being shaped 
by hammers. 

3224
02:48:24,600 --> 02:48:28,100
I couldn't see it hurt but 
something in me knew the 

3225
02:48:28,100 --> 02:48:30,900
hammering was necessary. 
These interviews revealed that 

3226
02:48:30,900 --> 02:48:34,200
the dancers had maintained more 
aware of anyone had suspected. 

3227
02:48:35,200 --> 02:48:38,200
They had been conscious of their
families care grateful for the 

3228
02:48:38,200 --> 02:48:41,200
quiet spaces and aware of the 
changes in their movement 

3229
02:48:41,200 --> 02:48:44,600
patterns they'd simply been 
powerless to communicate this 

3230
02:48:44,600 --> 02:48:46,600
awareness while the dancing 
continued. 

3231
02:48:47,900 --> 02:48:50,400
The city of Strasbourg, 
gradually returned to its normal

3232
02:48:50,400 --> 02:48:52,700
rhythms though. 
The memory of those summer 

3233
02:48:52,700 --> 02:48:56,200
weeks, left permanent changes, 
the authorities developed better

3234
02:48:56,200 --> 02:48:59,800
protocols for caring for people 
in crisis, emphasizing comfort 

3235
02:48:59,800 --> 02:49:01,900
and observation over dramatic 
interventions. 

3236
02:49:02,900 --> 02:49:05,500
The Physicians Incorporated, new
ideas about the relationship 

3237
02:49:05,500 --> 02:49:08,600
between mind and body into their
practice, the religious 

3238
02:49:08,600 --> 02:49:11,300
community developed, a more 
complex conception of how the 

3239
02:49:11,300 --> 02:49:13,500
sacred might manifest in Human 
Experience. 

3240
02:49:14,200 --> 02:49:16,800
Perhaps the most lasting change 
was in how the people of 

3241
02:49:16,800 --> 02:49:20,500
Strathmore and human 
vulnerability. 

3242
02:49:20,500 --> 02:49:23,400
They had witnessed something 
that challenged fundamental 

3243
02:49:23,400 --> 02:49:25,700
assumptions. 
About how much power individuals

3244
02:49:25,700 --> 02:49:28,700
have over their bodies and 
choices They had learned that 

3245
02:49:28,700 --> 02:49:32,100
sometimes the most caring 
response to someone's crisis is 

3246
02:49:32,100 --> 02:49:34,400
not to try to fix them but to 
stay present. 

3247
02:49:34,400 --> 02:49:36,900
While they work through whatever
healing process, their more 

3248
02:49:36,900 --> 02:49:40,500
profound wisdom, has initiated 
the cobblestones in the Town 

3249
02:49:40,500 --> 02:49:42,200
Square. 
Still bear faint marks from 

3250
02:49:42,200 --> 02:49:44,900
those weeks of endless dancing, 
though, you'd have to know where

3251
02:49:44,900 --> 02:49:48,000
to look to see them. 
Local guides sometimes Point 

3252
02:49:48,000 --> 02:49:51,200
them out to visitors, telling a 
abbreviated version of the story

3253
02:49:51,200 --> 02:49:54,400
that emphasized the strangeness 
while missing the deeper lessons

3254
02:49:54,400 --> 02:49:57,200
about Community Care and the 
Mystery of human resilience. 

3255
02:49:58,300 --> 02:50:01,000
Years later when other 
community's experience, similar 

3256
02:50:01,000 --> 02:50:04,100
outbreaks of dancing Mania and 
there were several throughout 

3257
02:50:04,100 --> 02:50:06,900
Medieval Europe, some 
remembered, the lessons of 

3258
02:50:06,900 --> 02:50:09,400
Strasbourg. 
They learned to provide quiet 

3259
02:50:09,400 --> 02:50:13,100
spaces rather than public stages
to offer patient presence, 

3260
02:50:13,100 --> 02:50:16,400
rather than dramatic cures. 
And to trust that sometimes 

3261
02:50:16,400 --> 02:50:18,300
healing looks different from 
what we expect. 

3262
02:50:19,600 --> 02:50:22,700
The dancing plague of 1518 
remains one of history's, most 

3263
02:50:22,700 --> 02:50:26,100
puzzling medical Mysteries, but 
it's also a story about how 

3264
02:50:26,100 --> 02:50:29,400
communities can learn to care 
for members who are experiencing

3265
02:50:29,400 --> 02:50:31,600
something Beyond ordinary 
understanding. 

3266
02:50:32,300 --> 02:50:35,200
It reminds us that the human 
body and spirit the capable of 

3267
02:50:35,200 --> 02:50:38,300
experiences that exceed our 
ability to categorize or control

3268
02:50:38,300 --> 02:50:41,500
them and that sometimes the 
wisest response to mystery is 

3269
02:50:41,500 --> 02:50:45,500
not to solve it but to honor it.
As you drift towards sleep 

3270
02:50:45,500 --> 02:50:48,600
tonight, you might think about 
Frou Trophy and her fellow 

3271
02:50:48,600 --> 02:50:51,400
dancers and about the families 
who learn to love them through 

3272
02:50:51,400 --> 02:50:54,600
their strange Journey. 
You might contemplate the 

3273
02:50:54,600 --> 02:50:58,300
delicate boundary that sometimes
exists between what we perceive 

3274
02:50:58,300 --> 02:51:01,400
as normal and what we perceive 
as impossible and how much 

3275
02:51:01,400 --> 02:51:04,600
healing occurs not through 
expert intervention through the 

3276
02:51:04,600 --> 02:51:08,300
patient presence of individuals 
who care enough to remain and 

3277
02:51:08,300 --> 02:51:12,000
observe what ever unfolds. 
The dance is always there. 

3278
02:51:12,000 --> 02:51:15,700
Just beneath the surface of our 
ordered lives waiting to teach 

3279
02:51:15,700 --> 02:51:19,200
us something about surrender 
about community, and about the 

3280
02:51:19,200 --> 02:51:23,000
beautiful terrifying, mystery of
Being Human in a body that is 

3281
02:51:23,000 --> 02:51:24,700
never entirely under our 
control. 

3282
02:51:33,100 --> 02:51:37,400
Temper the 7th 1533, Elizabeth 
Tudor was born at Greenwich 

3283
02:51:37,400 --> 02:51:41,400
Palace amidst a flurry of 
anticipation and unease her 

3284
02:51:41,400 --> 02:51:43,600
father. 
King Henry, the 8th had broken 

3285
02:51:43,600 --> 02:51:46,400
from the Catholic Church to 
marry her mother and Berlin. 

3286
02:51:46,400 --> 02:51:50,100
So Elizabeth's birth was charged
with political tensions, the 

3287
02:51:50,100 --> 02:51:53,500
king desperate for a male Heir, 
found himself disappointed when 

3288
02:51:53,500 --> 02:51:54,900
the infant turned out to be a 
girl. 

3289
02:51:55,600 --> 02:51:59,400
Still baby, Elizabeth bore the 
weight of dynastic, hopes her 

3290
02:51:59,400 --> 02:52:02,300
every cool cry. 
Analyzed for signs, that the 

3291
02:52:02,300 --> 02:52:05,700
Tudor line might endure. 
The infant's, earliest days 

3292
02:52:05,700 --> 02:52:08,500
unfolded in a quart grappling 
with religious upheaval. 

3293
02:52:09,200 --> 02:52:11,600
Henry's new church of England 
stood at odds with Rome. 

3294
02:52:11,600 --> 02:52:16,300
Courtiers whispered about the 
king's next move, the queen and 

3295
02:52:16,300 --> 02:52:19,500
attempted to Shield her daughter
from the swirling environment. 

3296
02:52:19,500 --> 02:52:22,600
Ensuring she received the best 
available wetness is and 

3297
02:52:22,600 --> 02:52:25,200
comfort. 
However, the precariousness 

3298
02:52:25,200 --> 02:52:29,000
quickly became apparent. 
Few years later and face 

3299
02:52:29,000 --> 02:52:32,100
execution, due to dubious 
charges of treason and adultery 

3300
02:52:32,100 --> 02:52:35,900
motherless two, Elizabeth was 
declared illegitimate by her 

3301
02:52:35,900 --> 02:52:40,200
father's decree losing her title
of Princess raised in separate 

3302
02:52:40,200 --> 02:52:43,700
Royal households, Elizabeth 
seldom saw Henry the 8th. 

3303
02:52:44,300 --> 02:52:47,600
Various stepmothers came and 
went with some offering brief 

3304
02:52:47,600 --> 02:52:50,700
maternal warmth. 
She formed a particularly close 

3305
02:52:50,700 --> 02:52:54,400
bond with Catherine, Parr Henry,
sixth wife, whoever saw her 

3306
02:52:54,400 --> 02:52:58,400
education, Elizabeth tutors 
recognized a remarkably bright 

3307
02:52:58,400 --> 02:53:00,800
mind. 
She excelled in Languages by 

3308
02:53:00,800 --> 02:53:03,500
adolescence. 
She spoke fluent, Latin French 

3309
02:53:03,500 --> 02:53:06,200
and Italian eventually picking 
up Spanish as well. 

3310
02:53:07,100 --> 02:53:10,400
He poured over classical texts, 
gleaning rhetorical finesse from

3311
02:53:10,400 --> 02:53:13,200
Cicero and more or lessons from 
Greek philosophers. 

3312
02:53:13,200 --> 02:53:16,200
Even in childhood, she learned 
to keep her emotions. 

3313
02:53:16,200 --> 02:53:19,100
Cloaked forging. 
A calm exterior that masked in 

3314
02:53:19,100 --> 02:53:22,200
attention and attribute, that 
would prove crucial in her 

3315
02:53:22,200 --> 02:53:25,300
future reign. 
A fateful shift occurred when 

3316
02:53:25,300 --> 02:53:29,700
Henry died in the 1547 leaving, 
Elizabeth's half-brother Edward,

3317
02:53:29,700 --> 02:53:33,400
the sixth as king. 
Under the region of protestant, 

3318
02:53:33,400 --> 02:53:36,600
reformers the religious climate 
skewed more radical. 

3319
02:53:37,300 --> 02:53:40,000
Elizabeth though. 
Outwardly Cooperative carefully 

3320
02:53:40,000 --> 02:53:43,800
navigated factional disputes? 
She relocated the household of 

3321
02:53:43,800 --> 02:53:46,100
Catherine, Parr who had 
remarried to Thomas. 

3322
02:53:46,100 --> 02:53:50,900
Seymour that Arrangement spotted
Scandal Seymour was rumored to 

3323
02:53:50,908 --> 02:53:52,100
show. 
Elizabeth overly familiar, 

3324
02:53:52,100 --> 02:53:55,100
attention, fueling gossip that 
tarnished her reputation. 

3325
02:53:56,300 --> 02:53:59,800
The teenage princess soon. 
Departed mindful, that any whiff

3326
02:53:59,800 --> 02:54:02,900
of impropriety could end her 
precarious position in the 

3327
02:54:02,900 --> 02:54:05,700
succession line. 
This brush with danger 

3328
02:54:05,700 --> 02:54:09,300
reinforced her instincts for 
self-preservation Edward's short

3329
02:54:09,300 --> 02:54:12,500
Reign was followed by that of 
Elizabeth's half-sister Mary. 

3330
02:54:12,500 --> 02:54:15,900
The first a devout Catholic 
determined to restore papal, 

3331
02:54:15,900 --> 02:54:19,500
Authority, Mary viewed. 
Elizabeth with suspicion, seeing

3332
02:54:19,500 --> 02:54:22,700
in her, a rallying figure for 
Protestant interests as 

3333
02:54:22,700 --> 02:54:25,400
rebellions cropped up. 
Elizabeth found herself accused 

3334
02:54:25,400 --> 02:54:28,000
of complicity. 
She was taken to the Tower of 

3335
02:54:28,000 --> 02:54:31,000
London, where her mother had met
her end and then placed under 

3336
02:54:31,000 --> 02:54:34,300
house arrest of Woodstock, the 
glue of potential execution, 

3337
02:54:34,300 --> 02:54:37,600
hung over her. 
But lacking firm evidence Mary 

3338
02:54:37,600 --> 02:54:41,800
couldn't condemn her over two 
years, Elizabeth Trotter. 

3339
02:54:41,800 --> 02:54:44,500
Careful path. 
Denying any involvement in plots

3340
02:54:44,500 --> 02:54:47,400
while discreetly maintaining her
network of protest and allies. 

3341
02:54:48,300 --> 02:54:52,200
Eventually Marys failing Health.
Lifted Elizabeth from her shadow

3342
02:54:52,200 --> 02:55:00,200
in November, 1558 Mary died, 
childless Elisabeth that 25 as 

3343
02:55:00,200 --> 02:55:03,700
the throw The people, welcome to
her with cautious optimism 

3344
02:55:03,700 --> 02:55:06,200
hoping for an end to religious 
Strife. 

3345
02:55:06,200 --> 02:55:09,300
However, no one could foresee 
the firmness with which 

3346
02:55:09,300 --> 02:55:13,100
Elizabeth would steer the ship. 
She inherited a kingdom, 

3347
02:55:13,100 --> 02:55:16,100
exhausted by years of 
persecution and entangled in 

3348
02:55:16,100 --> 02:55:19,700
European alliances furthermore 
lingering doubts about her 

3349
02:55:19,700 --> 02:55:22,900
legitimacy and ability to 
produce an heir plagued. 

3350
02:55:22,900 --> 02:55:26,900
The realm courtiers pressed for 
her to marry promptly but 

3351
02:55:26,900 --> 02:55:29,700
leaving a queen regnant, 
threatens stability, and less. 

3352
02:55:29,700 --> 02:55:32,900
A husband took the reins 
Elizabeth though aware of the 

3353
02:55:32,900 --> 02:55:36,600
political logic recognized that 
marriage might curb her autonomy

3354
02:55:36,600 --> 02:55:40,200
in her first weeks. 
As Queen Elizabeth took bold 

3355
02:55:40,200 --> 02:55:43,100
symbolic steps. 
She chose moderate Protestant 

3356
02:55:43,100 --> 02:55:46,500
advisors like William sessel 
striving to unify the country. 

3357
02:55:47,500 --> 02:55:49,800
She declared her intent for a 
religious settlement that 

3358
02:55:49,800 --> 02:55:52,700
neither persecuted catholic's, 
harshly, or cave, to people 

3359
02:55:52,700 --> 02:55:55,500
demands. 
She navigated a delicate balance

3360
02:55:55,500 --> 02:55:58,700
cognizant that either extreme 
could undermine her rule. 

3361
02:55:59,400 --> 02:56:02,500
She moved her Court to Whitehall
re-establishing routine. 

3362
02:56:02,500 --> 02:56:05,300
Ceremonial events that signaled 
the monarchy's continuity, 

3363
02:56:05,300 --> 02:56:09,300
observers described, her as 
poised with sharp eyes that 

3364
02:56:09,300 --> 02:56:11,800
hinted at an agile, strategic 
mind. 

3365
02:56:12,500 --> 02:56:15,500
The once Exile, princess stood, 
now at the center of power 

3366
02:56:15,500 --> 02:56:18,600
forging, a monarchy that would 
come to Define an era. 

3367
02:56:18,600 --> 02:56:22,200
Thus the stage was set for a 
pivotal chapter in English 

3368
02:56:22,200 --> 02:56:24,800
History. 
Elizabeth's early experiences, 

3369
02:56:24,800 --> 02:56:29,400
maternal execution paternal 
neglect complex, Family Ties, 

3370
02:56:29,400 --> 02:56:32,200
had shaped a cautious perceptive
approach. 

3371
02:56:32,200 --> 02:56:35,500
She had learned to conceal 
personal feelings behind a 

3372
02:56:35,500 --> 02:56:39,200
stately demeanor armed with 
intellectual Acumen gleaned from

3373
02:56:39,208 --> 02:56:42,200
classical texts. 
The realm now looked to her for 

3374
02:56:42,200 --> 02:56:45,700
stability, religious compromise,
and a reassertion of national 

3375
02:56:45,700 --> 02:56:49,100
identity. 
For Elizabeth, it was time to 

3376
02:56:49,100 --> 02:56:52,300
prove that a female Sovereign, 
even one with a contested 

3377
02:56:52,300 --> 02:56:55,000
legitimacy could guide. 
England through his Labyrinth of

3378
02:56:55,000 --> 02:56:58,000
political storms. 
From the outset of her Reign 

3379
02:56:58,000 --> 02:57:02,100
Elizabeth, the first confronted,
a land by religious factionalism

3380
02:57:02,100 --> 02:57:06,200
under Mary, the first staunch 
Catholic policies, reigned with 

3381
02:57:06,200 --> 02:57:08,400
Protestant Heretics, burnt at 
the stake. 

3382
02:57:10,000 --> 02:57:13,400
Though those violent measures 
ended many Catholics remained 

3383
02:57:13,400 --> 02:57:17,400
loyal to Romeo. 
Radical Protestants clamored, 

3384
02:57:17,400 --> 02:57:20,600
for more extreme reforms 
Elizabeth recognized that a 

3385
02:57:20,600 --> 02:57:23,200
middle path was essential for 
National peace. 

3386
02:57:24,100 --> 02:57:27,600
The Elizabethan religious 
settlement of 1559 aimed for a 

3387
02:57:27,600 --> 02:57:30,400
broad church approached. 
The act of Supremacy declared 

3388
02:57:30,400 --> 02:57:33,400
her Supreme governor of the 
Church of England and the act of

3389
02:57:33,408 --> 02:57:36,000
uniformity prescribed. 
A moderate Protestant liturgy 

3390
02:57:36,000 --> 02:57:39,900
while it alienated hardliners on
both sides established. 

3391
02:57:39,900 --> 02:57:43,500
A stable framework that endured 
this religious compromise, had 

3392
02:57:43,500 --> 02:57:47,700
consequences, Catholics abroad, 
questioned her legitimacy urging

3393
02:57:47,700 --> 02:57:50,900
Mary Queen of Scots Elizabeth 
Catholic cousin to claim 

3394
02:57:50,900 --> 02:57:54,000
England's throne. 
Mary exiled from Scotland in 

3395
02:57:54,000 --> 02:57:57,700
1568 ended up in England. 
Effectively under house arrest 

3396
02:57:57,700 --> 02:58:02,300
Elizabeth wary of dethroning a 
fellow anointed Queen face to 

3397
02:58:02,300 --> 02:58:04,100
quandary. 
Mary's presence. 

3398
02:58:04,100 --> 02:58:07,100
Fueled conspiracies, yet 
executing her set a dangerous 

3399
02:58:07,100 --> 02:58:09,700
precedent. 
This predicament lingered for 

3400
02:58:09,700 --> 02:58:13,400
decades turning Mary into an 
epicenter of Catholic plots that

3401
02:58:13,400 --> 02:58:15,100
threatened Elizabeth's life and 
reign. 

3402
02:58:16,000 --> 02:58:19,300
Beyond religion, Elizabeth 
foreign policy shaped her early 

3403
02:58:19,300 --> 02:58:21,500
years. 
On the throne England was 

3404
02:58:21,500 --> 02:58:24,800
military. 
Weak overshadowed by Spanish 

3405
02:58:24,800 --> 02:58:29,300
might The queen needed alliances
that hated in tangling trees, 

3406
02:58:29,300 --> 02:58:31,000
that might compromise her 
independence. 

3407
02:58:31,000 --> 02:58:33,600
She courted suitors from across 
Europe. 

3408
02:58:33,600 --> 02:58:38,500
France is Duke of Anjou. 
Austria's Archduke Charles using

3409
02:58:38,500 --> 02:58:42,100
marriage negotiations as 
diplomatic, chess moves each 

3410
02:58:42,100 --> 02:58:45,100
negotiation offered short-term 
benefits but she consistently 

3411
02:58:45,100 --> 02:58:48,900
evaded an actual wedding. 
By keeping her hand in marriage 

3412
02:58:48,900 --> 02:58:52,000
available. 
Elizabeth, dissuaded, certain 

3413
02:58:52,000 --> 02:58:55,000
powers from aggression, hoping 
for eventual Union. 

3414
02:58:55,800 --> 02:58:59,600
The Saga of the Virgin Queen was
as much political strategy as 

3415
02:58:59,600 --> 02:59:02,100
personal inclination 
economically. 

3416
02:59:02,100 --> 02:59:05,500
Elizabeth inherited a treasury 
battered by Wars. 

3417
02:59:05,500 --> 02:59:10,100
Her ministers notably, William 
Cecil Lord Berkeley instituted, 

3418
02:59:10,100 --> 02:59:13,600
reforms curbing inflation, and 
streamlining Revenue collection.

3419
02:59:13,600 --> 02:59:15,900
They supported Maritime 
Ventures. 

3420
02:59:15,900 --> 02:59:19,400
Encouraging sea captains, like 
Francis Drake to Harris, Spanish

3421
02:59:19,400 --> 02:59:23,100
shipping and seized treasure 
such semi-official privateering 

3422
02:59:23,100 --> 02:59:25,800
in Rich, Royal coffers and 
stoked Spanish hostility 

3423
02:59:25,800 --> 02:59:30,200
culminating in deeper rivalries.
Meanwhile domestic industry. 

3424
02:59:30,200 --> 02:59:34,400
Woolen cloth for instance, 
expanded aided, by the stable 

3425
02:59:34,400 --> 02:59:36,400
environment Elizabeth's 
government fostered. 

3426
02:59:36,400 --> 02:59:40,000
As for the queen herself, the 
court recognized her Keen 

3427
02:59:40,000 --> 02:59:43,300
intellect and formidable will 
She cherished are Edition 

3428
02:59:43,300 --> 02:59:47,000
employing, multiple secretaries 
to handle a constant influx of 

3429
02:59:47,000 --> 02:59:51,200
diplomatic, dispatches fluent in
French and Adept in Latin. 

3430
02:59:51,200 --> 02:59:55,200
She occasionally scribbled notes
in Italian or Spanish, She 

3431
02:59:55,200 --> 02:59:59,000
reveled in masks and pageants 
endorsing the Arts to glorify 

3432
02:59:59,000 --> 03:00:02,000
her monarchy. 
She made a point of progresses 

3433
03:00:02,000 --> 03:00:05,000
traveling with her retinue, 
through the countryside, letting

3434
03:00:05,000 --> 03:00:08,300
her subjects Glimpse, the Royal 
presence, this practice built 

3435
03:00:08,300 --> 03:00:11,800
loyalty for seeing their Queen 
in person, resplendent with 

3436
03:00:11,808 --> 03:00:16,200
pearls and embroidered gowns 
stirred patriotic Pride, a 

3437
03:00:16,200 --> 03:00:18,400
lesser known aspect was her 
Reliance on intelligence 

3438
03:00:18,400 --> 03:00:20,900
networks. 
Elizabeth aware that 

3439
03:00:20,908 --> 03:00:24,900
conspiracies loomed authorized 
spymasters like, Sir, Francis 

3440
03:00:24,900 --> 03:00:29,200
Walsingham to intercept letters 
employee informants and uncover 

3441
03:00:29,200 --> 03:00:32,000
plots. 
This clandestine apparatus 

3442
03:00:32,000 --> 03:00:35,300
uncovered, multiple assassins or
Traders financed by Spain or 

3443
03:00:35,300 --> 03:00:38,600
paper agents. 
By revealing such threats the 

3444
03:00:38,600 --> 03:00:41,100
queen Justified harsher policies
against recalcitrant. 

3445
03:00:41,100 --> 03:00:45,600
Catholics some criticized these 
tactics as a pressive, the to 

3446
03:00:45,600 --> 03:00:49,700
Elizabeth survival, mandated 
vigilance Another challenge, 

3447
03:00:49,700 --> 03:00:52,300
cultural expectations for 
Queen's. 

3448
03:00:52,300 --> 03:00:55,700
She faced Jabs about her gender 
with some male. 

3449
03:00:55,700 --> 03:00:57,600
Courtiers urging a kingly 
partner. 

3450
03:00:58,300 --> 03:01:02,200
She responded by forging a Regal
Persona insisting subjects. 

3451
03:01:02,200 --> 03:01:06,000
See her as both king and queen 
align reflecting her dual role. 

3452
03:01:07,100 --> 03:01:10,300
Skillfully navigated male, 
dominated councils awarding 

3453
03:01:10,300 --> 03:01:13,800
title carefully to ensure no 
single Noble overshadowed her. 

3454
03:01:13,808 --> 03:01:17,800
She used fashion as a political 
tool, her elaborate gowns 

3455
03:01:17,800 --> 03:01:21,300
iconic, roughs and Jewel Laden, 
wardrobes signaled, the 

3456
03:01:21,300 --> 03:01:25,200
monarchies Majesty, This 
cultivated image buttressed her 

3457
03:01:25,200 --> 03:01:27,300
Authority in an era, still 
grappling with a female 

3458
03:01:27,300 --> 03:01:30,800
sovereign. in parallel, 
Elizabeth's personal Circle, 

3459
03:01:30,800 --> 03:01:34,700
remained small She could be 
witty and Charming dancing or 

3460
03:01:34,700 --> 03:01:37,500
joking with favorites like 
Robert Dudley but letting 

3461
03:01:37,500 --> 03:01:41,000
affection over Cedarburg 
Prudence risks Scandal rumors 

3462
03:01:41,000 --> 03:01:44,000
flew about her closeness to 
Dudley fueling suspicion that 

3463
03:01:44,008 --> 03:01:46,900
she might marry him. 
The potential controversy was 

3464
03:01:46,900 --> 03:01:50,500
immense, given Dudley's 
questionable reputation in the 

3465
03:01:50,500 --> 03:01:54,200
end Elizabeth never wed. 
She cherished her autonomy. 

3466
03:01:54,200 --> 03:01:58,300
Well aware that a consort could 
overshadow or manipulate her the

3467
03:01:58,300 --> 03:01:59,900
choice. 
Drew bafflement from a foreign 

3468
03:01:59,900 --> 03:02:04,000
courts but domestically it 
enhanced her, Mystique, the 

3469
03:02:04,000 --> 03:02:07,600
Virgin, Queen identity 
solidified spurring propaganda 

3470
03:02:07,600 --> 03:02:10,000
that Caster as wedded to the 
realm itself. 

3471
03:02:10,000 --> 03:02:13,900
Elizabeth early Reign involved, 
balancing various tasks such as 

3472
03:02:13,900 --> 03:02:16,900
forging a delicate, religious 
settlement spurring economic 

3473
03:02:16,900 --> 03:02:21,000
growth out, maneuvering Suter, 
and Tangled and stamping out 

3474
03:02:21,000 --> 03:02:23,600
plots. 
Skillfully used image and 

3475
03:02:23,600 --> 03:02:26,700
ceremony to unify the realm 
though critics lurked. 

3476
03:02:27,300 --> 03:02:30,400
The government stability rested,
on an ongoing dance with foreign

3477
03:02:30,400 --> 03:02:34,100
powers and internal factions. 
Despite the swirling tensions, 

3478
03:02:34,100 --> 03:02:36,500
Elizabeth projected calm 
confidence. 

3479
03:02:36,500 --> 03:02:39,800
Forging a national identity that
recognized the Queen's Central 

3480
03:02:39,800 --> 03:02:43,400
role. her mid-range would bring 
grave a trials culminating 

3481
03:02:43,400 --> 03:02:46,600
indecisive conflicts that tested
the metal of both Monacan 

3482
03:02:46,600 --> 03:02:57,800
Kingdom by the mid-15th brim 
with Zeal to reassert Catholic 

3483
03:02:57,800 --> 03:03:01,100
Supremacy and Avenge the raids 
on Spanish Commerce by an 

3484
03:03:01,100 --> 03:03:05,100
English privateers religious 
tension spiked further after the

3485
03:03:05,100 --> 03:03:08,800
pope excommunicated, Elizabeth 
Effectively urging Catholic 

3486
03:03:08,800 --> 03:03:12,400
monarchs depose her. 
In response the Queen's advisors

3487
03:03:12,400 --> 03:03:15,100
realized that war with Spain was
no longer a distant possibility 

3488
03:03:15,100 --> 03:03:18,200
but a near inevitability. 
They bolstered the Navy 

3489
03:03:18,200 --> 03:03:21,500
encouraging shipbuilders to 
refine vessels for seed and 

3490
03:03:21,500 --> 03:03:25,100
maneuverability commanders. 
Like Drake refined hit and run 

3491
03:03:25,100 --> 03:03:29,600
tactics designed to hamper 
Spain's massive slower galleys 

3492
03:03:29,600 --> 03:03:33,600
Additionally the Mary Queen of 
Scots dilemma reached to 

3493
03:03:33,600 --> 03:03:36,100
climactic stage. 
She had been implicated in 

3494
03:03:36,100 --> 03:03:38,500
multiple plots. 
Culminating in the infamous, 

3495
03:03:38,500 --> 03:03:42,400
babington plot of 1586, which 
aimed to assassinate, Elisabeth 

3496
03:03:42,400 --> 03:03:45,400
and seat, Mary on the throne 
caught within terminating 

3497
03:03:45,400 --> 03:03:47,500
letters. 
Mary was tried for treason. 

3498
03:03:48,600 --> 03:03:51,100
Elizabeth, agonized over 
signing, Mary's death warrant 

3499
03:03:51,100 --> 03:03:54,800
the thought of executing and 
anointed, Queen offended her. 

3500
03:03:54,800 --> 03:03:57,400
Since of divine order, the 
council pressed. 

3501
03:03:57,400 --> 03:04:00,400
Her that Marys continued 
survival in dangered National 

3502
03:04:00,400 --> 03:04:04,600
Security. 
Reluctantly Elizabeth signed 

3503
03:04:04,600 --> 03:04:09,800
Mary was beheaded in 1587 and 
act that scandalized Catholic 

3504
03:04:09,800 --> 03:04:13,200
Europe. 
Elizabeth famed dismay at the 

3505
03:04:13,208 --> 03:04:17,000
news of Mary's, actual execution
chastising ministers for 

3506
03:04:17,000 --> 03:04:20,300
carrying out the sentence to 
hastily the sincerity of her 

3507
03:04:20,300 --> 03:04:24,500
regret remains debated this 
event further incensed Spain and

3508
03:04:24,500 --> 03:04:27,200
soon word came that Philip the 
second was assembling and 

3509
03:04:27,200 --> 03:04:32,200
Invincible Armada in 1588 that 
formidable Fleet sailed for the 

3510
03:04:32,200 --> 03:04:35,100
English Channel intending to 
Rendezvous with forces in the 

3511
03:04:35,100 --> 03:04:38,700
low countries and delivering 
Invasion, England Grace for 

3512
03:04:38,700 --> 03:04:41,800
catastrophe. 
Elizabeth visited her troops at 

3513
03:04:41,800 --> 03:04:44,800
Tilbury clad in armor, 
delivering a rousing speech 

3514
03:04:44,800 --> 03:04:48,200
about having the heart and 
stomach of a king that rallying 

3515
03:04:48,200 --> 03:04:49,900
cry though. 
Perhaps, embroidered in 

3516
03:04:49,900 --> 03:04:53,500
subsequent retellings captured, 
the national mood, the English 

3517
03:04:53,500 --> 03:04:55,700
Navy engaged. 
The Armada in a series of 

3518
03:04:55,700 --> 03:05:00,500
skirmishes, employing fire-ships
to show chaos. stormi whether a 

3519
03:05:00,500 --> 03:05:03,400
miscalculation force, the 
Spanish to scatter around the 

3520
03:05:03,400 --> 03:05:07,100
northern coasts suffering, 
devastating losses, the 

3521
03:05:07,100 --> 03:05:09,600
triumphant sea became a 
Cornerstone of Elizabeth's 

3522
03:05:09,600 --> 03:05:13,700
Legend, The historians note, the
fortune of unseasonable gales 

3523
03:05:13,700 --> 03:05:16,800
played as larger role as 
strategic Brilliance Boyd. 

3524
03:05:16,800 --> 03:05:20,800
By Victory, Elizabeth's 
popularity, soared poets, 

3525
03:05:20,800 --> 03:05:23,700
extolled her as a goddess. 
Presiding over a fortuitous age.

3526
03:05:23,700 --> 03:05:27,900
London's population, boomed 
Commerce thrived in relative 

3527
03:05:27,900 --> 03:05:31,000
security courteous. 
Staged elaborate masks 

3528
03:05:31,000 --> 03:05:35,300
celebrating Gloriana, a Monica 
borrowed from Edmond Spencer's 

3529
03:05:35,300 --> 03:05:37,500
allegorical, poem the fairy 
queen. 

3530
03:05:37,500 --> 03:05:41,600
This Cult of Elizabeth with 
pageantry and stylized 

3531
03:05:41,600 --> 03:05:45,200
iconography shaped a golden aura
around her monarchy. 

3532
03:05:46,200 --> 03:05:49,500
She bestowed Knight hoods on 
Naval Heroes like Drake though. 

3533
03:05:49,500 --> 03:05:52,000
She never turned them into 
Unstoppable political Rivals. 

3534
03:05:52,000 --> 03:05:56,200
Indeed, part of her genius in 
men, just enough to secure their

3535
03:05:56,200 --> 03:05:59,300
loyalty, but not so 
extravagantly as to overshadow, 

3536
03:05:59,300 --> 03:06:04,200
her own Regal glow, yet cracks 
surface war with Spain dragged 

3537
03:06:04,200 --> 03:06:08,100
on radically English expeditions
to support Protestant rebels in 

3538
03:06:08,100 --> 03:06:11,000
the Netherlands, Walter raid 
Spanish ports offering ended in 

3539
03:06:11,000 --> 03:06:15,300
Fiasco's training resources. 
The Queen's earlier frugality 

3540
03:06:15,300 --> 03:06:18,900
turned to reluctant about fully 
funding new campaigns, prompting

3541
03:06:18,900 --> 03:06:20,700
friction with bold or cash 
strapped. 

3542
03:06:20,700 --> 03:06:23,000
Commanders. 
Some younger courtiers like the 

3543
03:06:23,000 --> 03:06:25,700
Earl of essex's were impatient 
with the Elizabeth's measured 

3544
03:06:25,700 --> 03:06:28,300
approach. 
Essex attempted to replicate 

3545
03:06:28,300 --> 03:06:32,200
despite Drake's glorious LED 
half-baked military forays and 

3546
03:06:32,200 --> 03:06:35,700
The Returned with meager spoils 
tensions between the old Queen. 

3547
03:06:35,700 --> 03:06:38,800
And these ambitious youths 
escalated culminating in the 

3548
03:06:38,808 --> 03:06:42,400
Essex rebellion of 1601 where he
tried a coup. 

3549
03:06:42,400 --> 03:06:43,700
She crushed it. 
Swiftly. 

3550
03:06:43,700 --> 03:06:48,800
And Essex was executed. 
As Elizabeth aged her once 

3551
03:06:48,800 --> 03:06:52,300
intimate Circle diminished long 
time advisors such as William. 

3552
03:06:52,300 --> 03:06:56,200
Cecil pasta weigh and favored. 
Courtiers either died or fell 

3553
03:06:56,200 --> 03:06:59,400
out of favor. 
Queen famous for her, fine 

3554
03:06:59,400 --> 03:07:02,000
dresses, and elaborate wigs. 
Now, face to more. 

3555
03:07:02,000 --> 03:07:06,000
Solitary existence gossip about 
her vanity circulated, she 

3556
03:07:06,000 --> 03:07:09,000
insisted on controlling Her 
Image fusing to appear as a 

3557
03:07:09,008 --> 03:07:11,900
frail. 
Matron She demanded loyalty from

3558
03:07:11,900 --> 03:07:15,400
ladies and waiting scolding them
if they dared over Shadow her 

3559
03:07:15,400 --> 03:07:19,300
attire or conversation. 
Although the realm viewed, her, 

3560
03:07:19,300 --> 03:07:22,700
as Gloriana. 
Struggle to maintain a Mythic 

3561
03:07:22,700 --> 03:07:26,900
aura behind closed doors 
diplomatically the final years 

3562
03:07:26,900 --> 03:07:30,800
of her Reign saw a cooling of 
tension with Spain not via a 

3563
03:07:30,800 --> 03:07:33,200
formal piece. 
But through mutual exhaustion 

3564
03:07:33,200 --> 03:07:37,200
the impetus for large armadas, 
had waned with Spain focusing on

3565
03:07:37,200 --> 03:07:41,200
European entanglements, England 
for its part lacked the finances

3566
03:07:41,200 --> 03:07:45,000
to continue heavy engagements. 
Meanwhile, the seeds of colonial

3567
03:07:45,000 --> 03:07:48,800
expansion were sown English, 
seafarers IDE, North America 

3568
03:07:48,800 --> 03:07:52,400
establishing fledgling, 
outposts, the concept of an 

3569
03:07:52,400 --> 03:07:56,700
overseas Empire was embryonic, 
but emerging, thus approaching 

3570
03:07:56,700 --> 03:07:59,800
the turn of the century, 
Elizabeth presided over a stable

3571
03:07:59,800 --> 03:08:03,700
yet, evolving monarchy, she had 
defied Invasion face down 

3572
03:08:03,700 --> 03:08:08,800
conspiracies, and reigned as an 
iconic figure at Cross Europe. 

3573
03:08:09,700 --> 03:08:13,000
But the question of succession 
remained unmarried and 

3574
03:08:13,000 --> 03:08:15,800
childless. 
She had never named an air. 

3575
03:08:16,600 --> 03:08:19,900
The matter loomed, spurring 
subtle negotiations, as 

3576
03:08:19,900 --> 03:08:23,500
different claimants circles. 
This final stretch of her Reign 

3577
03:08:23,500 --> 03:08:26,500
tested whether the Tudor lines, 
magic could endure Beyond her 

3578
03:08:26,500 --> 03:08:29,900
mortal presence or if it would 
seamlessly transition to a new 

3579
03:08:29,908 --> 03:08:33,300
Dynasty by the Twilight of her 
Reign Elizabeth. 

3580
03:08:33,300 --> 03:08:35,600
The first found herself 
contending with the question 

3581
03:08:35,600 --> 03:08:38,400
that had a dog. 
Her for decades, we would follow

3582
03:08:38,400 --> 03:08:41,600
her upon the throne. 
No official are had been named 

3583
03:08:42,400 --> 03:08:45,500
for many whisper, that James, 
the sixth of Scotland, a 

3584
03:08:45,500 --> 03:08:48,500
Protestant and Son of the 
executed, Mary Queen of Scots 

3585
03:08:48,500 --> 03:08:52,300
was the likely candidate 
Elizabeth ever cautious about 

3586
03:08:52,300 --> 03:08:55,700
naming a successor, understood 
that the moment she sanctioned 

3587
03:08:55,700 --> 03:08:59,200
an air, her Authority might 
Wane, yet the Gentry and the 

3588
03:08:59,208 --> 03:09:03,100
powerful were anxious fearing, a
Resurgence of civil Strife. 

3589
03:09:03,100 --> 03:09:07,100
If the crowns transitional 
lacked clarity, as the 1590s 

3590
03:09:07,100 --> 03:09:10,600
waned, The Queen's quartz or 
fewer robust festivities, 

3591
03:09:10,600 --> 03:09:14,700
Elizabeth's Health was not the 
best and her mood dark and by 

3592
03:09:14,700 --> 03:09:17,900
the loss of cherished confidants
once a favored Explorer. 

3593
03:09:17,900 --> 03:09:21,500
So, Walter rally fell from 
Elizabeth's favor, the Earl of 

3594
03:09:21,500 --> 03:09:24,500
Essex wild Golden Boy died. 
A traitor. 

3595
03:09:25,400 --> 03:09:28,200
Meanwhile, the Luminous Circle, 
that is celebrated her youth, 

3596
03:09:28,200 --> 03:09:33,000
best of Hardwick, Countess of 
Lester and others had scattered.

3597
03:09:33,800 --> 03:09:37,500
England's population soared 
Beyond 4 million, many living, 

3598
03:09:37,500 --> 03:09:40,800
precariously, and squalid, 
conditions, bread riots 

3599
03:09:40,800 --> 03:09:44,000
flickered in adverse Harvest 
years and the cost of warfare 

3600
03:09:44,000 --> 03:09:47,100
remained burdensome. 
Some critics murmured that the 

3601
03:09:47,100 --> 03:09:49,900
Queen's refusal to adapt to a 
new generation's demands 

3602
03:09:49,900 --> 03:09:51,500
indicated, the monarchy was a 
drift. 

3603
03:09:52,600 --> 03:09:54,700
Yet Elizabeth never lost her 
political savvy. 

3604
03:09:55,600 --> 03:09:59,000
Carefully manage sessions of 
parliament, deftly deflecting 

3605
03:09:59,000 --> 03:10:02,700
demands for certain policy 
changes. she employed subtle 

3606
03:10:02,700 --> 03:10:06,800
flattery, reminding them that as
a mother to her people, she 

3607
03:10:06,800 --> 03:10:10,500
prized their well-being above 
all this rhetorical style, 

3608
03:10:10,500 --> 03:10:15,800
combining maternal sentiments 
with Regal Authority continued 

3609
03:10:15,800 --> 03:10:20,300
to woo, the common Folk Indeed 
from the countryside to London's

3610
03:10:20,300 --> 03:10:23,900
teaming streets, loyalty to the 
queen remained, high and 

3611
03:10:23,900 --> 03:10:27,300
outgrowth of national pride 
partly for that earlier victory,

3612
03:10:27,300 --> 03:10:30,900
over the Spanish Armada. 
In the realm of Arts, the 

3613
03:10:30,900 --> 03:10:33,800
Elizabethan theater, blossomed 
spearheaded by William 

3614
03:10:33,800 --> 03:10:35,800
Shakespeare. 
Christopher Marlowe. 

3615
03:10:35,800 --> 03:10:39,500
And others Though, Elizabeth 
seldom attended public 

3616
03:10:39,500 --> 03:10:43,400
performances at the globe, she 
invited theatrical troupes to 

3617
03:10:43,400 --> 03:10:46,400
court. 
She found enjoyment in comedic 

3618
03:10:46,400 --> 03:10:50,400
interlude even if she publicly 
maintained a formal veneer, his 

3619
03:10:50,400 --> 03:10:54,408
cultural Renaissance ignited, 
under her watch was a point of 

3620
03:10:54,416 --> 03:10:57,100
national distinction with 
travelling players bringing both

3621
03:10:57,100 --> 03:11:00,200
dramatic Flair and moral 
allegories to distant corners. 

3622
03:11:01,200 --> 03:11:04,400
Synergy of crowns and creativity
under scored an Epoch known as 

3623
03:11:04,400 --> 03:11:08,100
the Elizabethan golden age. 
Throughout the religious 

3624
03:11:08,100 --> 03:11:11,200
settlement endured though, 
Puritan elements pressed for 

3625
03:11:11,200 --> 03:11:14,100
stricter reforms. 
Criticizing the hierarchical 

3626
03:11:14,100 --> 03:11:17,500
structure of Bishops, the queen 
tolerated moderate Puritan, 

3627
03:11:17,500 --> 03:11:20,500
please, but Crackdown on radical
preachers who undermine her 

3628
03:11:20,500 --> 03:11:24,000
Supreme governorship. 
Catholic recusants faced fines 

3629
03:11:24,000 --> 03:11:27,200
or pressure to conform though. 
Large-scale persecution was less

3630
03:11:27,200 --> 03:11:30,500
aggressive than during cut, 
Mary's Reign, despite friction. 

3631
03:11:30,500 --> 03:11:33,500
Elizabeth stance staved off. 
Religious Civil War. 

3632
03:11:33,500 --> 03:11:37,200
This equilibrium, they're not 
perfect enabled, Commerce, and 

3633
03:11:37,200 --> 03:11:40,200
exploration to flourish, 
Merchants ventured to the 

3634
03:11:40,208 --> 03:11:42,700
Levant, the Baltic and the 
Americas. 

3635
03:11:42,700 --> 03:11:47,200
So in early seeds of a global 
Maritime trade, In the final few

3636
03:11:47,200 --> 03:11:50,700
months of her life. 
Elizabeth retreated to Richmond 

3637
03:11:50,700 --> 03:11:53,000
Palace. 
She was increasingly frail 

3638
03:11:53,000 --> 03:11:57,300
refusing medical intervention 
that seemed invasive courtroom 

3639
03:11:57,300 --> 03:11:59,200
as multiplied. 
The Queen's. 

3640
03:11:59,200 --> 03:12:02,500
Mind was drifting. 
She was losing appetite or she 

3641
03:12:02,508 --> 03:12:06,800
stood for hours to Proud to 
rest. modern historians debate, 

3642
03:12:06,800 --> 03:12:10,600
the exact cause of her decline, 
some speculate new, or 

3643
03:12:10,600 --> 03:12:14,600
depression, She dreaded naming 
James publicly that subtle 

3644
03:12:14,600 --> 03:12:17,600
negotiation with his envoys 
pave, the way for a smooth 

3645
03:12:17,608 --> 03:12:21,400
succession advisors like Robert 
Cecil quietly prepared the 

3646
03:12:21,400 --> 03:12:23,800
details. 
According to tradition, 

3647
03:12:23,800 --> 03:12:28,000
Elizabeth two weeks to speak in 
her last hours made a vague 

3648
03:12:28,000 --> 03:12:29,800
gesture. 
Endorsing James as successor. 

3649
03:12:29,800 --> 03:12:36,200
She died on March, the 24th 1603
age, 69 after 44 years on the 

3650
03:12:36,200 --> 03:12:39,300
throne, a record at the time for
an English Monarch. 

3651
03:12:39,300 --> 03:12:42,400
Her coffin, was carried from 
Whitehall to Westminster Abbey, 

3652
03:12:42,400 --> 03:12:46,200
the silent crowds reflecting on 
an era shaped by her image. 

3653
03:12:47,900 --> 03:12:51,300
That day closed the Tudor line 
with James, the sixth of 

3654
03:12:51,300 --> 03:12:53,400
Scotland becoming James. 
The first of England, 

3655
03:12:53,400 --> 03:12:57,800
inaugurating the Stuart Dynasty.
Yet the Tudor brand had not 

3656
03:12:57,800 --> 03:13:00,100
ended in chaos. 
The Elizabeth's measured 

3657
03:13:00,100 --> 03:13:02,800
approach for all her. 
Reluctance is ensured a 

3658
03:13:02,800 --> 03:13:06,400
relatively peaceful Handover and
the wake of her passing tributes

3659
03:13:06,400 --> 03:13:10,600
soared pamphlets hailed her as 
the wisest princess, the mother 

3660
03:13:10,600 --> 03:13:14,200
of her people and a near 
legendary Fisher who stared the 

3661
03:13:14,200 --> 03:13:16,300
nation from the shadows of 
religious tyranny. 

3662
03:13:16,300 --> 03:13:19,800
The wave of national mourning 
overshadowed her shortcomings, 

3663
03:13:19,800 --> 03:13:23,700
which included, excessive 
favoritism suspicion of Rivals, 

3664
03:13:23,700 --> 03:13:27,400
and stifling certain freedoms 
over the next centuries. 

3665
03:13:28,700 --> 03:13:32,500
Historians would reinterpret her
story to delusions of the 

3666
03:13:32,500 --> 03:13:35,400
Virgin, Queen narrative 
acknowledging her harsh 

3667
03:13:35,400 --> 03:13:38,800
treatment of dissenters. 
Yet marveling at her capacity to

3668
03:13:38,800 --> 03:13:41,200
wield Authority in a fiercely 
patriarchal world. 

3669
03:13:42,200 --> 03:13:45,800
Stage was set for the transition
from Tudor to Stuart and though,

3670
03:13:45,800 --> 03:13:48,200
overshadowed by the next 
monarchy Zone tensions, 

3671
03:13:48,200 --> 03:13:51,600
Elizabeth's Reign retained, a 
special glow in England's, 

3672
03:13:51,600 --> 03:13:55,400
Collective memory, and Epoch 
wear a single woman's will shape

3673
03:13:55,400 --> 03:13:58,000
Destiny. 
Immediately after Elizabeth's 

3674
03:13:58,000 --> 03:14:01,300
death, a swirl of legacies, 
confronted the English James, 

3675
03:14:01,300 --> 03:14:04,700
the first newly ascendant 
inherited, a stable realm but 

3676
03:14:04,700 --> 03:14:07,600
also the burden of living up to 
the fabled glory Anna. 

3677
03:14:07,600 --> 03:14:11,100
Over the ensuing decades, the 
myth of Elizabeth would be 

3678
03:14:11,100 --> 03:14:14,600
Infested by dramatists 
historians and genealogists 

3679
03:14:14,600 --> 03:14:19,900
forging, a romantic image of a 
Queen unblemished by Era yet. 

3680
03:14:19,900 --> 03:14:22,500
Parallel under currents 
recognized her complexities 

3681
03:14:22,500 --> 03:14:27,500
among the common folk stories of
bounded of her witty repartee, a

3682
03:14:27,500 --> 03:14:30,600
skill in navigating, suitors, 
and the spectacle of her Court, 

3683
03:14:31,400 --> 03:14:34,500
In the Catholic diaspora, she 
was demonized as a heretic who 

3684
03:14:34,500 --> 03:14:39,000
had executed Mary Queen of Scots
this ideological tug of war 

3685
03:14:39,000 --> 03:14:41,300
shaped how Europe at large, 
recalled her reign. 

3686
03:14:41,900 --> 03:14:45,600
During the 17th century, English
authors occasionally stage, 

3687
03:14:45,600 --> 03:14:48,700
plays referencing Elizabeth and 
glories to critique or praise 

3688
03:14:48,700 --> 03:14:51,500
current rulers. 
The Elizabethan age label took 

3689
03:14:51,500 --> 03:14:55,500
hold Conjuring a golden passed 
full of Maritime exploits and 

3690
03:14:55,500 --> 03:14:58,700
cultural refinement. 
Meanwhile, Puritan writers 

3691
03:14:58,700 --> 03:15:01,000
viewed. 
The queen more critically noting

3692
03:15:01,000 --> 03:15:03,800
that her religious compromise 
left them, yearning for a more 

3693
03:15:03,800 --> 03:15:07,200
thorough Reformation. 
Some pamphleteers portrayed her 

3694
03:15:07,200 --> 03:15:10,700
as a cunning politician, Adept 
at double-dealing among Europe's

3695
03:15:10,700 --> 03:15:14,000
Catholic Powers over time. 
These multiple Vantage points 

3696
03:15:14,000 --> 03:15:16,000
Consolidated into a layered 
portrait. 

3697
03:15:16,700 --> 03:15:21,200
In the 18th and 19th, centuries 
national pride sword, fueling 

3698
03:15:21,200 --> 03:15:24,600
revivalist interest in The 
Tudors Elizabeth's image was 

3699
03:15:24,600 --> 03:15:28,300
molded by Victorian taste, 
emphasizing her unmarried status

3700
03:15:28,300 --> 03:15:32,200
as a demonstration of moral 
fortitude painters depicted her 

3701
03:15:32,200 --> 03:15:34,500
in elaborate roughs 
overshadowing. 

3702
03:15:34,500 --> 03:15:36,900
Any mention of the day-to-day 
hardships endured by her 

3703
03:15:36,900 --> 03:15:40,200
subjects She became an icon of 
English Independence. 

3704
03:15:40,900 --> 03:15:43,500
Specially when the British 
Empire sought parallels between 

3705
03:15:43,500 --> 03:15:46,600
the forging of a national 
identity, under Elizabeth, and 

3706
03:15:46,600 --> 03:15:50,700
contemporary Empire Building. 
The Armada, Triumph narrative 

3707
03:15:50,700 --> 03:15:53,800
overshadowed, the fact that 
storms aided English success, 

3708
03:15:53,800 --> 03:15:58,300
her issues, with Mary, Queen of 
Scots became fodder for tragic 

3709
03:15:58,300 --> 03:16:01,100
Romanticism, focusing on 
courtly, betrayals and 

3710
03:16:01,100 --> 03:16:04,600
heartbreak. 
This romanticization sometimes 

3711
03:16:04,600 --> 03:16:07,800
neglected the Queen's shrewd, 
often ruthless governance. 

3712
03:16:09,200 --> 03:16:11,800
Scholars of the 20th century 
Tacoma, critical lands. 

3713
03:16:11,800 --> 03:16:14,700
They delved into archival 
documents to unearth how 

3714
03:16:14,700 --> 03:16:18,300
Elizabeth's intelligence Network
operated, how her finances were 

3715
03:16:18,300 --> 03:16:21,000
managed and how propaganda 
shaped public perception. 

3716
03:16:22,000 --> 03:16:26,200
He passed the famed golden 
speech of 1601 analyzing the 

3717
03:16:26,200 --> 03:16:29,100
rhetorical strategies, she used 
to quell a Restless Parliament. 

3718
03:16:29,800 --> 03:16:33,400
The more historians explored, 
the clearer it became that. 

3719
03:16:33,400 --> 03:16:37,200
Her success hinged on forging an
image that balanced motherly 

3720
03:16:37,200 --> 03:16:41,600
affection with Regal severity 
ensuring subjects revered rather

3721
03:16:41,600 --> 03:16:44,900
than resented her Scholars 
recognized, the notion of the 

3722
03:16:44,908 --> 03:16:48,100
cult of Elizabeth with its 
orchestrated pageantry as an 

3723
03:16:48,100 --> 03:16:51,000
early form of State. 
PR from the perspective of 

3724
03:16:51,000 --> 03:16:54,200
women's history. 
Elizabeth significant sword. 

3725
03:16:55,000 --> 03:16:58,400
She defied the misogynistic 
assumptions of hero, refusing to

3726
03:16:58,400 --> 03:17:02,300
cede authority to her husband or
male advisors that Independence 

3727
03:17:02,300 --> 03:17:06,000
though hard one showcase the 
potency of female ruler could 

3728
03:17:06,000 --> 03:17:09,700
wield in a male-dominated 
society, yet the same narrative 

3729
03:17:09,700 --> 03:17:11,800
acknowledges. 
She was no radical feminist. 

3730
03:17:11,800 --> 03:17:15,300
She often leveraged stereotypes 
of female Frailty or used her 

3731
03:17:15,300 --> 03:17:18,200
womanly nature, strategically, 
and negotiation. 

3732
03:17:18,200 --> 03:17:22,200
Thus, her complex relationship 
with gender roles remains a 

3733
03:17:22,200 --> 03:17:26,100
topic of ongoing debate. 
Archaeological digs at palaces 

3734
03:17:26,100 --> 03:17:29,000
and older State's uncovered, 
physical traces, of her travels,

3735
03:17:29,000 --> 03:17:32,300
like a femoral scaffolds for 
pageants or remains of feasting 

3736
03:17:32,300 --> 03:17:34,500
Halls. 
These clips is illustrate the 

3737
03:17:34,500 --> 03:17:37,800
vast logistical machine behind 
each Royal progress. 

3738
03:17:38,600 --> 03:17:41,000
The queen might arrive with 
hundreds of courtiers and 

3739
03:17:41,000 --> 03:17:44,200
servants imposing a heavy burden
on local nobility, hosting the 

3740
03:17:44,200 --> 03:17:47,000
Entourage. 
Yet from a political standpoint,

3741
03:17:47,000 --> 03:17:50,000
these visits effectively 
reaffirm the monarchy's presence

3742
03:17:50,000 --> 03:17:53,400
across the realm Over and over 
Elizabeth Hughes, personal 

3743
03:17:53,400 --> 03:17:56,800
displays to connect with 
communities and cultural memory 

3744
03:17:56,800 --> 03:18:00,900
items such as the Tudor Rose, 
elaborate State portraits by 

3745
03:18:00,908 --> 03:18:03,900
painters, like, Nicholas 
Hilliard or references to the 

3746
03:18:03,900 --> 03:18:06,200
Virgin Queen remain in the 
public imagination. 

3747
03:18:07,400 --> 03:18:10,300
Filmmakers and the 20th and 
21st, centuries capitalized on 

3748
03:18:10,300 --> 03:18:14,000
the alert producing adaptations 
that frame, Elizabeth's story 

3749
03:18:14,000 --> 03:18:17,200
with romance and Triumph. 
Some films, portray her, as an 

3750
03:18:17,200 --> 03:18:20,700
saintly, others highlight her, 
paranoia or the brutality of 

3751
03:18:20,700 --> 03:18:22,400
her, Crackdown of perceived 
threats. 

3752
03:18:23,300 --> 03:18:25,800
Continuing Fascination 
underscores how she embodies a 

3753
03:18:25,808 --> 03:18:29,300
transitional moment in Europe 
where medieval structures gave 

3754
03:18:29,300 --> 03:18:32,700
way to early, modern State's 
with new forms of diplomacy 

3755
03:18:32,700 --> 03:18:37,100
Espionage and ideology all 
converging thus centuries 

3756
03:18:37,100 --> 03:18:40,800
removed from her actual reign. 
The Elizabeth the first stands 

3757
03:18:40,800 --> 03:18:43,800
as both the symbol of national 
identity and a figure whose 

3758
03:18:43,800 --> 03:18:46,000
complexity is resonate with 
present debate. 

3759
03:18:46,000 --> 03:18:49,000
The interplay of female 
leadership, religious, 

3760
03:18:49,000 --> 03:18:54,000
diversity, personal freedom, and
the power of construction image.

3761
03:18:54,000 --> 03:18:57,800
We evaluated her life, reveals 
how skillful governance can 

3762
03:18:57,800 --> 03:19:01,600
stabilize a fractious Kingdom. 
Even if it requires, navigating 

3763
03:19:01,600 --> 03:19:05,100
a delicate balance between 
tolerance and coercion, The 

3764
03:19:05,100 --> 03:19:08,700
conversation around Elizabeth 
remains Dynamic shaped by each 

3765
03:19:08,700 --> 03:19:12,000
generation's Vantage on, 
monarchy gender and the cost of 

3766
03:19:12,000 --> 03:19:16,300
maintaining a carefully wrought.
Facade of unity Elizabeth's 

3767
03:19:16,300 --> 03:19:19,100
story resonates with the notion 
that midlife can be a time of 

3768
03:19:19,100 --> 03:19:21,300
both reflection and strategic 
boldness. 

3769
03:19:21,300 --> 03:19:25,500
She ascended, the throne at 25, 
but arguably her most defining 

3770
03:19:25,500 --> 03:19:28,100
decisions, the forging of a 
moderate religious settlement. 

3771
03:19:28,100 --> 03:19:32,200
The careful dance of marriage, 
negotiations, unfolded, as she 

3772
03:19:32,208 --> 03:19:35,900
matured, In the face of 
personal, regrets lack of a 

3773
03:19:35,900 --> 03:19:39,800
direct Heir and external crises 
Spanish hostility, internal 

3774
03:19:39,800 --> 03:19:41,900
plots. 
She repeatedly displayed 

3775
03:19:41,900 --> 03:19:44,800
resilience under the lens of 
older wisdom yet. 

3776
03:19:44,800 --> 03:19:46,400
That's a gas city was not 
innate. 

3777
03:19:46,400 --> 03:19:50,500
It sprang from a youth marked by
precariousness shaping, a 

3778
03:19:50,500 --> 03:19:52,100
thorough calculation in adult 
life. 

3779
03:19:52,900 --> 03:19:55,900
One lesser discussed aspect is 
her intellectual curiosity. 

3780
03:19:55,900 --> 03:20:00,400
She was no passive figurehead. 
She read widely from classical 

3781
03:20:00,400 --> 03:20:03,700
philosophers to contemporary 
political treatises an Engaged 

3782
03:20:03,700 --> 03:20:05,500
in theological debates with 
ambassadors. 

3783
03:20:05,500 --> 03:20:09,700
She wrote translation of texts 
including Plutarch honing 

3784
03:20:09,700 --> 03:20:13,600
linguistic Precision in an era. 
When many noble women possessed 

3785
03:20:13,600 --> 03:20:16,900
only basic literacy, Elizabeth 
depth of scholarship. 

3786
03:20:16,900 --> 03:20:19,900
Commanded respect. 
She used this knowledge to steer

3787
03:20:19,900 --> 03:20:23,700
councils referencing classical 
examples of leadership or Mercy 

3788
03:20:23,700 --> 03:20:26,900
grounding her decisions in a 
broader worldview than simple 

3789
03:20:26,900 --> 03:20:30,600
real politic Another dimension, 
concerns her approach to 

3790
03:20:30,600 --> 03:20:34,500
management and delegation faced 
with a swirl of Court, factions 

3791
03:20:34,500 --> 03:20:38,100
some aligned with Cecil others 
with Dudley, and various URLs 

3792
03:20:38,100 --> 03:20:41,300
vying for influence, she 
balanced them, by a rotating 

3793
03:20:41,300 --> 03:20:44,800
favor, ensuring no single man, 
overshadowed the rest. 

3794
03:20:44,800 --> 03:20:48,400
This delicate maneuver allowed 
her to maintain her position as 

3795
03:20:48,400 --> 03:20:52,000
the ultimate Arbiter, thereby 
preventing entrenched monopolies

3796
03:20:52,000 --> 03:20:55,100
of power. 
While modern management gurus, 

3797
03:20:55,100 --> 03:20:57,200
highlight transparency or direct
leadership? 

3798
03:20:57,200 --> 03:21:01,200
Elizabeth's method was subtler. 
She nurtured multiple power 

3799
03:21:01,200 --> 03:21:04,800
centers, pitting them gently 
against each other, to sustain a

3800
03:21:04,800 --> 03:21:08,700
stable equilibrium. this method 
reveals a strategic cunning that

3801
03:21:08,700 --> 03:21:12,100
while occasionally breeding 
resentment retained her 

3802
03:21:12,100 --> 03:21:16,100
Supremacy in a fractures in 
Swirl of secrecy surrounding 

3803
03:21:16,100 --> 03:21:20,000
Mary Queen of Scots also 
underscores Elizabeth's careful 

3804
03:21:20,000 --> 03:21:23,600
manipulation of intelligence. 
Personally reviewed coded 

3805
03:21:23,600 --> 03:21:26,600
letters weighed evidence and 
authorized infiltration of 

3806
03:21:26,600 --> 03:21:29,400
Catholic circles. 
These actions might unnerve 

3807
03:21:29,400 --> 03:21:33,100
contemporary moral standards yet
in the Cutthroat reality of 16th

3808
03:21:33,100 --> 03:21:35,600
century. 
Politics, such Espionage was 

3809
03:21:35,600 --> 03:21:38,200
standard. 
The difference is Elizabeth's 

3810
03:21:38,200 --> 03:21:41,000
relative subtlety. 
She rarely boasted of her spy 

3811
03:21:41,000 --> 03:21:43,700
Master successes. 
She recognized the value of 

3812
03:21:43,708 --> 03:21:47,600
Illusions, letting conspirators 
believe they had infiltrated her

3813
03:21:47,600 --> 03:21:50,300
Circle. 
While in fact, a watch as 

3814
03:21:50,300 --> 03:21:53,200
tracked, every step age, and 
beautiful with the distinct 

3815
03:21:53,200 --> 03:21:55,400
sense of gravity and speeches to
Parliament. 

3816
03:21:55,400 --> 03:21:58,200
She framed herself as a guardian
of the Realms welfare. 

3817
03:21:59,200 --> 03:22:02,400
The dressing them as my lords 
and my good people tapping into 

3818
03:22:02,400 --> 03:22:08,000
paternal or maternal imagery. 
She really showed over in 

3819
03:22:08,000 --> 03:22:12,200
public, though is called her 
sharp tongue in private laced 

3820
03:22:12,200 --> 03:22:15,900
with scathing Witt. she might 
banish accordion from her 

3821
03:22:15,900 --> 03:22:18,900
presence for a trifling offense 
then recall him soon after 

3822
03:22:18,900 --> 03:22:22,200
sending the message that loyalty
was Paramount, while partial 

3823
03:22:22,200 --> 03:22:26,100
forgiveness, might be extended 
This capacity to Pivot from 

3824
03:22:26,100 --> 03:22:29,800
severity to magnanimity cemented
her as unpredictable yet. 

3825
03:22:29,800 --> 03:22:33,300
Revered the modern leaders might
emulated more tempered forms. 

3826
03:22:34,300 --> 03:22:37,600
Beyond the realm of politics, 
her personal attire and courtly 

3827
03:22:37,600 --> 03:22:39,100
fashion set Trends across 
Europe. 

3828
03:22:39,900 --> 03:22:43,000
Championed fresh tailors to 
experiment with embroidered 

3829
03:22:43,000 --> 03:22:46,900
silks extensive roughs and 
striking color palettes. 

3830
03:22:46,900 --> 03:22:50,600
But behind the magnificence was 
a strategic layering of fabric 

3831
03:22:50,600 --> 03:22:53,300
it signified. 
Her rank, while concealing, 

3832
03:22:53,300 --> 03:22:55,500
normally aging or times of 
ill-health. 

3833
03:22:56,200 --> 03:22:58,900
The resulting Mystique helped 
Define the monarchies brand. 

3834
03:22:59,800 --> 03:23:02,700
Similarly she championed 
structured ceremonies like a 

3835
03:23:02,708 --> 03:23:05,500
labyrinth coronation anniversary
or public feast days. 

3836
03:23:05,500 --> 03:23:08,900
These events reaffirmed, the 
bond between Sovereign and 

3837
03:23:08,900 --> 03:23:11,600
subject. 
Forging an emotional tie that 

3838
03:23:11,600 --> 03:23:14,000
Bucharest, the monarchies 
intangible Authority. 

3839
03:23:14,900 --> 03:23:16,800
Her approached to the Arts, had 
lasting effects. 

3840
03:23:18,200 --> 03:23:21,100
She never personally funded epic
building projects, like some 

3841
03:23:21,100 --> 03:23:23,300
European Royals, given her 
limited treasury. 

3842
03:23:23,300 --> 03:23:27,500
But her patronage of music, 
portraiture and drama, triggered

3843
03:23:27,500 --> 03:23:31,800
a cultural efflorescence He 
composes thrived producing 

3844
03:23:31,800 --> 03:23:33,700
refined. 
Polyphonic Works performed at 

3845
03:23:33,700 --> 03:23:36,900
Chapel, her endorsement of 
secular drama laid, the 

3846
03:23:36,908 --> 03:23:38,700
groundwork for Shakespeare's 
rise. 

3847
03:23:39,600 --> 03:23:42,500
She recognized that cultural 
Prestige elevated national 

3848
03:23:42,500 --> 03:23:45,500
pride. 
Thus investing in intangible 

3849
03:23:45,500 --> 03:23:47,800
Capital. 
That would Outlast her this 

3850
03:23:47,800 --> 03:23:50,600
Fosters an analogy to Modern 
soft power. 

3851
03:23:50,600 --> 03:23:55,200
A concept in global relations in
some Elizabeth's mid-to-late 

3852
03:23:55,200 --> 03:23:58,500
Reign exemplifies, how a leader 
can orchestrate multi-layered 

3853
03:23:58,500 --> 03:24:01,000
strategies leaning on 
intellectual depth. 

3854
03:24:01,000 --> 03:24:06,200
Balancing internal factions 
leveraging Espionage and forging

3855
03:24:06,200 --> 03:24:09,600
cultural identity. 
Her longevity on the throne was 

3856
03:24:09,600 --> 03:24:12,200
no accident. 
It was an evolving Mastery of 

3857
03:24:12,208 --> 03:24:14,200
monarchy in an era thick with 
risk. 

3858
03:24:14,900 --> 03:24:17,700
For those in midlife, her model 
suggests that the lessons 

3859
03:24:17,700 --> 03:24:20,100
gleaned from earlier turmoil. 
Exile. 

3860
03:24:20,100 --> 03:24:23,300
Precarious legitimacy can 
blossom into confident 

3861
03:24:23,300 --> 03:24:27,100
leadership when harnessed with 
discipline even so her story 

3862
03:24:27,100 --> 03:24:30,400
underscores that behind the 
Regal facade lay real heartbreak

3863
03:24:30,400 --> 03:24:32,800
and regrets. 
Particularly on questions of 

3864
03:24:32,800 --> 03:24:35,800
family and moral, 
contradictions, that humanists 

3865
03:24:35,800 --> 03:24:37,700
only deepens. 
The fascination with this queen 

3866
03:24:37,700 --> 03:24:40,500
who navigated a world not 
designed for women in power 

3867
03:24:40,500 --> 03:24:44,500
forging, a golden age from The 
Crucible of adversity, when 

3868
03:24:44,500 --> 03:24:49,100
Elizabeth the first died on 
March 24th 16:03 at Richmond 

3869
03:24:49,100 --> 03:24:51,700
Palace. 
She left a kingdom dramatically 

3870
03:24:51,700 --> 03:24:55,300
change from the one she 
inherited Elizabeth of verted, 

3871
03:24:55,300 --> 03:24:58,800
religious Civil Wars, asserted 
an English Navy against Spanish 

3872
03:24:58,800 --> 03:25:01,600
dominance and planted the seeds 
of a maritime Empire. 

3873
03:25:02,500 --> 03:25:05,500
Yet the Queen's final moments, 
offered a poignant contrast to 

3874
03:25:05,500 --> 03:25:08,500
the ceremonial Grandeur that had
marked her public life. 

3875
03:25:09,200 --> 03:25:12,800
Accounts say she refused to rest
standing or sitting in pensive 

3876
03:25:12,800 --> 03:25:15,100
silence for hours. 
As if grappling with the 

3877
03:25:15,100 --> 03:25:18,400
knowledge that her story was 
nearly done the question of her 

3878
03:25:18,400 --> 03:25:21,800
successor James, the sixth of 
Scotland was all settled. 

3879
03:25:22,600 --> 03:25:25,800
Elizabeth's last gesture, 
whether a whispered name or 

3880
03:25:25,800 --> 03:25:29,500
silent acceptance, cleared the 
way for the stewards, Bridging 

3881
03:25:29,500 --> 03:25:32,700
the Tudors to a new era. 
The immediate aftermath saw an 

3882
03:25:32,700 --> 03:25:36,300
outpouring of tributes Noble 
houses and commoners alike more 

3883
03:25:36,300 --> 03:25:39,100
than the Virgin Queen. 
The stormwatch figurehead, who 

3884
03:25:39,100 --> 03:25:42,200
had rained 44 years. 
Her body was transported by 

3885
03:25:42,200 --> 03:25:45,600
barge along with the tens, a 
spectacle of black drapes and 

3886
03:25:45,600 --> 03:25:49,900
heraldic flags observers lining,
the shores were called how 

3887
03:25:49,900 --> 03:25:53,400
decades earlier. 
The young Queen had ascended to 

3888
03:25:53,400 --> 03:25:57,900
quell, the chaos left by her 
half-siblings now the realm 

3889
03:25:57,900 --> 03:26:01,200
faced another transition. 
But Elizabeth's half-century of 

3890
03:26:01,208 --> 03:26:03,800
leadership gave many confidence 
in the monarchy's stability. 

3891
03:26:04,700 --> 03:26:07,600
James's succession was mostly 
peaceful a testament to the 

3892
03:26:07,600 --> 03:26:09,400
processes, Elizabeth had 
overseen. 

3893
03:26:10,200 --> 03:26:14,000
Over the centuries historians 
dissected her image with fresh 

3894
03:26:14,000 --> 03:26:16,800
ankles. 
Some Champion Terror as a golden

3895
03:26:16,800 --> 03:26:19,500
archetype praising. 
Her unwavering sense of Duty 

3896
03:26:19,500 --> 03:26:22,600
others uncovered her 
manipulative, use of virginity 

3897
03:26:22,600 --> 03:26:26,400
as political currency or pointed
out, the authoritarian Edge in, 

3898
03:26:26,400 --> 03:26:29,800
how she Stamped Out dissent. 
20th century, scholarship 

3899
03:26:29,800 --> 03:26:33,000
introduced psychoanalytic 
readings, linking, her mother's 

3900
03:26:33,000 --> 03:26:36,900
beheading to her reluctance to 
marry Meanwhile feminist 

3901
03:26:36,900 --> 03:26:41,200
analysis recognized her capacity
to subvert patriarchal Norms, by

3902
03:26:41,200 --> 03:26:44,400
forging a distinctly. 
Female monarchy that demanded. 

3903
03:26:44,400 --> 03:26:47,800
Masculine respect 
archaeological, research to 

3904
03:26:47,800 --> 03:26:52,300
contributed excavations at 
palatial sites and covered 

3905
03:26:52,300 --> 03:26:56,000
Courtyards used for lavish tilts
or dancing events fragments of 

3906
03:26:56,000 --> 03:26:59,500
decorative tile. 
Bearing Tudor roses art, 

3907
03:26:59,500 --> 03:27:02,500
Restorations revealed, how State
portraits were retouched to 

3908
03:27:02,500 --> 03:27:05,700
remove her and calls or human 
imperfections reinforcing her 

3909
03:27:05,700 --> 03:27:08,500
iconic Aura. 
Evolution of her visual 

3910
03:27:08,500 --> 03:27:11,800
propaganda parallels. 
Modern brand Management in 

3911
03:27:11,800 --> 03:27:14,400
illustrating how monarchy 
leverage delusions to maintain 

3912
03:27:14,400 --> 03:27:18,200
public fascination. 
Elizabeth Sierra characterized 

3913
03:27:18,200 --> 03:27:22,200
by Drake's circumnavigation 
Shakespeare's stage and an 

3914
03:27:22,200 --> 03:27:25,800
assertive national identity, the
vote to deep sense of nostalgia 

3915
03:27:25,800 --> 03:27:28,500
among every day. 
In English folk actual living 

3916
03:27:28,500 --> 03:27:31,600
conditions for peasants remained
harsh, but the sense of 

3917
03:27:31,600 --> 03:27:35,400
belonging to an up-and-coming 
Realms sawed Elizabeth harness, 

3918
03:27:35,400 --> 03:27:38,200
that Pride to unify land 
threatened by Continental 

3919
03:27:38,200 --> 03:27:42,600
powers, She left behind no 
direct air, but her intangible 

3920
03:27:42,600 --> 03:27:45,900
bequest was a monarchy 
reinvigorated by a sense of 

3921
03:27:45,900 --> 03:27:48,700
national Destiny, though. 
Future conflicts like the 

3922
03:27:48,700 --> 03:27:52,000
English, Civil War would test 
that Unity severely In the 

3923
03:27:52,008 --> 03:27:56,200
present, Elizabeth's story 
continues to enthrall, tourists 

3924
03:27:56,200 --> 03:27:59,600
flocked to the Tower of London 
or Hampton Court longing for 

3925
03:27:59,608 --> 03:28:03,100
glimpses of her era's grandeur. 
Historians pieced together 

3926
03:28:03,108 --> 03:28:06,900
details from Diaries 
ambassadors, dispatchers and 

3927
03:28:06,900 --> 03:28:10,300
state papers, the creative arts 
produced films, reimagining her 

3928
03:28:10,300 --> 03:28:13,600
as everything from an 
iron-willed Warrior to a lonely.

3929
03:28:13,600 --> 03:28:17,500
Figure overshadowed by politics 
such portrayals reflect changing

3930
03:28:17,500 --> 03:28:20,200
cultural values. 
We admire her resilience 

3931
03:28:20,200 --> 03:28:23,800
kritika, harshness empathize 
with her personal constraints, 

3932
03:28:23,800 --> 03:28:27,600
each generation reads new 
lessons in her life, whether 

3933
03:28:27,600 --> 03:28:30,500
celebrating female Powell 
lamenting the cost of absolute 

3934
03:28:30,500 --> 03:28:33,400
monarchy. 
Her two rests in Westminster 

3935
03:28:33,400 --> 03:28:36,500
Abbey overshadowed by the more 
elaborate Memorial of her 

3936
03:28:36,500 --> 03:28:39,800
half-sister married, the first 
erected during James. 

3937
03:28:39,800 --> 03:28:43,900
The first time it depicts 
Elisabeth recumbent ironically 

3938
03:28:43,900 --> 03:28:46,900
sharing a memorial with Mary in 
a symbolic Berry of old 

3939
03:28:46,900 --> 03:28:49,900
rivalries while the Effigy is 
fairly simple. 

3940
03:28:49,900 --> 03:28:54,000
Visitors, often linger mindful 
that the occupant reshaped your 

3941
03:28:54,000 --> 03:28:56,900
apps Power Balance, the 
inscriptions hail her, as a 

3942
03:28:56,908 --> 03:29:01,500
paragon of wisdom praising her, 
as of her sex, the pride of all 

3943
03:29:01,500 --> 03:29:04,300
time. 
The Wonder The rhetoric might be

3944
03:29:04,308 --> 03:29:08,300
thick but at Echoes how she was 
revered by her contemporaries in

3945
03:29:08,300 --> 03:29:10,500
the end. 
Elizabeth the first stands as a 

3946
03:29:10,500 --> 03:29:13,300
testament, to the Synergy of 
personal, cunning cultural 

3947
03:29:13,300 --> 03:29:17,300
stewardship and Circumstance. 
The child overshadowed by A 

3948
03:29:17,300 --> 03:29:20,900
Father's Quest for a male Heir. 
Grew into a queen who refused to

3949
03:29:20,900 --> 03:29:23,600
be overshadowed by any spouse or
Continental monarch. 

3950
03:29:24,300 --> 03:29:27,300
That improbable Ark from 
uncertain princess, to 

3951
03:29:27,300 --> 03:29:29,400
Undisputed, Sovereign still 
captivates. 

3952
03:29:30,200 --> 03:29:32,600
Her life underscores that 
leadership is rarely 

3953
03:29:32,600 --> 03:29:35,500
straightforward forging 
alliances, stifling 

3954
03:29:35,500 --> 03:29:38,700
conspiracies, and projecting 
Authority, demand constant 

3955
03:29:38,700 --> 03:29:42,200
recalibration indeed. 
Her success lie, not in an 

3956
03:29:42,200 --> 03:29:46,500
unyielding set of principles, 
but in agile responses to crisis

3957
03:29:46,500 --> 03:29:50,900
through this fluid style, she 
carved a stable realm from a 

3958
03:29:50,900 --> 03:29:54,500
swirl of dangers, centuries, 
later that story endures, 

3959
03:29:54,500 --> 03:29:57,700
bridging history and myth 
echoing that alone. 

3960
03:29:57,700 --> 03:30:02,400
Determined figure armed with 
intellect cunning and stagecraft

3961
03:30:02,400 --> 03:30:11,600
can shift an entire Kingdom's 
course, Imagine yourself waking 

3962
03:30:11,600 --> 03:30:16,100
up in ancient Rome, perhaps 
around 150 ad and stumbling 

3963
03:30:16,100 --> 03:30:17,600
towards your modest apartment's 
kitchen. 

3964
03:30:17,600 --> 03:30:21,300
Your stomach is growling and 
you're dreaming of scrambled 

3965
03:30:21,300 --> 03:30:24,500
eggs, toast with butter and 
maybe some orange juice. 

3966
03:30:24,500 --> 03:30:27,600
Well friend you're about to 
discover that Roman breakfast 

3967
03:30:27,600 --> 03:30:30,700
was about as exciting as 
watching paint dry on a humid 

3968
03:30:30,700 --> 03:30:33,300
day. 
You see Romans didn't really do 

3969
03:30:33,300 --> 03:30:34,600
breakfast, the way we think of 
it. 

3970
03:30:34,600 --> 03:30:38,200
They had something called iron 
tacular, which sounds fancy 

3971
03:30:38,200 --> 03:30:40,300
Until you realize it was 
basically, whatever leftover 

3972
03:30:40,300 --> 03:30:43,300
bread you could find from 
yesterday, maybe dipped in wine.

3973
03:30:43,300 --> 03:30:46,800
If you were feeling particularly
festive, There were no eggs, 

3974
03:30:46,800 --> 03:30:50,700
benedict served here, just you 
some stale bread and the faint. 

3975
03:30:50,700 --> 03:30:52,400
Hope that lunch might be more 
interesting. 

3976
03:30:53,100 --> 03:30:56,100
The Romans had this peculiar 
relationship with morning meals,

3977
03:30:56,100 --> 03:30:57,900
that would make modern 
nutritionist weep. 

3978
03:30:58,600 --> 03:31:00,800
They considered eating a big 
breakfast to be somewhat 

3979
03:31:00,800 --> 03:31:04,100
gluttonous like wearing pajamas 
to abort meeting just wasn't 

3980
03:31:04,100 --> 03:31:05,600
done. 
If you had any sense of dignity,

3981
03:31:05,600 --> 03:31:09,700
instead, they nibble on bread, 
perhaps some cheese of they were

3982
03:31:09,700 --> 03:31:13,200
lucky and call it good enough. 
If you were Rich enough to have 

3983
03:31:13,208 --> 03:31:16,700
servants Fanning you with Palms,
you might have had honey on your

3984
03:31:16,700 --> 03:31:20,000
bread or olives. 
But for most Romans breakfast 

3985
03:31:20,000 --> 03:31:25,100
was less rise and shine and more
rise and make do with whatever's

3986
03:31:25,100 --> 03:31:27,700
not growing. 
Mold, the fascinating thing 

3987
03:31:27,700 --> 03:31:30,400
about Roman food culture is how 
backwards it seems to us. 

3988
03:31:30,400 --> 03:31:33,800
Now, we've got our coffee shops 
on every corner, our breakfast, 

3989
03:31:33,800 --> 03:31:37,100
burritos, and Our Endless cereal
aisles that stretch like 

3990
03:31:37,100 --> 03:31:40,000
ancient, Roman roads, But 
Romans. 

3991
03:31:40,700 --> 03:31:43,700
They save their energy for the 
real meal of the day, which came

3992
03:31:43,700 --> 03:31:47,200
much later breakfast was just 
fuel to get you through the 

3993
03:31:47,200 --> 03:31:49,700
morning's work. 
Like putting just enough gas in 

3994
03:31:49,700 --> 03:31:51,200
your car, to reach the next 
station. 

3995
03:31:51,200 --> 03:31:54,800
You'd wash down, your mega 
breakfast with water, maybe some

3996
03:31:54,800 --> 03:31:57,900
diluted wine if you were feeling
fancy or if the water looked 

3997
03:31:57,900 --> 03:32:01,400
particularly suspicious that 
day, Roman water systems were 

3998
03:32:01,400 --> 03:32:03,500
impressive Shore but you still 
have to be careful. 

3999
03:32:03,500 --> 03:32:06,400
A little wine in your morning, 
drink wasn't about getting 

4000
03:32:06,400 --> 03:32:10,000
tipsy, it was about not getting 
sick from whatever might be 

4001
03:32:10,000 --> 03:32:13,200
swimming around in your cup. 
The bread itself would have been

4002
03:32:13,200 --> 03:32:15,500
darker and coarser than what we 
used to today. 

4003
03:32:15,500 --> 03:32:19,800
Think of it as the ancient 
equivalent of whole grain except

4004
03:32:19,800 --> 03:32:22,800
it wasn't a Health Choice. 
It was just what happened when 

4005
03:32:22,800 --> 03:32:24,200
you ground wheat with primitive 
tools. 

4006
03:32:25,200 --> 03:32:28,400
Sometimes you'd find intriguing 
surprises in your bread like 

4007
03:32:28,400 --> 03:32:31,900
bits of Stone from the grinding 
process Roman's had strong 

4008
03:32:31,900 --> 03:32:33,900
teeth. 
Or at least they did until they 

4009
03:32:33,900 --> 03:32:36,900
didn't, you could get goat's 
milk if you lived in the country

4010
03:32:36,900 --> 03:32:41,200
cows milk was more of a luxury 
item like truffle oil or premium

4011
03:32:41,200 --> 03:32:44,600
vanilla extract today. 
Most Romans in the city would 

4012
03:32:44,600 --> 03:32:46,400
have looked at you. 
Strangely, if you suggested 

4013
03:32:46,400 --> 03:32:49,300
starting the day with a big 
glass of cold milk, it just 

4014
03:32:49,300 --> 03:32:52,800
wasn't part of their world. 
The relationship between the 

4015
03:32:52,800 --> 03:32:57,100
morning meal and social class 
was intricate and multifaceted a

4016
03:32:57,100 --> 03:32:59,200
wealthy Roman might have had 
slaves preparing. 

4017
03:32:59,200 --> 03:33:02,000
Elaborate breads with various 
seeds and nuts baked in. 

4018
03:33:02,000 --> 03:33:04,900
While a poor Roman was grateful 
for any bread at all. 

4019
03:33:05,700 --> 03:33:08,200
The disparity between the 
affluent and the impoverished. 

4020
03:33:08,200 --> 03:33:10,800
During breakfast time was 
comparable to the difference 

4021
03:33:10,800 --> 03:33:14,100
between a luxurious continental 
breakfast at a five-star hotel 

4022
03:33:14,100 --> 03:33:18,400
and a simple bowl of oatmeal 
five-star hotel and Amiga 

4023
03:33:18,400 --> 03:33:20,700
breakfast from a gas station at 
6:00 a.m. 

4024
03:33:20,700 --> 03:33:23,800
So there you are as an ancient 
Roman finishing, your modest 

4025
03:33:23,800 --> 03:33:27,100
breakfast and preparing for the 
day ahead your stomach isn't 

4026
03:33:27,100 --> 03:33:30,100
exactly singing with 
satisfaction but your fed enough

4027
03:33:30,100 --> 03:33:34,100
to function The real excitement,
the actual meal worth waiting 

4028
03:33:34,100 --> 03:33:38,100
for is still hours away, but 
don't worry when it comes, it'll

4029
03:33:38,100 --> 03:33:41,600
be worth the wait, even if it's 
not what you expect, so you've 

4030
03:33:41,600 --> 03:33:44,800
made it through your underwear, 
Roman breakfast and now you're 

4031
03:33:44,800 --> 03:33:47,400
wondering about lunch. 
Here's where things get 

4032
03:33:47,400 --> 03:33:51,500
interesting Romans had this meal
called brandium, which was 

4033
03:33:51,500 --> 03:33:54,300
sought of like lunch except it 
wasn't really launched the way 

4034
03:33:54,300 --> 03:33:57,000
we understand it. 
It resembled a snack with a 

4035
03:33:57,008 --> 03:34:00,600
sense of grandeur think of 
prandium as the middle child of 

4036
03:34:00,600 --> 03:34:04,300
Roman Niels, overlooked 
underappreciated and often 

4037
03:34:04,300 --> 03:34:07,700
forgotten entirely Most Romans 
would grab something quick and 

4038
03:34:07,700 --> 03:34:10,200
light around midday. 
Assuming they remembered to eat 

4039
03:34:10,200 --> 03:34:11,900
at all. 
They were busy people. 

4040
03:34:11,900 --> 03:34:14,500
These Romans, what were their 
empire building and their 

4041
03:34:14,500 --> 03:34:18,400
complex social hierarchies to 
maintain If you were a 

4042
03:34:18,400 --> 03:34:21,200
working-class Roman, your lunch 
might have been a chunk of bread

4043
03:34:21,200 --> 03:34:23,200
with some cheese, maybe an 
apple. 

4044
03:34:23,200 --> 03:34:25,700
If you were lucky enough to find
one that hadn't been claimed by 

4045
03:34:25,700 --> 03:34:28,800
someone higher up the social 
ladder, you need it quickly, 

4046
03:34:28,800 --> 03:34:32,200
probably while standing and then
get back to whatever important 

4047
03:34:32,200 --> 03:34:35,100
Roman business, you had to 
attend to There were no 

4048
03:34:35,108 --> 03:34:37,600
leisurely lunch breaks where 
co-workers were discussed the 

4049
03:34:37,600 --> 03:34:41,200
latest Gladiator matches. 
The wealthy Romans naturally had

4050
03:34:41,200 --> 03:34:42,800
a different approach to midday 
eating. 

4051
03:34:42,800 --> 03:34:46,300
They might have had cold meats, 
some fruit and perhaps a bit of 

4052
03:34:46,300 --> 03:34:49,000
wine that was actually good in 
the stuff that could strip 

4053
03:34:49,000 --> 03:34:51,400
paint. 
But even they didn't make a big 

4054
03:34:51,400 --> 03:34:54,000
production of it. 
Lunch was like a brief 

4055
03:34:54,000 --> 03:34:57,700
intermission in the play of 
daily life acknowledged but not 

4056
03:34:57,700 --> 03:35:00,200
the main event. 
Here's something that might 

4057
03:35:00,200 --> 03:35:02,800
surprise. 
You Romans were big on cold 

4058
03:35:02,800 --> 03:35:05,100
lunches. 
This was not due to their 

4059
03:35:05,100 --> 03:35:08,700
proclivity for meal prep, but 
rather due to the impracticality

4060
03:35:08,700 --> 03:35:12,600
of preparing, a full meal in the
middle of the day, most Romans 

4061
03:35:12,600 --> 03:35:14,900
living in cities didn't have 
proper kitchens anyway. 

4062
03:35:14,900 --> 03:35:18,000
They lived in apartment that 
would make modern studio 

4063
03:35:18,000 --> 03:35:20,700
dwellers, feel positively 
spacious and cooking for 

4064
03:35:20,700 --> 03:35:22,600
facilities were shared or 
non-existent. 

4065
03:35:23,500 --> 03:35:26,700
You'd find Romans eating lunch 
and taverns, which were 

4066
03:35:26,700 --> 03:35:29,200
scattered throughout the cities 
like ancient food courts. 

4067
03:35:29,200 --> 03:35:31,300
These weren't fanciest 
establishments. 

4068
03:35:31,300 --> 03:35:34,200
Think more like a combination of
a gas station Daly. 

4069
03:35:34,200 --> 03:35:36,900
And a sports bar, minus the 
sports, and the bar part. 

4070
03:35:36,900 --> 03:35:40,600
The food was cheap, quick and 
designed to keep you going 

4071
03:35:40,600 --> 03:35:43,700
rather than to impress anyone. 
The typical Tavern. 

4072
03:35:43,700 --> 03:35:46,900
Lunch might include some 
hard-boiled eggs, olives, bread 

4073
03:35:46,900 --> 03:35:49,600
and cheese. 
If you are feeling adventurous, 

4074
03:35:49,600 --> 03:35:51,400
you might try some of the 
prepared foods. 

4075
03:35:51,400 --> 03:35:54,300
They had sitting out though. 
The concept of food safety was 

4076
03:35:54,300 --> 03:35:57,500
about as developed as their 
understanding of germs, which is

4077
03:35:57,500 --> 03:36:02,000
to say not at all. 
Fish was popular at lunch as if 

4078
03:36:02,000 --> 03:36:05,100
you live near the coast, Romans 
had this thing for fish sauce 

4079
03:36:05,100 --> 03:36:08,000
called garam, which was 
basically the catch up of the 

4080
03:36:08,000 --> 03:36:10,400
ancient world. 
They put it on everything. 

4081
03:36:10,400 --> 03:36:14,500
And I mean, everything. 
Imagine if someone today decided

4082
03:36:14,500 --> 03:36:18,000
that ranch dressing should go on
every single food item that's 

4083
03:36:18,000 --> 03:36:21,800
Roman's with their fish sauce. 
It was made from fermented fish 

4084
03:36:21,800 --> 03:36:25,500
and testings which sounds 
absolutely horrifying. 

4085
03:36:25,500 --> 03:36:28,200
And you realize its basically 
the ancestry of Worcestershire 

4086
03:36:28,200 --> 03:36:30,400
sauce. 
If you were traveling your lunch

4087
03:36:30,400 --> 03:36:31,900
options became even more 
limited. 

4088
03:36:31,900 --> 03:36:35,300
Roman roads were excellent for 
getting from point A to point B 

4089
03:36:35,300 --> 03:36:38,300
but they weren't exactly line 
with convenient restaurants 

4090
03:36:38,300 --> 03:36:41,500
you'd pack some bread baby. 
Some dried meat and hope for the

4091
03:36:41,500 --> 03:36:43,800
best. 
It was the ancient equivalent of

4092
03:36:43,800 --> 03:36:46,000
grabbing a protein bar and 
hoping you'd find something 

4093
03:36:46,000 --> 03:36:49,200
better later. 
The timing of lunch was also 

4094
03:36:49,200 --> 03:36:51,900
flexible in a way that would 
confuse modern schedulers. 

4095
03:36:52,600 --> 03:36:55,100
Romans didn't have precise, 
timekeeping the way we do. 

4096
03:36:55,100 --> 03:36:58,800
So lunchtime was more of a 
general concept than a specific 

4097
03:36:58,800 --> 03:37:01,200
hour. 
You ate when you felt hungry and

4098
03:37:01,200 --> 03:37:03,800
when you had free time, which 
sometimes meant not eating at 

4099
03:37:03,800 --> 03:37:07,400
all, what's really fascinating 
is how Romans viewed this meal 

4100
03:37:07,400 --> 03:37:10,700
or lack thereof? 
They didn't see skipping lunch 

4101
03:37:10,700 --> 03:37:13,000
as a hardship or a sign of being
too busy. 

4102
03:37:13,000 --> 03:37:16,500
It was just part of life. 
They were saving their energy 

4103
03:37:16,500 --> 03:37:18,300
and appetite for the real meal 
of the day. 

4104
03:37:18,300 --> 03:37:21,400
Everything else was just keeping
the engine running until the 

4105
03:37:21,400 --> 03:37:24,600
main event that comes the fun 
part shopping for the evening 

4106
03:37:24,600 --> 03:37:27,500
meal which was where Roman's 
really showed their coloring 

4107
03:37:27,500 --> 03:37:30,100
colors. 
But before you start imagining 

4108
03:37:30,100 --> 03:37:32,300
meat, grocery store aisles and 
shopping carts. 

4109
03:37:32,300 --> 03:37:35,000
Let me paint you a picture of 
what food shopping actually 

4110
03:37:35,000 --> 03:37:38,100
looked like in ancient Rome. 
First, you'd head to the local 

4111
03:37:38,100 --> 03:37:41,000
market, which was less like a 
modern supermarket and more like

4112
03:37:41,000 --> 03:37:43,900
a chaotic Festival where 
everyone was trying to sell you 

4113
03:37:43,900 --> 03:37:46,100
something. 
The noise alone would have been 

4114
03:37:46,100 --> 03:37:48,800
overwhelming vendors shouting 
about their Wares. 

4115
03:37:48,800 --> 03:37:52,100
Customers haggling over prices 
and animals, making whatever 

4116
03:37:52,100 --> 03:37:54,400
sound animals make, when they're
about to become dinner. 

4117
03:37:54,400 --> 03:37:57,800
It was like Black Friday, but 
every day with more chickens, 

4118
03:37:58,600 --> 03:38:01,700
You'd start at the bread stalls 
because bread was the foundation

4119
03:38:01,700 --> 03:38:04,600
of every Roman meal. 
The Bakers would have their 

4120
03:38:04,600 --> 03:38:06,500
loaves, displayed. 
And you need to choose 

4121
03:38:06,500 --> 03:38:08,900
carefully. 
Some bread was better than 

4122
03:38:08,900 --> 03:38:12,000
others, and you could tell a lot
about someone social status by 

4123
03:38:12,000 --> 03:38:14,900
the quality of bread. 
They bought white bread was for 

4124
03:38:14,900 --> 03:38:17,200
the wealthy. 
Darker bread was for everyone 

4125
03:38:17,200 --> 03:38:19,600
else. 
It was like a carbohydrate based

4126
03:38:19,600 --> 03:38:22,500
social hierarchy. 
The meat section would have been

4127
03:38:22,500 --> 03:38:27,200
an adventure in itself. 
Romans consumed, pork lamb goat 

4128
03:38:27,200 --> 03:38:30,500
and beef. 
However, beef was expensive and 

4129
03:38:30,500 --> 03:38:32,100
typically reserved for special 
occasions. 

4130
03:38:32,100 --> 03:38:36,000
You'd see whole animals hanging 
in the Stalls, and the butcher 

4131
03:38:36,000 --> 03:38:38,000
would cut off whatever piece you
wanted right there. 

4132
03:38:38,000 --> 03:38:42,000
No neat packages wrapped in 
plastic, just you the Butcher 

4133
03:38:42,000 --> 03:38:44,900
and whatever animal was looking 
at you with those reproachful 

4134
03:38:44,900 --> 03:38:48,800
dead eyes. paltry was popular 
among the Romans, especially 

4135
03:38:48,800 --> 03:38:52,200
chicken, but they also consumed 
Ducks geese, And various other 

4136
03:38:52,208 --> 03:38:54,800
types of birds. 
They had a particular fondness 

4137
03:38:54,800 --> 03:38:57,600
for stuffed door, mice, which 
sounds adorable Until you 

4138
03:38:57,600 --> 03:39:00,200
realize they were being stuffed 
for dinner not as toys. 

4139
03:39:01,100 --> 03:39:03,800
Romans had some interesting 
ideas about what constituted 

4140
03:39:03,800 --> 03:39:06,200
good eating. 
The fish market would have been 

4141
03:39:06,200 --> 03:39:08,200
a sensory experience you'd never
forget. 

4142
03:39:09,000 --> 03:39:11,900
Romans love their seafood and 
they had access to both 

4143
03:39:11,900 --> 03:39:15,300
freshwater and saltwater fish. 
You'd find everything from 

4144
03:39:15,300 --> 03:39:18,800
simple sardines to elaborate 
preparations of mullet and sea 

4145
03:39:18,800 --> 03:39:20,400
bass. 
The smell would have been 

4146
03:39:20,400 --> 03:39:22,600
intense. 
Imagine the strongest fish 

4147
03:39:22,600 --> 03:39:25,800
market you've ever encountered 
then, multiply it by about 10. 

4148
03:39:26,800 --> 03:39:29,500
Vegetables were sold by farmers 
who bring their produce from the

4149
03:39:29,500 --> 03:39:32,900
countryside. 
You'd find onions, garlic leeks,

4150
03:39:32,900 --> 03:39:36,700
cabbage, turnips, and various 
greens, To make those didn't 

4151
03:39:36,700 --> 03:39:39,500
exist yet, they were still 
hanging out in the Americas, 

4152
03:39:39,500 --> 03:39:42,500
waiting to be discovered. 
So Roman Cuisine was a lot less 

4153
03:39:42,500 --> 03:39:45,200
red than you might expect. 
Fruits were seasonal 

4154
03:39:45,200 --> 03:39:48,600
Impressions, Apple's pears, 
grapes and figs were common. 

4155
03:39:49,400 --> 03:39:52,300
Citrus fruits were exotic 
Imports the cost, more than most

4156
03:39:52,300 --> 03:39:55,700
people could afford. 
If you desired an orange, it 

4157
03:39:55,700 --> 03:39:58,300
would be advisable to have the 
ancient equivalent of a trust 

4158
03:39:58,300 --> 03:40:02,300
fund. spice fenders will like 
ancient drug dealers that legal 

4159
03:40:02,300 --> 03:40:06,300
and With Better Business License
pepper was incredibly valuable 

4160
03:40:06,300 --> 03:40:10,200
so valuable that it was 
sometimes used as currently Salt

4161
03:40:10,200 --> 03:40:13,500
was essential for preserving 
food in Romans had some pretty 

4162
03:40:13,500 --> 03:40:15,900
sophisticated ideas about 
different types of salt. 

4163
03:40:15,900 --> 03:40:19,400
And their uses wine was sold 
everywhere and it came in 

4164
03:40:19,400 --> 03:40:22,100
various qualities. 
The excellent stuff was for 

4165
03:40:22,100 --> 03:40:23,700
special occasions and wealthy 
people. 

4166
03:40:23,700 --> 03:40:28,100
While the everyday wine was more
like alcoholic vinegar, Romans 

4167
03:40:28,100 --> 03:40:31,500
mixed their wine with water 
which was partly about taste and

4168
03:40:31,500 --> 03:40:34,000
partly about not falling over 
before dinner was finished. 

4169
03:40:34,800 --> 03:40:36,500
Shopping wasn't just about 
buying food. 

4170
03:40:36,500 --> 03:40:40,900
It was a social activity. 
You'd run into neighbors, catch 

4171
03:40:40,900 --> 03:40:43,900
up on gossip, and probably hear 
about the latest political 

4172
03:40:43,900 --> 03:40:46,400
scandals. 
The market was like Facebook, 

4173
03:40:46,400 --> 03:40:50,300
but with actual faces and fewer 
privacy settings, you'd need to 

4174
03:40:50,308 --> 03:40:52,600
bring your containers for 
liquids and Lucy items. 

4175
03:40:52,600 --> 03:40:56,600
No, convenient bottles or bags, 
just whatever Pottery or baskets

4176
03:40:56,600 --> 03:41:00,200
you could carry If you lived in 
one of those multi-story, 

4177
03:41:00,200 --> 03:41:02,500
apartment buildings and had to 
carry everything up narrow 

4178
03:41:02,500 --> 03:41:05,000
stairs, shopping became a 
workout in itself. 

4179
03:41:05,800 --> 03:41:08,900
The whole experience would have 
taken most of the day and you'd 

4180
03:41:08,900 --> 03:41:11,400
need to be a skilled negotiator 
to get acceptable prices. 

4181
03:41:11,400 --> 03:41:15,600
Romans expected, haggling the 
way we expect barkos, it was 

4182
03:41:15,608 --> 03:41:18,400
just part of the process. 
You'd start with an outrageous 

4183
03:41:18,400 --> 03:41:21,500
price work your way down and 
eventually settle on something 

4184
03:41:21,500 --> 03:41:24,200
that made both parties. 
Slightly unhappy which meant it 

4185
03:41:24,200 --> 03:41:26,700
was probably fair. 
So you've survived the market 

4186
03:41:26,700 --> 03:41:28,800
experience and made it home with
your purchases. 

4187
03:41:28,800 --> 03:41:32,400
Now comes to the fun part. 
Actually cooking the food. 

4188
03:41:33,600 --> 03:41:35,000
Here's where things get really 
interesting. 

4189
03:41:35,000 --> 03:41:38,100
Because Roman kitchens were 
nothing like what your 

4190
03:41:38,100 --> 03:41:40,000
imagining. 
If you lived in a typical Roman 

4191
03:41:40,000 --> 03:41:43,300
apartment, your kitchen might 
have been a small Brazier 

4192
03:41:43,300 --> 03:41:45,800
basically a metal bowl with some
charcoal in it. 

4193
03:41:45,808 --> 03:41:48,600
That's it. 
There were no counters cabinets 

4194
03:41:48,600 --> 03:41:50,600
or refrigerators humming in the 
corner. 

4195
03:41:50,600 --> 03:41:52,500
You do your cooking crouched 
over. 

4196
03:41:52,508 --> 03:41:54,600
This tiny fire. 
Probably in a space that was 

4197
03:41:54,600 --> 03:41:56,100
barely bigger than a modern 
closet. 

4198
03:41:56,100 --> 03:41:58,700
It was like trying to prepare 
Thanksgiving dinner. 

4199
03:41:58,700 --> 03:42:01,700
Using only a Hibachi Grill. 
The smoke from your cooking 

4200
03:42:01,700 --> 03:42:04,400
fire, had to go somewhere. 
And that's somewhere was usually

4201
03:42:04,400 --> 03:42:07,100
everywhere. 
Roman Apartments weren't known 

4202
03:42:07,100 --> 03:42:10,100
for their ventilation systems. 
You'd open a window if you had 

4203
03:42:10,100 --> 03:42:12,200
one but mostly you just live 
with the smoke. 

4204
03:42:12,200 --> 03:42:15,800
Everyone smelled like cooking 
food all the time which was 

4205
03:42:15,800 --> 03:42:18,200
either Charming or horrifying 
depending on your perspective. 

4206
03:42:19,300 --> 03:42:21,700
If you were wealthy enough to 
have a proper house, you might 

4207
03:42:21,700 --> 03:42:23,500
have had a real kitchen with a 
stone half. 

4208
03:42:23,500 --> 03:42:27,100
Maybe even a small oven, even 
these kitchens would have seen 

4209
03:42:27,100 --> 03:42:30,400
primitive by modern standards. 
The cooking area lacked running 

4210
03:42:30,400 --> 03:42:32,700
water and lacked knob controlled
gas burners. 

4211
03:42:32,700 --> 03:42:36,300
Everything was Firebase which 
meant it took longer and 

4212
03:42:36,300 --> 03:42:39,400
required more attention. 
Roman cooking was all about 

4213
03:42:39,400 --> 03:42:42,400
timing and patience. 
He couldn't just set a timer and

4214
03:42:42,400 --> 03:42:44,700
walk away. 
You had to stay with your food 

4215
03:42:44,700 --> 03:42:48,300
watching it, adjusting the heat 
by moving, coals around and 

4216
03:42:48,300 --> 03:42:51,100
turning things by hand. 
It was like meditation. 

4217
03:42:51,100 --> 03:42:55,000
Except if you meditated wrong 
dinner by burned, The most 

4218
03:42:55,008 --> 03:42:57,700
common cooking vessel was a clay
pot called Enola. 

4219
03:42:57,700 --> 03:43:00,700
These came in various sizes and 
were used for everything from 

4220
03:43:00,700 --> 03:43:04,900
boiling water to making. 
Stews, Romans also had pans, but

4221
03:43:04,900 --> 03:43:06,400
they were made of bronze or 
iron. 

4222
03:43:06,400 --> 03:43:10,200
Not the nonstick wonders, were 
used to everything stuck to it, 

4223
03:43:10,200 --> 03:43:13,600
which made cooking and exercise 
in both skill and frustration. 

4224
03:43:14,400 --> 03:43:18,100
Spices were Ground by hand using
a mortar and pestle, which was 

4225
03:43:18,100 --> 03:43:19,800
an excellent exercise for your 
arms. 

4226
03:43:19,800 --> 03:43:23,100
But time-consuming you'd spend a
good portion of your cooking 

4227
03:43:23,100 --> 03:43:26,900
time just preparing ingredients.
There were no food processors, 

4228
03:43:26,900 --> 03:43:31,600
no pre-chopped vegetables and no
shortcuts every meal was earned 

4229
03:43:31,600 --> 03:43:34,700
through actual physical labor. 
Storage was another challenge 

4230
03:43:34,700 --> 03:43:38,400
entirely without Refrigeration. 
You had to be creative about 

4231
03:43:38,400 --> 03:43:41,200
keeping food. 
Fresh Romans used various 

4232
03:43:41,200 --> 03:43:44,700
preservation, technique's 
sulting smoking, drying and 

4233
03:43:44,700 --> 03:43:47,100
fermentation. 
They had underground storage 

4234
03:43:47,100 --> 03:43:50,100
areas called Sally for wine and 
other perishables that these 

4235
03:43:50,100 --> 03:43:53,600
were mainly for the wealthy For 
most Romans, you bought what you

4236
03:43:53,600 --> 03:43:57,100
needed for that day's meal and 
not much more leftovers were 

4237
03:43:57,100 --> 03:43:58,500
problematic without Proper 
Storage. 

4238
03:43:58,500 --> 03:44:01,300
So you learned to prepare just 
enough food for your family. 

4239
03:44:01,300 --> 03:44:04,700
This meant shopping more 
frequently, but it also meant 

4240
03:44:04,700 --> 03:44:07,800
your food was always fresh 
water, for cooking had to be 

4241
03:44:07,800 --> 03:44:09,800
carried from public fountains or
Wells. 

4242
03:44:09,800 --> 03:44:13,200
There was no turning on a tap. 
You'd fill your water jars and 

4243
03:44:13,208 --> 03:44:15,700
carry them home. 
Then use that water sparingly, 

4244
03:44:15,700 --> 03:44:19,300
this approach made cooking more 
deliberate and less wasteful 

4245
03:44:19,300 --> 03:44:22,700
than modern cooking tends. 
To be the Romans had some clever

4246
03:44:22,700 --> 03:44:26,000
cooking technique that worked 
around their limitations, they'd

4247
03:44:26,000 --> 03:44:29,800
use honey as a preservative wine
as a cooking liquid and various 

4248
03:44:29,800 --> 03:44:32,400
herbs to mask the taste of food 
that were starting to turn. 

4249
03:44:32,400 --> 03:44:35,600
It became masters of one pot, 
cooking out of necessity, 

4250
03:44:35,600 --> 03:44:39,900
creating complex flavors in 
simple vessels, baking was 

4251
03:44:39,900 --> 03:44:42,900
usually done, communally. 
Most people didn't have ovens, 

4252
03:44:42,900 --> 03:44:45,600
so they'd prepare their bread 
dough at home and then take it 

4253
03:44:45,600 --> 03:44:47,100
to a communal Bakery to be 
baked. 

4254
03:44:47,900 --> 03:44:50,800
This practice created a social 
aspect of bread making that 

4255
03:44:50,800 --> 03:44:52,800
we've completely lost in modern 
times. 

4256
03:44:53,900 --> 03:44:57,200
The timing of food preparation 
was crucial because Romans 8:00 

4257
03:44:57,200 --> 03:44:59,300
their main meal in the late 
afternoon or early evening. 

4258
03:44:59,300 --> 03:45:02,300
You need to start cooking hours 
before you plan to eat 

4259
03:45:02,300 --> 03:45:04,900
especially if you were preparing
anything complex. 

4260
03:45:05,900 --> 03:45:09,300
There was no ordering takeout. 
If you ran out of time, you ate 

4261
03:45:09,300 --> 03:45:11,500
what you managed to prepare, or 
you didn't eat much at all. 

4262
03:45:11,500 --> 03:45:14,900
Despite all these challenges 
Romans managed to create some 

4263
03:45:14,900 --> 03:45:18,800
truly sophisticated dishes. 
They were creative resourceful, 

4264
03:45:18,800 --> 03:45:21,600
and surprisingly Innovative in 
their approach to cooking. 

4265
03:45:21,600 --> 03:45:24,700
They had to be their survival 
depended on it. 

4266
03:45:24,700 --> 03:45:28,300
Finally, we reached the Cena, 
the main meal of the day and the

4267
03:45:28,300 --> 03:45:31,500
one Roman's actually cared about
this meal was where they put 

4268
03:45:31,500 --> 03:45:34,300
their effort, their money, and 
their social energy. 

4269
03:45:35,400 --> 03:45:38,600
If breakfast was a handshake and
lunch was a brief nod, dinner 

4270
03:45:38,600 --> 03:45:42,200
was a full embrace The timing of
dinner would seem strange to us.

4271
03:45:43,100 --> 03:45:46,100
Roman's typically ate their main
meal in the late afternoon or 

4272
03:45:46,100 --> 03:45:48,100
early evening. 
When the days work was done and 

4273
03:45:48,100 --> 03:45:50,000
they were still enough light to 
see what you were eating. 

4274
03:45:51,300 --> 03:45:53,900
This wasn't about candle At 
Romance, it was about 

4275
03:45:53,900 --> 03:45:57,600
practicality lamp. 
Oil was expensive and you wanted

4276
03:45:57,600 --> 03:45:59,700
to enjoy your food while you 
could actually see it. 

4277
03:46:01,300 --> 03:46:04,500
For ordinary Romans dinner was a
simple but satisfying a fair, 

4278
03:46:04,508 --> 03:46:07,700
you'd gather with your family 
around a low table, sitting on 

4279
03:46:07,700 --> 03:46:11,600
stools or benches the meal would
center around bread which was 

4280
03:46:11,600 --> 03:46:13,700
eaten with everything and used 
as utensil. 

4281
03:46:13,700 --> 03:46:18,300
You tear off pieces and use the 
other foods, like an ancient 

4282
03:46:18,300 --> 03:46:20,200
version of a dinner roll. 
That actually worked for 

4283
03:46:20,200 --> 03:46:23,700
something. the main dish was 
often a porridge or stew called 

4284
03:46:23,700 --> 03:46:26,600
pulse which was made from 
various grains and whatever, 

4285
03:46:26,600 --> 03:46:30,700
vegetables meat or fish you 
could afford Sounds boring but 

4286
03:46:30,700 --> 03:46:33,000
Romans had perfected. 
The art of making porridge 

4287
03:46:33,000 --> 03:46:37,100
fascinating, they'd add herbs 
spices, bits of meat vegetables 

4288
03:46:37,100 --> 03:46:40,200
and that ubiquitous fish sauce, 
it was like the ancient 

4289
03:46:40,200 --> 03:46:43,400
equivalent of a delicious 
risotto if rizotto were made 

4290
03:46:43,400 --> 03:46:45,000
from whatever you happen to have
on hand. 

4291
03:46:45,000 --> 03:46:49,400
If you could afford meat, it was
usually pork lamb or goat. 

4292
03:46:50,100 --> 03:46:53,200
Chicken was also popular and 
Romans had some intriguing ways 

4293
03:46:53,200 --> 03:46:55,700
of preparing it. 
They'd stuff, it with various 

4294
03:46:55,700 --> 03:46:58,800
mixtures, roast it with herbs or
cook it and wine sauces. 

4295
03:46:58,800 --> 03:47:00,300
That would make modern chefs 
jealous. 

4296
03:47:01,200 --> 03:47:03,400
He was maximizing flavor with 
few ingredients. 

4297
03:47:04,600 --> 03:47:07,000
Vegetables play to supporting 
role but an important one, 

4298
03:47:07,000 --> 03:47:10,900
Roman's ate a lot of cabbage, 
onions, leeks and various 

4299
03:47:10,900 --> 03:47:13,300
screens. 
They prepared vegetables in ways

4300
03:47:13,300 --> 03:47:16,300
that would surprise modern Cooks
often cooking them for much 

4301
03:47:16,300 --> 03:47:19,900
longer than we do today creating
soft flavorful dishes that were 

4302
03:47:19,900 --> 03:47:23,300
easy to digest. 
The wealthy Romans naturally had

4303
03:47:23,300 --> 03:47:26,100
completely different dinner 
experience their meals. 

4304
03:47:26,100 --> 03:47:28,600
Were elaborate Affairs that 
could last for hours and include

4305
03:47:28,600 --> 03:47:31,400
multiple courses. 
They'd recline on couches. 

4306
03:47:31,400 --> 03:47:35,300
Yes, they literally laid down to
eat, and be served by slaves who

4307
03:47:35,300 --> 03:47:39,200
brought course, after course, 
with increasingly exotic foods, 

4308
03:47:39,200 --> 03:47:43,600
rich, Romans might start with 
gustau appetizers like eggs 

4309
03:47:43,600 --> 03:47:47,600
Olive's, honey, glazed ham or 
various Seafood preparations. 

4310
03:47:48,500 --> 03:47:51,800
Then came the main courses which
could include roasted peacock 

4311
03:47:51,800 --> 03:47:54,200
stuffed wild boar, or elaborate 
fish dishes. 

4312
03:47:54,200 --> 03:47:57,400
They'd finish with sweet things.
Like Honey, Cakes or fruit. 

4313
03:47:57,400 --> 03:48:00,500
The really wealthy would serve 
foods that were expensive. 

4314
03:48:00,500 --> 03:48:02,000
Not because they tasted 
excellent. 

4315
03:48:02,000 --> 03:48:04,400
But because they were rare or 
difficult to obtain. 

4316
03:48:05,400 --> 03:48:08,600
Flamingo tongues for example 
were a delicacy not because they

4317
03:48:08,600 --> 03:48:11,600
were delicious, but because they
were exotic and expensive. 

4318
03:48:11,600 --> 03:48:14,800
It was like serving gold, flake 
ice cream today. 

4319
03:48:14,800 --> 03:48:17,700
More about showing off than 
actual flavor. 

4320
03:48:18,800 --> 03:48:21,500
Wine was an essential part of 
dinner for everyone who could 

4321
03:48:21,500 --> 03:48:23,600
afford it. 
The Romans developed 

4322
03:48:23,600 --> 03:48:27,300
sophisticated ideas about why 
creating different types for 

4323
03:48:27,300 --> 03:48:30,100
various occasions, they'd mixed 
their wine with water. 

4324
03:48:30,100 --> 03:48:33,700
And sometimes with honey or 
spices, the quality of wine. 

4325
03:48:33,700 --> 03:48:35,800
You served said a lot about your
social status. 

4326
03:48:35,800 --> 03:48:39,700
And your hospitality, the social
aspect of dinner was just as 

4327
03:48:39,700 --> 03:48:42,800
important as the food. 
This was when families came 

4328
03:48:42,800 --> 03:48:45,100
together. 
When friends visited, and when 

4329
03:48:45,100 --> 03:48:49,100
business was discussed, Diner 
was the social media of ancient 

4330
03:48:49,100 --> 03:48:51,200
Rome. 
It's where news was shared 

4331
03:48:51,200 --> 03:48:54,500
relationships were built and 
social hierarchies were 

4332
03:48:54,500 --> 03:48:58,000
reinforced Romans had specific 
etiquette around dinner. 

4333
03:48:58,000 --> 03:49:01,300
That would seem strange to us. 
They ate with their fingers, but

4334
03:49:01,300 --> 03:49:03,900
there were rules about which 
ones to use and how to use them 

4335
03:49:03,900 --> 03:49:06,500
gracefully. 
He'd wash their hands frequently

4336
03:49:06,500 --> 03:49:09,500
throughout the meal and servants
would bring water and towels 

4337
03:49:09,500 --> 03:49:12,600
between courses. 
The conversation at dinner was 

4338
03:49:12,600 --> 03:49:14,300
supposed to be pleasant and 
educational. 

4339
03:49:14,300 --> 03:49:17,800
Romans valued wit and 
intelligence at the dinner table

4340
03:49:17,800 --> 03:49:20,600
and a good host would guide the 
conversation to interesting 

4341
03:49:20,600 --> 03:49:23,600
topics. 
Politics, philosophy literature.

4342
03:49:23,600 --> 03:49:26,600
Anything that would stimulate 
the mind while the body was 

4343
03:49:26,600 --> 03:49:28,900
being nourished. 
After the main course is the 

4344
03:49:28,900 --> 03:49:32,000
sweet finale, arrived. 
But Roman deserts were quite 

4345
03:49:32,000 --> 03:49:33,400
different from what you might 
expect. 

4346
03:49:33,400 --> 03:49:35,800
They didn't have sugar in the 
way, we know it. 

4347
03:49:35,800 --> 03:49:38,600
That was still centuries away 
from being common in Europe, 

4348
03:49:38,600 --> 03:49:43,100
instead Roman's relied on 
Hunting fruit and various 

4349
03:49:43,100 --> 03:49:46,100
inventive combinations to 
satiate their sweet cravings. 

4350
03:49:47,500 --> 03:49:49,600
Honey was the star of Roman 
desserts. 

4351
03:49:49,600 --> 03:49:54,300
They used it in everything, 
drizzled over fresh fruit, mixed

4352
03:49:54,300 --> 03:49:57,800
into cakes and combined with 
nuts to make early versions of 

4353
03:49:57,800 --> 03:50:00,300
nugget. 
Roman peaking Keepers were 

4354
03:50:00,300 --> 03:50:02,900
skilled, Craftsmen, and 
different types of honey were 

4355
03:50:02,900 --> 03:50:06,500
prized for their unique flavors.
Time honey was particularly 

4356
03:50:06,500 --> 03:50:09,400
valued and Romans would pay 
premium prices for honey. 

4357
03:50:09,400 --> 03:50:13,000
From specific regions. 
Roman cakes were dense. 

4358
03:50:13,000 --> 03:50:16,300
Sweet Affairs that ball little 
resemblance to Modern birthday 

4359
03:50:16,300 --> 03:50:19,400
cake cakes. 
They were made with flour egg's,

4360
03:50:19,400 --> 03:50:22,000
honey, and various nuts or dried
fruits. 

4361
03:50:22,700 --> 03:50:26,200
One, popular dessert was libum 
the cheesecake like creation 

4362
03:50:26,200 --> 03:50:28,900
that was often used in religious
ceremonies as well as eating for

4363
03:50:28,900 --> 03:50:32,100
pleasure. 
It was Heavy rich and probably 

4364
03:50:32,100 --> 03:50:34,000
would have left, you feeling 
pleasantly stuffed. 

4365
03:50:34,800 --> 03:50:37,900
Fruit was often the simplest and
most satisfying end to a meal. 

4366
03:50:38,700 --> 03:50:42,100
Romans had access to apples. 
Pears, grapes, figs and various 

4367
03:50:42,100 --> 03:50:44,200
berries. 
They'd sometimes cook fruit with

4368
03:50:44,200 --> 03:50:47,200
honey and wine to create compost
or they dry fruit. 

4369
03:50:47,200 --> 03:50:48,500
To preserve it for later. 
Use. 

4370
03:50:49,200 --> 03:50:52,300
Fresh fruit was seasonal and 
precious, making it feel special

4371
03:50:52,300 --> 03:50:55,300
when it appeared on the table, 
but here's where Roman Cuisine 

4372
03:50:55,300 --> 03:50:58,200
gets really interesting. 
They ate some things that would 

4373
03:50:58,200 --> 03:51:00,500
make modern diners run screaming
from the table. 

4374
03:51:01,400 --> 03:51:03,600
Remember those stuffed door, 
misses I mentioned earlier, 

4375
03:51:03,600 --> 03:51:07,300
Romans considered them are 
delicacy it, up. 

4376
03:51:07,300 --> 03:51:10,700
Dormice in special jars, then 
stuffed them with pork, pine 

4377
03:51:10,700 --> 03:51:12,900
nuts, and various seasoning 
before roasting them. 

4378
03:51:13,700 --> 03:51:17,000
It was like ancient Roman Tapas 
except with more adorable 

4379
03:51:17,000 --> 03:51:19,700
Woodland creatures. 
Romans also had a thing for 

4380
03:51:19,700 --> 03:51:21,500
organ meats, that would 
challenge even the most 

4381
03:51:21,500 --> 03:51:25,900
adventurous, modern foodie they 
ate brains kidneys, liver and 

4382
03:51:25,900 --> 03:51:29,100
various other parts of animals 
that we typically avoid these 

4383
03:51:29,100 --> 03:51:31,400
were not poverty Foods. 
They were often considered 

4384
03:51:31,400 --> 03:51:35,100
Delicacies, Roman cooks are 
developed sophisticated ways of 

4385
03:51:35,100 --> 03:51:37,600
preparing. 
These organs often disguise in 

4386
03:51:37,600 --> 03:51:40,500
their texture and enhancing 
their flavors with herbs and 

4387
03:51:40,500 --> 03:51:43,500
spices. 
Sea urchins were another Roman 

4388
03:51:43,500 --> 03:51:45,600
favorite. 
That might surprise you, they 

4389
03:51:45,600 --> 03:51:48,700
eat them raw like, ancient Sushi
or cook them in various 

4390
03:51:48,700 --> 03:51:52,000
preparations. 
Romans living near the coast had

4391
03:51:52,000 --> 03:51:54,500
access to all sorts of seafood. 
That was both familiar and 

4392
03:51:54,500 --> 03:51:57,200
exotic. 
They need everything from simple

4393
03:51:57,200 --> 03:52:00,100
sardines to elaborate 
preparations of eels and Rays. 

4394
03:52:00,100 --> 03:52:04,100
The famous Roman fish sauce. 
Garam deserves special mention 

4395
03:52:04,100 --> 03:52:06,900
because it was a ubiquitous 
ingredient in Roman Cuisine. 

4396
03:52:06,900 --> 03:52:11,000
Garam, The Source made from 
fermented phishing tests was 

4397
03:52:11,000 --> 03:52:13,200
considered the Umami bomb of the
ancient world. 

4398
03:52:13,200 --> 03:52:17,100
Romans put it on everything 
meets vegetables and even 

4399
03:52:17,100 --> 03:52:21,500
desserts sometimes it was salty 
pungent and absolutely essential

4400
03:52:21,500 --> 03:52:24,500
to Roman cooking. 
The best gauram was made from 

4401
03:52:24,500 --> 03:52:27,200
tuner in testing and was 
expensive enough to be a luxury 

4402
03:52:27,200 --> 03:52:28,900
item. 
Roman's. 

4403
03:52:28,900 --> 03:52:31,500
Also ate various birds that we 
don't typically consider food 

4404
03:52:31,500 --> 03:52:33,800
today. 
Peacocks swans and even 

4405
03:52:33,800 --> 03:52:36,100
ostriches appeared on Wealthy 
Roman tables. 

4406
03:52:36,100 --> 03:52:39,000
These are often prepared as much
for spectacle. 

4407
03:52:39,000 --> 03:52:42,100
As for Taste, imagine a roasted 
peacock with its feathers 

4408
03:52:42,100 --> 03:52:45,700
replaced for presentation. 
It was the epitome of elaborate 

4409
03:52:45,700 --> 03:52:49,100
dinner theater. 
One particularly strange, Roman 

4410
03:52:49,100 --> 03:52:52,500
delicacy was, molsom the drink 
made from wine and honey? 

4411
03:52:52,500 --> 03:52:54,500
That was often served at the 
beginning of meals. 

4412
03:52:55,300 --> 03:52:58,000
But the Romans also made a 
version with added spices that 

4413
03:52:58,000 --> 03:52:59,300
were supposed to wait, 
digestion. 

4414
03:52:59,300 --> 03:53:02,700
It was like ancient 
Pepto-Bismol, except it was 

4415
03:53:02,700 --> 03:53:05,600
alcoholic and probably didn't 
help with digestion at all. 

4416
03:53:06,700 --> 03:53:09,600
The Romans Had A peculiar 
relationship with eggs that went

4417
03:53:09,600 --> 03:53:12,400
beyond simple breakfast. 
Fare, they'd eat eggs from 

4418
03:53:12,400 --> 03:53:16,300
various Birds chickens, Ducks 
geese, and even ostriches 

4419
03:53:16,300 --> 03:53:20,300
ostrich eggs, were enormous and 
were often prepared as shared 

4420
03:53:20,300 --> 03:53:24,100
dishes for special occasions. 
Imagine cracking, open an egg 

4421
03:53:24,100 --> 03:53:28,300
that could feed a family of six.
What's fascinating is how Romans

4422
03:53:28,300 --> 03:53:31,200
combined flavors in ways that 
would seem strange to us today? 

4423
03:53:32,200 --> 03:53:35,500
They'd mix sweet and savory 
regularly adding honey to meet 

4424
03:53:35,500 --> 03:53:38,100
dishes and using fruit in 
preparations, we'd consider 

4425
03:53:38,100 --> 03:53:40,800
purely Savory, they could cook 
fish with fruit. 

4426
03:53:40,800 --> 03:53:44,200
Add honey to vegetables and 
create complex flavor, profiles 

4427
03:53:44,200 --> 03:53:47,500
that challenge, the palate. 
The end of a Romano wasn't just 

4428
03:53:47,500 --> 03:53:49,700
about food. 
It was about extending the 

4429
03:53:49,700 --> 03:53:51,400
social experience as long as 
possible. 

4430
03:53:51,400 --> 03:53:55,200
The meal would gradually wind 
down with more wine conversation

4431
03:53:55,200 --> 03:53:59,000
and sometimes entertainment It 
was the ancient equivalent of 

4432
03:53:59,000 --> 03:54:01,700
lingering over coffee and 
dessert, except with more 

4433
03:54:01,700 --> 03:54:05,100
reclining and fewer espresso 
machines as your Roman dinner, 

4434
03:54:05,100 --> 03:54:07,900
finally winds down and you lean 
back full and satisfied. 

4435
03:54:07,900 --> 03:54:11,000
It's worth thinking about how 
this ancient way of eating has 

4436
03:54:11,000 --> 03:54:14,300
shaped our modern world. 
The Romans were just eating, 

4437
03:54:14,300 --> 03:54:17,200
they were creating patterns and 
preferences that would influence

4438
03:54:17,200 --> 03:54:20,600
European Cuisine for centuries 
to come many of the herbs and 

4439
03:54:20,600 --> 03:54:23,300
spices Romans used are still 
essential in Mediterranean 

4440
03:54:23,300 --> 03:54:26,600
cooking. 
Today, oregano thyme, Rosemary 

4441
03:54:26,600 --> 03:54:29,300
and Sage were Roman favorites 
that modern Italian Cooks. 

4442
03:54:29,300 --> 03:54:32,700
Still rely on the Romans 
basically created the foundation

4443
03:54:32,700 --> 03:54:35,800
for what we now, call 
Mediterranean Cuisine even 

4444
03:54:35,800 --> 03:54:38,900
though they didn't have access 
to tomatoes, potatoes, or many 

4445
03:54:38,900 --> 03:54:41,200
of the other ingredients we 
associate with Italian food 

4446
03:54:41,200 --> 03:54:45,700
today, the Roman approach to 
Wine was revolutionary and set 

4447
03:54:45,700 --> 03:54:47,200
standards that winemakers still 
follow. 

4448
03:54:47,200 --> 03:54:51,800
They developed ideas about aging
about pairing wine with food and

4449
03:54:51,800 --> 03:54:55,400
about the social importance of 
wine that persists today, every 

4450
03:54:55,400 --> 03:54:58,300
time you choose a wine to go 
with dinner, your participating 

4451
03:54:58,300 --> 03:55:01,300
in a tradition that Romans 
helped establish, Roman 

4452
03:55:01,300 --> 03:55:04,500
attitudes toward communal eating
also shaped European culture in 

4453
03:55:04,508 --> 03:55:06,900
ways. 
We still see today, the idea 

4454
03:55:06,900 --> 03:55:08,300
that dinner should be a social 
event. 

4455
03:55:09,000 --> 03:55:11,700
That meals should bring people 
together and that food is about 

4456
03:55:11,700 --> 03:55:14,400
more than just nutrition. 
These are all Concepts that 

4457
03:55:14,400 --> 03:55:17,500
Romans championed, they 
understood that eating together 

4458
03:55:17,500 --> 03:55:20,200
was about building relationships
and strengthening communities. 

4459
03:55:20,200 --> 03:55:24,500
The Roman classes to around food
established patterns, that took 

4460
03:55:24,500 --> 03:55:28,100
centuries to break down. 
The idea that certain foods were

4461
03:55:28,100 --> 03:55:31,000
for wealthy people and others 
were for the poor, that food 

4462
03:55:31,000 --> 03:55:34,600
could be a status symbol and the
elaborate meals were a way to 

4463
03:55:34,600 --> 03:55:37,300
display wealth and power these 
Concepts. 

4464
03:55:37,300 --> 03:55:41,500
Persisted long after Rome fell, 
But perhaps, most importantly, 

4465
03:55:41,500 --> 03:55:45,200
Roman showed us that cooking is 
about creativity and adaptation.

4466
03:55:46,200 --> 03:55:48,800
They took whatever ingredients 
they had available and found 

4467
03:55:48,800 --> 03:55:51,600
ways to make them delicious. 
They didn't have the global 

4468
03:55:51,600 --> 03:55:55,000
ingredient Market. 
We do now, but they may do, they

4469
03:55:55,000 --> 03:55:58,800
were resourceful, inventive and 
surprisingly sophisticated in 

4470
03:55:58,800 --> 03:56:02,300
their approach to food. 
The Roman kitchen with all its 

4471
03:56:02,300 --> 03:56:04,900
limitations produced, some truly
remarkable dishes. 

4472
03:56:04,900 --> 03:56:08,600
They developed techniques for 
preserving food for combining 

4473
03:56:08,600 --> 03:56:11,100
flavors and for creating complex
meals. 

4474
03:56:11,100 --> 03:56:14,100
From simple ingredients. 
They understood that cooking was

4475
03:56:14,100 --> 03:56:17,200
both an art and a science. 
Requiring skill, patience and 

4476
03:56:17,200 --> 03:56:20,000
creativity. 
Roman eating habits. 

4477
03:56:20,000 --> 03:56:22,400
Also remind us that food culture
is always changing. 

4478
03:56:23,200 --> 03:56:25,600
What's seems normal to us today,
would have been completely 

4479
03:56:25,600 --> 03:56:28,800
foreign to Romans just as their 
eating habits seems strange to 

4480
03:56:28,800 --> 03:56:30,800
us. 
They adapted to their 

4481
03:56:30,800 --> 03:56:34,800
circumstances, made the most of 
their resources and created a 

4482
03:56:34,800 --> 03:56:36,800
food culture that was 
appropriate for their time and 

4483
03:56:36,800 --> 03:56:39,700
place. 
The social aspects of Roman 

4484
03:56:39,700 --> 03:56:43,200
dining, the conversation, the 
entertainment, the sense of 

4485
03:56:43,200 --> 03:56:46,100
community, a things we could 
perhaps, learn from today. 

4486
03:56:47,200 --> 03:56:49,700
Romans understood that meals 
were about more than just 

4487
03:56:49,700 --> 03:56:52,400
consuming calories. 
They were about connecting with 

4488
03:56:52,400 --> 03:56:55,200
other people sharing experiences
and creating memories. 

4489
03:56:56,100 --> 03:56:58,900
As you drift off to sleep 
tonight, full of this knowledge 

4490
03:56:58,900 --> 03:57:01,700
about Roman eating habits. 
You might find yourself thinking

4491
03:57:01,700 --> 03:57:04,900
differently about your meals. 
Every time you sit down to eat 

4492
03:57:04,900 --> 03:57:06,400
your participating in a 
tradition. 

4493
03:57:06,400 --> 03:57:10,000
That stretches back, thousands 
of years, your part of a long 

4494
03:57:10,008 --> 03:57:12,300
chain of people who have 
gathered around tables, shared 

4495
03:57:12,300 --> 03:57:15,100
food and used meals as a way to 
connect with others. 

4496
03:57:15,900 --> 03:57:19,000
The Romans may not have had our 
modern conveniences, our Global 

4497
03:57:19,000 --> 03:57:22,800
ingredients or are sophisticated
cooking equipment but they had 

4498
03:57:22,800 --> 03:57:24,500
something that's perhaps more 
valuable. 

4499
03:57:24,500 --> 03:57:27,600
They understood that food is 
about more than just nutrition. 

4500
03:57:27,600 --> 03:57:31,600
It's about Community creativity 
and the simple pleasure of 

4501
03:57:31,600 --> 03:57:33,400
sharing a meal with people you 
care about. 

4502
03:57:33,400 --> 03:57:36,700
So tomorrow morning when you're 
having your elaborate breakfast 

4503
03:57:36,700 --> 03:57:39,600
that would have amazed any 
Roman, remember that you're 

4504
03:57:39,600 --> 03:57:41,900
eating like royalty, compared to
most people throughout history, 

4505
03:57:41,900 --> 03:57:46,000
and maybe, just maybe you'll 
appreciate that morning meal. 

4506
03:57:46,000 --> 03:57:49,300
A little bit more knowing how 
far we've come from those simple

4507
03:57:49,300 --> 03:57:51,700
Roman breakfasts to bread and 
wine. 

4508
03:57:51,700 --> 03:57:56,300
Sweet dreams may your meals be 
as satisfying as a Roman Cena, 

4509
03:57:56,300 --> 03:58:04,000
minus the door mice. 
And we think of the Great 

4510
03:58:04,000 --> 03:58:07,900
Depression, we see dust storms 
and bread lines, and CPR before,

4511
03:58:07,900 --> 03:58:11,000
we can appreciate the cycle 
impact of the economic collapse.

4512
03:58:11,000 --> 03:58:14,400
We must remember the world that 
was lost a world of 

4513
03:58:14,400 --> 03:58:17,100
extraordinary optimism, and 
excessive consumerism that 

4514
03:58:17,100 --> 03:58:21,500
future today can imagine. 
By 1988 American's believed in 

4515
03:58:21,500 --> 03:58:23,500
Endless Prosperity, almost 
religiously. 

4516
03:58:24,400 --> 03:58:26,800
The typical manufacturing pay 
has increased by approximately 

4517
03:58:26,800 --> 03:58:31,500
40% since the early 1920s, most 
newer, urban homes have indoor 

4518
03:58:31,500 --> 03:58:35,100
plumbing longer luxury. 
In less than a decade car 

4519
03:58:35,100 --> 03:58:37,400
ownership rows from 8 million to
23 million. 

4520
03:58:37,400 --> 03:58:42,100
Perhaps most telling 40% of 
American families, not just the 

4521
03:58:42,100 --> 03:58:46,700
wealthy, but teachers Clarks and
Factory workers invested in the 

4522
03:58:47,100 --> 03:58:49,200
Stock it. 
We thought we discovered 

4523
03:58:49,200 --> 03:58:52,700
economic immortality said 
Philadelphia radio salesperson, 

4524
03:58:52,700 --> 03:58:56,800
Martin Steinberg, my customers 
bought philco's an RCA's on 

4525
03:58:56,800 --> 03:59:01,100
installment plans with 10% down.
I set up their new consoles as 

4526
03:59:01,100 --> 03:59:03,900
they discussed their 
Investments, Milkman gave stock 

4527
03:59:03,900 --> 03:59:07,200
advice, stock tips were given to
the shoe shine, boy, those 

4528
03:59:07,200 --> 03:59:09,500
should have been warning signs, 
but we were drunk with 

4529
03:59:09,500 --> 03:59:12,400
affluence. 
Often forgotten is how boom 

4530
03:59:12,400 --> 03:59:14,300
times generated a strange 
isolation. 

4531
03:59:15,200 --> 03:59:17,600
Extended families that live 
together for economic reasons. 

4532
03:59:17,600 --> 03:59:21,400
Split into nuclear units, many 
young couples bought homes in 

4533
03:59:21,400 --> 03:59:22,900
new projects. 
Far from parents and 

4534
03:59:22,900 --> 03:59:25,700
grandparents. 
Americans, individualism and 

4535
03:59:25,700 --> 03:59:29,700
materialism, damaged Community 
institutions, Sunday became a 

4536
03:59:29,700 --> 03:59:33,400
day for new car drive reducing 
Church, attendance, local Social

4537
03:59:33,400 --> 03:59:35,900
Clubs became commercial 
entertainment, establishments. 

4538
03:59:37,000 --> 03:59:39,200
When the crash came, we 
discovered how much we'd 

4539
03:59:39,200 --> 03:59:42,500
Sacrifice from Material Goods, 
remarked late, 1920s, Boston, 

4540
03:59:42,500 --> 03:59:46,500
girl, Eleanor Winthrop. 
At an insurance company. 

4541
03:59:46,500 --> 03:59:50,300
My father was well-positioned. 
We owned a Packard Frigidaire 

4542
03:59:50,300 --> 03:59:52,800
and phone. 
We scarcely knew our neighbors. 

4543
03:59:52,800 --> 03:59:56,300
Everyone competed for new 
gadgets and things we had little

4544
03:59:56,300 --> 03:59:59,300
when my father lost his job in 
1930. 

4545
04:00:00,400 --> 04:00:03,700
We had limited resources. 
They didn't know us well enough 

4546
04:00:03,700 --> 04:00:07,500
to help and we were ashamed to 
ask for assistance American 

4547
04:00:07,500 --> 04:00:09,600
societies atomization would be 
deadly. 

4548
04:00:09,600 --> 04:00:13,400
During the economic crisis, many
families suffered a loan without

4549
04:00:13,400 --> 04:00:17,100
Community safety nets. 
American Banks were unexpectedly

4550
04:00:17,100 --> 04:00:18,900
vulnerable to financial 
instabilities. 

4551
04:00:18,900 --> 04:00:24,000
First Tremors in the 1920s bank 
accounts were uninsured unlike 

4552
04:00:24,000 --> 04:00:28,500
today's FDIC insured, deposits. 
Most Americans didn't know their

4553
04:00:28,500 --> 04:00:30,100
deposits. 
Finance, speculative 

4554
04:00:30,100 --> 04:00:32,000
Investments. 
People viewed. 

4555
04:00:32,000 --> 04:00:35,000
The collapse of rural Banks and 
the late 19th and early 20th 

4556
04:00:35,000 --> 04:00:37,400
century. 
As a local issue, affecting 

4557
04:00:37,400 --> 04:00:41,200
backwards, rural communities, 
Continental, Illinois Banks tell

4558
04:00:41,200 --> 04:00:44,800
her Harold Jenkins recalls the 
denial management assured us. 

4559
04:00:44,800 --> 04:00:48,300
These rural bank failures in 28,
were isolated cases as a 

4560
04:00:48,300 --> 04:00:50,800
tributable to deteriorating. 
Agricultural prices. 

4561
04:00:50,800 --> 04:00:53,000
The crucial connections were 
missed. 

4562
04:00:53,000 --> 04:00:55,800
Our low officers approved 
mortgages with low down, 

4563
04:00:55,808 --> 04:00:59,300
payments, and margin loans. 
For stock buyers after the crash

4564
04:00:59,300 --> 04:01:03,200
are leaders to correctly. 
This institutional, blindness 

4565
04:01:03,200 --> 04:01:07,100
included government in early 
1930, treasury secretary Andrew 

4566
04:01:07,100 --> 04:01:10,200
Mellon, famously said, 
gentlemen, liquidate labor 

4567
04:01:10,200 --> 04:01:13,800
stocks farms and real estate, we
will eradicate the rot. 

4568
04:01:14,600 --> 04:01:16,900
The virtually medieval 
understanding of economic 

4569
04:01:16,900 --> 04:01:20,900
economics, held, that economic 
hardship was necessary to purify

4570
04:01:20,900 --> 04:01:23,900
and rebuild the economy. 
This approach would delay 

4571
04:01:23,900 --> 04:01:27,100
significant involvement until 
Millions were bankrupt. 

4572
04:01:27,800 --> 04:01:30,200
The psychological modifications 
forced on everyday. 

4573
04:01:30,200 --> 04:01:34,200
Americans were most acute, the 
1920s influence, consumer 

4574
04:01:34,200 --> 04:01:37,500
Behavior, significantly. 
Advertisements pitched products 

4575
04:01:37,500 --> 04:01:39,600
as convenience is an identity 
markers. 

4576
04:01:40,500 --> 04:01:42,100
Car or cigarette brand defined 
one. 

4577
04:01:42,100 --> 04:01:45,100
Social status. 
Many suffered financial and 

4578
04:01:45,100 --> 04:01:48,200
existential crisis when these 
material indicators disappeared.

4579
04:01:49,300 --> 04:01:52,400
We lost more than our money 
said, Mildred Hayes a store 

4580
04:01:52,400 --> 04:01:55,200
Clark. 
We forgot who we were the life 

4581
04:01:55,200 --> 04:01:57,300
and future stories. 
We told us crashed. 

4582
04:01:57,300 --> 04:01:59,700
My husband was promoted to floor
manager. 

4583
04:01:59,700 --> 04:02:03,300
We saved for a Suburban house 
down payment, after his job 

4584
04:02:03,300 --> 04:02:04,800
loss. 
We moved in with his parents and

4585
04:02:04,800 --> 04:02:06,800
slept on a fold-out couch, in 
their parlor. 

4586
04:02:06,800 --> 04:02:11,600
How do you explain this reverse 
all For millions of America's, 

4587
04:02:11,600 --> 04:02:14,200
this cognitive dissonance 
between expectations and 

4588
04:02:14,200 --> 04:02:16,000
reality. 
Defined the early depression, 

4589
04:02:17,100 --> 04:02:20,100
The world, they were promised to
vanished overnight leaving them 

4590
04:02:20,100 --> 04:02:23,800
in strange territory without 
Maps or goal guides the 

4591
04:02:23,800 --> 04:02:27,900
financial collapse of 1929. 
To 1933 wasn't just about stock 

4592
04:02:27,900 --> 04:02:29,900
market losses affecting wealthy 
investors. 

4593
04:02:29,900 --> 04:02:33,900
What truly devastated ordinary 
Americans was the destruction of

4594
04:02:33,900 --> 04:02:36,300
the banking system. 
And with it, their life savings 

4595
04:02:36,300 --> 04:02:42,800
between 1930 and 1933 over. 
9,000 banks failed, nearly 40% 

4596
04:02:42,800 --> 04:02:44,200
of all banks in the United 
States. 

4597
04:02:44,200 --> 04:02:47,800
Each closure, triggered, 
cascading losses in communities 

4598
04:02:47,800 --> 04:02:51,500
where those Banks operated 
unlike today's news cycle, which

4599
04:02:51,500 --> 04:02:54,100
might report bank failures as 
abstract statistics. 

4600
04:02:54,100 --> 04:02:58,700
Those closures were visceral 
Community, altering events, I 

4601
04:02:58,700 --> 04:03:00,800
was walking to school, when I 
saw the crowd outside First 

4602
04:03:00,800 --> 04:03:03,800
National remembered Eunice 
Templeton, who was 12 years old,

4603
04:03:03,800 --> 04:03:06,600
in Galesburg, Illinois. 
When her Town's largest Bank 

4604
04:03:06,600 --> 04:03:10,200
closed, people were pounding on 
the doors, some women were 

4605
04:03:10,200 --> 04:03:14,800
crying Mr. Hall Hobart, who 
owned the hardware store, sat on

4606
04:03:14,800 --> 04:03:18,400
the curb with his head in his 
hands my father lost 800 dollars

4607
04:03:18,400 --> 04:03:22,600
his entire savings. 
That night mother cut up an old 

4608
04:03:22,600 --> 04:03:24,200
dress to make me a new one for 
school. 

4609
04:03:24,200 --> 04:03:27,600
We have to be creative. 
Now, she said her voice all 

4610
04:03:27,600 --> 04:03:29,300
tight, like she was holding 
something back. 

4611
04:03:30,500 --> 04:03:32,100
What's rarely discussed in 
depression? 

4612
04:03:32,100 --> 04:03:35,100
History is how the crisis 
transformed attitudes toward 

4613
04:03:35,100 --> 04:03:39,100
money itself. 
Before 1929 cash had been 

4614
04:03:39,108 --> 04:03:41,700
migrating from the mattress to 
the bank account as Americans 

4615
04:03:41,700 --> 04:03:45,500
embraced financial institutions.
After the banking collapse, many

4616
04:03:45,500 --> 04:03:47,800
developed, a profound distrust 
of banks, that would last 

4617
04:03:47,800 --> 04:03:50,500
Generations communities 
responded by developing 

4618
04:03:50,500 --> 04:03:54,300
extraordinary alternatives to 
traditional currency in 

4619
04:03:54,300 --> 04:03:56,900
Minneapolis. 
The organized unemployed created

4620
04:03:56,900 --> 04:04:00,700
script certificates, tied to 
hours of work in California's 

4621
04:04:00,700 --> 04:04:04,300
Imperial Valley Farmers traded 
promissory notes backed by 

4622
04:04:04,300 --> 04:04:07,900
Future crops. 
In Seattle professionals, formed

4623
04:04:07,900 --> 04:04:11,000
exchange networks, where doctors
and lawyers traded Services 

4624
04:04:11,000 --> 04:04:12,500
directly with plumbers and 
electricians. 

4625
04:04:13,600 --> 04:04:16,100
Wayne Thornton plumbing, 
contractor in Des Moines 

4626
04:04:16,108 --> 04:04:19,300
described his experience money 
just disappeared. 

4627
04:04:19,300 --> 04:04:22,700
I had customers who needed leaks
fixed but couldn't pay cash. 

4628
04:04:22,700 --> 04:04:27,300
I started taking chickens home 
vegetables and even Furniture in

4629
04:04:27,300 --> 04:04:30,500
exchange for work. 
My secretary kept Allegra of who

4630
04:04:30,500 --> 04:04:34,200
owned, what by 1922. 
I was only getting about 30% of 

4631
04:04:34,200 --> 04:04:37,500
my payments in actual currently,
the rest was barter or promises,

4632
04:04:38,500 --> 04:04:40,800
this collapse of conventional 
currency revealed. 

4633
04:04:40,800 --> 04:04:44,200
Something profound about money 
itself that it exists primarily 

4634
04:04:44,200 --> 04:04:46,800
as a social agreement rather 
than an inherent value. 

4635
04:04:47,600 --> 04:04:50,400
When that agreement faltered 
communities improvised 

4636
04:04:50,400 --> 04:04:53,000
Alternatives based on trust and 
shared necessity. 

4637
04:04:53,800 --> 04:04:56,000
For children, the depressions 
monetary lessons were 

4638
04:04:56,000 --> 04:04:59,800
particularly complex. 
Kathryn Wagner who grew up in 

4639
04:04:59,800 --> 04:05:02,900
San Francisco were called my 
father had been a successful 

4640
04:05:02,900 --> 04:05:05,800
attorney before the crash 
suddenly, he was accepting 

4641
04:05:05,800 --> 04:05:09,200
payment in firewood or fish. 
I remember asking for a nickel 

4642
04:05:09,200 --> 04:05:12,200
for candy and my mother cried, 
not because we didn't have a 

4643
04:05:12,200 --> 04:05:15,400
nickel, we did, but because she 
understood that money now had to

4644
04:05:15,400 --> 04:05:18,400
be hoarded save for absolute 
necessities. 

4645
04:05:19,300 --> 04:05:22,000
The depression's monetary 
transformation was also visible 

4646
04:05:22,000 --> 04:05:24,700
in how physical currency was 
treated bills. 

4647
04:05:24,700 --> 04:05:29,100
Were pressed flat coins were 
counted repeatedly and cache was

4648
04:05:29,100 --> 04:05:31,300
hidden in increasingly creative 
locations. 

4649
04:05:32,000 --> 04:05:35,100
Laura Hillman, whose father was 
a bank manager in Cincinnati 

4650
04:05:35,100 --> 04:05:38,000
described finding money 
throughout their home after his 

4651
04:05:38,000 --> 04:05:41,200
death in 1940. 
There were silver dollars so 

4652
04:05:41,200 --> 04:05:45,000
into the hems of curtains bills,
tucked between book, pages coins

4653
04:05:45,000 --> 04:05:47,000
and sealed mason jars, buried in
the garden. 

4654
04:05:47,800 --> 04:05:51,100
Father knew better than anyone, 
how fragile Banks were, and it 

4655
04:05:51,100 --> 04:05:54,400
marked in permanently beyond the
Practical aspects of monies, 

4656
04:05:54,400 --> 04:05:57,100
transformation was a deeper 
philosophical shift. 

4657
04:05:58,000 --> 04:06:01,100
Americans who had embraced 
consumer culture and defined 

4658
04:06:01,100 --> 04:06:03,700
themselves through purchases. 
Now found themselves questioning

4659
04:06:03,700 --> 04:06:07,500
the basis of value itself. 
The arbitrary nature of monetary

4660
04:06:07,500 --> 04:06:09,500
value, became unavoidably 
apparent. 

4661
04:06:09,500 --> 04:06:13,100
When homes with 5,000 mortgages 
sold at auction for 1,000. 

4662
04:06:13,100 --> 04:06:16,800
And when a skilled laborers, 
daily wage fell from four 

4663
04:06:16,800 --> 04:06:19,100
dollars to one dollar. 
If work could be found at all. 

4664
04:06:20,200 --> 04:06:23,200
We realized money was fictional 
explained former Banker Thomas 

4665
04:06:23,200 --> 04:06:26,300
Whitfield. 
Not just paper money, but the 

4666
04:06:26,300 --> 04:06:29,400
whole concept. 
A house didn't change physically

4667
04:06:29,400 --> 04:06:33,300
when its price dropped 80%, but 
suddenly the banks said, it was 

4668
04:06:33,300 --> 04:06:35,400
worth a fifth of what they'd 
claimed last year. 

4669
04:06:35,400 --> 04:06:38,400
A man's labor didn't change when
his wage was cut. 

4670
04:06:38,400 --> 04:06:41,500
But now an hour of sweat was 
worth half ordered Bean. 

4671
04:06:42,200 --> 04:06:44,300
This change made people question
everything. 

4672
04:06:44,300 --> 04:06:47,400
This questioning extended to 
Authority itself. 

4673
04:06:47,400 --> 04:06:50,900
When presidents Hoover Roosevelt
made pronouncements about the 

4674
04:06:50,900 --> 04:06:54,400
economy, many Americans had 
become skeptical of official 

4675
04:06:54,400 --> 04:06:56,900
narratives. 
Having watched sound Banks 

4676
04:06:56,900 --> 04:06:59,100
collapse and blue chip stocks 
become worthless. 

4677
04:06:59,100 --> 04:07:01,900
They developed a weariness 
towards institutional 

4678
04:07:01,900 --> 04:07:04,200
pronouncements that would 
influence American politics for 

4679
04:07:04,200 --> 04:07:06,800
decades. 
The depression's monetary chaos.

4680
04:07:06,800 --> 04:07:10,900
Also produced unexpected, social
effects as cash became scarce. 

4681
04:07:10,900 --> 04:07:13,100
Those who still had it gained 
outside. 

4682
04:07:13,100 --> 04:07:16,300
Influence, small town Bankers, 
who had maintained liquidity. 

4683
04:07:16,300 --> 04:07:19,700
Landlords, who owned properties 
outright and business owners? 

4684
04:07:19,700 --> 04:07:22,400
Who had avoided debt found 
themselves with disproportionate

4685
04:07:22,400 --> 04:07:25,800
Community power. 
This shift, created new, social 

4686
04:07:25,800 --> 04:07:29,500
hierarchies based on traditional
status markers and more on 

4687
04:07:29,500 --> 04:07:33,000
financial Prudence a virtue that
had been largely dismissed 

4688
04:07:33,000 --> 04:07:37,000
during the exuberant 1920s. 
The social order flipped 

4689
04:07:37,000 --> 04:07:40,100
observed Harriet, Crawley a 
schoolteacher from Virginia. 

4690
04:07:41,000 --> 04:07:44,800
The flashy Spenders of the 20s 
were now destitute while 

4691
04:07:44,800 --> 04:07:47,100
cautious, Savers became 
Community leaders. 

4692
04:07:47,900 --> 04:07:50,400
Everyone thought our principal 
was a Frugal Miser. 

4693
04:07:51,100 --> 04:07:53,600
That he was the only one who 
could provide small loans to 

4694
04:07:53,600 --> 04:07:55,700
prevent faculty members from 
losing their homes. 

4695
04:07:55,700 --> 04:08:00,300
His influence grew tremendously,
the psychological impact of the 

4696
04:08:00,300 --> 04:08:03,000
depression created wounds that 
statistics can't capture 

4697
04:08:03,000 --> 04:08:07,500
invisible scars, that shape 
behaviors relationships and 

4698
04:08:07,500 --> 04:08:11,300
World Views for Generations. 
While historians often focus on 

4699
04:08:11,300 --> 04:08:14,800
economic metrics, the True 
Legacy lived in changed minds 

4700
04:08:14,800 --> 04:08:18,500
and hearts, For adults who had 
established identities and 

4701
04:08:18,500 --> 04:08:22,400
expectations before the crash 
the cycle toll was particularly 

4702
04:08:22,400 --> 04:08:25,500
severe. 
Edwin Matthews who practiced 

4703
04:08:25,500 --> 04:08:28,000
medicine in Cleveland throughout
the 1930s observed. 

4704
04:08:28,800 --> 04:08:32,000
I treated physical ailments, 
malnutrition, tuberculosis 

4705
04:08:32,000 --> 04:08:35,700
exacerbated, by poor housing 
industrial injuries, but the 

4706
04:08:35,700 --> 04:08:39,500
most common problems were 
cycled. 

4707
04:08:39,500 --> 04:08:42,700
Form of businessman digestive 
disorders, affected, women, 

4708
04:08:42,700 --> 04:08:45,200
trying to feed families on 
inadequate budgets. 

4709
04:08:45,200 --> 04:08:48,700
I observe Tremors in hands that 
had previously been steady. 

4710
04:08:49,600 --> 04:08:52,300
These stress-related ailments 
rarely appear in depression. 

4711
04:08:52,300 --> 04:08:54,400
Statistics yet. 
They're affected Millions. 

4712
04:08:55,400 --> 04:08:57,900
More startling with the 
invisible behavioral changes. 

4713
04:08:57,900 --> 04:09:00,800
People who had been outgoing. 
Became withdrawn 

4714
04:09:00,800 --> 04:09:03,600
decision-making. 
Became Paralyzed by fear 

4715
04:09:03,600 --> 04:09:06,800
marriages strained, under 
Financial pressure developed 

4716
04:09:06,800 --> 04:09:09,600
communication patterns centered 
on avoidance, rather than 

4717
04:09:09,600 --> 04:09:13,200
confrontation, my mother changed
completely said, Richard 

4718
04:09:13,200 --> 04:09:15,600
Neville, who was 10 years old. 
When his father lost his 

4719
04:09:15,600 --> 04:09:19,000
accounting position in 1931 
before she'd been the 

4720
04:09:19,000 --> 04:09:21,500
neighborhood social organizer 
card, parties, Community, 

4721
04:09:21,500 --> 04:09:25,000
Theater Church events, after we 
lost our home, and moved to a 

4722
04:09:25,000 --> 04:09:27,400
rental across town, she stopped 
seeing friends entirely. 

4723
04:09:28,200 --> 04:09:30,200
She'd say she was too busy but I
would find her sitting 

4724
04:09:30,200 --> 04:09:31,600
motionless by the window for 
hours. 

4725
04:09:31,600 --> 04:09:35,000
The woman wants the heart of our
community became nearly mute. 

4726
04:09:36,100 --> 04:09:39,000
This social withdrawal emerged 
as a common coping mechanism. 

4727
04:09:39,000 --> 04:09:42,700
Shame about downward Mobility 
led many to isolate the cells 

4728
04:09:42,700 --> 04:09:45,100
rather than maintain 
relationships that reminded them

4729
04:09:45,100 --> 04:09:47,400
of their losses. 
This isolation, often 

4730
04:09:47,400 --> 04:09:50,800
compounded, depression, creating
cycle of emotional declined, 

4731
04:09:50,800 --> 04:09:52,500
that remained unaddressed in an 
era. 

4732
04:09:52,500 --> 04:09:55,900
When Mental Health Care was 
primitive and stigmatized for 

4733
04:09:55,900 --> 04:09:58,700
children, the psychological 
impacts manifested differently, 

4734
04:09:58,700 --> 04:10:02,400
many developed extreme risk of 
versions and preoccupation with 

4735
04:10:02,408 --> 04:10:05,700
security that would influence 
their alt decisions decades 

4736
04:10:05,700 --> 04:10:09,100
later, School teachers reported 
students, hoarding lunch 

4737
04:10:09,100 --> 04:10:12,900
leftovers and school supplies 
children as young as six began 

4738
04:10:12,900 --> 04:10:15,300
asking anxious questions about 
family finances. 

4739
04:10:15,300 --> 04:10:19,900
Clara Mortensen, who taught 
third grade in Omaha noted for 

4740
04:10:19,900 --> 04:10:23,000
the depression children would 
trade sandwich halves or share 

4741
04:10:23,000 --> 04:10:27,000
treats by. 1932 I observed 
students carefully wrapping 

4742
04:10:27,000 --> 04:10:30,500
uneven portions to take home. 
They'd count crayons repeatedly 

4743
04:10:30,500 --> 04:10:33,000
to ensure none were lost. 
These weren't behaviors. 

4744
04:10:33,000 --> 04:10:34,500
Their parents are directly 
taught them. 

4745
04:10:34,500 --> 04:10:37,200
The children were absorbing the 
anxiety from the atmosphere 

4746
04:10:37,200 --> 04:10:40,400
around them. 
What's particularly striking 

4747
04:10:40,400 --> 04:10:43,400
about depression or Psychology 
was the disproportionate impact 

4748
04:10:43,400 --> 04:10:45,900
on men? 
In a culture that primarily 

4749
04:10:45,900 --> 04:10:48,100
defined masculine Success 
Through provider ship 

4750
04:10:48,100 --> 04:10:51,200
unemployment, profoundly 
impacted the core of male 

4751
04:10:51,200 --> 04:10:54,600
identity women, though, 
certainly not immune to 

4752
04:10:54,600 --> 04:10:56,700
depression. 
Trauma often had secondary 

4753
04:10:56,700 --> 04:10:59,200
identities as caregivers and 
home managers. 

4754
04:10:59,200 --> 04:11:02,300
That remained intact despite 
Financial collapse, Henry 

4755
04:11:02,300 --> 04:11:05,200
Gladwell who spent two years, 
riding the rails after losing 

4756
04:11:05,200 --> 04:11:07,800
his Factory job in Akron. 
Described this gender, 

4757
04:11:07,800 --> 04:11:11,500
differential, a man with without
working in those days, wasn't a 

4758
04:11:11,500 --> 04:11:13,900
man at all. 
Women could still be mothers and

4759
04:11:13,900 --> 04:11:17,200
wives without paychecks. 
Women faced severe, hardships, 

4760
04:11:17,200 --> 04:11:19,400
but their experience with 
different from Men. 

4761
04:11:20,300 --> 04:11:23,300
Frost men unemployment wasn't 
just economic hardship. 

4762
04:11:23,300 --> 04:11:26,600
It was a mascul. 
Some fellows, I knew would leave

4763
04:11:26,600 --> 04:11:29,500
home each morning pretending to 
seek employment, but would 

4764
04:11:29,500 --> 04:11:32,100
actually spend the day in the 
public library just to maintain 

4765
04:11:32,100 --> 04:11:33,700
the fiction that they were still
trying. 

4766
04:11:35,000 --> 04:11:38,100
This gendered experience created
lasting imprints on family. 

4767
04:11:38,100 --> 04:11:41,800
Dynamics children, who watched 
fathers struggle with identity 

4768
04:11:41,800 --> 04:11:45,200
loss, often developed complex 
relationships with authority and

4769
04:11:45,208 --> 04:11:47,800
achievement. 
Many Depression era children 

4770
04:11:47,800 --> 04:11:50,500
grew up to become Workaholics 
driving themselves. 

4771
04:11:50,500 --> 04:11:52,600
Relentlessly to avoid the 
vulnerability. 

4772
04:11:52,600 --> 04:11:54,600
They had witnessed in their 
third parents. 

4773
04:11:55,400 --> 04:11:58,600
The cycle impact extended to how
people viewed institutions, 

4774
04:11:58,600 --> 04:12:02,300
trust in Banks corporations and 
government suffered damage that 

4775
04:12:02,300 --> 04:12:04,900
would never fully heal. 
For many, who had believed in 

4776
04:12:04,900 --> 04:12:08,200
American capitalism, as an 
essentially Fair system at 

4777
04:12:08,200 --> 04:12:10,900
rewarded hard work, the 
depression destroyed, this 

4778
04:12:10,900 --> 04:12:15,800
foundational, assumption. my 
father was a True Believer in 

4779
04:12:15,800 --> 04:12:20,000
the American dream explained, 
Catherine Oaks whose family lost

4780
04:12:20,000 --> 04:12:23,600
their Michigan Farm to 
foreclosure He'd emigrated from 

4781
04:12:23,600 --> 04:12:27,800
Poland, worked, 18 hours, a day,
and saved every penny. 

4782
04:12:29,400 --> 04:12:33,600
When the bank took off our farm,
something broke in him, not just

4783
04:12:33,600 --> 04:12:38,100
sadness, his entire worldview 
collapsed, he'd believed there 

4784
04:12:38,100 --> 04:12:40,000
was a moral order where virtue 
was rewarded. 

4785
04:12:40,000 --> 04:12:44,300
After that, he viewed all 
institutions with suspicion, he 

4786
04:12:44,300 --> 04:12:46,500
wouldn't even trust the Post 
Office with packages. 

4787
04:12:47,700 --> 04:12:50,700
This institutional distrust 
manifested in behaviors that 

4788
04:12:50,700 --> 04:12:54,400
Outsiders often found. 
Incomprehensible people who had 

4789
04:12:54,400 --> 04:12:56,900
survived bank, failures might 
divide their modest savings 

4790
04:12:56,900 --> 04:13:01,000
between multiple hiding places. 
Important documents were kept at

4791
04:13:01,000 --> 04:13:04,800
home rather than in safe deposit
boxes government assistance. 

4792
04:13:04,800 --> 04:13:07,900
Programs were viewed with 
suspicion even by those who 

4793
04:13:07,900 --> 04:13:12,700
desperately needed help, perhaps
most profoundly The depression 

4794
04:13:12,700 --> 04:13:15,700
altered America's relationship 
with possibility itself. 

4795
04:13:16,600 --> 04:13:18,900
The assumption that tomorrow 
would likely be better than 

4796
04:13:18,900 --> 04:13:21,100
today. 
A quintessentially, American 

4797
04:13:21,100 --> 04:13:24,200
Outlook was replaced for many by
a persistent expectation of 

4798
04:13:24,200 --> 04:13:27,700
calamity. 
This anticipatory anxiety became

4799
04:13:27,700 --> 04:13:30,900
so ingrained that many 
depression survivors maintained 

4800
04:13:30,900 --> 04:13:33,800
emergencies preparations 
throughout their lives long 

4801
04:13:33,800 --> 04:13:37,200
after economic recovery. 
Grandmother kept a suitcase 

4802
04:13:37,200 --> 04:13:39,600
packed until the day she died in
1992. 

4803
04:13:39,600 --> 04:13:42,900
Recalled, Tom Whittaker about 
his grandmother who lived 

4804
04:13:42,900 --> 04:13:47,200
through bank runs in 1931. 
She insisted every family member

4805
04:13:47,200 --> 04:13:49,700
memorized, a meeting location if
things fell apart again. 

4806
04:13:50,500 --> 04:13:53,100
She maintained a pantry that 
could feed 20 people for months.

4807
04:13:53,100 --> 04:13:56,400
When we cleaned out her 
apartment, we found gold coins. 

4808
04:13:56,400 --> 04:13:59,300
Sewn into the lining of her 
winter coat, a depression never 

4809
04:13:59,300 --> 04:14:02,500
ended in her mind when we 
examine the depression Beyond 

4810
04:14:02,500 --> 04:14:05,400
economic statistics. 
We discover how profoundly it 

4811
04:14:05,400 --> 04:14:09,900
transformed every day routines 
and practices necessity forced 

4812
04:14:09,900 --> 04:14:12,700
innovation in ways that 
fundamentally reshaped American 

4813
04:14:12,700 --> 04:14:15,700
domestic life. 
Perhaps the most remarkable 

4814
04:14:15,700 --> 04:14:19,100
transformation happened in 
kitchens Across America cooking 

4815
04:14:19,100 --> 04:14:22,000
practices that had been trending
toward convenience Foods in the 

4816
04:14:22,000 --> 04:14:25,000
1920s. 
Reverse dramatically women, who 

4817
04:14:25,000 --> 04:14:27,100
had never baked bread found 
themselves studying their 

4818
04:14:27,100 --> 04:14:30,100
grandmother's recipes complex 
systems for food. 

4819
04:14:30,100 --> 04:14:32,000
Preservation emerged in Urban 
Apartments. 

4820
04:14:32,000 --> 04:14:35,500
Never designed for such 
activities Evelyn or others who 

4821
04:14:35,500 --> 04:14:37,700
managed to household in 
Baltimore described. 

4822
04:14:37,700 --> 04:14:42,200
This culinary Revolution, Before
29, I bought Baker's bread and 

4823
04:14:42,200 --> 04:14:45,700
canned vegetables without 
thinking after my husband's pay 

4824
04:14:45,700 --> 04:14:48,200
was cut by two thirds, I had to 
relearn everything. 

4825
04:14:49,100 --> 04:14:51,700
I converted our fire escape into
a cooling rack for bread. 

4826
04:14:51,700 --> 04:14:55,000
I learned to make five different
meals from a single chicken. 

4827
04:14:55,000 --> 04:14:58,800
Nothing was wasted. 
Potato peels became super stock 

4828
04:14:58,800 --> 04:15:00,900
and meat bones were boiled 
repeatedly. 

4829
04:15:00,900 --> 04:15:03,700
We strained, the bacon, grease 
and used it for cooking 

4830
04:15:03,700 --> 04:15:06,900
throughout the week. 
This coloring transformation was

4831
04:15:06,900 --> 04:15:10,500
not merely about frugality, it 
represented a fundamental change

4832
04:15:10,500 --> 04:15:12,200
in how Americans related to 
their food. 

4833
04:15:12,200 --> 04:15:16,200
The direct involvement in food 
production, created new 

4834
04:15:16,200 --> 04:15:19,800
relationships with ingredients 
and nutrition. despite financial

4835
04:15:19,800 --> 04:15:22,900
hardship, many depression 
survivors reported that their 

4836
04:15:22,900 --> 04:15:27,000
diets improved in quality as 
they replaced processed foods 

4837
04:15:27,000 --> 04:15:30,200
with scratch cooking, Who 
maintenance underwent similar 

4838
04:15:30,200 --> 04:15:33,400
reinvention, the service economy
that had begun emerging in the 

4839
04:15:33,408 --> 04:15:36,200
1920s collapsed. 
As families could no longer 

4840
04:15:36,208 --> 04:15:39,100
afford repairmen cleaners or 
delivery services. 

4841
04:15:39,100 --> 04:15:42,500
This scenario necessitated a 
massive reskilling of the 

4842
04:15:42,500 --> 04:15:45,200
American population. 
Particularly among middle-class 

4843
04:15:45,200 --> 04:15:48,300
men who had specialized 
professionally but now needed to

4844
04:15:48,300 --> 04:15:51,900
become generalists. 
Robert Thornhill who had worked 

4845
04:15:51,900 --> 04:15:54,600
as an accountant in Chicago 
exemplified this transition. 

4846
04:15:55,900 --> 04:15:58,300
Before the crash I called 
Professionals for everything 

4847
04:15:58,300 --> 04:16:00,200
electricians. 
Plumbers Carpenters. 

4848
04:16:00,200 --> 04:16:04,000
After losing my position, I 
couldn't afford 50 cents for A 

4849
04:16:04,008 --> 04:16:06,500
Streetcar fare let alone dollars
for repairs. 

4850
04:16:06,500 --> 04:16:09,500
I traded accounting. 
Help to a hardware store, owner 

4851
04:16:09,500 --> 04:16:13,100
for tools and manuals. 
I rewired our lighting fix the 

4852
04:16:13,100 --> 04:16:17,800
toilet and rebuilt, our kitchen 
table, My father had been a 

4853
04:16:17,800 --> 04:16:20,100
farmer who could fix anything 
skills? 

4854
04:16:20,100 --> 04:16:22,500
I dismissed as unnecessary and 
modern times. 

4855
04:16:23,300 --> 04:16:25,800
The depression brought me back 
to his world with humility. 

4856
04:16:27,000 --> 04:16:30,000
This reskilling extended Beyond 
maintenance to a complete 

4857
04:16:30,000 --> 04:16:31,600
reimagining of household 
objects. 

4858
04:16:31,600 --> 04:16:35,400
Americans developed ingenious 
systems for repurposing items. 

4859
04:16:35,400 --> 04:16:36,700
That would otherwise be 
discarded. 

4860
04:16:37,600 --> 04:16:41,400
Flour sacks became dresses, cars
became shoe, soles newspapers 

4861
04:16:41,400 --> 04:16:44,700
became insulation, in cardboard 
was transformed into Furniture 

4862
04:16:44,700 --> 04:16:47,700
reinforcement. 
Martha Simmons, who grew up in 

4863
04:16:47,700 --> 04:16:50,000
Tulsa. 
Recalled her mother's Ingenuity.

4864
04:16:50,000 --> 04:16:53,500
Mum turned old wool coats into 
children's clothing. 

4865
04:16:54,400 --> 04:16:57,600
She unraveled worn out sweaters 
to renit the yarn into socks, 

4866
04:16:57,600 --> 04:17:01,400
but her most extraordinary 
creation was our new living room

4867
04:17:01,400 --> 04:17:05,700
set. he couldn't afford 
upholstery she needed fabric, so

4868
04:17:05,700 --> 04:17:08,800
she gathered, burlap coffee 
sacks from local shops, dyed 

4869
04:17:08,800 --> 04:17:11,500
them, with walnut, husks to 
achieve a consistent color and 

4870
04:17:11,500 --> 04:17:14,400
refinished our worn out 
furniture She stuffed the 

4871
04:17:14,400 --> 04:17:18,300
cushions with unraveled cotton 
from worn-out mattresses guests 

4872
04:17:18,300 --> 04:17:21,800
complemented, our rustic decor. 
Never realizing it was born of 

4873
04:17:21,800 --> 04:17:24,600
desperation Transportation 
underwent, perhaps the most 

4874
04:17:24,600 --> 04:17:27,900
visible transformation. 
The automobile, which had become

4875
04:17:27,900 --> 04:17:31,600
Central to American identity in 
the 1920s was now often 

4876
04:17:31,600 --> 04:17:34,700
unaffordable to operate. 
Family, who kept their cars 

4877
04:17:34,700 --> 04:17:38,200
developed elaborate systems to 
extend their utility adding 

4878
04:17:38,200 --> 04:17:41,900
cargo platforms to carry Goods. 
Converting sedans in to pick up 

4879
04:17:41,900 --> 04:17:45,400
trucks by removing rear sections
and modifying engines to burn 

4880
04:17:45,400 --> 04:17:48,500
lower quality fuels. 
Many families returned to pre 

4881
04:17:48,500 --> 04:17:53,000
Automotive Transportation, Urban
bicycle usage surged, Alan 

4882
04:17:53,000 --> 04:17:55,500
Parker who delivered groceries 
and Philadelphia noted. 

4883
04:17:55,500 --> 04:18:00,200
A 1932 the streets had changed 
completely, for weeks at a time 

4884
04:18:00,208 --> 04:18:02,000
people Park. 
Their cars up on blocks to 

4885
04:18:02,000 --> 04:18:05,300
reduce tire. 
Wear bicycle's were everywhere. 

4886
04:18:05,300 --> 04:18:09,700
Often carrying entire families. 
I saw a father pedaling with his

4887
04:18:09,700 --> 04:18:11,700
wife on the handlebars and two 
children on the back. 

4888
04:18:11,700 --> 04:18:15,200
Fender people rigged, incredible
trailers to fights for moving 

4889
04:18:15,200 --> 04:18:18,200
larger items. 
Leisure activities were 

4890
04:18:18,200 --> 04:18:21,300
similarly reinvented commercial 
entertainment, movies, 

4891
04:18:21,300 --> 04:18:25,600
nightclubs and sports events 
became unaffordable luxuries for

4892
04:18:25,600 --> 04:18:29,900
many in response Americans. 
Rediscovered, participatory and 

4893
04:18:29,900 --> 04:18:32,900
entertainment, Community 
singing, amateur theatricals and

4894
04:18:32,900 --> 04:18:36,000
storytelling circles experienced
unexpected. 

4895
04:18:36,000 --> 04:18:40,300
Revivals board games, enjoyed 
unprecedented popularity, with 

4896
04:18:40,300 --> 04:18:43,000
families, often making their own
versions of commercial games. 

4897
04:18:43,800 --> 04:18:46,200
The depression also forced 
reconsideration of living 

4898
04:18:46,200 --> 04:18:49,100
arrangements. 
Standard families Consolidated 

4899
04:18:49,100 --> 04:18:52,400
into shared housing creating new
intergenerational Dynamics. 

4900
04:18:52,400 --> 04:18:56,100
In urban areas, apartment 
sharing became common among 

4901
04:18:56,100 --> 04:18:59,900
unrelated adults creating ad hoc
family structures that pulled 

4902
04:18:59,900 --> 04:19:01,900
resources and distributed 
household labor. 

4903
04:19:02,900 --> 04:19:05,500
Margaret Wilson who shared a 
Chicago apartment with five 

4904
04:19:05,500 --> 04:19:07,200
other women, described these 
Arrangements. 

4905
04:19:07,200 --> 04:19:11,000
We each contributed, what we 
could Helen worked part-time as 

4906
04:19:11,000 --> 04:19:14,400
a secretary and provided most of
our cashing come with my sewing 

4907
04:19:14,400 --> 04:19:15,800
machine. 
Still in working order. 

4908
04:19:15,800 --> 04:19:18,700
I made clothes for everyone 
Dorothy had trained as a nurse 

4909
04:19:18,700 --> 04:19:21,700
and handled medical needs. 
We developed a system as precise

4910
04:19:21,700 --> 04:19:24,500
as any Factory schedule for 
cooking cleaning and job 

4911
04:19:24,500 --> 04:19:27,500
hunting. 
We were relatives but necessity 

4912
04:19:27,500 --> 04:19:29,000
made us close of the many 
families. 

4913
04:19:30,600 --> 04:19:33,800
Perhaps most significant was the
transformation of time itself. 

4914
04:19:33,800 --> 04:19:37,800
The standardized workday which 
had been increasingly normalized

4915
04:19:37,800 --> 04:19:42,900
in the 1920s, disintegrated for 
many Americans work when 

4916
04:19:42,900 --> 04:19:44,500
available might come at any 
hour. 

4917
04:19:44,500 --> 04:19:47,600
The unemployed developed 
elaborate routines to provide 

4918
04:19:47,600 --> 04:19:50,400
structure to days, no longer 
defined by workplace schedules. 

4919
04:19:51,100 --> 04:19:53,700
William Harrington laid off from
Pittsburgh steel, mills 

4920
04:19:53,700 --> 04:19:57,700
described, this temporal shift. 
After three months without work,

4921
04:19:57,700 --> 04:20:01,700
I realized time was becoming my 
enemy, empty hours bred despair 

4922
04:20:01,700 --> 04:20:06,100
so I created a schedule as rigid
as the Mills up at 5:30 

4923
04:20:06,100 --> 04:20:08,100
breakfast job hunting until 
noon. 

4924
04:20:08,100 --> 04:20:11,900
After noon for repair work or 
gardening, a dedicate my 

4925
04:20:11,908 --> 04:20:15,600
evening's to reading in order to
enhance my skills on Sundays, I 

4926
04:20:15,600 --> 04:20:18,600
dedicate myself to church and 
spending time with my family, it

4927
04:20:18,600 --> 04:20:21,500
wasn't about efficiency. 
It was about maintaining sanity 

4928
04:20:21,500 --> 04:20:23,100
when the clock no longer ruled 
my life. 

4929
04:20:24,200 --> 04:20:26,400
This reinvention of daily 
routines wasn't merely 

4930
04:20:26,400 --> 04:20:28,600
adaptation. 
It represented a profound 

4931
04:20:28,600 --> 04:20:31,600
cultural shift in how Americans 
related to material Goods 

4932
04:20:31,600 --> 04:20:35,600
services and time itself. 
The depression Force to 

4933
04:20:35,600 --> 04:20:39,700
Nationwide reassessment of needs
versus once durability versus 

4934
04:20:39,700 --> 04:20:43,300
disposability and self-reliance 
versus specialization. 

4935
04:20:44,200 --> 04:20:46,900
These values would influence 
consumption, patterns, and 

4936
04:20:46,900 --> 04:20:49,400
domestic practices for decades 
after economic recovery. 

4937
04:20:49,400 --> 04:20:53,200
The depression is famous for 
individual hardships, but it's 

4938
04:20:53,200 --> 04:20:55,700
most impressive story. 
May be how communities devise 

4939
04:20:55,700 --> 04:20:58,000
survival strategies, that 
changed American Social 

4940
04:20:58,000 --> 04:21:00,400
organization. 
Together, these responses 

4941
04:21:00,400 --> 04:21:03,900
provided resilience where 
individual efforts failed Highly

4942
04:21:03,900 --> 04:21:07,500
sophisticated neighborhood, 
support systems arose, informal 

4943
04:21:07,500 --> 04:21:10,200
communication, networks, convey 
information about jobs, 

4944
04:21:10,200 --> 04:21:13,800
assistance, programs and local 
credit providers in metropolitan

4945
04:21:13,800 --> 04:21:16,200
areas. 
These networks spanned ethnic 

4946
04:21:16,200 --> 04:21:19,900
and religious divides by using 
tenement hallways laundry lines 

4947
04:21:19,900 --> 04:21:21,600
and front Stoops to spread 
information. 

4948
04:21:22,700 --> 04:21:24,600
Before the crash. 
The Jewish families in our 

4949
04:21:24,608 --> 04:21:26,300
building. 
Barely spoke to the Italian 

4950
04:21:26,300 --> 04:21:28,000
families. 
Two floors down, said, 

4951
04:21:28,000 --> 04:21:29,600
Williamsburg resident, Sarah 
Goldstein. 

4952
04:21:29,600 --> 04:21:32,600
Mrs. Esposito. 
And my mother ran a Soup pot for

4953
04:21:32,600 --> 04:21:36,000
both families in 1931. 
After learning about the 

4954
04:21:36,000 --> 04:21:38,600
warehouse job Mr. Esposito 
informed. 

4955
04:21:38,600 --> 04:21:42,000
My father old boundaries fell 
because survival demanded. 

4956
04:21:42,000 --> 04:21:46,500
Cooperation Mrs. Esposito lit. 
Candles with us on Friday nights

4957
04:21:46,500 --> 04:21:48,900
because we are family, not 
because she was Jewish. 

4958
04:21:50,000 --> 04:21:51,700
Community. 
Cohesion, led to practical 

4959
04:21:51,700 --> 04:21:54,900
assistance systems organic Child
Care cooperatives. 

4960
04:21:54,900 --> 04:21:57,900
Let parents switch job hunting 
days tool Library. 

4961
04:21:57,900 --> 04:22:02,200
Let neighbor expensive gear. 
Urban vacant sites become 

4962
04:22:02,200 --> 04:22:04,200
fertile land with communal 
Gardens. 

4963
04:22:04,800 --> 04:22:08,000
The depression also saw formal 
mutual help organizations grow, 

4964
04:22:08,000 --> 04:22:10,900
many histories focus on 
government relief programs, 

4965
04:22:10,900 --> 04:22:14,300
although community-based 
structures delivered faster and 

4966
04:22:14,300 --> 04:22:17,900
more culturally relevant Aid. 
Religious fraternal and ethnic 

4967
04:22:17,900 --> 04:22:20,800
benefit societies extended their
roles to meet economic 

4968
04:22:20,800 --> 04:22:23,800
requirements. 
The black fraternal group Prince

4969
04:22:23,800 --> 04:22:26,400
Hall Masons exhibited this 
expansion. 

4970
04:22:27,400 --> 04:22:29,500
Detroit Lodge officer Thomas 
Washington said. 

4971
04:22:30,400 --> 04:22:33,300
How organization traditionally 
provides burial benefits and 

4972
04:22:33,300 --> 04:22:35,900
social connections. 
We became a job office Food, 

4973
04:22:35,900 --> 04:22:39,100
Distribution Center and housing,
referral agency overnight during

4974
04:22:39,100 --> 04:22:41,900
the Depression, every working 
brother supported the 

4975
04:22:41,900 --> 04:22:44,300
unemployed. 
When the economy fails, our 

4976
04:22:44,300 --> 04:22:48,300
community retained dignity, 
Labor unions, expanded Beyond 

4977
04:22:48,300 --> 04:22:50,500
workplace activism to provide 
overall support. 

4978
04:22:51,500 --> 04:22:54,000
The international ladies garment
Workers Union in New York 

4979
04:22:54,000 --> 04:22:57,800
sponsored Health, Clinic's 
Cooperative, housing, and adult 

4980
04:22:57,800 --> 04:23:01,300
education. 
Michigan United, Auto Workers, 

4981
04:23:01,300 --> 04:23:03,800
unemployment, councils 
organized, direct action to 

4982
04:23:03,800 --> 04:23:07,700
avoid eviction later, UAB 
leader, Walter remembered early,

4983
04:23:07,700 --> 04:23:11,200
Depression, era activities, 
Hundreds of workers block the 

4984
04:23:11,200 --> 04:23:14,400
sheriff, when a family received 
an eviction notice, then we 

4985
04:23:14,400 --> 04:23:16,700
negotiate lower, rent, or 
payment schedule with the 

4986
04:23:16,700 --> 04:23:19,600
landlord, we'd return the 
family's possessions after 

4987
04:23:19,600 --> 04:23:22,200
authorities left. 
If eviction was inevitable. 

4988
04:23:22,200 --> 04:23:25,700
Now we fought for Community 
survival, not pay. 

4989
04:23:26,800 --> 04:23:30,000
Rural communities established 
unique mutual help systems. 

4990
04:23:30,800 --> 04:23:33,800
Besides advocacy, The Grange 
coordinated seed exchanges, 

4991
04:23:33,800 --> 04:23:36,000
equipment, sharing and labor 
pooling. 

4992
04:23:36,700 --> 04:23:40,000
Farmers formed, communal lending
circles, based on European and 

4993
04:23:40,000 --> 04:23:42,500
African Customs. 
When bank failures devastated, 

4994
04:23:42,500 --> 04:23:46,200
the conventional credit system, 
Transformations were specially 

4995
04:23:46,200 --> 04:23:50,300
profound in churches, religion 
became a distribution employment

4996
04:23:50,300 --> 04:23:52,700
and housing coordinators. 
In addition, to spiritual 

4997
04:23:52,700 --> 04:23:55,900
assistance, when public 
education funds, fell Church, 

4998
04:23:55,900 --> 04:23:59,400
basements became schools, 
religious communities, that had 

4999
04:23:59,400 --> 04:24:01,400
focused on spirituality. 
Now, addressed material, 

5000
04:24:01,400 --> 04:24:05,900
concerns directly, Before the 
depression, charity was a minor 

5001
04:24:05,900 --> 04:24:09,500
part of our ministry said data. 
First Methodist Church, Pastor, 

5002
04:24:09,500 --> 04:24:12,300
Michael Thompson. 
We turned our refuge into a 

5003
04:24:12,300 --> 04:24:16,600
nighttime dormitory by 1932 Our 
Sunday School classes became 

5004
04:24:16,600 --> 04:24:20,200
Healthcare Clinic with volunteer
nurses, we broadened Christian 

5005
04:24:20,200 --> 04:24:22,300
responsibility from Spirits to 
bodies. 

5006
04:24:23,100 --> 04:24:25,000
Theological consequences were 
huge. 

5007
04:24:25,000 --> 04:24:27,400
We couldn't preach about 
Paradise while neglecting 

5008
04:24:27,400 --> 04:24:31,100
Earthly misery. 
Across cutting aspect of these 

5009
04:24:31,100 --> 04:24:34,300
Community Systems was 
significant organizations that 

5010
04:24:34,300 --> 04:24:36,400
service ethnic religious or 
occupational. 

5011
04:24:36,400 --> 04:24:39,800
Groups expanded their reach, the
result opened up Social 

5012
04:24:39,800 --> 04:24:43,400
relationships across boundaries 
intentional, communities plan, 

5013
04:24:43,400 --> 04:24:46,300
Cooperative living arrangements 
that pulled resources to Foster 

5014
04:24:46,300 --> 04:24:48,500
security grew during the 
Depression. 

5015
04:24:49,300 --> 04:24:52,400
These included official Ventures
like West, Virginia's arthurdale

5016
04:24:52,400 --> 04:24:55,400
community and spontaneous 
settlements like unemployed 

5017
04:24:55,400 --> 04:24:57,800
workers Cooperative camps 
outside major towns. 

5018
04:24:58,600 --> 04:25:02,100
According to Joseph Collins, who
founded a Cooperative Camp? 

5019
04:25:02,100 --> 04:25:04,300
Outside? 
Seattle, 60, families. 

5020
04:25:04,300 --> 04:25:07,500
Erected shelters from salvaged 
materials on vacant ground. 

5021
04:25:08,400 --> 04:25:12,100
We had sanitation, education and
food production committees. 

5022
04:25:12,100 --> 04:25:15,400
Like a little town. 
Everyone contributed skills. 

5023
04:25:15,400 --> 04:25:18,500
A fired teacher taught kids 
restaurant. 

5024
04:25:18,500 --> 04:25:21,500
Veterans, ran our shared 
kitchen, we printed labor, 

5025
04:25:21,500 --> 04:25:24,000
backed script. 
It was more than survival. 

5026
04:25:24,000 --> 04:25:26,800
We were developing an 
alternative to the fail to 

5027
04:25:26,800 --> 04:25:29,600
economy. 
These Villages were social and 

5028
04:25:29,600 --> 04:25:32,600
economic Innovation Labs. 
Many tried Cooperative 

5029
04:25:32,600 --> 04:25:36,000
ownership, labor exchange and 
non-monetary economies to 

5030
04:25:36,000 --> 04:25:38,800
replace capitalism. 
Most of these attempts were 

5031
04:25:38,800 --> 04:25:42,000
absorbed into mainstream 
Economic Institutions that the 

5032
04:25:42,008 --> 04:25:43,900
shaped American Community 
organization. 

5033
04:25:44,900 --> 04:25:47,900
Community structures generated 
psychological resilience that 

5034
04:25:47,900 --> 04:25:49,800
individuals couldn't most 
notably. 

5035
04:25:50,700 --> 04:25:54,000
Mutual Aid, participants have 
lower depression and suicide 

5036
04:25:54,000 --> 04:25:55,500
rates than those who struggled 
alone. 

5037
04:25:56,300 --> 04:25:58,800
Community responses, brought 
meaning to suffering that may 

5038
04:25:58,800 --> 04:26:02,500
have seen useless. 
Chicago settlement house. 

5039
04:26:02,500 --> 04:26:06,200
Worker Margaret Wilson, said 
Community connections kept 

5040
04:26:06,200 --> 04:26:09,300
Spirits alive. 
A huge psychological difference,

5041
04:26:09,300 --> 04:26:12,600
existed between unemployed men 
who joined our workers Council 

5042
04:26:12,600 --> 04:26:16,500
and those who stayed alienated 
meaning and perseverance came 

5043
04:26:16,500 --> 04:26:19,300
from shared hardship. 
The council members endured 

5044
04:26:19,300 --> 04:26:22,100
hunger and pain with friends, 
not shamefully alone. 

5045
04:26:23,000 --> 04:26:24,600
These Collective survival 
structures. 

5046
04:26:24,600 --> 04:26:27,400
Challenged American 
individualism greatly, they 

5047
04:26:27,400 --> 04:26:30,600
showed that interdependence not 
self-reliance, determined 

5048
04:26:30,600 --> 04:26:35,300
economic disaster, survivability
Long after the Depression, this 

5049
04:26:35,300 --> 04:26:38,900
lesson shaped social policy and 
Community, organizing the Great 

5050
04:26:38,900 --> 04:26:40,800
Depression affected, almost all 
Americans. 

5051
04:26:40,800 --> 04:26:43,900
Although some of events are 
forgotten black American 

5052
04:26:43,900 --> 04:26:46,700
suffered greatly during the 
Depression, but conventional 

5053
04:26:46,700 --> 04:26:50,600
narrative, rarely mention it 
already discriminated against in

5054
04:26:50,600 --> 04:26:53,800
work housing and education. 
Black communities saw the 

5055
04:26:53,800 --> 04:26:55,700
depression as a worsening of 
their poverty. 

5056
04:26:56,500 --> 04:26:59,500
Atlanta domestic worker, Lillian
Thompson characterized this 

5057
04:26:59,500 --> 04:27:02,000
continuity. 
White's discussed the 

5058
04:27:02,000 --> 04:27:03,600
depression. 
Like it ended the world. 

5059
04:27:03,600 --> 04:27:07,900
Historically colored people were
economically insecure last 

5060
04:27:07,900 --> 04:27:10,500
hired. 
First dismissed, Rosanne Norm we

5061
04:27:10,500 --> 04:27:12,700
lost. 
Even our minimal security, my 

5062
04:27:12,700 --> 04:27:14,900
spouse, and I saved 400 dollars 
for a house. 

5063
04:27:14,900 --> 04:27:17,700
When Citizens Trust Bank fail 
that money vanished. 

5064
04:27:17,700 --> 04:27:21,000
No government officials worried 
about black Banks, like they did

5065
04:27:21,000 --> 04:27:23,900
white ones. 
Like agricultural workers 

5066
04:27:23,900 --> 04:27:27,300
suffered most in rural areas in 
addition to Chronic debt from 

5067
04:27:27,300 --> 04:27:29,800
sharecropping, they faced 
falling cotton prices and 

5068
04:27:29,800 --> 04:27:33,200
agricultural mechanization. 
Mechanical cotton, Pickers 

5069
04:27:33,200 --> 04:27:36,700
eliminated, thousands of jobs in
the 1930s when Alternatives were

5070
04:27:36,700 --> 04:27:39,200
scarce. 
This agricultural, displacement 

5071
04:27:39,200 --> 04:27:42,200
spurred the great migration of 
black Americans to Northern 

5072
04:27:42,200 --> 04:27:45,200
cities, the housing 
discrimination forced them into 

5073
04:27:45,200 --> 04:27:49,700
overcrowded, poor dwellings, 
many New Deal initiatives helped

5074
04:27:49,700 --> 04:27:52,500
Americans find housing but 
redlining excluded black 

5075
04:27:52,500 --> 04:27:55,500
neighborhoods indigenous. 
Populations experience the 

5076
04:27:55,500 --> 04:27:59,700
depression through a complicated
mix of economic breakdown and 

5077
04:27:59,700 --> 04:28:02,700
Colonial policy. 
The failure of the cash economy 

5078
04:28:02,700 --> 04:28:05,500
had less of an impact on 
traditional subsistence tribes 

5079
04:28:05,500 --> 04:28:09,400
than on non-native those forced 
into wage labor by previous 

5080
04:28:09,400 --> 04:28:11,500
government. 
Legislation were officially 

5081
04:28:11,500 --> 04:28:14,400
vulnerable. 
Joseph Blackhawk and Omaha 

5082
04:28:14,400 --> 04:28:17,100
Tribal member who worked in 
Nebraska meat packing facilities

5083
04:28:17,100 --> 04:28:19,800
said government schools and 
reservation regulations 

5084
04:28:19,800 --> 04:28:22,600
destroyed our grandparents Land 
Based abilities. 

5085
04:28:22,600 --> 04:28:25,900
Any of us relied on wage work, 
that disappeared during the 

5086
04:28:25,900 --> 04:28:28,900
Depression, the transformation 
of our hunting grounds into 

5087
04:28:28,900 --> 04:28:31,600
farms and our plant Gathering 
sites into paved areas. 

5088
04:28:31,600 --> 04:28:34,700
Prevented us from reverting to 
our ancient Customs, the 

5089
04:28:34,700 --> 04:28:37,900
simultaneous failure of both 
systems, put us Between Worlds. 

5090
04:28:38,800 --> 04:28:43,100
The 1934 Indian reorganization 
Act, despite its promotion as a 

5091
04:28:43,100 --> 04:28:46,500
progressive reform, resulted in 
increased economic dependency 

5092
04:28:46,500 --> 04:28:49,500
during the Depression 
constitutions, that prioritize 

5093
04:28:49,500 --> 04:28:52,700
resource exploitation have 
reformed tribes promoting 

5094
04:28:52,700 --> 04:28:54,800
outside interests over 
indigenous communities. 

5095
04:28:55,800 --> 04:28:58,100
Mexican-americans in the 
south-west had particular, 

5096
04:28:58,100 --> 04:29:01,400
depression problems. 
Large producers slashed wages 

5097
04:29:01,400 --> 04:29:03,800
drastically. 
But still demanded hard work 

5098
04:29:03,800 --> 04:29:07,400
when crop prices plummeted 
Mexican and Mexican-American 

5099
04:29:07,400 --> 04:29:10,500
workers faced violence, 
oppression and deportation due 

5100
04:29:10,500 --> 04:29:13,400
to their organizing efforts. 
The federal government's 

5101
04:29:13,400 --> 04:29:16,400
repatriation plans, demonstrate 
economic, distress, and racial 

5102
04:29:16,400 --> 04:29:20,300
targeting about 60% of the one 
to two million, Mexican 

5103
04:29:20,300 --> 04:29:22,300
Americans, deported, or pushed 
to leave. 

5104
04:29:22,300 --> 04:29:26,600
The US between 1929 and 1936. 
Were US citizens. 

5105
04:29:26,600 --> 04:29:29,800
The result was one of the 
largest forced migration in 

5106
04:29:29,800 --> 04:29:32,800
American history frequently with
without legal procedure. 

5107
04:29:33,800 --> 04:29:37,900
Elena Ramirez whose family was 
deported to Mexico in. 1932 

5108
04:29:37,900 --> 04:29:41,100
said, immigration agents in 
circled, our Los Angeles 

5109
04:29:41,108 --> 04:29:43,300
neighborhood and loaded everyone
onto trucks. 

5110
04:29:43,300 --> 04:29:46,600
The fact that my brother and I 
were born in California and held

5111
04:29:46,600 --> 04:29:48,500
a American citizenship did not 
matter. 

5112
04:29:48,500 --> 04:29:52,800
We only had a few hours to pack.
My father worked at the same 

5113
04:29:52,800 --> 04:29:56,000
Factory for nine years. 
Our church school and Friends 

5114
04:29:56,000 --> 04:29:59,300
vanished overnight. 
We landed in Mexico's strangers.

5115
04:29:59,300 --> 04:30:02,800
20 years after my parents 
departed, we were considered 

5116
04:30:02,800 --> 04:30:06,500
pachos neither Mexican nor 
American Urban Americans. 

5117
04:30:06,500 --> 04:30:09,900
Rarely saw the hardship of rural
white populations in Appalachia 

5118
04:30:09,900 --> 04:30:13,300
and the Ozarks economic 
deterioration in these areas 

5119
04:30:13,300 --> 04:30:17,100
began before, 1929 owing to 
Resource extraction and changing

5120
04:30:17,100 --> 04:30:20,000
agricultural markets. 
The depression sank 

5121
04:30:20,000 --> 04:30:23,600
economically, marginalized 
groups into deep poverty, these 

5122
04:30:23,600 --> 04:30:26,800
regions emphasized, the 
difference between deserving and

5123
04:30:26,800 --> 04:30:30,300
undeserving poor. 
New Deal initiatives favored, 

5124
04:30:30,300 --> 04:30:32,700
recent middle-class dropouts 
over multi-generational. 

5125
04:30:32,700 --> 04:30:35,200
Poor. 
Such multi-tiered assistance 

5126
04:30:35,200 --> 04:30:37,400
schemes, occasionally excluded, 
the most desperate. 

5127
04:30:38,300 --> 04:30:41,500
Disability during depression is 
another underestimated pain 

5128
04:30:41,500 --> 04:30:45,100
Factor family support systems 
and philanthropic institutions 

5129
04:30:45,100 --> 04:30:48,500
crumbled, putting Americans with
Disabilities in unparalleled 

5130
04:30:48,500 --> 04:30:51,400
hardship. 
When demand for disabled 

5131
04:30:51,400 --> 04:30:55,100
American Services, expanded 
Financial Cuts, deteriorated 

5132
04:30:55,100 --> 04:30:57,700
their facilities. 
A Massachusetts state 

5133
04:30:57,700 --> 04:30:59,900
psychiatric hospitals. 
Dr. Margaret Chan. 

5134
04:30:59,900 --> 04:31:02,700
Observed. 
This declined we were 

5135
04:31:02,700 --> 04:31:06,800
understaffed and underfunded 
before the crash after State, 

5136
04:31:06,800 --> 04:31:09,000
budgets fell circumstances were 
terrible. 

5137
04:31:09,700 --> 04:31:13,300
Our patient base increased while
staff shrank by a third food 

5138
04:31:13,300 --> 04:31:15,900
quality, plummeted treatment 
became confinement. 

5139
04:31:16,800 --> 04:31:19,000
We ran out of resources during 
acute illness. 

5140
04:31:19,000 --> 04:31:21,700
So many individuals who could 
have recovered were 

5141
04:31:21,700 --> 04:31:26,100
institutionalized for life. 
Depression devastated, carefully

5142
04:31:26,100 --> 04:31:28,800
developed support systems for 
physically challenged Americans 

5143
04:31:28,800 --> 04:31:31,900
living freely. 
When informal helpers focused on

5144
04:31:31,908 --> 04:31:34,700
their own Survival. 
Disabled people who had retained

5145
04:31:34,700 --> 04:31:37,100
autonomy through Community 
networks were forced into 

5146
04:31:37,100 --> 04:31:40,100
institutionalization. 
The depression produced, new 

5147
04:31:40,100 --> 04:31:43,700
disability categories, childhood
malnutrition caused lifelong, 

5148
04:31:43,700 --> 04:31:46,500
developmental problems. 
Safety requirements were 

5149
04:31:46,500 --> 04:31:50,000
abandoned to minimize costs, 
increasing workplace accidents, 

5150
04:31:50,000 --> 04:31:52,900
depression related, 
psychological, trauma caused 

5151
04:31:52,900 --> 04:31:56,200
untreated mental health issues. 
However, economic disaster. 

5152
04:31:56,200 --> 04:31:58,800
Affected youth is often 
forgotten in depression accounts

5153
04:31:58,800 --> 04:32:02,000
schools in various locations, 
cut academic years, or 

5154
04:32:02,000 --> 04:32:05,500
shuttered, due to budget, 
limitations child labor, which 

5155
04:32:05,500 --> 04:32:08,300
have been falling for decades 
rows as families, required cash 

5156
04:32:08,300 --> 04:32:11,800
from everyone malnutrition, at 
Key development had lifelong 

5157
04:32:11,800 --> 04:32:15,800
physical and cognitive damage. 
Helen Morrison aural Kentucky 

5158
04:32:15,800 --> 04:32:18,500
teacher saw. 
These changes planting and 

5159
04:32:18,500 --> 04:32:20,500
harvest attendance was 
intermittent before the 

5160
04:32:20,500 --> 04:32:25,000
catastrophe, many children 
vanished by 1932, I found them 

5161
04:32:25,000 --> 04:32:27,800
working full-time at anything 
they could find when I visited 

5162
04:32:27,800 --> 04:32:30,300
their home's. 
Some families had broken up with

5163
04:32:30,300 --> 04:32:33,000
children, living with relatives 
or neighbors while parents 

5164
04:32:33,000 --> 04:32:35,700
looked for jobs. 
Many of my students lost the 

5165
04:32:35,700 --> 04:32:38,100
idea of infancy as a protected 
period of development. 

5166
04:32:39,400 --> 04:32:41,700
These forgotten depression 
scenes, show how economic 

5167
04:32:41,700 --> 04:32:44,800
disaster deep and social 
divisions, while popular 

5168
04:32:44,800 --> 04:32:47,600
narratives highlight shared pain
that linked Americans, these 

5169
04:32:47,600 --> 04:32:51,800
Forgotten Tales show how crises 
reinforced race region, aptitude

5170
04:32:51,800 --> 04:32:54,000
and age. 
Hierarchies the Great Depression

5171
04:32:54,000 --> 04:32:57,100
created enduring legacies. 
That shaped American Society for

5172
04:32:57,100 --> 04:33:00,600
Generations, in ways, few could 
have predicted these influences 

5173
04:33:00,600 --> 04:33:03,300
transformed behaviors and 
attitudes that would persist 

5174
04:33:03,300 --> 04:33:06,900
long after economic recovery. 
The most visible Legacy was 

5175
04:33:06,900 --> 04:33:09,000
American's relationship with 
Financial Risk. 

5176
04:33:10,200 --> 04:33:12,700
Profession survivors developed 
what marketers later called, 

5177
04:33:12,700 --> 04:33:16,099
depression syndrome, Financial 
behaviors that prioritize 

5178
04:33:16,099 --> 04:33:19,200
security over opportunity. 
Even when economically 

5179
04:33:19,200 --> 04:33:23,000
irrational, Millionaires who had
survived bank failures 

5180
04:33:23,000 --> 04:33:25,300
maintained multiple modest 
accounts rather than 

5181
04:33:25,300 --> 04:33:29,200
Consolidated once successful 
professionals refused mortgages 

5182
04:33:29,200 --> 04:33:33,000
despite having amping come. 
Family stockpiled Necessities 

5183
04:33:33,000 --> 04:33:36,300
due to concerns about future 
shortages Dorothy. 

5184
04:33:36,300 --> 04:33:39,800
Klein, a consumer researcher in 
the 1950s noted that 

5185
04:33:39,800 --> 04:33:42,599
conventional advertising cannot 
persuade depression survive as 

5186
04:33:42,599 --> 04:33:45,500
they evaluated purchases through
a trauma lens. 

5187
04:33:45,500 --> 04:33:49,099
I interviewed a doctor who kept 
25 pounds of coffee in his 

5188
04:33:49,099 --> 04:33:51,300
Pantry. 
When coffee was rattling during 

5189
04:33:51,300 --> 04:33:55,200
the war he developed anxiety 
about shortages, 20 years later 

5190
04:33:55,200 --> 04:33:58,200
despite a bundle supplies. 
He maintained this buffer 

5191
04:33:58,200 --> 04:34:00,200
against a threat that no longer 
existed. 

5192
04:34:01,200 --> 04:34:04,200
This security oriented mindset 
was passed down to children, 

5193
04:34:04,200 --> 04:34:08,200
raised by depression survivors. 
The silent generation and early 

5194
04:34:08,200 --> 04:34:10,400
baby boomers inherited their 
parents risk. 

5195
04:34:10,400 --> 04:34:14,599
Aversion, despite growing up in 
unprecedented prosperity, This 

5196
04:34:14,599 --> 04:34:17,400
generational transmission of 
financial trauma influenced 

5197
04:34:17,400 --> 04:34:19,900
banking, housing and Retail 
sectors for decades. 

5198
04:34:19,900 --> 04:34:23,700
As these sectors are knowingly, 
catered to customers whose 

5199
04:34:23,700 --> 04:34:26,000
decision-making was influenced 
by psychological patterns 

5200
04:34:26,000 --> 04:34:28,599
formed. 
During the 1930s, The 

5201
04:34:28,599 --> 04:34:30,800
depression, fundamentally 
altered, Americans relationship 

5202
04:34:30,800 --> 04:34:35,000
with government. 
Before 1929 most citizens had 

5203
04:34:35,000 --> 04:34:37,200
minimal interaction with federal
agencies. 

5204
04:34:37,200 --> 04:34:40,900
By 1940, government had become 
an everyday presence through 

5205
04:34:40,900 --> 04:34:44,099
relief, programs employment 
projects and Regulatory 

5206
04:34:44,099 --> 04:34:47,700
Frameworks this created 
expectations that transcended 

5207
04:34:47,700 --> 04:34:51,599
traditional political divisions.
Frank Holloway who administered 

5208
04:34:51,599 --> 04:34:56,300
WPA projects in Tennessee noted.
Before the depression mentioning

5209
04:34:56,300 --> 04:34:59,400
I worked for the federal 
government, Drew suspicion by 

5210
04:34:59,400 --> 04:35:01,900
1936. 
People welcomed me because I 

5211
04:35:01,900 --> 04:35:05,000
represented jobs and assistance 
people who philosophically 

5212
04:35:05,000 --> 04:35:08,599
opposed government interference.
Now, expect Government 

5213
04:35:08,599 --> 04:35:12,400
Solutions, this Evolution wasn't
about liberal or conservative 

5214
04:35:12,400 --> 04:35:15,700
was at a fundamental 
recalibration of what government

5215
04:35:15,700 --> 04:35:18,800
was for. 
Cultural expressions, underwent 

5216
04:35:18,800 --> 04:35:22,300
profound transformation the Arts
developed dual, impulses that 

5217
04:35:22,300 --> 04:35:24,500
seemed contradictory, but often 
existed. 

5218
04:35:24,500 --> 04:35:27,900
Within the same Works 
unflinching documentation of 

5219
04:35:27,900 --> 04:35:29,900
suffering alongside Escapist 
entertainment. 

5220
04:35:30,900 --> 04:35:33,700
The documentary tradition 
emerged in photography, Walker 

5221
04:35:33,700 --> 04:35:36,900
Evans Dorothea Lange, and 
literature Steinbeck Wright 

5222
04:35:36,900 --> 04:35:39,900
while escapism flourished in 
Hollywood musicals, and 

5223
04:35:39,900 --> 04:35:43,200
superhero comics. 
Playwright Arthur Miller 

5224
04:35:43,200 --> 04:35:45,200
explained this Duality the 
theater. 

5225
04:35:45,200 --> 04:35:48,000
Swung between Agate prop realism
and Pure Fantasy. 

5226
04:35:48,000 --> 04:35:51,200
What endured were works that 
somehow managed both 

5227
04:35:51,200 --> 04:35:54,000
acknowledging suffering, while 
suggesting Transcendence 

5228
04:35:54,000 --> 04:35:57,800
audiences needed both truth and 
hope reality and possibility. 

5229
04:35:57,800 --> 04:36:00,400
The depression created a 
generation that approached 

5230
04:36:00,400 --> 04:36:03,300
community building with 
deliberate intention, having 

5231
04:36:03,300 --> 04:36:05,000
experience helped economic 
disaster. 

5232
04:36:05,000 --> 04:36:08,200
Could isolate individuals, many 
survivors became what 

5233
04:36:08,200 --> 04:36:11,300
sociologists later called, 
intentional neighbors, 

5234
04:36:11,300 --> 04:36:14,099
deliberately cultivating 
Community connections, as 

5235
04:36:14,108 --> 04:36:17,700
insurance against future 
hardship, the explosion of Civic

5236
04:36:17,700 --> 04:36:21,200
organizations in post 
depression, America, from pta's 

5237
04:36:21,200 --> 04:36:24,200
to Neighborhood association's 
reflected this impulse. 

5238
04:36:25,800 --> 04:36:28,700
While often viewed as expression
of 1950s conformity. 

5239
04:36:29,700 --> 04:36:32,500
These organizations actually 
represented lessons learned from

5240
04:36:32,500 --> 04:36:36,700
1930s, isolation. 
Perhaps most profound was the 

5241
04:36:36,700 --> 04:36:39,200
depression's impact, on 
Americans relationship, with 

5242
04:36:39,200 --> 04:36:43,599
work itself employment became 
more than an economic necessity.

5243
04:36:43,599 --> 04:36:46,000
It became psychological 
validation. 

5244
04:36:46,900 --> 04:36:49,900
Experience of involuntary 
joblessness created lasting 

5245
04:36:49,900 --> 04:36:52,000
associations between work and 
identity. 

5246
04:36:52,000 --> 04:36:54,400
That influenced retirement 
patterns for decades. 

5247
04:36:55,300 --> 04:36:59,800
To Samuel Weinstein, who studied
Aging in the 1970s Foundation, 

5248
04:36:59,800 --> 04:37:02,599
survivors approached retirement 
differently than subsequent 

5249
04:37:02,599 --> 04:37:04,800
Generations. 
They often could not articulate.

5250
04:37:04,800 --> 04:37:06,500
Why continued work felt 
accentual. 

5251
04:37:07,200 --> 04:37:10,099
Once successful businessman told
me, I know, I don't need the 

5252
04:37:10,099 --> 04:37:14,500
money but I need to be needed. a
concern was about income, but 

5253
04:37:14,500 --> 04:37:17,200
about avoiding the psychological
state of uselessness they had 

5254
04:37:17,200 --> 04:37:21,200
experienced during unemployment 
decades earlier, Looking back 

5255
04:37:21,200 --> 04:37:24,500
many aspects of American life we
take for granted from Social 

5256
04:37:24,500 --> 04:37:27,800
Security to bank deposit, 
Insurance emerge directly from 

5257
04:37:27,800 --> 04:37:31,400
depression experiences these 
institutional responses to 

5258
04:37:31,400 --> 04:37:35,099
catastrophe became so normalized
that their Origins and crisis 

5259
04:37:35,099 --> 04:37:39,500
were forgotten their existence 
seemingly natural rather than a 

5260
04:37:39,500 --> 04:37:41,500
response to specific historical 
trauma. 

5261
04:37:42,700 --> 04:37:45,599
What remains most remarkable 
about the depression's legacy is

5262
04:37:45,599 --> 04:37:49,400
how it demonstrated both human 
vulnerability and resilience is 

5263
04:37:49,400 --> 04:37:51,599
simultaneously. 
It revealed how quickly 

5264
04:37:51,599 --> 04:37:54,700
Prosperity could vanish and how 
fragile social structures could 

5265
04:37:54,700 --> 04:37:57,099
prove. 
Yet it also showed how 

5266
04:37:57,099 --> 04:37:59,599
communities could adapt and 
societies could reimagine 

5267
04:37:59,599 --> 04:38:01,400
themselves in response to 
catastrophe. 

5268
04:38:02,700 --> 04:38:04,800
Precious and Survivor Eleanor, 
Winthrop reflected. 

5269
04:38:04,800 --> 04:38:08,099
What stayed with me, wasn't the 
hardship itself, but the 

5270
04:38:08,099 --> 04:38:11,099
discovery of what humans could 
withstand and create from ruins,

5271
04:38:11,099 --> 04:38:14,700
we lost our innocence, about 
Economic Security, but gained 

5272
04:38:14,700 --> 04:38:18,200
wisdom about human connection. 
The Disappearance of the money 

5273
04:38:18,200 --> 04:38:20,300
did not diminish. 
The value of the ingenious 

5274
04:38:20,300 --> 04:38:24,000
adaptations, extraordinary 
kindnesses and communities 

5275
04:38:24,000 --> 04:38:25,700
forged in struggle. 
That replaced it. 

5276
04:38:26,700 --> 04:38:29,599
The Paradox of catastrophe is 
that it takes with one hand, but

5277
04:38:29,599 --> 04:38:32,599
gives with the other and 
sometimes the gifts out last, 

5278
04:38:32,599 --> 04:38:40,000
the losses. 
You know, how someday start 

5279
04:38:40,000 --> 04:38:42,800
perfectly ordinary and then take
a left turn into absolutely 

5280
04:38:42,800 --> 04:38:46,000
bonkers? 
Well, Tuesday, Morning, began 

5281
04:38:46,000 --> 04:38:48,300
with me standing. 
In my kitchen coffee, mug in 

5282
04:38:48,300 --> 04:38:51,300
hand staring at the antique, 
brass Compass, I'd inherited 

5283
04:38:51,300 --> 04:38:54,099
from great art Moira. 
The thing had been Gathering 

5284
04:38:54,099 --> 04:38:55,599
dust on my windowsill for 
months. 

5285
04:38:56,500 --> 04:38:58,900
It's something about the way the
Morning Light caught its warning

5286
04:38:58,900 --> 04:39:02,900
Graves made me pick it up. 
The compass felt surprisingly 

5287
04:39:02,900 --> 04:39:06,800
warm in my palm almost like it 
had been sitting in sunshine all

5288
04:39:06,800 --> 04:39:10,400
morning instead of shadow. 
I traced the Celtic knots carved

5289
04:39:10,400 --> 04:39:13,800
around its rim with my finger 
wondering, if Moira had actually

5290
04:39:13,800 --> 04:39:16,800
used this thing or if it was 
just another piece of Scottish, 

5291
04:39:16,800 --> 04:39:20,800
family, folklore, collecting 
cobwebs, the needle, spun lazily

5292
04:39:20,800 --> 04:39:24,200
pointing, not North, but to some
direction that seemed to exist, 

5293
04:39:24,200 --> 04:39:26,099
only in its own mysterious 
geography. 

5294
04:39:26,900 --> 04:39:28,900
That's when things got 
interesting in the way that 

5295
04:39:28,900 --> 04:39:30,900
makes you question your morning 
coffee choices. 

5296
04:39:32,099 --> 04:39:35,000
The world around me began to 
Shimmer like Heatwave rising 

5297
04:39:35,000 --> 04:39:38,100
from Summer pavement. 
Except my kitchen suddenly felt 

5298
04:39:38,100 --> 04:39:41,400
anything but warm. 
Colors bled at the edge of my 

5299
04:39:41,400 --> 04:39:43,500
vision and that peculiar 
ringing. 

5300
04:39:43,500 --> 04:39:45,700
You get in your ears during 
airplane, take off filled my 

5301
04:39:45,708 --> 04:39:48,000
head. 
I had just enough time to think.

5302
04:39:48,000 --> 04:39:51,700
Well, this is either a stroke or
something considerably more 

5303
04:39:51,700 --> 04:39:53,700
unusual before everything went 
sideways. 

5304
04:39:54,700 --> 04:39:57,500
Time travel as it turns out 
feels remarkably like being 

5305
04:39:57,500 --> 04:40:00,500
tumbled in the world's largest 
washing machine, while someone 

5306
04:40:00,500 --> 04:40:03,900
plays a bagpiper Orchestra 
directly into your skull, not 

5307
04:40:03,900 --> 04:40:06,500
unpleasant, exactly. 
But definitely not something 

5308
04:40:06,500 --> 04:40:08,400
you'd want to experience right 
after breakfast. 

5309
04:40:09,500 --> 04:40:12,600
The sensation lasted either 
three seconds or three centuries

5310
04:40:12,600 --> 04:40:16,100
time, being somewhat negotiable 
during interdimensional Transit 

5311
04:40:16,100 --> 04:40:18,600
apparently. 
When the world stopped spinning 

5312
04:40:18,600 --> 04:40:22,100
like a cosmic carnival ride? 
I found myself standing in what 

5313
04:40:22,100 --> 04:40:25,300
appeared to be a meadow that had
never heard of lawn mowers hedge

5314
04:40:25,300 --> 04:40:29,500
trimmers or any other modern 
conveniences Tall Grass weighed 

5315
04:40:29,500 --> 04:40:32,500
around my ankles dotted with 
wildflowers, that looked like 

5316
04:40:32,500 --> 04:40:35,500
they'd stepped straight out of a
medieval illuminated manuscript,

5317
04:40:35,500 --> 04:40:38,800
the are carried sense. 
I couldn't quite place would 

5318
04:40:38,800 --> 04:40:41,900
smoke something cooking. 
That might have been bred in the

5319
04:40:41,908 --> 04:40:44,400
earthy richness of a world where
exhaust fumes hadn't been 

5320
04:40:44,400 --> 04:40:47,700
invented yet. 
Silence hit me first. 

5321
04:40:48,500 --> 04:40:51,400
Not the kind of quiet you get in
Suburban neighborhoods at 2 in 

5322
04:40:51,408 --> 04:40:54,500
the morning but the deep 
breathing Silence of a place 

5323
04:40:54,500 --> 04:40:57,100
where the loudest sound for 
Miles might be a bird calling or

5324
04:40:57,100 --> 04:41:00,800
wind moving through leaves, no 
traffic, whom, no air 

5325
04:41:00,800 --> 04:41:02,900
conditioning units, no distant 
leaf. 

5326
04:41:02,900 --> 04:41:06,200
Blower is just the world as it 
existed before we filled it with

5327
04:41:06,200 --> 04:41:08,400
the constant background core of 
Modern Life. 

5328
04:41:09,500 --> 04:41:12,600
I looked down at the campus. 
Still clutched in my hand, it's 

5329
04:41:12,600 --> 04:41:15,400
needle now pointed steadily, in 
One Direction with the 

5330
04:41:15,400 --> 04:41:18,100
confidence of something that 
finally knew where it belonged. 

5331
04:41:18,900 --> 04:41:22,600
The brass felt cool again 
ordinary as if it had never been

5332
04:41:22,600 --> 04:41:25,700
anything more than a family 
heirloom, with a tendency toward

5333
04:41:25,700 --> 04:41:29,300
dramatic gestures. 
The landscape stretched around 

5334
04:41:29,300 --> 04:41:31,700
me and Rolling Green Hills. 
That seemed to go on forever 

5335
04:41:31,700 --> 04:41:35,400
punctuated by stands of trees 
that looked older than anything 

5336
04:41:35,400 --> 04:41:39,400
I'd ever seen. in the distant 
smoke Rose, from What Might Have

5337
04:41:39,400 --> 04:41:42,100
Been chimneys though, calling 
them chimneys might be generous 

5338
04:41:43,000 --> 04:41:46,300
Stone structures dotted. 
The hillside, not ruins, but 

5339
04:41:46,300 --> 04:41:50,000
buildings that were clearly 
lived in used part of someone's 

5340
04:41:50,000 --> 04:41:53,000
daily life. 
My modern clothes felt suddenly 

5341
04:41:53,000 --> 04:41:55,900
conspicuous jeans and a fleece 
jacket. 

5342
04:41:55,900 --> 04:41:59,100
Probably won't go to help me 
blend in wherever or whenever 

5343
04:41:59,100 --> 04:42:03,300
I'd landed. 
The realization crept Over Me 

5344
04:42:03,300 --> 04:42:06,300
Slowly like cold water seeping 
through boots. 

5345
04:42:06,300 --> 04:42:10,500
I was no longer in Kansas Toto 
and I had a sneaking suspicion. 

5346
04:42:10,500 --> 04:42:12,400
I wasn't in the 21st century 
either. 

5347
04:42:13,600 --> 04:42:17,500
A distant sound drifted across 
the meadow voices may be and 

5348
04:42:17,500 --> 04:42:19,000
something that could have been 
livestock. 

5349
04:42:19,900 --> 04:42:23,100
Civilization, or at least what 
passed for it in whatever area 

5350
04:42:23,100 --> 04:42:26,800
I'd stumbled into. 
The compass needle held steady 

5351
04:42:26,800 --> 04:42:30,100
pointing towards Those Distant 
wisps of smoke, as if it knew 

5352
04:42:30,100 --> 04:42:33,700
exactly where I needed to go. 
I took a deep breath of air that

5353
04:42:33,700 --> 04:42:35,500
tasted like it. 
Had never met a factory 

5354
04:42:35,500 --> 04:42:38,100
adjusted. 
My grip on great art, moira's 

5355
04:42:38,100 --> 04:42:40,900
campus, and started walking 
toward, whatever Adventure 

5356
04:42:40,900 --> 04:42:43,500
awaited. 
After all, when you've 

5357
04:42:43,500 --> 04:42:45,800
accidentally time travel to what
appeared to be medieval, 

5358
04:42:45,800 --> 04:42:49,100
Scotland, standing around in a 
meadow questioning Your Life 

5359
04:42:49,100 --> 04:42:51,700
Choices, seemed less productive 
than finding out where you'd 

5360
04:42:51,700 --> 04:42:55,200
actually ended up. 
Besides the coffee back home was

5361
04:42:55,200 --> 04:42:57,600
getting cold. 
Anyway, walking through medieval

5362
04:42:57,600 --> 04:43:00,600
Scotland, I discovered is like 
hiking through the world's, most

5363
04:43:00,600 --> 04:43:03,900
authentic historical 
reenactment, except nobody told 

5364
04:43:03,900 --> 04:43:06,400
you the rules and there's no 
gift shop at the end. 

5365
04:43:07,700 --> 04:43:10,100
The path I followed. 
And I used the term path 

5366
04:43:10,100 --> 04:43:13,000
generously for what was 
essentially a suggestion of 

5367
04:43:13,000 --> 04:43:16,000
where people might have walked 
repeatedly wound through 

5368
04:43:16,000 --> 04:43:18,100
Countryside. 
That looked like every romantic 

5369
04:43:18,100 --> 04:43:20,800
Highland calendar. 
You've ever seen minus the 

5370
04:43:20,800 --> 04:43:23,900
modern photographers and plus a 
concerning amount of what might 

5371
04:43:23,900 --> 04:43:26,300
charitably be called, natural 
fertilizer. 

5372
04:43:27,200 --> 04:43:29,300
The compass led me to order 
cluster of buildings that 

5373
04:43:29,300 --> 04:43:32,300
materialized from the landscape 
like something emerging from a 

5374
04:43:32,300 --> 04:43:34,700
dream. 
Stone Cottages with thatched 

5375
04:43:34,700 --> 04:43:38,100
roofs huddled together as if 
sharing warmth connected by what

5376
04:43:38,100 --> 04:43:41,300
I gradually recognized as 
streets and the same way that 

5377
04:43:41,300 --> 04:43:44,500
rivers are connected by 
riverbeds more suggestion than 

5378
04:43:44,500 --> 04:43:48,600
engineering Smoke curled from 
Chimneys in lazy, Spirals and 

5379
04:43:48,600 --> 04:43:51,800
the whole scene had that soft 
focused quality in paintings 

5380
04:43:51,800 --> 04:43:54,600
except its smelled considerably 
more authentic. 

5381
04:43:55,900 --> 04:43:59,300
As I got closer, the sounds of 
daily life, began to filter 

5382
04:43:59,300 --> 04:44:03,300
through the morning are voices, 
spoke in such thick acts that 

5383
04:44:03,300 --> 04:44:06,300
they might as well have been 
speaking Gaelic, which I 

5384
04:44:06,300 --> 04:44:10,300
realized with growing concern, 
they probably were The rhythm of

5385
04:44:10,308 --> 04:44:14,100
hammering, the lowing of cattle 
and other sounds indicated that 

5386
04:44:14,100 --> 04:44:16,900
people were going about their 
perfectly normal, medieval 

5387
04:44:16,900 --> 04:44:19,700
morning routines, possibly from 
a Smithy nearby. 

5388
04:44:21,200 --> 04:44:24,300
The first person I encountered 
was a woman hanging laundry on a

5389
04:44:24,300 --> 04:44:25,500
line. 
Strung between two posts 

5390
04:44:25,500 --> 04:44:27,700
singing. 
Something under her breath, that

5391
04:44:27,700 --> 04:44:30,500
sounded like a lullaby written 
by someone who understood both 

5392
04:44:30,500 --> 04:44:34,500
Joy and sorrow intimately. 
She wore a long dress in a shade

5393
04:44:34,500 --> 04:44:38,900
of brown that probably had a 
fancy historical name like umber

5394
04:44:38,900 --> 04:44:43,000
or russet covered by an apron 
that had clearly seen heavy use.

5395
04:44:44,100 --> 04:44:47,100
When she spotted me approaching 
her song Trails off and she 

5396
04:44:47,100 --> 04:44:50,500
straightened slowly taking in my
appearance with the careful 

5397
04:44:50,500 --> 04:44:54,500
attention of someone evaluating 
whether I was lost dangerous or 

5398
04:44:54,500 --> 04:44:58,400
merely peculiar. 
Given my jeans sneakers and 

5399
04:44:58,400 --> 04:45:01,300
fleece jacket. 
I was probably hitting all three

5400
04:45:01,300 --> 04:45:05,000
categories, simultaneously, the 
conversation that ensued would 

5401
04:45:05,000 --> 04:45:06,900
have been amusing. 
If it hadn't been crucial to my 

5402
04:45:06,900 --> 04:45:11,800
immediate survival, She spoke in
what I eventually recognized as 

5403
04:45:11,800 --> 04:45:14,700
English, but English that had 
taken such a scenic route 

5404
04:45:14,700 --> 04:45:16,400
through time and Regional 
dialect. 

5405
04:45:16,400 --> 04:45:19,300
That understanding it required, 
the kind of mental gymnastics, 

5406
04:45:19,300 --> 04:45:22,300
usually reserved for solving 
crossword, puzzles in foreign 

5407
04:45:22,300 --> 04:45:25,600
languages through a combination 
of pointing pantomiming and the 

5408
04:45:25,600 --> 04:45:28,600
universal language of looking 
completely bewildered and 

5409
04:45:28,600 --> 04:45:32,700
managed to communicate that. 
I was a traveler from well far 

5410
04:45:32,700 --> 04:45:36,700
away, seemed safer than 700 
years in the future, she 

5411
04:45:36,700 --> 04:45:39,700
introduced to self as a less 
which she pronounced in a way 

5412
04:45:39,700 --> 04:45:42,800
that made my attempts to repeat 
it sound like someone sneezing 

5413
04:45:42,800 --> 04:45:46,500
while trying to say Alice. 
Alice had the kind of practical 

5414
04:45:46,500 --> 04:45:49,000
kindness that comes from living 
in a world where Hospitality 

5415
04:45:49,000 --> 04:45:51,800
might be the difference between 
life and death for travelers. 

5416
04:45:52,800 --> 04:45:56,500
She scrutinized me thoroughly 
observing, my clearly unfamiliar

5417
04:45:56,500 --> 04:46:00,000
attire and apparent bewilderment
Before making a seemingly, 

5418
04:46:00,000 --> 04:46:02,500
decisive assessment of My 
overall Innocents. 

5419
04:46:03,200 --> 04:46:05,900
Within minutes, I found myself 
sitting on a wooden stall in her

5420
04:46:05,900 --> 04:46:09,200
cottage which was simultaneously
smaller and more complex than 

5421
04:46:09,200 --> 04:46:12,000
I'd expected. 
The single rooms served as 

5422
04:46:12,000 --> 04:46:14,500
kitchen. 
Living room bedroom, and 

5423
04:46:14,500 --> 04:46:15,800
probably several other 
functions. 

5424
04:46:15,800 --> 04:46:20,000
I had an identified yet. 
Fire burned in a stone half that

5425
04:46:20,000 --> 04:46:23,600
dominated one wall, filling the 
space with warmth and the kind 

5426
04:46:23,600 --> 04:46:26,100
of wood smoke that makes you 
think of winter evening's even 

5427
04:46:26,100 --> 04:46:29,400
in broad daylight. 
She ladled something from a pot 

5428
04:46:29,400 --> 04:46:32,400
hanging over the fire into a 
wooden bowl and handed it to me 

5429
04:46:32,400 --> 04:46:35,400
with the universal gesture of 
eat this before, you fall over 

5430
04:46:35,400 --> 04:46:39,000
the stew, and I'm calling it 
stew because that seemed like 

5431
04:46:39,000 --> 04:46:41,600
the closest modern equivalent 
contained ingredients. 

5432
04:46:41,600 --> 04:46:45,100
I couldn't entirely identify, 
but which tasted like someone 

5433
04:46:45,100 --> 04:46:47,900
had managed to make comfort food
out of whatever was available in

5434
04:46:47,900 --> 04:46:52,600
a world before, grocery stores? 
As I ate Alias continued talking

5435
04:46:52,600 --> 04:46:54,800
in her musical, incomprehensible
dialect. 

5436
04:46:55,400 --> 04:46:57,600
Occasionally gesturing at my 
clothes or the compass. 

5437
04:46:57,600 --> 04:47:00,700
I still carried. 
I nodded at what seemed like 

5438
04:47:00,700 --> 04:47:03,700
appropriate intervals and tried 
to look great for rather than 

5439
04:47:03,700 --> 04:47:07,200
completely lost, which wasn't 
difficult since I was in fact, 

5440
04:47:07,200 --> 04:47:11,700
deeply thankful and completely 
lost the stew was surprisingly, 

5441
04:47:11,700 --> 04:47:15,100
delicious warming, me deeply and
easing, the residual 

5442
04:47:15,100 --> 04:47:17,100
disorientation from my temporal 
Journey. 

5443
04:47:18,200 --> 04:47:21,500
Outside the village continued. 
Its daily Rhythm blissfully 

5444
04:47:21,500 --> 04:47:24,100
unaware that someone from the 
future was sitting in alias's 

5445
04:47:24,100 --> 04:47:26,000
cottage. 
Trying to figure out how to 

5446
04:47:26,000 --> 04:47:27,600
explain the concept of time 
travel. 

5447
04:47:27,600 --> 04:47:31,500
Through interpretive dance, 
medieval Scottish Villages, I 

5448
04:47:31,500 --> 04:47:34,700
learned over the following days,
operate on a social system, that

5449
04:47:34,700 --> 04:47:38,000
makes modern office politics. 
Look straightforward, everyone 

5450
04:47:38,000 --> 04:47:41,200
knows everyone else's business, 
but they discuss it in such 

5451
04:47:41,200 --> 04:47:44,600
elaborate circumlocution. 
That understanding what's 

5452
04:47:44,600 --> 04:47:47,700
actually happening requires, the
analytical skills of a detective

5453
04:47:47,700 --> 04:47:50,200
and the patience of a saint 
Ilyas. 

5454
04:47:50,200 --> 04:47:52,800
With her practical demeanor 
appeared to have taken on the 

5455
04:47:52,800 --> 04:47:55,700
role of my cultural interpreter 
and general care taker. 

5456
04:47:56,300 --> 04:47:59,000
She'd found me clothes, that 
wouldn't even Mark me as either 

5457
04:47:59,000 --> 04:48:02,700
foreign or potentially magical a
long tunic in undyed. 

5458
04:48:02,700 --> 04:48:07,100
Wool, rough Brown, trousers and 
shoes that were less shoes and 

5459
04:48:07,100 --> 04:48:09,200
more leather suggestions wrapped
around my feet. 

5460
04:48:10,200 --> 04:48:13,200
The transformation from 21st 
century person to medieval 

5461
04:48:13,200 --> 04:48:15,600
peasant was remarkably thorough 
though. 

5462
04:48:15,600 --> 04:48:18,500
I kept the compass hidden in a 
pocket like a technological 

5463
04:48:18,500 --> 04:48:21,400
talisman. 
The Daily rhythm of village life

5464
04:48:21,400 --> 04:48:23,600
unfolded around me like a 
complex dance. 

5465
04:48:23,600 --> 04:48:26,600
I was learning one stumbling 
step at a time. 

5466
04:48:27,400 --> 04:48:30,400
People rose with the sun because
artificial lighting consisted of

5467
04:48:30,400 --> 04:48:34,100
candles and firelight both two 
precious to waste on staying up 

5468
04:48:34,100 --> 04:48:38,100
late, binge watching anything. 
Work commenced immediately and 

5469
04:48:38,100 --> 04:48:41,700
persisted until dusk into first 
with meals, that became unique 

5470
04:48:41,700 --> 04:48:44,200
events. 
Food, I discovered was both 

5471
04:48:44,200 --> 04:48:46,400
simpler and more complicated 
than I had expected. 

5472
04:48:47,200 --> 04:48:49,900
Simpler because ingredients were
limited to what could be grown 

5473
04:48:49,900 --> 04:48:53,500
caught or raised locally more 
complicated because preparing 

5474
04:48:53,500 --> 04:48:55,400
even basic meals required 
skills. 

5475
04:48:55,400 --> 04:48:58,700
I'd never developed like knowing
which wild plants were edible 

5476
04:48:58,700 --> 04:49:01,900
vs, which ones would make you 
see colors that didn't exist. 

5477
04:49:02,800 --> 04:49:04,400
At least took my culinary 
education. 

5478
04:49:04,400 --> 04:49:08,200
Seriously teaching me to 
identify herbs by smell and 

5479
04:49:08,200 --> 04:49:10,700
touch to judge when bread was 
properly needed. 

5480
04:49:10,700 --> 04:49:14,300
By the way, the dough felt under
my hands and to attend a fire, 

5481
04:49:14,300 --> 04:49:17,000
so it provided steady heat. 
Without consuming, all the fuel,

5482
04:49:17,000 --> 04:49:20,000
these lessons came with running 
commentary and her musical 

5483
04:49:20,000 --> 04:49:24,100
dialect most of which went over 
my head that some of which I was

5484
04:49:24,100 --> 04:49:27,000
beginning to understand through 
sheer repetition and context. 

5485
04:49:27,800 --> 04:49:30,400
The Village Blacksmith a man 
named Hamish who looked like he 

5486
04:49:30,400 --> 04:49:33,400
could arm wrestle, bears for 
entertainment became another 

5487
04:49:33,400 --> 04:49:36,200
inadvertent teacher. 
He spoke even less 

5488
04:49:36,200 --> 04:49:39,400
comprehensible English than 
Alias, but his demonstrations of

5489
04:49:39,400 --> 04:49:43,100
metalworking were clear enough. 
Watching him shape iron with 

5490
04:49:43,100 --> 04:49:46,200
hammer and fire was like seeing 
magic that happened to obey the 

5491
04:49:46,200 --> 04:49:49,000
laws of physics. 
The rhythmic ringing of his 

5492
04:49:49,000 --> 04:49:52,400
hammer provided The Villages 
sound track, a steady percussion

5493
04:49:52,400 --> 04:49:54,100
that marked the passage of 
working hours. 

5494
04:49:55,100 --> 04:49:58,100
What struck me most was how much
everyone knew about everything 

5495
04:49:58,100 --> 04:50:00,900
else could predict. 
Whether by reading clouds 

5496
04:50:00,900 --> 04:50:04,400
identified, plants that would 
cure headaches or settlements, 

5497
04:50:04,400 --> 04:50:08,900
spin into thread weave thread 
into cloth and cook meals that 

5498
04:50:08,900 --> 04:50:11,300
turned basic ingredients into 
something approaching. 

5499
04:50:11,300 --> 04:50:15,300
Delicious, Hamish could make 
tools Horseshoes and weapons and

5500
04:50:15,300 --> 04:50:16,800
probably fix anything made of 
metal. 

5501
04:50:17,900 --> 04:50:20,700
Everyone possessed practical 
knowledge that had been passed 

5502
04:50:20,700 --> 04:50:22,800
down through generations of 
trial and error. 

5503
04:50:23,600 --> 04:50:26,700
I mean, why knew how to operate 
a microwave and had strong 

5504
04:50:26,700 --> 04:50:30,700
opinions about coffee brands? 
The skill Gap was humbling, the 

5505
04:50:30,700 --> 04:50:33,600
social dynamics fascinated me in
ways that probably weren't 

5506
04:50:33,600 --> 04:50:37,000
entirely healthy decisions, 
seemed to emerge from informal 

5507
04:50:37,000 --> 04:50:40,100
discussions, that could last 
days with everyone contributing 

5508
04:50:40,100 --> 04:50:43,500
opinions in ways that looked 
chaotic but followed patterns. 

5509
04:50:43,500 --> 04:50:47,300
I was slowly learning to 
recognize leadership existed but

5510
04:50:47,300 --> 04:50:50,300
was more collaborative than 
hierarchical at least on the 

5511
04:50:50,308 --> 04:50:54,300
level of daily Village Life. 
My presence had become a source 

5512
04:50:54,300 --> 04:50:56,000
of mild entertainment for 
everyone. 

5513
04:50:56,000 --> 04:50:59,000
People needed to teach the 
stranger who appeared out of 

5514
04:50:59,008 --> 04:51:02,500
nowhere basic survival skills, 
that most people learned as 

5515
04:51:02,500 --> 04:51:05,100
children. 
But there was no mockery in 

5516
04:51:05,108 --> 04:51:09,000
their attention, just curiosity 
and the kind of practical 

5517
04:51:09,000 --> 04:51:11,600
helpfulness that comes from 
living in a community where 

5518
04:51:11,600 --> 04:51:14,400
everyone survival, depends on 
everyone else's competence. 

5519
04:51:15,300 --> 04:51:18,700
The evening's were my favorite 
time after the work was done and

5520
04:51:18,700 --> 04:51:19,900
the Animals settled for the 
night. 

5521
04:51:19,900 --> 04:51:23,400
People would gather around fires
to share stories songs and 

5522
04:51:23,400 --> 04:51:24,900
whatever passed for local 
gossip. 

5523
04:51:25,700 --> 04:51:28,300
These sessions were like a 
combination of theater news, 

5524
04:51:28,300 --> 04:51:31,900
broadcast and social media feed,
all rolled in to an oral 

5525
04:51:31,900 --> 04:51:33,800
tradition. 
That stretched back Generations.

5526
04:51:34,600 --> 04:51:37,700
I listened more than I spoke 
partly because understanding 

5527
04:51:37,700 --> 04:51:40,900
their stories required most of 
my mental processing power but 

5528
04:51:40,900 --> 04:51:44,400
mainly because the storytelling 
itself was so rich, these 

5529
04:51:44,400 --> 04:51:46,800
weren't just Tales. 
They were living history, 

5530
04:51:46,800 --> 04:51:51,300
entertainment, moral instruction
and Community memory, all woven 

5531
04:51:51,300 --> 04:51:53,800
together, in voices, that knew 
how to make words dance. 

5532
04:51:55,000 --> 04:51:57,900
Sitting by firelight surrounded 
by Voices, speaking. 

5533
04:51:57,900 --> 04:51:59,800
In rhythms older than written 
history. 

5534
04:51:59,800 --> 04:52:03,100
I began to understand why my 
great art moira's. 

5535
04:52:03,100 --> 04:52:06,600
Compass had brought me here. 
The present wasn't just a 

5536
04:52:06,600 --> 04:52:08,500
different time. 
It was a different way of Being 

5537
04:52:08,500 --> 04:52:11,900
Human one that operated on 
completely different assumptions

5538
04:52:11,900 --> 04:52:14,200
about What mattered and how life
should be lived. 

5539
04:52:14,200 --> 04:52:17,400
Just when I started feeling 
reasonably confident about my 

5540
04:52:17,400 --> 04:52:19,900
ability to navigate medieval 
Scottish life without 

5541
04:52:19,900 --> 04:52:23,100
accidentally starting a witch 
trial or dying from eating the 

5542
04:52:23,100 --> 04:52:25,800
wrong mushroom. 
The universe decided to remind 

5543
04:52:25,800 --> 04:52:28,600
me that historical periods. 
Come with historical problems. 

5544
04:52:28,600 --> 04:52:31,000
The kind that don't have modern 
solutions. 

5545
04:52:31,000 --> 04:52:34,600
It started with Hamish not 
showing up at his Forge for two 

5546
04:52:34,600 --> 04:52:37,700
consecutive days. 
In a village where everyone's 

5547
04:52:37,700 --> 04:52:39,400
routine was as predictable as 
sunrise. 

5548
04:52:39,400 --> 04:52:43,700
This was equivalent to the town 
clock stopping Alias noticed. 

5549
04:52:43,700 --> 04:52:46,800
First the way mother's notice 
when children are too quiet, 

5550
04:52:47,900 --> 04:52:51,000
stood in her doorway, looking 
toward the silent Smithy with 

5551
04:52:51,000 --> 04:52:53,700
the expression of someone 
calculating distances to the 

5552
04:52:53,700 --> 04:52:57,800
nearest, help the explanation 
when it came arrived in the form

5553
04:52:57,800 --> 04:53:00,600
of young tavish running through 
the village, like his hair was 

5554
04:53:00,600 --> 04:53:03,800
on fire, Shouting something, in 
Rapid Gaelic. 

5555
04:53:03,800 --> 04:53:06,600
That sent every adult within 
hearing distance into immediate 

5556
04:53:06,600 --> 04:53:09,000
action. 
Even with my improving language 

5557
04:53:09,000 --> 04:53:13,200
skills, I caught only fragments 
something about Riders weapons 

5558
04:53:13,200 --> 04:53:16,300
and a word that might have been 
McLeod spoken in the tone. 

5559
04:53:16,300 --> 04:53:19,800
Usually reserved for natural 
disasters, within minutes, The 

5560
04:53:19,800 --> 04:53:22,800
Village transformed from Sleepy.
Rural community to organize 

5561
04:53:22,800 --> 04:53:26,100
Emergency Response, Team men 
appeared with weapons. 

5562
04:53:26,100 --> 04:53:28,800
I hadn't known. 
They possessed swords, Spears 

5563
04:53:28,800 --> 04:53:32,100
and bows that looked both well 
maintained and frequently used. 

5564
04:53:33,200 --> 04:53:37,200
Women began securing livestock 
hiding valuables and preparing 

5565
04:53:37,200 --> 04:53:38,900
for what was clearly a familiar 
drill. 

5566
04:53:40,400 --> 04:53:43,300
A lease grabbed my arm with a 
grip that suggested this was not

5567
04:53:43,300 --> 04:53:46,900
the time for questions, she led 
me to her Cottage where she 

5568
04:53:46,900 --> 04:53:49,000
began pulling up floorboards to 
reveal a cache. 

5569
04:53:49,008 --> 04:53:52,700
That contained everything from 
silver coins to Woolen cloaks to

5570
04:53:52,700 --> 04:53:55,700
what appeared to be important 
documents raped in oil cloth. 

5571
04:53:55,700 --> 04:53:58,800
The Hiding Place was obviously 
well, played and frequently 

5572
04:53:58,800 --> 04:54:02,700
accessed Through gestures and 
her increasingly urgent dialect.

5573
04:54:02,700 --> 04:54:06,500
She managed to communicate that 
Raiders possibly Clan Rivals. 

5574
04:54:06,500 --> 04:54:10,000
Possibly just opportunistic. 
Troublemakers were approaching 

5575
04:54:10,000 --> 04:54:12,900
from the East. 
This was apparently a recurring 

5576
04:54:12,900 --> 04:54:15,300
problem, like having neighbors, 
who borrowed your tools and 

5577
04:54:15,300 --> 04:54:18,700
never returned them, except the 
tools were your livestock and 

5578
04:54:18,700 --> 04:54:23,100
the borrowing involved weapons. 
The next few hours unfolded, 

5579
04:54:23,100 --> 04:54:26,600
like a medieval Disaster Movie 
except with no special effects 

5580
04:54:26,600 --> 04:54:29,300
budget and considerably more 
authentic Terror. 

5581
04:54:30,700 --> 04:54:32,900
The Village emptied. 
As people moved to defensive 

5582
04:54:32,900 --> 04:54:35,800
positions or hiding places that 
had clearly been planted in 

5583
04:54:35,808 --> 04:54:38,800
advance. 
I found myself following Alias 

5584
04:54:38,800 --> 04:54:42,000
to a cave system in the nearby 
Hills along with most of the 

5585
04:54:42,000 --> 04:54:43,800
women children and elderly 
villagers. 

5586
04:54:44,500 --> 04:54:47,100
The caves were more 
sophisticated than I'd expected 

5587
04:54:47,100 --> 04:54:51,000
dry well-ventilated and stocked 
with supplies that suggested, 

5588
04:54:51,000 --> 04:54:52,700
this wasn't anyone's first 
rodeo. 

5589
04:54:53,600 --> 04:54:56,100
Someone had carved rough shells 
into the stone walls. 

5590
04:54:56,100 --> 04:55:00,200
And these held water containers 
preserved food, and bundles of 

5591
04:55:00,200 --> 04:55:03,100
warm clothing. 
This was infrastructure. 

5592
04:55:03,100 --> 04:55:06,200
Born from necessity. 
The kind of preparation that 

5593
04:55:06,200 --> 04:55:08,300
comes from living with ongoing 
uncertainty. 

5594
04:55:09,300 --> 04:55:12,600
Waiting in the cave listening to
the muffled sounds of what might

5595
04:55:12,600 --> 04:55:14,000
have been conflict in the 
distance. 

5596
04:55:14,000 --> 04:55:17,600
Made me plenty of time to 
contemplate how unprepared I was

5597
04:55:17,600 --> 04:55:19,500
for medieval life's more 
challenging aspects. 

5598
04:55:19,500 --> 04:55:23,300
My modern sensibilities kept 
expecting someone in authority 

5599
04:55:23,300 --> 04:55:27,800
to handle the situation, police 
military, some form of organized

5600
04:55:27,800 --> 04:55:31,000
government response. 
Instead The Villages were 

5601
04:55:31,000 --> 04:55:33,700
handling it themselves with the 
calm competence of people. 

5602
04:55:33,700 --> 04:55:36,700
Who'd never had the luxury of 
expecting rescue from outside. 

5603
04:55:36,700 --> 04:55:39,900
How has passed with the kind of 
slow intensity that makes you 

5604
04:55:39,900 --> 04:55:43,700
hyper aware of every sound? 
Children remained remarkably 

5605
04:55:43,700 --> 04:55:46,600
quiet as if they understood the 
stakes without needing 

5606
04:55:46,600 --> 04:55:49,900
explanation. 
Adults took turns at the cave 

5607
04:55:49,900 --> 04:55:52,700
entrance, listening for signals 
that would indicate whether it 

5608
04:55:52,700 --> 04:55:55,800
was safe to return. 
The compass, in my pocket, felt 

5609
04:55:55,800 --> 04:55:58,600
warm against my leg. 
A reminder that I had options. 

5610
04:55:58,600 --> 04:56:02,200
These people didn't I could 
potentially use it to return to 

5611
04:56:02,200 --> 04:56:04,100
my time and escape this danger 
entirely. 

5612
04:56:05,200 --> 04:56:07,000
But the thought like 
abandonment. 

5613
04:56:07,800 --> 04:56:10,500
Like walking away from people 
who showed me kindness when I 

5614
04:56:10,500 --> 04:56:14,700
was completely helpless. 
Late in the afternoon tavish 

5615
04:56:14,700 --> 04:56:16,900
appeared at the cave. 
Entrance with news delivered in 

5616
04:56:16,900 --> 04:56:20,000
excited, Whispers, the Raiders 
had moved on with without 

5617
04:56:20,000 --> 04:56:23,500
attacking the village directly 
deciding the target wasn't worth

5618
04:56:23,500 --> 04:56:26,000
the effort. 
But they'd take a livestock from

5619
04:56:26,000 --> 04:56:29,400
the outlying Farms including 
hamish's prize ball and several 

5620
04:56:29,400 --> 04:56:30,900
sheep belonging to other 
families. 

5621
04:56:30,900 --> 04:56:34,400
The relief was palpable but it 
came mixed with the Grim 

5622
04:56:34,400 --> 04:56:37,000
understanding that the victory 
was only a temporary reprieve, 

5623
04:56:37,000 --> 04:56:40,800
medieval life. 
I realized existed in a constant

5624
04:56:40,800 --> 04:56:44,400
state of low-level emergency 
were security was temporary and 

5625
04:56:44,400 --> 04:56:48,800
survival required constant 
vigilance As we emerge from the 

5626
04:56:48,800 --> 04:56:50,500
caves and made our way back to 
the Village. 

5627
04:56:51,300 --> 04:56:54,100
I found myself looking at my 
temporary home with new eyes. 

5628
04:56:55,300 --> 04:56:57,700
These buildings were more than 
just Charming historical 

5629
04:56:57,700 --> 04:57:00,700
structures. 
He served as Fortress walls, 

5630
04:57:00,700 --> 04:57:04,400
safe harbors, and the delicate 
boundary between civilization 

5631
04:57:04,400 --> 04:57:07,800
and Chaos in a world more 
fragile than I had ever imagined

5632
04:57:07,800 --> 04:57:11,100
recovery from a medieval crisis.
I learned doesn't involve 

5633
04:57:11,100 --> 04:57:12,900
insurance claims or government 
assistance. 

5634
04:57:12,900 --> 04:57:15,700
It involves Community Action 
that makes barn-raising. 

5635
04:57:15,700 --> 04:57:18,800
Look casual, The Villages 
response to the recent raid 

5636
04:57:18,800 --> 04:57:21,100
played out like a carefully. 
Choreographed dance that 

5637
04:57:21,100 --> 04:57:23,000
everyone knew the steps to 
accept me. 

5638
04:57:24,500 --> 04:57:27,200
Within hours of returning from 
the caves assessment and 

5639
04:57:27,200 --> 04:57:30,500
redistribution began. 
Hamish's lost bull was borned 

5640
04:57:30,500 --> 04:57:33,700
briefly then replaced through a 
complex system of shared 

5641
04:57:33,700 --> 04:57:36,300
resources that involved, 
everyone contributing something 

5642
04:57:36,300 --> 04:57:39,900
grain labor animals, or 
promissory notes for future 

5643
04:57:39,900 --> 04:57:42,900
Services. 
Watching this unfold was like 

5644
04:57:42,900 --> 04:57:46,700
seeing economics in its most 
basic form where was measured in

5645
04:57:46,700 --> 04:57:49,900
Practical terms and everyone 
survival depended on everyone 

5646
04:57:49,900 --> 04:57:53,500
else's generosity. 
My role in the recovery effort 

5647
04:57:53,500 --> 04:57:55,700
was initially unclear, I 
possessed. 

5648
04:57:55,700 --> 04:57:58,900
No, livestock to share not 
traditional skills to contribute

5649
04:57:58,900 --> 04:58:03,100
and no accumulated Social 
Capital to draw upon standing 

5650
04:58:03,100 --> 04:58:05,300
around looking sympathetic. 
Wasn't going to help anyone 

5651
04:58:05,300 --> 04:58:09,300
replace stolen sheep. 
But I lease with her gift for 

5652
04:58:09,300 --> 04:58:13,400
practical Solutions, found ways 
to make me useful, she set me to

5653
04:58:13,400 --> 04:58:16,300
work, helping with tasks, that 
required more hands than skill. 

5654
04:58:17,000 --> 04:58:20,400
Holding wool while she spun it 
into thread carrying water for 

5655
04:58:20,400 --> 04:58:23,300
various household needs and 
learning to tend the fire. 

5656
04:58:23,300 --> 04:58:27,200
So it burned efficiently without
consuming pressures fuel These 

5657
04:58:27,200 --> 04:58:30,700
weren't glamorous contributions,
but they freed her to focus on 

5658
04:58:30,700 --> 04:58:34,200
more complex work which in turn 
help the overall Community 

5659
04:58:34,200 --> 04:58:36,800
effort. 
The compass in my pockets seem 

5660
04:58:36,800 --> 04:58:39,900
to pulse occasionally as if 
reminding me of its presence. 

5661
04:58:40,700 --> 04:58:43,300
Sometimes I'd catch myself 
wondering what would happen if I

5662
04:58:43,300 --> 04:58:45,400
use it? 
Whether I would return to my own

5663
04:58:45,400 --> 04:58:48,200
time and place leaving the 
community to handle their 

5664
04:58:48,200 --> 04:58:50,000
challenges without the minor 
assistance. 

5665
04:58:50,000 --> 04:58:53,300
I was learning to provide The 
thought always left me feeling 

5666
04:58:53,300 --> 04:58:56,500
oddly Halo like contemplating 
leaving a book unfinished. 

5667
04:58:57,600 --> 04:59:01,100
As days passed, I began to 
understand the intricate social 

5668
04:59:01,100 --> 04:59:02,900
network that held the village 
together. 

5669
04:59:03,800 --> 04:59:05,500
Relationships here weren't just 
personal. 

5670
04:59:05,500 --> 04:59:09,200
They were economic political and
survival base all at once. 

5671
04:59:10,300 --> 04:59:12,600
When old moorakh shared her 
preserved, vegetables with 

5672
04:59:12,600 --> 04:59:15,400
families, who lost stores to the
Raiders, she wasn't just being 

5673
04:59:15,400 --> 04:59:17,800
kind. 
She was investing in a network 

5674
04:59:17,800 --> 04:59:19,700
of wrestler, crossbody. 
That might save her life 

5675
04:59:19,700 --> 04:59:22,800
someday. 
My language skills, improve 

5676
04:59:22,800 --> 04:59:26,200
through necessity and immersion 
conversations that had been 

5677
04:59:26,200 --> 04:59:29,700
incomprehensible began, 
revealing their meanings though.

5678
04:59:29,700 --> 04:59:32,300
I still missed subtleties and 
references to Shared history. 

5679
04:59:32,300 --> 04:59:34,800
The dialect was like a musical 
instrument. 

5680
04:59:34,800 --> 04:59:38,800
I was learning to play, I could 
manage simple Melodies but the 

5681
04:59:38,800 --> 04:59:41,000
complex compositions were still 
be on my reach. 

5682
04:59:41,800 --> 04:59:44,200
Hamish recovered from whatever 
had kept him away. 

5683
04:59:44,200 --> 04:59:47,600
During the raid took an interest
in my metalworking curiosity, 

5684
04:59:47,600 --> 04:59:50,900
his Forge, became a second 
classroom where I learned that 

5685
04:59:50,900 --> 04:59:55,000
working with iron required 
patience timing and physical 

5686
04:59:55,000 --> 04:59:57,700
strength. 
I was slowly developing the 

5687
04:59:57,700 --> 04:59:59,900
rhythm of hammer on Anvil was 
meditative in ways. 

5688
04:59:59,900 --> 05:00:03,500
I hadn't expected and there was 
profound satisfaction in shaping

5689
05:00:03,500 --> 05:00:07,700
metal into useful forms. 
Under his patient instruction, I

5690
05:00:07,700 --> 05:00:10,800
managed to create my first 
piece, a simple hook for hanging

5691
05:00:10,800 --> 05:00:13,500
pots. 
It was crude functional and 

5692
05:00:13,500 --> 05:00:15,600
probably embarrassing by 
medieval standards. 

5693
05:00:16,700 --> 05:00:19,100
At Hamish, examined it with the 
seriousness of a master 

5694
05:00:19,100 --> 05:00:21,300
Craftsman of evaluating 
important work. 

5695
05:00:22,200 --> 05:00:24,700
His not of approval felt like an
earning a diploma from the 

5696
05:00:24,700 --> 05:00:27,800
University of practical Life, 
The Villages children became 

5697
05:00:27,800 --> 05:00:29,800
another source of Education, 
though. 

5698
05:00:29,800 --> 05:00:32,600
They were probably learning as 
much from me as I was from them.

5699
05:00:33,500 --> 05:00:36,800
My stories about the future 
carefully disguised, as Tales 

5700
05:00:36,800 --> 05:00:40,100
from far away, fascinated them 
in return. 

5701
05:00:40,100 --> 05:00:44,000
They taught me Games songs and 
the kind of local knowledge that

5702
05:00:44,000 --> 05:00:46,400
adults took for granted but 
visitors needed to learn. 

5703
05:00:47,400 --> 05:00:48,800
Through their patient, 
instruction. 

5704
05:00:48,800 --> 05:00:52,500
I discovered, which berries were
safe to eat how to read weather 

5705
05:00:52,500 --> 05:00:55,500
signs and cloud formations. 
And the proper way to approach 

5706
05:00:55,500 --> 05:00:58,900
various animals without getting 
kicked, bitten or worse. 

5707
05:00:59,700 --> 05:01:02,400
I realized that children's 
knowledge, and filtered by 

5708
05:01:02,400 --> 05:01:05,600
assumptions about what everyone 
already knew was often more 

5709
05:01:05,600 --> 05:01:09,300
practical than adult knowledge. 
Evening storytelling sessions 

5710
05:01:09,300 --> 05:01:12,800
continued to be highlights of 
each day by contributions to 

5711
05:01:12,800 --> 05:01:15,800
these gatherings evolved from 
Silent listening to occasional 

5712
05:01:15,800 --> 05:01:19,500
participation. 
First time I successfully told a

5713
05:01:19,500 --> 05:01:22,200
story that made people laugh. 
I felt like I had passed some 

5714
05:01:22,200 --> 05:01:24,200
invisible test of community 
membership. 

5715
05:01:25,500 --> 05:01:28,500
Story was about a traveler who 
got lost and ended up in a place

5716
05:01:28,500 --> 05:01:32,200
where everything was familiar. 
But slightly different like his 

5717
05:01:32,200 --> 05:01:34,200
home viewed through a distorting
mirror. 

5718
05:01:35,000 --> 05:01:36,500
Looking back. 
It was probably more 

5719
05:01:36,500 --> 05:01:39,800
autobiography Than Fiction but 
the audience appreciated the 

5720
05:01:39,800 --> 05:01:43,000
humor in someone bumbling 
through unfamiliar Customs while

5721
05:01:43,000 --> 05:01:46,500
trying to maintain dignity. 
Sitting by fire lights 

5722
05:01:46,500 --> 05:01:48,500
surrounded by faces that had 
become familiar. 

5723
05:01:48,500 --> 05:01:51,600
And dear, I realized I'd stopped
thinking about this experience 

5724
05:01:51,600 --> 05:01:54,400
as temporary. 
The compass still rested in my 

5725
05:01:54,400 --> 05:01:57,900
pocket, still offered the 
possibility of return, but that 

5726
05:01:57,900 --> 05:02:00,400
possibility felt less urgent 
than it had when I first 

5727
05:02:00,400 --> 05:02:02,900
arrived. 
Finding your place May mean not 

5728
05:02:02,900 --> 05:02:05,600
just surviving, but also adding 
value to those around. 

5729
05:02:05,600 --> 05:02:08,800
You living in medieval Scotland,
for several weeks, taught me 

5730
05:02:08,800 --> 05:02:11,200
that Community isn't just a 
pleasant social concept. 

5731
05:02:11,900 --> 05:02:14,900
It's a survival technology. 
Refined over Generations. 

5732
05:02:15,700 --> 05:02:18,900
Every relationship, every 
tradition, and every seemingly, 

5733
05:02:18,900 --> 05:02:22,100
casual interactions served 
multiple purposes that were to 

5734
05:02:22,100 --> 05:02:24,000
immediately obvious to someone 
raise in the age of 

5735
05:02:24,008 --> 05:02:25,800
individualism and social safety 
nets. 

5736
05:02:26,700 --> 05:02:29,200
Revelation came during 
preparation for what is called 

5737
05:02:29,200 --> 05:02:32,600
the Harvest celebration though, 
my improving language skills 

5738
05:02:32,600 --> 05:02:35,200
suggested the actual name 
involved several syllables that 

5739
05:02:35,200 --> 05:02:37,200
didn't translate directly into 
Modern English. 

5740
05:02:38,500 --> 05:02:40,100
The celebration wasn't just a 
party. 

5741
05:02:40,100 --> 05:02:43,900
There was a Community Wide 
ritual of gratitude resource 

5742
05:02:43,900 --> 05:02:47,300
assessment and social bonding 
that would help everyone survive

5743
05:02:47,300 --> 05:02:50,500
the coming winter. 
Operation's began weeks in 

5744
05:02:50,500 --> 05:02:53,400
advance and involved everyone in
overlapping circle of 

5745
05:02:53,400 --> 05:02:56,100
responsibility. 
Women organized food, 

5746
05:02:56,100 --> 05:02:58,100
preparation. 
That required coordinating 

5747
05:02:58,100 --> 05:03:00,100
ingredients from dozens of 
households. 

5748
05:03:00,800 --> 05:03:03,100
Men handle construction of 
temporary structures and 

5749
05:03:03,100 --> 05:03:06,700
arrangements for entertainment 
children, manage smaller tasks 

5750
05:03:06,700 --> 05:03:09,000
that nonetheless, proved 
essential to the overall effort.

5751
05:03:10,100 --> 05:03:13,100
My role in these preparations 
had naturally transitioned from 

5752
05:03:13,100 --> 05:03:16,100
that of a helpful, stranger to 
that of a Community member 

5753
05:03:16,100 --> 05:03:18,500
Alias. 
No longer gave me basic 

5754
05:03:18,500 --> 05:03:21,900
instructions for simple tasks. 
She assumed, I understood the 

5755
05:03:21,900 --> 05:03:24,300
underlying patterns and would 
apply them appropriately. 

5756
05:03:25,500 --> 05:03:28,000
This shift from explicit 
teaching to implicit 

5757
05:03:28,000 --> 05:03:30,600
expectation. 
Felt like Crossing an invisible 

5758
05:03:30,600 --> 05:03:33,400
threshold. 
Hamish had begun, including me 

5759
05:03:33,400 --> 05:03:36,300
in conversations about metalwork
projects that extended Beyond 

5760
05:03:36,300 --> 05:03:39,700
immediate practical needs 
planning decorative elements for

5761
05:03:39,700 --> 05:03:42,900
the celebration, discussing 
improvements tools and equipment

5762
05:03:42,900 --> 05:03:45,500
and considering the next seasons
requirements. 

5763
05:03:45,500 --> 05:03:48,500
These conversations assumed I 
would be present for their 

5764
05:03:48,500 --> 05:03:51,300
completion. 
The Assumption was never stated 

5765
05:03:51,300 --> 05:03:54,800
directly but it colored every 
discussion about future plans. 

5766
05:03:54,800 --> 05:03:57,800
The compass in my pocket had 
become a familiar. 

5767
05:03:57,800 --> 05:04:02,600
Wait no longer foreign but not 
quite forgotten, sometimes, I'd 

5768
05:04:02,600 --> 05:04:05,500
catch myself at least touching 
it through the fabric like 

5769
05:04:05,500 --> 05:04:08,700
checking for keys or a wallet in
a habit that suggested ownership

5770
05:04:08,700 --> 05:04:10,000
rather than temporary 
possession. 

5771
05:04:11,200 --> 05:04:12,800
When had it stopped being my 
great? 

5772
05:04:12,800 --> 05:04:15,000
Aunt, moira's, compass and 
become simply mine. 

5773
05:04:15,900 --> 05:04:19,000
As the celebration approached, I
began to understand the deeper 

5774
05:04:19,000 --> 05:04:20,600
currents that moved beneath 
Village Life. 

5775
05:04:21,400 --> 05:04:23,400
This ceremony wasn't just about 
Harvest. 

5776
05:04:23,400 --> 05:04:26,800
It was about reinforcing social 
bonds, that would be tested by 

5777
05:04:26,800 --> 05:04:28,400
Winter's isolation and 
challenges. 

5778
05:04:28,400 --> 05:04:31,900
The shared work of preparation 
created opportunities for 

5779
05:04:31,900 --> 05:04:35,300
resolving conflicts. 
Negotiating marriages planning 

5780
05:04:35,300 --> 05:04:38,800
collaborative projects generally
maintaining the social fabric 

5781
05:04:38,800 --> 05:04:42,100
that held everyone together. 
My contribution to the 

5782
05:04:42,100 --> 05:04:44,700
Celebration planning surprised 
me with its complexity. 

5783
05:04:44,700 --> 05:04:48,100
What started as simple task 
assistance had grown into 

5784
05:04:48,100 --> 05:04:50,900
genuine responsibility for 
coordinating between different 

5785
05:04:50,900 --> 05:04:53,500
working groups. 
People came to me with 

5786
05:04:53,500 --> 05:04:56,200
questions, suggestions and 
problems that needed solving 

5787
05:04:56,200 --> 05:04:59,800
somehow without conscious 
intention had become someone 

5788
05:04:59,800 --> 05:05:02,500
others relied upon the night 
before the celebration. 

5789
05:05:02,500 --> 05:05:05,500
I found myself sitting with 
Hamish outside his Forge, 

5790
05:05:05,500 --> 05:05:09,300
shareing ale at tasted like 
liquid bread and watching stars 

5791
05:05:09,300 --> 05:05:12,000
that looked brighter than any 
IDE seen in the 21st century. 

5792
05:05:13,300 --> 05:05:15,400
Our conversation. 
Meandered through topics that 

5793
05:05:15,400 --> 05:05:18,500
would have been impossible. 
When I first arrived, technical 

5794
05:05:18,500 --> 05:05:22,000
discussion of metalworking 
philosophical observations about

5795
05:05:22,000 --> 05:05:25,300
community life and shared 
complaints about whether a 

5796
05:05:25,300 --> 05:05:28,200
neighbor's, You're different 
than when you first appeared 

5797
05:05:28,200 --> 05:05:31,200
Hamish said in this careful 
English clearly making an effort

5798
05:05:31,200 --> 05:05:34,500
to communicate precisely less 
like someone watching everything

5799
05:05:34,500 --> 05:05:37,500
from outside. 
His observation struck me as 

5800
05:05:37,500 --> 05:05:40,200
profoundly accurate. 
I had been watching from outside

5801
05:05:40,200 --> 05:05:43,800
initially observing medieval 
life like an anthropologist or 

5802
05:05:43,800 --> 05:05:46,500
tourist maintaining 
psychological distance even 

5803
05:05:46,500 --> 05:05:49,400
while learning practical skills.
But somewhere along the way, 

5804
05:05:49,400 --> 05:05:53,000
that distance had dissolved, I'd
stopped analyzing and started 

5805
05:05:53,000 --> 05:05:55,700
simply living. 
The realization raised 

5806
05:05:55,700 --> 05:05:56,700
questions. 
I'd been avoiding. 

5807
05:05:56,700 --> 05:06:00,500
What was my responsibility to 
this community that had taken me

5808
05:06:00,500 --> 05:06:02,500
in? 
What did I owe to people who 

5809
05:06:02,500 --> 05:06:06,000
shared their resources knowledge
and lives with someone who might

5810
05:06:06,000 --> 05:06:10,100
disappear at any moment? 
The compass offered a skate but 

5811
05:06:10,100 --> 05:06:14,100
escaped from what and to, what 
my Modern Life seemed 

5812
05:06:14,100 --> 05:06:17,000
increasingly abstract when I 
tried to recall, its details, 

5813
05:06:17,000 --> 05:06:21,100
the job that had felt vital, The
Possession died accumulated. 

5814
05:06:21,100 --> 05:06:24,200
The relationships that operated 
through screens and scheduled 

5815
05:06:24,200 --> 05:06:27,500
interactions, all of it felt 
less real than the weight of 

5816
05:06:27,500 --> 05:06:31,100
bread dough in my hands, all the
satisfaction of shaping metal in

5817
05:06:31,100 --> 05:06:34,800
hamish's Forge. 
That night I lay on the straw 

5818
05:06:34,800 --> 05:06:38,300
mattress, in a lease is Cottage 
listening to The Familiar sounds

5819
05:06:38,300 --> 05:06:41,900
of Village Life settling into 
sleep and tried to imagine using

5820
05:06:41,900 --> 05:06:45,300
the compass to return home. 
The image felt Hollow, like 

5821
05:06:45,300 --> 05:06:47,100
trying to remember a dream upon 
waking. 

5822
05:06:48,200 --> 05:06:51,300
This was not because Modern Life
was bad, but rather, because it 

5823
05:06:51,300 --> 05:06:53,900
belonged to someone, I could no 
longer confidently identify 

5824
05:06:53,900 --> 05:06:56,400
with. 
The celebration tomorrow would 

5825
05:06:56,400 --> 05:07:01,300
Mark, not just the Harvest, but 
a year cycle of growth work and 

5826
05:07:01,300 --> 05:07:04,000
Community survival. 
It occurred to me that I'd 

5827
05:07:04,000 --> 05:07:06,400
become part of that cycle. 
In ways I hadn't planned or 

5828
05:07:06,400 --> 05:07:08,700
expected. 
The question, wasn't whether I 

5829
05:07:08,700 --> 05:07:11,900
belonged here it was whether I 
could imagine belonging anywhere

5830
05:07:11,900 --> 05:07:14,900
else tomorrow would provide 
Clarity one way or another 

5831
05:07:14,908 --> 05:07:18,200
Harvest celebration unfolded 
like a Symphony played by 

5832
05:07:18,200 --> 05:07:19,700
instruments. 
I'd never heard before. 

5833
05:07:19,700 --> 05:07:23,500
But somehow recognized in my 
bones Dawn brought the center of

5834
05:07:23,500 --> 05:07:27,000
bread baking in communal ovens. 
The sound of children's laughter

5835
05:07:27,000 --> 05:07:30,300
mixing with adult voices, raised
in songs that seemed older than 

5836
05:07:30,300 --> 05:07:33,300
the stones themselves and a 
sense of anticipation that made 

5837
05:07:33,300 --> 05:07:35,200
the air itself, feel alive with 
possibility. 

5838
05:07:36,400 --> 05:07:39,200
I woke to find that Alias had 
left new clothes on the stool 

5839
05:07:39,200 --> 05:07:41,700
beside my bed. 
Not the rough work on government

5840
05:07:41,700 --> 05:07:44,900
side, grown accustomed to, but 
Festival clothes and colors that

5841
05:07:44,900 --> 05:07:47,500
caught the light. 
The tunic was deep blue. 

5842
05:07:47,500 --> 05:07:50,900
The color of the evening sky 
with embroidery around the neck 

5843
05:07:50,900 --> 05:07:54,400
and sleeves that must have taken
weeks to complete. when had she 

5844
05:07:54,400 --> 05:07:58,400
found time to create this and 
why The day began with the 

5845
05:07:58,400 --> 05:08:00,200
ritual. 
I was invited to join rather 

5846
05:08:00,200 --> 05:08:03,100
than simply observe. 
Standing in the Village Center 

5847
05:08:03,100 --> 05:08:05,700
with everyone else. 
Hands joined in a circle that 

5848
05:08:05,700 --> 05:08:07,300
encompassed the entire 
community. 

5849
05:08:08,300 --> 05:08:10,600
I listened to words spoken in 
Gaelic that I couldn't 

5850
05:08:10,600 --> 05:08:14,000
understand but somehow felt the 
meaning of gratitude 

5851
05:08:14,000 --> 05:08:16,200
remembrance. 
Hope for the future 

5852
05:08:16,200 --> 05:08:19,500
acknowledgment of the cycles 
that connected all life. 

5853
05:08:20,200 --> 05:08:23,000
Universal Concepts expressed in 
ancient syllables. 

5854
05:08:23,000 --> 05:08:26,200
Upon the conclusion of the 
formal ceremonies and the 

5855
05:08:26,208 --> 05:08:29,300
commencement of the celebration.
Proper I found myself 

5856
05:08:29,300 --> 05:08:32,300
effortlessly transitioning 
through familiar routines 

5857
05:08:33,100 --> 05:08:36,300
Helping to arrange food on long 
tables constructed from planks 

5858
05:08:36,300 --> 05:08:39,600
and saw horses, and sure that 
fires were properly tended to 

5859
05:08:39,600 --> 05:08:43,000
keep everything warm and solving
small logistical problems that 

5860
05:08:43,000 --> 05:08:44,400
arose. 
When large groups try to 

5861
05:08:44,400 --> 05:08:48,100
coordinate complex activities. 
Something had shifted in how 

5862
05:08:48,100 --> 05:08:52,000
others responded to my presents.
previously strangers would greet

5863
05:08:52,000 --> 05:08:55,000
me with careful, politeness But 
now they greet me with the 

5864
05:08:55,008 --> 05:08:58,200
Casual warmth of family. 
Children ran to me with 

5865
05:08:58,200 --> 05:09:01,300
questions and small disaster. 
That needed adult attention, 

5866
05:09:01,300 --> 05:09:04,700
adults included me in 
conversations with the slight, 

5867
05:09:04,700 --> 05:09:07,100
pause that indicated translation
or explanation. 

5868
05:09:07,100 --> 05:09:10,200
Hamish found me during the 
height of the festivities. 

5869
05:09:10,200 --> 05:09:13,300
Carrying two cups of something 
that smelled like fermented 

5870
05:09:13,300 --> 05:09:16,000
happiness. 
You've been quiet today. 

5871
05:09:16,000 --> 05:09:19,000
He noted, as he settled beside 
me on a log strategically, 

5872
05:09:19,000 --> 05:09:22,000
positioned to overlook the 
celebration thinking, heavy 

5873
05:09:22,000 --> 05:09:26,100
thoughts, The question was more 
perceptive than I'd expected. 

5874
05:09:26,100 --> 05:09:30,200
I had been thinking heavy 
thoughts about time belonging 

5875
05:09:30,200 --> 05:09:33,800
responsibility and the weight of
choices that couldn't be undone.

5876
05:09:33,800 --> 05:09:37,400
The compass in my pocket, felt 
heavier than usual, as if it 

5877
05:09:37,400 --> 05:09:39,300
understood that decision time 
was approaching. 

5878
05:09:40,300 --> 05:09:43,300
I've been thinking about 
staying, I said the words 

5879
05:09:43,300 --> 05:09:47,100
emerging before I consciously, 
decided to speak them, Hamish 

5880
05:09:47,100 --> 05:09:50,600
nodded as, if his Discovery 
wasn't surprising news, And what

5881
05:09:50,600 --> 05:09:53,200
stopping you? 
The question Pierce through my 

5882
05:09:53,200 --> 05:09:55,100
inner turmoil? 
What was stopping me? 

5883
05:09:55,100 --> 05:09:58,300
Fear of commitment to a life. 
So different from everything I 

5884
05:09:58,300 --> 05:10:00,400
know. 
Was I feeling guilty for 

5885
05:10:00,400 --> 05:10:02,800
forsaking my own 
responsibilities or something? 

5886
05:10:02,800 --> 05:10:06,000
Deeper the terror of discovering
that I might be happier in a 

5887
05:10:06,008 --> 05:10:07,400
world without modern 
convenience. 

5888
05:10:07,400 --> 05:10:10,300
Is that my carefully constructed
21st century. 

5889
05:10:10,300 --> 05:10:12,700
Life might have been a beautiful
prison. 

5890
05:10:12,700 --> 05:10:15,600
I'd mistaken for Freedom as 
evening approached and 

5891
05:10:15,600 --> 05:10:17,800
celebration began winding 
towards its traditional 

5892
05:10:17,800 --> 05:10:20,400
conclusion. 
Alias appeared at my elbow with 

5893
05:10:20,400 --> 05:10:22,800
timing that suggested she'd been
watching for the right moment. 

5894
05:10:23,800 --> 05:10:26,700
Without words, she led me away 
from the crowd to a quiet spot 

5895
05:10:26,700 --> 05:10:28,800
overlooking. 
The village of the sound of 

5896
05:10:28,800 --> 05:10:33,400
continuing festivities provided 
a cheerful background murmur The

5897
05:10:33,400 --> 05:10:35,600
compass. 
She said simply using English 

5898
05:10:35,600 --> 05:10:37,400
words carefully. 
Chosen for clarity. 

5899
05:10:38,300 --> 05:10:41,100
It brought you here for a 
reason, I looked at her, in 

5900
05:10:41,100 --> 05:10:43,100
surprise, you know, about the 
compass. 

5901
05:10:43,800 --> 05:10:45,700
The smile carried, centuries of 
knowledge. 

5902
05:10:46,700 --> 05:10:49,100
Some things are older than the 
stories we tell about them. 

5903
05:10:49,100 --> 05:10:52,800
Your great aren't new this place
new, these people, the compass 

5904
05:10:52,800 --> 05:10:55,600
doesn't bring Travelers. 
It brings family home. 

5905
05:10:56,500 --> 05:10:59,000
The Revelation settled over me 
like recognition of something. 

5906
05:10:59,000 --> 05:11:01,100
I'd always known but never 
articulated. 

5907
05:11:01,100 --> 05:11:05,000
Great aren't moira's stories 
about Scotland, her mysterious 

5908
05:11:05,000 --> 05:11:07,300
past. 
And the way she'd always seemed 

5909
05:11:07,300 --> 05:11:10,800
slightly out of step with modern
times suddenly they made sense 

5910
05:11:10,800 --> 05:11:13,700
in ways that had nothing to do 
with logic and everything to do 

5911
05:11:13,700 --> 05:11:16,700
with truth. 
The compass, grew warm in my 

5912
05:11:16,700 --> 05:11:20,800
pocket and I understood that, 
this was the moment of choice, I

5913
05:11:20,800 --> 05:11:23,100
could return to my time, 
carrying memories of this 

5914
05:11:23,100 --> 05:11:27,400
experience, like souvenirs from 
an extraordinary vacation or I 

5915
05:11:27,400 --> 05:11:30,700
could stay accepting the 
responsibility and joy of 

5916
05:11:30,700 --> 05:11:34,300
genuine belonging in a community
that had already accepted me as 

5917
05:11:34,300 --> 05:11:37,100
one of their own looking down at
the village, where lights 

5918
05:11:37,100 --> 05:11:40,300
flickered and windows, where 
people I'd grown to love were 

5919
05:11:40,300 --> 05:11:42,400
continuing celebrations. 
That would carry them through. 

5920
05:11:42,400 --> 05:11:45,300
Another winter, where my hand 
had helped build something 

5921
05:11:45,300 --> 05:11:49,500
larger than myself, the choice 
felt less like a decision and 

5922
05:11:49,500 --> 05:11:53,000
more like recognition. 
Compass with stay in my pocket. 

5923
05:11:53,000 --> 05:11:56,900
It's work complete. 
I was already home. 

5924
05:12:02,200 --> 05:12:06,200
Imagine This. 2 a.m. and you're 
in bed staring at the ceiling. 

5925
05:12:06,200 --> 05:12:09,100
Like it, owes you money. 
Your brain is helpfully playing 

5926
05:12:09,100 --> 05:12:10,400
back. 
That awful thing. 

5927
05:12:10,400 --> 05:12:15,700
You said in 2003, 30,000 years 
ago, nevertheless, your ancestor

5928
05:12:15,700 --> 05:12:18,700
grok was cutting logs. 
So quietly that surrounding 

5929
05:12:18,700 --> 05:12:21,100
mastered owns employed him as a 
white noise machine. 

5930
05:12:21,100 --> 05:12:24,700
What is going on? 
How did we go from sleeping like

5931
05:12:24,700 --> 05:12:28,200
newborns enveloped in enormous 
fur to tossing and turning like 

5932
05:12:28,200 --> 05:12:32,100
squirrels on coffee? 
The answer, my friend who is 

5933
05:12:32,100 --> 05:12:35,100
always exhausted is buried 
deeper than your phone charger. 

5934
05:12:35,100 --> 05:12:37,700
Under the couch, cushions our 
predecessors. 

5935
05:12:37,700 --> 05:12:39,700
Who lived in caves didn't just 
fall asleep. 

5936
05:12:39,700 --> 05:12:42,000
Perfectly. 
They had a full technique that 

5937
05:12:42,000 --> 05:12:45,200
would make currently experts cry
with jealousy in their 

5938
05:12:45,200 --> 05:12:48,200
perspective. 
Darkness meant Darkness not, let

5939
05:12:48,200 --> 05:12:49,800
me check Instagram one more 
time. 

5940
05:12:49,800 --> 05:12:52,700
Darkness, their bodies, 
processed the message, more 

5941
05:12:52,700 --> 05:12:55,400
quickly than a teenager who just
been grounded at dusk. 

5942
05:12:55,400 --> 05:12:57,600
This is where it gets 
fascinating. 

5943
05:12:57,600 --> 05:13:00,500
These work just individuals who 
lived in caves. 

5944
05:13:00,500 --> 05:13:03,500
They were the consequence of 
millions of years of evolution. 

5945
05:13:03,500 --> 05:13:07,400
Making the perfect slumber 
machine every Instinct every 

5946
05:13:07,400 --> 05:13:10,100
biological mechanism. 
And every little thing they did 

5947
05:13:10,100 --> 05:13:12,800
every day was set up to help 
them obtain the kind of sleep, 

5948
05:13:12,800 --> 05:13:16,100
that would make a spa jealous. 
Think about what you usually do 

5949
05:13:16,100 --> 05:13:18,100
at night. 
You might be reading news, that 

5950
05:13:18,100 --> 05:13:21,300
makes you mistrust mankind, 
eating dinner, beneath strong, 

5951
05:13:21,300 --> 05:13:24,300
fluorescent lights, that might 
land a plane, and then wondering

5952
05:13:24,300 --> 05:13:26,700
why your brain won't stop. 
When you finally go to bed. 

5953
05:13:26,700 --> 05:13:29,000
On the other hand, your 
Neanderthal. 

5954
05:13:29,000 --> 05:13:31,800
Ancestor was winding down as 
naturally As Leaves dropping 

5955
05:13:31,800 --> 05:13:34,600
from a tree in the fall as 
actual Darkness. 

5956
05:13:34,600 --> 05:13:37,800
The type that engulfed. 
Everything whole spread over 

5957
05:13:37,800 --> 05:13:41,400
their world, their bodies began 
to release melatonin which is 

5958
05:13:41,400 --> 05:13:43,400
like a perfectly timed sleeping 
pill. 

5959
05:13:43,400 --> 05:13:46,500
They had no blue light to 
disrupt their internal clock. 

5960
05:13:46,500 --> 05:13:50,400
No emails to spike their 
cortisol levels at night and no 

5961
05:13:50,400 --> 05:13:52,400
neighbors leaf blower at dawn to
wake them up. 

5962
05:13:53,400 --> 05:13:56,500
The reality is that we've been 
recklessly attempting to sleep 

5963
05:13:56,500 --> 05:13:58,200
and the results have been 
disastrous. 

5964
05:13:59,200 --> 05:14:01,500
But before you go looking for a 
cave on Zillow, lets take a 

5965
05:14:01,500 --> 05:14:03,700
closer look at what made these 
Stone Age sleepers. 

5966
05:14:03,700 --> 05:14:07,100
So successful, There are secrets
hidden in their modest way of 

5967
05:14:07,108 --> 05:14:09,400
living, that could turn your 
restless evening's, into the 

5968
05:14:09,400 --> 05:14:10,700
calm sleep. 
You've always wanted. 

5969
05:14:10,700 --> 05:14:13,600
It wasn't just one item that 
they were hiding. 

5970
05:14:13,600 --> 05:14:17,800
It was everything, everything 
about their lives, was ideally 

5971
05:14:17,800 --> 05:14:22,300
set up for deep restful, Slumber
from how they ate to how they 

5972
05:14:22,300 --> 05:14:24,800
walked. 
And from the are they inhaled to

5973
05:14:24,800 --> 05:14:27,900
the sound they heard. 
They lived in unison with 

5974
05:14:27,900 --> 05:14:29,300
rhythms that we have long since 
forgotten. 

5975
05:14:29,300 --> 05:14:34,500
So take a seat unwind and 
journey back to a time when 

5976
05:14:34,500 --> 05:14:38,100
falling asleep was as effortless
as breathing, you might find 

5977
05:14:38,100 --> 05:14:40,600
that the answer to your sleep, 
troubles in the present has been

5978
05:14:40,608 --> 05:14:43,000
there all along. 
It's not your fault that your 

5979
05:14:43,000 --> 05:14:45,500
internal clock is suffering and 
identity crisis. 

5980
05:14:45,500 --> 05:14:49,300
Not completely, though, you have
a small group of cells located 

5981
05:14:49,300 --> 05:14:51,500
deep in your brain, which we can
refer to. 

5982
05:14:51,500 --> 05:14:54,700
As your internal timekeeper, 
this group has been having the 

5983
05:14:54,700 --> 05:14:57,200
biological equivalent of a 
tantrum for decades. 

5984
05:14:58,000 --> 05:15:00,700
Over millions of years. 
This small-time keeper learned 

5985
05:15:00,700 --> 05:15:05,900
to respond to one basic signal 
light and dark This technique 

5986
05:15:05,900 --> 05:15:09,300
worked like a Swiss watch built 
of Starlight and Common Sense 

5987
05:15:09,300 --> 05:15:12,500
for your Neanderthal. 
Ancestors, their internal alarm 

5988
05:15:12,500 --> 05:15:14,600
clock softly, woke them up. 
When the sun came up. 

5989
05:15:14,600 --> 05:15:17,800
When it got dark evening show 
started and it made them less 

5990
05:15:17,800 --> 05:15:20,800
alert like a theater. 
Gently lowering the house, light

5991
05:15:21,800 --> 05:15:25,000
But this is when things get 
deliciously ironic, we are. 

5992
05:15:25,008 --> 05:15:28,100
So excellent at manipulating our
surroundings that we have 

5993
05:15:28,100 --> 05:15:30,400
unintentionally, waged war on 
our own nature. 

5994
05:15:30,400 --> 05:15:34,000
Your ancestor glanced up at the 
stars and felt their body 

5995
05:15:34,000 --> 05:15:36,800
getting ready to sleep. 
Glanced up at the ceiling of 

5996
05:15:36,800 --> 05:15:40,400
your bedroom, which is lit up by
17 different electoral devices, 

5997
05:15:40,400 --> 05:15:43,600
and you wonder why you feel like
a vampire in a tanning bed. 

5998
05:15:44,500 --> 05:15:47,800
The plot goes further than you 
might realize that led street 

5999
05:15:47,800 --> 05:15:51,900
light outside your window that 
looks harmless at 11 p.m. it's 

6000
05:15:51,900 --> 05:15:54,000
sending out blue light at 
wavelengths that your brain 

6001
05:15:54,008 --> 05:15:57,900
reads as wake up. 
The sun is rising your phone 

6002
05:15:57,900 --> 05:16:01,800
tablet, laptop, and even your 
microwave's, digital clock are 

6003
05:16:01,800 --> 05:16:03,400
all part of this scheme to keep 
you awake. 

6004
05:16:04,500 --> 05:16:07,500
Scientists today, call the 
natural light dark cycle. 

6005
05:16:07,500 --> 05:16:11,100
What cave dwellers lived by, but
they didn't need a fancy name 

6006
05:16:11,100 --> 05:16:14,200
for it. 
They just called it Tuesday. the

6007
05:16:14,200 --> 05:16:17,500
warm steady light of Daybreak 
marked, the start of their days,

6008
05:16:17,500 --> 05:16:21,500
the dazzling complete spectrum 
of midday Sun marked the peak 

6009
05:16:21,500 --> 05:16:25,300
while the Deep orange and 
Crimson Hues of sunset Mark The 

6010
05:16:25,300 --> 05:16:28,200
End Their brains were already 
three steps ahead. 

6011
05:16:28,200 --> 05:16:32,300
By the time real darkness came 
sending Sleepytime hormones into

6012
05:16:32,300 --> 05:16:35,600
their bodies. 
You wake up to fake light, spend

6013
05:16:35,600 --> 05:16:37,800
eight hours at work under 
fluorescent lights. 

6014
05:16:37,800 --> 05:16:41,100
That would make a vampire squint
drive home in traffic while 

6015
05:16:41,100 --> 05:16:43,900
looking at LED headlights and 
then spend the evening in front 

6016
05:16:43,908 --> 05:16:46,500
of a screen before bed. 
It's like giving your internal 

6017
05:16:46,500 --> 05:16:49,800
clock a continuous diet of junk 
food and then being surprised 

6018
05:16:49,800 --> 05:16:53,300
when it's confused, but the real
kicker Is Not only was your 

6019
05:16:53,300 --> 05:16:56,100
predecessors sleep deeper, but 
it was also more flexible. 

6020
05:16:56,100 --> 05:17:01,100
Researchers term, what they did 
segmented sleep, they would wake

6021
05:17:01,100 --> 05:17:03,500
up in the middle of the night 
for an hour or two of Calm 

6022
05:17:03,500 --> 05:17:05,300
wakefulness before going back to
sleep. 

6023
05:17:06,100 --> 05:17:09,000
This wasn't sleeplessness. 
It was how people slept for 

6024
05:17:09,000 --> 05:17:12,200
thousands of years. 
These nocturnal breaks. 

6025
05:17:12,200 --> 05:17:15,600
They might tend to the fire 
talk, quietly or just lie, still

6026
05:17:15,608 --> 05:17:18,700
in the dark. 
They didn't have to worry about 

6027
05:17:18,700 --> 05:17:22,600
getting back to sleep. 
Check the time or wonder if they

6028
05:17:22,608 --> 05:17:26,000
would be tired the next day. 
They had entire faith in their 

6029
05:17:26,008 --> 05:17:28,400
body, just like you do in 
gravity. 

6030
05:17:29,300 --> 05:17:32,400
Your brain still wants to follow
these old patterns, but Modern 

6031
05:17:32,400 --> 05:17:35,100
Life continues, getting in the 
way of the dialogue between your

6032
05:17:35,100 --> 05:17:36,500
biology and the natural 
environment. 

6033
05:17:36,500 --> 05:17:41,000
Every artificial light every 
late night notification and 

6034
05:17:41,000 --> 05:17:44,800
every just one more episode is 
like static on the radio 

6035
05:17:44,800 --> 05:17:47,900
frequency that your forefathers 
used to sleep like Champions 

6036
05:17:47,900 --> 05:17:50,800
your caveman ancestor would be 
shocked to learn that. 

6037
05:17:50,800 --> 05:17:53,600
You worry about things that 
haven't happened yet might not 

6038
05:17:53,600 --> 05:17:55,700
happen and perhaps aren't even 
feasible. 

6039
05:17:56,600 --> 05:18:00,200
Crops Stress Management approach
was also basic when the saber 

6040
05:18:00,200 --> 05:18:03,700
tooth tiger was gone. 
So was the stress your ancestors

6041
05:18:03,700 --> 05:18:05,600
nervous system work like a smoke
detector? 

6042
05:18:05,600 --> 05:18:09,300
That was correctly, set up. 
Is there a real danger all 

6043
05:18:09,300 --> 05:18:11,800
systems are go? 
And adrenaline is pumping like a

6044
05:18:11,800 --> 05:18:16,100
fire hose is the danger over. 
The system is reset back to 

6045
05:18:16,100 --> 05:18:18,500
normal and ready for a lovely 
snooze by the fire. 

6046
05:18:19,300 --> 05:18:22,100
Your neurological system. 
However, perceives your morning,

6047
05:18:22,100 --> 05:18:25,400
commute job deadline. 
And the strange noise from your 

6048
05:18:25,400 --> 05:18:28,000
automobile is equally 
significant as a charging 

6049
05:18:28,000 --> 05:18:30,400
rhinoceros. 
You didn't do anything wrong. 

6050
05:18:30,400 --> 05:18:33,400
It's just the price we pay for 
having Minds that can think 

6051
05:18:33,400 --> 05:18:35,200
about problems that might happen
in the future. 

6052
05:18:36,100 --> 05:18:39,300
But here's what's keeping you up
at night your stress response. 

6053
05:18:39,300 --> 05:18:41,800
System doesn't know that most of
the threats you face. 

6054
05:18:41,800 --> 05:18:45,000
Every day aren't genuinely life 
or death circumstances. 

6055
05:18:46,600 --> 05:18:48,200
Stress. 
Hormones are released by your 

6056
05:18:48,200 --> 05:18:50,700
body for everything. 
From giving a presentation, at 

6057
05:18:50,700 --> 05:18:54,800
work to being late for dinner. 
These molecules are the enemies 

6058
05:18:54,800 --> 05:18:58,700
of calm sleep cortisol. 
Your main stress hormone was 

6059
05:18:58,700 --> 05:19:01,400
meant to wake you up and keep 
you attentive in real crisis. 

6060
05:19:02,400 --> 05:19:06,200
Don't sleep. 
Now a tiger is nearby was what a

6061
05:19:06,200 --> 05:19:09,600
surge in cortisol signaled, in 
prehistoric times these days 

6062
05:19:09,600 --> 05:19:12,900
cortisol levels, go up. 
When your Internet is slow your 

6063
05:19:12,900 --> 05:19:15,900
employer, sends you a strange 
email or you remember that you 

6064
05:19:15,900 --> 05:19:19,400
forgot to defrost dinner, your 
body can't detect the difference

6065
05:19:19,400 --> 05:19:21,700
between a real threat and the 
annoying sound of your 

6066
05:19:21,700 --> 05:19:23,500
neighbor's wind chimes at 6:00 
a.m. 

6067
05:19:23,500 --> 05:19:26,800
But this is where life, as a 
caveman gets extremely 

6068
05:19:26,800 --> 05:19:30,800
desirable, their stress, was 
largely physical happened right 

6069
05:19:30,800 --> 05:19:34,500
away and didn't last long get 
rid of the Predator, get food 

6070
05:19:34,500 --> 05:19:36,800
and go away from the storm 
problem. 

6071
05:19:36,800 --> 05:19:39,000
Solved, stress gone time to 
sleep. 

6072
05:19:39,000 --> 05:19:42,300
Your stress is mental and 
continual and there is no 

6073
05:19:42,300 --> 05:19:45,800
apparent way to fix it. 
How do you beat global warming 

6074
05:19:45,800 --> 05:19:48,800
or job insecurity? 
Can't really fight your mortgage

6075
05:19:48,800 --> 05:19:51,700
payment and win your forebears 
possess something. 

6076
05:19:51,700 --> 05:19:54,600
We don't have anymore, the 
ability to relieve tension by 

6077
05:19:54,600 --> 05:19:57,700
being very tired. 
They were really ready to rest 

6078
05:19:57,700 --> 05:20:00,500
after a day of hunting Gathering
building and staying alive. 

6079
05:20:00,500 --> 05:20:03,500
They didn't need to wind down 
because they were already there 

6080
05:20:03,500 --> 05:20:06,500
in contrast. 
You spend much of your day in 

6081
05:20:06,500 --> 05:20:09,500
meeting staring at screens and 
utilizing your mind more than 

6082
05:20:09,500 --> 05:20:12,000
your body. 
Your mind is freed by the 

6083
05:20:12,000 --> 05:20:14,200
evening but your body hasn't 
really done anything. 

6084
05:20:15,100 --> 05:20:18,100
Researchers who study sleep, 
call this the tired, but wired 

6085
05:20:18,100 --> 05:20:21,400
phenomenon, your brain is tired 
from taking in information, 

6086
05:20:21,400 --> 05:20:25,200
making choices and dealing with 
stress, but your body hasn't had

6087
05:20:25,200 --> 05:20:27,000
the physical release that makes 
you sleepy. 

6088
05:20:27,000 --> 05:20:30,400
It's like revving, the engine of
a car while it's still in park, 

6089
05:20:30,400 --> 05:20:33,000
lots of energy, but no place to 
go. 

6090
05:20:34,100 --> 05:20:37,300
People who lived in caves or 
lived in small close knit groups

6091
05:20:37,300 --> 05:20:39,800
where they could express their 
worries and get help all the 

6092
05:20:39,808 --> 05:20:42,300
time. 
Everyone in the clan you about 

6093
05:20:42,300 --> 05:20:46,100
rocks, disastrous, Mammoth hunt 
offered to Aid and then went on 

6094
05:20:46,900 --> 05:20:49,100
You can spend hours going over a
day at work. 

6095
05:20:49,100 --> 05:20:52,600
In your thoughts, letting your 
stress build up like a mental 

6096
05:20:52,600 --> 05:20:56,300
pot roast, The funny thing is 
that the stress response system 

6097
05:20:56,300 --> 05:20:59,900
of our ancestors is still in 
charge of your body today, but 

6098
05:20:59,900 --> 05:21:02,500
the challenges it is trying to 
solve a very different. 

6099
05:21:02,500 --> 05:21:06,000
Your fight or flight response is
great for coping with immediate 

6100
05:21:06,000 --> 05:21:08,500
physical dangers. 
But not for the Slow Burn 

6101
05:21:08,500 --> 05:21:11,900
anxiety of Modern Life that 
follows you to bed and Whispers 

6102
05:21:11,900 --> 05:21:13,600
delicious nightmares in your 
ear. 

6103
05:21:13,600 --> 05:21:16,600
The way you feel about eating 
influences, your sleep in ways 

6104
05:21:16,600 --> 05:21:19,100
that would make a caveman 
scratch his head and confusion. 

6105
05:21:19,900 --> 05:21:22,500
While you enjoy a bowl of 
sugary, cereal late at night and

6106
05:21:22,500 --> 05:21:25,800
Ponder while you remain Wide 
Awake, your ancestor was likely 

6107
05:21:25,800 --> 05:21:29,000
three hours into REM sleep. 
They knew something we've 

6108
05:21:29,000 --> 05:21:32,800
forgotten what when, and how 
much you eat directly affects 

6109
05:21:32,800 --> 05:21:35,800
how well you sleep. 
Cave dwellers didn't eat snacks 

6110
05:21:35,800 --> 05:21:37,600
later at night since they didn't
stay up late. 

6111
05:21:37,600 --> 05:21:40,400
Like we do. 
Their eating habits were in line

6112
05:21:40,400 --> 05:21:42,200
with natural rhythms, that help 
them sleep. 

6113
05:21:42,200 --> 05:21:45,500
Well, they ate their biggest 
meal during the day when their 

6114
05:21:45,500 --> 05:21:48,100
digestive fires were at their 
hottest and then naturally 

6115
05:21:48,100 --> 05:21:52,000
fasted from Sunset to Sunrise, 
not because some health Guru 

6116
05:21:52,000 --> 05:21:55,100
instructed him to, but because 
that was when food was available

6117
05:21:55,100 --> 05:21:56,900
and their systems could handle 
it best. 

6118
05:21:57,800 --> 05:22:01,100
This natural meal plan fit their
circadian clocks wonderfully 

6119
05:22:01,100 --> 05:22:04,300
when they needed digestive 
enzymes, their bodies made them 

6120
05:22:04,300 --> 05:22:07,700
when it came time to sleep and 
repair their system stopped 

6121
05:22:07,700 --> 05:22:10,000
digesting food. 
It was like a perfectly 

6122
05:22:10,000 --> 05:22:13,100
choreographed, dance between 
their gut and their head with 

6123
05:22:13,100 --> 05:22:14,700
each partner knowing when to 
lead. 

6124
05:22:14,700 --> 05:22:18,100
And when to follow now, let's 
talk about what they ate and 

6125
05:22:18,100 --> 05:22:19,900
what you probably have in your 
kitchen right now. 

6126
05:22:19,900 --> 05:22:23,800
They didn't eat any processed 
meals, refined sugars or 

6127
05:22:23,800 --> 05:22:26,800
unnatural ingredients, that can 
mess with how your brain works. 

6128
05:22:26,800 --> 05:22:29,500
No late night, ice cream, that 
makes your blood sugar. 

6129
05:22:29,500 --> 05:22:32,300
Go up and down, just as your 
attempting to fall asleep. 

6130
05:22:32,300 --> 05:22:34,300
No. 
Energy drinks that make you 

6131
05:22:34,300 --> 05:22:36,800
crash from caffeine at night. 
No. 

6132
05:22:36,800 --> 05:22:39,800
Snacks that have been processed 
and are full of chemicals that 

6133
05:22:39,800 --> 05:22:41,800
your great-great-grandmother 
wouldn't know a food. 

6134
05:22:41,808 --> 05:22:44,600
Instead, they ate items that 
help them. 

6135
05:22:44,600 --> 05:22:48,500
Sleep like nuts, high in 
magnesium, fish, high in omega-3

6136
05:22:48,500 --> 05:22:52,300
fatty acids and seasonal fruits,
that included, natural sugars, 

6137
05:22:52,300 --> 05:22:54,800
and fiber to keep their blood 
sugar levels stable. 

6138
05:22:54,800 --> 05:22:57,900
They didn't require melatonin 
pills because the Food. 

6139
05:22:57,900 --> 05:22:59,900
They ate naturally. 
Had components that helped them 

6140
05:22:59,900 --> 05:23:01,900
sleep. 
They didn't require magnesium 

6141
05:23:01,900 --> 05:23:04,500
supplements because they got 
enough minerals from their food 

6142
05:23:04,500 --> 05:23:07,400
that helped their muscles, relax
and their nerves calm down. 

6143
05:23:08,600 --> 05:23:11,800
But here's the truly interesting
part, they did what we now call 

6144
05:23:11,800 --> 05:23:15,300
Chrono nutrition without even 
knowing it had a name. 

6145
05:23:15,308 --> 05:23:18,200
Their bodies were organically 
adapted to each foods. 

6146
05:23:18,200 --> 05:23:21,200
That gave them the energy. 
They needed each day morning 

6147
05:23:21,200 --> 05:23:23,900
Foods, woke them up. 
After noon Foods kept the 

6148
05:23:23,900 --> 05:23:27,400
energized and evening Foods when
available help them sleep. 

6149
05:23:28,100 --> 05:23:31,000
Your current eating routine. 
On the other hand is like a jazz

6150
05:23:31,000 --> 05:23:33,100
band that can't agree on what 
music to play. 

6151
05:23:33,100 --> 05:23:36,500
You might miss breakfast, drink 
a sugary coffee, drink in the 

6152
05:23:36,500 --> 05:23:38,700
middle of the morning, have 
lunch at your desk, while 

6153
05:23:38,700 --> 05:23:41,400
worrying about deadlines 
mindlessly nibble, all 

6154
05:23:41,408 --> 05:23:44,300
afternoon, and then eat your 
biggest meal right before bed. 

6155
05:23:44,300 --> 05:23:47,600
While watching Netflix, your 
digestive system doesn't know if

6156
05:23:47,600 --> 05:23:50,500
it should be speeding up or 
slowing down eating late at 

6157
05:23:50,500 --> 05:23:52,300
night. 
Is a specialty detrimental for 

6158
05:23:52,300 --> 05:23:55,800
the quality of your sleep. 
When you eat close to bed, your 

6159
05:23:55,800 --> 05:23:59,000
body has to decide whether to 
digest the food or get ready for

6160
05:23:59,000 --> 05:24:02,900
bed, digestion, normally wins 
your core body, temperature, 

6161
05:24:02,900 --> 05:24:05,900
stays High, when it should be 
low, your blood sugar goes up 

6162
05:24:05,900 --> 05:24:08,700
and down when it should be 
steady and your digestive organs

6163
05:24:08,700 --> 05:24:10,900
are working too hard when they 
should be resting. 

6164
05:24:11,600 --> 05:24:14,300
People who lived in caves or so,
didn't have to cope with how 

6165
05:24:14,300 --> 05:24:17,000
alcohol coffee or highly 
processed foods. 

6166
05:24:17,000 --> 05:24:19,600
Messed up, this sleep. 
They receive their evening 

6167
05:24:19,600 --> 05:24:22,400
relaxation from the natural 
exhaustion that comes from being

6168
05:24:22,400 --> 05:24:26,400
active and in the sun rather 
than from a glass of wine that 

6169
05:24:26,400 --> 05:24:29,300
initially makes them drowsy but 
later disrupts their sleep. 

6170
05:24:30,200 --> 05:24:32,900
From an emotional perspective, 
their relationship with food was

6171
05:24:32,900 --> 05:24:35,700
also very different. 
They didn't eat because they 

6172
05:24:35,700 --> 05:24:39,500
were bored stressed celebrating 
or trying to make themselves 

6173
05:24:39,500 --> 05:24:42,200
feel better. 
They ate when they were hungry 

6174
05:24:42,200 --> 05:24:45,700
and stopped when they were full.
Simple methods, stopped the 

6175
05:24:45,700 --> 05:24:48,700
blood sugar swings and 
intestinal discomfort that may 

6176
05:24:48,700 --> 05:24:51,900
keep individuals up all night, 
your bedroom thermostat could be

6177
05:24:51,908 --> 05:24:55,000
messing up your sleep and your 
Neanderthal ancestor would know 

6178
05:24:55,000 --> 05:24:56,100
right away. 
What was wrong. 

6179
05:24:56,100 --> 05:24:59,300
They had to learn how to control
their body temperature to stay 

6180
05:24:59,300 --> 05:25:01,600
alive. 
But by doing so, they 

6181
05:25:01,600 --> 05:25:04,100
accidentally found out. 
One of the most crucial secrets 

6182
05:25:04,100 --> 05:25:07,300
to getting a good night's sleep.
Your body temperature needs to 

6183
05:25:07,300 --> 05:25:10,800
drop to trigger deep sleep, and 
modern living makes this tougher

6184
05:25:10,800 --> 05:25:14,500
than it should be. 
As the sun went down over the 

6185
05:25:14,500 --> 05:25:17,900
ancient Countryside, the are 
naturally began to cool your 

6186
05:25:17,900 --> 05:25:20,200
ancestors. 
Body started to cool down in the

6187
05:25:20,200 --> 05:25:23,100
evening after absorbing heat 
from the day's activities and 

6188
05:25:23,100 --> 05:25:25,600
the Sun. 
Not only was this cooling 

6189
05:25:25,600 --> 05:25:29,300
process comforting, but it also 
sent a biochemical signal to 

6190
05:25:29,300 --> 05:25:31,100
their brain that it was time to 
get ready for bed. 

6191
05:25:31,100 --> 05:25:34,200
Their body temperature would 
drop by one to two degrees, 

6192
05:25:34,200 --> 05:25:37,100
which would start a chain 
reaction of drowsy hormones, 

6193
05:25:37,100 --> 05:25:40,100
that current Sleep Clinic strive
to copy with costly treatments. 

6194
05:25:40,100 --> 05:25:43,400
This natural cooling happened at
the same time as the rest of the

6195
05:25:43,408 --> 05:25:46,300
environment. 
The cave kept the heat in the 

6196
05:25:46,300 --> 05:25:48,500
fire gave forth, heat, that 
could be controlled. 

6197
05:25:48,500 --> 05:25:51,400
And the animal fur bedding made 
a microclimate that could be 

6198
05:25:51,400 --> 05:25:53,400
changed by adding or taking away
layers. 

6199
05:25:53,400 --> 05:25:56,500
They didn't need a programmable 
thermostat because the 

6200
05:25:56,500 --> 05:25:59,100
temperature in their bedroom 
changed naturally with the 

6201
05:25:59,100 --> 05:26:00,800
rhythms that help them sleep 
best. 

6202
05:26:02,000 --> 05:26:04,800
In your modern bedroom, you face
a temperature control. 

6203
05:26:04,800 --> 05:26:08,200
Nightmare that appears easy to 
use your house is shut up, 

6204
05:26:08,200 --> 05:26:10,100
tight. 
Your bedroom keeps the same 

6205
05:26:10,100 --> 05:26:13,100
temperature all night, and your 
mattress can be composed of 

6206
05:26:13,100 --> 05:26:15,600
materials. 
That retain heat like a sleeping

6207
05:26:15,600 --> 05:26:17,300
bag. 
Made by someone who is never 

6208
05:26:17,300 --> 05:26:20,200
slept before. 
Every time you try to sleep in a

6209
05:26:20,200 --> 05:26:22,400
place where you can't control 
the temperature naturally, 

6210
05:26:22,400 --> 05:26:25,200
you're going against millions of
years of nature. 

6211
05:26:26,100 --> 05:26:29,600
Here's where it becomes really 
interesting, your hands and feet

6212
05:26:29,600 --> 05:26:31,300
to your body's natural way of 
cooling. 

6213
05:26:31,300 --> 05:26:35,000
Down people who lived in caves 
slept with their arms and legs 

6214
05:26:35,000 --> 05:26:37,700
exposed to cooler air, which 
helped their bodies release 

6215
05:26:37,700 --> 05:26:40,100
heat. 
It is possible to be so heavily 

6216
05:26:40,100 --> 05:26:43,600
bundled that your body is unable
to cool down naturally leading 

6217
05:26:43,600 --> 05:26:47,200
your brain to perceive that it 
is not yet time for sleep. 

6218
05:26:48,000 --> 05:26:51,600
Your forebears knew something. 
We don't how powerful contrast 

6219
05:26:51,600 --> 05:26:53,600
can be. 
It had been in different 

6220
05:26:53,600 --> 05:26:56,600
temperatures all day. 
Warm in the sun cold in the 

6221
05:26:56,600 --> 05:27:00,200
shade hot from moving around and
chili from the evening breezes. 

6222
05:27:00,200 --> 05:27:03,300
So their bodies were ready for 
the decreasing temperature. 

6223
05:27:03,300 --> 05:27:05,000
That meant it was time to go to 
bed. 

6224
05:27:06,000 --> 05:27:08,700
Your primarily climate control 
day lacks these natural 

6225
05:27:08,700 --> 05:27:11,200
temperature changes that 
regulate your circadian rhythms,

6226
05:27:11,200 --> 05:27:15,600
the things they slept on wall. 
So very important animal Furs 

6227
05:27:15,600 --> 05:27:18,300
and woven plant fibers 
naturally, let air through which

6228
05:27:18,300 --> 05:27:20,900
kept them warm and dry by 
wicking moisture away from their

6229
05:27:20,900 --> 05:27:22,800
bodies. 
They didn't wake up in the 

6230
05:27:22,808 --> 05:27:25,200
middle of the night because 
their fake mattress are turned 

6231
05:27:25,208 --> 05:27:28,300
into a sauna or because their 
polyester pajamas had made a 

6232
05:27:28,300 --> 05:27:30,800
microclimate, that would make a 
greenhouse jealous. 

6233
05:27:31,600 --> 05:27:33,500
Researchers. 
Now called temperature and train

6234
05:27:33,500 --> 05:27:37,400
went what cave inhabitants or so
profited from their bodies 

6235
05:27:37,400 --> 05:27:39,800
learned to expect the natural 
cooling that occurred with 

6236
05:27:39,800 --> 05:27:42,700
Nightfall, getting ready for 
sleep even before they were 

6237
05:27:42,700 --> 05:27:45,100
exhausted. 
Because their bodies were 

6238
05:27:45,100 --> 05:27:47,000
perfectly in sync with their 
surroundings. 

6239
05:27:47,000 --> 05:27:49,900
They fell asleep faster and stay
asleep longer. 

6240
05:27:51,000 --> 05:27:54,000
Researchers today have proven 
what cave dwellers knew all 

6241
05:27:54,000 --> 05:27:55,700
along? 
The best temperature for 

6242
05:27:55,700 --> 05:27:59,700
sleeping is cooler than most. 
People imagine between 60 and 67

6243
05:27:59,700 --> 05:28:03,000
degrees Fahrenheit, but 
temperature isn't only about the

6244
05:28:03,000 --> 05:28:05,600
air around you. 
It's also about how well your 

6245
05:28:05,600 --> 05:28:07,300
body can release heat while you 
sleep. 

6246
05:28:07,300 --> 05:28:11,600
This is why wearing socks to bed
can sometimes be helpful as they

6247
05:28:11,600 --> 05:28:13,300
allow heat to escape through 
your feet. 

6248
05:28:13,300 --> 05:28:16,500
And why taking the hot bath 
before bed can be beneficial 

6249
05:28:16,500 --> 05:28:19,000
since the rapid cooling 
afterward mimics. 

6250
05:28:19,000 --> 05:28:22,300
How your body naturally cools 
down, your forefathers didn't 

6251
05:28:22,300 --> 05:28:24,800
require weighted blankets or 
cooling mattress pads? 

6252
05:28:24,800 --> 05:28:26,900
Because their whole Sleeping 
area was made to keep the 

6253
05:28:26,900 --> 05:28:30,000
temperature, stable, they align 
their sleeping conditions with 

6254
05:28:30,000 --> 05:28:32,800
their biology, which helped 
their bodies understand how to 

6255
05:28:32,800 --> 05:28:35,400
achieve the best sleep. 
The Sounds in your Neanderthal. 

6256
05:28:35,400 --> 05:28:38,700
Ancestors, bedroom would make a 
modern sleep, sound machine cry 

6257
05:28:38,700 --> 05:28:42,400
because it wasn't good enough. 
While your lying in bed, 

6258
05:28:42,400 --> 05:28:45,500
listening to a symphony of air 
conditioners traffic, your 

6259
05:28:45,500 --> 05:28:48,400
neighbor's music and strange 
noises from the home settling. 

6260
05:28:48,400 --> 05:28:51,400
Your prehistoric relative was 
falling asleep to Nature's. 

6261
05:28:51,400 --> 05:28:54,600
Original White Noise mix, which 
was made to help you sleep, 

6262
05:28:54,600 --> 05:28:58,700
deeply and restore your energy. 
As they got ready for bed, they 

6263
05:28:58,700 --> 05:29:02,200
could hear the distant crackling
of the fading fire, the delicate

6264
05:29:02,200 --> 05:29:03,700
rustling of leaves in the 
breeze. 

6265
05:29:03,700 --> 05:29:06,900
The rhythmic chirping of 
crickets and maybe even the 

6266
05:29:06,900 --> 05:29:08,900
faint breathing of their tribe 
mates nearby. 

6267
05:29:09,900 --> 05:29:11,500
These weren't just background 
sounds. 

6268
05:29:11,500 --> 05:29:14,700
Their brains are developed to 
read them as safe time to sleep 

6269
05:29:14,700 --> 05:29:17,600
now, There was a reason for 
every sound they heard. 

6270
05:29:18,600 --> 05:29:20,800
The crackling fire meant that it
was warm and safe. 

6271
05:29:20,800 --> 05:29:24,000
The natural sounds signified. 
That there were no Predators 

6272
05:29:24,000 --> 05:29:26,100
nearby since the Forest Falls 
quiet. 

6273
05:29:26,100 --> 05:29:27,600
When hazardous animals are 
closed. 

6274
05:29:28,600 --> 05:29:31,000
The sound of family members 
breathing nearby made her feel 

6275
05:29:31,000 --> 05:29:33,100
comfortable because there were 
so many of them. 

6276
05:29:34,000 --> 05:29:36,600
Their brains could entirely 
relaxed since their ears were 

6277
05:29:36,600 --> 05:29:38,200
always telling them that 
everything was fine. 

6278
05:29:38,200 --> 05:29:41,100
In contrast, your modern sound 
environment. 

6279
05:29:41,100 --> 05:29:44,300
Has the buzz of electronics, the
distant whoosh of highway 

6280
05:29:44,300 --> 05:29:46,200
traffic. 
The neighbor's dog. 

6281
05:29:46,200 --> 05:29:50,100
Having an existential crisis at 
3 a.m. and the strange banging 

6282
05:29:50,100 --> 05:29:52,800
in your walls, that you've 
decided is either settling or 

6283
05:29:52,800 --> 05:29:55,800
ghosts. 
Your brain, which still runs the

6284
05:29:55,800 --> 05:29:57,500
same old software as your 
Neanderthal. 

6285
05:29:57,500 --> 05:30:00,400
Ancestor doesn't know how to put
these noises in order. 

6286
05:30:01,400 --> 05:30:03,500
Do they pose a threat are they 
okay? 

6287
05:30:03,500 --> 05:30:07,300
Should you be on guard or at 
ease part of your brain is on 

6288
05:30:07,300 --> 05:30:09,600
guard duty all night because you
don't know what's going to 

6289
05:30:09,600 --> 05:30:11,700
happen. 
You'll nervous system is still 

6290
05:30:11,700 --> 05:30:15,200
analyzing these sounds even if 
you don't know it, It's 

6291
05:30:15,200 --> 05:30:17,800
attempting to figure out. 
If they pose a threat sleep, 

6292
05:30:17,800 --> 05:30:20,800
researchers call these micro 
arousals, which are brief 

6293
05:30:20,800 --> 05:30:23,200
moments when your brain wakes 
up, briefly to monitor things, 

6294
05:30:23,200 --> 05:30:25,500
breaking up your sleep without 
you even knowing it. 

6295
05:30:26,700 --> 05:30:29,000
Your ancestors likewise profited
from what we now. 

6296
05:30:29,000 --> 05:30:31,100
Call sound masking without 
knowing it. 

6297
05:30:31,900 --> 05:30:34,200
The soft steady sounds of their 
natural surroundings. 

6298
05:30:34,200 --> 05:30:36,900
Covered up other minor noises 
that could have been annoying. 

6299
05:30:37,700 --> 05:30:40,800
The steady sound of the wind 
blowing through the trees, the 

6300
05:30:40,800 --> 05:30:44,400
stream flowing, nearby, and the 
chorus of insects at night made 

6301
05:30:44,400 --> 05:30:47,500
a natural sound blanket that 
kept me, sleeping soundly all 

6302
05:30:47,500 --> 05:30:49,200
night. 
And here's what is truly 

6303
05:30:49,200 --> 05:30:51,700
interesting. 
The sounds that cave dwellers 

6304
05:30:51,700 --> 05:30:53,400
heard were predictable and made 
sense. 

6305
05:30:53,400 --> 05:30:57,000
Their brains learned to connect 
certain sounds with being safe 

6306
05:30:57,000 --> 05:31:00,400
and sleepy. 
The fire crackled signaling. 

6307
05:31:00,400 --> 05:31:03,500
The end of the day's work. 
The sound of animals settling 

6308
05:31:03,500 --> 05:31:05,700
down at night. 
Suggested it was time to sleep. 

6309
05:31:06,600 --> 05:31:09,100
He sounds help them. 
Fall asleep in ways, that modern

6310
05:31:09,100 --> 05:31:12,400
White Noise devices can only 
come close to The noise 

6311
05:31:12,408 --> 05:31:15,000
pollution in our modern lives, 
would have driven our forebears 

6312
05:31:15,000 --> 05:31:17,800
crazy. 
The random beats and buzzers of 

6313
05:31:17,800 --> 05:31:21,000
electronics, the unpredictable 
timing of traffic and sirens, 

6314
05:31:21,000 --> 05:31:24,400
and the jarring changes between 
distinct mechanical noises. 

6315
05:31:24,400 --> 05:31:27,800
Don't fit the patterns that are 
brains evolved to perceive as 

6316
05:31:27,800 --> 05:31:31,000
pleasant. 
Some Modern folks sleep in utter

6317
05:31:31,000 --> 05:31:34,800
silence which is much worse. 
Quiet might be calming, but 

6318
05:31:34,800 --> 05:31:37,800
complete silence can be alarming
to a brain that has evolved to 

6319
05:31:37,800 --> 05:31:40,700
expect the soft sounds of a safe
natural environment. 

6320
05:31:40,700 --> 05:31:43,600
Your subconscious might think 
something is a Miss. 

6321
05:31:43,600 --> 05:31:46,600
If there is complete quiet, 
where are all the regular 

6322
05:31:46,600 --> 05:31:49,800
signals of life? 
The electromagnetic fields from 

6323
05:31:49,800 --> 05:31:52,500
all of our contemporary. 
Technology didn't bother your 

6324
05:31:52,500 --> 05:31:55,900
forefathers when they slept. we 
don't know for sure how much 

6325
05:31:55,900 --> 05:31:58,800
this impacts sleep, but some 
studies indicate that the 

6326
05:31:58,800 --> 05:32:01,900
electromagnetic soup we live, in
might be gradually messing with 

6327
05:32:01,900 --> 05:32:05,200
our regularly, sleep cycles in 
ways, we don't fully understand 

6328
05:32:05,200 --> 05:32:09,300
yet, Cave dwellers didn't want 
perfect silence. 

6329
05:32:09,300 --> 05:32:12,500
They wanted sounds that were 
meaningful predictable, and 

6330
05:32:12,500 --> 05:32:15,000
comforting, and that meant 
safety, and deep sleep. 

6331
05:32:16,200 --> 05:32:18,500
They lived in the original 
sleep, sound track of nature, 

6332
05:32:18,500 --> 05:32:21,800
which had been fine-tuned over 
millions of years to help them, 

6333
05:32:21,800 --> 05:32:24,200
get the kind of restorative 
sleep that made them healthier 

6334
05:32:24,200 --> 05:32:26,800
happier and stronger than most 
of his can conceive. 

6335
05:32:26,800 --> 05:32:30,100
You're a modern person with an 
old brain, trying to sleep in a 

6336
05:32:30,100 --> 05:32:32,100
world that would have seen, 
like, science fiction to your 

6337
05:32:32,100 --> 05:32:35,800
cave, dwelling for fathers. 
Before you go hunting for a 

6338
05:32:35,800 --> 05:32:38,500
time, machine or cave rentals, 
let's talk about how you may 

6339
05:32:38,500 --> 05:32:41,200
respect the wisdom of your inner
caveman while still living in 

6340
05:32:41,200 --> 05:32:44,200
the 21st century. 
The lovely fact is that your 

6341
05:32:44,200 --> 05:32:46,400
body still has the blueprint for
perfect sleep. 

6342
05:32:46,400 --> 05:32:50,500
It's simply been buried under 
layers of Modern Life, like an 

6343
05:32:50,500 --> 05:32:52,100
archaeological. 
Treasure waiting to be found 

6344
05:32:52,100 --> 05:32:54,500
again. 
Your body's circadian rhythms 

6345
05:32:54,500 --> 05:32:57,600
still desire to follow the sun, 
your stress response, still 

6346
05:32:57,600 --> 05:33:00,700
knows how to reset when it gets 
the chance and your temperature 

6347
05:33:00,700 --> 05:33:02,700
control system, still works the 
same way. 

6348
05:33:02,700 --> 05:33:05,600
It did for thousands of years to
keep your ancestors sleeping. 

6349
05:33:05,600 --> 05:33:09,800
Well, he is not to give up on 
Modern Life totally but to find 

6350
05:33:09,800 --> 05:33:12,300
ways to bring ancient knowledge 
into your modern existence. 

6351
05:33:12,300 --> 05:33:15,600
You could say that your 
constructing Bridges between 

6352
05:33:15,600 --> 05:33:19,700
your caveman biology and your 
Modern Life, you can't control 

6353
05:33:19,700 --> 05:33:22,500
everything around you but you 
can work with your body's 

6354
05:33:22,500 --> 05:33:24,300
natural rhythms and stead of 
against them. 

6355
05:33:25,500 --> 05:33:29,100
To begin consider light, the 
strong drug that it is your 

6356
05:33:29,100 --> 05:33:31,500
forebears didn't require 
blackout curtains since there 

6357
05:33:31,500 --> 05:33:35,100
were any streetlights, you do, 
they didn't require glasses that

6358
05:33:35,100 --> 05:33:37,300
blocked blue light because they 
didn't have screens. 

6359
05:33:37,300 --> 05:33:41,600
You could though to honor your 
old light dark cycle, turn down 

6360
05:33:41,600 --> 05:33:45,300
the lights in the evening, stay 
away from screens before bed and

6361
05:33:45,300 --> 05:33:46,500
get some bright light in the 
morning. 

6362
05:33:47,300 --> 05:33:50,300
Keep in mind that your stress 
response system is still using 

6363
05:33:50,300 --> 05:33:52,100
caveman software in the modern 
world. 

6364
05:33:52,800 --> 05:33:55,200
If you're lying awake worried 
about tomorrow's meeting or 

6365
05:33:55,200 --> 05:33:57,200
next, month's bills, ask 
yourself? 

6366
05:33:57,200 --> 05:34:01,500
Is this a saber-toothed tiger or
is my mind making up problems to

6367
05:34:01,500 --> 05:34:03,900
solve? 
Learn how to tell the difference

6368
05:34:03,900 --> 05:34:06,600
between genuine current risks 
and the habit of worrying about 

6369
05:34:06,600 --> 05:34:08,000
things that might happen in the 
future? 

6370
05:34:09,200 --> 05:34:11,900
Your relationship with food can 
also show respect for old 

6371
05:34:11,900 --> 05:34:14,300
knowledge. 
When your digestive fire is at 

6372
05:34:14,300 --> 05:34:16,900
its highest try, eating your 
biggest meal earlier in the day.

6373
05:34:16,900 --> 05:34:19,700
Stop eating at least, three 
hours before you go to bed. 

6374
05:34:19,700 --> 05:34:23,200
So your body has time to switch 
from digesting, food to sleeping

6375
05:34:23,200 --> 05:34:25,000
pick meals. 
That your 

6376
05:34:25,000 --> 05:34:28,000
great-great-grandmother would 
know and see how much better you

6377
05:34:28,000 --> 05:34:30,800
sleep when you don't ask your 
body to deal with substance is 

6378
05:34:30,800 --> 05:34:34,100
it doesn't know how to handle 
Make your bedroom a temperature 

6379
05:34:34,100 --> 05:34:37,200
Refuge by keeping it chilly, and
letting your body naturally 

6380
05:34:37,200 --> 05:34:40,900
control its heat your hands and 
feet can assist and cooling you 

6381
05:34:40,900 --> 05:34:42,900
down. 
So wear clothes that let air 

6382
05:34:42,900 --> 05:34:45,300
flow through them. 
The additionally, keep in mind 

6383
05:34:45,300 --> 05:34:48,100
that your body needs to cool 
down in order to relax and fall 

6384
05:34:48,100 --> 05:34:50,600
asleep. 
Make your sound environment. 

6385
05:34:50,600 --> 05:34:52,400
Feel like a cave dweller would 
feel at home. 

6386
05:34:52,400 --> 05:34:54,800
This could entail using a white 
noise machine. 

6387
05:34:54,800 --> 05:34:58,700
That sounds like nature earplugs
to block out random noises or 

6388
05:34:58,700 --> 05:35:01,400
just realizing that some steady 
background noise, is more 

6389
05:35:01,400 --> 05:35:05,100
calming than complete silence. 
Most crucially, keep in mind 

6390
05:35:05,100 --> 05:35:07,800
that your forefathers had 
complete faith in their bodies. 

6391
05:35:07,800 --> 05:35:10,600
They didn't lie, awake 
contemplating their sleep 

6392
05:35:10,600 --> 05:35:13,500
wondering about whether they 
were getting enough, sleep, or 

6393
05:35:13,500 --> 05:35:15,900
figuring out how many hours they
had left before morning. 

6394
05:35:15,900 --> 05:35:18,000
They were fatigued, so they went
to sleep. 

6395
05:35:18,000 --> 05:35:20,700
When they woke up they knew 
their bodies would tell them 

6396
05:35:20,700 --> 05:35:23,200
what to do. 
You're in a caveman is still 

6397
05:35:23,200 --> 05:35:25,300
there. 
Waiting for you to ReDiscover 

6398
05:35:25,300 --> 05:35:28,700
how to sleep like the champion. 
You were born to be every time 

6399
05:35:28,700 --> 05:35:31,500
you listen to your body's 
natural rhythms, choose biology 

6400
05:35:31,500 --> 05:35:35,100
over convenience or make setting
that support your ancient sleep 

6401
05:35:35,100 --> 05:35:38,600
knowledge, your moving closer to
the kind of restorative rest 

6402
05:35:38,600 --> 05:35:40,900
that has kept humans alive for 
thousands of years. 

6403
05:35:41,900 --> 05:35:44,300
To get better sleep, you don't 
need to proceed with more 

6404
05:35:44,300 --> 05:35:47,100
intricate Solutions. 
You need to go back to the 

6405
05:35:47,100 --> 05:35:49,300
simple knowledge that your body 
has always held. 

6406
05:35:50,300 --> 05:35:54,100
Your ancestors didn't require 
sleep research supplements or 

6407
05:35:54,100 --> 05:35:56,400
special equipment because they 
lived in harmony with the 

6408
05:35:56,400 --> 05:35:58,700
natural forces that control, 
rest and Recovery. 

6409
05:35:58,700 --> 05:36:02,700
You can do it too. 
One small change at a time until

6410
05:36:02,700 --> 05:36:04,900
sleeping properly feels As 
Natural as breathing. 

6411
05:36:05,900 --> 05:36:07,600
Modern cave dweller have a good 
night. 

6412
05:36:07,600 --> 05:36:10,800
Your forefathers are cheering 
you on from the Fantastic sleep 

6413
05:36:10,800 --> 05:36:13,200
lab in the sky. 
They think you can find the 

6414
05:36:13,200 --> 05:36:14,900
Tranquil sleep. 
That is your inheritance. 

6415
05:36:14,900 --> 05:36:18,100
Close your eyes now and trust 
your body's innate wisdom. 

6416
05:36:18,100 --> 05:36:20,900
Let yourself go. 
Back to a period when sleeping 

6417
05:36:20,900 --> 05:36:22,200
was the easiest thing in the 
world. 

6418
05:36:22,200 --> 05:36:27,000
It is the third Century BCE and 
the ancient city of Syracuse a 

6419
05:36:27,000 --> 05:36:29,000
bustling Greek settlement on the
island of Sicily. 

6420
05:36:29,000 --> 05:36:33,000
The air is filled with the scent
of the sea carried by the breeze

6421
05:36:33,000 --> 05:36:34,600
from the nearby Mediterranean 
Coast. 

6422
05:36:35,800 --> 05:36:38,500
Streets are alive with Merchants
Artisans and Scholars. 

6423
05:36:38,500 --> 05:36:41,400
Their voices blending into a 
harmonious Hummer. 

6424
05:36:42,200 --> 05:36:45,400
Among these people, walk to 
young boy, his eyes bright with 

6425
05:36:45,400 --> 05:36:48,900
curiosity, his mind constantly 
searching for answers to 

6426
05:36:48,900 --> 05:36:50,800
questions. 
Most people do not think to ask 

6427
05:36:51,900 --> 05:36:55,500
This boy is our comedies born to
a family of intellect and 

6428
05:36:55,508 --> 05:36:59,400
privilege are comedies. 
Father, video is an astronomer 

6429
05:36:59,400 --> 05:37:01,200
who nurtures his son's love for 
learning. 

6430
05:37:02,400 --> 05:37:05,800
From a young age Archimedes is 
fascinated by the world around 

6431
05:37:05,800 --> 05:37:08,100
him. 
The way, the stars move across 

6432
05:37:08,100 --> 05:37:11,700
the night sky, the precise 
mechanics of gears and Leathers 

6433
05:37:11,700 --> 05:37:14,400
the simple yet, profound 
mysteries of numbers. 

6434
05:37:14,400 --> 05:37:17,100
All of these captivate his 
developing mind. 

6435
05:37:17,900 --> 05:37:20,800
He spent his days asking 
questions, pondering problems 

6436
05:37:20,800 --> 05:37:22,700
and seeking answers in the 
natural world. 

6437
05:37:23,900 --> 05:37:27,100
As Archimedes grows his thirst 
for knowledge, takes him beyond 

6438
05:37:27,100 --> 05:37:30,300
the borders of Syracuse. 
He travels to Alexandria in 

6439
05:37:30,300 --> 05:37:33,600
Egypt, a renowned center of 
learning home to The Great 

6440
05:37:33,600 --> 05:37:37,000
Library of Alexandria. 
Here he studies alongside the 

6441
05:37:37,000 --> 05:37:40,400
brightest minds of his time 
absorbing knowledge like a 

6442
05:37:40,400 --> 05:37:43,000
sponge. 
He Dives deep into the works of 

6443
05:37:43,000 --> 05:37:45,800
great. 
Thinkers geometry, physics, 

6444
05:37:45,800 --> 05:37:49,100
astronomy. 
Each New Concept fuels, his 

6445
05:37:49,100 --> 05:37:51,600
passion for Discovery and his 
mind sharp. 

6446
05:37:51,600 --> 05:37:55,300
And with each lesson learned, 
Upon returning to Syracuse 

6447
05:37:55,300 --> 05:37:58,900
Archimedes, dedicate himself to 
a life of study and invention. 

6448
05:37:59,700 --> 05:38:03,200
He spent his days in quiet 
contemplation often retreating 

6449
05:38:03,200 --> 05:38:06,400
to his study or wandering, the 
shores of the sea, his mind 

6450
05:38:06,400 --> 05:38:10,300
dances with ideas, equations, 
and theories, he is not 

6451
05:38:10,300 --> 05:38:13,700
concerned with wealth or fame, 
but with understanding the 

6452
05:38:13,700 --> 05:38:15,900
fundamental principles that 
govern the universe. 

6453
05:38:16,700 --> 05:38:19,300
One of his most famous 
discoveries begins in a moment 

6454
05:38:19,300 --> 05:38:22,800
of quiet, observational. 
The Story Goes that King hero 

6455
05:38:22,800 --> 05:38:27,100
the second ruler of Syracuse 
asks Archimedes to determine 

6456
05:38:27,100 --> 05:38:30,600
whether a crown made for him his
pure gold or if the Goldsmith 

6457
05:38:30,600 --> 05:38:33,500
has mixed in lesser metals, 
Pondering. 

6458
05:38:33,500 --> 05:38:35,900
This problem. 
Archimedes relaxes into a warm 

6459
05:38:35,900 --> 05:38:39,800
bath, the water Rippling around 
him as he lowers his body into 

6460
05:38:39,800 --> 05:38:42,400
the tub. 
He notices how the water rises 

6461
05:38:42,400 --> 05:38:46,900
displaced by his form. 
In that instant a revelation 

6462
05:38:46,900 --> 05:38:49,600
strikes him the principle of 
buoyancy. 

6463
05:38:49,600 --> 05:38:53,300
He realizes that by measuring 
how much water an object 

6464
05:38:53,300 --> 05:38:55,700
displaces. 
He can determine its density. 

6465
05:38:55,700 --> 05:38:58,500
And thus its Purity overcome 
with excitement. 

6466
05:38:58,500 --> 05:39:01,400
He leaps from the bath and runs 
through the street shouting, 

6467
05:39:01,400 --> 05:39:05,800
Eureka Eureka Greek for I have 
found it. 

6468
05:39:06,800 --> 05:39:10,100
This moment though simple is a 
breakthrough in science and 

6469
05:39:10,100 --> 05:39:13,300
engineering demonstrating our 
comedies, brilliant, and his 

6470
05:39:13,300 --> 05:39:16,500
ability to find solution in the 
most ordinary of experience's. 

6471
05:39:17,400 --> 05:39:21,200
This principle now known as our 
community's, principal lays the 

6472
05:39:21,208 --> 05:39:25,000
foundation for understanding 
buoyancy and density Concepts 

6473
05:39:25,000 --> 05:39:28,300
that will influence science for 
centuries to come Archimedes 

6474
05:39:28,300 --> 05:39:32,200
work, continues to expand. 
He is fascinated by the power of

6475
05:39:32,200 --> 05:39:35,500
simple machines and begins to 
develop tools and mechanisms 

6476
05:39:35,500 --> 05:39:39,300
that demonstrate the incredible 
potential of levers pullers and 

6477
05:39:39,300 --> 05:39:42,500
screws. 
He famously declares, give me a 

6478
05:39:42,508 --> 05:39:44,800
place to stand and I will move 
the Earth. 

6479
05:39:45,600 --> 05:39:48,300
These words reflect his deep 
understanding of the mechanical 

6480
05:39:48,300 --> 05:39:51,500
advantage provided by levers. 
He designed ingenious 

6481
05:39:51,500 --> 05:39:53,400
Contraptions such as the 
Archimedean. 

6482
05:39:53,400 --> 05:39:56,300
Screw the device used to raise 
water for irrigation and 

6483
05:39:56,300 --> 05:39:59,000
drainage this invention with its
elegant. 

6484
05:39:59,000 --> 05:40:02,700
Spiral structure helps Farmers 
move water efficiently and will 

6485
05:40:02,700 --> 05:40:04,800
continue to be used for 
centuries in different parts of 

6486
05:40:04,808 --> 05:40:08,600
the world. 
Archimedes mind does not rest, 

6487
05:40:08,600 --> 05:40:12,400
he explores the mysteries of 
geometry calculating areas 

6488
05:40:12,400 --> 05:40:16,300
volumes and surfaces with 
astonishing Precision, he 

6489
05:40:16,300 --> 05:40:19,700
develops formulas, for the areas
of circles, the volume of 

6490
05:40:19,700 --> 05:40:21,900
spheres, and the properties of 
parabolas. 

6491
05:40:22,800 --> 05:40:26,000
His work on the mathematics of 
shape's lay the groundwork for 

6492
05:40:26,000 --> 05:40:29,300
calculus the field, that will 
not fully develop until many 

6493
05:40:29,300 --> 05:40:32,500
centuries later. 
In addition to his theoretical 

6494
05:40:32,500 --> 05:40:35,900
work Archimedes applies, his 
knowledge to practical problems.

6495
05:40:36,800 --> 05:40:40,300
Syracuse faces threats from 
rival powers and Archimedes 

6496
05:40:40,300 --> 05:40:42,100
inventions become tools of 
Defense. 

6497
05:40:42,100 --> 05:40:46,100
He designs war machines 
catapults cranes and even 

6498
05:40:46,100 --> 05:40:49,100
rumored death rays that use 
mirrors to focus sunlight and 

6499
05:40:49,100 --> 05:40:49,900
set. 
Enemy ships. 

6500
05:40:49,900 --> 05:40:53,100
Ablaze these devices products of
his genius. 

6501
05:40:53,100 --> 05:40:56,400
Help protect his City from 
Invaders, yet, for all his 

6502
05:40:56,400 --> 05:40:58,700
achievements. 
Archimedes remains humble. 

6503
05:40:58,700 --> 05:41:01,400
His mind always focused on the 
pursuit of Truth. 

6504
05:41:02,300 --> 05:41:05,600
His days were spent drawing 
diagrams in the sand, solving 

6505
05:41:05,600 --> 05:41:08,100
equations, and pondering the 
mysteries of the universe. 

6506
05:41:08,100 --> 05:41:11,100
His Joy lies, not in the 
recognition of others, but in 

6507
05:41:11,100 --> 05:41:15,100
the quiet satisfaction of 
discovery, As you breathe deeply

6508
05:41:15,100 --> 05:41:17,600
and slowly. 
Imagine Archimedes in his study,

6509
05:41:17,600 --> 05:41:20,900
the soft glow of an oil lamp 
Illuminating, the Scrolls and 

6510
05:41:20,900 --> 05:41:24,200
diagrams spread before him. 
The gentle sound of waves, 

6511
05:41:24,200 --> 05:41:27,000
drifts through an open window, a
soothing Rhythm that 

6512
05:41:27,000 --> 05:41:30,000
accompanies, his thoughts. 
The air is filled with the faint

6513
05:41:30,000 --> 05:41:33,800
Center of parchment and seawater
In this moment of Stillness, 

6514
05:41:33,800 --> 05:41:36,000
there is a profound sense of 
Peace. 

6515
05:41:36,000 --> 05:41:40,500
A quiet celebration of the mines
Limitless potential, Archimedes 

6516
05:41:40,500 --> 05:41:43,800
life though, dedicated to 
Discovery ends in a moment of 

6517
05:41:43,800 --> 05:41:47,400
tragic misunderstanding during 
the siege of Syracuse, by the 

6518
05:41:47,400 --> 05:41:51,400
Roman army, the city Falls, 
despite its defense's As the 

6519
05:41:51,408 --> 05:41:54,900
soldiers, enter the Archimedes 
in his work, drawing a 

6520
05:41:54,900 --> 05:41:58,400
mathematical diagram in the 
sand, a Roman soldier approaches

6521
05:41:58,400 --> 05:42:01,800
in, but Archimedes absorbed in 
his thoughts, asked the soldier,

6522
05:42:01,800 --> 05:42:05,000
not to disturb his circle's. 
In a tragic instant. 

6523
05:42:05,000 --> 05:42:08,300
The soldier strike him down 
unaware of the Brilliance of the

6524
05:42:08,300 --> 05:42:10,800
man before him. 
But though his life is cut 

6525
05:42:10,800 --> 05:42:14,100
short. 
Archimedes Legacy endures his 

6526
05:42:14,100 --> 05:42:17,600
discoveries, his invention and 
his insights into the world of 

6527
05:42:17,600 --> 05:42:20,400
mathematics and physics 
continued to inspire 

6528
05:42:20,400 --> 05:42:23,200
Generations. 
His work becomes the foundation 

6529
05:42:23,200 --> 05:42:26,800
for future scientists engineers 
and thinkers a testament to the 

6530
05:42:26,808 --> 05:42:29,000
enduring power of curiosity and 
intellect. 

6531
05:42:30,000 --> 05:42:32,900
As you drift further into sleep.
Let the story of Archimedes 

6532
05:42:32,900 --> 05:42:35,900
remind you of the beauty of 
exploration, the joy of 

6533
05:42:35,900 --> 05:42:38,500
Discovery, and the quiet power 
of the mind. 

6534
05:42:38,500 --> 05:42:42,000
His life teaches us that the 
pursuit of knowledge, no matter 

6535
05:42:42,008 --> 05:42:45,300
how simple or complex is a 
journey worth taking each 

6536
05:42:45,300 --> 05:42:48,000
question. 
We asked each problem, we solve 

6537
05:42:48,000 --> 05:42:50,600
brings us closer to 
understanding the wonders of the

6538
05:42:50,600 --> 05:42:54,000
world, as you sink deeper into 
the gentle Embrace of sleep, 

6539
05:42:54,000 --> 05:42:58,200
that the wisdom and wonder of 
Archimedes life, continued to 

6540
05:42:58,208 --> 05:43:00,800
guide your thoughts. 
His journey was one of 

6541
05:43:00,800 --> 05:43:04,300
Relentless curiosity and 
unquenchable thirst for 

6542
05:43:04,300 --> 05:43:06,100
understanding the mysteries of 
the universe. 

6543
05:43:06,100 --> 05:43:10,000
Even now centuries. 
Later his discoveries Ripple 

6544
05:43:10,000 --> 05:43:14,100
Through Time touching the modern
world in ways both seen and 

6545
05:43:14,100 --> 05:43:16,100
unseen. 
Picture. 

6546
05:43:16,100 --> 05:43:18,100
The quiet streets of ancient 
Syracuse. 

6547
05:43:18,100 --> 05:43:20,800
Once more. 
The sun set and the city as 

6548
05:43:20,800 --> 05:43:23,900
close to Twilight. 
The gentle sound of the sea 

6549
05:43:23,900 --> 05:43:26,900
roles in the distance. 
It's waves washing softly 

6550
05:43:26,900 --> 05:43:28,500
against the stone walls of the 
harbor. 

6551
05:43:29,400 --> 05:43:31,200
Lanterns flicker along the 
narrow. 

6552
05:43:31,200 --> 05:43:34,900
Alleyways, casting warm pools of
light onto the cobbled streets. 

6553
05:43:36,000 --> 05:43:39,500
Somewhere in this peaceful 
setting, Archimedes walks slowly

6554
05:43:39,500 --> 05:43:42,900
his mind alive with thoughts and
ideas. 

6555
05:43:42,900 --> 05:43:45,900
He's at ease. 
His steps on hurried. 

6556
05:43:45,900 --> 05:43:49,000
The weight of this question's 
are welcome companion, rather 

6557
05:43:49,000 --> 05:43:52,200
than a burden. 
This Tranquility reflects a life

6558
05:43:52,200 --> 05:43:55,200
devoted to understanding to 
peeling back the layers of the 

6559
05:43:55,208 --> 05:43:56,900
world to reveal the beauty 
beneath. 

6560
05:43:57,800 --> 05:44:00,300
Archimedes saw the universe as a
grand puzzle. 

6561
05:44:00,300 --> 05:44:04,800
One that could be unraveled with
patients, logic and observation.

6562
05:44:04,800 --> 05:44:07,600
He understood that. 
The smallest discoveries could 

6563
05:44:07,600 --> 05:44:11,200
lead to the grandest truths that
even the most complex problems 

6564
05:44:11,200 --> 05:44:14,600
could be solved by breaking them
down into their simplest forms. 

6565
05:44:14,600 --> 05:44:17,900
Imagine him standing by the 
shoreline the breeze rustling. 

6566
05:44:17,900 --> 05:44:20,600
His robes, the salty, air 
filling his lungs. 

6567
05:44:21,200 --> 05:44:25,300
He gazes out at the expanse of 
the Sea, The Horizon, a seamless

6568
05:44:25,300 --> 05:44:30,000
blend of water and sky. 
In his mind, the sea is not just

6569
05:44:30,000 --> 05:44:33,400
a vast body of water, but a 
dynamic system governed by 

6570
05:44:33,400 --> 05:44:35,600
principles, he can explore and 
understand. 

6571
05:44:36,900 --> 05:44:39,900
To Archimedes every way. 
Every Ripple tells a story of 

6572
05:44:39,900 --> 05:44:44,300
motion force and balance, his 
world is alive with meaning a 

6573
05:44:44,300 --> 05:44:46,400
canvas on, which the laws of 
nature are painted with 

6574
05:44:46,400 --> 05:44:50,500
exquisite detail. 
He returns to his Workshop, a 

6575
05:44:50,500 --> 05:44:53,900
quiet space filled with Scrolls 
diagrams and tools of his trade.

6576
05:44:53,900 --> 05:44:57,500
The air carries the center of 
ink parchment and aged wood. 

6577
05:44:57,500 --> 05:45:01,100
The room is dimly lit by the 
soft glow of an oil lamp its 

6578
05:45:01,100 --> 05:45:04,800
flame dancing. 
Gently Archimedes leans over a 

6579
05:45:04,800 --> 05:45:07,700
table strewn with geometric 
figures and mechanical designs. 

6580
05:45:08,300 --> 05:45:11,500
His fingers, trace the lines of 
a new invention, his mind 

6581
05:45:11,500 --> 05:45:15,000
focused yet, Serene, each stroke
of his quill. 

6582
05:45:15,000 --> 05:45:18,800
Each measurement is a step in 
his never-ending quest to 

6583
05:45:18,800 --> 05:45:21,800
understand the world more deeply
his life reminds us. 

6584
05:45:21,800 --> 05:45:25,200
That knowledge is not just 
power, it is also peace. 

6585
05:45:25,200 --> 05:45:29,200
The act of learning of 
discovering brings with it a 

6586
05:45:29,200 --> 05:45:34,100
calm certainty, a quiet Joy 
Archimedes found solace in his 

6587
05:45:34,100 --> 05:45:38,300
work in the simple yet profound 
pleasure of solving a problem of

6588
05:45:38,300 --> 05:45:40,900
uncovering a truth that lay 
hidden just beneath the surface,

6589
05:45:40,900 --> 05:45:45,800
his discoveries were not just 
for his time but for all time a 

6590
05:45:45,800 --> 05:45:48,600
gift to Future Generations who 
would build upon his legacy. 

6591
05:45:48,600 --> 05:45:53,100
Allow your mind to rest in this 
world of gentle Discovery where 

6592
05:45:53,100 --> 05:45:55,500
questions are welcomed and 
answers are earned through 

6593
05:45:55,500 --> 05:45:59,300
patience and insight. 
Let the image of our comedies 

6594
05:45:59,300 --> 05:46:01,600
quiet contemplation bring you 
comfort. 

6595
05:46:01,600 --> 05:46:05,400
His life shows us that there is 
Beauty in thought and 

6596
05:46:05,400 --> 05:46:07,400
exploration in the pursuit of 
knowledge. 

6597
05:46:07,400 --> 05:46:11,500
No problem is too large. 
No challenge to daunting when 

6598
05:46:11,500 --> 05:46:15,600
faced with a calm and determined
mine. as you breathe slowly and 

6599
05:46:15,600 --> 05:46:19,900
deeply feel a sense of calm 
curiosity settle over you The 

6600
05:46:19,900 --> 05:46:23,300
worries of the day Drift Away 
replaced by the Stillness of 

6601
05:46:23,300 --> 05:46:26,100
this moment. 
The gentle rhythm of your breath

6602
05:46:26,100 --> 05:46:29,100
becomes the heartbeat of your 
own quiet, discoveries. 

6603
05:46:29,800 --> 05:46:32,900
Like Archimedes, you're free to 
explore the depths of your 

6604
05:46:32,900 --> 05:46:38,000
thoughts to wonder to question 
and to dream the soft lapping of

6605
05:46:38,008 --> 05:46:41,000
waves on the shore. 
Echoes In The Distance, the 

6606
05:46:41,000 --> 05:46:43,100
soothing sound that anchors you 
to a place of peace. 

6607
05:46:44,100 --> 05:46:47,500
Stars, twinkle faintly about. 
Which one are a reminder of the 

6608
05:46:47,500 --> 05:46:49,300
infinite possibilities that lie 
before you. 

6609
05:46:50,300 --> 05:46:53,100
Archimedes understood that, the 
Universe vast. 

6610
05:46:53,100 --> 05:46:56,200
And mysterious is a place of 
endless Wonder. 

6611
05:46:57,400 --> 05:47:00,700
And as you drift further into 
sleep, you too, are part of that

6612
05:47:00,700 --> 05:47:04,700
Wonder of being of thought 
curiosity and potential. 

6613
05:47:05,800 --> 05:47:08,700
Imagine the warmth of a gentle 
sun rising over the horizon, 

6614
05:47:08,700 --> 05:47:12,000
casting its gold and light 
Across The Quiet City of 

6615
05:47:12,000 --> 05:47:14,800
Syracuse, the world awakens 
slowly. 

6616
05:47:15,600 --> 05:47:18,200
The streets coming to life with 
the soft sounds of mourning. 

6617
05:47:18,200 --> 05:47:21,700
Archimedes study as filled with 
the gentle glow of dawn. 

6618
05:47:22,600 --> 05:47:24,900
Scrolls, illuminated by the 
first of light. 

6619
05:47:25,700 --> 05:47:28,900
The work continues, the 
questions remain and the journey

6620
05:47:28,900 --> 05:47:33,100
of Discovery goes on. 
In This Moment, your wrapped in 

6621
05:47:33,100 --> 05:47:34,900
a blanket of peace and 
possibility. 

6622
05:47:34,900 --> 05:47:38,700
The story of Archimedes Whispers
to you that the pursuit of 

6623
05:47:38,700 --> 05:47:41,800
knowledge is a path Without End.
The journey that brings 

6624
05:47:41,800 --> 05:47:45,500
fulfillment and joy. 
His life is a reminder that even

6625
05:47:45,500 --> 05:47:48,700
the smallest insights can lead 
to the greatest understandings 

6626
05:47:48,700 --> 05:47:51,600
that patients. 
And curiosity are the keys to 

6627
05:47:51,600 --> 05:47:53,200
unlocking the universe's 
secrets. 

6628
05:47:54,600 --> 05:47:58,000
As you drift deeper into the 
Serena Embrace of sleep, let the

6629
05:47:58,000 --> 05:48:00,400
story of our community's 
continued to weave through your 

6630
05:48:00,400 --> 05:48:04,000
thoughts, like a gentle current,
his life reminds us that the 

6631
05:48:04,000 --> 05:48:06,400
universe is filled with puzzles,
waiting to be sold. 

6632
05:48:06,400 --> 05:48:10,000
And each quiet moment of 
reflection brings us closer to 

6633
05:48:10,000 --> 05:48:13,300
understanding its Secrets. 
The night is calm now and The 

6634
05:48:13,308 --> 05:48:15,800
Echoes of his discoveries linger
softly in your mind. 

6635
05:48:15,800 --> 05:48:20,000
Imagine The Gentle Rhythm of the
scene, the waves rising and 

6636
05:48:20,000 --> 05:48:21,900
falling in a soothing Eternal 
dance. 

6637
05:48:22,800 --> 05:48:25,000
The moon casts a silvery light 
upon the Water. 

6638
05:48:25,000 --> 05:48:28,200
Its Reflection shimmering and 
Rippling with each movement. 

6639
05:48:29,100 --> 05:48:32,400
This same sea with its endless 
motion, once inspired our 

6640
05:48:32,400 --> 05:48:36,200
comedies to develop theories of 
fluid mechanics, His Brilliant 

6641
05:48:36,200 --> 05:48:39,300
mind, observing patterns and 
laws hidden in the simplest of 

6642
05:48:39,300 --> 05:48:42,400
things. 
To him the sea was more than 

6643
05:48:42,400 --> 05:48:45,000
just water. 
It was a universe of knowledge. 

6644
05:48:45,800 --> 05:48:49,400
Place where physics geometry and
nature met in Perfect Harmony. 

6645
05:48:50,200 --> 05:48:53,000
Allow yourself to float upon 
this Tranquil Sea. 

6646
05:48:53,000 --> 05:48:56,300
The waves, cradling, you with 
their soft steady motion. 

6647
05:48:56,300 --> 05:49:00,800
The worries of the day, dissolve
Carried Away by the tides. 

6648
05:49:00,800 --> 05:49:05,100
Each Breath You Take is like the
rise and fall of the Waves, a 

6649
05:49:05,100 --> 05:49:09,000
Rhythm of Life. 
Of peace. of calm, your held 

6650
05:49:09,000 --> 05:49:12,500
safely in this space of quiet 
Discovery whether worlds 

6651
05:49:12,500 --> 05:49:16,000
complexes to his Fade Into 
Simplicity and every thought 

6652
05:49:16,000 --> 05:49:20,900
leads, you closer to rest 
picture in these Seated on a sun

6653
05:49:20,900 --> 05:49:24,000
warmed, Rock by the shore line, 
a piece of parchment resting on 

6654
05:49:24,000 --> 05:49:26,700
his knee. 
The winters his hair as he 

6655
05:49:26,708 --> 05:49:30,300
sketches and equations. 
With a steady hand, his eyes are

6656
05:49:30,300 --> 05:49:34,200
focused yet, there is a deep 
peace in his expression, the 

6657
05:49:34,200 --> 05:49:37,800
world is his canvas and with 
every observation every 

6658
05:49:37,800 --> 05:49:41,100
calculation he adds a stroke to 
the Masterpiece of human 

6659
05:49:41,100 --> 05:49:44,700
knowledge. 
His mind is a sanctuary, a place

6660
05:49:44,700 --> 05:49:49,700
where curiosity flows freely 
unencumbered by doubt or fear in

6661
05:49:49,700 --> 05:49:52,500
your own mind you too. 
Have this Sanctuary a place 

6662
05:49:52,500 --> 05:49:55,700
where thoughts drift like 
clouds, where questions are 

6663
05:49:55,700 --> 05:49:59,000
welcomed and where answers are 
like stars twinkling softly in 

6664
05:49:59,008 --> 05:50:01,500
the night sky, there is no need 
to rush. 

6665
05:50:01,500 --> 05:50:03,500
No pressure to understand 
everything. 

6666
05:50:03,500 --> 05:50:06,700
At once, the actor of wandering 
of exploring is enough. 

6667
05:50:07,400 --> 05:50:10,300
This quiet space within you. 
As a reflection of Archimedes 

6668
05:50:10,300 --> 05:50:14,000
own calm thoughtful mind the 
place where peace and Discovery 

6669
05:50:14,000 --> 05:50:17,200
coexist. 
As the night deepens, the sounds

6670
05:50:17,200 --> 05:50:21,800
of Syracuse Fade Into Stillness 
The bustling markets, the clink 

6671
05:50:21,800 --> 05:50:25,400
of hammers in Workshops. 
The calls of merchants all grow,

6672
05:50:25,400 --> 05:50:28,500
quieter, like the world itself, 
is gently falling asleep. 

6673
05:50:28,500 --> 05:50:31,800
The only sounds that remain are 
the whispering of the Sea and 

6674
05:50:31,800 --> 05:50:36,100
the soft side of the breeze. 
Archimedes continues his work, 

6675
05:50:36,100 --> 05:50:39,500
his mind at ease immersed, in 
the beauty of the world's 

6676
05:50:39,500 --> 05:50:42,800
Mysteries. 
In his final, moments are 

6677
05:50:42,800 --> 05:50:45,900
comedies, was said, to have been
absorbed in thought drawing 

6678
05:50:45,900 --> 05:50:49,300
figures in the sand. 
Even as chaos swirled around him

6679
05:50:49,300 --> 05:50:53,300
his Focus remained unbroken. 
His mind lost in contemplation 

6680
05:50:53,300 --> 05:50:56,900
this dedication. 
This unwavering love of 

6681
05:50:56,908 --> 05:51:01,600
knowledge is a gentle reminder. 
That we too can find peace in 

6682
05:51:01,600 --> 05:51:06,100
the simple Act of thinking of 
observing Of being present with 

6683
05:51:06,100 --> 05:51:09,100
our thoughts. 
As you breathe in deeply. 

6684
05:51:09,100 --> 05:51:12,900
Imagine the sand beneath your 
feet warm and soft. 

6685
05:51:12,900 --> 05:51:15,700
The gentle ways wash over your 
toes. 

6686
05:51:15,700 --> 05:51:20,100
Each Ripple, a soft caress that 
soothes and relaxes you the 

6687
05:51:20,100 --> 05:51:24,000
Horizon stretches endlessly. 
Before you, the boundary between

6688
05:51:24,000 --> 05:51:27,100
sea and sky, blurred by Golden 
Haze. 

6689
05:51:27,900 --> 05:51:32,700
This endless Horizon is like the
realm of knowledge. place where 

6690
05:51:32,700 --> 05:51:36,100
there is always more to explore 
more to understand or to 

6691
05:51:36,100 --> 05:51:40,700
discover Feel the weight of your
body sinking into Comfort your 

6692
05:51:40,700 --> 05:51:43,400
muscles. 
Relaxing, your mind, unwinding. 

6693
05:51:44,300 --> 05:51:48,400
The story of Archimedes lingers,
like, a comforting presence, a 

6694
05:51:48,400 --> 05:51:51,500
reminder that within you is the 
potential for great insight for 

6695
05:51:51,500 --> 05:51:52,300
curiosity.