History of the Silk Road - ASMR Bedtime Story
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Published 2023-05-08
Given the distances and costs, long distance trade was limited to light, expensive and exotic goods, like silk, glassware, fine crafts, perfumes and spices. It adapted to changes over centuries: the rise and fall of dynasties in China, the collapse of the Western Roman Empire and the struggles of Byzantium, the Muslim conquest, the Mongol invasion, the rise of Italian merchant republics...
I also tell you about how the Black Death epidemic spread along the Silk Road in the 14th Century and the rediscovery of land routes to the Far East by European travellers of the Middle Ages, especially Marco Polo.
Credits: Script and narration by the French Whisperer, visuals by the French Whisperer, under Wikipedia Commons, or under license from Panthermedia, Canstock and Shutterstock. Sound effects and music from the YouTube Audio Library for Creators.
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Timestamps:
0:00 The Silk Road
1:42 Beginnings
9:47 Han Dynasty
15:10 Rome and China
24:21 Caravanserais
29:02 Third Century Crisis
32:54 Byzantium and the Turkic Khaganate
38:04 Tang Dynasty and Muslim Expansion
43:30 Rise of Merchant Republics
47:21 Mongol Invasion
54:42 Marco Polo
1:03:14 New Roads of World Trade
1:09:40 Fireplace Sounds, No Talking
All Comments (21)
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Halo everyone
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Truly the best ASMR artist. A perfect blend of storytelling, history, and ASMR.
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I work at a museum that currently has an exhibit on textiles that traveled by the silk road so this is P E R F E C T 💕💕
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Anyone else excited to go to bed early tonight??????
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Hello everyone, even to a dying man every new video from the French Whisperer is a treat. Thank you and God Bless
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Ooh, wonderful! The Silk Road is fascinating, I still listen to the original one, but this one's much longer. 😺
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Oh my fabourite voice, lovely fire. Travelling to ancient days and old ways, to the luxury. Fruit tree lined route. Oh my goodness, I do love this beautiful voice
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This man is helping me get enough sleep every night. Thank you French Whisperer.
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One of the true treasures of YouTube!
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I only clicked on this just to say I cannot wait to listen to this for the next three weeks. I love this channel!
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A real treat this evening
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I can't even imagine the amount of work that goes into your videos but every single one is an absolute masterpiece! Thank you!
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This channel is a gold mine, it‘s incredible! Thank you for your work!
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Getting a video about this topic is great. I remember a great assignment I had in history class where we were tasked with writing a short story about a journey along the Silk Road
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Thank you for helping me sleep. Woke up in the middle of the night and thought it was hopeless. 🥰
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As an artist, art historian, interior designer and builder ... I love this gentle voice and artistic meditative invocation presentation of the “Silk Road”. Thank you
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Thank you for this. How do you prepare your pieces? I can tell it takes research and effort and passion. Just so impressed and always thankful for what you put put into the stratosphere, for us. Merci Señor.
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Real ones remember the first time the French Whisperer made a video on the Silk Road
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two types of viewers on this video: 1. history bores me to sleep 2. i like history and want to fall asleep to it
