4. The Greenland Vikings - Land of the Midnight Sun
Added 2020-04-13 08:31:38 +0000 UTCThe video accompaniment to Episode 4 is now live, exclusively for Fall of Civilizations patrons!
This has been the most extensively remastered episode so far, bringing in some new sounds and music, including some traditional Scandinavian folk. All of this investment in the footage and new music is only possible because of the support you've given to the podcast, and I want to thank you all for continuing to help out.
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- Paul
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They seem to be working for me. If you click the vimeo logo in the bottom right it should take you to the link directly. Does it work then?
Fall of Civilizations Podcast
2024-07-29 19:04:16 +0000 UTCThere seems to be a problem with this episode and two more (Khmer and Easter Islands). The video doesn’t load, the app is showing a white screen
Yury Korolev
2024-07-29 17:38:11 +0000 UTCHi everyone--This is my personal favorite of all the Fall of Civilizations. This group of Viking settlers, following Eric the Red to Greenland, were looking to establish their own homestead. Once there, they must of been shocked by the bleakness of the land, but decided to make a go of it anyway. A wonderful book that illustrates this in historical fiction is Avalon, by Anya Seton. Around the year 1000 the settlers of Greenland did eventually become Christians. They paid tithes to the Vatican, sometimes in the form of seal skins and walrus tusks. The Vatican, not receiving the expected tithe from Greenland, sent a ship to find out why they stopped paying. That is how they found out the settlers had died out or abandoned Greenland in the 1340s. I wonder if the plague reached Greenland and could that have had an impact on the fall of their civilization?
Patricia Ferrentino
2021-06-24 15:36:30 +0000 UTCWoW only the 2nd one I’ve seen; both have blown me away. We the audience go into this knowing we will be witnessing the death of a great people, so we attend a vigil, and go through, step by step, the desolation, war, disease, starvation and suffering. I was really moved by your tale of the Vikings to attempt to colonize one of the most uninhabitable lands of this earth and really made a go for it. They were certainly a hardy people. And if there’s any trait that gives humans some edge it’s one of learning from your mistakes and showing adaptability and flexibility to survive, and I think that at the end of their days, they didn’t care anymore about what they wore or what they ate- I bet you they became a lot more Inuit. They had been abandoned by their own people and had no other choices. And I don’t think that they were likely all that committed to Christianity by that point- the Norwegians never were lol- certainly not to Catholicism. they had to give up their Nordic religion and this one didn’t come through for them very well either. I bet they did sail away, and maybe they lay at the bottom of the ocean somewhere (which seems fitting) or maybe they made it to another land and we don’t know. Beautifully told, beautifully photographed. !
Patrick Oh!
2021-04-11 06:29:08 +0000 UTCThis is one of the best documentaries I've ever seen. The story, the narration, the music and the spectacularly beautiful cinematography are a wonder to behold. I heard one comment on youtube where someone said they kept think about the segment for hours and days after watching. I had the same experience and have recommended the doc to many friends. I also loved the Byzantium, Mayan and Sumerian episodes and look forward to seeing all the others.
vince gratzer
2021-03-26 21:10:39 +0000 UTCThank you Cheryl, I really appreciate the kind words and support!
Fall of Civilizations Podcast
2020-11-27 16:48:55 +0000 UTCI have been meaning to become a patron for a while now because I have had so much enjoyment listening to all the episodes so far, some of them several times over, as they are so informative and beautifully narrated. This one about some of my possible ancestors ( Dupuytren's contracture marks me as a descendant ☺) is my all-time favourite.
Cheryl Hannah
2020-11-27 03:33:22 +0000 UTC
