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It's been a while since our first brief look at Meyers Konversationslexikon, a gorgeous German language lexicon, in the edition from 1878. There are so many beautiful maps and illustrations to explore, so let's take our time today. Plus, we have help from Mishka again! 😺 If you prefer visuals, please have a look at my youtube channel 🧡 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today we're looking at an Eastern branch of the Indo-European languages: the Iranian family. Persian has been mentioned a couple of times in other contexts, as it has had a huge influence on Turkish and Arabic, for example, so it's about time we dedicated an entire video to it. We'll start with some history, have a look at different alphabets and then at the areas where the most common Iranian lan...

A little history of the Spanish Habsburgs with some cat purring in the background, perfect to help you relax and fall asleep. If you prefer the vieo format, have a look at my youtube channel. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today we're looking at a map of something truly grand: the Grand Canyon! A wonderful subscriber, Rachel, was kind enough of send me two maps and a gorgeous card to share a little bit of her recent trip there. 💖 I hope you'll all enjoy this soft exploration as much I did! Visual version is available on my Youtube channel under Melange ASMR. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informati...

Hello! Today I'll be rambling about the Spanish language and its history to help you fall asleep. 💙 Like last time, a quick disclaimer: I don't speak Spanish, I haven't studied Spanish, and most of the info is taken from various parts of Wikipedia. If you notice any mistakes throughout or know an interesting piece of information you'd like to add, do leave a comment! I appreciate them very much :...

One more map from my trip to London in early summer! This one is a Stanfords map from 1904 of the Transsiberian Railway which was still unfinished at the time. We're mixing it with some newer maps that also show routes running further north like the BAM, the Baikal-Amur-Mainline. I was a little sleepy myself when we filmed this, and I hope that means it's extra effective and you're all falling asl...

Thanks to NaturalExplorer, we're having a look at two gorgeous maps of South Africa today; one for the entire country and one specifically for Cape Town. As always, I hope they'll help you relax and fall asleep! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Soft spoken exploration of the Semitic language family to help you fall asleep - for a full version with visuals, have a look at my Youtube channel! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Beautiful mountains, sunny beaches, thermal springs and history dating back millenia: Bulgaria is a pretty fascinating country and a popular tourist destination in both summer and winter. Today we're focusing on geography with some historic details thrown in and I hope you'll soon drift off and find relaxing sleep. 💙 Info on the P.O. Box is available on my youtube channel Melange ASMR. Hosted on...

We continue our language exploration with the Finno-Ugric family, a relatively small but diverse group of languages spoken in Northern Europe, Russia and of course Hungary. There are some surprising similarities to the Turkic languages, such as agglutinaton and vowel harmony, but even within the family, exact classifications are difficult to establish. So if you like linguistic puzzles, this one's...

Today we're looking at a map of the New York subway and frankly, it held a couple of surprises for me. As it is one of the busiest underground systems in the world, there are some particularities both to how it works and how the map is designed. I thought it was really interesting and I hope you'll enjoy it too! Sleep well 🤍 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Let's start off in the same place as last time: with the Celts in Central Europe! One of their small settlements along a "Vedunia", a forest river, would later turn into a Roman camp, "Vindobona", and eventually a thriving medieval city, "Wenia"... I hope you'll enjoy this little tour through my hometown's history. There are so many things I didn't know about, so this was really fun and interestin...

Hello hello! Today we're exploring the history of Veliky Novgorod, once one of the most important trading spots in Europe. Its position near the rivers that connect the Baltic in the North with the Black and Caspian Sea in the South allowed it to prosper during the Middle Ages. Under the Varengian ruler Rurik, it played an important role in the foundation of the Kievan Rus, and later it hosted the...

Today we're looking at the Turkic languages, a family found in large parts of Asia. It has some really interesting grammatical features like agglutination and vowel harmony, and we'll also briefly discuss whether it might be part of a larger family called Altaic languages. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hey everyone 💖 Today we're exploring the inner world of the Viking age. Rather than following shipping routes along rivers and coastlines, we're having a look at belief systems and mythology and how that is represented in art, at the colours and functionality of clothes (and some fashionable hair cuts of course) and the outline of villages in Norway and Denmark. The two books I'm using in this vi...

Today, let's take a trip to the far north and have a look at the vast and spreading routes of the Vikings. Of course they're mostly known for raiding the Frankish lands and the British isles, but they also entertained extensive trade networks in the East with Slavic groups and the Byzantine empire. Plus they explored the Northern seas, making it all the way to the American coast where they even bu...

Today we're staying in London, but going back further in time to the age of Elizabeth I. This is a beautiful map of the City of London and the City of Westminster from 1573. It was created for the Hanseatic League which at the time dominated the trade routes in the North and Baltic sea. There are some sticky sounds in this one - if that's something you dislike, maybe skip it! Hosted on Acast. See...

Preparing this topic was a lot! There is so much history and complexity, you could probably fill an entire channel with nothing but explorations of the London underground, so we're really just scratching the surface here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Let's continue our language history series with the slavic languages! At home mainly in Eastern Europe, these are closely related, often mutually intelligible languages that started to separate about 1000 years ago. We'll of course also have a look at the different Cyrillic alphabets and at some of the smaller languages where it's not always clear whether they will be classified as a dialect or a...

Today, we're staying in the North for a little history trip. Following the Viking Age, a loose association of German merchants came to dominate trade in the North and Baltic Sea: the Hanseatic League. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today we're having a look at the French language and it's fascinating origin. Did you know that the Gauls only picked up Latin after West Rome had already ceased to exist? And while nowadays French might have lost its prevalent position to English, it is still used all across the globe with its number of speakers actually increasing. Don't worry, there's no grammar or spelling today - just sit bac...

Hello! It's finally time to explore some Ottoman history. Specifically, let's look at the border between the Habsburg and the Ottoman empire, from the Aegaen to the Black sea, how it shifted over time and how the Habsburg strategy of fortification has shaped its population until today. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hello everyone, I'm so happy to finally share a new video with you! I had planned to talk mainly about Global Englishes, but apparently I can't help myself, so let's start at the beginning with the history of the English language. I hope you enjoy it! 🥰 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Small man, much chaos! Let's have a look at the changes Napoleon brought to the European continent and specifically at the developments he triggered in the former Holy Roman Empire. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.