Age of Empires: What Do The Historians Think?

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In this video we explore the strategy game classic Age of Empires II. While we do talk about the historical accuracy of some of the game's content, this video is more theoretical than some of our earlier videos, as we are trying to give you a glimpse into the academic niche of historians actually writing about our favourite video games.

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Music:

Age of Empires II Main Theme · Todd Masten · Semitone Media Group
Brandenburg Concerto no. 1 in F major, BWV 1046 - Complete Performance Franz-Peter Müller
Scotland Ambient - Scottish Snare (Civilization 6 OST)
Scotland Ambient - Cock O' The North (Civilization 6 OST)
Spain Theme - Industrial (Civilization 6 OST) | Recuerdos de la Alhambra, Francisco Tárrega. Arranged by Geoff Knorr

Sources:

Simon Maria Hassemer - Screening the game - screening the play
Tobias Winnerling & Florian Kerschbaumer (ed.) - Early Modernity and Video Games
Alexander Weiß - Computerspiele als Aufbewahrungsform des Politischen. Politische Theorie in Age of Empires und Civilization.
Geoffrey Barrow - "A Kingdom in Crisis: Scotland and the Maid of Norway" in "The Scottish Historical Review"
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2018/01/the-age-of-age-of-empires-as-told-by-the-devs-who-built-it/



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