The Cynical Historian

The historic importance of the Olympics (2016x27)

Air date: Jul 20, 2016

The Olympics are an important part of world history. They're a place to celebrate our differences, set global trends, make a statement worldwide, resist oppression, and revel in the glory of one’s country. ------------------------------------------------------------ more videos: previous: https://youtu.be/MLhRpY7-rx8 related: https://youtu.be/qFCSaYVFroI ------------------------------------------------------------ references: Barta, Tony. “Film Nazis.” eds. Tony Barta, _Screening the Past_. CT: Praeger Publishers, 1998. 127-148. https://amzn.to/2LAIrXn https://web.archive.org/web/20081211103250/http://www.lepotentiel.com/afficher_supplement.php?id_article=68524&id_supplement=8&id_edition=4405 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Olympic_Games https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panhellenic_Games https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heraean_Games https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympic_truce https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitoline_Games https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympic_Games https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_de_Coubertin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Olympic_Committee https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1896_Summer_Olympics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panathenaic_Stadium https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Olympic_venues#Years https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1906_Intercalated_Games#First_Intercalated_Games https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intercalated_Games https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1936_Summer_Olympics#Controversies https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leni_Riefenstahl https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1936_Winter_Olympics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1968_Olympics_Black_Power_salute https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1968_Summer_Olympics#Controversies https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tlatelolco_massacre https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirty_War_(Mexico) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munich_massacre https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1976_Summer_Olympics#Non-participating_National_Olympic_Committees https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980_Summe