Genshin Impact is getting ready to release the brand new region of Fontaine, and that means it’s time to get some fresh context for the real world culture, history, and themes that inspired it to see what we can learn about the upcoming story, settings and plot points!
Bet you never thought you’d be getting a crash course in European History because of a video game! But don’t worry – this won’t be like school. We’ll make this fun.
**Timestamps**
0:00 Introduction
1:20 Cents and Cents-ability
8:00 A Tale of Two Lyneys
11:00 The Industrial Manifesto
17:30 Closing Thoughts
**Further Reading**
This section is a combination of citations and terms/topics that came up during the video (typically) alongside their Wikipedia articles (or similar related sources) which should help get you started when doing your own research. This is not meant to serve as a bibliography or a comprehensive list of sources.
History of France – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_France
French Third Republic – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Third_Republic
Belle Epoque – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belle_poque
Cabaret – https://www.britannica.com/art/cabaret
Cabaret – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabaret
Cabaret Songs – https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2007/12/french-history-is-taught-sung-in-cabaret-lecture/
Le Chat Noir – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Chat_Noir
Moulin Rouge – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moulin_Rouge
Bastille – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Place_de_la_Bastille
Storming of the Bastille – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storming_of_the_Bastille
Romanticism – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanticism_in_France
France’s Industrial Revolution – https://www.britannica.com/event/Industrial-Revolution/The-first-Industrial-Revolution
French Revolution of 1848 – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Revolution_of_1848
Crash Course: European History – https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8dPuuaLjXtMsMTfmRomkVQG8AqrAmJFX
James Watt – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Watt
Communist Manifesto – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Communist_Manifesto
Guillotine: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guillotine
Anatoly Dyatlov: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatoly_Dyatlov
Westinghouse Electric Corp: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westinghouse_Electric_Corporation
Belle Epoque: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belle_poque
Catacombs of Paris: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catacombs_of_Paris
Westinghouse Waltz Mill Facility – https://www.nrc.gov/waste/decommissioning/public-meetings/materials/ml030620641.pdf
Arche – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_principle
Fontaine – https://genshin-impact.fandom.com/wiki/Fontaine
Guillotin – https://genshin-impact.fandom.com/wiki/Alain_Guillotin
Fontaine Research Institute – https://genshin-impact.fandom.com/wiki/Fontaine_Research_Institute
Antole – https://genshin-impact.fandom.com/wiki/Anatole
Julien – https://genshin-impact.fandom.com/wiki/Julien
Xavier – https://genshin-impact.fandom.com/wiki/Xavier
Lyney – https://genshin-impact.fandom.com/wiki/Lyney
Lynette – https://genshin-impact.fandom.com/wiki/Lynette
Pages from some lost notes – https://genshin-impact.fandom.com/wiki/Pages_From_Some_Lost_Notes
Rene’s Investigation Notes – https://genshin-impact.fandom.com/wiki/Rene’s_Investigation_Notes
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