It is from Crash Course World History. It is at around 5 minute and 33 second. Here is the context:

So this idea that the Islamic empire wasn't always a califate for much of its history, it was just an empire is very important. Because it gets to how not-different ways of organizing people are when it comes like us and them.

I cannot really get what the host mean by the phrasal verb because what this and other dictionaries give don't seem to fit.

It is from Crash Course World History. It is at around 5 minute and 33 second. Here is the context:

So this idea that the Islamic empire wasn't always a califate for much of its history, it was just an empire is very important. Because it gets to how not-different ways of organizing people are when it comes like us and them.

I cannot really get what the host mean by the phrasal verb because what this and other dictionaries give, doesn't seem to fit.