A Captivating Guide to the History of Europe

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The history of people in Europe is a fascinating one that starts, as most do, with hunters, gatherers, and fishermen that eventually explode into a kaleidoscope of niche cultures-each with its own gods, goddesses, food staples, and building techniques. Initially quite isolated from one another, the people of Europe evolved intricate social systems and relationships with one another that eventually bonded them through trade and marriage. They built farms, villages, cities, and entire empires to protect their cultures and convert others to their ways of thinking, only to have it all crumble under the strength of the next warlord.
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[@Maximmuss_]

No Religious Wars No HRE No Crusades No Ottomans, Russia, Poland, Spain or Portugal bruh

[@lenn939]

Europe has way too much history to cram into a 24 minute video tbf

[@HistorySkills]

I really enjoyed this. Thank you.

[@nickfreemark3986]

great video !

[@lahmerali7652]

Well done it's so fantastic 👏👏👏👏♥️

[@EvanPeix]

Great job with this video

[@rcas3599]

There's been a couple mistakes regarding the numbering of centuries. The French Revolution began in the late 18th century (1789), not the late 17th century (1600s). I noticed a similar error in the dark ages episode.

[@nilevalleyafrican9451]

That's why i dont look this channel, and im soo glad i didn't get the book.

[@mdsadique1947]

Thank you!

[@PoojaRohilla-rw4un]

Thank you

[@ianishristov9938]

Should’ve called the video the history of Western Europe.

[@charliechan8063]

Eastern Europe is like space you don’t know where it starts and there is no official border of Europe n Asia but they touch

[@lenn939]

@@charliechan8063The Ural mountains are sort of considered the “official” border between Europe and Asia

[@ssnobrakesable]

Love Captivating History........Now I know everything about the world.

[@josemaurosantos1531]

Paternal Lineage Your haplogroup is: I Born between 35 and 25 thousand years ago, haplogroup I represents one of the first peoples of Europe, having several descendant lineages that spread throughout the European territory during the last Ice Age, having its maximum frequency in the Balkans. It is one of the most numerous haplogroups among European males, being the second largest paternal lineage found on the continent (second only to the R lineage). Its I1 branch is related to Nordic Europe, ancestor of Germanic tribes and Vikings, while I2 is strongly related to Neolithic cultures. Y-chromosomal Adam 160 to 120 thousand years A: Africa 140 to 90 thousand years BT: Africa 85 to 60 thousand years CT: Africa 80 to 60 thousand years CF: Leaving Africa 75 to 60 thousand years F: Leaving Africa 62 to 57 thousand years IJ: Haplogroup parent of I and J 45 to 30 thousand years I: Eastern Eurasia 35 to 25 thousand years

[@jakebolling7550]

I feel like you entirely skipped everything between 0-1000 AD besides mentioning that Rome fell

[@lilitheden748]

I want to make a remark... 15.06 You say that Waterloo is in the Netherlands. It was when the Battle of Waterloo took place but now it is situated in Belgium.

[@user-ux2kk5vp7m]

Belgium isn't a real country anyways

[@lilitheden748]

@@user-ux2kk5vp7m Isn’t it ? Well maybe you are right. We are a country split in two. The North part is Flemish speaking and more Dutch/German oriented and the southern part is French (Walloon) speaking and likes to mirror itself to France. As a fact we are two different peoples and there is a lot of mistreatment and misunderstandings between us. It’s a very complicated country. We, the Flemish would like to separate from the French and become a republic of our own. Sadly the politicians gain to much money by keeping this artificial country together.

[@dirkleduc2065]

@@lilitheden748 Speak for yourself and not for all Flemisch people. The majority of the Flemish people do not want Belgium to be split and you now it

[@dirkleduc2065]

@@user-ux2kk5vp7m if Belgium is not a real country than zwitserland or germany for example are not real countrys either

[@user-ux2kk5vp7m]

@@dirkleduc2065 Switzerland is a real country. Germany is a real country. Belgium is not a real country.

[@MustafaAli-lb8dq]

There are 2 things missing: 1. The refugee crises due to Arab Spring, Terrorism and NATO bombings. 2. Russia war on Georgia and Ukraine. Beginning of Cold War 2.0 or possibly World War 3. The story continues...

[@-Pepsimayn-]

There are a lot of things missing but this is a 24 min video

[@yvonne530]

Giuseppe Catapano: "Atlantida which disappeared 12,000 years ago, was the land of the Illyrians/ Pelasgians (ancestors of Albanians), who escaped the flood of Atlantis and began new civilizations on all continents, especially in Europe, Africa and small Asia". He wrote the book: THOTH spoke Albanian! Thot means " to say" in Albanian Language.

[@luisprieto4390]

So no mention at all about Charles V and Isabella of Spain who pretty much lead the way to the colonization of the new world

[@TyNeverLied]

No mention of Charlemagne either.

[@luisprieto4390]

@@TyNeverLied yes, and that's quite the omission.

[@ChristianIce]

It's a 24 minutes video. You would need 8 hours for the Roman kings and emperors only.

[@anamartins3223]

France and England is not all Europe!!! They were heavy weights indeed, but there was so much more!!

[@vinodpaul9596]

This video should be renamed to.... A captivating guide to the history of WESTERN Europe. Otherwise a decent video.

[@pearlsb45wine]

Yeah, would love to see one specifically about Eastern Europe.

[@roberttorres8477]

Eastern Europe is the armpit of Europe

[@quintvanblitterswijk6162]

Yhguf hi bv fi v.C. inauguratieh

[@smurfettezombie2132]

@@roberttorres8477 have you been there?

[@rebellioustoast6670]

@@smurfettezombie2132 is he wrong thou?

[@AT-wj5sw]

The land known as turkey now is definitely Asia… that being said they are a part of the Mediterranean which includes a lot of Europe so it’s a fine line

[@m.e.5482]

also Africa n da middle east

[@corayye4099]

I mean are those REALLY different continents? Because I’m pretty sure there’s just Eurasia

[@m.e.5482]

@@corayye4099 lol Africa Asia Europe. most def different continents. Eurasia is like sayin Midwest n South in America or Chicagoland which covers Chicago it's suburbs, northwest Indiana, maybe even southeast wisconsin.

[@eleonora78]

@@m.e.5482 actually as a european i'm telling you that the name of our continent is Eurasia ,you are welcome

[@m.e.5482]

@@eleonora78 yaa, they don't teach that in America. they teach Eurasia as da landmass that holds Europe n Asia. but ok

[@stevoplex]

Christianity? Fall of Rome? Barbarian invasions? Charlemagne? Bubonic Plague? Vikings? Muslim invasions?

[@EmpressMermaid]

I had to watch the beginning twice to make sure I heard it right. Stone tool use did not begin in the Neolithic, which is basically the birth of agriculture in Europe. Human use of stone tools goes back hundreds of thousands of years to our ancestors in Africa. Hunter-gatherers, including Neanderthals and other archaic humans, used Stone tools.

[@brianbaker9820]

I was going to say the exact same thing. It started off being sooo confidently incorrect about such a basic piece of information that I myself a pretty avid viewer of these videos had to stop watching.

[@GamingLoreLibrary]

What dictates a stone tool being a tool? Is a rock picked up off the ground and used to break something considered a tool? Or does it need to be fashioned in some way like flint knapping? Otters use stone to break open clams so I wonder if that could be considered use of a stone tool

[@EmpressMermaid]

@@GamingLoreLibrary anthropologists usually classify it as a "tool" if it has been purposely and consciously altered to be used for a particular purpose. So, if the edge of the rock was flacked off or shaped into a sharp edge to make a knife or arrow point, or attached to a wooden handle to make a hammer or an axe. So generally just picking up a rock would not be considered "making a tool". And yes, many archaic human species did make and alter tools, so it pre-dated modern homosapiens. Interestingly, there is some debate over whether some chimps are actually practicing "tool use" when they pick up and alter a stick to reach things.

[@jaredlewis7362]

You are correct. This should say the Paleolithic age or "Old Stone Age". I'm glad I'm reading up on all of these mistakes. I won't be showing my class any of these videos.

[@TheGreatWhiteShark31]

​​​​​@@jaredlewis7362😂 What do you think before speaking huh do you even realize how much stuff comes from Europe.....And I know my Ancient European Ancestors History very well But yeah Europe and Africa had absolutely nothing to do with each other until way later on down the road ok can't ignore the actual historical facts and it's not what you are proclaiming and infact Europe and Africa had absolutely no influences from each other at all aswell but the list goes on and on and the cave paintings in Africa are 12 13 thousand years old and the ones in Europe are literally right at a 100 thousand years old cave paintings

[@adamk2264]

I like this video but I found a small mistake - Hitler died on 30 April 1945 not 20 April.

[@lenn939]

Yeah, he was born on April 20th

[@publicminx]

not good. like every bad history too much focus on the 100 years war (in general too much England/France (always a sign that one does not really know much about Europeas history but has a rather regional knowledge), almost no focus on the spread of the Germanic tribes over Europe which created different kingdoms/Empires and the biggest one, the Frankish Empire (with the Karolingian Renaissences in Aachen) which then split, and then the Holy Roman Empire became dominant etc.

[@dennypetrosian8589]

Anyone else bothered with some of the pronunciations? I can't help it, I'm sick in the head. But still a great video.

[@curiodyssey3867]

No, Europe is Europe

[@jt7322]

You skipped the Early Middle ages/ Dark Ages. Missed the German invasions, barely touched the Vikings, missed the Franks, missed the Islamic conquests.

[@edge7387]

Enola gay dropped both bombs?

[@GoogleUserOne]

Wow you can trace Europe all the way to ww2? Crappiest writing I’ve ever seen

[@heikkijhautanen4576]

Go father Europa!!!!

[@annakobuk3618]

You omitted history of half of the continent

[@bdbear10]

What I learn when I watch these videos is how horrible human beings have always been to each other, how greedy some rulers have been for money and property and notoreity and how not much has changed in spite of the knowledge of this history.

[@NorvelCooksey]

OK, what about the history before this?? This is early modern history.

[@lenn939]

You consider the neolithic revolution, the bronze and the iron ages and ancient Greece and Rome “early modern history”??

[@artursbondars7789]

Watched only 5 minutes. There was many flaws in this video. Not mentioning other prominent early cultures and civilizations not only shows incomplete history, but even misleading and wrong. Also other forms of democracy existed outside of ancient Greece.

[@josemaurosantos1531]

please translate all into Portuguese Brazil is very important because we Brazilians are the most missigenated people in the world.. I have 9 European nations. German. Dutch. French. Irish. Scottish. Welsh. Italian .Ukrainian. Portuguese. Nigerian.Kenya.West Africa. mbuti congo. mandé .seneganbia .is Mesoamerican Andean Central and South America

[@artursbondars7789]

Incomplete! It can't be guide to complete history of Europe.

[@Jeebus-un6zz]

Joan of Arc didn't fight in any battle, or even command really. She kind of just advised the generals and by that I mean she basically said "god wants you to stop being a bitch" in three separate battles and only one time did this go remotely well. Kind of needs to be said that she's a quirky footnote in history but nothing too special.

[@richardwarhurst6434]

Pro Protestant gloss over

[@thingsmac]

This is a hyper-secular view of history (up until Joan of Arc, which is a noble highlight though after which I didn't watch). It`s almost comical that Jesus the Christ is completely ignored; it`s as though He wasn't the single-most influential underlying factor on not only Europe but the world since. (Lol, I guess He was given credit absentmindedly, as the timeline you use is based upon who's birth?). I think you could benefit from reviewing Europe through the lens of the Biblical scriptures - as before, during and certainly after (i.e. the founding principles of governance of the modern West) are categorically based on this substance. Much love.

[@CristianSerran0]

Let's keep fiction out of this.

[@thingsmac]

@@CristianSerran0 the only fiction in this discussion is coming from you.

[@ramonasargut1579]

I listened until the Hitler's suicide...mainstream history..

[@Onceuponatimejotaele]

A History of Europe that tells nothing about Spain and Portugal? 😂😂

[@rubensanchez1388]

I really do not care , if it is Western or Asia, It is still our human history of our one world, Earth and it's CHILDREN.....

[@siidraalam]

nice video but you should've discussed about colonialism more.

[@nickpaul3623]

What about gobkle Tempe? That's 12,000+ years ago but humans started using tools 10,000? How does that work? I think the 3 stooges do the research for this channel. Hey the earth's flat as well.

[@Sammy-db3xj]

Why so mad

[@rebellioustoast6670]

Turkey is in the middle east, which is in Asia. The three stooges can read a map too

[@Tina-nx7sc]

This is the worst European History documentation I have ever seen. First of all the author should not call it European History and second there are too many mistakes. After the Roman Empire collapsed, Britian was not an empire yet. Plus European tribes are very much related, that is part of the European history. A European history documenation without a word about the Franks, Saxons, Serbs and later the influence of the Habsburg monarchie is fake. This video should change his title.

[@ssnobrakesable]

Let's hope that Putin doesn't start WWlll.

[@VirtualHolocaust]

yeah its amazing how UNBELIEVABLE it is. almost like it was made up.

[@cristhianramirez6939]

Turkey is not Europe

[@richardwarhurst6434]

A small part of it is

[@nilevalleyafrican9451]

​@@richardwarhurst6434turkey is not Europe

[@AngelAnthony.]

Contribution...ha, you mean, war, conflict, plundering, killing of your fellow man... I mean we can go on and on... this video made the Europeans look good.

[@arolemaprarath6615]

well, you are technically using a language from Europe, alphabets from Europe, science from Europe, technologies from Europe, etc. Are you ok?

[@AngelAnthony.]

@@arolemaprarath6615 that doesn't change the facts that I've stated...

[@arolemaprarath6615]

@@AngelAnthony. You made no sense. Go back to school kid.

[@AngelAnthony.]

@@arolemaprarath6615 lmao ok, your obviously biased

[@arolemaprarath6615]

@@AngelAnthony. Europe literally created the world.

[@minihooperprod.8332]

Jesus Christ is king 👑

[@JamesJones-yl2cx]

The history of the worst people on the entire earth.

[@MH-ro1lg]

Best. Objectively the best.

[@curiodyssey3867]

You said Alexander died in 32, It was 323 b.c.e. proofread your scripts, it's the only thing keeping you from being a great channel.

[@Duke-xo3sr]

He’s saying he died at 32 years old, not 32 bce…

[@curiodyssey3867]

@@Duke-xo3sr you're right but still I dont like you

[@TheRishijoesanu]

Turkey is Europe

[@garrysutters1835]

Are you Turkish by any chance? As all of Europe agrees Turkey is not European.

[@arolemaprarath6615]

No, Iran is Europe

[@lenn939]

Only Constantinople (aka “Istanbul”) and the surrounding area. Most of Turkey is in Asia.

[@TheRishijoesanu]

Turkey is Europe

[@curiodyssey3867]

No, Europe is Europe

[@Erato7]

Turkish is people for Central Asia.Nothing to do with Europe.Iran is more related to Europe than the Turks.