Best of the History Guy: Forgotten Empires

[@andreperrault5393]

THG - so even, so enthusiastic, so knowledgeable, so relatable. A teacher that you learn from because you want to

[@edwardgatey8301]

A teacher that you learn from because you want to. Perfect!

[@vanguard9067]

Admit it - it’s really because of the bow tie:-)

[@kengrimsley4172]

It's the bow tie

[@a15thcenturysuitofgothicarmor]

"An empire that is defeated by an outside force can always be rebuilt, but an empire that is defeated by an inside force, that empire is truly dead..."

[@johnvanlindingham9490]

Not sure about your history knowledge but defeated nations wher put into slavery and thear history was destroyed

[@lawrencehubbard2985]

I give you two example’s that you are going down a slippery slope of being mistaken China and Russia.

[@graemeking7336]

Did you make that up ?

[@lookoutforchris]

@@johnvanlindingham9490 His history knowledge is probably better than your grammar knowledge.

[@lawrencehubbard2985]

@@graemeking7336 My answer no I didn’t. Look at all countries that fell to Napoleon only to raise from the dust once he was gone the German Confederation Luxembourg Denmark Netherlands Austria Hungry the Baltic States thee Balkan States Spain and later leading up to the Italian state. Franco German Confederation leading one into being a great country and deeply scaring the other. Sweden losing wining losing wining until they decided to stay at home. Russia and the Ottoman Empire. Franco Mexican war with Mexico coming out on top. All along the N Africa.

[@LifeExotics]

THG is the best storyteller of our digital age!

[@toraatoro1106]

truly a gifted orator

[@nedludd7622]

How many others have you seen?

[@itsolivier]

@@nedludd7622 dan carlin a few others

[@nedludd7622]

@@itsolivier I thought that I was responding to Life Exotics?

[@itsolivier]

@@nedludd7622 you were, now your engaging with Oliver green

[@dennisud]

I shared this on my Facebook page where several colleagues will be using it in their Classes! Thank you for putting this set of stories together!

[@ricke.2205]

It always fascinates me that so many ancient peoples of the two major sides of the world, never knew of each other, or their geographic place on the earth. What a different world we live in today than that of ages past!

[@OneBlueFroggy]

Why do you think they never knew of each other ? Just curious ! ✌️🇨🇦

[@ricke.2205]

@@OneBlueFroggy Because it is widely known that, before Leif Eriksson and Christopher Columbus, there is no historical evidence that they did. At least none that I'm aware of.

[@LetsTalkAboutPrepping]

​@@OneBlueFroggy pretty much every historian agrees on it

[@nitrogasm]

" Doesn't evevy good story involve pirates?" I wait for you to say that in every episode just as I would wait for Arnold to say "I'll be back" in every movie he's been in

[@HM2SGT]

I'm always intrigued and impressed by your presentations. History deserves to be remembered and there's so very much of it that is ignored. Life happens, day-to-day struggles seem to preclude focusing beyond the immediate wants and needs. Thankfully there are Scholars like yourself to preserve history and to breathe life into it. Thank you kindly.

[@Snp2024]

Half the fun is to see which new colourful bow tie he be wearing .

[@nunyanunya4147]

the Aksum... GREAT something else to find 4 documentories. 5 or 10 lectures and a few archeology presentations for... your '10 to 15 min ov forgotten history' is costing me a lot vo time and effort! at least you are giving me new subjects to investigate and borderline obsess over for the next few months.

[@HM2SGT]

And how many of us can listen to this history and look to the Future and grasp that someday, we too shall join this list?

[@haeuptlingaberja4927]

Well done, sir. Yet another meticulously researched episode. I have a suggestion for a very opposite subject that would be a nice bookend to this one: the Atlantic Charter, which while quite modern, has nonetheless become rather forgotten in the 70 years since it was abandoned and betrayed. You see, while we history geeks are fascinated by empires because of all the history they created, we very often lose sight of the central fact that empires are the epitome of hierarchy, the disease that drives so much of the human suffering that stains the pages of history. The Atlantic Charter was a truly revolutionary document in that it promised to put an end to hierarchy and empire. In fact, the single greatest hope for humanity in this crisis-riddled age would be a re-commitment to the 8 simple precepts of the Atlantic Charter.

[@Lionesse-z41553]

Now I want to see that episode! Hope he does make that one!

[@haeuptlingaberja4927]

@@Lionesse-z41553 Well, it would be done by first examining those 8 simple precepts and then following the repercussions of their abandonment. The Vietnam War could not have happened if we had kept our word. Likewise, the merger between the bungling OSS and Reinhard Gehlen's Abwehr Ost, which resulted in the CIA, whose entire portfolio was to abrogate every single promise of the Atlantic Charter. This is not "political"--this is history devoid of politics and revision.

[@Lionesse-z41553]

@@haeuptlingaberja4927 Sorry. That was a typo. I meant "hope he's does." Very interesting comment, though!

[@Lionesse-z41553]

@@haeuptlingaberja4927 I didn't even know about the Charter!

[@haeuptlingaberja4927]

@@Lionesse-z41553 That's the tragedy right there. Most KZbin "historians" portray it as an insignificant political plot on FDR's part to drum up support for Lend-Lease, but it was actually way, way more than that. It was the clearest declaration of the principles of democracy, egalitarianism and fairness in human history. Our Declaration of Independence doesn't even come close. Most telling of all is that it called for an end to empire and economic exploitation, which a very, very reluctant Churchill, who loved and lived for the British Empire, eventually agreed to sign.

[@JJ-si4qh]

Excellent !

[@tayejupa7589]

This is my favorite presentation, so far. Professor Jay Mullen my African History teacher, may he rest in peace.

[@GhostCountries]

This is right up my alley! 😃

[@167curly]

I always enjoy your humour.

[@brettd3206]

I just visited Edzna today. It's an amazing site and under appreciated. The locals tell me Calakmul is the most beautiful site, but that must wait for another time.

[@johnphillips519]

Love your work, These episodes have been epic👍

[@chopsddy3]

Big double thumbs up!👍👍 Enlightening and thought provoking. I’ll watch this repeatedly. Now that I’ve sincerely buttered you up, please excuse me for what I’m about to say. It’s a shame the Itza are gone. Were there any survivors, they could recover some of there former wealth by opening a pizza franchise named “Itza Pizza” . A sure winner.

[@billstrutz7912]

I've always thought that they should have made Chicken Pizza.

[@CreatorInTrng]

Wow, just Wow! Thanks for this multi-millennial, multi-cultural history illumination that resonates still today.

[@bethbartlett5692]

*"Isn't it so obvious that Man's Ego Mind aka Lower Mind is so observable in their actions, and 99% of the undoing of the Rulers in History to Present.* The few that portray Wisdom are the remembered renowned. Excellent group of subjects. 💯

[@ERAZERHEAD-54]

Teachers could learn a thing or two from THG. He makes history interesting compelling the viewer with the desire to inquire more. I wish all my teachers were like the history guy.

[@soniasamivillin743]

You're like the father I never had. Kind, calm and knowledgeable. Love your videos :)

[@mauvegrail]

Many thanks for this. You have asked for suggestions for new episodes, so here are two: the final action of the Calcutta light cavalry (WW2 story) and the story of the Czech legion after the downfall of the last czar.

[@bradmiller7486]

Calcutta Light Horse -- they made a movie, that was ALMOST worthy of the story.

[@Lionesse-z41553]

This was great! I love your channel!

[@314jph]

You weave a great tale. This is an underrated channel. Thank you for your endeavors.

[@LazyFloridian]

Fascinating stuff big boss! Thank you for sharing.

[@Bhartrampf]

I really enjoyed these episodes, thank you

[@Wild-Dad]

These are examples of where history is often more compelling than anything “Hollywood” could concoct! The story describing the Chinese emperor could be the basis behind any current TV Soap Opera, a Shakespearian play or a Chinese version of “the Game of Thrones” (after all, Chinese lore contains dragons too)!

[@nedludd7622]

You might be interested in the novels about Judge Dee written by Robert Van Gulik.

[@Wild-Dad]

@@nedludd7622 - thanks, i will check them out.

[@sjrmike]

The Mayans would’ve had to be an agricultural peoples. All that time living in the same areas un-disturbed, to feed the population alone would of wiped out everything in the surrounding forest.

[@BuzzinVideography]

This 50 minutes will teach you more than 15 years of history in school. Seriously

[@mitchellreid8534]

I enjoy this channel so much and I love the content.

[@jimd8008]

Thank you. Always Enjoy your episodes

[@glenhayman8722]

always a pleasure to listen to your knowledge

[@carlpeters8690]

Attempting to erase what came before was not unique to the Spanish nor even to Europeans - just look at Egypt. It seems to have been a very common thing around the world.

[@sandraleiva1633]

The Spanish didn't erase anything before them. The Spanish published dictionaries in American languages from Mexico and Peru in the 1500's before even England had an English language dictionary. The burning of Mayan writing was an isolated event by a fanatical priest. The Romans burned the great library of Alexandria, the most important repository of information in the ancient world yet we don't say Romans erased what came before them.

[@paulapridy6804]

I have recently been looking into African ancient people's. Thanks for the cogent summary of Aksum

[@larryblaha]

very informative video. thank you

[@bethbartlett5692]

@ 29:47 the picture has a number of men with elongated heads, and they appear to be the shape of those that are a result of "head binding". Worth noting that many elongated skulls found further South include many that are not a result of "head binding" and they lack the cranium sutures/lines (the area where our soft soft is at birth, which grows to connect over a period of appx 21 years), that all modern human skulls have.

[@user-uc4pf2rt4j]

Looking especially sharp, here. Great video. Thanks

[@rexmyers991]

VERY interesting! Thanks, History Guy

[@DonnyBrook762]

Interestingly, when I was in Axum, I asked how they know that the Ark was in the church. "The response was we have to believe." Since they were building an new church to house the Ark at that time. I then asked how they were planning to move the Ark, I got no response.

[@314jph]

A modern day archeological puzzle remains the people who built the Cahokia mounds in Western Illinois. Like the Maya, the civilization was gone by the time of the French fur traders along the Mississippi and Missouri. The great Shawnee nation (another potential episode) settled east of there.

[@kevincocking8561]

is this channel even capable of doing a bad job i dam well think that is impossible love this guy

[@carlpeters8690]

Well, "The Biblical book of Enoch ..." is not a real thing. Enoch is mentioned in the Bible but the "Book of Enoch" is not part of the Bible.

[@Zarathustra-H-]

"My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!" --Percy Bysshe Shelley

[@gregbolitho9775]

Thanks!

[@CAUSELESSREBEL]

An interesting series of fictional books is the Belisarius series written by David Drake. AN OBLIQUE APPROACH is first in that series. The series draws heavily on Axum (Mr Drake's interpretation.) Lots of fun. Oh, Mr Drake was an officiando of Liddle Hart.

[@weibherrman]

What a great video compilation thank you!

[@gregbolitho9775]

Nice 1 m8, the African, Myan storytellers tell some good stories. Some times, they have subtitles so I can read and understand. Some get lost in the translation though. Aboriginals from Downunda tell some rippa stories too. Thanks.

[@genericfabricrefresher3163]

WOOOOOOO THE HISTORY GUYYYY

[@lococomrade3488]

Suggested episode: Underwater coastal cities & ruins.

[@riverlady982]

At least one detail in each of these history's are different than I've heard them before. I find that a lot when watching historical documentaries and sometimes with enough different documentaries with presented evidence I can come to a consensus on what is most likely the correct detail. For instance, this is the first time I have heard of the map carrier with the poison blade be described as a child, that threw me off. I have no idea what to make of that detail. This is like listening to a summary of many different documentaries I have watched.

[@timstatler7714]

The Malian Empire: Ghanan but not forgotten.

[@timbard9161]

We were fortunate to travel around Ethiopia. Met the guard priest of the Arc of the Covent at Axum and vusired the Queen of Sheba palace (being excavated).. About 500 CE as you noted, the King sent his Christian army to protect the people of Najran from the Jewish tribes of Yemen! The solid rock building are truly amazing - look up ST. George Church for an excellent example of solid rock workmanship carved both inside and out. I could not find any waste rock piles. They say the angels took it all away!

[@timbard9161]

The largest stele at Axum is the largest single piece of rock ever moved by man, approximately 450 tons. There are 100s of buildings done in solid rock, hopefully they will survive the current civil war.

[@bethbartlett5692]

Key point statement: "How much H8stiry is out there still yet to be uncovered." 🔑

[@TheHistoryGuyChannel]

Presumably, quite a lot.

[@kittykitty435]

I love your channel. You do so many stories on things I've never even heard of. This episode is no exception. That said, I would like to request a new old culture/dynasty the Anau for you to research. It was some 4,000 years ago and includes an Anau dog and there are remains of an old church. It's in Turkmenistan near central Asia. Thank you for your consideration!!

[@donaldjones3580]

Back in 1980 I was working in Mexico and had the chance to go to Chichen Itza. My wife and another helicopter mechanic went on a rare day off. Those steps are so steep and high I was amazed the Mayan's could climb them so easily. My wife was pregnant at the time and limited how many steps she climbed.

[@evestone5361]

My family vacation thru Mexico June 1971 included Uxmal and Chichen Itza. We were the only people at Chichen Itza, as young teens running across the complex noisily exploring the site. Hope to visit again with my family and grandkids. Thank you for your channel. Been enjoying since I retired.

[@Emophiliac2]

They stopped allowing people to go up the Castillo some time ago. I'm just glad I made it before that happened. It is definitely worth visiting on the equinox, to watch the snake shadow form. It was so strange when, around 5pm, a bunch of people decided it was a perfect snake and started moving towards the pyramid. Then, shortly after, everyone got kicked out.

[@JohnRodriguesPhotographer]

Great subject choice. There are so many cultures that people remain ignorant about.

[@kingmisssile9730]

Once you realize that pretty much every part of the globe was really just as capable as one another and that their success depended on physical surroundings and external influence, everything starts to make sense

[@dennistate5953]

Their ball game results meant death to the losing team. Playoffs were not a thing.

[@-jeff-]

I could get cute and remind you of Emperor Norton and his claim to California. That's one my favorite THG videos. 🤣

[@rhuephus]

yep ... and if alive today, he would be a tRUMPubliKKKlan wanting to destroy America

[@jamesstumpf75]

WOW loved all of these!

[@tomobedlam297]

"plinking and a-plunking like an Ethiopian!" (Jimmy Driftwood)

[@grandmakellymcdonald]

Let’s go let’s go adventure 🌎❤️👵🇺🇸🎉✌️🌺

[@xijin_pooh5158]

I need a The History Guy and Mark Felton WWII colab

[@kevind3185]

History Guy can you please do a episode about the U.S. 94th Infantry Division of WWll? They are known as the "Forgotten Division" Their History Deserves To Be Remembered.

[@BasicDrumming]

Great video.

[@replica1052]

(curruption leads to incompetence)

[@alanmoffat4454]

DONT KNOW WHICH IS WORSE OUR OLD HISTORY OR WHAT WE DO NOWADAYS , EVEN PIRATES GOT A MENTION CHEERS 👍 😀.

[@anti-Russia-sigma]

Mali survives today as a nation.

[@wfp9378]

2:39 I am curious where this diagram is from. There has been some extensive research that shows this is most likely the trade routes of the time...and Mecca was unknown as it was off these routes. Which has led some German scholars to investigate the history of the Nabateans and changes in early Islamic mosque directions. Fascinating stuff.

[@anthonypost8214]

Every day I learn more about colonialism it makes me more mad. But that is a good thing. Histry should make you angry, but also excited. Thanks History Guy for reminding me about the ancient great empires of Africa, they fascinate me so much.

[@brianclingenpeel5123]

It's almost like cultures forming a written language is kind of important.

[@joespilman7333]

Very interesting

[@justinmcdonald5602]

Aksum I get but I feel like everyone knows about Mansa Musa these days (but maybe that wasn't evident when the video was first released)

[@erichuff2538]

I'm honestly sorry sir. I don't normally comment on your video's... simply because I can't wait to hear the next one in line. I WILL try to do better. God bless you brother and your family.

[@emmitstewart1921]

My name is Ozymandias, King of kings look on my works, ye mighty, and despair.

[@laara1426]

Brillant !

[@Sockdarner007]

I don’t know why but Im afraid that I will feel sick and throw up from doing this. I’m going to try anyway..

[@orionmachine9745]

Just think about the wasted energy to knock all the stone buildings down

[@bslprints9935]

"being given the title king of kings" and then it cut to a smoothie king commercial lolololol nice try algorithm

[@kellydunnigan6371]

To me it sounds like the age old problem of spoiled children. The king built a great trading empire and probably left it to his son who was spoiled all his life and never gave a thought to how to rule and ran the empire into the ground once dad wasn’t there to guide him. I see it all the time now and I’m sure it happened then too. To have everything you want handed to you in a life of privilege and to have never experienced the feeling of accomplishment you get when you do something for yourself is a shame and a true but sad thing that happens all the time. I wouldn’t doubt it happened then in some form the wrong son at the wrong time and place in history and even in his end probably didn’t care or did but blamed it on all around but himself. Looks like it to me at least

[@grahamstrouse1165]

Never put your kids in charge…

[@jurgschupbach3059]

the Kuscheits lived across the City of Schaftung

[@davemechanic1]

Am I the only 1 who hits the like button before the video even starts ?

[@JesusRocksTryPrayin]

We see technology as 'sorta the same' from back then... but i wonder, how often were more technologically apt nations taken over :D that would feel like a huge insult idk.. "They got us... with clubs..."

[@danhoag373]

I enjoy your history very much I think something that deserves to be remembered is the cause of the bay of pigs in Cuba As I remember, the us put several missiles right near Russia and they put theirs in Cuba your choice 73 dan

[@faithreturns333]

We now know thanks to the Dead Sea Scrolls in the book of jubilees that the Queen of Sheba came from the islands now known as the Philippines

[@dougwalker4944]

.had to pause @33min... i should wonder what will be found when I pas

[@holeshothunter5544]

The Malian Empire? What? It's the title on the segment.

[@manfredconnor3194]

I went to Glanum in France. It is hardly a forgotten Empire, but a forgotten city. That alone is very interesting. When it comes to history the Abrahamic scriptures are a poor source.

[@jeffbangkok]

Good night

[@constipatedinsincity4424]

Oops 😬

[@richardmattingly7000]

Its not unusual for coins to find there way across distances in antiquity long after those that made them were gone and all but forgotten because its metal had value. Indeed what survives today was often because they were lost or found in a cache as re melting them into new specie-coins were common. Indeed coins being intact often didn't occur since breaking or cutting pieces off especially if in silver occurred and weighing what was exchanged was quite common. If coins are found thousands of miles or even on different continents its likely that they traveled from hand to hand perhaps faster than anything or in history. Since even when their origin was a mystery, money has a fascination unlike nothing else and even when valueless its rarely just thrown away as scrap-trash..

[@evanevans5428]

Cheetsa Nitsa eats some pizza

[@keithtorgersen9664]

Amharic is another Semitic language currently spoken in Ethiopia. When did that come into prominence?

[@susanduarte6888]

Somebody ought to proofread the captioning on this episode and if the captioners are not already furnished with a list of correctly spelled key words specific to each episode, for heaven’s sake, why not? I am not completely deaf but I rely on captions to complete my understanding of the material. I’d rate the captions on this episode somewhere between slipshod and laughable, but I’m not laughing.

[@TheHistoryGuyChannel]

The automatic captioning is a bit of an adventure.

[@susanduarte6888]

Yeah, it sucks! So nobody can do anything about it? I wonder....

[@greggweber9967]

I suspect that Chinese listeners have just as much trouble trying to figure out and remember who is who and where is where in European names as I have with their names.

[@keithtorgersen9664]

The book of Enoch is considered apocryphal by most.

[@iknowchristalena]

I am very sorry for this comment... "seven bushy places" can be found at the local bordello 😂7⃣

[@andycamp4890]

If you like fallen empires check out the Fallen Civilizations Podcast on KZbin.

[@MrCfredrickson]

cen -NO-TEE

[@jamesa702]

Looks like ancient China and the modern ccp version are identical: Just elaborate cut throats.