British Guy Reacting to What would a Medieval America be Like?

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[@ajurado800]

Really does drive home the fact that fresh water is the fundamental requirement for human civilization. Also a good reminder to have a reserve of water in case of an emergency, whether it be bottled, bricked, or in larger containers like 55-gallon drums or rainwater systems.

[@TwistedAlphonso1]

WHAT--IF--ALT (ernate)--HIST(ory) . Pls like so he sees

[@TwistedAlphonso1]

Commenting for algorithm

[@jackgimre431]

fax (comment for algorithm)

[@huehufen2]

True (comment for algorithm)

[@LeveyHere]

Medieval America would just be Florida man on steroids.

[@LarryBonson]

Next will be what Wild Wild West would look like in England.

[@dennisstafford1749]

There were Medieval cities in America and they were with the Ancient Indian Tribes like the Oneata and Mississippian Cultures, see Cahokia Mounds and read about Monk's mound and its significance (a World Heritage sight across the River from St. Louis, the Arch can be viewed from atop Monk's Mound the largest earthen pyramid in North America.) See Mississippian Mounds, Macon, Georgia

[@0816M3RC]

This is more like what if the medieval cultures of Europe developed in America.

[@JKM395]

Given my deep south, Welsh/native American ancestry, I'm sure I'd be a hunter, farmer and warrior. So, basically my life wouldn't change much.

[@libertylovingbeckles6797]

Same

[@accidiaet]

Based

[@greywolf845]

*For the glory of the Ohioan Empire* , meanwhile upstate NY is quivering in fear

[@hamskanks2459]

as an upstate new yorker, i welcome our ohioan overlords. anything is better than being apart of NYC.

[@zachpike1773]

I'm in the small sliver of the appalachian empire in NY which i'm not sure is a good or bad thing

[@ViolentKisses87]

Ohioans UNITE!

[@retroshark2448]

As an Ohioan YES

[@Qui-Gon.CantDrive]

I’ve lived in San Diego my whole life with no air conditioning and you just have to get use to sweating a lot and acting like nothing is going on

[@gheorghitaalsunculitei9146]

Southern California is not unbearbly hot but it's very dry

[@maceomaceo11]

Yeah, that constant perfect climate must be just brutal.....

[@fastfishwater9787]

San Diego hot since when? Enjoy your nice 75 degree year round days

[@lemontart1883]

I’ve seen a lot of post-apocalyptic shows and movies set in America that kind of explore this concept. They’re always about the devolution of society that was once advanced, not a society that never advanced past the Middle Ages though, so people have at least a vague awareness of more advanced technology, they just can’t use it for whatever reason.

[@keegansmetanko3755]

the US is land but we have A FUCK TON of rivers that are navigable so inland travel is pretty easy along the nearly infinite rivers. The mississippi for example

[@Americans4Israel4Ever]

And Missouri

[@keegansmetanko3755]

@@Americans4Israel4Ever Absolutely true my friend!

[@mandystory4275]

The thing he said would happen to NM actually did happen. We had a developed irrigation culture centered on the Rio Grande.

[@grandmasterblueberryice4882]

you should check out the Top 15 Most Beautiful Cities in the United States.

[@kayoh30_]

I thought he already did that but maybe im dumb

[@grandmasterblueberryice4882]

@@kayoh30_ no not this one

[@michaelmachupa3854]

America couldn't exist in medieval times given the evolution of time.

[@jcarm185]

This video shows why the American Indians never got very far in culture building - or city building for that matter; they did not have the technology to do so.

[@keegansmetanko3755]

Edit: This comment is not 100% accurate read the replies and do research for a better explanation. If he is saying there aren't any camels in america so it would be hard then he is ignoring the fact that horses are also not naturally found in america. Horses didn't appear anywhere in North or South America until Europeans brought them

[@sambros2]

Really? I always imagine native Americans with horses

[@keegansmetanko3755]

​@UCEb9TxK4AGwQ8nYuttkzODA You are correct, I was taught otherwise and I think that we didn't know what we do now about North America. Horses actually started in North America then migrated via land bridge to asia, then after the land bridge was flooded they went extinct in North America. So the natives had no horses at the time of european discovery but they had previously known of them from when they were not extinct in their areas.

[@karlharvymarx2650]

@@keegansmetanko3755 There were also camels and elephants (mastodons and mammoths). Oh, and giant sloths the size of cars. Imagine a mounted sloth cavalry making you break camp every few weeks as they chased you down. I think there were also giant armadillos, they might have actually been pretty good with their armour plating and speed. Maybe Florida Man would come at you with small alligators or snapping turtles strapped to each arm. Generations of selective breeding might have tamed bison enough to be formidable in war, perhaps grizzly bear, short faced bear and sabre toothed tigers too. Some of that is silly, and my timeline is off in places, but perhaps some of it would have happened if first peoples had been more war like prior to the european invasion and some of the animals hadn't gone extinct.

[@keegansmetanko3755]

@@karlharvymarx2650 All those are great thoughts, sadly those animals all died out before humans. except bison but we have only just started to successfully domesticate them now... they are stubborn bastards.

[@yko_7313]

@@keegansmetanko3755 he said he is taking the geography and demographics of modern America wich includes animals.

[@PotatusFrye]

New Orleans is 100 miles upriver from the coast and both below sea level and below river level. It has barely existed with 18th-century to present technology. In the early 18th century there was much talk of putting the main city of the colony at what is now Baton Rouge due to the tenuous and swampy nature of the area that became New Orleans. Mobile Bay would be my pick for the location of a great southern trading city in a 14th-century technology America.

[@lucydotg]

ok, but can we talk about the placement of Austin and Dallas on that guy's map???

[@scarletfoxx06]

And San Antonio -_-

[@Wowee2012]

For real! They put San Antonio nearly 3 hours away in Del Rio.

[@ashleydixon4613]

Reppin’ the Ozark tribes here! 🙋🏻‍♀️

[@teigenb829]

I disagree with his assertion that the chicago/Ohio area would be okay. Their winters are brutal and would make living there extremely difficult. Also, boundries of the Pacific Northwest would include more of the watershed of the Cascades. The foot hills have a temperate climate and a good number of rivers. Flooding use to keep the land super fertile, which makes farming highly profitable even today. It would blend pretty seamlessly into the rest of the Pacific Northwest all the way up to the actual start of the mountains. Also, we'd be pretty shielded from attack from your mormons; if you think the appalachians are hard to traverse, sweety, let me tell you about the Cascades (also called the american alps)

[@jariemonah]

So the Pacific Northwest doesn't change at all. It practically is a hippie haven with all the hipsters and weed.

[@jariemonah]

Also he didn't take advantage of the swampland tribes of Florida riding alligators like horseback.

[@HahnJames]

In the mid 1800s, the U.S. Army imported some camel into the American southwest for use as pack animals on an experimental basis. The camel were well suited for the region being robust creatures. However, the Army declined to adopt the camel for use on a permanent basis. Camel were occasionally sighted in the region up into the early 20th century but, there wasn't a large enough number of them to sustain a viable population.

[@MrAnimason]

I would very much enjoy it if you watched his video titled "Countries That Are Impossible to Invade."

[@sirfog7066]

I hail from the Horse Tribes 🐎

[@ajurado800]

In your reaction to Geography Now - Mexico you mentioned how surprised you were that so many global crops (like tomatoes and corn) originally came from what is now Mexico. So you should do a reaction to a video about "The Colombian Exchange," which is the process of trade/exploration that took tomatoes to Italy and horses to North America (among so many other things, both good and bad). It's one of the most incredible biological/social events of human history.

[@maceinfaceinc]

Wow you really be reacting to all the best content

[@buenaventuralosgrandes9266]

When Will you cover Canada for your next reaction video?

[@Fridge56Vet]

It is interesting how tje technological developments of the last 50-75 years tjst we now take for granted have shaped the modern world. Air conditioning, water management, building techniques, and transportation methods, etc. have made the growth & rise of the American South and Southwest - and many other areas of the world - possible.

[@FOGGYlama123]

The West Coast being really into Seafood would have a really hard time with Southeast Alaska our timeline Tlingets were the Vikings of the Gulf of Alaska they would be in in this timeline but I can imagine fish Pirates fucking up fishing for the West Coast Empire and doing viking shit

[@snow.lilyz.]

Your fascination is fascinating. Oh my days! ⬅️ My favorite thing you say! :-)

[@shrekjunior6144]

congratz on 150K!

[@jeandiatasmith4512]

Quite interesting. But he made one really large mistake - there would be no horse riding nomads. Horses would have been brought over by the Europeans, so natives wouldn't have them until far too late in the development to make a difference. In our timeline, Cortez is the one that brought them over in the 1500's....which is after the medieval period.

[@FOGGYlama123]

It's anglo-america so let's just pretend horses somehow get here

[@FormerPessitheRobberfan]

Not a mistake. This is a fantasy where the current population and geography is suddenly in a medieval world.

[@BlueDebut]

Guess I'm from the Arizona Khanate 😂😂😂 Cowboy Throat Singing intensifies

[@WingManFang1]

Also if you want a good example of the America this guy is presenting here a futuristic version (thousands of years in our future) was explored after humanity was basically wiped out and restarted almost from scratch. Play the game (Horizon Zero Dawn) for that.

[@jamesl6639]

I stay up way to late , enjoying your video's . From a fan in Florida .

[@benguitar5123]

I know you don't do sports reactions anymore. but you have to react to the gonzaga ucla game, one of the best college basketball games of my lifetime

[@sluggo206]

Northwest: "Maybe some philosophic non-religion would develop here... Platonism... hippie sect that priortizes nature and meditation." Or we could adopt the Northwest Coast Indians' religion, which emphasizes being part of nature and ecology, overseen by the Great Spirit. The chiefs have a tradition of potlatch where they periodically give away their possessions to avoid excess inequality, reminiscent of Jewish jubilee.

[@Annoyedtaurus]

Hilariously, my itty bitty area sits directly on one of the main inland water ways on that map and it would change into a booming city🤔

[@cat3rgrl917]

pine forests in the Ozarks? Sorry its hard wood As is Appalachia. A few pines ,but only on mountain /hill tops where the hardwoods do not flourish and the tall canopy prevents pine growth. Native trees,oak,ash,birch,sycamore,hickory,wild cherry,mulberry,elder,pawpaw,sassafras dogwood,red bud,cottonwood, willow black walnut several variety's of maple, hardy pecan, locust ,persimmon and many more native pines short leaf pine.,native cedar red cedar.

[@leegutierrez1562]

I'm from Texas and I don't remember San Antonio moving that far west. That would've been huge news.

[@calendarpage]

This was very interesting on a variety of levels - waterways, religion, soil, geographic barriers. Good video. I went to an air conditioning exhibit that pointed out how much factory productivity improved with air conditioning; something I hadn't even considered. Imagine being in a factory in Alabama. Even the Detroit area gets very warm. How much work could you do if you were sweating and tired out from the heat all day?

[@subgum3403]

This is done just the ground work for a longer series

[@larally3408]

Air conditioning is a life saver. It is supposed to be 98 degrees in Austin on Friday. 98 DEGREES IN APRIL!!!!

[@edwardmiessner6502]

Looks like you guys are going to have a long hot summer 🥵☹️

[@hawx00145]

What an interesting idea for a CK3/EU4 mod...

[@TheMilkMan8008]

You shoukd watch the video "Debunking Spider Myths & Misconceptions" by Thomas Shahan. It gives very interesting information and helps get rid of some of the fear people have. It doesn't mention the UK because the UK has only 3 species to biting spiders and no species of medical significance.

[@3AMWalksClearMyMind]

Pirates of Boston! I accept this.

[@morshu4927]

As a ohioan I love that ohio would be the most powerful state lol

[@ThickestSkull03]

Haha me too!

[@seanraby7479]

You should watch his video on Poland is a Superpower. It sounds completely impossible and baffling that Poland of all places would ever be a superpower, but it's a great video and makes perfect sense and you can see how it could have happened!

[@ashleydixon4613]

I’m from the Arkansas confederacy, home of warlord Bill Clinton. 🤣 I’m legit crying right now. 😂🤣😂 (I like the Clintons, by the way.)

[@Infrared01]

The Kingdom of Michigan will have to go to war with the Grand Principality of Wisconsin for the Upper Peninsula back lol.

[@elsquidwardo]

You should react to the history of American Dad speedrunning

[@solaris0000]

Horses are not native to the US so this great golden horde empire in the center is going to require a ton of what ifs lol.

[@whoishim2998]

Camels were first from the Americas be they migrated or something during the ice age

[@thesaltedlamp3444]

This is a fascinating idea! Hm... this would make for a great alternate history book series.

[@cheeseninja1115]

his name is a bit weird but its meant to be said as What If Alt Hist, as in alternate history

[@Brendo2186]

I mean before Europeans came, north and south America were full of many different native peoples nations and empires. They didn't have medieval european technology but were very diverse. The only reason Europeans so easily conquered these continents is because the diseases they brought with them wiped out most of the native populations before colonization really got started

[@pyrovania]

Most of the population on the west coast is, in fact, near the coast.

[@bite_me_boi8384]

21:54 Guess I'm a tribal now. *Gnershk*

[@patrickbasin9389]

Rad, thanks bro.

[@Guce-2834]

The great salt lakes empire is called the holy Mormon empire

[@aaron199]

I live near Cairo Illinois, and location wise, it should be a bustling and important city, and its not. Very poor, lots of poverty and crime. Low population too. It does have an interesting geography situation though, the flood gates are on the north side of the city with the rivers being south and west of the town

[@pimppengu7645]

You should react to the geography of spices, fruits, vegetables, animals, etc (where they originate)

[@angelagraves865]

Horses weren't introduced to North America until 1519.

[@Sticks_And_Glue]

I like how you pause and talk

[@Titus-as-the-Roman]

Isaac Asimov's "The Gods Themselves" is in the top five of my favorite books of fiction!

[@xx-vp1ib]

Strange. No mention of the Sioux, Navajo, Iroquois,....

[@bradfordlangston836]

No one cares

[@0816M3RC]

This is more like what if medieval Europe developed in America. There were no Sioux, Navajo or Iroquois in medieval Europe.

[@jaytucker7873]

The Mormons taking over Uta and Naming it Deseret is form an RPG game called Savage Worlds Weird West lol.

[@avian1]

According to Wikipedia, it actually existed: "The State of Deseret was a provisional state of the United States, proposed in 1849 by settlers from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) in Salt Lake City. The provisional state existed for slightly over two years and was never recognized by the United States government. The name derives from the word for "honeybee" in the Book of Mormon."

[@hawx00145]

This guy must really hate the heat....we easily get used to it here in the SW...

[@darger3]

Here for the pre party

[@danielm6049]

Was the video supposing a decline into medieval tech, or never getting beyond? I think it could be quite different depending on that.

[@scottmiller6270]

Come on People, we can give him more likes than this. 😊

[@haleyl.248]

Bro, anything by the internet historian you would love. Trust me.

[@jennifermorris6848]

Kansas Country represent. 🌻

[@RunFromTheKnifeMaster]

You should react to World’s Oldest Photographs by Major Kong.

[@ChaoticDestiny1]

Have you done a video reacting to American sporting event flyovers by the air force.

[@JordanJMyers]

He did something similar about a year ago

[@JordanJMyers]

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[@ZakhadWOW]

WELCOME TO THE GLORIOUS THEOCRACY OF DESERET.... >.

[@MuriKakari]

I apologize to everybody. O-H-I-O.

[@gregmf9427]

If your interest is Really this Big about the US, you should come here and make travel videos. Get a Visa and come over. You’ve got it easier than people from other countries.

[@toomanyopinions8353]

Are we just going to ignore that there already was a Native American medieval society a lot like this?

[@libertylovingbeckles6797]

Ozark Tribes represent!!

[@mark11schu]

I just want you to say the phrase “bottled water” without a bri-ish accent

[@deadlybarackobama1551]

Pineapple dog

[@bretbenton1661]

I would be in the Charlotte area.

[@vincenta1513]

I was going to watch the original video but then this popped up! pleasant suprise

[@ordinarynocturne]

Tag yourself, I'm #EasternForestTribes. 🌲

[@2BachShakur]

Just drive into the boonies or visit an Amish community lol

[@TheGhoxst-]

Interesting

[@EricLovesthe80s]

Lav you just need to move to america . you fit in and it be better here for you . leave the girl you find anyone here you are hot like Harry Styles

[@Americans4Israel4Ever]

Very interesting. I don't really have a comment but want to boost your KZbin superpowers.

[@itscooltobe3873]

Im going North

[@jake5210]

Look at a watershed map of the us...🙂

[@BaBookie]

LUKA, get a green screen

[@zeec2093]

check out is the united atates a country great video

[@meghanjette4671]

Ohio is the best! Neil armstrong first man on the moon and the Wright brothers the founders of flight are all from ohio!!!! And we have all kinds of weather never the same! It is very understimated! I would not want to live anywhere else!

[@steeljawX]

There's another flaw in his theoretics. He's placing Mormonism 600 years ahead of its time. It started around the 1820's. So I'm not sure how a religious group who has yet to enter the arena has an empire in this theoretical America. Also Mormonism started back east and was persecuted until they left what was the US then and stopped in what is now the Salt Lake Valley. So just "starting them off at spawn point J" doesn't really work. In other words, Mormons are not native to Utah. I'm really doubting that the amount of research required for a speculative video like this has been adequately done.

[@shadowofhawk55]

The video was taking Modern America and medievalizing it.

[@jester6308]

Why don't you watch something on the native americans regional tribes of the same era.

[@AdamPFarnsworth]

Man, usually I'm bragging on the Pacific NW, but in this video, the narrator does it for me!

[@subgum3403]

@@nateman10 scot or swiss clans

[@jimmymuffin5058]

Where my Western feudalist at

[@sc1338]

Um Europeans introduced horses to America. The natives couldn’t do what you’re saying without them.

[@jaydencruz2189]

ohiiioooooooooooo

[@ADMICKEY]

I live in the navajo kingdom and from my pov, thee vid your reactin to is quite inaccurate

[@Maxtrius145]

Atlantic Canada definitely inaccurate

[@Maxtrius145]

But still good video