Colonization of Africa - Summary on a Map

Let's look at a map and see a summary of the different phases of exploration, conquests and colonization of African territories by European powers, beginning from the mid-15th century.
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Patreon: / geohistory
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English translation & voiceover: Rahul Venkit kzbin.info/door/D1X...
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Original French version: • La colonisation de l'A...
Russian version: • Колонизация Африки Евр...
Arabic version: • استعمار أفريقيا
Spanish version: • La colonización de Áfr...
Portuguese version (Brazil): • Colonização da África ...
Japanese version: • アフリカ植民地化の歴史
German version: • Die Kolonisierung Afri...
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Music: Awaken - Anno Domini Beats (KZbin Library)
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Software used for editing: Adobe After Effects
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Chapter
00:00 Trade routes
00:37 Portuguese rule
01:24 European competition
02:11 Colonization
03:06 European domination
04:03 First resistance
04:54 The World Wars
04:47 Instability
06:34 Egypt
07:21 Independence
08:25 Algerian War
09:00 Portuguese colonies
09:33 Last departures
#geohistory #history #africa #colonization #europe

[@DrSmollest]

France United Kingdom Germany *Leopold II*

[@aztekenen1]

the virgin ancient european powers, *AND THE CHAD LEOPOLD II*

[@paudelfamily4812]

Chad was not ruled by Leopold ||

[@aztekenen1]

@@paudelfamily4812 a different kind of chad is what i meant. :P

[@asefa1210]

&$+$_ did biggest massacre as a ruthless dictator

[@thecakeisalie6392]

@@aztekenen1 xd

[@paradox7358]

Spain: Red UK: Yellow WTF?

[@trollinape2697]

Don't get it

[@sljemic]

@@trollinape2697 Usually UK is represented in red and Spain in yellow.

[@trollinape2697]

@@sljemic k thx

[@trollinape2697]

@Anthony Perez Flag, centre of UK's flag is red while the Spanish is yellow

[@blafoon93]

@@sljemic especially in Paradox games.

[@moetama_]

People often forget how recent overall the colonization of Africa ended

[@RealOsquo]

@The Crusader You've just described cultural suppression. Bro. The European colonist only ever wanted what was best for them, they didn't give a single shit about the African population, which is why they were sold as slaves, transported across the Atlantic where they literally died, and those who managed to stay in Africa didn't have a much better fate. They died. Lots of them died, horribly, and brutally. Quit your bullshit, We should be amazed most Africans and Arabs aren't calling for our immediate death.

[@LGMechanic]

@@RealOsquo Arabs and Africans used and traded slaves thousands of years ago while Europeans were mostly hunter-gatherer tribes. You should quit YOUR bullshit. It was karma.

[@jon6577]

@@RealOsquo arabs have been selling the slaves since the times of rome, so what are you talking about? They have been buying slavs as slaves, that's actually how the term was created since slavs were the slaves, also Arabic slave trade? And you are mixing atlantic slave trade and colonization:) about some century difference at least

[@Piaapo]

@@LGMechanic Two wrongs don't make a right. How about no one fucking sells anyone?

[@zombieat]

@@RealOsquo prisoners of war were kept as slaves in africa before the atlantic slave trade.

[@SpaceboyGalaxy]

I like how you can also see other areas being explored at the same time as this one. Great detail

[@jamaike1185]

"explored" feels like quite a euphemism here...

[@w0cluvr]

@@jamaike1185 LMAO

[@tinnakornwantae6763]

Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth : You know, I'm something of a colonizer myself

[@hym7844]

Poland never colonized anything :P We weren't under a protectorate, and we didn't get "colonized" (conquered) throughout our history except the Teutonics which we won against anyways and when Prussia (not Germany -_-), Austria (-Hungary) and Russia decided to get our terrain together. We couldn't win, so we remained conquered 123 years but the generations survived and kept the polish culture and it's the same Poles now who live today and lived back then. If you in the first comment mean that Poland colonized Lithuania then sry to tell you that's bullshit... Poland gained a personal union over Lithuania (our monarch gained their throne cuz they had no heir kinda). Something similiar was happening by the Habsburgs

[@hym7844]

And cuz our big country was a problem to Russia cuz we blocked their border they decided to corrupt our country with a puppet-king and he simply allowed Russia many things that a normal king wouldn't do like: give them our land in gifts step by step. He was so ridiculous that HE spent so much money on fun for him that he somehow managed to use all the country's money, then debted Poland for the same reason by other countries. Ever heard of a king who debted his country for his fun wishes? Ofc he also didn't do other shit than have fun in his palace, most hated Polish king.

[@mmareks9865]

Tinnakorn Wantae 3 Not Polish- Lithuanian but Courland have colony in Gambia river island

[@hanlan4763]

It was surprise that Polish-Lithuania had colony

[@hanlan4763]

@@hym7844 I agree with you, Lublin Union 1569 made us united nations, we were strong, but at 17 century we failed war with Russians, got occupated by Sveden and then splited up at 1795, thats history folks, dont create you own, such like in Russia: that Lithuanians are ancient Russians, uhhh, discusting.

[@hoodclassicsofcalifornia]

Berlin Conference: Everyone: HOW DOES LEOPOLD GET HIS OWN PROPERTY

[@realhagi7686]

He killed 15m people but his name isn't Hitler you won't hear about it

[@notallopinionswerecreatede4465]

@@rider6500 And what is that supposed to mean?

[@jacobhogan3208]

We heard about in school, just everybody said Belgium

[@ahumanistpotato0501]

@@biliminsrlar5752 Don't forget about the Irish famine and Bengal famine.

[@nmagain24]

@Bolaji Windapo it only matters when white people do it to white people.

[@chrisdayton35]

This video was actually super helpful! You managed to condense the core elements of over 500 years of history into a well made and understandable video. A great jumping-off-point for learning about European colonialism.

[@salvadorvizcarra769]

And you, do you know the level of Colonialism/Imperialism in the United States? The following text may help you: "Please check out these FACTS that are on the Web: "In 250 years of existence as a nation, the US has fought against 29 sovereign countries. (In Fact, since 1785, we have been involved, for 231 years, in some kind of war. And this wars, against all varieties of nations. From going against the Sultan of Morocco, to invading the tiny island of Grenada. Well, this means that in our entire history, we have only had 17 years of peace, and even fewer, cuz here the almost 5 years of our Civil War (Union/Confed 1861‒1865), are Not counted, since this war was not with another country, but against us. And the wars against the Native Nations of America either are not counted, for the same reason). Anyway: We fought against 29 countries. We have "Grown" 711 the size of our territory from the original 13 colonies. Our Economic, Political and Military development was established thanks to the Piracy, the Slavery, the Massacres, the Opium Trade or Cocaine Traffic, and the Weakness of many abused sovereign nations. We have provoked with total impunity, 12 Genocides ‒inside and outside our own borders‒, and Assassinations of Gov’t. Leaders, Coups d'État and Economic Blockades in 6 UN member nations. Between 1947 and 1989, the US tried to change other nations gov’ts 73 times. It includes 66 covert Ops. And 7 overt ones. In Civil Wars: The US has taken advantage of and intervened without justification in the following Civil Wars: In Marquesas Island. (Massacre. 1813). US Forces seize Nuku Hiva Island (French Polynesia 1813), and establish here «The First US Naval Base», in the Pacific. This historical fact is important, cuz in 1813, the US had NO Territorial Land nor Maritime Rights in the Pacific Ocean, until 1848, when the US seized California and other Mexican territories facing the Pacific. In Haiti (1813 and 1901 and then 1915-1919-1934-2001). In Hawaii (1889 and 1890-1893 and 1901). In Cuba (1898 and 1901-1902 and 1906 and 1913 and 1952 and again 1960). In Island of Samoa (1898-1899 and 1904). In Colombia (1899-1902 and 1948). In Mexico (1836 and 1847 and 1886 and 1904 and 1914 and again in 1916). In Russia (1918-1920). In the "Republic Banana Wars" of Central America. (Massacre. 1912-1934). In Dominican Republic. (1916-1924 and 1965-1966). In Honduras (1903 and 1912 and 1919 and 1924-1925 and again 2009). In Venezuela (1936 and 1945 and again in 1948). Military Coup in Peru (1948 and 1967). In China (1856-1859, and 1899-1901, and 1913 and 1933, and again in 1945-1946-1949). Military assistance to Chinese rebels in Taiwan (1951-1952). In Korea (1871 and 1950-1953). In Vietnam (Massacre and Genocide. 1959-1975). In Albania (1949-1953 and 1955). In Panama (1856, and 1903, and 1964-1968, and again 1989). In Brazil (1950 and 1959 and 1964 and again in 2016). Coup and Intervention in Guatemala (1944, and 1954, and 1966, and again 1982-1985). Coup and subsequent Fascist regime in Greece (1967). The Hunting for Che Guevara, in Bolivia (1968). US Military assistance in the Coup in Bolivia (Copper Mining Co. 1971). The “Bombing of Laos” (1971-1973). Terror in Uruguay. (Genocide. 1973). Support for the regime of Moboth, in Zaire (Genocide. 1974). Attack on Cambodia (Kampuchea. 1975). Democratic Republic of the Congo “Simba Rebellion”. (Massacre. 1964-1967 and 1975). Entry of US Troops into Nicaragua (1928-1932 Augusto Sandino, and 1937 and 1972-1973, and 1983 and again 1995). Coup in Chile. Salvador Allende. (Genocide. 1973-1976). Argentina (1976-1986). Support for the cannibal Jean-Bédel Bokassa, in Central African Republic. (Genocide. 1979). We, the US, assistance Saddam Hussein against Iran. (One Million dead in ten years. 1980-1990). Support and funding of the Khmer Rouge. (Genocide 1980). In Angola-Namibia. (Massacre. 1980-1981-1984). In Bosnia (1995)... In Libya, Palestine, Lebanon, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, in Kosovo, Iraq, Iran, Yemen, Afghanistan, etc. And more: We have almost 800 Military Bases scattered around the world; 93 of which are against China. On the other hand, China and Korea (The "Axis of Evil"), in 1,000 years of history have NEVER invaded anyone. These nations have fought their Civil Wars, defended themselves against foreign invasions, and secured their immediate borders, but they have never been meddling or aggressor countries. China is a Nation of Peace. China does NOT Attack anyone. China does NOT Invade nor does it Steal territories of other sovereign nations. China does NOT Intervene in any neighboring nor distant country. Do you know how many Military Bases China or Korea have outside their territory? None. Zero. Any. NADA! They do not have a single Military Base. (The “Chinese Military Base” in Djibouti is actually a Guard Post, with three Artillery Frigates and Choppters to protect against the Somali Pirates. And the “Chinese Military Base” of Patagonia, in Argentina. Well, you don't need to be an expert in strategy here to understand that this is nonsense, unless you think that the Chinese intend to keep all the ice in Antarctica. The Chinese will NOT put a Military Base 7,500 miles from the objective: Washington D.C. So in Argentina there, it is, a Radar Station for they Chinise Space Program. These are verifiable facts). Neither China nor Korea will invade the world; We do... that's DONE, as we do in the Middle East. Iran also does not have a SINGLE MILITARY BASE outside its national territory, and it is surrounded by 16 US Bases, and it is we who call the Iranians Terrorists. We R the Terrorists. --And now, we have ANOTHER WAR on our doorstep, for trying to inaugurate another Military Base in the Ukraine... WHO CARES!!! "War is a Business".

[@chrisdayton35]

@@salvadorvizcarra769 Cope

[@TommyChardonneret]

What about "learning about" the fleetingly mentioned Arabic Slave Trade within Northern Africa, then? Seems to me that all of you fawners over this phony-authoritative video are looking for the thinnest excuses to justify your prejudiced hatred of all things European. Then I'll ask you to thoroughly denounce and distant yourselves from ALL THINGS EUROPEAN like cures and medical treatments from Malaria, the Guinea Worm, HIV, common bacterial infections curable by penicillin, clean drinking water filtration, refrigeration of compostable foods, etc., etc., etc. AD NAUSEAM! F-ING PHONIES YOU ALL ARE, EACH AND EVERY MEAN SPIRITED PREJUDICED ONE OF YOU! Prejudiced "racism" is practiced in all too great an abundance by every "race" worldwide, y'all!

[@noticiasfaisca2685]

wow,which went far after the mongols ,afros and arabs invaded europe!

[@TommyChardonneret]

@@chrisdayton35 What a typically condescending and snarky response ("Cope") from just another "holier than thou" Puritanical level smug know-nothing with an arrogantly authoritative-sounding-only voice that wreaks with entitlement and victimhood seeking! What a waste of the Earth's air you are, you wannabe Ivory Tower prognosticator and rewriter of history slanted in your feeble minded favor!

[@garyhughes1664]

What a great way for learning history and geography. Brilliant channel.

[@KY-dg8gp]

Sahara means desert, So when you say Sahara desert, you say: Desert desert

[@moluccas3699]

The Saharan Sahara Desert

[@artemkh8944]

Casa Blanca means white house. Costa Rica means rich coast. Puerto Rico means rich port. So what? A lot of meanings escape from the common knowledge. Most people dont know what Sahara means. So for us it makes the perfect sense to say Sahara the desert.

[@mrmoses7170]

KY ..Ferrari La Ferrari

[@undergroundrapfan9018]

@Artem Kh Woosh?

[@iminbreadbutfrench8625]

East timor=east east

[@Noahser]

History of the worlds in 3 words Here comes Europe

[@eduardaucamp9272]

Here comes Civilization!

[@eduardaucamp9272]

@Raine Riny 7 When the whites trekked to the interiors of the country, there was no development, no civilizations, nothing. Explain why the black languages did not have numerals , only "maningi "which means many.

[@eduardaucamp9272]

@Raine Riny 7 Big difference between northern Africa and sub-sahara Africa. Egyptians were not black.

[@eduardaucamp9272]

@Raine Riny 7 The pharoes were whites and only became darker when intermarried with the nubians. Black Africa has never produced a civilization.

[@mrdean171]

@Raine Riny 7 Africans obviously had civilization. But those civilizations were 5,000 less technologically advanced than europeans. They were in the stone age. And no, egyptians are not black. Go to egypt and try to convince me they are the black and not arabic.

[@MiadasSchaf]

I wish there was more context on a lot of that history but the ending was greatly appreciated!

[@nathanhiller2420]

It’s pretty impressive how the smallest continent fought over control for over half the planet then had to give most of it up due to diplomacy and not fighting

[@gustavosauro1882]

Isn't Oceania the smallest continent?

[@whyiseverysinglehandletaken2]

@@gustavosauro1882 Oceania isn't even an actual continent, you probably mean australia

[@gustavosauro1882]

@@whyiseverysinglehandletaken2 in my opinion,we gotta classify every island in a continent(even the tiny ones). So I think putting those islands in the Pacific together with Austrália is fine. And even though Australia occupies the entire continental area,calling it Australia would be confusing. But I also don't like the name Oceania, we should call it Australasia.

[@DaveTheDopeFiend]

I suggest you independently research the subject and not blindly take the word of a KZbin video, you'll quickly realise how much war was necessary to oust the Europeans.

[@XXXTENTAClON227]

The diplomacy of nuclear annihilation is very persuasive

[@liddle1234]

God I love these videos, they combine Both history and geography.

[@hagron5702]

me too

[@randomperson6988]

me too

[@kvandermeersch5753]

me too

[@patrickwu3800]

me too

[@historicalsongs9427]

*me too*

[@repairdrive]

Moral to the story, he who gets the best weapons first wins.

[@kasperknutsen8283]

Not only that... the african leaders and higher powers were willing to sell slaves. Which europeans did not

[@kasperknutsen8283]

@Rapstick pardon me?

[@Echani3007]

@@kasperknutsen8283 that's only half true, some wanted to sell slaves, some resisted slavery, simple as.

[@kasperknutsen8283]

@@Echani3007 well ofcourse the slaves didn't consent this action. Still their tribe leaders sold them. That's a fact

[@Echani3007]

@@kasperknutsen8283 No I'm not talking about the slaves resisting, I'm talking about leaders resisting. Specifically tribe and monarchy leaders against selling thier prisoners as slaves meanwhile others were notorious for selling them as slaves. Eg Queen Nzinga of Ndongo fought against slavery and others like king Diogo of Kongo did sometimes sell slaves to the Portoguese. Hence it's half true some did some didn't.

[@guilhermesiffer4904]

Congo: gets independence Also congo: lets call it after the person who cut off our hands

[@MonDieuMaCauseMonEpee]

They didn't get to name their country. To they it shouldn't really even exist.

[@aobakwemhele6613]

Obviously they didn't name it themselves 🤦🏽‍♂️

[@pie015]

you dummy obviously they didnt name it after their oppressor

[@aobakwemhele6613]

@@HaziAgat if that's a joke then it's a bad joke

[@lif3andthings763]

Congo goes back to the Congo river which in turn gets its name from the Kongo Empire which existed a while back mostly in modern day Angola though.

[@charactercreations]

Education is all well and good but man it's satisfying to watch the map get filled in.

[@thebigsad9463]

*KNOCKKNOCK* - Who is it? - It's ya bois, Portugal and Spain

[@thebigsad9463]

The Iberian bros

[@Click3tyClick]

@shield&sword peace lmao

[@Dragoncam13]

@shield&sword peace I think you mean the Japanese

[@bgrm1069]

@@thebigsad9463 LMAO

[@johnnyoliveira6869]

shield&sword peace u are so stupid that was spain not portugal. Portugal was fair to all. Did not kill no babies. Did nothing that u say they did. Take history classes to know better.

[@thorne9794]

africa: we're not colonies anymore. neo-colonialism: allow us to introduce ourselves

[@leaderofthebunch-deadbeat7716]

*Chinese aid intensifies*

[@brandonproductions8401]

Privyet Tovarisch

[@luigibellini811]

that's called:"soo basically our multinationals get here, and they pay the Africans 2 dollars an hour to get (obviously without helmets and security measures) a shit ton of minerals" So yeah they pay like nothing the single African miner and they bribe the politician for the permissions

[@luxembourgishempire2826]

@@Ethiopianexposer Are you dumb or something? It's nothing to do with the Jews.

[@generalsherman519]

@@luxembourgishempire2826 You are all Jews

[@RobbieBobbie98]

Very interesting video, thank you for your efforts in making this possible. We as a people easily recognize slavery and colonialism but when it changes into Neocolonialism it’s not so apparent and people forget about it but it never went away, it only adjusted

[@wardspiessens3331]

Fun fact: In WW1, Belgium only allowed aprox. 30 congolese soldiers to fight in the western front in Flanders, because of fear that people would see the congolese as peers

[@NewHorizonsBeats]

1:46 Poland can into Africa?

[@jamesxia9523]

@FREE 3021 Africa will never become fully independent. Their goverments are too corrupt and the people are uneducated

[@erenyeager3829]

God no...

[@dominik156NT]

Poland have colonies but partitions of Poland begin in 1772-1795 and lost independence to 1918

[@Vengir]

For a short period of time, one of the Polish-Lithuanian vassal states had small colonies in Trinidad and West Africa. Nothing super important, but still a little fun fact.

[@kommandanter1980]

FREE 3021 you’re an exception, no offense. But Africa has never modernized, nor have they had any sort of golden age, enlightenment, etc. they’re stuck. And it isn’t due to colonization. If anything, the introduction of western civilization has benefitted them.

[@Uranium_Enjoyer]

List of largest countries in 1884: Russia UK China USA Brazil France *Leopold II*

[@bloxknight1145]

YoshiMusic999 canada is bigger than usa

[@hdududxhzyd1454]

@@bloxknight1145 Canada was colonised by UK

[@kayacenk4164]

one day african country will say stop to Franceççç Then France will become poor countryç right now France still getting money african countrys and no1 saying anything only Turkey trying stop them. thats why France so mad to Turkey.

[@turkicunion1996]

@@kayacenk4164 oh my god so France is tsking money from it’s old colonies?????

[@The_Lidless_Eye]

@@kayacenk4164 Not really chinese companies are taking recources from congo for assistance and such while europian countries are taking in millions of Africans Turkey is building dams to block the water support from iraq

[@Daniboy0826]

3:23 Spain Portugal United Kingdom France _Leopold II_

[@cooljeb3]

This was so fun to watch & informative... Thanks

[@thecitizenoftheinternet1077]

Fun fact: Even Poland had a colony in the Gambia.

[@ahumanistpotato0501]

*disappointed Poland lover noises*

[@latvia1]

Technicaly it was a colony of Duchy of Courland and Semgalia (South and West Latvia now) but it was a puppet of poland

[@i.z2335]

Its the polish lithuanian commonwealth

[@deadby15]

The poles were victims in WW2, but they were not necessarily morally superior or anything.

[@i.z2335]

@@deadby15 what

[@YAH2121]

First the Arabs, then the Europeans, now the Chinese

[@jamesxia9523]

And in the future the Indians

[@sasmalprasanjit2764]

@@jamesxia9523 Nope. nah, Not interested, we are Busy in our Development so We are Good Alone with our 2nd Largest market of WORLD. 😂

[@axelandersson6314]

Jeet Sasmal When you've developed sufficiently your economic growth will slow down and you will quite possibly look towards Africa.

[@kiburi129]

@@jamesxia9523 No india can't lol, it's got to focus on it's development, it's absurd corruption rates to ever think about embarking deals with Africa.

[@admiralburger]

@@axelandersson6314 hope it never happen. We indians hate colonism.

[@afonsofsy5428]

The guy didn't even refer the Portuguese Pink Map, where the British sent an ultimatum to Portugal, as so their settlers would have to leave the area, and cede Zambia to Britain.

[@awesomelegion9950]

If I'm correct, that was a catalyst for the abolition of the Portuguese monarchy.

[@malidinar]

Excellent presentation, thank you!

[@connor971]

Can you do a summary of the seven year war on a map please

[@thehasbullaofalltime]

Connor in charge yes He should do this

[@Al-cd7zg]

Connor in charge yes yes yes

[@mtraa.942]

It was between who ?

[@connor971]

@@mtraa.942 britain ireland british america hanover prussia portugal brazil brunswick wolfenbuttel hesse kassel and schaumburg lippe vs france new france holy roman empire austria saxony russia spain new spain sweden and mughal empire

[@fakefake9961]

Connor in charge is it for school?

[@yimoawanardo]

I'm impressed by Ethiopia aka previously Abbasydia.

[@prot07ype87]

*Abyssinia.**

[@billyjohnson3674]

They were Christians for the longest time. That had its advantages.

[@arsenioss7020]

@@billyjohnson3674 Ethiopia is a great Christian civilization. Respect

[@spaceman1953]

*they never took Ethiopia*

[@Happypotato917]

BillyJohnson367 excuse me what are u saying u don’t know anything about Ethiopians so u Better stop talking

[@CrestedSaguaro520]

...and this, right here, is the reason many places in Africa are enduring political turmoil and civil unrest today. It seems the negative effects of the European colonization of Africa are going to persist for a long time. 🙁 I wish peace for the entire continent of Africa, and I hope that peace travels worldwide and unites us all. 🌐

[@bingchilling5857]

I agree, Africans deserve waaayyyy better than they are now

[@imgreen2563]

Would you say so? It looks like Africa just reverted back to what it was before the European/Arab powers absorbed a lot of it; remember that much of what France was doing in West Africa had support from many of the tribes that were there, who specifically requested them to be there to attack other tribes. They would later join the French and help during World war 1 and 2.

[@PatrioticSouthernEdits]

naw I dont recall mali being one of the richest countries in the world@@imgreen2563

[@MarkZoloShow]

Great video though man! You put a lot of work into I see!!!

[@Yui_187]

Man I really love your vids. It represents it very well similar to Eu4. Vids like these help visualize the events of the past better

[@iamseamonkey6688]

Portuguese colony: is called gold coast Australians: nice

[@ruzzou9536]

Gold coast= ghana bruh

[@error_404_lamb_sauce_not_found]

@@ruzzou9536 There is a city in Australia called Gold Coast. But yeah, it was Ghana which was under British control.

[@chees8067]

When you try to travel to australia but end up in Ghana: *what*

[@telejoymusic]

Fun fact: Ghana (Gold coast) is the first country to gain independence in Africa and inspired other countries like Nigeria, Guinea, "CANADA" and help many countries.

[@2490VIJAYA]

Very clear for an indian listener.some commentators are very fast in their description.indian listeners don't understand them.thank you for your clear description.

[@edenli6421]

You know it’s a good day when GeoHistory uploads a video

[@enegess1479]

Ethiopia never colonized by Italy. The 5 years they occupied Ethiopia was not colonization it was occupation and Ethiopian remained fighting for 5 years the Italian troops until the So no colonization got Ethiopia.

[@alemasefa8059]

😘😘👌👌

[@enegess1479]

123 456 read your history books!

[@italiangarbageposting]

you lost the war, they defeated you, doesnt matter if they didnt manage to completely colonize you, they won, and you're a fool

[@enegess1479]

123 456 we are taking about colonialism. Even though they won the initial war and occupied Ethiopia for 5 years the never colonized Ethiopia. You are missing the point.

[@italiangarbageposting]

@@enegess1479 no, you are missing the point, the moment your emperor left and italy definitely conquered ethiopia, the colonization started, you were being colonized, not occupied

[@slycat2355]

This video just blew my mind. I learned more about Europe’s involvement on other countries here than I did in high school World History.

[@boniipekoglu506]

This must be the best video in youtube about africa

[@michaelbrennan6123]

Belgian King Leopold II owned the Congo himself. I believe it is the only instance of a single person and not a nation claiming ownership. His rule was incredibly brutal and led to international outcry. When he ceded it to Belgium it really didn’t get better,

[@the12th68]

Michael Brennan But was There still mass murder?

[@lewistaylor2858]

Augustus Caesar (the first emperor of Rome) personally owned Egypt...

[@louisg7147]

It got much better...

[@BamBamGT1]

@@the12th68 There never was mass murder to begin with. He didn't even "rule" there, he leased the lands to various companies, and they did some nasty shit there.

[@JuulMaes]

@@BamBamGT1 nee man, geef gewoon toe da leopold een massamoordenaar was. Ookal heeft hij daar nooit een fout in gezet, hij was wel de aanleiding dat miljoenen dood gingen. Je gaat toch ook niet zeggen dat Hitler amper iets fout heeft gedaan, want hij persoonlijk heeft geen miljoenen mens doodgeschoten, het waren zijn bevelen, en zo ook bij Leopold was het zijn doen dat ervoor gezorgd heeft

[@TheMidwestGaming]

Haven't started the video yet, but you've easily become one of my favorite geographical/historical channels on KZbin. The animation with the maps and the detail is amazingly perfect yet simple enough for everyone to understand. Thank you for doing these!!! I would love to see a video on the history of the Roman Empire, or even the history of the evolution of mankind, from the origin of humans today.

[@omg9261]

they don't produce the ideos, they just translate them from french (the original channel is french)

[@underloveryz2731]

​@omg9261 still, I think they are the same person. They just translate into other languages

[@msanne8972]

10:07 also you forgot to say that Nambia 🇳🇦 gained independence from South Africa 🇿🇦

[@noobtube5401]

South Africa wasn’t a European power colonising Namibia, so I think that’s why he didn’t mention it, cause this vid’s specifically about the colonial empires

[@abdinasirhassan7529]

Greate! Appreciated and thank you for the efforts to produce this convenient lesson.

[@elicref7488]

Spain still has control of Ceuta and Melilla in Africa

[@vigfhfc]

Yes, but they were acquired long before the age of Colonization. The areas are considered Spanish.

[@kostam.1113]

They are integral parts of Spain.

[@jmiquelmb]

@@elovhak2354 They're not independent at all. They have special status but they don't have more powers than any administrative region in the Iberian peninsula. Source: I'm Spanish

[@jmiquelmb]

@@elovhak2354 Tell me in what way you're independent

[@jmiquelmb]

@@elovhak2354 Yeah, but as I said these are powers that other regions have too. You're not more independent than Catalonia or Madrid. Btw I haven't liked my comments people sometimes agree with your ideas you know

[@Kalii1206]

GREAT VIDEO. WELL DONE. SERIOUSLY GREAT JOB. very easy to understand and rich in knowledge. There is hope for me to finally start appreciating history lol

[@insanetrickshots1]

I think you could've mentioned the independence of Namibia and the apartheid in South Africa, but overall, great video!

[@embodiedconducting]

Excellent summary of the sad, unfortunate history of the domination and oppression of Africans by the France, England, Germany, Belgium, Portugal, Spain, Italy and Belgium. You could do a separate video about King Leopold II, a singulary brutal, evil man who American Civil War veteran, Baptist minister and politician George Washington Williams first used the prhase "crimes against humanity" to describe the atocities and horrors comitted during his "ownership" of Congo Free State.

[@anthonymarx4419]

Europe

[@BamBamGT1]

Where does all that nonsense keep coming from? Leopold never even set foot there. He got the land, then leased it to various companies. He was like an absent landlord, that's the worst you can say about him.

[@BamBamGT1]

@Phillis "Dick" Black These were self governing entities. There was a rebellion in one of their villages, the local abir guy in charge hired a cannibal tribe to go eat them (this actually happened) I can't say that the crimes the renter commits in the property of the landlord, are the landlord's fault. The 'A' in ABIR stands for Anglo, which is the reason the Brits so heavily focused on Blaming leopld, to hide their own connection to crimes against humanity committed by a parlty British company.

[@weasle2904]

@@BamBamGT1 Leoupold profited and allowed the atrocities to take place. Over 10 million people died, it was literal genocide.

[@BamBamGT1]

@@weasle2904 The change in population over a few decades has been studied by various people and is attributed to 3 main factors: 1 diseases, 2 famines, 3 natural decline of population due to birth rates dropping. There was no genocide.

[@honestabe8442]

Great videos! Simple and informative!

[@absentiambient]

And now mobile and mining companies have colonized it, cycle continues...

[@tewodrossamson790]

thats what they want u to believe......if u dont remove ur self from their equation u wont get the scheme

[@hnys7976]

They killed Gaddafi because he wanted to stop that...

[@edofluit6568]

@@hnys7976 was that the sole reason why they killed gaddafi?

[@s.a.8548]

@@edofluit6568 He also wanted his own currency away from world bank and was heavily influenced by socialism when it came to social issues.

[@jackvanvelden4395]

@@s.a.8548 true iff hhe would have done that the world would hce gone broke since he wanted to pay in gold...

[@stevej1818]

I know someone who used to live in Rhodesia. He and his wife owned 2 businesses and as soon as Mugabe took over ceased both of them. As well as all the money they had in the bank. They were forced to flee to the UK with no money. And both in their 80s both work still which is really sad.

[@Ntombi_Red]

Nothing sad here, Mugabes policies should've spread to South Africa.

[@Moxxy776]

@@Ntombi_Red look at zimbabwe now and tell me if that would have been good for south africa

[@defnotmahogani]

Got assigned this video for class, it's actually quite interesting.

[@afonsofsy5428]

Fun Fact: Portugal was the last empire, giving up on Macau and giving it to China in 1999

[@rileybrown1593]

Iberian Mapper what about Byzantine or Japan, or do you just mean out of the European Colonisers?

[@afonsofsy5428]

I mean the colonisers

[@Waterford1992]

The British Empire still exists but the word empire is something of a bad word that offends a lot of people these days so instead its called British Overseas Territories that consists of 250.000 people and nearly 700.000 square miles

[@jermainjackson8626]

@Finnish Perkele first off, stop saying Portugal and spain are European countries, they are not, they are arab, secondly, why the FUCK they trying to appear white and do the white mans work for them??? why didn't they just try to colonize Europe instead

[@vinifalleroliveira]

@Finnish Perkele As far as i know those overseas territories aren't colonies anymore. For example, Macao was always Cantonese, while the Falklands are completely British. And at last, it was from 1415(Conquest of Ceuta) to 1999(Return of Macao) Meanwhile the English Empire only started in 1583 with the foundation of Newfoundland and ended in 1997 with the return of Macao. Even if we included the lasting territories until today, there are still 148 of years that the Portuguese colonial Empire lasted more(as it started 168 years earlier)

[@DaniHMcV]

I want to thank you SO much for your series of videos on world history. I have been interested in “re-learning” world history for a few years now but really couldn’t find any good summaries from which I could get basic knowledge of an area down pat first and then expand where I was keen to know more. Your videos are perfect for learning the major topic in a interesting, succinct way. The graphics are also so helpful. I have watched several of your videos now and I think they are the best, most comprehensive summaries of historic events I’ve come across anywhere. Please keep the videos coming. They’re brilliant!!! Great job! Do you have a Patreon? You and your KZbin channel are exactly who/what I think deserves to be supported by Patreon. 👍🏼👍🏼

[@leonbruno3745]

7:20 Egypt: noice I got full control France Israel Britain: bye bye Egypt Soviet Union: *STARES AT F.I.B* USA: stop offensive on Egypt

[@imgreen2563]

It was much more than that, the U.S gave Egypt billions in funds, and much of Egpyt's government was formed of SS lieutenants.

[@zxylo786]

I would've loved living in this time period. Trading posts all over the world and exchanging product from India to Somalia. The Portuguese were really ahead of their time.

[@ravenp196]

you would’ve been a slave 💀

[@tonmoypodder108]

Highly informative.. is it possible to make a flow chart of the events at the end of the video then it would be easier to remember the chain of events.. but anyway great job 👏👏👏

[@asdfghjklyfyfyv]

It's also called the Scramble of Africa btw

[@Hienox]

It's truly heartbteaking to watch all these colonies gaining independence one by one.

[@teoteo3522]

Why is it heart breaking?

[@Hienox]

@@teoteo3522 Cause Europe lost its territories.

[@canicejuniorjuninho8077]

@@Hienox u are sick in the head

[@PatrioticSouthernEdits]

womp womp 🗣🗣🔥🔥@@Hienox

[@oluwamayowakolawole194]

One thing I failed to understand is that the "slave trade" is looking at from the angle that Africans were oppressed but it was a TRADE. Someone somewhere, an African was receiving payment for their own people. Correct me if I'm wrong.

[@AddBowIfGirl]

Huh? Being enslaved is an obvious form of oppression.

[@ebbyoma7008]

2 things can be true at once my sister…

[@zxylo786]

@@AddBowIfGirl Yes but ask yourself this: Who oppressed first? The Europeans to the Africans or An African King to another African King?

[@abdelhak50]

So accurate I'm so surprised!! Thank you for the efforts you did a really great job

[@divinest]

Yeah except he forgot to say what those colonizers did in those colonies and to the natives

[@K3rrJu5t1n]

I also liked how other recently independent African countries support other African colonies achieve independence

[@senseisenpaianimes5612]

He isn't accurate because Ghana was the first country to be independent

[@Robay146]

Thank you for your work.🙏🏾

[@noobtube5401]

Very good video 👍 However one inaccuracy was when you said South Africa gained independence in 1910. We were actually still part of the British Empire until 1931 when we became sovereign :)

[@TerrierMartello]

Long live South Africa! :) -Love from England

[@yaboi494]

Noobtube Someone understands for once 😂😭 Soooo many people say we gained independence in 1910 or even 1961, like no one’s heard of 1931???

[@darylgrimes2601]

@@TerrierMartello the briish empire was the world's biggest teroris organizatin.

[@TerrierMartello]

@@darylgrimes2601 ok...

[@lucasgonzalezalvarez6992]

Hey Spain didn't loose the Canarian islands xD they are still part of the country

[@exfujoshiad2096]

Not something to be proud of

[@Rivan98]

If you look closely portugal and framce still have island too 😉

[@Rivan98]

I research more and i realize that technically the british and even italians have some island in African territory

[@TearDaTaco]

@@exfujoshiad2096 how is he not allowed to be proud of his country (spain) that took an island and still has it to this day.. kinda awesome ngl

[@exfujoshiad2096]

@@TearDaTaco yeah took something that doesn't belong to them ....proud of stealing

[@bojack40]

Clear and insightful without undue prisms, a great learning tool

[@senseisenpaianimes5612]

Your actually learning the wrong history

[@JohnnyKelly]

@@senseisenpaianimes5612 Can you elaborate on the right history?

[@PatrioticSouthernEdits]

yes please tell us colonizer@@senseisenpaianimes5612

[@mysteriousDSF]

I think the greatest recognition I can give to this video is subscribing to your channel :)

[@franciscofonseca4825]

Great video but you should have talked about the ultimate from England to Portugal and the project England ad to unite the Cairo to Cabo

[@billmaghan]

The captions are appreciated.

[@ricemango7502]

0:29 navarre: exists geo history: ima end this mans entire career

[@franciscomoreno1027]

Great video. You forgot to mention the tension between Portugal and the United kingdom in the late ninetieth century due to Cecil roads and the pink map

[@kasthamir]

As well as you omitted the independence of Namibia in 1990ies along with modernisation of South Africa to be more African.

[@mrnico8067]

You mean Cecil Rhodes, hence Rhodesia (former name of Zimbabwe)

[@noahvonweissenfluh]

Amazing video, thanks a lot!

[@shrekgamer4199]

Wow The effects are still being felt today

[@bufordmaddogtannen5164]

Yes.. they are still selling their goods to a world market. How awful.

[@alibumaye5155]

Somalia didn't get colonized until 1920s by the French, English, and Italians. The first country outside of Europe to get bombed by airplanes. And Somalia got independence in 1950 but agreed for 10 years of trusteeship.

[@alibumaye5155]

@JonnR Ragga Italy colonized southern Somalia. Also Djibouti is Somali land too and the majority natives are Somali. Ethiopia took the Ogaden region and Kenya the NFD region.

[@CDRNY25]

According to Somalis, Somalia has never been invaded or conquered. 🤣

[@imperator692]

@@CDRNY25 Well he's right in that the Italians really only had control in Mogadishu and parts of the Juba river. Somali sultans held sway in most of the country until the 1920s when Mussolini tried to establish a more Italian Somalia.

[@A.D.540]

@@imperator692 Somalia resisted up-to 15y against 3 European powers

[@imperator692]

@@A.D.540 More than 15 years. Somalis had been resisting since the Europeans came to our land in the 1600s

[@bismarck6093]

Polish-Lithuanian commonwealth has a colony! My mind explodes.

[@prachlit_singh]

Good channel........ Love from india 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳.... " Vasudhev kutumbakam"

[@TheBourn1ad]

YOU SHOULD DO A LIST OF EUROPEAN CONQUEST OF ASIA

[@1brianm7]

1:46 Hello I’m the mighty power of the Commonwealth and I shall control this continent wait wait goodbye

[@googoosmedia2124]

The southern part of Somalia that Italy were colonizing was called Italian Somaliland while the northern part that British were colonizing was called British Somaliland. after independence the two parts become The Democratic Republic of Somalia

[@pyrs9544]

However British Somaliland today is independent from Somalia.

[@salmam7077]

@@pyrs9544 not yet but maybe in the future

[@jackkruese9929]

And what a great success it has become today ???

[@keeganmoonshine7183]

@@jackkruese9929 As usual the British colonies are always better

[@luigibellini811]

@@keeganmoonshine7183 in reality if you go read about the Italian trust territory of Somaliland you can read that at the time (the 60s) it was much more wealthy that the British one, the problem with Somalia came with the Siad Barre the shitty communist dictator that genocided the northern population of ex British Somaliland, threw the country in to bad wars with Ethiopia. With his death the northern part saw the opportunity to free themself while the southern part was going trough a Civil war

[@poojarathore6284]

Great explanation 👍👌👏

[@Kingkhan-kd2xg]

it astonishes me how the world has just came into the current shape in the last century while being billions of years old. the current conflicts should slowly regress to a stable situation owing to the fact they are just newly liberated. i hope the current situation in afghanistan creates a stable future though it will take time for the war scratched minds to understand the current world norms.

[@harrison85]

This was very well done and I really understood it, thank you!

[@EncIave]

This video is basically Europeans worst nightmare

[@devwreck192]

Her: "Tell me something sexy." Me: "Here's the story of Rhodesia, a land both fair and great..."

[@EE-ed6fz]

Rhodesia was so much better while ruled by whites

[@WilliamGarrow]

@iuvenis animo But America was never a white nation to begin with. It is completely different with African Americans as they didn't go to America voluntary.

[@WilliamGarrow]

@iuvenis animo Yes but African-Americans are different to White South Africans. White South Africans ancestors left by choice. African Americans are people who were kidnapped. They don't have much similarities.

[@ABPHistory]

iuvenis animo into the ground

[@ComradeHellas]

First world incels who haven't read a single book on post colinial African history praise the state or Rhodesia LMAO.

[@hexkobold9814]

Very educational video. I'd have liked to see the focus expanded beyond just "European" colonization to highlight the Ottoman and Omani involvement in colonizing Africa as outsiders. One could even start very early with the Phoenicians, Greeks, Persians, Romans, Vandals, Alans, Byzantines, Arabs, Normans, Pisans, Genoese, Sicilians, Aragonese, etc. Even the Russians (at Sagallo in Djibouti) and the Austrians (at Delagoa Bay in Mozambique) attempted to get in on the action. Also, the statement that "European nations are no longer present in Africa" toward the end is not completely true: Spain still holds Ceuta and Melilla in North Africa, while France still holds Mayotte and Reunion off the coast of Madagascar. Technically Diego Garcia (UK), the Canary Islands (Spain), and Madeira (Portugal) are also Africa.

[@Tenaciouss666]

Ottomans did not have a colonist mentality.

[@HiHo-zh4rd]

​​@@Tenaciouss666of course they did. They colonized the Balkans, western Arabia, Iraq and Egypt.

[@Tenaciouss666]

@@HiHo-zh4rd Ottomans invested heavily on the Balkans and they lost it. Unlike other states, Ottomans saw the territories they conquered as their own, not like a colony.

[@HiHo-zh4rd]

@@Tenaciouss666 yes, enslaving the inhabitants and living in their houses. But once they settled in Constantinople that became the center. Palestine was not developed. Nothing was further developed other than regional administrative centers like everyone does.

[@whitesun264]

maybe you should look at how they tried to colonise Romania@@Tenaciouss666

[@adeny8001]

"I live in North Africa" "Cool, where?" "France." "What"

[@user-cf6dn5tg4f]

Everyone in this comment section are those weird kids that correct and argue with the history teacher.😂

[@moonlitm3285]

Majority of people in the comment section are adults.

[@laurentaccount346]

The same for you

[@mirkostefani6327]

You are on history video we talk about history, if u want to talk about football just go on football match video like I do when I want to talk about football

[@Wiktor33]

U call intellegwnt people wierd?

[@bryane727]

@@Wiktor33 unfortunately you're not one of them

[@adamant_415]

So how many colonies how many do you want? France and U.K.: *Yakko's World*

[@MichaelSmith-by3te]

**happy Yakko's World music starts playing**

[@Spartan-jg4bf]

What this fails to say is that Europeans initially operated with the approval of local African chiefs and Kings from costal forts. The African interior was far too deadly for Europeans due to various diseases such as malaria, yellow fever etc. It was only late into the colonial era that cures for these aliments were discovered

[@gwtekz7796]

I know I'm late lol But are you saying that Africans just gave their land up to Europeans wasn't there wars but Africa's lost

[@Spartan-jg4bf]

@@gwtekz7796 On most occasions African Kings allowed Europeans to build coastal trading posts, it was a two way street these coastal kingdoms got access to European goods, who do you think went into the interior to catch slaves? Clue it wasn't the Europeans. Europeans set up these trading posts all over the world as a first step, in India, China, South East Asia etc. Africa was actually the last continent to be colonised

[@gwtekz7796]

@@Spartan-jg4bf yeah so I'm asking after the king's and chiefs cooperated with Europeans did the Europeans kill the kings and chiefs to take over the land

[@gwtekz7796]

@@Spartan-jg4bf because when they talk about colonisation they make it seem like the Europeans went into African countries peacefully and were welcomed with open arms or did the Europeans commit genocides

[@Spartan-jg4bf]

@@gwtekz7796 Did the chiefs kill other chiefs to take over their land? People have been taking other people's land throughout human history, there are no good or bad guys. Like I said earlier Africa was the last continent to be occupied by Europeans

[@ilmarslietaunieks121]

Nambia:exists South africa: im about to end this mans whole carrier

[@thobaninxumalo6829]

As a South African it was wild to me to find out that we colonized Namibia at some point, I was a bit disappointed that the video didn't touch on Namibia gaining its independence from SA and apartheid. Overall it was a good video.

[@semorbutts7584]

Damn this comment section is a battleground 😐

[@sharkfinbite]

Nah. I seen worse.

[@haklovi]

this is how it starts

[@matiasguerra591]

@@sharkfinbite balkan comment section??? 😂😂😂

[@criogenic1839]

@@matiasguerra591 yeah and atheists vs religious

[@no-px7bk]

@Mr. Anonymous Indians vs pakisthanis

[@jorritkoperdraad5611]

It’s sad that you didn’t put the independence of Namibia in the video. Namibia gained independence from South Africa in 1994, after the apartregime was thrown out of power.

[@moymo6125]

Why is spain red and Great Britain yellow 😂 as a eu4 player that looks so cursed

[@hellothere3693]

thank you tho

[@SPACEMAN98]

As a hoi4 player I also agree

[@NotTristeYT]

Same

[@suirahplanogemo3407]

This Wikipedia list about “Places named after Queen Victoria” is incomplete. *You can help by expanding it*

[@Caroleeeh]

Hmmmm

[@thanasissaloukas9453]

Basically The Greeks knew that africa existed cause of Egypt

[@thanasissaloukas9453]

@Dante Alighieri look africa its a greek word : Αφρική = africa = afro

[@jermainjackson8626]

greeks and Egyptians were black dumbass, not white like you look in your profile picture, nowadays the only people that inhabit Greece and Egypt are arab colonizers, invaders, not the original inhabitants

[@inakarbaash4781]

@@jermainjackson8626 I can accept you saying that the egyptians were black, but the greeks? Mate I hope you're joking.

[@inakarbaash4781]

@Son of Kemet Then what were they? They certainly weren't white. In fact what's your definition of black?

[@dieafrikaner3932]

PliantSanity you’re just a dumb victim, my friend. Even if they were black, they were not related to you. Stop trying to steal the history of others

[@Krawlow]

Hi! Very good video. Maybe you didn't know but Occidental Sahara is still technically not an independent country. The moment you mention it, you say that Spain left and Morocco took it. That's correct, although it was what happened "practically". Theoretically, Spain under the pressure of the UN to de-colonise Africa, decided to transform the country into a province, just like the Canary Islands. However, when Morocco invaded Spain's province, Spain abandoned them (they were Spanish CITIZENS) and they let them become invaded. Since no independence referendum was ever carried, it is still considered a non-independent country.

[@familyandfriends3519]

Western Sahara is Spanish colonization

[@zebnayed7547]

Bro before colonisation morocco has the entire Sahara and parts of West algeria .💀

[@pamlindner6121]

Please also do a video on the white slave trade by the Barbary cosairs from Morocco during the 1700

[@SaadAlisArt]

Please also make video on expansion of the United States after it's Independence, history of Russia, history of China etc

[@thesportsguy3088]

No

[@supermouse73]

The history of China would be a fuck long video

[@ws8515]

3:55 Namibian panahandle is shown to have been created in the initial conference, however this was actually gained after the British had seized Rhodesia and the panhandle was a way for the Germans to reach possible river fronts to access the Indian Ocean. This was in exchange for transference of claims to Zanzibar which is still shown highlighted. No mention either of the Moroccan crisis during which Kaiser Wilhelm spurred Moroccan independence movements, but was later resolved with the seizure of more land to expand German NeuKamerun. The Belgian Congo was claimed by Leopold earlier than the Congress. But is still a good video. Earned a subscriber.

[@stayzeno]

Amazing Video!

[@WadioXD]

Kindda curious that spain being the country with less possesions was also the one who maintain for more longer time