Countries That Changed Their Location

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▶ In this video I talk about a few countries that have, throughout history, changed the location in which they exist. Starting with Bulgaria which previously existed in Crimea as "Great Old Bulgaria" then moving to the First Bulgarian Empire (where they now are) and the old Volga Bulgaria in Russia. Then talking about Ghana's connection (or lack thereof) with the Ghana Empire, something that also happens with Modern Benin and the Kingdom of Benin - although one is named in honor of its historic namesake, while the other simply has the same Etymology, respectively. Also taking a look at perhaps the greatest example of countries that moved their location: The Sovereign (Hospitaller Knights) Military Order of Malta; first established in Jerusalem, then moving to Cyprus, Rhodes, Malta and finally existing without territory today, only operationg through a building in Rhodes. Hungary is another example of a European country that technically moved its location, through the migration of the Magyars from Magna Hungaria in the Asian steppes into the Carpathian Basin. And finally taking a look at a few other states, countries or Empires throughout history that could arguably be said moved: such as the Mughal Empire, the Huns, the Angles, the Saxons, the Franks, or even Poland - should you expand the definition of "a country that moved" to location changes along a continuous territory.
TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 Intro
00:47 Bulgaria
02:28 Ghana
04:49 Sovereign Military Order of Malta
06:55 Benin
08:10 Hungary
09:17 Mughal Empire
10:25 Poland
11:38 Huns
11:47 Angles & Franks
12:07 Summary
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[@General.Knowledge]

*Are there any other countries that moved?* Also, check out my latest video HERE: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bX7GZXaobtybmKM

[@arielschant9841]

Poland, make a special video about Poland please! 🙏💕

[@cin294]

Do it Poland dope

[@mikedaniel1771]

Cherokee Nation comes to mind. The entire country was forcibly relocated from their ancestral homelands in the SE US to Oklahoma in an event known as the Trail of Tears.

[@ezix3753]

Turks moved from Central Asia to Anatolia

[@papazataklaattiranimam]

Turkey

[@dairallan]

You forgot the most important one. Australia moved to Europe in order to take part in a song contest.

[@kaloarepo288]

As did Israel!

[@abcede3897]

​@@kaloarepo288 no, Israel was kicked from Asia by muslims refusing to play football with Jews

[@dylanvogler2165]

Lol

[@danidejaneiro8378]

@@abcede3897 - is that a real thing?

[@rstuff66]

@@danidejaneiro8378 it is, though if you ask them, they'll say they have no problem with individual Jews but since they do not recognise Israel as a country, they refuse to play with it.

[@antoniopisciottano6488]

the Roman Empire also moved. it first started as a city-state, expanded until being a huge empire and ended up just being constatinople and it's surroundings

[@dikranlutufyan1001]

Rome actually splited between Byzantine and the Sacro Roman Empire. If you take it to the extreme, you might say that Austria is what the Roman Empire evolved to.

[@Igor_054]

​@@dikranlutufyan1001 HRR was formed Centuries later.

[@thecrown471]

​@@dikranlutufyan1001 I would say that if you take it to the extreme Greece's what the Roman empire has evolved to as when it split in half and barbarians took Rome, Constantinople wich already was tye capital of the roman empire,kept its name until it became Hellenized by its Greek population wich later capitulated to the ottomans and later regained its independence as Greece, but without Constantinople

[@jonathanpilcher337]

Why's everyone talking about what the roman empire evolved into? It ended with the eastern roman empire, simple as that

[@aum1083]

@@dikranlutufyan1001 The Eastern Romans never called themselves Byzantines, but always considered themselves as "Romans", until the end in 1453, despite speaking Greek and beeing Christian Orthodox. They were named "Byzantines" by historians after the fall of Constantinople. So it is correct, the Roman Empire began as city-state in Rome in 753 BC, and ended as city-state in Constantinople, lasting 2206 years ;-)

[@fabianposchl5790]

The history of Malta is so interesting, despite it being such a small country today. I'd love to see a full video about it

[@samuelabelamedici1982]

I'm a Maltese person in school. I learnt about it as I chose history, and I'd like to thank you for this comment ☺️

[@General.Knowledge]

It's coming! July 14th

[@anttisaarilampi]

Keep in mind that the country of Malta and the Sovereign Military Order of Malta (that was discussed in this video) are two completely different things!

[@SeverityOne]

Having moved to Malta about 22 years ago, I agree. It's largely unknown, just a couple of islands at the very edge of Europe. Then, you learn that it's in the top 10 of most densely sovereign nations in the world, and if we forget the outliers of Monaco and Vatican City for a bit, by far the most densely populated country in Europe. Also, the Knights were typically the second sons of the most prestigious and richest noble families in Europe. And this shows when you enter Valletta, the capital city which has fewer than 6000 inhabitants. Each of the eight "langues" of the Knights had their own "auberge", basically their headquarters. Unfortunately, Valletta (and the whole of Malta) was very heavily bombed during the war, more than any other place on the planet, and some of these were destroyed. But the Auberge de Castille survived, among others, and sits at the entrance to Valletta. These days it's the office of the Prime Minister. Another example is St. John's Co-Cathedral. The architect used to design forts, and from the outside, it kinda looks like a fort. But step inside, and the opulence is breathtaking. There is gold and marble literally everywhere. Then, there are the fortifications. After the Great Siege of 1565 (because did you think that the Ottomans gave up so easily?), where the Knights and Maltese somehow managed to repel a numerically superior force, Valletta was constructed as a fortified city. These fortifications are huge. The idea was that it would be impossible to take the city, and that never happened. Well, until Napoleon showed up, and then the British, and then it was bombed by the Germans and Italians. That's just Valletta. Then there's Mdina, which was a lovely place during the pandemic because all the tourists stayed away. It's the old capital, with the "proper" cathedral, and it's also a fortified city. By comparison, Valletta is large, but there's an even smaller fortified city, Citadella, on the smaller island of Gozo. Then there are the temples, which were already ancient when the Egyptians decided to build their pyramids, and which predate Stonehenge by a good 1500 years. Then there are more bays than you can shake a stick at, with near-perfect bathing water (96.6/100). Sure, there are challenges, such as the over-population, and the relentless traffic, less than transparent government, widespread corruption, etc. It's not a perfect country, far from it. But interesting? Absolutely. It's 8000 years of visible history, fabulous weather all year round, and an increasingly heterogenic culture, all in a very compact space. Oh, and do visit Mġarr ix-Xini if you can.

[@SeverityOne]

@@anttisaarilampi True, but the Order still has a presence in Malta (they have an building in Valletta), and the Maltese like to fly their flag, which is like the flag of England but with the colours reversed.

[@ronmaximilian6953]

The Oghur Bulghars were absolutely not the main ethic component in Balkan Bulgaria. They became of the ruling class much like the Normans in England. In fact, in some ways they had less influence on culture. Very little of their steppe culture or language remains. It's a few words in a Slavic language. The descendants of the Volga Bulghars speak the last extent Oghur/ Lir Turkic language, Chuvash.

[@papazataklaattiranimam]

Based

[@kurtonela]

Ye, as far as I know the Bulgars assimilated completely, and they didn't even impose their language like the Magyars. Dunno if this is racist to say, but looking at any Bulgarian today they really don't look like they came from the steppes of Asia...

[@benabroad8872]

“Actually 🤓”

[@papazataklaattiranimam]

The Seven Slavic tribes, together with other Slavic and non-Slavic tribes of the Bulgarian Empire, gradually formed the Bulgarian ethnicity in the 9th century due to the Christianization of Bulgaria under Boris I and the preceding administrative reforms that deprived them of their autonomy and self-government through the Comitatus. The Asparuh's Bulgars, who were not numerous, settled in the Balkans with a single migration wave, which Michael the Syrian described as numbering 10,000.[3] Therefore, they gradually were assimilated into the Slavic culture, until by the 10th century they had adopted the Slavic language, with the Bulgar language going extinct in the kingdom.[4]

[@xAnto1]

Yes, actually. Historical and yes this is studied in Bulgarian History classes at a very young age, the Bulgars when they first arrived did assume control over the Region and over leadership, however they did not assimilate the Slavs or the Greeks into their culture but instead adopted Slavic culture as their own. It is also important to mention that Bulgars under Knyaz Asparuh were certainly not numerous however they were professional in terms of fighting capabilities. In comparison the Slavs were the opposite with them having huge amounts of manpower but simply lacking such professional cavalry tactics the Bulgars had.

[@Krzesimirowicz]

Polish history of the borders is really complex and interesting, would like to see more content of that! :) Really nice video

[@v.sandrone4268]

It greatly simplifies Polish history to think of Poland as having temporary cease fire lines and not "borders".

[@MrKotBonifacy]

@@v.sandrone4268 Yes, you can say that... sorta ;-)

[@mlmielke]

​@@v.sandrone4268My ancestor DNA, on that side... yeah, I think of it is moving borders.

[@unrealfpvdroneproduction4357]

Their history is simple if you look at their real territories in the year 1000. When Kievan Rus fell, the Poles gradually began encroaching on Ukrainian territories. They imprisoned people in the villages, which was an analogue of cruel slavery, with the master having complete control over the serf's life, so informal relations between Ukrainians and Poles are not good even now. In their version of the story, they only describe life on the side of the city where they tried to capture territories and they do not talk about the horrors of their rule, but in order to somehow explain their current prejudiced attitude towards Ukrainians, they invent stories about the cruelty of Ukrainians, although in fact their population increase and movement to the east was based on brutal assimilation and dozens of documents synchronized with Moscow to ban the Ukrainian language and Cossacks. This is the whole history of Poland. It did not expand towards the Germans to the east and the Magyars to the south because it was weak. In the future, Moscow will share it with Germany and it will be restored only after the revolution of 1918 in the Russian Empire. In it, they fought against the Ukrainian People's Republic at first, then it became difficult for us because we were at war with Romania, communist Russia, and the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Of course, our economy did not produce the entire range of military weapons, because before that we were in the Moscow Empire and in a state of formal blockade, we began to negotiate with the Germans and Poles to oppose the Red Army, and so the Poles would end up at the front, and the Germans would get grain in exchange for weapons on we were not "formally" attacked. But in 2018, the first world war ends and the central axis loses, that is, the Germans have gone down the toilet, the Poles are thinking about how to save their ass and are ripping off the territories of Ukraine as they grow the "Zbruch" river and negotiate with Moscow. Then, in the Second World War, the USSR, according to the Molotov-Liebentrop Pact, would take parts of Ukraine and divide Poland with Germany. At the end of the Second World War, the "reclaimed lands" were given to Poland in order to weaken Germany and give Poland more real territories than Ukrainian ones. Although they left certain territories during the occupation, they will launch an assimilation program called "Visula" where they deport Ukrainians from the eastern territory, scattering families separately across the country to prevent the formation of a partisan movement. End.

[@alansokelisatruehero8520]

@@unrealfpvdroneproduction4357 the inaccuracies and bias are so abundant where would someone begin. You managed to demonize Polish people in you head. Did a Pole sleep with someone you liked? For almost every scenario that you can think of the same could apply to Ukraine in their centuries of expanding and contracting. silly is the idea of a human living 85 years +- can own land that is billions of years old and will be around billions after they die. then multiply that folly by a thousand and you have Nationalism which has been the source of many wars and genocides. I thought Ukrainians and Polish relations were sky high and Polish people have welcomed the most refugees of anyone and with fewer restrictions on them than other countries not to mention its media is the most pro Ukraine in the world hands down and have sent the most military aid per capita than anyone. I would reserve my resentment and historical grievances for Russia instead of Poland at least until the invasion has ended :)

[@lippi2171]

The fact that the closest relatives to Hungarian language live thousands and thousands of miles away from Hungary always fascinated me. In fact, some of the closest relatives can be found in small numbers around the Urals (known as the Khanty and Mansi languages and people).

[@stargazer-elite]

Germany and Poland have been moving westward very slowly for 100s of years

[@Yora21]

It's more like Germany first expanded towards the East pushing back the Slavs, and then got pushed back into their original territory. The western Border roughly around the Rhine has never really changed at all in over 2000 years. In the North, there's been a back and forth over Schleswig between Germans and Danes for a long time, but that's really only a very small area. (It's now split evenly between them.)

[@Crambeu]

@@Yora21 Although the slavs only came to that area in about year 500. It was inhabited by germanic tribes before that, but those tribes in turn moved to the south and west.

[@jameeztherandomguy5418]

Actually, Germany is farther East then where it was before (Netherlands to just east of Denmark), it started off as East Francia in 900s and slowly moved East due to France, then slowly moved back West again due to Russia. And Poland is the same situation: their nowadays borders were very similar to their borders about 1000: they moved East because of Lithuania, and Germany; they moved West because of Russia, and also technically Germany

[@accessthemainframe4475]

Worth mentioning, the real reason Dahomey named itself "Benin" was because the old Kingdom of Dahomey was dominated by ethnic Fons who ruled over other ethnic groups. They didn't want the new state to have that name because they wanted all ethnic groups to feel welcome. Same story with Gold Coast, the pre-colonial kingdom was called "Ashanti" but that would alienate non-Akan people.

[@KendrixTermina]

aha, interesting.

[@eduardolins5391]

Damn dude, thanks, now im gonna be obsessed with old African kingdoms for 2 weeks, just like that time that i got obsessed with central Asia, and that other time with the Thracians, and that other time with time with the Helveti, or the celtiberians, or the marajoarans, or the phoenicians, why do all the cool peoples either die or fade into oblivion?!

[@kempeioniiko7916]

Da homie

[@OscarPlymouth]

I look forward to a full video about Poland. I think it's super interesting how it has changed borders over the centuries, and I've never fully understood why all of those changes happened.

[@valerieleonard572]

Not to mention completely disappeared off the map a couple times

[@user-de4mr7uk8d]

@@valerieleonard572 but it has its own downgrades.

[@paulmattt]

Simple answer: Russia.

[@maximux777]

It's because Poland don't have much natural borders in the west and in the east. Their neighbors like Czech Republic (Bohemia and Moravia before) have borders with mountains and that's why they have similar borders for centuries.

[@MrKotBonifacy]

As someone once put it out (sorry, can't remember the name) "a nation that decided to settle in the interconnecting room (or an antechamber), latter wondering why they always have to fight all sort of invaders", or something to that tune. It is located (and always was) on the place called "Great European plains", the only flat-land "corridor" for both western (Germans) and eastern (Russia) invading powers. Kinda like Israel and Judea in ancient times - a narrow "non-dessert" land strip between two local superpowers, Egypt and Assyria. And then "no natural borders" (like mountain range, sea or big river) that would make invasion more difficult.

[@bvbdortmund4809]

Interesting fact: some Bulgarians even made it to Italy. There is a town named Celle di Bulgheria in todays Italy and the people are actually related to the Bulgarians. You can google it up "The Bulgarian Trace in Italia"

[@kxmapper]

Yea, and there's a town named Bolgar on the coast of Volga. Ancient Bulgarians have spread quite a lot

[@papazataklaattiranimam]

@@kxmapperBulgarians didn’t exist in ancient times but Bulgars did

[@kxmapper]

@@papazataklaattiranimam it's a translation issue, we call modern Bulgarians Bulgars (болгары) in Russia. Thanks anyways

[@kaloyanrosenov2123]

@@papazataklaattiranimam Turkish also , but turks 😅

[@kaloyanrosenov2123]

​@@papazataklaattiranimamThere is no difference between bulgarian and bulgar , in bulgarian its Balgarin , in turkish its Bulgar in russian Bolgar! Bulgarian is a English word, bulgar is turkic , means the same 😅

[@QueenMooSuko]

The history of Korea, in regards to borders is fascinating, especially when you get into the Kingdoms before being known as Korea today. It has a history not too dissimilar to that of Poland's, eternally wedged between China and Japan, at times disappearing and becoming part of both.

[@QueenMooSuko]

@@AdoraTsang Korea definitely had its own cultures within it, although you're right, there have been various times where they've adopted things from both the Chinese and Japanese, becoming more similar to both depending on who was in control at one point or another. Yet, there have been wonderful, albeit dramatizations of their past cultures and history. Theres a long running series that has made a saga out of various time periods and people of note, whether it be Dae Joyeong of Gorguryeo or Admiral Yi Soon Shin, I highly recommend it! They even use a dialect of korean thats more similar to the time periods.

[@fidel1803]

​@@QueenMooSuko are you from South Korea or North? Most likely South. Thus a question: do you respect your people from North? And do you hope to reunite with them?

[@fidel1803]

​@@QueenMooSuko I am trying to learn North Korea. That phenomenon. At beginning, it was just interested. But sceptical. Then, as further I found info, it was a wonder. And finally respect. In spite of all strange things.

[@QueenMooSuko]

@@fidel1803 Oh no, I'm not Korean, I'm from the United States and of european descent. I do hope they reunite someday, however. I wish my country would stop agitating the situation there so relations between both Koreas can finally normalize and ease.

[@suchymk]

Poland only "dissapeared" from map twice once for 123 years and for 6 years of occupation. At times Poland was the strongest country in europe korea never was stronger than their neighbours. We are not the same!

[@jaykaufman9782]

Interesting thing about the SMOM (Sovereign Military Order of Malta): though now part of the Vatican, they have their own small air force. The planes -- I believe they currently number two -- are painted white with the Maltese cross as their roundel. They fly charitable air operations, carrying food, medicine, and similar life-saving supplies to crisis spots, usually in the aftermath of natural disasters.

[@telebubba5527]

No, they are seperate from the Vatican. They even have their own representation in the United Nations. It's a country in it's own right, but without land. With a passport, flag, anthem, stamps and coinage; the whole works! They basically work for the United Nations as you say for charitable reasons. I came across it years ago and have always thought it fascinating that this could exist. I believe they have a second villa outside of Rome also. Both places are considered sovereign pieces of land.

[@generaledelogu1892]

Can't forget about all the native tribes in the modern day US and Canada that moved due to dxpansion of the respective countries, the Trail of Tears is possibly the biggest example where the "5 Civilized Tribes" were forcibly moved to the Oklahoma Territory from their original residences in the east of the US

[@marusdod3685]

not countries

[@Onlinerando]

@@marusdod3685 they “aren’t countries” only because colonizers chose to call them “tribes” rather then “countries” or “nations”.

[@stiegelzeine2186]

@@Onlinerando it doesn’t matter if they’re countries or not in both ways it’s bad but I’m pretty sure you can’t just call anything a country or nation there has to be a king or nowadays a state that makes it clear that it’s his territory then it’s a country If that was the case then they are countries otherwise they’re not

[@General.Knowledge]

Oh I can't believe I forgot about these! They're perfect examples of this

[@LillyP-xs5qe]

I wouldn't call it a country that moved location, more systemic acts of genocide...

[@davidwheatman2042]

Turkey has probably taken the most notable journey across the map

[@christopherx7428]

Just like Poland, Germany has moved quite a lot to the west as well.

[@stiegelzeine2186]

I don’t think it moved a lot even compared to East Francia wich i think is the earliest German kingdom, it only got cologne and Eastern territory after Magdeburg and lost some south where now austria and Switzerland are

[@General.Knowledge]

Very true!

[@andrzejhinc6404]

Especially prussians moved very frequently

[@vincent412l7]

Yes, what used to be Prussian is now in Poland.

[@andrzejhinc6404]

@NXP38 I agree, and Poland should get back eastern Poland from before ww2

[@DotPotato95]

I've always been curious about the movement of Poland. Looking forward to learning about that!

[@o_s-24]

Also Portugal went to Brazil for a moment. That also can be considered moving

[@hsacshark2213]

no thats just colonialism

[@jeanpierreviergever1417]

That was just the royal family and capital.

[@General.Knowledge]

True! When the court moved to escape Napoleon's invasions

[@SeverityOne]

@@jeanpierreviergever1417 "just the royal family and capital"... in other words, the government and the capital city. What else do you need to be a sovereign nation?

[@rizkyadiyanto7922]

​@@SeverityOne the people?

[@Max_Skogr]

Hi mate, since 2022 I have subscribed to you just because I find your videos really interesting to see. Thank you for teaching us something good every week.

[@General.Knowledge]

Thank you for watching! :)

[@hipstainu]

I always wondered if old and modern Benin were related. This is a very interesting video

[@echardtschloeder5178]

Your production skills have really developed over time. Kudos!

[@roundninja]

I think Byzantium and Taiwan count under some definitions

[@Yora21]

Saxony is another interesting case. The rulers of the Duchy of Saxony (in Northern Germany) gained control over territory in Southern Germany. Later the state was split up and absorbed into other states, leaving only the new southern territory which eventually became the Kingdom of Saxony, and then the current federal state of Saxony. I think it was really only the ruling family that moved and took the name of the country with them. The old Saxon people and the current Saxons are completely separate populations and didn't move as a whole at all.

[@Tokru86]

It's like with the order of Malta. No country (as in people) was moving anywhere. Just the tiny ruling class/people got in possession of some other piece of land and moved to rule there.

[@ekesandras1481]

don't forget the Transylvania Saxons in Romania, or the Anglo-Saxons, or the Nedersaxons in the Netherlands.

[@emmell6285]

Love this video. Having a timeline on screen would definitely help put it in perspective. Keep up the good work 🎉

[@zainalhamali7791]

this is one of the most interesting videos i have seen in a while. pls never stop

[@Alkalus]

Woah. New editing style? Sweet. 😎

[@General.Knowledge]

Yes! I've been trying out editing interactive maps, it's a lot more work but sometimes it's worth it to visually explain something better. And in this case with countries moving from one place to the other I thought it really made sense :)

[@Qwerka]

⁠@@General.Knowledge You do know that Bulgars and Bulgarians are different right? Bulgars are Turkic, and Bulgarians are Slavic. You didn’t even check Wikipedia! Please fix this error in the description of the video. :)

[@markgarin6355]

Interesting, but reusing a name, or tracking a group gets convoluted. The Vandals and Lombards started somewhere near present Denmark...one ended in northern Africa, the other in Sicily.

[@stachliczek]

The Vandals actually started more in what is nowadyas central Poland rather than in Denmark. Even to this day you can see that the mindset of "vandalism" is heavily rooted in the minds of people living on those lands...

[@WildBluntHickok]

Great video. I love it when videos deliver exactly what the title and thumbnail made me think they would be. No click-bait here, just precisely what was promised.

[@laurenstrasser]

Love your videos! So informative! Please do one on the changing borders of Poland. My ancestors came from Germany in a part that is now part of Poland. I'd love to learn more!

[@abduvohidodiljonov9365]

Prussian?

[@raulyusufov611]

I hope you will do a Sovereign Military Order of Malta - it's such an interesting international entity, yet just a few people talk about it!

[@gustavoordonio6857]

na época da escola eu odiava história e assisto todos seus videos hj em dia, seu canal é fodaaaa keep it up

[@mrtrollnator123]

History is indeed very interesting

[@Thesungod95]

I WAS WAITING FOR THIS VIDEO, VERY INTERESTING TOPIC.

[@mariajoaoferrazdeabreu150]

Beautiful images, great video. Congrats.

[@cathyarsenault817]

Thank you for including my ancestors, the Magyars. And YES, the story of Poland's gradual slide west sounds interesting.

[@thatisme3thatisme38]

The magyars were pretty much extinct by late 13th century. Mongols ran over that country. There was literally not much left. So unlikely you have any Magyar ancestry

[@johnkeck]

For some of these, the entity that moved would be better described as a nation, rather than a country. The former is more characteristic of a people with a common "birth" or origin, and the latter is more characteristic of a geographic location.

[@hildebrandgotenland4823]

Yes I also thought the word "country" is missused here. Especially the African examples are completely wrong, only naming your new country about a foreign former country, doesn't mean it moved. If Germany calls itself Poland-Lithuania tomorrow, it doesn't mean that country has moved there lol.

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

@@hildebrandgotenland4823 Even better, if they call themselves east frankia now

[@hildebrandgotenland4823]

@@HappyBeezerStudios Well that could make sense somehow, because they really were the Ostfränkisches Reich at one point.

[@thatisme3thatisme38]

Yeah it shoukd have been "state" not "country".

[@jfrancobelge]

One good example: Belgium is a country made of three nations, Flanders, Wallonia and Ostbelgien.

[@stachliczek]

Do Poland pls, even though I know how it went, it's still going to be nice to see it summarised by you :D

[@telebubba5527]

I'd think he'd have to do the whole region, especially with Lithuania, Belarus and Ukraine. Because it's all pretty interconnected.

[@nicoleturczynski7730]

Yessss! Full video on Malta please

[@staffan-]

"If you think of France you think of Europe" Meanwhile in French Guiana: "Yep, this is totally Europe. Here, take my euro."

[@MrManTheFirst]

South America isn't exactly the first thing you think of when you hear the word France

[@General.Knowledge]

Top 1 European Union Territories

[@rizkyadiyanto7922]

French Guiana isnt the only franch colony. they also have some in indian and pacific ocean.

[@bernadmanny]

​@@MrManTheFirst Neither is Polynesia.

[@aperson8025]

@@bernadmanny nor vietnam

[@cjohnny4]

Thank you for doing this video--it's always been a fascinating topic to me; one that many people are not aware of! Nice work. Yes Turkey would be another example...massive movement out of Central Asia.

[@AlbertTheGamer-gk7sn]

Starting from Siberia.

[@ardakaraca9099]

@@AlbertTheGamer-gk7sn what tf are u talking abt

[@AlbertTheGamer-gk7sn]

@@ardakaraca9099 Well, the Turks started off in Siberia before going to Central Asia and Turkey.

[@Seniorfutt]

@@AlbertTheGamer-gk7sn Not really, they were fighting with the chinese in the central asia then migrated to the west due to chinese womans poisoning them

[@ibrahimsoylu3331]

@@AlbertTheGamer-gk7sn kidding right?

[@santa5133]

Thanks for this video! Its very interesting

[@thats_guip]

What an interesting video! Thank you! Those changes may explain similar features and languages between distant countries...

[@jordi6795]

Fascinating topic! Usually we think of peoples/nations existing in a particular place all their history and how these evolve and shape the land they are, but those others that had to move makes one wonder how do they may remember or feel about their ancient origin place, also how it may be the entire process of moving, resettling and creating new settlements, renaming or creating new names, new culture associated to the new placement, etc, etc. Very interesting!

[@johnd.9]

I am surprised that since you mentioned Poland, you did not also mention Lithuania. 🤔

[@suchymk]

Medieval lithuania is not the same as modern day lithuania. Medieval lithuania's succesor is Belarus. Look up litvinism its true and it is common knowledge in Poland

[@LincolnDWard]

@@suchymk so it's more of a Ghana situation where they just took the name?

[@lqr824]

@@suchymk > Medieval lithuania is not the same as modern day lithuania. Right, and that's what this video is about, correct?

[@ekesandras1481]

the ethnic Lithuanians never really moved, they live where they always lived.

[@countryballsandmappingprod315]

Awesome man!

[@turkishmappingtheturkishguy]

Pls do part 2 i really enjoyed it

[@juane.sanchez8343]

Here are additional countries that moved locations. - The Kingdom of Armenia to the region of Cilicia. - The Kingdom of Jerusalem to Acre. - Roman Empire went from being based in Italy to Constantinople following the conquest of Rome. Lesser extent: - The Kingdom of Italy (1943-1945) was primarily based in Sicily. - Portugal relocated to Brazil following the Napoleonic invasion of the Iberian peninsula.

[@Malakawaka]

Also thought of Portugal. -Another is Turkey, that is using a name that has more to do with its founder than with its ethnicity. -Iberia in Goergia and Armenia. -Brittain was in France. Also dinsaties move, such as Orange ending up in Netherlands

[@Luzitanium]

Portugal didnt moved to Brazil, the country remained in the same place what was moved was the capital only.

[@kaloarepo288]

You missed one of the most remarkable transfers of a nations name in history and that is how the name of the country which we now know as Scotland was originally the name of the neighboring island of Ireland. In the Dark Ages (circa 9th-10th centuries A.D.) so many of the Irish then known as the Scotti moved across the Irish channel to invade and settle in the western areas of what is now Scotland but then was called the kingdom of Alba -the name "Scottia" was then transferred to this other area because these Scotti or Irish were so numerous. The famous Dark Ages philosopher Scottus Eriugina was an Irishmen and if you go to Vienna and other central European cities you will find a "Schottenkirche" -an Irish (not Scottish) founded church and monasteries -this is because the Scotti -i. e. the Irish monks were so prominent in spreading Christianity in that part of the world. So the Scottish were originally tthe Irish.

[@General.Knowledge]

Name transfers are also a really interesting topic! Thanks :) I'll add it to my list

[@papazataklaattiranimam]

⁠@@General.Knowledge Some examples: Bulgar - Bulgarian Onogur - Hungarian Kazakh - Cossack Rus’ - Russian Sekiz Oghuz - Naiman Yaglakar - Jalayir Makedon - Macedonian Roman - Rum Turkoman - Turkmen Lombard - Lombardian Khalaj - Ghilzai

[@kaloarepo288]

@@General.Knowledge This was not just a name transfer but a shift in populations. Another historical example is in the dark ages or early medieval period when actually Italy(Italia) for several centuries was in the main called Langobardia after the Lombards -a Germanic people who took over most of Italy. This is what the Arabs called the peninsula in that era and there are actually the writings of a medieval monk who laments the fact that Italia is no longer called that but Langobardia. Name probably changed back when Franks conquered Italy . Also Britannia changing to "England" when Anglo-Saxons took over!

[@VeggiePopper]

@@kaloarepo288 well, at least Britannia survived into the name of the island, Great Britain.

[@trijezdci4588]

Alba wasn't the name of Scotland, it was the name of the whole of Britain before the Roman conquest. The Romans changed the name of the island of Alba to Britannia.

[@polarmouse3943]

A very interesting topic!

[@kgtomi]

Really good video! You always make amazing content! Keep it up! :D

[@General.Knowledge]

Thanks!!

[@borysjurkiewicz5968]

10:43 of course. I will be happy for every video abaut Poland that you would made.

[@pecatabossov8145]

Bulgaria has a great history, if possible full video ❤️

[@chrisleon5918]

Hey Bro, you said to leave a comment if interested in the Poland vid. Ok I'm interested!! Thanks for all great content, please keep it coming.

[@brockjohnson3550]

I would love to see a video on Poland and the many border changes it had in its history

[@migmit]

Nitpick: "magyar" is not pronounced "ma-g-i-ar"; "gy" is a separate letter in Hungarian alphabet, and is pronounced as a softened "d", somewhat similar to the one in "during". So, it is actually "mad'ar".

[@Mastersharkmapping]

Your truly Dahomey! General knowledge

[@andreiparaschiv9915]

My first question when I first read the title was „What do you even mean by country?”. I was expecting to be kind of disappointed, which I was in the case of Ghana and Benin, for example, because the only element of continuity is the name. But at the same time, the whole Malta things is really interesting. I knew that maltese was partly an arabic language, but I never understood why. Great video!

[@rev5396]

The production on this channel is just exponentially increasing! I watched the growth of this channel and its been incredible to see. Truly deserved

[@amn9433]

Serbia is also a great example of moving places the way Poland did

[@Jordanlukemarks]

A very new comment

[@CHASEMARC]

YES please make a video about Military order of Malta

[@ZAZCx]

id be very interested in the malta and polish video, i do hope you do one!!

[@mikeg2306]

The situation of Ghana and Benin (and to some extent Mali) is similar to that of the Holy Roman Empire, which was not ethnically Roman but took the name of a once great empire for the prestige.

[@ARG0T]

Both incarnations of the HRE (Frankish Empire under Charlemagne and the empire in the 11th-12th centuries) had jurisdiction over Rome though, so for a time the name was legitimate

[@kimyongin1987]

The Bamar in modern-day Myanmar/Burma were originally from China before moved southward, replacing the Pyu culture and establishing numerous kingdoms that serves as the nucleus of modern Myanma identity. There are also the Ahom who came from area near norhern Burma and southwestern China and migrated to found their own kingdom in modern-day Assam, India.

[@leandershx959]

Again a very cool video and please do a video about the order of Malta

[@General.Knowledge]

It's done! It's scheduled for July 14th :)

[@fritzguldenpfennig2486]

Absolutely need a full Order of Malta video

[@paulndaoc]

I would love to see what you could do on nations of or groups of people in modern and day and recent times of Europe that do not have in modern times their own nation. I'm thinking Galicia, Prussia, Lappi, Roma, Corsicans, and so on.

[@Tounushi]

Too bad you didn't mention Saxony. That's an interesting one, too.

[@arcadiaberger9204]

[Edited] Oh, hey! I was just reading a novel set during the Christmas [Truce] of 1914, in which the Germans made a big deal about how they were Saxons making friends with Anglo-Saxons.

[@dorderre]

He probably missed it bcs it was part of the HRE and not a completely sovereign state on its own.

[@General.Knowledge]

I didn't know about it! How did it move?

[@dorderre]

@@General.Knowledge I recommend the Wikipedia article about Saxony. It's pretty accurate on this part. In short: in the middle ages there was a duchy of Saxony that made up large parts of modern northern Germany. During the Ostsiedlung (settlement of the east) this area was expanded to include what is now southern Brandenburg, the free state of Saxony and parts of Lusatia. When the original noble house expired, these areas were split between the Houses of Welf (ancestors of the monarchs George I through Victoria of Great Britain), the House of Anhalt (Askanians, one notable figure from this house was Empress/Tsarina Catherine II the Great of Russia) and the House of Wettin (ancestors of the later Kings of Saxony and amongst others the House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Edward VII through Liz II of Great Britain). The titles of Elector and Duke of Saxony eventually went to the Wettins who ruled over the area that was not part of the original medieval duchy of Saxony. So, even shorter: it's not like the country a.k.a. the people that moved location, but the original duchy was largely expanded and later split up, with the noble title going to a dynasty ruling over a region that was not part of the original.

[@Tounushi]

@@General.Knowledge used to be on the coast between Frisia and Schleswig, then expanded/shifted inland. Now the area is Lower Saxony, while plain Saxony is the former kingdom and current Bundesland just north of the border. The Saxon part of English heritage comes from the coast.

[@JxH]

5:12 "...full video on Malta..." *YES PLEASE* 🙂🙂

[@General.Knowledge]

Okay!

[@forrala9821]

love the accuracy, from bulgaria ❤️🇧🇬

[@ChadTwiz-xl8cc]

You should really do an video about the movement of polish borders through history.

[@General.Knowledge]

Okay!

[@mrtrollnator123]

​@@General.Knowledgecool video my brother, obrigado!

[@hanquanphoon5664]

I'd say the case of Armenia, having had moved to the Mediterranean coast once, is much more interesting and close to the definition of country moving than all the examples here.

[@safs3098]

Did they really move tho? Those lands and their Caucasian lands were inhabited by Ethnic Armenians but they lost their Caucasian lands to invaders while keeping the Anatolian lands, so not really moved but rather lost one part and kept the other. Tho they later got "removed" from Anatolia by turks

[@Supaawesomeification]

Came here to talk about Armenian Cilicia too lmao

[@burieddreamer]

Very moving!

[@blezzshaban9860]

Watching this from Ghana 🇬🇭. (Obviously the modern day Ghana 😂😂) Great fun of your channel keep up the good work

[@fidel1803]

As far as I know the name of ancient empire Ghana was used specially by Kwame Nkruma as a idea to unite the whole region of West Africa. To make it really independent, self efficient, powerful state.

[@koperekhabsburdzki43]

11:00 i know that this could be too much clinginess but Poland also had (under the rule of mention in this video Bolesław I) Slovakia and Moravia.

[@ssrbgangimaribotan6thofthe12]

The predecessors of Vietnam, or at that time called Namviet used to rule some southern part of Yunnan and Guangxi (and a small parts northern Vietnam) before being assimilated by Chinese empire and the rest expand southwards slowly, assimilating locals too. The Chinese Song dynasty is also an interesting case as it started in the north, expanded to the south thus they were called the northern Song and then they got defeated by the Mongols in the north, turning into southern Song dynasty while resisting the mongol invasion in the southern China.

[@teovu5557]

Nam Viet was formed and ruled by ex Han chinese generals. The true vietnamese state was BEFORE that period called Van Lang.

[@JasonBob]

I was definitely expecting a segment on Portugal/Brazil here.

[@ricardomobile8479]

Very very good video

[@5hrk5]

Поздрави на Славянска Република България от братята на Славянска Република Хърватска

[@Fifotsariat]

One Border! Croatia and Bulgaria neighbors!

[@5hrk5]

​@@Fifotsariat 925г

[@user-fy8nd6nz5w]

В составе Сербии.

[@craftah]

@@user-fy8nd6nz5w Listen ruzzian troll, Serbs don't think like that. You will not make nations angry ;)

[@bosnianchungus433]

В составе Боснии и Герцеговиньи.

[@shk439]

Kyrgyzstan also moved their location from Siberia to Central Asia

[@General.Knowledge]

Oh! Why did they do that?

[@papazataklaattiranimam]

@@General.Knowledge Turkic tribes always moved to west😁

[@sdrawkcabUK]

Interestingly ‘Kyrgyszstan’ originally referred to what is now Kazakhstan, with modern Kyrgyz viewed as a subgroup called ‘mountain Kyrgyz’ or ‘Kara (black) Kyrgyz’. The names were latter changed by the Soviets who were keen to emphasise ethnic/linguistic differences wherever possible

[@aum1083]

@@General.Knowledge It is very cold in Siberia ;-)

[@edwardsnowden8821]

​@@papazataklaattiranimam#Free KURDISTAN

[@ArtoriasTheAbyss]

I always wondered why Volga Bulgaria was so far from where Bulgaria is now. You finally gave me my answer, thanks

[@tymoteusziwanow2503]

I would love to see a video on Poland's changing borders!

[@MMIKE.]

A Polander here. 10:50 map actually shows the borders of Mieszko's (Mieshko) country. Bolesław is named "the Brave" for a reason - he conquered neighboring territories and his kingdom was slightly bigger

[@skokondrela77]

There are Mieszko candies, now I understand where the name comes from.😄

[@mrszmatan2727]

Also it's worth mentioning that as in this video Bolesław was said to be first ruler of Poland that is not the case, we consider Mieszko to be first historical leader as there is pretty much no space to dispute the case of him being only myth. Difference is that Bolesław was first crowned King of Poland, Mieszko was ruling as Prince, so during his time Poland was merely a principality, not a kingdom. That's where confusion may come from.

[@Less_Than_Laddy]

A video on Poland would be interesting

[@ape.barrio]

The Malta video would be pretty cool!

[@heritage.]

good video🎉🎉

[@arcadiaberger9204]

China pushed the Vietnamese out of southern China, so they pushed the Khmers out of Vietnam, of course. And the Japanese pushed the Ainu northward out of the southern islands of Japan.

[@General.Knowledge]

Interesting! Is this why there's such a linguistic proximity between Vietnam and Southern China?

[@mikedaniel1771]

Vietnam had historically been conquered and occupied by China, which is probably where the loan words originate

[@Kromiball]

The Chinese, Koreans, Japanese and Ainu were playing musical chairs from Manchuria to the Kurils.

[@huaiwei]

​@@General.Knowledge in fact, the name "Vietnam" itself literally means "Southern Yue", with Yue referring to the Cantonese regions of China.

[@ariapinandita9240]

Then the Champa-nese moved to Aceh province in Sumatra (Indonesia)... Dai Viet-Champa war...

[@mentalshatter]

5:12 Yes, please. That sounds incredibly interesting.

[@PaladinMagellan]

Need an episode 2

[@General.Knowledge]

Sure! Are there any more countries that moved?

[@PaladinMagellan]

@@General.Knowledge Svalbard

[@michaelrae9599]

The Malta one really blew my mind. You could add Rome to this list, similar to Poland.

[@kaloarepo288]

I don't think the Knights of Malta is a real country - more an order of chivalry within the Roman Catholic church which owns a palazzo in Rome -it's not registered with the United Nations as a country.

[@Misterjuzz]

@@kaloarepo288 people lived on the island way before the knights arrived (and the cultures shifted and melded a lot over time). The knights didn't make it a country and were oppressors for the most part. the Maltese language existed before and has changed too over time. We gained independence (self-governance) in 1964, from the British.

[@kaloarepo288]

At least the Knights and others saved Malta from the massive Ottoman Turkish invasion of the sixteenth century - one of the most impressive defenses of a place against a massive invasion fleet in all of human history- and Malta's stunning baroque architecture stems from that era!@@Misterjuzz

[@Misterjuzz]

@@kaloarepo288 The number 1565 was drilled into my head during junior school, I could never forget it. Before that, the island was part of Sicily and before that it kept exchanging hands (we know that many census were carried out and our language started to form thanks to both latin and semitic influence). If you'd like to learn more about our history there is an online project which collects various topics about our history, architecture, cuisine etc are included! I have nothing against the knights, but it wouldn't be fair to those who came before them to say that they gave us our identity.

[@kaloarepo288]

I was not the one who said that the Knights of Malta were essential to Malta's identity - what I was talking about was the Catholic organization with headquarters in Rome who some people incorrectly claim is a country - though they do have some nuncios or envoys that represent them in some Catholic countries. I know a reasonable lot about Malta but I could find out a lot more -for example I know about one of Malta's most famous classical musicians -Nicholas Isouard (the name sounds French) and he actually moved to France and was probably the first to write an opera on Cinderella -(in1810) He called it "Cendrillon" which is French for Cinderella - I even know about the mysterious underground megalithic temples which are probably as old as the Pyramids.@@Misterjuzz

[@magnusfrankevoort9708]

The Republic of China also moved in this sense. From mainland China to the island of Taiwan

[@aum1083]

agreed :-)

[@geoffroi-le-Hook]

The big question is does the government in Taipei claim the mainland.

[@Master_3530]

The Polish video probably wouldn't be anything new for me since we learned a lot about it in school, but it'd be cool to share that history to others.

[@mysteriousDSF]

nice video

[@timeflysintheshop]

Given that Finland recently joined NATO, I think a video dedicated to the history of Finland and how its territory has changed over time would be great!

[@timeflysintheshop]

@Karl Von Lytovski are you referring to Putin in his bunker???

[@timeflysintheshop]

@Karl Von Lytovski spoken like a true acolyte of DT. Your life choices are not serving you well.

[@tovarishcheleonora8542]

@@timeflysintheshop I guess you misspelled "zelenskiy".

[@starveon4355]

Finns living in cave?

[@timeflysintheshop]

@@starveon4355 I know right? I am not sure what was meant by that either, other than it was something negative towards the Finns.

[@ZeroCGR2]

I wondered if you will mention Poland and how it "moved" slightly to the west. Good video

[@manyulgarprsch]

That wasn't voluntary. It was compensation.

[@kxmapper]

Volga Bulgaria then was turkized and modern Tatar nation was formed there. We still have some remnants of Bulgarian civilization on the territory of Tatarstan, for example acnient Bolgar town.

[@papazataklaattiranimam]

Kipchakized Oghurs

[@Ivienen]

I completely agree that Poland and Mongolia moved, when I open the video I thought that all examples where going to be like those ones

[@Didymus20X6]

It seems I remember reading somewhere that Bulgaria and Volga are etymologically related.

[@APJTA]

That makes sense. B to V is a pretty common consonant shift.

[@thatisme3thatisme38]

Yes Russians don't have U. They call bulgarians bolgari. Bolgar Volga.

[@henryhawthorn8849]

I’m interested about the Visigoths because they were my ancestors. I believe that the Visigoths, or western goths, originated somewhere in Eastern Europe, but somehow those people migrated westward for several centuries until they settled in the Iberian Peninsula.

[@latakicsi2183]

goths were germanics they moved back to east/asia/ then as a horse steppe warriors moved west again with the huns

[@mrtrollnator123]

Afaik, the goths originated in Scandinavia, then migrated to Eastern Europe where they lived there for a couple hundred years, then the huns arrived in the 4th century, then the goths split in 2, one branch migrated to Rome alongside other tribes like the vandals and alans; those were the visigoths. The goths that remained in the hun empire became the ostrogoths. The ostrogoths would later migrate to dalmatia than conquer Italy. The visigoths conquered gaul (France) and iberia. The ostrogoths would be defeated by the byzantines, and the visigoths would be defeated by the muslims. If there are any errors in my explanation, let me know, this is the best explanation I can give about these people

[@kristiawanindriyanto5765]

Perhaps not strictly moving in a vast geographical scale, but the transformation of the Teutonic Knights' holding in Prussia, then the secular Duchy of Prussia, then inherited by Brandenburg and eventually became the nucleus of Kingdom of Prussia and eventually German Empire is noteworthy

[@TheReallyRixt]

Yes please make a video about the order of malta

[@spr1nterso213]

Also on the territory of the former Volga Bulgaria (this is now Tatarstan) there is a city called Bolgar, which was the capital of this state. There are ruins of buildings there, and at the moment there are excavations going on. You can look at the maps.

[@teovu5557]

and the old bulgar language is still used by the Chuvash people. Besides the Chuvash and volga tatars there is also the Balkar people of the Caucasus.

[@papazataklaattiranimam]

@@teovu5557 but Chuvash is creole language between Turkic and Finno-Ugric now rather than just Bulghar

[@supernt7852]

​@@papazataklaattiranimamThere is no evidence that Chuvash is a creole language. There is no doubt that it is Turkic.

[@papazataklaattiranimam]

@@supernt7852 Then why i can understand 25-35% of Bulghar whereas only 1-2% of Chuvash?

[@supernt7852]

@@papazataklaattiranimam You are a speaker of a Finno-Ugric language?