Destroyed Countries That No Longer Exist

[@General.Knowledge]

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[@AntiCommunist]

General Knowledge first

[@Gal_Flumin]

Judea & israel kindoms by the romans

[@Jodonho]

The native Americans

[@nicolasrenaud6875]

It had never been an independant country, but "Acadie" in North America was a nice "colony" during the New France era and I'm sure it would have grown into an awesome and beautiful small country...

[@NibanoTransmontano]

Mate CHEGA or Iniciativa Liberal ?

[@RoccoArgubright]

The Aztec collapse was also internal. Its people that it conquered were unloyal and constantly rebelled, and the Aztec economy was based on taking over more land for more resources since it wasn't self-sufficient. Once it took over new land, it created more unloyal subjects that rebelled even more, and this cycle would eventually destroy the Aztecs even if the Spanish never attacked.

[@blanktrigger8863]

I don't think most folks realize that's how pretty much every economy worked before free market capitalism. Trade wars were likewise a giant trigger for war because the war for resources was being fought out in trade, too. As much as folks want to destroy capitalism, they have yet to propose any kind of system that profits, which will mean a return to warring for resources.

[@JJ-fq4nl]

@@blanktrigger8863 there’s still wars for resources in capitalism.

[@DaytonaRoadster]

just like the Soviet Union

[@hib723]

The Aztecs didn't have a culture and only consisted of a small warrior class which was in power for a small amount of time in a small area. Mayan civilization existed for thousands of years up until today in some rural areas, and built everything the Aztecs claimed.

[@o1l2i3v4i5e6r7]

I'd argue the collapse was MOSTLY internal. The support from the conquered groups was necessary for the Spanish to conquer the empire.

[@kaiseramadeus233]

"which bring us to today's spon-" *Fast forward 40 seconds*

[@mrbisshie]

Google "sponsorblock" it does that auto for you.

[@Hand-in-Shot_Productions]

I did the _exact_ same thing!

[@victormendes956]

Always. While watching on my smartphone and when there are 3 or more yellow lines indicating Google ads into the video I forward, watch-skip the first ones and then forward to slightly after the other yellow lines. It won't display the ads but will erase the stop so I can watch the video seamlessly. It's insane how the internet turned out to be as bad as TV, and KZbin is particularly annoying and creators don't get a fair share as Google keeps most of the revenue. I'll see if I can download a hacked KZbin APK so I can use full Adblock on my smartphone too. Luckily, unlike TV, we can resort to blocking those unnecessarily annoying and abusive ads

[@Hand-in-Shot_Productions]

@@victormendes956 That advertisements can interrupt a video is _exactly_ why I don't do ads on my videos! Even if I do start, I will try to make sure the ads only appear at the beginning and end of my videos!

[@ashrasmun1]

Why do you need to be so obnoxious about it though? Just skip and don't boast about it... That's super cringe.

[@QuestionEverythingButWHY]

“Only the dead have seen the end of war.” ― Plato

[@zap3231]

Random quotes unrelated to the video do not make you look smart

[@xhafts]

@@zap3231 lmaoo

[@Coalzzz]

@@zap3231 ooo mad lmao

[@tenid4824]

@@zap3231 gave you an up vote, but also: being a random dick online doesn't make you better than him.

[@absorbingsulfuricacid9959]

@@zap3231 Well you are not smart

[@themoreyouknow7418]

Fun fact: the Roman Emperors also took the title of Pharaoh of Egypt, however, they could only use the title when actually in Egypt (and not able to when in the rest of the empire)

[@goncalo33]

I've always wondered why they couldn't use it outside of Egypt.

[@jasonanderson5034]

@@goncalo33 and this did not answer your moment of wonder

[@B727X]

@@goncalo33a sign of respect

[@will_silvano]

Part of Rome's mastery of Bureaucracy! Very cool fun fact!

[@dannoi]

you also do realize that there was nothing and no one on the planet who could prohibit them to do so if they pleased ? )) just couldnt care less most likely, like being Emperor of Rome wasnt enough ? ))

[@sinebachrenleff847]

The fact that Denmark, a very small nation today, used to rule over the whole north (yes, Norway, Sweden, Iceland and Greenland) + Estonia for some time AND England (!!!) always blows my mind!

[@rogerhennie8939]

Iceland and Greenland were inhabited by Norwegians and was originaly a part of Norway. After the 'union' with Denmark ended in 1814, Danmark stole Iceland and Greenland.

[@Jo-Heike]

Denmark didn't rule Sweden, they were in a voluntary union with Denmark, but they could leave, and did leave. The same was true of Norway, they could have left the union with Denmark if they wanted to, but they didn't. Unfortunately Denmark-Norway sided with Napoleon during the Napoleonic wars, and Norway was ceded to Sweden afterwards (something Norway did not recognize, so Sweden invaded). Although, if you mean that Denmark ruled part of Sweden, then there is evidence of that, but not the whole of Sweden, and certainly not the whole of Modern Sweden. As for Estonia, apparently they did, learned something new. Although, it was only for a very short period of time. Denmark also controlled parts of Pomerania, and the northern most parts of Modern Germany. England was nearly controlled by Norse, and Danes several times, although, the North Sea Empire was the only time they actually succeeded. Still, they did rule England. As somebody else pointed out, the reason Denmark had/has Iceland, Greenland and the Faroe Isles was because they got to keep them when Norway was seceded to Sweden after Napoleon's defeat.

[@Jo-Heike]

@@rogerhennie8939 Why do you have union in quotation marks? It was a real union between Norway and Denmark, that grew from a personal union and lasted for a really long time. Also, it the union didn't simply end. I explain this in my other comment, as well as the situation with Iceland, Greenland and the Faroe Isles.

[@rogerhennie8939]

Norway was more like a danish colony. The king in Denmark had all power.

[@rogerhennie8939]

Norway got it's first proper road in the 1630s. It was discovered silver in Kongsberg, and the Danish king needed to transport the silver from the mine, to Copenhagen. So they could build more castles in Denmark. (Norway has no castles from that periode).That 's how the 'union' worked. And most of the people with power in Norway was danes put there by the king in Copenhagen. In Norway the periode is called the 400 years long night.

[@QuestionEverythingButWHY]

“War does not determine who is right - only who is left.” ― Anonymous

[@zap3231]

Random quotes unrelated to the video do not make you look smart

[@pemehl6414]

Bruh that pun was horrible

[@Batcena]

It's true.. Many nations did get fully deleted in some wars...Unless your poland...No take Poland

[@zap3231]

@@walidhousni3186 "at the end of a war" Nope the video is about any country that was destroyed in any way. Not necessarily war. And my comment is related to his, as it's meant to be.

[@theemperor-wh40k18]

@@zap3231 most of them did collapse under the consequences of war...

[@chito226]

*Yugoslavia intensifies*

[@morisco56]

Sad noises

[@ronjayrose9706]

It still exist.......................in my heart

[@joshhsieh1579]

Austria-Hungary : ......

[@morrisstudio8372]

Xd

[@anna-if8fi]

i literally clicked on this video to see if yugoslavia would be included lmao

[@craigtonkin6343]

The Zulu Kingdom still exists and with a King too. The area is called KwaZulu. The King is fully funded by the South African government and his authority is fully recognized.

[@XMando11]

Nice

[@morrisstudio8372]

Good it should be

[@WasiKhan-wg1fs]

Should be a country that would be cool

[@amordramon22]

The mahor problem is that the Zulu king is nothing but a greedy monarch. He gets millions of money from the government and keeps demanding for more. He even demanded other cultures of South Africa pay homage to him despite them having no love for each other. Just like out government, he is extremely corrupt

[@XMando11]

Oof

[@Nguyenducky]

Great video! You should do Part 2 with old countries in Asia that no longer exist: Kingdom of Champa, Kingdom of Daly, Rouran Khaganate, Xiongnu, Jerchen (Manchu), Quocho, Tubo kingdom, ... There are many in Asia with fascinating history.

[@itshry]

Srivijaya, Majapahit, Sulu Sultanate,

[@timothykarlsson3126]

Yes, agreed, though, if I'm not mistaken, the Jerchen wasn't really a "country", more a bunch of tribes(that not seldom waged war with eachother)?

[@TheEatmaca]

I'm from Trabzon (Trebizond). I don't know about other states mentioned at video but if you visit Trabzon you can feel the history behind the city. It is a perfect mix of modern and middle age. There are still lots of historical places to visit. I think it is a important city for christianity. Greetings from Istanbul :)

[@petert1692]

Correct, for a long time the esek have governed. Until now, Turkey has a new sultan that cannot keep his mouth shut.

[@jurmanjiojurmancki5929]

Trebizond/ trabzon was capital of Pontus Greece.

[@Old_Guard_Fritz]

The empire of Trapezounta was one of the last branches of the Byzantine rule and has still a lot to show but in the video the wrong part was Alexios Komenos didn't ever rule Trapezounta but the Byzantine kingdom(it was called kingdom in its final moments) before the formation of Trapezounta that happened in 1273-4 if i remember correctly

[@giannisv.4472]

@@Old_Guard_Fritz Alexios I Megas Komnenos (Greek: Αλέξιος Κομνηνός;[a] c. 1182 - 1 February 1222) or Alexius I Megas Comnenus was, with his brother David, the founder of the Empire of Trebizond and its ruler from 1204 until his death in 1222. The two brothers were the only male descendants of the Byzantine Emperor Andronikos I, who had been dethroned and killed in 1185, and thus claimed to represent the legitimate government of the Empire following the conquest of Constantinople by the Fourth Crusade in 1204.

[@KraNisOG]

@@Old_Guard_Fritz It was not called kingdom. It was called the Roman Empire The """Byzantine Empire""" never existed. Byzantium as a city existed, but after Constantine it was never called Byzantium. The Empire of Trebizond was a rump state that only weakened the overall Roman Empire that it was claiming to be representative of.

[@Kanabai1871]

In the next part you should include the state of the Teutonic Order

[@General.Knowledge]

Great idea!

[@nieboniebieskie3502]

and maybe Baltic tribes conquered by the Teutonic Order

[@karlkarlos3545]

@@General.KnowledgeAnd please tone down the repetitive background music.

[@Kanabai1871]

Niebo Niebieskie That’s a great idea! I whould love a video about the old prussians.

[@Kanabai1871]

Karl Karlos I love the background music. Too each their own I guess.

[@atr_g10]

A lot of people say "first" Being the first isn't hard Being the last is.

[@geurrilla2448]

Literally everyone who watches this video is last at some point but only one person can be first

[@darth3911]

Geurrilla not really i think he means in the context as in the last person to EVER see the video for all of time

[@atr_g10]

@@darth3911 exactly

[@anthonyjenkins5308]

In regards to the Aztecs, probably should’ve mentioned the affect that diseases had on its fall

[@Kardia_of_Rhodes]

By the time disease came into play, the Aztec Empire was already gone.

[@dirtysanchez941]

@@Kardia_of_Rhodes What???

[@bangscutter]

It was a combination of many factors. The Spanish allied themselves with the local rebel factions who hated the Aztecs and wanted to overthrow their rulers.

[@luciferangelica]

probably should have mentioned a hell of a lot more than he did, or if he can't be bothered to do any research, just leave them out of it

[@Bryan-bd5kc]

@@Kardia_of_Rhodes no Aztecs defeated Cortez and almost killed him they fell cuz of disease dumbass

[@kinginexile7139]

Thank you so much for mentioning Volga Bulgaria! Even here in modern day Bulgaria it is a subject we do not cover often enough in history classes. 🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬

[@papazataklaattiranimam]

Volga Bulgaria is Turkic not Slavic

[@alexstorm2749]

Volga Bulgaria is now modern-day Tatarstan in Russia. 🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺

[@nevyanplamenov5409]

@@papazataklaattiranimam No, it was Scythian, stop spreading propaganda

[@nevyanplamenov5409]

@@alexstorm2749 Geographically yes, but ethnically no. There's not a single Volga Bulgarian alive today, after the russian tsar Ivan Grozny killed all of them in 16th century, a genocide for which Russia haven't even apologized yet...

[@papazataklaattiranimam]

@@nevyanplamenov5409 👶🏻🤓🐰

[@SeverityOne]

A small addition: the Phoenician word for "harbour", marsa, survives in several towns around Malta (Marsa, Marsaxlokk, Marsalforn) and indeed Marseille.

[@abdulrahmanabdulaziz8742]

The word Marsa is used in Arabic too for harbour.. There are many similarities between the two cultures & languages since they are both semitic.

[@ilcaliffo9967]

Indeed the city of Marsala in Sicily means literally the port of God (marsa + allah)

[@VGOM2000]

Thats nice to know ty

[@L1M.L4M]

Frönch

[@thkempe]

Since Massalia (without the "r", i.e. no "marsa") was a Greek foundation it makes little sense that its name should be Phoenician. Greeks and Phoenicians were rivals and didn't like each other enough to name their own city in the other's language.

[@corrautenbach3240]

General Knowledge: The Zulu Kingdom, couldn't really find a lot of information... Me: You didn't really look.

[@jeremydavis8932]

The Iroquois Confederacy, the Benin Empire, Kingdom of Kongo, Kingdom of Mutapa, Merina Kingdom, Oyo Empire, Kingdom of Nri, Kingdom of Semien, the Kingdom of Hawaii, and a Kingdom of fugitive slaves called Palmares was established in Brazil.

[@JannaMontana_]

Muisca and Mayan civilization to add to the list.

[@atoscruz9147]

Palmares was not a kingdom but a quilombo.

[@jeremydavis8932]

@@atoscruz9147 I gotcha. Thanks for the correction

[@florianm9097]

thets were it gets tricky.. "Kingdom of Kongo".. there is a country called "kongo" (two actually) .. its not geografically the same like that kingdom, but it exists.. went through many political changes though. but still. just because its not a kingdom anymore doesn't mean the "country" doesn't exist.. that argument could be made for Mali, Zimbabwe.. maybe Hawaii.. "England", Bavaria

[@von8089]

The Kingdom of Hawaii still exists it is just under a illegal occupation.

[@sefer1377]

Interestingly, Carthage burned 17 days after Scipio set it on fire.Scipio did not even want to destroy Carthage but the Senate ordered it 😢

[@cantdebunkthetruth]

They did Scipio dirty in ancient Rome. One of the saddest stories of antiquity.

[@sebby8005]

@Joel Springman well, the salt brewed up and formed one man who then went on to sack Rome. Hannibal was truly a beast

[@Dimebag017]

@@sebby8005 Rome deserve to be destroyed, and it is 😉

[@UnholyWrath3277]

@@sebby8005 nobody from carthage actually sacked rome... if your thinking of the visigoths they eventually settled spain while the vandals eventually settled the old carthage area

[@sebby8005]

@@UnholyWrath3277 I appreciate it! I looked a little more into it and he made it through the alps but not to Rome. I had thought that for a hot minute, neat little insight.

[@will_silvano]

Are you kidding me?! You absolutely NAILED those Aztec/Triple alliance pronunciations! Good job! 😮😮

[@davidaltman8831]

hope you`re kidding. he butchered them

[@rosiefay7283]

Dunno about them, but he seems sometimes to be reading from texts he didn't write. We can hear this by the way he butchers words he seems not to know, e.g. "confluence" and "steppe" (which he misreads as "steep").

[@will_silvano]

@@davidaltman8831 I think it was close enough to where I wouldn't nitpick -- I've heard way worse pronunciations of these... to a level of cringe that I didn't experience here.

[@will_silvano]

@@rosiefay7283 I do believe this person also has some kind of accent when speaking English. Not sure where they're from, but would like to know. I'm sure one of these days it will click for me where I could offer an attempt at guessing where they might be from.

[@larsfrandsen2501]

Love the channel! A couple of things (please check this through independent sources. I am not a historian): • Sweyn Forkbeard is the way you sometimes see his name spelled in English sources. His name in the region is spelled Svend Tveskæg. Sevel regional spelling variations. Again, I am no expert, but the chain mail you see in the illustration looks to me as being a much later combat uniform (and probably English, too.) • His son’s name is spelled Knud; anglofied versions include Canute because that is the way English speakers often pronounce his name.

[@nealsterling8151]

Man, i could watch these Videos for hours! THANK YOU for all the work and hours of investigation you put into them. Really appreciated!

[@mysterious7215]

When general knowledge uploads a video . You know it's going to be a good night

[@xhafts]

when you stop talking you know it will a good night

[@Misfit_Z71]

Right ?!

[@VenatusUprising]

@@xhafts are you a hater?

[@misterlime2.030]

You falling asleep on me bro?!

[@absorbingsulfuricacid9959]

@@xhafts When you shut up its a good night

[@christopheradams3271]

This video was great. Thank you for making these, good general. It inspires me to suggest a video topic for you: failed colonization attempts (e.g. New Sweden, New Netherland, New Caledonia).

[@MrPbhuh]

New Netherlands and New Sweden werent failed colonies. They were super successful. They simply got conquered. I think a better choice might be the Roanoke colony i think? Or maybe Klein Venedig.

[@christopheradams3271]

@@MrPbhuh, that's a fair point. "Failed" was probably the wrong word for me to use. More accurate would have been "Colonies of which you may not have heard."

[@MrPbhuh]

@@christopheradams3271 That might be a good idea :P But I think many people are familiar with New York/New Amsterdam(Netherlands)

[@dtvjho]

@@MrPbhuh While the Dutch held Manhattan, what is often overlooked is the other colony 90 miles to the southwest: New Sweden. With the Dutch controlling the Hudson River area, the Swedes simply went south, to the next major inlet (the Delaware River), sailed up it and founded their colony. Something like 30 years later this colony ended up surrendering to the British, who went on to found New Jersey. Later came Billy Penn and Pennsylvania in 1681. The Swedes didn't leave. Today, Swedesboro is in the vicinity, south Jersey across from Philadelphia. Swedish arrivals didn't stop. It remained a favorite area for inbound Swedes. My family came from Sweden in 1912, and guess where they settled. Nearby Glassboro NJ. The Swedish American Heritage Museum is in South Philly (by I-95 inside FDR Park), across the Delaware River from Swedesboro.

[@brendanrivers4737]

@@MrPbhuh Yup, even old New York was once New Amsterdam. Why they changed it, I can't say. People just liked it better that way.

[@jmbrownell9]

Yes! Please do a Part 2! I absolutely love your channel! 😃❤️

[@k9fangamvs53]

I'm Zulu, I learned more about the Zulu Kingdom in this video than I did at school smh

[@bosniencommie1202]

Yea africa is shit what do you wont onley worse place is balcans

[@theeternalalbo5318]

@@bosniencommie1202 Learn English. And no,Balkans is way better even though its bad for European standards.

[@andresduques2013]

@@bosniencommie1202 tf is wrong with you

[@bosniencommie1202]

@@andresduques2013 i em sarcastic but yea balcan is shit

[@WTXYN]

@@bosniencommie1202 naees englesh frind

[@fernandoc5536]

Just wanted to point out that the map for the "Aztecs" on the thumbnail seems to be the map of Mayan territory-Tenochtitlán never controlled the Yucatán Peninsula. Thanks!

[@keirfarnum6811]

I noticed that too.

[@matthewmcneany]

This might be a long list: I feel like I could name 15 just in the British isles.

[@induchopra3014]

Ha,ha. Scottish empire

[@Keallei]

Thank you for helping us learn history in a fun way.

[@xhafts]

thank you for talking idiot

[@valenciainacabada_8432]

Emiliano Rodriguez Why so aggressive?

[@valenciainacabada_8432]

Emiliano Rodriguez Por qué? No tienes que ser tan agresivo

[@xhafts]

Seguimiento Torre iKon Shut it already you silly goose

[@UgandanKing]

Emiliano Rodriguez thank you for being a idiot my broda

[@SebaMillonario]

In a future Part 2, you ought to talk about the Inca Empire in South America. It's lenght, cultural impact and sad ending story is fascinating.

[@RossDouglas82]

Great video. One correction on the Zulu Kingdom's fall. While Isandlwana was the Zulu's most famous victory over the Brits - indeed it is the worst single defeat in Modern British history - they were actually very successful against the English for about a year to 18 months and scored a number of victories against the British due to poor leadership and a failure to understand Zulu tactics. Some historians even argue that the Brits were only really able to win by attrition - a strategy they'd employ again during the Anglo-Boer, Anglo-Pedi, and South African (Anglo-Boer II) wars.

[@rawka_7929]

Ehh, the British had a lot of bad defeats in modern history so idk if we can pick a single worst one, look at the Battle of Doiran for example

[@stigkrakpants3052]

@@rawka_7929 the British are unique, they lost every single war they ever fought, except the final war. That makes them the most powerful empire and force in history. The greatest people in God's green earth

[@rawka_7929]

@@stigkrakpants3052 not only is that inaccurate but it also doesn't mean they're the greatest people, if anything it means the opposite. And I merely pointed out that they lost a battle against the Bulgarians in WW1 despite having every advantage.

[@stigkrakpants3052]

@@rawka_7929 you should not punish success, is no wonder humanity is dying and depravity is growing.

[@rawka_7929]

@@stigkrakpants3052 what the hell are you talking about bro?

[@IVaV1]

*Me realizing the people that commented coudnt have finished the video because it was released 17 minutes ago and the video is 18 minutes long*

[@jakubpociecha8819]

Ever heard of Patreon

[@mavros4213]

they skipped the ad

[@Keallei]

And some people like to watch at 1.5 speed or more 😉

[@jakubpociecha8819]

@Xi Chen Exactly,that's what I told him

[@dirtysanchez941]

😂

[@ThuggDuckk]

When one is United for too long it will divide when one is divided it will unite -Chinese mythology

[@xhafts]

random quotes to make you look smart

[@neonyzr]

We are in an endless cycle then

[@ThuggDuckk]

@@xhafts I am smart I go to a private school and I have a diploma

[@TheHotG]

Hong kong, Tibet, Shanghai : *Laughs in* *Chinese*

[@Ludovicus1769]

China and Germany: True.

[@seanchadwick9036]

In South America is the Inca Empire, that was conquered by Spain.

[@melvinmayfield470]

BTW: Blessings to You & Yours & MANY-Thanks for Your-service!

[@ondrejsveda7274]

You could include Samo's Empire and Great Moravia next time, also great video

[@mohanrengan9078]

In India you should mention Pandyas Cheras cholas which was extend almost from 4th century BC to 14 th century AD which ruled the southern parts of India these three are few of the longest survived(ing)dynasties in the world

[@_undefined1744]

15:12 this statement is half true. while the Zulu Nation is, for all intents and purposes, not a sovereign nation, isiZulu language and culture is still very much alive.

[@ee12321]

The ruins of carthage we can See today is actully the romans buildings after They had destroyed the original city

[@luciferangelica]

is that why st augustine wrote of carthage as though it was still a going concern? i've always been confused about that

[@jokester3076]

allot of the stone structures survived the destruction of the original city and were reused and rebuilt by the Romans.

[@luciferangelica]

@@jokester3076 thanks for clarifying

[@CzechMirco]

But the shape of the military harbour is pretty much still the original one.

[@fotiskoutsou2089]

Ο ΠΌΝΤΟΣ ΖΕΊ!!! Nice video thnx for mentioning Trapezunda!

[@mrkiplingreallywasanexceed8311]

Well researched, interesting, nice to listen to, just the right length. Nice clear graphics - the little cartoons make it easy on the eye and on the brain! Nice!

[@Jorge-zr4zb]

Oh, I'm an old player in Conflict of Nations, I play 2 years ago, greetings from Spain, in the game I'm golondrino

[@valenciainacabada_8432]

Buen día

[@Jorge-zr4zb]

@Anthony Suarez viva xd

[@projectmayhem6898]

[4:42] The Nubians brought plates of donuts to Ancient Egypt.

[@ahmadmuhammad6200]

How ... Kush was a great empire

[@steveholmes3471]

And fried chicken.

[@lungabiyela9081]

You left out Emperor Mourinho's Chelseantine Empire that was found where modern day London is situated. It was undone by internal conflict and sacked by the Fergusonians from Manchesterstonia.

[@steveholmes3471]

I'm calling bs on that 😂

[@youtubeaccount5153]

Let non-Englanders/Londoners in on the humor.

[@steveholmes3471]

@@youtubeaccount5153 its football team related

[@youtubeaccount5153]

@@steveholmes3471 thank you.

[@jimplosay8352]

Very informative. Thanks!

[@marcelahmad943]

I'm so glad that you brought up Volga Bulgaria! In fact, we didn't dissappeared in XIII-th centure. We mixed with kypchacks and built Khanate of Kazan till Rissia conqured us in 1552. Russians started to call us "tatars" as they called all turkic-speaking nations. But we still have movements to return our original name. Even my great grandfather always prefered to call himself " Volga/ Idel bulgar" during USSR time, when it was forbidden.

[@mastersafari5349]

Volga tatars are as related to ancient bulgars as modern day slavic speaking bulgarians to them.😅 In other words they just live on the same territory but otherwise are complitely different group of people. Closest surviving relatives to bulgars today are chuvashs not volga tatars.

[@teovu5557]

@@mastersafari5349 chuvash have the language but genetically they are finno-ugric and slavic. volga tatar are still closer to old bulgars.

[@mastersafari5349]

@@teovu5557 I didn't say anything about their genetics. It's a whole different topic. I'm talking about cultural and linguistic similarity between Volga tatars and Volga Bulgars. Modern day tatars, bashkirs, kazakhs are descendants of cumans not bulgars.

[@lampsight8403]

Me a hungarian watching the whole debate:

[@threepo9692]

В мусульманских источниках, например, в списке покоренных Тамерланом земель территория называется "вилайет Болгар". У горе-историков по этому поводу разыгралась буйная фантазия, их вовсе не смущало что столицей вилаета, т.е. провинции, был город Булгар. Естественно никто себя болгарами не считал, точно также как жители "Московского княжества" не считали себя некой нацией "московитов", в существование которой верят свидомые украинцы. Татарами ранее назывались все тюркоязычные народы от Кавказа до Алтая. Самоназвание болгар сохранилось у балкарцев и у жителей современной Болгарии.

[@papazataklaattiranimam]

Mahmud al Kashgari and Ahmad ibn Fadlan wrote many things about Volga Bulgaria.Ilovelanguages made video about their language.

[@sheesmustafa9522]

Volga Bulgars were muslims

[@papazataklaattiranimam]

mohammadshees mustafa yes but they were tengrists before islam as seen in the report by Ahmad ibn Fadlan (10th century) about the Oghuz Turks, kindred to the Bulgars,[155] made the acceptance of Islam more natural and easier in Volga Bulgaria:[155][156] If someone trouble befalls any of them or there happens any unlucky incident, they look out into the sky and summon: "Ber Tengre!". In the Turkish language, that means, "by the One and Only God!".

[@sheesmustafa9522]

@@papazataklaattiranimam it's strange to find a muslim community that north

[@papazataklaattiranimam]

mohammadshees mustafa 😅😅 Yes,he was northest islamic state in history also his successor Kazan Khanate

[@sheesmustafa9522]

@@papazataklaattiranimam Russia is very interesting and big ,it still has alot of ancient communities living in it like Muslims of chechniya ,barkhostan and Iranian christians

[@almightysosa3007]

Carthage vs Rome was like the Lebron led Cavs vs the Warriors with KD. Ain’t no way in hell they was winning but damn they were powerful and give credit to Hannibal for keeping them in it, Hannibal the Lebron of war no cap.

[@almightysosa3007]

Robert Lewandoski and if JR smith put up that shot after getting the offensive rebound in game 1 of the finals they would’ve won...

[@liamnevard1591]

After Swyen Forkebeard died, the English decided they wanted they’re ole king back so they made Aethelred king again. Canute was busy claiming the throne of Denmark, so when he was finally ready to attack England, he rose a mighty army. Then Aethelred promptly died so Canute peacefully invaded and took England back.

[@liamnevard1591]

Just in case you were wondering

[@lesleyhawes6895]

But he still couldn't stop the tide!

[@mikehunt3746]

Knut not cnaut

[@mhansen9255]

@@mikehunt3746 It's actually Knud

[@mikehunt3746]

@@mhansen9255 that danish knud

[@TheSwaddelator]

This was very nice and informative. Little information that you can add in your research is the ZAR Zuid Afrikaanse Republiek that consisted of the Orange Freestate and Transvaal. This was right next to Zulu Land and was also colonized by the Brittish, after a war that carried on for two years and all become the Union of South Africa under Brittish rule.

[@kaseywatson7281]

Are they the decedent's of dutch people Afrikaans is just dutch.

[@comradeedwin1006]

Love your videos! Keep the great work up!

[@hosker234]

The North Sea Empire wasn't a county as each Kingdom retained it's own kingdom, it was simply under the same monarch. There was no unification and united country.

[@Zypher77777]

Carthago delenda est

[@darkicity]

Ita

[@luciferangelica]

@Jack McCabe omg, they were both total bringdowns, like tipper gore, but i still stand in awe of a man who can rip out his guts survive having them shoved back in and then do it again on regaining consciousness

[@xaviotesharris891]

@@luciferangelica Having to read between the lines of a comment that seems to have been deleted, I agree. I think the younger was mostly a terrible human being, but he did deliver the best "did I stutter?" retort in all of history.

[@luciferangelica]

@@xaviotesharris891 i don't get it, i can still see my comment

[@luciferangelica]

@@xaviotesharris891 oh, wait. i see what you mean. whoever i was responding to deleted theirs

[@viper8177]

For part two I would like to see Tibet, Khazaria, Angevin Empire, Babylonian Empire, Persian Empire, Ancient Israel and Judah, Moab, Assyria, Hittite Empire, Edom, Republic of Genoa, and for a final challenge I'd like you to tell us what happened to Atlantis the Minoans and the Huns. 😂

[@freebased1780]

British Empire and the Soviet Union might be two you could consider, I know that's some pretty recent history...just a thought.

[@mrfreeman2911]

It still exists, but is called the commonwealth of nations.

[@walidhousni3186]

Pre-columbian empires: *exist* Spain and portugal: I'm about to end this empire whole existence

[@JV-kd7rp]

*I'm about to end an entire race of people*

[@leonardorivelorivelo9253]

Im about to end these natives whole country

[@nathatos]

Portuguese: i'm about to marry with these natives

[@leonardorivelorivelo9253]

@Default Profile Picture I guess you are right bc there wasnt a formed empire in the region still portugal fought against the various tribes

[@alphagamer9505]

That isnt accurate,since only spain fought empires,Portugal only fought tribes and fuck them

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

Mighty Sealand will revive the North Sea Empire!

[@tqser]

yo why do i keep seein you everywhere i go

[@Jodonho]

LOL

[@gigasquid2040]

I see you everywhere

[@srod8818]

STFU

[@bjam7777]

Just seeing the medieval total war “faction destroyed” makes me want to play it again 😂

[@swedenball8589]

I love Mehmed II. He is the guy who let me more interested in history and geography.

[@MaartenSFS]

I enjoy these videos and have subscribed. I recommend looking into the Kingdom of Dali in southwestern China (and other Asian kingdoms) in a future video.

[@waltercool]

I would replace Aztecs with Mayans, no one knows what happened with Mayans. There are also some misconceptions. Aztecs were not destroyed "by gunpower" or neither a civilization, but an Empire. Spanish did multiple missions around Mexico, and later they joined with 400 men to other small mexican civilizations who revolted against Aztecs.

[@a1b2tv41]

Carthage is not dead; It still lives in our hearts

[@susansokoloski2233]

You definitely need to learn more about Precolumbian Mesoamerica. There is so much incredible history there that is as complex and fascinating as any in Europe. The Aztecs arose from these empires, some as complex and as monumental as Ancient Egypt at the same times as those entities existed. I really enjoyed this video.

[@anthonibrookshire3704]

This was really fun to watch!

[@jafferh9322]

Neutral and factual information. Good research work. Thanks for sharing. Thanks

[@Luca_Schiano]

In Italy during the unification(1859-1861), six countries disappeared: - Papal States - Kingdom of Lombardy-Venetian - Duchy of Parma - Duchy of Modena - Granduchy of Tuscany - Kingdom of the Two Sicilies The Kingdom of Sardinia Turned into the Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946).

[@SrDonJugo]

The Aztecs were already declining when the Spaniards arrive. Their whole expansion was in jeopardy because they needed more land to pay their ever growing army

[@ConanTroutman0]

Would the Principality of Theodoro be an extension of the Byzantines that would have outlasted Trebizond?

[@BatkoNashBandera774]

Happy to see my ancestors in Volga mentioned/explained.

[@phelimridley6727]

@12:29 on the Aztec Empire, a great novel to read is "Aztec" by Gary Jennings.

[@mickeymurder5462]

The Aztec Empire was actually more in line with a Spartan hegemony than that of an actual empire. The conquered tribes were largely hostages to the Aztec and not actually aztec themselves.

[@SombreroGato]

Aztecs were not even ethnic meso-americans, they were southwest Pima/Comanche/hopi ethnic genetic stock Indians who fled south after the collapse of an older empire due to climate change/water shortages. So they were seen as foriegn conquerors by the native tribes mostly Nahuatl speaking.

[@chronikhiles]

Don't call them Indians just because that one guy Columbus did. Indians are from South Asia.

[@dhrubajyotibasu6505]

Since you mentioned the Sikh empire, you could create a full video on the different kingdoms that existed in the Indian subcontinent starting from the ancient times.

[@mangomanftw5538]

I did not even know there was any sikh 'empire'

[@mr.falcon54]

@@mangomanftw5538 well now you do

[@mangomanftw5538]

@@mr.falcon54 I am a sikh punjabi.. there wasn't any sikh 'empire'

[@induchopra3014]

Sikhs have not disappeared. Nor there culture, religion. They still rule indian punjab in a democratic way. But yes,Sikhs have totally disappeared from Afghanistan, Pakistan by islamisation. After partition of india,they faced a genocide in Pakistan.

[@induchopra3014]

@@mangomanftw5538 Sikhs ruled Pakistan punjab, Afghanistan, Pakistan,kashmir. Read your history. With a maharaja. No child is taught this

[@aliveyetundead]

Aztecs: No empire in world can disappear like we did. Incas: Hold my potato beer...

[@scroungasworkshop4663]

Very interesting and well researched. Thanks.

[@MrFantocan]

Lesson here is: Don't get conquered! Also Egypt still exists, just because it no longer has a pharaoh you can't claim it to be a goner.

[@mrfreeman2911]

He did state ancient egypt and also stated it has vastly different borders.

[@MrFantocan]

@@mrfreeman2911 Again, claiming it is a new country jus cus it changed makes no sense, borders, people, cuture can change vastly, and did change in most countries all over the world, China, Brasil, USA, Russia are big exemples of countries that started vastly different than what they are nowdays. And for that matter they are not "new countries".

[@dwarasamudra8889]

The Sikh Empire was not a nation. It was an Empire. It had Punjabis, Kashmiris and among others. The nation state concept didn't exist in India until the British. Different regions would be constantly conquering each other. For example, the Kannadigas frequently ruled over the Telugus, Tamils, Malyalis and Marathis. One time, the Tamils ruled over the Kannadigas, Telugus, Malyalis, Odias and Bengalis.

[@ВеселинВиденов]

Great video. I can make a correction about Volga Bulgaria. Volga Bulgaria exists after Khazar Khaganat destroyed Old Great Bulgaria (in the end of Kubrat's life). Kotrag went to northern territories between Volga and Kama rivers, in union with the Antis (East Slavic tribes) Asparukh invaded South-West Byzantine provinces (Danube Bulgaria). Kubrat reunited bulgarian tribes in 632-635 AD.Not only turk tribes, Alans are turks but Unogondurs and Kotrigours, who were the Bulgarian elite in those times are not turk. Greatings from Bulgaria. P.S. Kyiv was founded by Kubrat's brother or nephew - Sambat Kyi.

[@papazataklaattiranimam]

Volga Bolgaria is still living with different name call Tatarstan.With same peoples!

[@vadimveskreb8764]

mostly not

[@papazataklaattiranimam]

Mostly,according to historians.

[@vadimveskreb8764]

@@papazataklaattiranimam mostly not. After that country was destroyed by mongols people went to the other places nearby, some of them stayed there (but only a small part). In theory you can say that russians are volga bulgarians in some ways

[@papazataklaattiranimam]

They still call themselves Bolgar not even Tatar.

[@olumluhayatbugunvarsinyari1326]

Volga Tatars are literally Volga Bulgars Population genetic analysis indicated that Conquerors had closest connection to the Onogur-Bulgar ancestors of Volga Tatars. www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-53105-5 Thus supporting the view that Tatars may be descendents of ancient Bulgars. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22520580/ Most Tatars trace their descent to Volga Bulgars, a medieval Turkic people who have inhabited the Middle Volga and lower Kama region. online.ucpress.edu/search-results?page=1&q=Bulgars The forefathers of Kazan Tatars were Bulgars - a Turkic group that settled in the Middle Ages to Volga region. link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007%2F978-981-13-2898-5_148.pdf www.readcube.com/articles/10.1002/9781118455074.wbeoe009

[@mickeylamb1845]

Nice video. Almost on the money buddy. Bout to start digging now. Man the shovels!

[@melvinmayfield470]

Excellent Presentation! By-the-way: Your voice & speech pattern, are each VERY-distinctive; because of this(and, my cultivated' ear -soo modest, I), I am able to recognize your voice and, whom you are. I am sworn to silence. But, just-for-fun, do you think you could hold a kind of 'contest/'raffle'/whatever, to have your 'other'-audience(of which, I am, as now of this one, having discovered it), AND this one, guess your 'secret' of what you TEACH, aside, one from the other? In any event congratulations! You excel at BOTH! Well-Done! Thank You, for both.

[@ethanpanelo777]

Oh god, general knowledge is really entertaining! *I LOVE IT*

[@karlkarlos3545]

Interesting topic but you really should have included the State of Prussia to this list.

[@bot_5786]

Well there are kinda Germany well they are germany

[@DomMarmelo]

but everyone knows Prussia :(

[@damiankomputerowiec8630]

Burgundy Inca Tibet The Great Lehit Empire - the ancestors of the winged hussars

[@davidhume5399]

Possibly the Berbers as well.

[@xhafts]

yo mama to after i clapped her

[@jaszczomp9923]

"The Great Lehit Empire" - it didn't exist but ok

[@General.Knowledge]

Thanks!

[@damiankomputerowiec8630]

@@jaszczomp9923 it did check out the newest updates :)

[@moshehim1000]

some suggestions: Angevin empire Aram-Damascus Northern kingdom of Israel + various kingdoms of Judea Hittite empire The Kharzas you've mentioned destroying the first Bulgar state The original Phoenician state (in modern day Lebanon) The caliphate of Grenada Hawaii

[@codkabeesha]

Nice topic and good history. Africa had Ghana Empire,. Songhai, Mali and Ashanti looking forward to it

[@zachgage7241]

You should add the Incan Empire! That was one of the greatest American empire ever!

[@zachgage7241]

The Incan Empire is an ancient empire, very similar to, the Aztecs they both were around the same time, and both conquered by the Spanish conquistadors, and They were the ones who made Maccu Pichu. They were the Andes mountain empire. And Arguably the greatest American empire, there ever was.

[@axelaguirre5014]

I already see gringos saying América is a country instead of a continent

[@ouroboros5474]

@@axelaguirre5014 Well, it seems they didn't came so... hoora

[@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un]

Of course we still exist, we’re eternal

[@emperor___palpatine]

Oh hey Kim. When are you joining the Final Order with me? 😈

[@libzbond]

Kim Jong Un Empire

[@ΔημήτρηςΤσιαουσίδης]

Also, I think that a branch of Trapezuntian Empire was a state referred as Torul principality (in the region of Pontus south of Trebizond) . It was conquered by the Ottomans in 1479- four years after the principality of Theodoro- but unfortunately very little things are known about this state.

[@bobapbob5812]

A friend of mine used to answer people who said "war settles nothing" with "tell that to the city fathers of Carthage".

[@laurentdubois2268]

Gee I love this one! Very interesting. Thank you It probably took a long time to study documents concerning those countries But as you know History very well, you didn't have much to learn

[@darthmango994]

I am a Sikh and I thank you for doing the Sikh Empire.

[@paulrouth5997]

In regards to the Aztec Empire, I might have missed it but I didn't hear a reference to European diseases; I would think more of a factor in their destruction than gunpowder.

[@ikad5229]

Diseases and the union of some native tribes with the Spaniards were the two main reasons

[@wendyallen4404]

Always interesting and informative , God Bless, Peace in Jesus 🙂

[@wendyallen4404]

Enjoy your show So o o much, please keep up the GOOD work 👍🙂🙂🙃

[@boyanpenev9822]

I believe the Persians were fairly fond of Egypt as well, though there were Egyptian rebellions and periods of independence. The last independent Egyptian ruler of the Thirtieth Dynasty was deposed only about a decade before Alexander started his war with Persia.

[@induchopra3014]

Were all Persians followers of Zorastrian religion?

[@lennis4739]

7:09 About the Eurasian Steppe... Steppe is pronounced like "step", not like "steep". It basically means savannah or grassland plains.

[@20thcenturytunes]

Nicely done, I never knew about a couple of those kingdoms - good job on the pronunciation of the Meso-American names - the Maya and Inca were in that region as well - I'm thinking the Incan Empire was much older then there are the Phoenicians who supposedly sailed from Africa to South America and maybe a whole show on the Pacific region, there had to be a few Polynesian groups.

[@papazataklaattiranimam]

There are two direct references to Tangra as a Bulgar deity in the sources. One is found in an Ottoman manuscript where it is stated that the name of god in Bulgarian was “Tängri” (Bułghar dilindžä Tängri der).201 The other is in a badly-damaged inscription (carved on a marble column) which commemorates a sacrifice made by Omurtag“to the god Tangra” (κὲ ἐπύησ]εν θυσ[ήαν ἠς τὸν θεὸ]ν Ταγγραν).202 The inscription was found at the rocky cliff of Madara, a site that is commonly associated with the Tangra cult. It is worth remarking that according to ancient Inner Asian religious traditions, the favour of heaven had to manifest itself in the possession of “sacred mountains”. There the qaghan was thought to be closer to Tängri; he could therefore conduct “privileged conversations with him” and receive or transmit his orders.203 It is not unlikely that the site of Madara played a similar role in Bulgaria.204 To be sure, below the relief of the horseman archaeolo gists unearthed the foundations of a complex comprising of what seems to have been a pagan shrine (built on top of a three-aisled church dated to the sixth and seventh centuries), as well as a building with three divisions, which has been interpreted as a dwelling Amongst other things, it has been sug gested that the latter was a kind of private quarter for the ruler from which he seems to have directed the cult of Tangra, the ceremonial sacrifices and. quite possibly, the collective prayers. While Tangra is very likely to have been worshiped by certain Bulgar groups/clans before their migration to the Balkans, his promotion to the supreme god of the elite and. in a sense, the official religion of the Proto bulgarian state coincides in time with the gradual centralization of political power, a process that is rightly connected with Krum's and Omurtag's reigns in the early ninth century. Indeed, the ideology associated with the wor ship of Tangra was bound to enhance monarchical rulership. Just as Tangra was the supreme celestial being, the khan-his reflection-was regarded as rightfully the sole sovereign on earth or, at any rate. in the Bulgar state (an idea which finds clear expression in Omurtag's building inscription from Catalar). The ideology of a strong, divinely-sanctioned leadership clearly bears much of the credit for the survival of the khanate during this period. The certainties which this system of beliefs and values presented to the warrior aristocracy, if not to the entire population, the aura of sanctity surrounding the ruler, the awareness of heavenly support granted to military undertakings (an awareness reinforced through the regular performance of religious ritu als and ceremonials while on campaign)." all immeasurably strengthened the unity of the state and the political will of its subjects to survive. Another factor operative in the transition to Tangrist henotheism at this time may have been the fear of Byzantine imperialism. Foreign influences, as scholars have long pointed out, often paved the way for the adoption of a more sophisticated faith among nomads. However, this was rarely the reli gion of their imperial neighbours, for such a course invariably implied sub mission to the authority of the rulers of these states." The Bulgars, realizing that conversion to Islam or Judaism was not a viable option, and mindful of the influence the Byzantine Church could exercise on the khan's Christian subjects, had little choice but to promote Tangra as their supreme deity." It is important to emphasize that the late eighth/early ninth century marked the period of transition to henotheism only for the upper strata of the Bulgar society. Vigorous polytheism and totemism (i.e. the existence of an intimate, "mystical" relationship between a group or an individual and a natural object), both of which were incapable of furnishing a principle of spiritual (and political) unity, proved to be persistent and strong among the masses." This is also true of shamanism, a complex belief system espe cially common in Central and Inner Asian societies, but also discernible in the khanate in the pre-conversion period. Shamanism has been defined by anthropologists as a technique of ecstasy. By mastering this technique and reaching a state of trance the shaman was able to mediate between the world of humans and that of spirits. He thus functioned as a magician, prophet and healer who, among other things, had to "descend to the underworld" to find and bring back a sick person's soul. Given that most aspects of daily life in Eurasia were directly linked with the spiritual world-for instance. the life-supporting economic activities, from hunting to husbandry to agri culture, were thought to be protected by spirits-the role of the shaman was bound to be extremely important." Before we proceed any further, a piece of essential explanation: shaman ism has been a popular subject of accounts and research since the early eighteenth century. Although it is correctly believed that the shaman's technique of ecstasy and mode of operation are basically uniform through out Central and Inner Asia, it is impossible to construct a uniform model of shamanism as an institution. Further (and partly as a result of the above). it would be perilous to equate the modern "ethnographic shaman" with the religious specialists noted among historical Eurasian peoples. In this light. any attempt to investigate the development of this phenomenon in medieval steppe-nomad societies, including Bulgaria, is bound to be inconclusive. We have only fleeting glimpses of Bulgar shamanism in our sources. Sophoulis, P., 2011. Byzantium and Bulgaria, 775-831. Leiden: Brill, pp.84, 85, 86, 87.

[@Viki4a]

I ain't readin all that

[@ДмитроШтимпель]

Galicia-Volhynia - it's Ukraine, and also it's Rus' Yeah, it's hard to understand

[@DanielDavis1973]

The events of the north sea empire directly led to the events of 1066 that culminated in the Norman conquest of England. Also,to give context of how recent the Aztecs existed, the city of St Augustine, Florida was founded on 44 years after the Aztecs fell in 1521. San Juan, Puerto Rico was founded in 1521.

[@garjabenjefferson7611]

We will appreciate the additional countries in the next as the information contained the content of the video are educational