Early Western Slavic History

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0:21 Borders during this time changed almost monthly on occasion and there for the borders I will draw in this video are a snapshot of the borders of a kingdom only at one point and aren't representative of the borders during the whole kingdoms existence. I also draw all the borders my self according to the best sources at my disposable and there for I apologies for any border mistakes I may have done.
0:47 The map is suppose to represent Slavic settlements not any political entities. As the Slavic people often times then not settled in already existing political entities.
0:56 It was given by Jordanes not Procopius.
1:40 The golden jug medallion picture I used to represent the Avars is still disputed whether it was Avar's or Bulgar's or Khazar's.
1:39 The arrow symbolizes the movement of Lombards a Germanic tribe that lived in the lands settled by the Slavs and then pushed out by the invasion of the Avars.
2:02 Here I describe and show the Franks as one entity however that wasn't always the case. Franks had a complicated set of dominions with varies amounts of autonomy (like Bavaria) and most succession resulted in varies break ups, wars and reforms, etc.
3:10 Here I am showing the map of the most outer reaches of the Samo's kingdom/sphere of influence and as always it just represents a snapshot of the kingdom at its peak.
6:08 Here I am talking about the title surviving till 1918 not necessarily the hereditary Slavic line surviving.
9:14 It is usually said that Rastislav called for the priests because he wanted to convert the Moravian population however this has been disproved as Christian churches have been found dating decades earlier to Cyril and Methodist arrival.
9:16 Weather the brothers where native Slavic speakers or learned it later on in their lives is unknown.
9:30 I was trying to pronounce the English name for the alphabet which is Glagolitic. However I found it impossible to do the rest of the video pronouncing such a hard word so I reverted to the Czechoslovak name of the alphabet which is Hlaholika. (in Czech Hlaholice)
9:30 The Alphabet was based off of the Greek alphabet and modified to fit certain Slavic sounds that didn't exist in Greek.
11:40 The extend of Moravia was the largest under Svatopluk's reign however it's still debated how large Moravia really was. Here I am showing the largest possible extend of Moravia.
12:20 There are more reasons then just this to why the Western Slavs use Latin alphabet and there for I specified this was partly not fully the reason. There will still be remnants of Glagolitic reinstatement in the Western Slavic lands but they will never last for long.
13:00 We are jumping back here to explain how Hungarians became more known on the European political stage. As such please understand that the Moravian lands at this point still weren't the size as portrayed on the map.
13:18 The internal struggles where largely due to Mojmir's II brothers who inherited varies principalities with in Moravia and subsequently tried to take over the Moravian thrown for them self's. There's also an interesting myth surrounding Svatopluk's death which you can read here. www.slovakiasite.com/legends.php
13:41 This is very oversimplified and the Franks and Moravians didn't necessarily see eye to eye during this time but over all they did fight against the Hungarians.
13:59 It would take a while for the German (Bohemian) and Hungarian control to fully solidify in the areas but from now they where largely under their control.
14:49 Correction: Piast dynasty, not Mieszko dynasty
15:09 Dobrawa bore two children to Miesko. First, Boleslaw I a successor to the Polish throne even though his reign would be very short but more interestingly a daughter. This daughter is still debated to this day and depending on what source you believe she was either Swietoslawa the wife of Eric the Victorious, king of Sweden and then later on (because he died) Sweyn Forkbeard the king of Denmark and their son will later on become Cnut the Great king of Denmark, England and Norway. Or she was Gunhilda not born to Dobrawa but to Miesko’s second Saxon wife. Gunhilda was then the one who got married to Sweyn Forkbeard and became mother of Cnut. If that’s confusing don’t worry no one really knows for sure which version is accurate. Or whether any of them are.
15:15 Here I show the largest extend of Miesko's power however this will not last long.
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#History #Slavic #WesternSlavs

[@jacquesfrancois4275]

So Samo was essentially a real life mount & blade character?

[@defactunit363]

The best slavic MMA and K1 fighters are Croatians 😀👏

[@jonyko3094]

Yes

[@cidapol67]

@@defactunit363 And why are you writing this?

[@fdumbass]

@@cidapol67 Yeah! You tell him what's what!

[@EmulatorNoob]

Butterlord

[@user-zk8tg8ko1u]

Tři bratři, kteří si rozumí 🇨🇿🇸🇰🇵🇱💪

[@stepanpytlik4021]

Do té doby dokud se nezačne mluvit o Oravě,Spiši a Slezsku :D

[@Waldek9100]

historia bywa bolesna...ale należy budowac przyszlosc,wspolna przyszlosc. Pozdrav v4. To je sila!.

[@user-zk8tg8ko1u]

Přesně tak

[@Waldek9100]

@@maximgunnarson3291 Ano,ale polstina je podobna. 50..70% slov można pochopit bez ucena se. Zdravim s Polsko:)

[@user-zk8tg8ko1u]

Michal Pastrnek Většinu slov poznáš, rozhodně Polákům rozumím, nevím jak ty, ale podle mě to není těžké...

[@Chelsea200020]

West Slavs! 🇵🇱💗🇨🇿💗🇸🇰 Pozdrawiam z Polski! 🇵🇱🇵🇱🇵🇱

[@Catboi9000]

SLÁVA BRATŘI!

[@piotrkusza7309]

Polska

[@karlisulmanis3810]

Sveicieni no Baltijas/Latvijas! (Greetings from The Baltics, Latvia specifically)

[@martas.vladiboj]

Nechť žije západoslovanský prostor! 🇨🇿🇸🇰🇵🇱💪💕

[@svetlossvemira5490]

Poljska ne west slavia. vec istocni Sloveni a west Sloveni Saksonci. Oni zapadni Sloveni (saksonci) , odelili su se od istocni Slovena(rusija) pre 6000 do 8000 godina .,poreklo sa Balkana.

[@HaaraaldEriksson]

6:44 "Sorbs managed to survive to this day." Yes we did - Sorb here. If you have any questions about our people feel free to ask me. :)

[@HaaraaldEriksson]

Partially true: yes, at first the nazis tried to define sorbians as "racially German", so they accordingly just oppressed the culture and language (by forbidding its use in schools, etc.) But after the Sorbian national organization Domowina distanced itself from the nazis in 1937 it quickly went south: Sorbian public intellectuals (predominantly teachers and priests) were sent off to West-Germany or even jailed and then sent to concentration camps (most famously Maria Grolmus and Alojs Andricki, among many others). Every sorbian organization was forbidden and shut down, public use of sorbian language was forbidden and punished. Very soon the Sorbians were considdered to be "Untermenschen" just as any other slavic people was. Also, there is a paper from around 1941 where Himmler described a plan what to do with the sorbs after the "Endsieg". Without going into details: it's not pretty. Thank god the nazis did not win. About the current situation of the sorbs: personally I am pessimistic as well. The main problem is, that there is not much information on the current status of the Sorbs. For example it is forbidden by law to count how many Sorbians are left (for understandable reasons, considdering what I described above). But on the other hand it makes it hard to make substantial judgements about the status of the Sorbian people. Of course, the german state is helping and funding projects to stabilize sorbian culture and language, but we don't know how effective they really are, or if they are just fine with the good PR such a policy generates. In my personal opinion it is up to the sorbians themselves: if they want their language and culture to survive, they have to cherish it accordingly. Teach it to the young generation, show them the sorbian culture and way of live. As long as there is at least one sorbian who loves his nation, so long the Sorbian people are not dead.

[@HaaraaldEriksson]

Absolutely not. For me there are no convincing arguments why that should be. Culturally and linguistically we are far closer to the Czech people. About the history of the settlement of the Lausitz by the Sorbs there are two theories: either the Sorbs have been there since "always" (that is, as far as recorded history goes) or they moved in in the time of the great migration period (around the 5th century AD) over Poland and Bohemia. None of those two theories suggest any close link to the Serbian people. Really, when it boils down, the only single argument these people bring forward to support the theory of a Sorb-Serb ethnical identity is, that the words "Sorb" and "Serb" sound similar. Considering that word means "suckling" as in "brother who sucked on the same mothers breast" I think it is just a conincidence. Calling your own people a band of "milkbrothers" should not be that uncommon in my opinion. It just makes sense, that you identify such people as your group. But I do not know for certain, I am offering just some speculation here.

[@HaaraaldEriksson]

Yes, I absolutely agree, that it is a shame we are not allowed to even count ourselves. Just recently in a debate in the Saxon parliament (the Landtag) members of the right-wing party AfD suggested a voluntary counting of the sorbian people by the sorbs themselves. But this suggestion was shunned down by the other parties and members of the sorbian national organization Domowina - because we can not have such a thing like a list of the sorbs, especially not if it comes from the "evil evil" right wing. A shame. I usually do not agree with the AfD, but with that suggestion they were in my opinion spot on in what would be the best move to preserve the sorbians long term. Really? I did not know that about the Silesians. I thought the Germans were completely expelled out of Poland after WW II. Well, the more you know.

[@HaaraaldEriksson]

@Црни линукс I am not saying that this claim is definitely wrong. It is just not convincing in my opinion, because there is not sufficient evidence to support that claim. And that is why Sorbian scholars do not support that claim anymore since the beginning of the 20th century.

[@HaaraaldEriksson]

@Princip History - Videomapper Zo so mój zrozumimoj, knježe Principo: je za mje jara ironiske, zo sej Wy móžeće wubrać moju "serbskosć" hódnoćić, hačrunjež so šće žěni njejsmój zetkałoj, Wy ničo přez mje njewěsće a Wy najskěršo žěni hišće njejsće krok na łužisku zemju stupił. Wotmołwjenju Wašich wuwjedźenjow so pozdźišo wěnuju (nimam runje žane chwily) ale tak daloko móžu Wam rjec zo njewobsedźu Discord-account a zo hdyž chceće mje jako serbskeho přećela dobyć snano njeje runjewon dobra ideja w prěnjej sadźe moju serbskosć do prašenja stajeć.

[@lubliner3022]

Great that you mentioned Slavs living on east German territories like Polabians or Sorbs because they tend to be often forgotten by many. Great video 👍

[@n.c.kupfermann1023]

@red x17 probably

[@The_Mastery]

Only for a certain time. Germanic tribes lived there before and as long if not longer time.

[@ousarlxsfjsbvbg8588]

@@The_Mastery Germanic tribes were there before but a lot of them left during the migration period and as such some Slavs moved in to settle the territory and assimilate the remaining Germanic tribes

[@The_Mastery]

@@ousarlxsfjsbvbg8588 yes its a mixed area. Im from Skåne, sweden. Im 15% slavic. 25% west germanic, and 60% northern germanic

[@ousarlxsfjsbvbg8588]

@@The_Mastery cool. I know the Slavs and the Scandinavians had some sort of mixed settlements along the Baltic coast too. There are Swedish names like “Gustav” that are actually of Slavic origin if I remember correctly.

[@Zygfryd_z_Toussaint]

Czterech braci - Polacy, Czesi, Słowacy, Serbołużyczanie. Budujmy razem lepszą przyszłość i Europę!

[@walsjell]

na zydowskiej bajce i suystemie rzymskim? wszak budujemy to jzu tysiac lat.. a raczej budujemy niemcy od tysiaca lat..

[@damianb8322]

@@walsjell Chrześcijaństwo wygasiło handel Słowianami jak bydłem, który uprawiali z Arabami kupcy wiadomo jakiego pochodzenia. Przybliż sobie historię św Wojciecha, a potem bluźnij przeciwko prawdziwej wierze naszych Ojców -czyli Chrześcijaństwie. U zarania naszych pisanych dziejów najbardziej zawziętym wrogiem piastowskiego rodu była wściekła, pogańska teokracja Wieletów. Pod Grunwaldem rycerstwo polskie śpiewało Bogarodzicę, zawołaniem husarii były święte imiona Jezus!Maria!

[@madcin1]

@@damianb8322 A z kim to Polacy walczyli pod Grunwaldem?? Z rycerzami Maryi. Tego już nie dopisałeś.

[@damianb8322]

@@madcin1 No i co z tego wynika?

[@madcin1]

@@aleksandersokal5279 A pod Grunwaldem to niby zakon nie miał gości z zachodu? Tego papiestwa już tak nie wybielaj, później w czasach zaborów popierał zaborców A Polaków pouczał by byli posłuszni. Dlatego nie przekonacie mnie że ta religia zawsze miała po drodze z państwem polskim.

[@Aztec_Tajger]

Pozdrawiam wszystkich przyjaciół i braci z Czech i Słowacji 🇵🇱❤️🇨🇿🇸🇰

[@heinzketchup6528]

Pozdrav zo Slovenska brat môj! Sláva rodu!

[@matyaskrzok1728]

a lužickosrbsko

[@patrikcath1025]

The Adidas logo stands for the three types of Slavic tribes.

[@lolpop241]

uhhh what? no

[@phenomenalone7134]

r/wooosh

[@lolpop241]

@@phenomenalone7134 No that's what you call a dumb joke. Back to Reddit with you and take Patrik with you.

[@masterbattalion646]

@@lolpop241 are u just butthurt u got wooooshed?no matter what u say u still got wooooshed

[@walsjell]

hm i always prefered nike:) so who i am?

[@agresivnijednorozec33]

Western Slavs are best!! 🇨🇿❤️🇵🇱❤️🇸🇰

[@kotis_czolgista]

🇵🇱🇨🇿🇸🇰❤

[@tomasgancahaluska]

western slavic gang 😎 🇵🇱 Polska 💛 🇨🇿 Česko 🧡 🇸🇰 Slovensko ❤️

[@ericcius1498]

But don't forget our Hungarian brothers. Love you Hungary! Poland and Hungary forever!!

[@svarturhrafn760]

Slovaks and Hungarians will never be brothers, I am sorry.

[@tomasgancahaluska]

@@svarturhrafn760 I'm from Slovakia and I never had a problem with the Hungarians/Hungary. Only politicians have problems with that. We don't. The past is the past, now it's the time to move on :)

[@balinttotfalusi7426]

Love Poland from Hungary!

[@hussar1512]

Love Hungary from Poland!

[@krzysztofbienkowski4262]

Polak Węgier dwa... no i dalej już chyba każdy zna

[@Jaromir25]

Thank you my friend :)

[@krzysztofbienkowski4262]

@@orkako bardzo prawdopodobne jednak wątpię aby dało się na tyle dokładnie określić pochodzenie poszczególnych mas ludności. Skłaniałbym się co do tego że ta przyjaźń wynika bardziej z powodów dyplomatycznych i rosnącego z czasem zamiłowania obu narodów do wzajemnej asymilacji na tle kulturowym i w mniejszym stopniu narodowościowym. :)

[@retsu9658]

@@krzysztofbienkowski4262 tak nie jesteśmy z nimi związani jak z słowianami kulturowo ale jednak to dalej wielka przyjaźń węgrzy pochodzą z azjii a z tą dyplomacją to święta racja mieliśmy wielu wspólnych królów i najważniejsze nigdy nie byliśmy wrogami

[@sandortiborvalaczkai6466]

Poland(best friend) Czech and Slovak. Visegrad 4 Best Unio!

[@Alex-ve7tn]

Slovakia and Poland 🇸🇰🇵🇱❤️

[@macieqxd3708]

Alex 123 *Polska i Słowacja. Prawdziwe. Pozdrawiam z Łobżenicy w Polsce! :)*

[@Anonymous0545]

Poland and Russia ❤❤ LOVE FOREVER

[@macieqxd3708]

Anonymous0545 *I love Russia! ❤*

[@macieqxd3708]

Anonymous0545 *Russian language is my favourite language. 😘*

[@stefansolciansky7302]

Dobrý deň.

[@scottwilson8499]

I just love west slavs, they're the most patriotic and peaceful out of all the slavs, love from uk 🇬🇧❤🇵🇱🇨🇿🇸🇰

[@amystyle1433]

😁

[@Altermerea]

The most peaceful out of all the Slavs? *Looks at Yugoslavia* *Looks at Russia* Yeah, the bar is really low, sounds about right.

[@lipo-tz2qn]

Peaceful yes Patriotic -there are better candidates down south

[@retsu9658]

@@lipo-tz2qn nope np poland is most patriotic country in europ :)

[@Altermerea]

@The Fallen One Yes they aren't. Who said Russians are western?

[@HistoryTime]

Good work man. Thoroughly enjoyed this. Great visuals in particular.

[@British_monarchist]

You should definitely do some videos on the Slavs or particularly the Rus

[@zoltanivanyos2896]

I am Hungarian but I can say that Slavic people are cool! I like them!

[@anonymnyuzivatel1662]

V4 💪

[@maciejkwiatkowski7558]

You Hungarians are also Slavs, at least 25% ... and of course we in Poland have great affection for you

[@zoltanivanyos2896]

@@maciejkwiatkowski7558 I know. The Hungarian genes are very close to the Slavic people. Much more than 25% i think. After a millennium, just our language makes different

[@novadomenavedomia]

Hungarians have 96% slavic haploid genome, you are remanufactured by design by British colonial agenda

[@csaba9285]

@@novadomenavedomia I love how everyone on the internet pretends that they have a master's degree in geneology.

[@yamnayaseed356]

Europe: Total Warrrrrrrr!!! Poland: Let's party *disco polo intensifies* Europe: We have peace! Poland: Time to move in!

[@chriswiktorowicz7413]

@@gregory7451 europe peninsula? What?

[@sandortiborvalaczkai6466]

Poland invited Hungary Hungary accepted

[@jed-henrywitkowski6470]

@@gregory7451 Europe is a continent.

[@barthajduk4719]

Not really. Pre polish state tribes (mostly wends) were busy at that time either fighting Danes or together with Danes raiding Mercia and Northumbria.

[@annas3011]

Today, you can still find many Slavic names of villages and towns in Northeast Germany. Some names and places have been changed to more German, but some are still Slavic. It was similar, among others, in Eastern Pomerania, which was gradually conquered by the Germans. There, they usually added the suffix (-ow-) to the names of Slavic places. In addition, the German settler assumed the name of the place of settlement as his surname. For example: slavic Łopianowo has been changed to Loppnow / Loppenow. The ancestral seat of the von Loppenow family became the village of Loppnow / Łopianów and its surrounding lands ("..Joachim von Loppenow was settled in 1463 in the Loppenow / Łopianów estate in Prussian Pomerania .."). Currently, again Łopianów (German: Loppnow) - a village in north-western Poland, located in the Zachodniopomorskie Province, in the Gryfice County, in the Gryfice Commune. German colonization in Central Europe proceeded in two ways. Within the borders of countries that accepted Christianity and were recognized by Rome, it was usually a peace process, as often Czech, Polish and Hungarian rulers encouraged Germans to establish settlements in underdeveloped or sparsely populated areas. However, the German colonization in the areas inhabited by pagan Polabian Slavs was of a different nature. It was related to the military conquest of these areas and the imposition of one's faith and culture by force. The persecution of the Polabian Slavs by the Germans had both religious and economic grounds. They used the Christian faith as a pretext for the partitions of the Slavic lands.

[@thepretorian5292]

Prior to slavic settlement in east germany the area was settled by east germanic tribes like vandals, ostrogoths, gepids etc. Look at roman's empire Magna Germania which encompassed till today's Belarussia. The east germanic tribes become extinct or assimilated with hunnic invasions from central Asia. Most east germanic tribes either migrated or enslaved by the hunns. And the migrating slavs took their place in former territories of est germany and remained there for centuries (its like how the germanic culture displaced the celtic culture in Britain) and after that the Eastern part was reconqured by the west germanic Franks. The area belong to germanic tribes long before the sorbs or slavs settled there. There is a reason why east germanic language become extinct.

[@moraviangopnik9986]

Proud to be Moravian!

[@moraviangopnik9986]

Regards from Moravia too, Goulash man. I like so much Csabai kolbász :D

[@stepanpytlik4021]

@@moraviangopnik9986 Ahoj, I am Moravian too! But we are also Czech :D

[@reformedcatholic457]

I have Moravian ancestry, grandma's mum surname was "Hornjakova" and " Ceskova" meaning from Bohemia :D

[@romanfranek7990]

Ok you ve never seen bohemian actions and the czech actions while czech king was directing you....

[@foxfor3617]

Moravian Gopnik I love your accent 🔥

[@JackRackam]

This was so cool. Filled an Early Medieval Western Slavic hole in my heart I didn't know I had. Samo's Kingdom is especially neat

[@Artur_M.]

Right? There's definitely an amazing story in there. Too bad we have such scarce sources on Samo.

[@history.mp4993]

Hey jack who’s your next video about

[@JackRackam]

History.mp4 It's about a certain terrible horrible no good very bad Roman Emperor, I'll leave you to figure out which one

[@history.mp4993]

Jack Rackam Nero? Caligula?

[@non9886]

according to some old sources in old-czech language, samo was at least half slav after his father. and he was raised to know and appreciate his roots. it seems like it was his desire to connect with his ancestry. but it is quite grey part of history, especially if he defeated dagobert which is very prominent person in old and powerful merovigian bloodline...

[@itsbeauty715]

Proud to be of Polish ancestory! 🇵🇱🇵🇱❤️❤️

[@Deines7]

LOL

[@rosemarietomasunas3170]

Polish and Lithuanian!!😊

[@waluigi9263]

Same!

[@shadowplayerpl9078]

Słowiańscy bracia, kocham was ❤

[@soorayaashur5960]

Powiedz to teraz ruskim...

[@mariuszlech9173]

@@soorayaashur5960 Ci którzy są prawdziwymi Słowianami cierpią niewolę w tym imperium zła . Jest ich wielu , problem jak ich odróżnić od Tatatom-Mogołów ze Złotej ordy .

[@ssm4.chillpollo]

nice clementine profile pic

[@danieljurkiewicz1695]

Good, that we all Slovacs countries feel now united. We shoud be always in good friendship, we are brothers.

[@TommyRepulsed]

unless there is a sporitng event :D (football, hockey, whatever)

[@Artur_M.]

Oh yeah, best Slavs! Here we go ; )

[@hogdog4449]

WOW Polaks Slovaks and Czechs are here !

[@user-zk8tg8ko1u]

Hog Dog Bratři, kteří si rozumí 🇨🇿🇸🇰🇵🇱

[@bvthebalkananarchistmapper5642]

Even though I'm South Slavic, I can't help but agree with Arthur M.'s statement, given that you West Slavs are basically the only group of Slavs that are friendly to each other.

[@tomassheva]

ⰒⰀⰂⰅⰎ ⰂⰀⰜⰎⰀⰂⰅⰍ presne, ale polsky to jde hur :)

[@bvthebalkananarchistmapper5642]

Mogu vas Poljake, Čehe i Slovake baš lako razumjet'. xD

[@TamasH.]

Polak-Weiger dwa bratanki! Lengyel-Magyar két jó barát! 😍🇭🇺🇵🇱

[@pauljeanlll7436]

Maďar brat neni #triggeredslovak 😂

[@fatronaldo5437]

Paul the great actually, your country is of the biggest cowards in the world.

[@thediaxd3747]

Its very nice that polish and hungarian people are friends... HOW TO READ THIS THING ON THE BOTTOM?! XD

[@somewagyuenjoyer]

Piękne słowa mój słowiański przyjacielu! Szép szavak, szláv barátom!

[@Mypippofranco]

@@pauljeanlll7436 slovak nema minulost ale ani buducnost

[@spelmat]

Been living in Slovakia for almost 4 years now (am French) and I have been very interested in knowing more about their history. Am glad I found your vid! I came from a comment you left on a 'Kings and General' video. You got another subscriber and I shall be checking the rest of your channel :)

[@Judge-70]

Slovakia History ? Slovakia existed only since 1920, for 1000 years the Highlands were part of Hungary! Don't fall for the fakes of history!

[@majnicek3253]

By that of course i mean a racist against slovaks

[@crcka]

@@Judge-70mad mongol got acces to internet :(

[@Judge-70]

@@crcka facts are facts !

[@crcka]

@@Judge-70 you have facts in video that great moravia is part of slovak history (8th century)

[@lordyaromir6407]

8:22 he was Konstatin, not Cyril. He got his name Cyril, when he was in Rome arguing about their action in Great Moravia. :)

[@jaroslavlosos5498]

And Methodius was born Michael; he also adopted the name Methodius when he became a monk, but earlier than Cyril/Kyril/Konstantin. :)

[@traplican]

To je pravda, Cyril bylo jeho řeholní jméno, když vstoupil v Římě do kláštera. Jeho křestní jméno je Konstantin.

[@pumlajscztv]

Brnoo a taky Morava

[@filipsalcer6057]

No sviatok na Slovensku sa volá Deň Cyrila a Metoda. Ciže preto to tak povedal

[@anonemos]

Constantin and Michael = Ciril and Methodius

[@FOLIPE]

That's interesting. Here in Latin America we kind of learn about European history like there was nothing west of Germany and North of the Danube until the period of the German unification, so this has been a very enlightening video.

[@victorhugofranciscon7899]

that is true, we kinda does not know much about the slavs

[@tomasvrabec1845]

Sadly as someone from Slovakia who lives in the UK I sometimes meet people who think that there really is nothing east of Germany. They kinda think that all of the countries there are extremely undeveloped .. I have met a person who was surprised we had internet and that what I call a true idiot. Lucky it is extremely rare to meet such people..

[@B.Mega.D]

This is not uncommon in the USA....just the 'old soviet bloc'... that's because Euro history for high schoolers is oriented around WW2.(some people end their education at this point) Otherwise you have to take much more specific history courses at the university and most of them won't apply any earned credit to most majors.

[@B.Mega.D]

@@victorhugofranciscon7899 ...and honestly, for people of Europe, from countries who did not have colonies in South America, it is the same regarding your history. I think we mostly just learn how history relates to our own roots/countries. But I like all history, so I'm glad to learn about S.America too.

[@jokemon9547]

Interesting thing is that the names for Russia in Finnish and Estonian are possibly derived from Wends/Veneti. If this is the case, Russia is literally "Wendia/Venetia" (Venäjä in Finnish) and "Wendland/Venetiland" or "Land of the Wends/Veneti" (Venemaa in Estonian). This also shows the connections between the Germanic and Finnic worlds across the Baltic.

[@CEKROM]

Interesting! Best greetings from Austria =D

[@nentryx.9522]

Ja! Greetings from the Tsechesen republic

[@zvaramartin]

Dobre spravené toto :D Máš odo mňa odber a like. Pokračuj v super tvorbe :D Zdraví ťa Slovák žijúci v Srbsku :D

[@HeinkelSchnakienberg]

Здравствуй от немца, живущего в Казахстане :3

[@zvaramartin]

@@HeinkelSchnakienberg Oo Nein, Nein Neeein! Der Vaterland musst größer sein! 😂 You just reminded me of the song that says that wherever the German language can be heard is German land

[@HeinkelSchnakienberg]

@@zvaramartin 🤣🤣🤣

[@Jugosloven]

Добро дошао у Србију хахаха-

[@dpw6546]

@@zvaramartin 🤣 Yep, true, or as it goes: wherever two Germans meet, you will find beer there. Wherever five Germans meet, you willl find there is some "-schaft" established. Wherever ten Germans meet, that right there makes it an age-old Germanic land. (Gdzie spotka się dwóch Niemców, tam i piwo. Gdzie spotka się pięciu Niemców, tam i jakiś "-schaft". Gdzie spotka się dziesięciu Niemców, tam odwieczna germańska ziemia.)

[@YUNOGIMMEDAT]

Amazing video bro. Never knew much about early slavs until this. I hope you continue this video.

[@patuskert9554]

Excellent work. I've attempted many times to put this confusing history together in my head, and you've finally succeeded. Thank you. The history of this area is quite the Game of Thrones!

[@AJMerrick]

Great video Laser amazing map animations!!

[@herbert4725]

You deserve a lot more subscribers you put so much effort in your videos and put all the details in the description

[@arnaudmiller-goupil4252]

Great Video. The information is on point and the visual support is not only very helpful, but also professionnal. Great job!

[@GrzegorzusLudi]

Z cyklu Polska i przyjaciele...

[@macieqxd3708]

GrzegorzusLudi *Witaj bracie. :)*

[@ukaszk9989]

M. Borycovsky. No hejka kolego ;)

[@pawello700pl9]

Nasi tu są! XD

[@hussar1512]

Hello :)

[@viragok_uu280]

XDDDDDDD

[@lukasbelan2109]

Awesome video!! Those battles are really nicely animated. Reminds me of Crusader Kings II :D

[@toddbonin6926]

This is great. Thank you! More history of the western Slavs, please.

[@danburrows9635]

This is the first video of yours I've seen. Great work, this was really interesting.

[@donomar1787]

Your work is pure gold, I'm seriously considering becoming a patreon!

[@erykfromm]

Very nice video, I'm sure your subscriber numbers will skyrocket with such quality. o7

[@pufinjb3551]

greetings from poland 🇵🇱

[@assonoso]

14:30 Mieszko was the first prince of Poland however the dynasty wasn't named Mieszko. It was Piast.Aside from that though - Great video :v

[@siejac7894]

Mieszko was Duke not Prince, Prince is son of King, Duke is independent ruler of country with no Kingdom status.

[@ilikeonions1051]

Actually Mieszko was both, Duke and Prince. Its because you gain title of prince from royal blood, while Duke from your leadership over a region (not necesarily a country) .

[@a4kata40]

Greetings from Bulgaria !!!

[@queentwilightsparkle4975]

Long ago, we Northern Poles were at in harmony, than that all changed when the German Nations attacked.

[@ehanoldaccount5893]

Polish Hero Witold Pilecki It’s ironic as the name Slav originated from slave

[@ehanoldaccount5893]

Świętosław Chrząstkiewicz I heard it originated from Latin as the people of modern day Russia were used as slaves by the romans

[@timmocnik3458]

@The Slavic World of Weles from Navia it comes from the latin word meaning esclave or something along those lines and it was actually used on slavs later in the 6th century onwards by the popes/whatever hierarchy catholics have

[@ehanoldaccount5893]

Marvin Martinez The Byzantine word for Slave was Slav, as they used slavic and germanic people as slaves.. Thous the English word slave originated from the word slav which was taken from the Byzantines

[@mach-symroscisawski1560]

@@ehanoldaccount5893 don't be silly... it is such cheap provocation. nazi style. the endonym for all the tribes that you can imagine is SŁOWIANIE, it is rather unlikely that the exonym of derogatory character would be accepted as an endonym. (not that time not that era they did not have to claim back words like queer and nigga). So SLAVS are PEOPLE OF WORDS, that is why all slavic tribes call GERMANS - NIEMCY: THE MUTES. they were simply unable to to communicate with the Germans. Strangely enough Germans did not take on calling themselves SPRACHLOSERS. And by all ald accounts :)) slavic slaves in antiquity were relatively rare in Greece and Rome. So straighten up your old account.

[@vacthenut6758]

Damn. I am from Czechia, and you gave me so many flashbacks of my 4th grade when we learned about this lol

[@AnotherMichael1]

Fascinating. Thank you for this.

[@Tomenable]

Very good summary! But Piast dynasty, not Mieszko dynasty. ;)

[@MarioSlezak]

@@MLaserHistory Respect to You for admitting a mistake. I will to subscribe to channel of Yours. Keep a good work.

[@pawelink1287]

Piast's haplogroup is R1B1. That's very interesting.

[@rritto_9034]

@@pawelink1287 Vikings? :D

[@green.fish.5268]

I am legit embarrassed of what my country has become, but its still good knowing we used to kick ass back in the day, even if for just a brief moment. Greetings from Slovakia! 🇸🇰🇸🇰

[@daliboritze888]

Ty beťár. Perfect work. This is like 3 years in history. But shortened to 15 minutes. Po piatej minúte som hneď si išiel pozrieť polohu kanálu. :D

[@gabrielgabro4755]

Wow! The only word to discribe this video... Thank you very very very much.

[@jonahvimeo4276]

Excellent, brief but comprehensive! Good Job!

[@Flex2212]

Hey great video! I suggest putting the date somewhere into a corner. Would have been much easier connecting what I learnt to context already present in my memory.

[@agrael4918]

Rip polabians slav :(

[@agrael4918]

G-Rex Saurus So writing in polabian Dialect

[@agrael4918]

G-Rex Saurus About the polabian substitute. You are native speaker so you know what's is realy ethnic germanic words.

[@polskiszlachcic3648]

@@g-rexsaurus794 Yeah, as a Pole I'm very anti-Prussian.

[@Entety303]

Polski Szlachcic/Польскі шляхціц proti švabom

[@w.balazs6424]

Very good! I can't wait for the next episode!

[@TheGnom33]

I would love the second part please. What a great content. I need so much more information about this topic, fill me up.

[@adamm4771]

Super praca! Zaujimave, a prehladne - len tak dalej :)

[@barackobama3316]

Very nice ! From Slovakia🇸🇰

[@newpaperyes]

Why would Barrack obama be Slovak? As a Slovak, I immedietly consider you a disgrace

[@theleonid4377]

#KomunaMatataTeam magyar?

[@milanrastislavstefanik8124]

#KomunaMatataTeam Salty Magyar

[@stefansolciansky7302]

That was... not expected :D Im from there.

[@tomassheva]

#KomunaMatataTeam fuck you. slovaks are our brothers!

[@msriccio6830]

That is a great presentation!

[@olivermilan1773]

Good video. Very accurate and informative

[@matthewmann8969]

Slavs in general have experienced such hostilities and many still do today

[@walsjell]

coz we act like indians tribes hate each other and sold to serve to germans agaits other slavs..

[@thomasjackson2223]

Thanks so much for this! It completes European history.

[@Ch0ckl8]

Best thing I have seen on the topic

[@NZAnimeManga]

Really interesting stuff!! I subscribed!!

[@Aggoenix]

If all Slavs would live as Poles, Czechs and Slovaks, they would be much more advanced, richer, relaxed and respected. Every time we have some dispute, it is usually pretty fast and peacefully resolved and solution is usually compromise, or at least not totally destructive for either side. Slavs have interesting culture and long European heritage. Bohemia (Czech Rep) and Poland are one of the oldest countries of Europe. Czechs ruled their first kingdom in 870 and Poles in 966. The main problem of other Slavs is inability to respect the interests of other nation. We like ourselves and consider ourselves cousins but we are also often nationalistic and consider our nations interests superior to the other nation. That causes bad blood and low respect of the others (Germanic, Latins or Anglo-saxons). By winning a war you maybe gain some land or resource, but you loose good relations for centuries. And relations are above gold or land.

[@AlexAlex-zv7fc]

I agree, Hungarians don't consider Slovaks and Romanians cultured enough, because they are nationalists against Hungarians. Hungarian-inhabited regions are also poorer.

[@Bakambol]

@@AlexAlex-zv7fcMy w Polsce kochamy Węgry♥️ Zamieszkajcie u nas tu będzie wam lepiej 🇵🇱🍻🇭🇺

[@SamWatson11]

Why at 5:25 can I hear Feel Good Inc. playing in the background?

[@maticegiela7868]

Great work! Thank you.

[@Kaury3621]

love the vid explained very well thank you.

[@MeronEntertainment]

15:16 Poland looks quite like giant white owl.

[@derv9953]

LoL 😂

[@plrc4593]

hehe, indeed it resembles an owl :D

[@lumajs]

A fascinating, laser-sharp review of our pre-Czech history.

[@bubulunaidoo]

I enjoyed this very much :)

[@Zyragonn]

i love this video, so much information

[@Ted52]

Quite fantastic.

[@davidnavratil5349]

It's incredible to see how today's countries and borders more or less formed over thousand years ago.

[@fjuvo]

Especially how ironically Poland after being all over the map now has the borders it had in the year 1000

[@koobapl]

@@fjuvo that's is because it's drawn on the same natural obstacles as 1000y before: Baltic Sea on the North, Oder and Neisse River in the West, Sudetes and Carpathian Mountain on the south.

[@annas3011]

Great Video. The information is on point and the visual support is not only very helpful, but also professionnal no less .... ......Mieszko was the first Polish prince and independent ruler of country with no Kingdom status and but the dynasty was not called MIESZKO, tylko - PIAST DYNASTIA - the first historical Polish ruling dynasty. Piast, son of Chościsko near Gniezno, is considered its progenitor. Piast's son, Siemowit, became the first Duke of Polans. The next ones were Lestek and Siemomysł. The first ruler of the Piast dynasty, whose historicity is not questioned, was Mieszko I. The Piasts sat on the Polish throne at least from around 960 (although in fact they entered the international arena as a dynasty after being baptized by Mieszko I in 966) until 1370.

[@MilitarySeeman]

When the Hungarians are coming to the picture :* le evil laughing By the way, good video, I like themes around here. Oh, and for Hungarians : BOJLER ELADÓ!

[@dazzer3795]

Super video, je skvele vidiet aj slovenskych tvorcov :)

[@anna33376]

Even this video contains less propaganda than our books at school. Greetings from Poland! Sława!

[@gammer0016]

hezky pěkně :D tolik informací!

[@DarthJacob12]

5:25 hahahaha

[@luulasmene7786]

@@dafyduck79 idk, but this song is amazing

[@sebastiankala1093]

Awesome video. But you forgot to mention "Blatenske kralovstvo", which was created by count Pribina, who escaped from subjugated Nitra. Kingdom was situated around lake Balaton, with capital holding called Blatnohrad.

[@martinadamek7016]

Love Poland and Slovakia from Czech republic. Stay strong brothers. Wends strong

[@tvnsi8556]

Perfect! Very detailed. Thanks. Only one not enough - please, keep century marker on the screen (as well as years numbers on the top right)

[@DelphiaStrickland]

Do you have any links/resources you can share regarding the individual ancient pagan tribes of Western Czechia? I do know there was a tribe called the Bird Tribe, but I am curious about others. Most interested in tribes which existed in what is now Prague and Cesky Budejovice. Also, was the Slavic liturgical written language only used for religious texts, or was it also used for other things? Where can I find more information on that?

[@DelphiaStrickland]

I see, thank you. I didn't know what Patreon was, I see it is a service that requires a membership. For just one script, just to get a list of resources, and being on a tight income, I will have to forgo that purchase. Thank you for the quick reply, I appreciate your response to my question!

[@DelphiaStrickland]

Oh!! I figured it out, haha!! Sorry, it is a new idea to me. Thank you for providing the script. I do have a suggestion: speak a little more slowly and clearly. I find that I frequently have to back up and listen again because I can't understand what you are saying. It's not your accent, you just speak too quickly :) Thanks again!!

[@janiiisobieski6524]

And The Winged Hussars Arrived 🇵🇱😂

[@teaaddict813]

Siema Sobieski! Jak tam życie?

[@dymytryruban4324]

Niechaj skrzydła chwały niosą Was Rozniecając czarnych szabel blask...

[@StefanMilo]

Wow super interesting. I never knew Methodius was arrested. My Granddad was Serbian so I have a soft spot in my heart for Slavic history and Central / Eastern Europe. Also lol@ the Byzantine empire slowly disappearing with every change in time.

[@StefanMilo]

Nava Na They're very similar.

[@kola7318]

@Nava,i think you would like this: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gHa4pKBulJp4oLs

[@JohnyDrsnak]

Nava Na maybe he ment the Zorbish, /Serbia's living around And in german cities Bautzen And Cottbus.

[@gypsysprite4824]

then he would be saying Sorbian/Lusatian

[@user-xp2dw1us1m]

@@tomislavjuric5851 Prije ce za vas tako bit no za nas.Tvoj narod je taj koji je pravio iskljucivo logore za djecu i protjerivao Srbe kad god je stigao.Takodje,Srbi su se makar bunili protiv vlasti za razliku od vas,koji ste imali 1-2 ustanka u 800 godina protiv Madjara,Austrijanaca i Venecije.

[@kareongames]

good vid, accurate to my history books

[@jozeflehotsky1214]

M. Laser, I admire you work. Did you read Oskár Cvengrosch - Secret history of Slovakia? I would like to know your opinion on that. Cheers

[@toastbrot_junkie9037]

6:26 Lol i'm living in an old small slavic fisher village near to Schwedt. Schwedt was first mantioned in a document over 750 years ago

[@sdroxxy]

it was so nice to see my language in those bubbles :)

[@idanzamir7540]

Wow! It was a lot more interesting than I expected!

[@xXxSkyViperxXx]

Kingdom Come Deliverance and Ancestors Legacy intensifies*

[@prachovkajilm8447]

děkuji ti, miluji historii slovanských států.

[@jaroslavasukova6602]

Úžasný ❤️🇨🇿❤️🇵🇱❤️🇸🇰 Zdravím z Česka

[@plrc4593]

Ahoj, ja sem Krecik :P Pozdrowienia z Polski

[@szymonpazura4630]

Great work, greetings from Poland. Although I have small advise, can you give at least a general date of the events you are talking about on screen? It would be easier to understand the context.

[@CynickeZpravy]

I would add, that Samo was more likely a slavic pagan from Karintia. He was described that way in Conversio Bagoariorum et Carantanorum.

[@shaddam4978]

Any Slovaks? 🇸🇰

[@Motofanable]

slovene count? ;)

[@stefansolciansky7302]

Dobrý deň.

[@reformedcatholic457]

Slovak ancestry, tu som :D

[@b2superbattledroid516]

@@Motofanable no

[@coltusboltus]

Dobrý deň všetci

[@sandortiborvalaczkai6466]

Lengyel-Magyar két jó barát együtt harcol, s issza borát, vitéz, s bátor mindkettője, áldás szálljon mindkettőre! Polak-Wegier, dwa bratanki, i do szabli, i do szklanki, oba zuchy, oba zwawi niech im pan bóg blogoslawi!! 🇭🇺♥️🇵🇱

[@Bakambol]

🇵🇱🍻🇭🇺♥️

[@alterix5711]

how come you have so little subscribers, these videos are really great!

[@Dimitris-cg6hb]

This video is mostly the history of Czechia, thank you it was educational

[@frankvander7215]

Chechia is kind of new creation. For most of history it was controlled by Moravia.

[@Dimitris-cg6hb]

@@frankvander7215 What are you talking about? Moravians were Czechs Moravians are still Czechs! Czechia is a union between Moravia and Bohemia