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@AntiCommunist4 жыл бұрын
General Knowledge first
@Gal_Flumin4 жыл бұрын
Judea & israel kindoms by the romans
@Jodonho4 жыл бұрын
The native Americans
@nicolasrenaud68754 жыл бұрын
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...
@NibanoTransmontano4 жыл бұрын
Mate CHEGA or Iniciativa Liberal ?
@RoccoArgubright4 жыл бұрын
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.
@blanktrigger88632 жыл бұрын
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-fq4nl2 жыл бұрын
@@blanktrigger8863 there’s still wars for resources in capitalism.
@DaytonaRoadster2 жыл бұрын
just like the Soviet Union
@hib7232 жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
I'd argue the collapse was MOSTLY internal. The support from the conquered groups was necessary for the Spanish to conquer the empire.
@chito2264 жыл бұрын
*Yugoslavia intensifies*
@morisco564 жыл бұрын
Sad noises
@ronjayrose97064 жыл бұрын
It still exist.......................in my heart
@joshhsieh15794 жыл бұрын
Austria-Hungary : ......
@morrisstudio83724 жыл бұрын
Xd
@anna-if8fi4 жыл бұрын
i literally clicked on this video to see if yugoslavia would be included lmao
@QuestionEverythingButWHY4 жыл бұрын
“Only the dead have seen the end of war.” ― Plato
@zap32314 жыл бұрын
Random quotes unrelated to the video do not make you look smart
@xhafts4 жыл бұрын
@@zap3231 lmaoo
@Coalzzz4 жыл бұрын
@@zap3231 ooo mad lmao
@tenid48244 жыл бұрын
@@zap3231 gave you an up vote, but also: being a random dick online doesn't make you better than him.
@absorbingsulfuricacid99594 жыл бұрын
@@zap3231 Well you are not smart
@sinebachrenleff8473 жыл бұрын
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!
@rogerhennie89393 жыл бұрын
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.
@Ranked_Journey2 жыл бұрын
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.
@Ranked_Journey2 жыл бұрын
@@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.
@rogerhennie89392 жыл бұрын
Norway was more like a danish colony. The king in Denmark had all power.
@rogerhennie89392 жыл бұрын
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.
@themoreyouknow74184 жыл бұрын
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)
@goncalo332 жыл бұрын
I've always wondered why they couldn't use it outside of Egypt.
@jasonanderson50342 жыл бұрын
@@goncalo33 and this did not answer your moment of wonder
@B727X2 жыл бұрын
@@goncalo33a sign of respect
@will_silvano Жыл бұрын
Part of Rome's mastery of Bureaucracy! Very cool fun fact!
@dannoi Жыл бұрын
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 ? ))
@QuestionEverythingButWHY4 жыл бұрын
“War does not determine who is right - only who is left.” ― Anonymous
@zap32314 жыл бұрын
Random quotes unrelated to the video do not make you look smart
@pemehl64144 жыл бұрын
Bruh that pun was horrible
@Batcena4 жыл бұрын
It's true.. Many nations did get fully deleted in some wars...Unless your poland...No take Poland
@zap32314 жыл бұрын
@@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-wh40k184 жыл бұрын
@@zap3231 most of them did collapse under the consequences of war...
@craigtonkin63434 жыл бұрын
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.
@XMando114 жыл бұрын
Nice
@morrisstudio83724 жыл бұрын
Good it should be
@WasiKhan-wg1fs4 жыл бұрын
Should be a country that would be cool
@amordramon224 жыл бұрын
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
@XMando114 жыл бұрын
Oof
@kaiseramadeus2334 жыл бұрын
"which bring us to today's spon-" *Fast forward 40 seconds*
@mrbisshie4 жыл бұрын
Google "sponsorblock" it does that auto for you.
@Hand-in-Shot_Productions4 жыл бұрын
I did the _exact_ same thing!
@victormendes9564 жыл бұрын
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_Productions4 жыл бұрын
@@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!
@ashrasmun13 жыл бұрын
Why do you need to be so obnoxious about it though? Just skip and don't boast about it... That's super cringe.
@Nguyenducky2 жыл бұрын
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.
@itshry2 жыл бұрын
Srivijaya, Majapahit, Sulu Sultanate,
@timothykarlsson3126 Жыл бұрын
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)?
@kinginexile71394 жыл бұрын
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. 🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬
@papazataklaattiranimam3 жыл бұрын
Volga Bulgaria is Turkic not Slavic
@alexstorm27493 жыл бұрын
Volga Bulgaria is now modern-day Tatarstan in Russia. 🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺
@nevyanplamenov54092 жыл бұрын
@@papazataklaattiranimam No, it was Scythian, stop spreading propaganda
@nevyanplamenov54092 жыл бұрын
@@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...
@papazataklaattiranimam2 жыл бұрын
@@nevyanplamenov5409 👶🏻🤓🐰
@atr_g104 жыл бұрын
A lot of people say "first" Being the first isn't hard Being the last is.
@geurrilla24484 жыл бұрын
Literally everyone who watches this video is last at some point but only one person can be first
@darth39114 жыл бұрын
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_g104 жыл бұрын
@@darth3911 exactly
@jeremydavis89324 жыл бұрын
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_4 жыл бұрын
Muisca and Mayan civilization to add to the list.
@atoscruz91474 жыл бұрын
Palmares was not a kingdom but a quilombo.
@jeremydavis89324 жыл бұрын
@@atoscruz9147 I gotcha. Thanks for the correction
@florianm90974 жыл бұрын
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
@von80893 жыл бұрын
The Kingdom of Hawaii still exists it is just under a illegal occupation.
@Kanabai18714 жыл бұрын
In the next part you should include the state of the Teutonic Order
@General.Knowledge4 жыл бұрын
Great idea!
@nieboniebieskie35024 жыл бұрын
and maybe Baltic tribes conquered by the Teutonic Order
@karlkarlos35454 жыл бұрын
@@General.KnowledgeAnd please tone down the repetitive background music.
@Kanabai18714 жыл бұрын
Niebo Niebieskie That’s a great idea! I whould love a video about the old prussians.
@Kanabai18714 жыл бұрын
Karl Karlos I love the background music. Too each their own I guess.
@TheEatmaca4 жыл бұрын
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 :)
@petert16923 жыл бұрын
Correct, for a long time the esek have governed. Until now, Turkey has a new sultan that cannot keep his mouth shut.
@jurmanjiojurmancki59292 жыл бұрын
Trebizond/ trabzon was capital of Pontus Greece.
@Old_Guard_Fritz2 жыл бұрын
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.44722 жыл бұрын
@@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.
@KraNisOG2 жыл бұрын
@@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.
@SeverityOne4 жыл бұрын
A small addition: the Phoenician word for "harbour", marsa, survives in several towns around Malta (Marsa, Marsaxlokk, Marsalforn) and indeed Marseille.
@abdulrahmanabdulaziz87424 жыл бұрын
The word Marsa is used in Arabic too for harbour.. There are many similarities between the two cultures & languages since they are both semitic.
@ilcaliffo99673 жыл бұрын
Indeed the city of Marsala in Sicily means literally the port of God (marsa + allah)
@VGOM20003 жыл бұрын
Thats nice to know ty
@L1M.L4M3 жыл бұрын
Frönch
@thkempe2 жыл бұрын
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.
@anthonyjenkins53084 жыл бұрын
In regards to the Aztecs, probably should’ve mentioned the affect that diseases had on its fall
@Kardia_of_Rhodes4 жыл бұрын
By the time disease came into play, the Aztec Empire was already gone.
@dirtysanchez9414 жыл бұрын
@@Kardia_of_Rhodes What???
@bangscutter4 жыл бұрын
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.
@luciferangelica4 жыл бұрын
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-bd5kc3 жыл бұрын
@@Kardia_of_Rhodes no Aztecs defeated Cortez and almost killed him they fell cuz of disease dumbass
@corrautenbach32404 жыл бұрын
General Knowledge: The Zulu Kingdom, couldn't really find a lot of information... Me: You didn't really look.
@_undefined17444 жыл бұрын
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.
@melvinmayfield4703 жыл бұрын
BTW: Blessings to You & Yours & MANY-Thanks for Your-service!
@jmbrownell93 жыл бұрын
Yes! Please do a Part 2! I absolutely love your channel! 😃❤️
@nealsterling81514 жыл бұрын
Man, i could watch these Videos for hours! THANK YOU for all the work and hours of investigation you put into them. Really appreciated!
@sefer13774 жыл бұрын
Interestingly, Carthage burned 17 days after Scipio set it on fire.Scipio did not even want to destroy Carthage but the Senate ordered it 😢
@cantdebunkthetruth4 жыл бұрын
They did Scipio dirty in ancient Rome. One of the saddest stories of antiquity.
@sebby80053 жыл бұрын
@Joel Springman well, the salt brewed up and formed one man who then went on to sack Rome. Hannibal was truly a beast
@Dimebag0173 жыл бұрын
@@sebby8005 Rome deserve to be destroyed, and it is 😉
@UnholyWrath32772 жыл бұрын
@@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
@sebby80052 жыл бұрын
@@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.
@seanchadwick90364 жыл бұрын
In South America is the Inca Empire, that was conquered by Spain.
@mrkiplingreallywasanexceed83112 жыл бұрын
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!
@SebaMillonario Жыл бұрын
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.
@mysterious72154 жыл бұрын
When general knowledge uploads a video . You know it's going to be a good night
@xhafts4 жыл бұрын
when you stop talking you know it will a good night
@Misfit_Z714 жыл бұрын
Right ?!
@VenatusUprising4 жыл бұрын
@@xhafts are you a hater?
@misterlime2.0304 жыл бұрын
You falling asleep on me bro?!
@absorbingsulfuricacid99594 жыл бұрын
@@xhafts When you shut up its a good night
@ee123214 жыл бұрын
The ruins of carthage we can See today is actully the romans buildings after They had destroyed the original city
@luciferangelica4 жыл бұрын
is that why st augustine wrote of carthage as though it was still a going concern? i've always been confused about that
@jokester30764 жыл бұрын
allot of the stone structures survived the destruction of the original city and were reused and rebuilt by the Romans.
@luciferangelica4 жыл бұрын
@@jokester3076 thanks for clarifying
@CzechMirco4 жыл бұрын
But the shape of the military harbour is pretty much still the original one.
@christopheradams32714 жыл бұрын
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).
@MrPbhuh4 жыл бұрын
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.
@christopheradams32714 жыл бұрын
@@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."
@MrPbhuh4 жыл бұрын
@@christopheradams3271 That might be a good idea :P But I think many people are familiar with New York/New Amsterdam(Netherlands)
@dtvjho3 жыл бұрын
@@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.
@prof_brendo3 жыл бұрын
@@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.
@larsfrandsen25013 жыл бұрын
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.
@waltercool4 жыл бұрын
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.
@Keallei4 жыл бұрын
Thank you for helping us learn history in a fun way.
@xhafts4 жыл бұрын
thank you for talking idiot
@valenciainacabada_84324 жыл бұрын
Emiliano Rodriguez Why so aggressive?
@valenciainacabada_84324 жыл бұрын
Emiliano Rodriguez Por qué? No tienes que ser tan agresivo
@xhafts4 жыл бұрын
Seguimiento Torre iKon Shut it already you silly goose
@UgandanKing4 жыл бұрын
Emiliano Rodriguez thank you for being a idiot my broda
@fernandoc55364 жыл бұрын
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!
@keirfarnum68113 жыл бұрын
I noticed that too.
@mohanrengan90784 жыл бұрын
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
@fotiskoutsou20893 жыл бұрын
Ο ΠΌΝΤΟΣ ΖΕΊ!!! Nice video thnx for mentioning Trapezunda!
@RossDouglas823 жыл бұрын
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_79292 жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
@@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 Жыл бұрын
@@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 Жыл бұрын
@@rawka_7929 you should not punish success, is no wonder humanity is dying and depravity is growing.
@rawka_7929 Жыл бұрын
@@stigkrakpants3052 what the hell are you talking about bro?
@IVaV14 жыл бұрын
*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*
@jakubpociecha88194 жыл бұрын
Ever heard of Patreon
@mavros42134 жыл бұрын
they skipped the ad
@Keallei4 жыл бұрын
And some people like to watch at 1.5 speed or more 😉
@jakubpociecha88194 жыл бұрын
@Xi Chen Exactly,that's what I told him
@dirtysanchez9414 жыл бұрын
😂
@ThuggDuckk4 жыл бұрын
When one is United for too long it will divide when one is divided it will unite -Chinese mythology
@xhafts4 жыл бұрын
random quotes to make you look smart
@neonyzr4 жыл бұрын
We are in an endless cycle then
@ThuggDuckk4 жыл бұрын
@@xhafts I am smart I go to a private school and I have a diploma
@TheHotG4 жыл бұрын
Hong kong, Tibet, Shanghai : *Laughs in* *Chinese*
@Ludovicus17694 жыл бұрын
China and Germany: True.
@matthewmcneany4 жыл бұрын
This might be a long list: I feel like I could name 15 just in the British isles.
@induchopra30142 жыл бұрын
Ha,ha. Scottish empire
@will_silvano2 жыл бұрын
Are you kidding me?! You absolutely NAILED those Aztec/Triple alliance pronunciations! Good job! 😮😮
@davidaltman88312 жыл бұрын
hope you`re kidding. he butchered them
@rosiefay72832 жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
@@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 Жыл бұрын
@@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.
@MrFantocan Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
He did state ancient egypt and also stated it has vastly different borders.
@MrFantocan Жыл бұрын
@@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".
@Zypher777774 жыл бұрын
Carthago delenda est
@darkicity4 жыл бұрын
Ita
@luciferangelica4 жыл бұрын
@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
@xaviotesharris8913 жыл бұрын
@@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.
@luciferangelica3 жыл бұрын
@@xaviotesharris891 i don't get it, i can still see my comment
@luciferangelica3 жыл бұрын
@@xaviotesharris891 oh, wait. i see what you mean. whoever i was responding to deleted theirs
@Jorge-zr4zb4 жыл бұрын
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_84324 жыл бұрын
Buen día
@Jorge-zr4zb4 жыл бұрын
@Anthony Suarez viva xd
@lungabiyela90814 жыл бұрын
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.
@steveholmes34713 жыл бұрын
I'm calling bs on that 😂
@youtubeaccount51533 жыл бұрын
Let non-Englanders/Londoners in on the humor.
@steveholmes34713 жыл бұрын
@@youtubeaccount5153 its football team related
@youtubeaccount51533 жыл бұрын
@@steveholmes3471 thank you.
@mikexcity Жыл бұрын
You forgot the UK, we're in the process of destroying ourselves at the moment. It started in 2016.
@k9fangamvs534 жыл бұрын
I'm Zulu, I learned more about the Zulu Kingdom in this video than I did at school smh
@bosniencommie12023 жыл бұрын
Yea africa is shit what do you wont onley worse place is balcans
@theeternalalbo53183 жыл бұрын
@@bosniencommie1202 Learn English. And no,Balkans is way better even though its bad for European standards.
@andresduques20133 жыл бұрын
@@bosniencommie1202 tf is wrong with you
@bosniencommie12023 жыл бұрын
@@andresduques2013 i em sarcastic but yea balcan is shit
@WTXYN3 жыл бұрын
@@bosniencommie1202 naees englesh frind
@dwarasamudra88894 жыл бұрын
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.
@almightysosa30074 жыл бұрын
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.
@almightysosa30074 жыл бұрын
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...
@projectmayhem68984 жыл бұрын
[4:42] The Nubians brought plates of donuts to Ancient Egypt.
@ahmadmuhammad62004 жыл бұрын
How ... Kush was a great empire
@steveholmes34713 жыл бұрын
And fried chicken.
@jimplosay83523 жыл бұрын
Very informative. Thanks!
@ondrejsveda72743 жыл бұрын
You could include Samo's Empire and Great Moravia next time, also great video
@TheSwaddelator3 жыл бұрын
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.
@kaseywatson72813 жыл бұрын
Are they the decedent's of dutch people Afrikaans is just dutch.
@a1b2tv414 жыл бұрын
Carthage is not dead; It still lives in our hearts
@viper81774 жыл бұрын
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. 😂
@melvinmayfield4703 жыл бұрын
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.
@phelimridley67274 жыл бұрын
@12:29 on the Aztec Empire, a great novel to read is "Aztec" by Gary Jennings.
@hosker2344 жыл бұрын
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.
@marcelahmad943 Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
@@mastersafari5349 chuvash have the language but genetically they are finno-ugric and slavic. volga tatar are still closer to old bulgars.
@mastersafari5349 Жыл бұрын
@@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 Жыл бұрын
Me a hungarian watching the whole debate:
@threepo9692 Жыл бұрын
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.
@papazataklaattiranimam4 жыл бұрын
Mahmud al Kashgari and Ahmad ibn Fadlan wrote many things about Volga Bulgaria.Ilovelanguages made video about their language.
@sheesmustafa95224 жыл бұрын
Volga Bulgars were muslims
@papazataklaattiranimam4 жыл бұрын
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!".
@sheesmustafa95224 жыл бұрын
@@papazataklaattiranimam it's strange to find a muslim community that north
@papazataklaattiranimam4 жыл бұрын
mohammadshees mustafa 😅😅 Yes,he was northest islamic state in history also his successor Kazan Khanate
@sheesmustafa95224 жыл бұрын
@@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
@swedenball85893 жыл бұрын
I love Mehmed II. He is the guy who let me more interested in history and geography.
@mckutzy2 жыл бұрын
Fun fact, Flag related... The Principality of Galicia-Volhynia official coat of arms is exact to that of Big Bang Theory, Sheldon Cooper's apartment official coat of arms.... A rampant lion on a field of azure....Same direction facing Dexter. Difference being the claws and tongue of the lion are red, as Opposed to the ancient flag Galicia, they are white....
@freebased17804 жыл бұрын
British Empire and the Soviet Union might be two you could consider, I know that's some pretty recent history...just a thought.
@mrfreeman2911 Жыл бұрын
It still exists, but is called the commonwealth of nations.
@comradeedwin10064 жыл бұрын
Love your videos! Keep the great work up!
@ДмитроШтимпель4 жыл бұрын
Galicia-Volhynia - it's Ukraine, and also it's Rus' Yeah, it's hard to understand
@anthonibrookshire37043 жыл бұрын
This was really fun to watch!
@moshehim10003 жыл бұрын
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
@SrDonJugo4 жыл бұрын
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
@susansokoloski22332 жыл бұрын
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.
@mickeylamb18453 жыл бұрын
Nice video. Almost on the money buddy. Bout to start digging now. Man the shovels!
@DanielDavis1973 Жыл бұрын
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.
@liamnevard15914 жыл бұрын
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.
@liamnevard15914 жыл бұрын
Just in case you were wondering
@lesleyhawes68953 жыл бұрын
But he still couldn't stop the tide!
@mikehunt37462 жыл бұрын
Knut not cnaut
@mhansen92552 жыл бұрын
@@mikehunt3746 It's actually Knud
@mikehunt37462 жыл бұрын
@@mhansen9255 that danish knud
@bjam77774 жыл бұрын
Just seeing the medieval total war “faction destroyed” makes me want to play it again 😂
@Luca_Schiano2 жыл бұрын
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).
@TheHesseJames Жыл бұрын
You could go on forever. There are several hundreds of lost countries/kingdoms.
@boyanpenev98223 жыл бұрын
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.
@induchopra30142 жыл бұрын
Were all Persians followers of Zorastrian religion?
@ShmooieLowenstein3 жыл бұрын
5:48: "The once great civilisation of ancient times, which through many internal factors, did not manage to remain strong enough to repel its attackers and fell to its invaders, one after another. " This failed country sounds like ancient Israel. Isn't it great when European powers create a country that hasn't existed in centuries and allow it to have a huge sense of entitlement?
@ywoisug88453 жыл бұрын
Because if you say something you get cancelled
@AverytheCubanAmerican4 жыл бұрын
Mighty Sealand will revive the North Sea Empire!
@tqser4 жыл бұрын
yo why do i keep seein you everywhere i go
@Jodonho4 жыл бұрын
LOL
@gigasquid20404 жыл бұрын
I see you everywhere
@srod88183 жыл бұрын
STFU
@darthmango9943 жыл бұрын
I am a Sikh and I thank you for doing the Sikh Empire.
@bagybf19422 жыл бұрын
I'm confused. If you pause the video at 10:52 an look at the Crimean Peninsula you will find Cherson written there...but isn't Sewastopol right there?
@ralph48184 жыл бұрын
Territory of Trapezund Empire was reconquered from seljuks by qeen of Georgia - Tamar, for her nepheues of Comnin dinasty. After overthrow of their dynasty in Constantinople and conquest the City by crusaders. Great part of population in Trapezund was west georgian tribe - lazes.
@ConanTroutman04 жыл бұрын
Would the Principality of Theodoro be an extension of the Byzantines that would have outlasted Trebizond?
@ВеселинВиденов2 жыл бұрын
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.
@walidhousni31864 жыл бұрын
Pre-columbian empires: *exist* Spain and portugal: I'm about to end this empire whole existence
@JV-kd7rp4 жыл бұрын
*I'm about to end an entire race of people*
@leonardorivelorivelo92534 жыл бұрын
Im about to end these natives whole country
@nathatos4 жыл бұрын
Portuguese: i'm about to marry with these natives
@leonardorivelorivelo92534 жыл бұрын
@Default Profile Picture I guess you are right bc there wasnt a formed empire in the region still portugal fought against the various tribes
@alphagamer95054 жыл бұрын
That isnt accurate,since only spain fought empires,Portugal only fought tribes and fuck them
@thecatsari Жыл бұрын
8:00 Volga Bulgaria is now 3 republics: Kazan, Chuvashia and Tatarstan
@sera_kath Жыл бұрын
An interesting observation regarding the map at 10:50. There is a city on crimea named cherson which is not todays Kherson (that one is more to the north-west) but Sevastopol. I wondered if there is a connection and did quick a research. Mondern day Kherson is actual named in reference to the old Cherson during a settlement project by Empress Catherine II. Note: Feel free to comment with additions or corrections because I'm NOT a historian and might got something wrong.
@lemonlime1041 Жыл бұрын
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chersonesus
@damiankomputerowiec86304 жыл бұрын
Burgundy Inca Tibet The Great Lehit Empire - the ancestors of the winged hussars
@davidhume53994 жыл бұрын
Possibly the Berbers as well.
@xhafts4 жыл бұрын
yo mama to after i clapped her
@jaszczomp99234 жыл бұрын
"The Great Lehit Empire" - it didn't exist but ok
@General.Knowledge4 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@damiankomputerowiec86304 жыл бұрын
@@jaszczomp9923 it did check out the newest updates :)
@dhrubajyotibasu65053 жыл бұрын
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.
@mangomanftw55382 жыл бұрын
I did not even know there was any sikh 'empire'
@mr.falcon542 жыл бұрын
@@mangomanftw5538 well now you do
@mangomanftw55382 жыл бұрын
@@mr.falcon54 I am a sikh punjabi.. there wasn't any sikh 'empire'
@induchopra30142 жыл бұрын
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.
@induchopra30142 жыл бұрын
@@mangomanftw5538 Sikhs ruled Pakistan punjab, Afghanistan, Pakistan,kashmir. Read your history. With a maharaja. No child is taught this
@ethanpanelo7774 жыл бұрын
Oh god, general knowledge is really entertaining! *I LOVE IT*
@lennis47394 жыл бұрын
7:09 About the Eurasian Steppe... Steppe is pronounced like "step", not like "steep". It basically means savannah or grassland plains.
@Nokard2 жыл бұрын
Just to correct some things, for the Aztecs it wasn't just "some" allies, but a huge conglomeration of subjugated people who formed the main army for Cortez, the Spanish alone could've never taken out the empire, and even with that, disease came later and gave them the last strike.
@mickeymurder54623 жыл бұрын
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.
@SombreroGato2 жыл бұрын
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.
@chronikhiles2 жыл бұрын
Don't call them Indians just because that one guy Columbus did. Indians are from South Asia.
@paulrouth59974 жыл бұрын
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.
@ikad52294 жыл бұрын
Diseases and the union of some native tribes with the Spaniards were the two main reasons
@garypulliam37404 жыл бұрын
How about the original Prussia. Before the Germans coopted the name Prussia.
@thisisgin164 жыл бұрын
Context?
@darth39114 жыл бұрын
共産銀 the first Prussian kingdom was pagan because of that the H.R.E. gone to war with them killed all there people then colonized the area
@blackwidowsm4 жыл бұрын
Gary Pulliam Prussia defeated the Germany even tho they were all technical Germanic people. They took the Germany name to ease tensions scand moved the capital from Konigberg modern day kalingrad and moved it to Berlin to assimilate with the German people. But it was Prussia who dominated politics for example the Kaiser was Prussian military was Prussian led every function was dominated by the prussians they were Germany in name only to this day. At conclusion of World War Two reason Syria and Israel are in such conflict it’s not an Arab and Jewish thing but two separate Prussian factions settling on each side. Ironically they are same people but with different strain of ideologies of thought. The strange relationship is real has with Syria estranged like brothers fighting a civil war.each side has supporters but this is mere a contusion of Prussian / German wars of the 1800s nothing more nothing less simply a people relocated and continuation of the battle.
@darth39114 жыл бұрын
Syd Marsh he is talking about old Prussia which is different then the Prussian empire
@garypulliam37404 жыл бұрын
@@blackwidowsm I'm talking way before this. Way! Before! Prussia was a small group of Nordic or Rus people who settle in a small valley along the coast of what is now Danzig. Then a German tribe came in and wiped them out and began calling themselves Prussians even though the Prussians had long been exterminated ... something to that effect.
@kirill68502 жыл бұрын
Does anyone know the marching music at 9:43? It sounds very austrian but I couldn't find it.
@kenide557 ай бұрын
I'm looking for info on countries whose infrastructure was most destroyed/leveled. Any info on that?
@papazataklaattiranimam4 жыл бұрын
Volga Bolgaria is still living with different name call Tatarstan.With same peoples!
@vadimveskreb87644 жыл бұрын
mostly not
@papazataklaattiranimam4 жыл бұрын
Mostly,according to historians.
@vadimveskreb87644 жыл бұрын
@@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
@papazataklaattiranimam4 жыл бұрын
They still call themselves Bolgar not even Tatar.
@olumluhayatbugunvarsinyari13264 жыл бұрын
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
@papazataklaattiranimam2 жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
I ain't readin all that
@20thcenturytunes3 жыл бұрын
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.
@vincent_hall2 жыл бұрын
Isandhlwana, the "hl" in Zulu is pronounced like "LL" In Welsh: tip of tongue behind the top, front teeth and blow out. Thanks for the video. Cool stuff.
@BatkoNashBandera7743 жыл бұрын
Happy to see my ancestors in Volga mentioned/explained.