The Oldest Countries in the World

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In this video I show you a few of the world's oldest countries. How they first emerged as civilizations and, briefly, how they evolved into their current form.
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[@General.Knowledge]

India and France are indeed missing from this and are great examples of very old countries / civilizations! Do you have any more suggestions?

[@Mr-bs4hx]

Will you ever make the second part of usa flags?

[@fccskacom]

Bulgaria dude, established at 680 AD

[@kerryroberts8561]

Porplely United Kingdom

[@mohamedaminechakroun5834]

What about Tunisia/Africa/Carthage same land for almost 3000 years

[@GenerisHumani]

Sweden, Denmark, Russia

[@tewoderostesfaye7549]

Ethiopia, the most mysterious place where you can find from ancient Historical cites to amazing natural wonders, from the acid river in Danakil depression to the great blue Nile fall and many more, what an amazing place.

[@teddyissak2720]

Ethiopia is not a single nation. It's a *federation* of many nations.

[@redsea334]

Nah...it's your wishful thinking. And most ancient historical sites are only found in the extreme north border of Eritrea.

[@Bolt451]

@@teddyissak2720 no kid stop taking about stuff u don’t know about

[@theassassin9326]

@@redsea334 you do know that Eritrea was just another part of Ethiopia up until 29 years ago?

[@heyellada-ball3929]

@@teddyissak2720 and Armenia and Greece you forgot!!

[@benmecuriaw7018]

Now I know why Ethiopia and Armenia started practicing Christianity at the same time.

[@bobobibo2357]

Ethiopia and Armenia have very old connections.

[@XAE_A_Xii]

Georgia also almost at the same time, few years difference

[@XAE_A_Xii]

which for some reason was ignored in this video

[@hayellada-ball3836]

@@XAE_A_Xii Goergia is may 5 Country got Christianity!

[@Samm-ok7ty]

I’m Persian from Iran, In the southwest of Iran, we have civilizations that are more than ten thousand years old. I think the first civilization was formed along the Karun and Dejah rivers.

Armenia and Greece, two beautiful countries

[@bler9572]

😅😅

[@supermavro6072]

I am older than both of them

[@tehvix_]

"Ethiopia is one of the few African country that wasn't part of a European colonizer." Italy: *Triggered*

[@nessunoniente3722]

I can confirme this (i'm italian)

[@emann1738]

@@nessunoniente3722 I can too (I'm Ethiopian)

[@ascaro1885]

@@emann1738 you've been colonized. And I'm the proof. (I'm half italian half eritrean-ethiopian)

[@ascaro1885]

@@nessunoniente3722 noi l'Etiopia l'abbiamo colonizzata.

[@nessunoniente3722]

@@ascaro1885 lo so solo che nel video dice che non è stata colonizzata

[@meisammataji2578]

Respect and love to all countries and cultures especially Greece, Armenia, Egypt and China. from Iran ❤️🌹😘 we love human and humanity.

[@martunvardanyann]

👑

[@merejatv9905]

Well what about ethiopia🇪🇹 orgin of human.❤❤but respect

[@everydayrubbish8962]

Your arab brothers love you too

[@3sar9is_m_yan7]

🇦🇲thanks🇦🇲

[@mr.explainer666]

U missed india 😔

[@ArthurVasilyan]

With respect to all countries from Armenia, especially to Greece and Iran.

[@CarpeDiem070]

Respect from Greece , I am Greek and I very like Ancient History and throughly agree with the countries that you present ...👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 Greece and Armenia was like a same nation , we had a lot of similarities , live together thousands of years, married together , had faith in the same Gods... so thank you very much for this nice video...!😊😊

[@johnnybepp2907]

Yes but this greec has nothing to do with the acent greec 🤣🤣🤣 are stupid ur langu.... has notjing to do with acent greec u are all turks bullgars mixd the real acent ppl are albaniens ur history is 100%facke

[@HandsomeStranger1963]

not Greek but Macedonian. you have nothing to do with the Classical Greeks. they did not see the end of the Roman Empire. you sad pathetic fool. enough of your fraud. Like Italy, Greece is a modern name. unlike Italy the Greeks have no DNA in common with the previous greeks. albanian s is what you are. note that the Armenian flag at one stage had the Macedonia Sunburst in its flag. The classical Greeks had their roots in The Indus Valley from where they came. before them were the bronze age Greeks who died at the end of that age. now we have Albanians settled there in the 700sAD and Pontus refugees (Armenians) from the 1920sAD. no, your culture was adopted not inherited.

[@dannytrajcevski6789]

Greeks are not Macedonian....only in 1913 did Greece occupy Macedonian land,, never before....Macedonia for the macedonians...simple

[@supermavro6072]

Greece was founded on 1821 by King Otto of Bavaria. It's artificial and most of the people there are Orthodox Turks from 1923 population exchange

[@CarpeDiem070]

@@supermavro6072 are you all right ??? Any mental problem??😃😃😂😂👉🏻🤡🤡🤡

[@zireael5756]

Iran, Armenia, Greece, China, Japan, India and Ethiopia are the oldest counties. Georgia is quiet an old country as well. All these nations have unique and beautiful alphabets and language.

[@anandchaudhary1675]

Present day India is not so old. They were fragmented countries or principalities who has similar cultures. But their civilization yeah, it's one of the oldest.

[@aunion2498]

and Egypt is also an ancient country

[@yisun-sin5780]

Iran was called Persia or the Sassanid empire, or the Parthian empire, Greece was also called Athens, Sparta, Ellada etc, India is collect state of Gupta empire, Maratha confederation etc, China was never called China it was Ming, Qing, Tsin etc, Ethiopia was also not called like that it was Axum , but as funny as it might look Bulgaria never changed its name since 681 AD which

[@luismarques9280]

Not true and it is easy to explain why

[@amirmehdiimani1158]

@@yisun-sin5780 look iran had its name by the locals in the time of the first persian empire so your wrong my friend

[@astropeeks4210]

Title: oldest countries in the world USA: Ight imma head out

[@josephstalin506]

Italy and Germany tags along!

[@thephoenix457]

@@josephstalin506 Germany/German tribes exists since more then 2500 years

[@lukelaser6657]

@@josephstalin506 The identity of the germans goes at least back to Karl the great, who ruled frakonia from 768 to 814

[@sualtam9509]

@@lukelaser6657 More like Ludwig the German in 843 when he was crowned king of Germany instead of king of the Franks.

[@lukelaser6657]

@@sualtam9509 I see your point, but me, as a german, thinks Karl is the First ferman emporer. I mean he was crowned in Aachen and all the german emporers after him claimed to be Karl's succesor.

[@tiebumengesha981]

Ethiopia 🇪🇹 loved and proud nation! the cradle of human kind , the pride of Africa

[@user-yv4te8rf4l]

Of course🙏🙏🙏💚💛♥ እወድሻለሁ እናት ሀገሬ(ኢትዮጵያ)🙏🙏🙏💚💛♥

[@CombativesAcademy]

Armenia is an under represented country with an amazing history. It would be valuable to document Armenia's history thoroughly.

[@uluocakmetehan]

Türkiyeye gel belgeleri al. sakın Fransaya gitme onlar seni kandırır tıpkı kendi halklarını kandırdıkları gibi

[@yoloswaggins7121]

I didn't realise this until I started studying Roman history. It's surprising how often Armenia comes up in Roman history. The Kings of Armenia were key players in the great game between Rome and Persia in all of their incarnations

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

San Marino, the world's oldest republic. It's very nice there. I like to cheer for their national football team and hope they score...some how

[@callummcgregorenthusiast5545]

Scored the other day

[@The_Yosh]

I’ve always wondered why Mussolini never conquered it, I know he kinda sucked at invading places, but even he could invade a country he completely surrounded.

[@nnhp]

@@The_Yosh yeah....

[@mrcocoloco7200]

@@The_Yosh Yeah...

[@orions2908]

@@The_Yosh yeah...

[@onewxrldmusic7303]

Regarding Armenia, besides the Orontid, Artaxiad and Arsacid, you should also add the dynasty of the Bagratid from 885 AD to 1045 AD. Although in a slightly different geographical area to the west, you can also add the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia from 1080-1375 with the Rubenids, Hethumids and the Lusignans. Specially regarding the Bagratids, they are in the similar area of greater Armenia.

[@jirojanify]

Urartu and nairi are also direct predecessors

[@systems_medicine]

Iran has not become "Iran" after the 1979 movement. It has always been Iran, but had called "Persia" by westerns. The former King (Shah) announced to the international post system that we no longer accept letters under "Persia" as the name of country.

[@araz1204]

he is talking nonesense

[@user-sb2zw5gi8v]

Ένα μεγάλο ευχαριστώ από καρδιάς για όλους εσάς που έχετε δουλέψει σκληρά για όλες αυτές τις χρήσιμες πληροφορίες.❤❤❤

[@user-sb2zw5gi8v]

❤️💋☘️👍

[@maremaarten]

Alexander didn't make the Seleucid Empire, his general Seleucius did.

[@jordanianchristian8387]

It was made after the fallout of his empire, so it technically was started by him.

[@ender3960]

He does not say that.

[@WatchmanofMKDN]

And Alexander was from Macedonia. The oldest and longest lasting name of a country and people in Europe. Look at all the ancient people and lands from European maps. Macedonians and their land still go by the same name for over 3000 years.

[@tobiprof]

@@WatchmanofMKDN today's northern Macedonia is not the same as Alexander's Macedonia.

[@christosrizos461]

@@WatchmanofMKDN Alexander was from Macedonia his mother from Epirus and Father from Peloponnese. >Anything else?

[@Uzair_Of_Babylon465]

Fantastic video keep it up you're doing amazing things 😁👍

[@addisabebaali1958]

ኢትዮጲያ ለዘላለም ኑሩ ታላቅ ሀገር❤❤❤❤ Ethiopia is beautiful people and culture blessed country ❤️💕❤️ and Ethiopia traditional food is very healthy

[@militarycomparisons]

[@LeytonFisher]

I kile etopia

[@mh7135]

Respect to all Especially Armenia and Greece from Iran 🌷🌷❤❤

[@elenilepouri7253]

Respect Persia

[@sergyeremyan6388]

🇹🇷👈🏴‍☠️✌

[@sepehrmehry5937]

چطوری داداش 😃😁

[@mh7135]

@@sepehrmehry5937 قربونت 😀✌🌸

[@narekarmenich4137]

@Ora Zukermann lol wtf . another hater

[@UniversalChill]

Bulgaria was founded 681 AD, just saying

[@TheTattieShaw]

Join his discord and suggest this for part 2 link in the description

[@100yan4]

it's the same country even with the same name : )

[@Marjus_25]

You here i didn't expect here

[@yanaki4423]

@@gamergrill4933modern Bulgarians are mix of Bulgars,Slavs and Thracians.The reason why we start learning our history from 681AD is because that's when that mix accure,before that Bulgaria also existed but it was made up from only bulgars and that's why we don't teach that part of our history.

[@manov_denis]

ye that’s 1300 years

[@quantadotonium3654]

I wonder why ancient languages of Ethiopia Geez/Amharic are given in many universities in Europe and Canada. Besides the 'tone', the graphic nature of the letter scripts depicts and contains a lot of mystery of civilization preserved artifacts. For example: A full manuscript of Astronomy book with paints are documented with names of solar systems, galaxis, with uncracked mathematical equations, just to mention a few. ... The countries, I feel missed in the video are : Persia, Iraq and India I think they do have rich ancient history too. I know ancient Ethiopia is also linked to Persia and India.

[@chiranthakanchana]

Worth mentioning Sri Lanka (Ceylon/ Serendib etc) and old India (Bharat/ Jambudvipa etc) Territory-wise Sri Lanka is older than India but overall India has older history. But both have written/unwritten history back to King Rama-Ravana times and even before to Indus Valley Civilisation. Sri Lanka has had a continuous record of human settlement for more than two millennia and was a separate country throughout history developing a unique identity over the ages despite the Indian and colonial invesions & influences.

[@henryaybaz7409]

Adam was in Sri Lanka and Eve was in Ethiopia.

[@Arshahan]

YES ARMENIA🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲. You did well to mention Hayk, the Father of the Armenian nation who fought Bel, the builder of the Babylonian tower, to liberate the Armenian people from the enslavement, but that did not happen in 2107 B.C (which source tells you that?); according to the Armenian historian Movses Khorenatsi it happened in 2492 B.C. Also the first Armenian kingdoms did not start at 331 B.C. The Kingdom of Ararat, or better known by the Assyrian sources as the Kingdom of Urartu, was truly the first unified and centralized Armenian Kingdom established at around 880 B.C. And before that there were the Armenian tribes and small kingdoms: Hayassa-Azzi, Arme-Shupria and Nayiri.

[@snan.295]

A great Armenian? Where did you get this information? From fake Armenian sources? If there was such an Armenian state in history, there would be a book or historical source about it in the Vatican archives.

[@Arshahan]

@@snan.295 Fotunately for you there are those sources at the Vatican. Urartu means Ararat in Assyrian. Its the same kingdom. The Darius inscription of Behistun confirms it.

[@snan.295]

@@Arshahan But the problem is that Armenians cannot read ancient Urartu writings, but Chechens can.

[@snan.295]

@@Arshahan The Sumerians have more than 100 Azerbaijani-Turkish words, so we should call the Sumerians Turks

[@Arshahan]

@@snan.295 i don't know what are you inventing now. Armenians share a genetic continuity for 6000 years in their homeland.

[@Henrik46]

General knowledge: "eventually almost reaching into Europe" European Russia and the rest of Eastern Europe: Am I a joke to you?

[@pimentoso]

Russia, yes. First established around 900 AD as Kievan Rus!

[@sokosokolowski2823]

@@pimentoso yeah you are wrong ...

[@adrian225]

@@sokosokolowski2823 he really isn't Unless you are talking about the great lechia, the problem is, its not real

[@divjiv]

@@pimentoso Modern Russia is ancestor of Muscovy not of Kievan Rus.

[@dustgreylynx]

@@pimentoso Russia was a part of Kievan Rus, but they weren't their successor. Russia doesn't have more to do with Ruthenia, than Romaina with Rome

[@mgggg7962]

The most interesting thing is that Armenian alphabet and Ethiopian alphabet are so similar 🤔

[@accuratetaxes5504]

You did a great video! Thanks a lot! Cheers

[@ric8167]

I'm Brazilian/Portuguese myself but Armenia is very underrated, country with such a huge history.

[@TheRaffo9]

Much love to Portugal and Brazil 🇦🇲❤️🇵🇹🇧🇷

[@fucker_of_armenians_persia3158]

armenia is false and it's wrong information, armenia is appeared in 1920th thanks by Soviet (bolsheviks) occupation army!!!

[@cedricmomjian2129]

@@fucker_of_armenians_persia3158 brainwashing as its finest we all know Turkey and Azerbajian are almost 100 years old. But I can smell that you're jealous

[@exoticlimo83]

@@fucker_of_armenians_persia3158 We all know that your so called country just been only hundred years old, my neighbors house is older than your country

[@fucker_of_armenians_persia3158]

@@cedricmomjian2129 go back to India, you stad me abortive entity?

[@ErikE_]

For some weeeird reason, I like the old Portuguese flag very much… Greetings from Finland! 😉🇫🇮

[@isasafdari2174]

It looks like the finnish flag

[@Miro35]

Suomi=finland

[@timi1824]

That is very weird... I wonder why 🇫🇮 suomi perkele

[@GuntiMr]

🇵🇹💪🏻

[@inpersonaDK]

Wonder why 😁

[@hrafnatyr9794]

🇸🇪 here. Of course I haven’t read ALL +11,000 coms, so I do not know if anybody already has mentioned it. Denmark was consolidated into a unified kingdom in the 8th century AD and has continued to exist pretty much within the same borders since then. In fact, the only times they were occupied by a foreign power were by Swedes a few months during the 17th c. and for a few years by the nazis in the 1940s. I strongly think this is worth mentioning here.

[@arash_gha81]

What an amazing content Tnk for your hard working

[@fasilharer1291]

From Ethiopia, Peace to ancient and new countries.

[@Mzp2]

*When i see a Little Finland flag:* Portugal is here?

[@alexesteves9420]

That flag was Portugals flag first and they eventually changed it without knowing about Finland

[@Mzp2]

@@alexesteves9420 I know that buddy, but the flag is most recognized because of Finland.

[@albinarousell7940]

Wasn’t Finland just part of Sweden once?

[@ristusnotta1653]

@@albinarousell7940 yeah sweden made us its meatshield for 600 years and then after that russia made us its own, the biggest nordic battles were fought between sweden and russia on finnish territory and we almost went extinct during that time, (not to be also mentioned it was more peaceful during the russian times and that time and freedom russia provided gave us sence of nationalism and that was the reason we are a country at the moment)

[@bconni2]

Portugal is a much older nation state than Finland...that flag belonged to Portugal long before Finland...

[@WorldXl_]

That border you showed is when Egypt made an empire an ruled other lands but Egyptians in ancient Egypt have always been from the delta to the first cataract and that’s where the modern Egyptian Arabic is spoken this day and there’s still two major accents in upper and lower Egypt just like before and the people still have celebrations and beliefs. It’s also a favours centralized government due to its geography and which is why most of its history it was ruled together thus making it really the oldest country in the world.

[@afsane_nezhadi]

Search in Google see Iran is oldest country in the world

[@arigatuxful]

Hi? just wondering if you could explain what happened @ 7;30? Thanks.

[@GioStarter]

Georgia and its Kartli Kingdom is one of the ancient countries 🇬🇪 and one of the ancient languages still used today alongside with Armenian and Ethiopian

[@a.pavliashvili]

მანამდე დიდი ხნით ადრე, ჩვ.წ.აღ.მდე 14 საუკუნეში დიაოხი და კოლხა არსებობდა...

[@turkishapsua]

true

[@POH341]

Yes but Georgia was also ruled by many other countries, San Marino is the longest existing country that hasn’t been conquered.

[@shakoabramishvili9426]

@@POH341 one one my friend , before Russia in 1801 !

[@POH341]

@@shakoabramishvili9426 and throughout the next 200 years

[@adonai2761]

From Abyssinia ethiopia and I'm proud to be ethiopian Love you ኢትዮጵያዬ 😘😘

[@didonegiuliano3547]

How did it feel being Italy’s colony?

[@Eyob_Belay]

@@didonegiuliano3547 so France was a German colony?🤔

[@YassinTun]

The last symbole you wrote isnt a guy stretching his balls

[@karfomachet7265]

@Lolrence ya the europeans who colonized it - but wait this video said that never happened ?? some people don't know what the fuck there saying

[@m.s.1779]

@@Eyob_Belay Ikr, in that sense we can reshape history...spain was arab colony England was Denmark colony, and poland was colony of 2 countries at the same time, italy was German colony and everyone was at somepoint someones colony lol

[@giorgosmoisiadis6057]

Alexander the Great did not found the Selucide empire. Seleucus one of his generals was the founder of the Selucide empire after Alexanders death. Macedonian empire also maintained all of the greek city states, that are not shown in the map, (except sparta) by the time of its peak and i think this part could also be mentioned on the section about Greece. Some inacuracies...but other than that nice contend!

[@2anewday]

I have to correct the part where it says the end of the Pahlavi dynasty turned the country into "Iran". The name Iran is extremely old and has been in use even prior to the middle and ancient Parsi language periods, to the point that it has undergone changes in dialect and pronunciation. The reason why some Westerners mistakenly believe that the name "Iran" is a recent thing is because while the Persians have called themselves "Iran" for ages, to the Western world they were known as "Persia". This continued until the last king of Iran made an official request that the country be internationally identified as "Iran" and not "Persia". The word Iran has nothing to do with the most recent government of this country.

[@tiveqcriarcontanova]

everything you said was right, but what he said was "...that turned the country into Iran as we know it today." which implies exactly what you are protesting about - the western idea that the country was named Persia before. it was not by Iranians, just by westerners.

[@saybelaaysik4822]

I’m proud to be Ethiopian 💚💛❤️

[@redsea334]

There is no such thing as Ethiopian history. Most the sites he showed here are only located in Eritrean.

[@dopeman1356]

@@redsea334 so በክት የጣሊያን ቅጥቅጥ

[@rohitendrachand4435]

Very amazing place and I noticed very polite

[@user-pw1rr2vm8b]

@@redsea334 There is no such thing as Eritrean history then...

[@user-pw1rr2vm8b]

@@dopeman1356 😂😂😂😂👍

[@jacobadams760]

Man... the US is like a infant compared to these

[@tuggaboy]

And the crankiest

[@PhilipDeLong]

Among major countries, only England has maintained continual sovereignty under the same system of government longer, dating from 1688 when parliamentary supremacy was firmly established. The US has been under the same constitution since 1789.

[@2cool4u_pt_62]

@Bostan Liviu well thought out man thanks for the lesson and knowledge 👍👏

[@larsvanhout3472]

@Bostan Liviu well, actually city building in US is based on car traffic. Because of this people are SO dependant on cars that they have neglected bicycle roads and sidewalks. Doesn't seem a really good thing to be so car dependant, because it makes kids dependant on their parents to drive them places. I'm glad me and my sister were able to walk/bicycle to school on our own when we were 8, because the roads are much saver for pedestrians and cyclists. (Just my opinion though)

[@social3ngin33rin]

Modern democracy is young

[@sjwarialaw8155]

One note, in an image you can see "Portucale(Porto)", which is wrong, Portucale, Portus Cale, is not in reference to the modern city of Porto, but rather Vila Nova de Gaia which is on the other margin of the river Douro. Portus Cale, translated to english as Port of the Gauls, refered to the most important location of that region, of celtic ancestry, which was the port city of Cale. The modern city of Porto as far as its known, at the time of the foundation of Portugal, was just a village on the other side of the river, it then grew and overcame Gaia in importance, and because its named Porto (translated to port in english) there's a common misconception that its where from Portugal's name derives.

[@beregu]

A little correction: 10:35 Hunnic Empire founded in 209 BC is considered the first Mongolian state; it’s considered the main reason why the Great Wall construction initiative started as the border 10:59 Mongolia was ruled by Manchurian and Mongolian coalition - not Chinese. One of the Chinese states briefly occupied the most of Mongolia between 1919 and 1921.

[@SefaAcarsoy]

Hunnic Empire is not Mongolian. It's Turkic.

[@daisenshi]

''Xiongnu'' (you misreferred as Hunnic Empire, which is related but different) was a confederation. It was made up from several tribes which included Turkic, Mongolic, Persian, Tungusic and even Koreanic. Mongols also existed outside of Xiongnu during that period too. So, no. We Turks consider Xiongnu to be of culturally Turkic dynasty, which is prominently seen in the ''identity'' of the succeeding ''Göktürk Khaganate''. So at least cultural contiunation is evident.

[@viktor.d.shavov]

In a matter of fact, the first time Bulgaria is mentioned in written document as a organized state on a territory, corresponding to its present days borders, is during the Third Council of Constantinople, during which, among other subjects, a question arises about the war with Bulgaria, 680-681. Although there has been certain periods in history through which Bulgaria ceased to exist as a independent state, the unique culture, language and the common sense of nationality have survived and have helped several time for the restoration of Bulgaria, to be precise, during the times of the Second Empire (1185-1396/1422) and the Third Bulgarian state (1878 onwards). So, in short, pretty much like Armenia, with which we share some sort of mutual fate of fading throughout the ages, Bulgaria deserves to be on that list of the oldest still existing countries in history, too. Actually, mayby second in Europe's history, after San Marino, of course. P.S. My apologies if I've made any spelling mistakes, I don't really write in English so often. P.P.S. Greatings from България! :)

[@_braileanul]

Sorry but Old Bulgars were Turkic, this is proven. Modern Bulgarians are a mix of Old Bulgars, Slavs, and a minor percentage of Thracians and Greeks. Your culture, language and even genes are not the same as those of the middle ages

[@WatchmanofMKDN]

Utåhråptor look on ancient European maps. Only Macedonians and their land still go by the same name for over 3000 years.

[@WatchmanofMKDN]

Utåhråptor you’re right about Bulgars being Turkic. They had khans like khan krum khan telerig khan kardam khan asperuch and spoke similar to genghis kahn

[@WatchmanofMKDN]

Utåhråptor The Bulgars (also Bulghars, Bulgari, Bolgars, Bolghars, Bolgari,[1] Proto-Bulgarians[2]) were Turkic semi-nomadic warrior tribes that flourished in the Pontic-Caspian steppe and the Volga region during the 7th century. Emerging as nomadic equestrians in the Volga-Ural region, according to some researchers their roots can be traced to Central Asia.[3] During their westward migration across the Eurasian steppe the Bulgars absorbed other ethnic groups and cultural influences, including Hunnic and Indo-European peoples.[4][5][6][7][8][9] Modern genetic research on Central Asian Turkic people and ethnic groups related to the Bulgars points to an affiliation with Western Eurasian populations.[9][10][11] The Bulgars spoke a Turkic language, i.e. Bulgar language of Oghuric branch.[12] They preserved the military titles, organization and customs of Eurasian steppes,[13] as well as pagan shamanism and belief in the sky deity Tangra.[14] The Bulgars became semi-sedentary during the 7th century in the Pontic-Caspian steppe, establishing the polity of Old Great Bulgaria c. 635, which was absorbed by the Khazar Empire in 668 AD. In c. 679, Khan Asparukh conquered Scythia Minor, opening access to Moesia, and established the First Bulgarian Empire, where the Bulgars became a political and military elite. They merged subsequently with established Byzantine populations,[15][16] as well as with previously settled Slavic tribes, and were eventually Slavicized, thus forming the ancestors of modern Bulgarians.[17] The remaining Pontic Bulgars migrated in the 7th century to the Volga River, where they founded the Volga Bulgaria; they preserved their identity well into the 13th century.[12] The Volga Tatars and Chuvash people claim to be originated from the Volga Bulgars.

[@yanaki4423]

@@_braileanul just to clear some things.In Bulgaria we start learning our history from 681AD but Bulgaria existed even earlier and it was made up from bulgars and those bulgars are the one you refer to as Turkic.Then they settled in the Balkans and mixed with Slavs(Slavs were much more in numbers) and Thracians in 680AD.That mix of ethnicities are the modern Bulgarians which are created in 680AD and formed country in 681AD.You said that the modern Bulgarians are mix of Bulgars,Slavs and Thracians and that's the reason we are learning our history from 681AD,because that's when they mixed,before that they were only bulgars(not the same as the modern)and that's why we don't learn that part of our history.

[@addisusisaynew7599]

I always proud to be an Ethiopian 💜💜💜 The mystery land of the world!

[@lameboy354]

Me too. 😎🇪🇹💚💛❤🏆🥇🏅😘👌 980 bc:Ethiopia is born 1003 bc:Egypt is born Ethiopia is also never colonized .

[@erikaloyan6281]

🇦🇲🤝

[@CTGReviews]

@@lameboy354 I t a l y

[@galust77]

Hello from Armenia!

[@fitlfit1395]

Me too 🇲🇱❤️🙏🏾

[@ogniankamenov481]

Bulgaria is officially established and recognized by East Roman empire in 681 AD.

[@connorschramm8944]

Last video I watched you had the Radetzkey March, and this video youve got unter dem doppelladler song and dem land tirol die treue. At least I think. Love it🇦🇹 (sorry, I can’t spell well in German).

[@yanaki4423]

Bulgaria is found in 681AD.Great old Bulgaria existed even earlier but its not counted because it consisted only from proto-bulgarians and the one from 681AD consists also with Slavs and Thracians. Bulgaria is also the oldest country in Europe besides San Marino and it never changed its name!

[@optimistic8209]

Nali ve brat

[@luismarques9280]

...and was part of the Otoman Empire for 500 years, not a country then...

[@yanaki4423]

@@luismarques9280 are you dumb!?Or are you ignorant!?

[@optimistic8209]

@@luismarques9280 dump loser

[@koleff2541]

@@luismarques9280 No because Bulgaria still exists

[@jan150]

7:13 "Dem Schwabenland die Treue" as background music :D Nice Videe, greetings from the Schwabenland

[@diasporabilu7563]

I am from Ethiopia 🇪🇹 ☺️ thanks for sharing 👍

[@humayunkabir9279]

Nice and very informative video, i am surprised most of the old civilisations are in the east ..

[@humormeme7946]

I'm from Ethiopia ♥️ and respect to China, Armenia & Portugal 💪

[@kristaporkhach]

Interesting video, although I want to point out a few issues I saw with the Armenia portion. Armenia’s statehood can be traced to the Hurrian state of Mitanni (~1500-1200 BC). Following its collapse as a result of the joint Hittite and Assyrian invasions the local chieftains (or princes) came together to form the Nairi Confederation (~1200-900 BC). Eventually one of the princes of the Nairi states, Arame I of Biani (or Van in modern-day southeastern Turkey) decided to unify the states under his control in 858 BC. The Assyrians called his state Urartu, the Bible refers to it as Ararat. One of the most famous Kings of the Urartian Dynasty, Argishti I built the Fortress of Erebuni (modern-day Yerevan, the capital of Armenia since 1918) in 782 BC. Eventually the Kingdom of Urartu fell in 585 BC to invading Iranian tribes, the Scythian from the north, but more importantly the Medes from the south. Around 570 BC Yervand I or Orontes I established the Yervanduni/Orontid Dynasty that ruled over Armenia as Satraps or Kings, under Achaemenid suzerainty. With the collapse of the Achaemenid Persian Empire in 331 BC to the forces of Alexander the Great, Armenia was temporarily occupied by Alexandrian forces in 331-321 BC, but in 321 the state regained its autonomy. The Yervadunis would continue to rule until 200 BC when Armenia plunged into a civil war as the Seleucids triggered a relative of the King, a general named Artashes/Artaxias to launch a rebellion. By 190 BC the Artashesian/Artaxiad Dynasty was established over Armenia and ruled until 12 CE. The most famous Armenian king, Tigran II or Tigran the Great ruled from 95-55 BC. Tigran II created a short-lived empire in 88-66 BC, that for a time became the strongest state east of Rome. From 12-53 CE Armenia was basically fought over by the Romans and Parthians. From 53-428 CE the country came under the rule of the Arshakuni or Arsacid Dynasty which was related to the ruling dynasty of Parthia in modern-day Iran. Under the Arshakunis the Armenian state converted to Christianity in 314, making it the first in the world and in 405 a unique alphabet was created that is still used by Armenians to this day. From 428-645 Armenia was a Marz or Province of Sassanid Persia. Most times the Marzban or Governor was an ethnic Armenian, unless it was during a rebellion when an ethnic Persian governor was put into power. From 645-885 Armenia became an autonomous Emirate in the Islamic Caliphate. While a Muslim Arab Emir ruled over Armenia, a local prince was elected from the powerful noble families and declared Prince of Princes (Ishkhanats Ishkhan) and he was the de facto ruler of the country, while the Emir was simply the Caliph’s ambassador in Armenia. From 885-1065 the Bagratunis/Bagratids, who had long been the Prince of Princes came to be crowned the Kings of Armenia. While their original capital city of Ani fell to the Byzantines in 1045, the outpost capital at Kars held out until 1065, when it fell to the invading Seljuk Turks. In 1080, a noblemen who fled from Armenia Major/Greater Armenia to Cilicia established a principality in the mountains. It’s said that this prince, Ruben, was a relative of the last Bagratuni King. Ruben’s descendants formed the Rubinian/Rubenid dynasty that ruled over Cilicia as princes until 1198 when they became Kings, taking on the title of King of Armenia. In 1252 the Hethumian/Hethumids came to control the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia until the Lusinian/Lusignan family of mixed Armenian-French origin came to power in 1342. The last Armenian King, Levon VI surrendered in 1375 to the Mamluks of Egypt. Armenia would later be reborn as an independent country nearly six centuries later in 1918 after World War One and the Armenian Genocide. It would become the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic in 1920-1991. Since 1991 the Republic if Armenia has been able to secure its spot in global society. I thought it would be important to mention the times before 331 BC and after 428 CE when Armenia was still a state.

[@hayellada-ball3836]

No! 1500BC was Hayasa and then Hayasa-Azzi!

[@sithlord753]

Hayastan!!! 🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲

[@iqry11]

Armenian population was genetically replaced by Mongol inviders during the middle ages

[@kristaporkhach]

@@iqry11 Every geneticist whose studied Armenians begs to differ. Educate yourself.

[@udon6031]

You just called Mitanni Hurrian yourself. And the Nairi tribes that founded urartu were urartian. Hurrians and Urartians are related people, together they made up the Hurro-Urartian language family. Armenians were indo european. By the time of Urartu there was already an Armenian presence in the area, but the state was Urartian.

[@1218omaroo]

Australian aborigines have had a constant and ubiquitous culture in what we now call Australia (whatever they called it back then) for over 40,000 years - within its own borders, being the largest island and smallest continent. It doesn't seem to count in this discussion. Strange.

[@RodneyMcMinge]

Last i'd read about aboriginal activity was dated as far back as 60,000 years. So yes this list doesn't make a lot of sense.

[@masterofalltrades_]

I'm interested in all these earliest civilisations. China, Japan, Korea, India, Egypt, Ethiopia, Greece, etc.

[@petrosamirkhanyan5101]

Respect from on of the oldest countries Armenia and Georgia 🇬🇪🖤🇦🇲

[@slimjesus4094]

Thank you 🇦🇲🤝🇬🇪

[@hayellada-ball3836]

Thanks!

[@wildfoxman8935]

This video didn't add India

[@Beyonder1987]

@@wildfoxman8935 India was never a unified country before 1947. India derived from Greeks after they named it after Indus river which mainly part of Pakistan today.

[@hayellada-ball3836]

@@Beyonder1987 the same like Armenia and Georgia! Never unified until 1991!

[@erfann5179]

Love and respect from Iran to all of the old countries in the world 🇮🇷❤🌹😘

[@sanexpreso2944]

Likewise from Colombia 🇨🇴❤️

[@eslamrezk1323]

love from Egypt

[@hayellada-ball3836]

Respect too Iran from Armenia and Greece! 🇦🇲💖🇮🇷💖🇬🇷

[@dr.kipodd4655]

Love from Israel! :D and also hi

[@reecedaniel7614]

Where did you run to ?

[@aymaneait6886]

I don’t think you have made enough research about Morocco, a north african country that has been continuously (according to your criteria: territory, language, rules, dynasty) the same since 8th century

[@lemenyves34]

Among the very ancient countries you list China is the sole country with almost continuous existence. Egypt and Greece which would be the only real competitors were not existing as politically independant countries over many centuries. Ethiopia is a potential contender, but we do not know that much about its very long history. Other countries are either much more recent, or have a quite convoluted history.

[@chang414]

🇪🇬 🇬🇷 🇮🇳 🇨🇳

[@giwrgospavlidis5325]

Alexander the Great,Spartan Leonidas,Socrates etc.so many I will writing for years 🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷

[@inom1614]

Alexander the great was macedonian.. an old illyrian tribe and he had nothing to do with greeks !!

[@arismouzakis3952]

@@inom1614 No, he was Greek

[@LeonidasBr]

@@inom1614 lol no

[@aristelhalili2277]

@@arismouzakis3952 just prove it and stop talking in the air file

[@tonitonillyrian1232]

Alexanderi and sparta Illyrian albania 🇦🇱

[@kiritokun4525]

Why is the background music the tyrolean anthem (Dem Land Tirol die Treue)? I like it.

[@aleksthegreat4130]

The Greek civilisation had started well before 12 BC,the Aegean civilisation ,Crete and Mycenaean included,where Ancient Greek was already spoken (linear B)has started at least in 17 BC.

[@1tan_freed0m]

I'm from Sri Lanka 🇱🇰 and I think we should be on the list too. That means India Should be on the list too 😸

[@subhashanvs3229]

Thats what I was thinking about. Our sub continent has a great and a rich history.

[@testadizzy95]

I was surprised to see Ancient India was missing from this video, as it is clearly one of the 4 cradles of human civilization.

[@pavelivanov2999]

I dont know about Sri Lanka, but India is a new country. Whatever states existed prior are now gone.

[@shanthaponnamperuma2432]

@@pavelivanov2999 en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Sri_Lanka

[@pavelivanov2999]

@@shanthaponnamperuma2432 According to this article, Sri Lanka should be on the list, but i have not double checked from different sources, so i would not take it for granted.

[@Tube-ms6qr]

I am proud by our Ethiopian father's 🍏🍋🍎 ፩ ኢትዮጵያ 🙏

[@Zeyede_Seyum]

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[@SimakSantana]

@@Zeyede_Seyum inbound

[@xchm846]

Me too, have you ever checked out the Ethiopian and Armenian alphabets similarities. It’s pretty interesting all things considered, the the religion is also very similar types of Christianity, in comparison to the rest of the world.

[@teddyissak2720]

Ethiopia only 120 years old. You have no relation with ancient Ethiopia. You're displaying empty pride. delusional

[@Tube-ms6qr]

@@teddyissak2720 የሀገር ሸክም እንደናንተ አይነት ቆዳ ነው እየሸተተ እራሱን አግምቶ ሀገር ያገማው።

[@asefi7946]

No matter new or old Love to the world From iran ❤️

[@kimbirch1202]

I would have thought having the same language would be a main criteria for a country. In truth, countries are really only ideas, as the land itself doesn't call itself a country.

[@artyommelkonyan5431]

Thank you! Greetings from Armenia!

[@supermavro6072]

Armenia is extremely young nation.

[@artyommelkonyan5431]

@@supermavro6072 read history

[@davidscwimer1974]

@@supermavro6072 turkey doesn’t exist it’s made up of Greeks, Assyrians , Kurds, Armenians and many more ! FAKE nation made by a mongol 😂

[@Rshtuni-Papikyan]

@@supermavro6072 do not get vaccinated anymore

[@donyab.e4767]

The beginning of Iran is usually attributed to Cyrus the great. But, his father was the king of Anshan and his mother was the daughter of the last Median king. Then, he became the king to both kingdoms. So, the area already consisted of two kingdoms and Cyrus was the one who united these kingdoms (and, ofcourse added more territory). If you bring in the history of these two kingdoms, the beginning of Iran goes back to 11th century BC.

[@garymaidman625]

The beginning of Iran as a country is when it became known as Iran. When it was the Persian Empire, it was different than Iran. When it was the Safavid Empire, it was different than Iran. Geographically it may have been the same, but politically it was different the definition of a country is political, not geographical.

[@donyab.e4767]

@@garymaidman625 As an Iranian, I can assure you that Persian Empire was what others used to call Iran. We have been referring to our country as "Iran". In fact, the first scripts with the name of Iran date back to 1000 BC.

[@garymaidman625]

@@donyab.e4767 as a historian with a focus on Ancient history, I have read enough primary sources to assure you that it was the geographic region was known under different names. Whether it was the Elamite kingdoms, the Archaemenid Persian Empire, the Parthian Empire, the Sassanid Empire, the Safavid Empire, the geographic region was known under different names. The Iranian people were an ethnic group. There is a difference between an ethnic group and a country. It hasn't been called Iran during all the time, therefore Iran as a country under the name Iran is relatively young. What you are getting at is your people have referred to themselves as Iranian, which is an ethnic group, but the political entity was not known as Iran and there are ancient texts aka primary sources, written by scholars, including Persian scholars that proves that it wasn't always called Iran by Iranians. Btw, that Archaemenid Persian Empire I mentioned, that was Cyrus the Great.

[@donyab.e4767]

I think you have seriously confused the name of dynasties and probably smaller ethnic groups with the name of my country as a whole. I can't believe that you named the Safavid dynasty among others to prove your point!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That was only 500 years ago!!!! And, being an Iranian I have tens of verses of 1000-year-old+ poetry in my memory that refer to Iran as Iran! Poems that are narrating the stories of ancestors who lived millenniums before them! And, the reason I don't have older verses in my memory? Because all of our books were kindly dumped into rivers by the Arab invaders. However, books such as Shahnameh despite being written after the invasion were narrators of the Iranian people's mutual memory. If Iran ever had another name, it would have been preserved in that mutual memory and would have been narrated by our poets and historians. Furthermore, we still have some older (but set-in-stone) evidence left. The first mention of Iran (with an older pronunciation of course) is in Avesta (holy book of Zoroastrians) which definitely predates Cyrus the great between 1 to 3 millennia according to different sources and scholars. The second oldest evidence appears in Bisotoon stone carvings which were written during the Achaemenid dynasty's rule in which Ahuramazda is referred to as the God of the Iranians! The third oldest mention is also carved on the stones in the investiture of Ardashir I where the king calls himself "Ardashir, king of kings of the Iranians". This is only in addition to the military rank names that had Iran's name in them.

[@garymaidman625]

@@donyab.e4767 of course I named Safavid Empire among others. These were the actual names of the geographic region. You are seriously confused with the concept of country. It's the same reason Italy has been considered a country for only been unified since 1861 and can't be considered the country of Italy before that. The Roman Empire were not the same as Italy even though they lived in the same region.

[@R23911]

Ancient Aut (56b.c. -6000ad) Waria (56bc -6000a.d.)

[@bykaclyat9140]

Sorry but this is patromony: "Portugal, caralho"

[@davidalves1745]

Very verdade

[@miguelgt2010]

Poha

[@Meow-cq6vp]

@BathRo Master Of BathRooms nope

[@andregeo13]

Calem se senão vamos aí buscar mais...

[@nuno3095]

@BathRo Master Of BathRooms Não podes dizer que Portugal roubou o ouro do Brasil, se naquela época o Brasil pertencia a Portugal. E para além disso, muitas dessas riquezas que foram extraídas do Brasil foram para construir o próprio Brasil... Ainda assim tiveram 200 anos (depois da independência) para reconstituir o vosso país, dizer que Portugal Roubou o ouro é só um ditado popular para justificar a crise.

[@taker31698]

I'd love to see how you make these videos, especially how you incorparate the hand drawings

[@lisamuftic8166]

Bosnia dates back to 4th century based on some letters, which means it already existed for many years before that. Name was Bassania back then. It’s piramids in the town of Visoko are 29,000 years old and are older than Egyptian’s.

[@Tkorc]

Iran, Morocco, England, France, Russia .... Many coutries are worth mentioning since occupations in the 20th century or before doesn't affect your criterion of territory..... waiting for a 2nd part !

[@yaredkebede8423]

Ethiopia (Abyssinia)❤🇪🇹

[@ZAKARIYEize]

Give back ogadenia( somali state) we fighting for our freedom from the habesha

[@yaredkebede8423]

@@ZAKARIYEize come and try we'll kick your ass again.😂

[@ZAKARIYEize]

@@yaredkebede8423 you know that is our land taken by force when we were fighting against the European colonisers you guys came with that gaala and took by force.

[@ZAKARIYEize]

@@yaredkebede8423 you guys took ogadeen when the somali were fighting the italians and somali became weak you came and took it by force , always remember amhar what goes around comes around

[@yaredkebede8423]

@@ZAKARIYEize you guys know very well who we are. even we kick out your master Italy twice. We don't lose any war we born for war ask your grandfather.

[@jodyahmed4045]

Egypt and Greece have been friends for.thousands of years

[@evandelck8541]

No

[@StergiosMekras]

We've fluctuated between Friendly and Indifferent over the centuries, but yes. Even during Alexander's reign of Egypt, there was no bad blood between the two.

[@mahmoodali5043]

@@evandelck8541 stfu Evan You're neither Egyptian not Greek, so sit this one out We, the Greeks and Egyptians, know that we're friends since before whichever country yours is were tree dwelers

[@evandelck8541]

@@mahmoodali5043 well me (a Yemeni) knows that some bad blood did exist at some point. And don’t be so toxic to get mad at someone who isn’t part of either group to make a comment on it. You were not there 2000 years ago

[@95kostis]

أنا يوناني من هولندا !🇪🇬🤝🇬🇷 Greeks love Egypt

[@DanutIlie-oq6zn]

Babylon and Sumer, Hittites and Phoenicians are pretty old. But not old enough for this one. Ge ez script looks interesting.

[@Kosmouchkosmatakosmos]

Iran, Armenia, Greece, China, Japan, India, Ethiopia, Poland, Egypt, Georgia, San Marino, Romania, Illyria, France, Italy, Bulgaria, Portugal, Are The Oldest.

[@valhalla-tupiniquim]

Missing countries: India, France, Georgia and Bulgaria. Part 2. However, civilizations are different from countries. Must choose modern countries.

[@pratik4157]

LOL Before 1947 there was not any country named india you can check on google

[@denelbektornado3189]

Also chechnya and berber are one of the oldest countries or Republic's shall I say for now

[@alphagamer9505]

India is a very recent country

[@lee.everett]

Turkey too dude

[@pranabmallick01]

@@pratik4157 Bro you need to get a history book

[@georgimihov2690]

Bulgaria needs to be included - since 681. Also I would suggest making the video chronological. It is very confusing right now.

[@valeritopurov2956]

The thracians are bulgarians and are from 8000 bc which makes them the oldest in the world

[@cankiroglu7895]

But Bulgaria wasnt independent since 681

[@valeritopurov2956]

@@cankiroglu7895 check your history book fella! Since the bulgars returned there were three bulgarian empires

[@user-xl3jg8us9m]

@@valeritopurov2956 no the Thrasians were aGreek tribe

[@valeritopurov2956]

@@user-xl3jg8us9m I mean you are greek and all but you should understand that the world doesn't begin with Greece and no the Thracians aren't greek even the territory that they occupied are bulgarian

[@eliasfisseha8554]

What a proud feeling of being Ethiopian! . All the evidence you presented are still there.

[@djdidodi]

@General Knowledge Hello, does not see Bulgaria in this ranking either. Founded on its territory in 681 AD.

[@v.f.]

Interesting video! About Italy and the Roman Empire though it was born in what today we call Italy, on the same territory. They even unified the entire peninsula and called it Rome while referring to other conquered lands as "provinces" so if you use territory as a criteria I think that Italy should be in this video since the Roman empire was that an empire, not a country. Using a modern terminology we would call the peninsula "nation" and the rest "conquered territory"

[@jakejhons5138]

Almost everyone who visits Ethiopia falls in love with it right away. Maybe it being very old has something to do with it. I visited in 2013, I been going back every two years ever since 😆.

[@eliasgetachew2334]

Thank you 😊

[@goshentube7248]

Thank you

[@yordandakata5747]

Bulgaria is from 681 year. Stays with that name since

[@urielseuthes7484]

There are no countries prior to late roman empire (byzantium). The idea of a state with stateborders comes from it. prior to it there are no fixed borders.

[@HungaryBased]

Balkan nations such as the Hungarians and Bulgarians have a long line of continuity. Bulgaria was founded in 681 AD which was oldest country. Older then Portugal. Hungary was founded in 895 AD.

[@bencemuller7919]

Hungary is not on the Balkan - it's bordered by the Carpathians - and they will be really pissed of if somebody call them balkan nation. 😀

[@HungaryBased]

@@bencemuller7919 Vojvodina and Transylvania are part of Serbia and Romania. We can fall under this category, not to mention I am Hungarian. I am not offended.

[@bencemuller7919]

@@HungaryBased akkor pláne nem értem, hogy miért említed balkáni népnek. Oké, hogy sokan szeretnék a balkánhoz sorolni a magyarokat, de kultúrálisan elég jelentősen különböznek tőlük.

[@HungaryBased]

​@@bencemuller7919 Most már értem. Az egyetlen érzékeny magyar az te vagy. A magyarok rengeteg kategóriába eshet mert a Balkán, Közép- és Kelet-Európa között vagyunk. Kijelentettem, ebbe a kategóriába tartozhatunk is. Kulturálisan is hasonlóak vagyunk akár tetszik akár nem. És ahogy kiemeltem, Erdély és Vajdaság ami magyar föld. A balkáni nemzetnek tekintett Romániára és Szerbiára esik. Horvátországot nem is említve. Tény hogy a magyar föld a balkán kategóriába sorolható. Ha nem szereted "Müller", akkor ragaszkodj a németekhez. Ha azt gondolja hogy az egyik kultúra magasabb rendű a másiknál, akkor szintén téved. -Másként is Üdvözlet Kolozsvárról

[@bencemuller7919]

@@HungaryBased az erdélyiek szokták szeretni, amikor lerománozzák őket, vagy amikor a palócot szlovákozzák, elég durva műveletlenség, ha meg szándékos, akkor még bunkó is. A kedves nyugat szépen ledegradálta a térséget és szándékosan tartja alacsonyan, mind a béreket, mind a életszínvonalat, ezzel a balkán szónak létrehozva egy meglehetősen pejoratív jelentést, amit te magad is félreértettél, tetszik vagy sem. Nekem a Balkán egy földrajzilag behatárolt terület(mint Balkán-félsziget), aminek Magyarország a múltban leginkább csak a mai Horvátországgal alkotott perszonálúnió keretében volt része, de a balkánnak, mint erős török-görög befolyású szláv kultúrkörnek nem tagja. Ez persze egy pillanatig sem jelenti, hogy nem lehet hasonlóságokat észrevenni, mivel a szomszédok hatnak egymásra oda-vissza, de attól még nem lesznek egy társaság. Ugyanaz az eset, mint németek és a dánok esetében, szomszédok, de totál más népség. Nincs alá-fölérendeltségi viszony, csak azért mert különböznek.

[@hectorsanchez8983]

2.46 MAGNA ARMENIA 🇦🇲❤

[@ElarBela]

Criteria is a plural form. The heading should read 'The main criterion'

[@DAMHANE.0al]

By the way : The oldest human skeleton was recently found in Morocco (North Africa) and it was concluded that it's at least 300.000 years old . Check it out.

[@mycario624]

I'll make sure to travel to Morocco to see the skeleton

[@DAMHANE.0al]

@@mycario624 but Morocco as a country, the way you defined it on your video, the only existing evidence are berber communities who date back to 1000 BC , then came the romans who ruled Morocco between 2 and 4 century, and then the arab muslims came on the 7 century and from then Morocco was known as it is today , got bigger and smaller throughout the timeline but in general it stayed pretty much like today.

[@mycario624]

@@DAMHANE.0al My video? I think your mistaken,

[@DAMHANE.0al]

@@mycario624 didn't notice 😂

[@alla-fx1ds]

Hey hey... You forgot Alexander the great the hellenic and his macedonian empire 🇬🇷

[@intylerwetrust4364]

🇬🇷🇦🇲 our old friends

[@adsgce3429]

@@intylerwetrust4364 your name ahhyhdha

[@Praskovka]

😂😂😂

[@alla-fx1ds]

@@Praskovka where's the funny?

[@alla-fx1ds]

@@intylerwetrust4364 yeah! 😁 🇬🇷💖🇦🇲

[@davdarperron6205]

I believe Bulgaria should be part of this list. The state was funded in 683, extended at some point over the whole Balkan regions and then conquered by the ottomans who ruled the country for 500 years. But the country, language and culture still remain. The Cyrillic alphabet which was designed there is now one of the most important used alphabet in the world

[@JohnnyWalker1077]

The majority of Europe´s present-day countries / Proto-Nations has been formed in the period ca. 400-600 A.D....all these countries mentioned in the video are way, way, WAY older than Bulgaria. Reffering to you than it would make more sense to include France, Germany or England into this topic because they all have been formed before Bulgaria....or even Croatia & Serbia because they all got mentioned already in the early 7th Century by the Byzantine Empire or Frankish Empire as self-ruling tribes that exist till today. If you consider the language & culture in Bulgaria than 683 is not true. The original Bulgarian royals were turkic, speaking a turkic language. Throughout the 200 years after the Arrival of the Bulgarians they became fully absorbed by Slavs by the 800´s, adopting their Language & Culture.

[@daniellukov]

@@JohnnyWalker1077 Bulgaria is the oldest country in Europe, what is the point of mentioning Portugal when it isn't even the oldest in its own continent?

[@JohnnyWalker1077]

@@daniellukov No it is not. Especially not if we compare medieval feudal states with today's nation states. Bulgaria is not the oldest (still existing) country in Europe, far from it. The Slavic Bulgaria you are referring to arose during the 9th century. But there are other states in Europe, which already existed in 500-600 AD or are documented in writing and merged into the states they are today, such as Great Britain, Germany, France, Croatia or Serbia. Tatar Bulgaria was between 600 & 800 AD. a khaganate and not even close to the state of today. Neither language nor culture.

[@daniellukov]

@@JohnnyWalker1077 Bulgaria with is current borders was founded in 681, the only older country in Europe which didn't change its name is San Marino, but it doesn't really count because it wasn't a country but a microstate. You can google everything if you don't believe me.

[@JohnnyWalker1077]

@@daniellukov I have been dealing with the development of today's peoples and nation states for around 15 years. I know that Bulgaria has existed de facto since 681. However, you have not understood the difference between this state then and now. The only point in which Bulgaria "is the oldest" is that it is the only European country that has been called "Bulgaria" for over 1000 years. As for the founding of Bulgaria in the 7th century, the states I mentioned earlier were all founded before or at the same time. This refutes your claim. Also, Google is not always the best source, because Google also says, for example, that North Macedonia is in the top 50 oldest countries in Europe at number 18 and 700 BC. was founded, which is complete nonsense. Now compare that.

[@darshanj.parmar3]

When the people of Europe did not even know how to hunt, our ancestors found planets in the sky, Saptarishi is an example.Soap, shampoo, plastic surgery, five systems, zero, pie are all inventions of our ancestors.

[@yeskayess23]

India/Hindustan/Bharat is oldest continuously populated country. Mahenjodaro & Harapa civilisation are only two excavated sites but written scripture points out 10000years. India’s exact measurements of time with relatively to planets positioned can be used to perfectly measure the time period.

[@ma1013]

So sad that one of the oldest civilization Assyria does not have their own nation today. Assyrians have been robbed from having their own country. The closest church to the Armenian church is Ethiopian and they are on different continents 🇦🇲 ❤️ 🇪🇹 Watch out this video is going to trigger people from 🇹🇷 and 🇦🇿

[@mojiahedadam9417]

They were devided frm different countries in western asia Also most of them dont consider their self as assyrian now adays. So dont be sad,they were all fine

[@BW-fz5kf]

A Armenian taught Christianity to Ethiopians. Armenia was the first Christian country and Ethiopia second.

[@moesirwan4307]

Love to everyone from an Armenian in diaspora ❤️🇦🇲❤️

[@elmasy585]

💪🇦🇿🇹🇷🇬🇪

[@moesirwan4307]

@@elmasy585 imagine actually being this pathetic that you have to "flex" on someone that's sending love to everyone

[@froutotrelas2385]

love from Greece brother

[@mitchk9809]

@@elmasy585 3 condoms

[@sarcasticmind1765]

@@elmasy585 religion of Peace 🤮🤮 Don't do another 9/11 please 🙏🏻

[@theodoreroosevelt3143]

Poland is old but we were deleted from the game for 123 years so i guess it's a nice contender for longest "country that existed, was destroyed and reborn again"

[@jpmtlhead39]

This critiria of oldest countries,its very debatable. Ex : Egipt as an independent nation,its very recent,like greece. But if you go for countries with their indentity/name and officialy borders standing for hundreds of years,in the same way as we know it today. You have Portugal,as the oldest State/Country in Europe,and One the oldest in the world .

[@giwrgosmixahlidhs5846]

As a greek we still use words like Athenian Spartan etc.. and each region is a little different from the other

[@ratatata9106]

Nooo you are not this kind of Greek, you are very mixed, very very mixed…from North African people from Turks. You are far from ancient Greeks

[@BassCommunion]

@@ratatata9106 Turkey's top export: Comedians

[@Ashina_03]

Modern greeks are nowhere near the ancient greeks

[@someonethatlikesyou7713]

@@ratatata9106 lmao i think you getting a F in histoy

[@ratatata9106]

@@someonethatlikesyou7713 well actually, I was A student, and also have phd