GERMANS DID WHAT?!? AMERICAN REACTS TO A Brief History of Germany Before there was a Germany

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[@crappiefisher1331]

The origin of the english name "Germany" is uncertain.. "Deutsch" comes from Old German "diutisc" which means something in the lines of "belonging to the people" or "of the people" so "Deutschland" basically means "Land of the people" Also "Germany" and "Deutschland" aren't the only names for Germany.. here are some examples: Duitsland (Dutch), Allemagne (French), Alemania (Spanish), Germania (Italian), Německo (Czech), Niemcy (Polish), Németország (Hungarian), Saksa (Finnish)

[@Trollvolk]

The Name German has really a lot of different roots, depending on who you ask. Ger was a term for spear. So ger man, the guys wiht spears. Ger can come the same root as the term Heer, wich is army, man under arms. Ghoman in indo european is said to be the origin of the word human in the english language, Ghoman can be just the word for human. But there are many more theories.

[@PetstoUwU]

Doitsun (Japan)

[@alexanderschrammen4444]

@Trollvolk: I have heard from my father, that the Germans was an actual tribe. He claimed that the Romans began to call everyone in our region as the Germans and that this "nickname" remained.

[@Trollvolk]

@@alexanderschrammen4444 aye, heard theories like this too. Tribes sometimes were called by their weapons. Saxons(Sachsen) because of the sax, Sachs or seax, a lon knive, Franks, (Franken) with the franciska( Franziska) the throwing axe.

[@TheNarvaine]

this Wiki Article explains it also quite well en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodiscus

[@deadlineuniverse3189]

“Do roman exist?” Every inhabitant of the city of Rome who has been born there, raised there and is probably gonna live til the end: “Are we a joke to you?”

[@NicolaiCzempin]

I think it is fairly obvious that what he meant was, do people that are like or descended from the ancient Romans exist.

[@RustyDust101]

@@NicolaiCzempin Well, yeah, basically any Italian today speaks a highly adapted version of Latin. Guess where the term Romanic languages derives from? So, yeah, basically any Italian is a direct descendant of ancient Romans.

[@Luredreier]

Actually during Roman times most people living in Rome where *not* ethnic Romans. The place where had so high mortality rate (Malaria etc) that the population had no way of maintaining itself without a constant influx of new people, slaves that then where freed and became citizens, as well as migrants from both inside and outside of what's today Italy.

[@blubbTee]

@@RustyDust101 bs, ever watched some genetic videos?

[@zerosskills3684]

@@RustyDust101 Well, since Rome you had the Lombard invasion in the North and everyone went to the Po-Valley. Then there was the vikings in the south, but the south was basically greek to begin with. And Rome, well if there is a city were Roman blood stayed the same, it surely aint the mother of all muddy hills

[@backpfeifengesicht8415]

The Francs were a Germanic tribe that didn't only "birth" France, but also is reflected in today's Franconia region in German. Frankfurt is literally the Ford of the Francs, a shallow area where the Francs could cross the river Main.

[@wolsch3435]

Die alten Franken waren ein Zusammenschluss verschiedener germanischer Gruppen. Ihr Siedlungsgebiet war der südliche Teil der heutigen Niederlande, der nördliche Teil des heutigen Belgien, der Nieder- und Mittelrhein, das Moselland und das heutige Luxemburg. Von dort aus eroberten sie im späten 5.Jahrhundert Nord-Gallien, welches noch unter der Herrschaft eines römischen Statthalters namens Syagrius stand. Der Eroberer hieß Chlodevich (daraus wurde dann später: Louis, Ludwig, Lodewijk, Luigi usw.) aus der Familie der Merowinger. Das heutige Mainfranken in Deutschland kam später dazu, und hat als einzige Gegend in Deutschland den Namen Franken bewahrt. Köln, Aachen, Neuss könnten sich als fränkische Städte bezeichnen, wenn sie denn wollten.

[@PmmGarak]

don't forget, there are two Frankfurts: Main and Oder ;-)

[@miceatah9359]

The english too anglo saxons/ angelsachsen

[@6666Imperator]

don't forget that in France also the Normannen (Nordmannen = North Men) settled coming from Skandinavia fighting later on in Italy against the Byzantine Empire for example.

[@lucasgillis]

That's partially true and false for France. The Franks were never a majority, except maybe for Flanders. Hence the fact France is a latin country. The northern part was indeed the most "frankish" part and the Northern part was the creator of the kingdom, so in a certain way you're right when you say Franks birthed France like from a "state" point of view. Even if it would be more accurate to say the church birthed France. In any cases, Franks did have a huge impact on France. There's a reason why french is the most germanic latin language.

[@Fidi257]

On the one hand, I find it cute how much James tries to follow the complex German history. On the other hand, some of the statements make my skin crawl. I know it's complicated. Learning all the details takes years. And yes, it causes confusion.

[@RevenTon73]

gut gesagt ^^

[@TrangDB9]

Ja, er bringt manchmal auch Sachen durcheinander. Es braucht Zeit wie du sagst.

[@JD-pi1xu]

He went to high school in the states. That explains it all

[@Rhangaun]

9:43 The Huns never settled in Germania, much less ruled it "for centuries". They began their invasion into Europe ca. 375 AD, and established a "heartland" in modern-day Hungary. Only in 451 they entered Germania and plundered several cities, but their real target was Roman occupied Gaul, where they were eventually beaten and forced to retreat. After Attila's death two years later, they dispersed. They had a big influence for sure, mainly by causing tribes living near the Roman Empire's borders to flee into the Empire (and then often coming into conflict with it), but the way that video describes it is just not accurate.

[@nagmashot]

totaly agree... his history linep of German history is more or less crappy

[@6666Imperator]

later on the Mongols came and did something similar to eastern Europe.

[@Bloodletter87]

Some say the Huns introduced widespread use of horses in the military, which probably influenced the rise of knighthood in Europe.

[@Oktey.]

good explanation

[@frankishempire2322]

That is to serve multicultural cult.

[@ninal.8599]

I think your confusing the Roman Empire and the Holy Roman Empire of German States (HRRDN in German). The Roman Empire collapsed a long time before the Holy Roman Empire of Germany. That one collapsed after Napoleon

[@firstnamesecondname852]

Nope. For the people of the Middle Ages, the Roman Empire had never ceased to exist. That's exactly why it was still called that.

[@ninal.8599]

@@firstnamesecondname852 I know but its still something different since HRRDN was only in todays Germany and Austria

[@firstnamesecondname852]

@@ninal.8599 HRE was today's Germany, Benelux, northern and southeast (Burgundy) France, Switzerland, Austria, Bohemia and northern Italy. But the bulk was Germany, yes.

[@jarluhtraed9725]

Yes the definitely Unholy not so Roman Confederation of self ruled states who call their president Emperor so it is an Empire

[@meistereder9091]

If you are interested in the history of germany, there is a really good show called "Die Deutschen". It has a really high production quality and is a mixture between documentary and movie by the german broadcasting service ZDF.

[@vHindenburg]

I just was about mention that one, I think for a bunch of these there have English subtitles been made.

[@Zeitgeist0]

Yeah but Don't forget it's not 100% correct as we know it today.

[@crazyo7560]

May you make a stream ? Like a stream on KZbin?

[@NicolaiCzempin]

@@Zeitgeist0 which parts are not correct?

[@dirkspatz3692]

English versions: Otto and the empire from ZDF (from Die Deutschen) kzbin.info/www/bejne/hIragnyonrSfqpY The Germans: Barbarossa and the Lion - kzbin.info/www/bejne/gKOuoo1ne8iJmJI The Germans: Frederick and the empress - kzbin.info/www/bejne/r2avoKiooM2Uibs The Germans: Charlemagne and the Saxons - kzbin.info/www/bejne/g4icc2ummqxmbqs

[@THomas_HH]

The Hanseatic League has its footprints still in today’s Germany. Some cities still has the title Hansestadt before the actual name of the city, like Hamburg, Bremen, Lübeck and Rostock. All four cities with access to the sea which was important for trade.

[@HenryAusLuebeck]

Jo, moin aus Lübeck. 😉

[@serpentfox9107]

Lübeeck 😆 Moin moin!

[@HenryAusLuebeck]

@@serpentfox9107 ein e zuviel. Trotzdem : nich viel schnacken, Kopp in Nacken!! 😉💪

[@TheRealChaosQueen]

Ich glaub das extra e war Absicht. Lübeeeeeck 😹

[@wernerkl4036]

Nicht vergessen Köln, Dortmund, Berlin und andere Binnenstädte

[@tonil6757]

Literal "Deutschland" means: Land of the people Germany is from latin/roman "Germania". Other countries around Germany have other names for Germany, mostly they named the region which is now Germany by the name of the Tribe they first encountered or had the most contact with. Danish: Tyskland Polish: Niemcy - which translates to "Land of the mute". Germans are called Niemcy, means simply "Mute". Most slavic countrys use some form of it. French and Spanish: Allemagne / Allemania - from the Tribe of the "Allemanen" most arabic countries use some form of Allemann, too. Finnland: Saxa - from the Tribe of the Saxons And now the fun part: Lakota for Germany: Iyášiča Makȟóčhe ("Bad Speaker Land") Plains Cree for german: mâyakwêsinâhk ("Among the Speakers of a Foreign/Strange Language") Both because Germans took part in the colonization of America but were speaking a different language then the british.

[@ev.09]

Cool, I like the cree and lakota version, but are they pronounced like they are written?

[@oddctioum]

Deutschland means german Land (its not called Leuteland). at the Start Germania means Land of the People who use pigspears in latin. a derogatory Term. the definition of Germania changed: Germannia, or magna Germania, Germania Libera, Barbaricum Germania was used to describe "all the Lands where german speaking people live" but there was no unifying Country, just different tribes that all spoke german. all of this is basically used as the Root for a unified german Country: Deutschland, Land of the germans. i might be wrong here, but this is by far the best scientific explaination i have heard so far. and there is tons of literature to back it up.

[@ronekamagic9037]

Deutsch leitet sich von den Teutonen ab. Teutonen wiederum von "täuschen". Die Franken waren /sind die Franken, die Stolzen gewesen, woraus sich irgendwann Frankreich (France) bildete! Jetzt sind alle "Europäer", Deutsche, Franzosen, Spanier, usw.

[@Eysenbeiss]

Not bad, but why don't you explain WHY the polish called the germans "mute", which means "not able to speak" ?!

[@nosferatuferatu5241]

@@oddctioum According to consistent reports from historians, the origin of the name "Deutsch" can be traced back to the Middle High German word "diet" and the Old High German word "diot". The word “diot” and the associated adjective “diutisc” mean “people” and “belonging to the people” in Old High German. This is a self-designation of the former local ethnic groups. At that time, this name for the language of the people stood in contrast to Latin, the linguistic communication of scholars and clergy. In Old High German, the term "theodiscus" later changed to "diutsch", Low German used the word "düdesch" - and in High German "teutsch", a direct predecessor of today's term "deutsch". So, following this Deutschland means the 'land of the people' or 'the land that does belong to the people' The term Germany finds its roots in the old latin of the Romans. They called the area of the Germanic tribes Germania and consequently all different Germanic tribes where seen as Germanic tribes

[@juliaclaire42]

The first Christians in Germany were the romans. At this time there was no catholic or protestant. It was in the 3rd century when the Emperor Constantine ruled and his mother Helena brought the holy tunic to Trier.

[@Adromir1980]

Actually the Christianification (do you call it this way?) didn't really come from Rome, but from Ireland, with St. Columbam and St. Gallus being two of the most famous Missionaries

[@juliaclaire42]

@@Adromir1980 The Irish monks came about 600... Constantine at the beginning of the 300. But sure, Christianity came in many ways. And it took a long time to get rooted.

[@janalunadottir]

"Barbarians" were foreigners. It's no term for a "tribe" of barbarians. The ancient Greeks would call everyone they don't understand Barbarian, because of the language barrier. Foreigners talk like "bababbababa..." = Barbarian.

[@zahgurim7838]

The Romans instead called people and tribes with a "lower grade of culture" barbarus. It means "foreign", "less worthy".

[@aepfelchenapfelbaum9536]

I´ve been told, that the word "barbarian" means "stutterer" ... cause tribal people weren´t fluent in Greek and therefore talking like stutters.

[@jk9554]

...and today, we call them Bavarians ;p

[@Eysenbeiss]

@@aepfelchenapfelbaum9536 It's the same reason

[@Zerkeier]

The franks were originally a germanic tribe though. Also the Holy Roman Empire existed long after the fall of Rome and has nothing to do with it.

[@fabiansaerve]

The great Holy Roman Empire! It wasn’t holy, wasn’t Roman and wasn’t an empire. XD

[@AKAHEIZER]

That's so arrogant French, most of it was sort of true. Holy=legitimated and blessed by the Pope CHECK Roman=debatable ^^ Empire= Emperor (Kaiser) CHECK

[@fabiansaerve]

@@AKAHEIZER I would say it’s debatable if a country can be holy. The HRE was technically no empire. The “emperor” wasn’t as powerful than a usual emperor. And all the states, kingdoms and duchies were really autonomous. So no empire.

[@PropperNaughtyGeezer]

If the Roman emperor is the protector of the roman church and the roman pope appoints a german protector, then that is the roman emperor.

[@fabiansaerve]

@@PropperNaughtyGeezer the Ottomans still weren’t Romans..

[@Humpelstilzchen]

The world knows us as Germany... not true... In norway we are called Tyskland, in Finnland - Saksa, in France - Allemagna, the Italians call us Tedesco etc. 😁

[@ibroplatin4915]

In Chechnya, we call it Kermani

[@Humpelstilzchen]

@@ibroplatin4915 Yes another example. Only the english speaking countrys call us germans but that's not the ,,world,, 😁😉 cheers to Tschechien or Tschetschenien? 🍻😊

[@faruokag7306]

In arabic we call it almania

[@Humpelstilzchen]

@@faruokag7306 Yes. Another good example. Only in english we are called german. We call arabic people Araber and Arabia we call Arabien

[@nicogoku]

Well not quite right. The Italians call Germany: "Germania" and the germans "I Tedeschi", "Tedesco" means "german" as in the language. But the Italian language makes it complicated: "I am german" in Italian is: "Io sono Tedesco (male) / Tedesca (female). "Those crazy germans" is "Sono pazzi questi Tedeschi". But the sentence "Il Tedesco" means: "the german" (the individual) AND "the german" (as in the language). Sincerely a half german/italian.

[@kevanerdelaghetto]

27:00 Wait Wait Wait... Did James really just say he has never heard of Napoleon?

[@faruokag7306]

He's just been American

[@hakuna..matata]

Well, I'm not surprised. He doesn't know a lot. 😑

[@fittenticker3695]

France is actually the most successful military power of all time considering all its wars. And france has been a superpower most of its history, if you can call it superpower back in the days. The myth about france surrendering originates from ww2, where they actually set up quite a fight too. But also before napoleon france was a big power in the world, and even before that it was a very big power in europe.

[@vincentsauer99]

@@fittenticker3695 Dieser Name 😂😂

[@j.w.2166]

@@fittenticker3695 well, its all about ww2 these days ;) like a damn lot of people still cant get past ww2 germany. germany is stuck with the stigma aswell

[@ronik24]

Willendorf in der Wachau - as the name says - is located in the romantic Danube valley of same name in Austria ;-)

[@northernlight9790]

Bro I watch your Videos since a year or even more but this Video killed me hahaha the moment you pointed on Italy calling it Germany and in the end saying to Napoleon that you never heared of him makes me question our world order

[@maikbam2827]

Nah it should make you question the educational system of the USA!

[@melkor3496]

Same. That part literally made me lose faith in some peoples education.

[@vankroenen2145]

Yeah, the main problem of the US-americans is not they're stupid -- it's that they're uneducated. And self-righteous. Bad combination. Especially when you give em weapons.

[@corvusrabenklang8608]

I'm studying to be a history teacher in Austria. And i must say I love your enthusiasm about history. I hope my students will be as curious as you are. 🙏

[@pd-zc1jf]

you should react to The Napoleonic Wars by OverSimplified. there is a lot you can learn.

[@marcogiannik]

Pls don't do that. It is way to much simplifyed... Missing information from time to time

[@pd-zc1jf]

@@marcogiannik oversimplified is not there to learn absolutely everything. but to convey certain information to an entertaining meeting.

[@hpark4054]

"The world knows it as Germany"- No, it is just the english word for english speaking countries for it (Germany is Duitsland in dutch, Tedesco in italian, Allemagne in french...). Different languages have different names for countries. For instance, it's España and not Spain. And dutch is the language of the, well... dutch, meaning: The Netherlands. As you see in the video, the history of Germany goes way back and different people had different names for regions. It may be different with the name "America" cause their history is not so long.;)

[@KeikoChan1991]

In Norway, Germany is called Tyskland 🤷‍♀️

[@Dropsi6n]

@@500deadend9 Also comes from a tribe "Teutonen" Correct me if im wrong.

[@homesteadlegion4419]

As far as i remember the origin of deutsch has nothing to do with the teutons, the origin was believed to be the frankish word for "part of the people"

[@homesteadlegion4419]

Checked it: it was west frankish and the word was diutisc

[@flamejam9312]

@@500deadend9 I have never heard of a tribe called Germanen so I am certain that they at least did not live in a big part of Germania - as far as I know its just that the romans called germany "Germania" and that they might have gotten that name from the celts, from when they conquered gallia? And I guess the influence of latin onto a lot of languages and of course of language of the cultured classes in the Middle Ages is widely known so ~

[@ErklaerMirDieWelt]

James: "What?! 30 years of war? WTF?!" Me:...pssst!...noone tell him about the 100 years war between England and France!

[@Packless1]

...in fact it was even 117 years... ...but this number would have been less catchy...! ;-)

[@OkabexKurisu]

dont tell him that the USA is at constant war since WWII

[@leonstachowski4231]

@@OkabexKurisu Germany technically is aswell, as there was no peace treaty

[@ErklaerMirDieWelt]

@@leonstachowski4231 All allied powers declared peace. Just because they didn't have Germany sign it, doesn't mean the war didn't end. If everyone declares you lost the game of monopoly and leaves, are you still playing? But even if that wasn't the case, the 2+4 treaty regulates the relationship between the participants. Just because it doesn't say peace treaty in the title doesn't mean it isn't one ;)

[@ErklaerMirDieWelt]

@Deep Claymore except for the wintertime. Also depends on the perspective, the war took place in different places at different times. Not everyone was constantly fighting all the time.

[@Slowbyn]

Germany wasn’t even a country for a very long time it was just states

[@NicolaiCzempin]

Yep, until 1871. While I would find the original video totally overwhelming if wasn't already aware of all its contents, at least it is a powerful demonstration of how much was going on in the area before there even was a German nation.

[@firstnamesecondname852]

Wrong

[@diesesphil2847]

The Germans were called Germanen in german "Deutsch" is from a old german word called "Duits" (in Dutch called Duitsland today) and means "Volk/People" so it's the land of the people

[@istora9158]

I think it's "diutisc" or something like that originally

[@stuborn-complaining-german]

That was a really, really fast walkthrough of just the few mayor events that eventually led to a Germany. It's cool to see how you discover so many topics that go sooooo much deeper. Take your time to dive into more, history still writes the best of all stories.

[@Luredreier]

17:58 Points at Italy, says this part will probably become Germany...

[@celinerippl6466]

I searched sooo long for this comment to see if I'm the only one who was shocked 🤯 "I'm guessing the one on the bottom was probably modern day Germany [...] (then pointed to northern Italy) I'm pretty sure that's Bavaria isn't it?" - NO IT ISN'T. THAT'S FREAKING ITALY 🤣

[@Luredreier]

@@celinerippl6466 Yeah, you're not alone in being shocked. But it's most definitly not his fault. The US education system is just... bad... The average education that is, their best schools are amazing of course, but who can afford that...

[@celinerippl6466]

@@Luredreier Yeah... True. It's soo sad if you think about it 😐 If I may ask. Where are you from? 😊

[@pctheonly]

"Do Romans exist?" - well, considering the fact that rome still exist as the capital of italy, possibly yes i guess....

[@scopezraiden1877]

The Romans had similar gods as the old greeks, the Romans were the ones who killed jesus

[@mauer1]

yeah but they basically turned towards christianity like around the time when rome fell.

[@ravanpee1325]

Practical yes, in theory no. The Jerusalem Sadduzaer theocracy threatened Pilatus with a riot and insurgency. There's the quote "to wash one's hand in innocence" for a reason 😉

[@germaniatv1870]

17:07 The Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation. Not to be confused with Old Rome.

[@feurigessiegelstuck233]

And dont forget: Roman Empire (more or less Italy) =/= Holy Roman Empire (basicly Germany) And: Russia, Belarus (Russia) =/= Prussia (GERMAN!)

[@fabiansaerve]

Calling Belarus Russia bruh

[@feurigessiegelstuck233]

@@fabiansaerve you get the point

[@fusssel7178]

the name is only similar in english, in german it would be Preußen and Russland, there is literaly no connection between them

[@fabiansaerve]

@@feurigessiegelstuck233 what point? You called it Russia?!

[@feurigessiegelstuck233]

@@fabiansaerve No I with the (Russia) I meant more or less "russian cutlure" or russian decent, as with (Germany) I meant german culture and not the germany today

[@danyael777]

"Es gilt unter ihnen als feige und weibisch, sich mit Schweiß zu erarbeiten, was mit Blut erkämpft werden kann." Edit: Make no mistake. You have to differentiate between the _roman empire_ and the _"Holy Roman Empire of German States"_ May have gotten that wrong but it seems you keep mixing that up.

[@Funasenbaer]

das is dark bro

[@AKAHEIZER]

Das hört sich badass an!

[@danyael777]

Das ist aus der 'Germania' Chronik, Zitat Tacitus.

[@fraso7331]

It's "Holy Roman Empire of German Nation".

[@LennArtsTV]

Is that a joke? James had never heard about Napoleon?

[@-cirad-]

Leckere Waffeln mit Haselnuss-Kakao-Creme. ;)

[@ErklaerMirDieWelt]

Otto I. was actually 50 when he became Holy Roman Emperor. So definitely not a child anymore.

[@FoolTheWizard]

"30 years of war?! thats insane" who´s gonna tell him about the 100 years war?

[@jellyrun1]

Nobody ,take it easy , his head could implode.

[@OrkarIsberEstar]

the name "dark ages" was given because there was very little information about that time period avalaiable to historians as they just didnt leave behind much written history - unlike cultures predating them like rome or egypt or cultures coming after those (medieval era) so "dark age" is just meaning - there isnt much stuff to enlighten us what was going on there. But there were indeed a lot of inventions made and civilatory progress and nation building. While for the most part living standards in the dark ages werent as good as they were in the roman republic, they werent bad at all and actually people had higher standard of living in the dark ages than later in the middle ages

[@cayreet5992]

Partially 'dark ages' also was a bit of snobbism - 'ever since the end of the big ancient empires, people have done nothing but believed stupid stuff and now we will enlighten them.' There actually is quite some written information - from the monastries and from the handful of other people who could write.

[@mysterionflex676]

The Frankish kingdom (carolingian empire) wasn't exactly French, it included French but wasn't exactly France, it's hard to explain but france got its name from the Franks but the Franks weren't all French, they were Germanic and had their capital in Aachen (Germany). To this debate there's a debate as to whether charlemagne was German or French. The name may sound french but in german we don't call him that.

[@fusssel7178]

Charlemagne was neither french nor german, he was a frank. There was no german or french at the time, the franks were part of the germanic people and evolved together with the gauls and roman influence into frensh, so they split off at some point and the other germananic tribes started to evolve into different cultures (the different german cultures, english etc.)

[@firstnamesecondname852]

@@fusssel7178 Nö. Die Franken waren schon Deutsche. Die fränkische Sprache war damals schon ein deutscher Dialekt (was er übrigens bis heute noch ist). Die einzige Aufspaltung war die in salfränkisch (Holland) und rheinfränkisch (Rheinland und Ostbelgien). Die Franzosen waren keine Franken, denn sie sprachen gar kein fränkisch. Deswegen wurden die Straßburger Eide auch in altdeutsch und altfranzösisch verfasst.

[@LilBigBriggi]

yeah, we Germans call him, "Karl der Große", which means "Charles the great", in English. And to us he was a German king, and then imperator. 😄👌

[@drsnova7313]

@@firstnamesecondname852 Völliger Blödsinn. Es gab damals noch keine Deutschen, kein Deutschland, keine "deutsche" Sprache, demzufolge auch keine Dialekte davon. Es gibt *heute* mehrere "fränkische" Dialekte des Hochdeutschen, die haben aber nichts mit dem damals, also gut 1500 Jahre zuvor gesprochenem Altfränkisch zu tun. Altfränkisch - die wenigen Worte, die man davon kennt, würde man nicht mit heutigem Deutsch, oder einem Dialekt davon, verwechseln. Daß Franzosen keine Franken sind, weil sie 400 Jahre später kein (Alt-)fränkisch mehr sprechen ist ungefähr so sinnfrei wie zu sagen, daß Engländer keine Angelsachsen gewesen sein können, weil sie ja nicht sächsisch sprechen. Eroberungen und Religionswechsel - oder einfach Mode - gehen nunmal auch gerne mal mit einer Änderung der Sprache einher. Siehe eben wieder gerade Großbritannien. Im Frankenreich sprach man in nähe der ursprünglich fränkischen gebiete - und darüber hinaus - altfränkisch, während sich das fränkische im Süden des Landes nicht zugunsten des Gallorömischen durchsetzen konnte. Aus letzterem wurde dann eventuell das altfranzösische.

[@andrebaraudet3995]

@@firstnamesecondname852 franken waren ("germanen") aus dem Benelux gebiet Holland belgien saarland das hohheits gebiet der franken hat sich richtig weit ausgebreitet mit der zeit richtung heutiges frankreich und ein groser Teil vom heutigen deutschland .... "die allemannen " wird heute von den franzosen für Deutsche ("germanen") verwendet .. allemannen Warens ein germanen volk das sich weiter südlich aufgehalten hat so ungfähr Baden-Württemberg bischen versetzt nach osten.. gab immer frieden und krieg zwichen beiden völker .... .

[@sgschmidt]

there is only one race in germany the human race

[@dirkspatz3692]

You mean the homo sapiens and in germany additional the second race the homo neanderthalensis (but this was some time ago) :-)

[@sebs.3917]

@@dirkspatz3692 many people not just germans (even some germans akt like a neanthertaler) has genes from neanderthalensis ;)

[@merylsilverburgh8081]

It is "KARL The Great" (latin Carolus Magnus) NOT "Charles" ffs! He has the same name translation in french and english and that is "Charlemagne" and you are not allowed to missform it to "Charles" just bc you feel like it! I do not mean you James but the person whose video you watched. You are gold as always and I am so proud of you for educating yourself about german history far beyond WWII. It is just so annoying when ppl who mean good by creating educational videos do this....

[@NicolaiCzempin]

it is perfectly acceptable to translate "Charlemagne" as "Charles the Great"

[@fusssel7178]

@@NicolaiCzempin as a translation, but saying germans call him charles the great is flat out wrong. germans call him Karl der Große, would be the same as saying the english call their current heir to the throne Prince Karl.

[@fusssel7178]

@Herr von Niedersachsen he was a frank, at that time there were no germans or french ;)

[@NicolaiCzempin]

13:00 What James says: "the world knows x". What James means "the USA knows x". Just like the "World Series" of baseball is only open to North American teams.

[@NicolaiCzempin]

27:50 at this point, the original video becomes even more of "let's mention as many details as possible without any explanation". Not sure if anyone would actually learn anything from that, except perhaps remembering "Napoleon Bonaparte was an important guy", which, honestly, anyone should know at the very least.

[@Daelaron]

To answer some of your questions in as short as possible: 1) The Romans had their own gods..like Jupiter, Mars and stuff? Almost the same as the Greeks with different names for them(Romans were people who originally took their culture from Greece). Those were replaced more and more by Christianity later on. When they invaded German tribes they brought their religion with them and tried to snuff out our pantheon. That is why Christianity has so many things from Germanic/Norse culture like Easter these days. It kind of melted together. 2) Germany has many different names in many different languages because we have so many different tribes that have different neighbours. That is why it is Alemania in Spanish for example, or Alman in turkish because of the Alemanni tribe. Germany comes from the Roman term Germania. Deutsch comes from -> teutsch -> teutonish ...teutonic as in teutonic knights for example. There are many more. 2.5) The Romans started to call germanic people barbarians because of their language which they mocked, saying it sounded like dogs barking "barr barr"...german word for it is Barbar -> english barbarian. Correction: The word barbarian comes from greeks who used it as a word for foreigners, romans included. They just kept using it.. The Vandals where also a germaic tribe. They destroyed rome, messed it up real good. That is why the word "vandalism" exists. Many more of those examples. Saxons became Sachsen, Suebi became Schwaben...the Franks became France (And the King's name in German was Karl, not Charles.) Americans coming up with language for something over 2k years old is rich. Don't mind me giggling about that ^^ My heritage is of the region where the Cheruski tribe lived. Famous for beating romans in a battle to free themselves. (And you guessed it, after uniting the germanic tribes and beating the romans it fell apart from within again) You can look up the battle of teutoburg forest for that. And yeah, that's f'ing Bielefeld my man. XD 3) Not every change in a region by conquering means that an entire race and culture is replaced. They melt together. After war there tends to be a lot of cheek clapping. Celts melded with Germanics, melded with Romans, melded with every culture they subdued and so on, and so on. We're one big family. 'Race' is a very muddy water to tread. Most of us have Neanderthal DNA and they were not even homo sapiens, but anoter kind of ape. Attila and Dshingis(Ghengis) Khan came over and clapped many cheeks. The arabs clapped cheeks in Spain. Sure there is some asian or middle eastern in us somewhere, but in the end we all came from somewhere in Afrika. Race is so stupid and overplayed a concept imho...It's just a mindgame to have a reason to protect resources and customs we gatekeep from others because greed is a survival instinct.

[@Onguriach]

Hey there @Daelaron ^^ just one little addendum for the sake of correctness about my heritage ;) the name bavaria does not share any history with the word barbarian. barbarian comes from an original green word which basically meant "people who don't speak greak" .. and which was later reused by romans and others to basically denote anyone foreign who they thought wasn't equal to them (which is what you already explained very well :) BUT .. bavarian comes from latin baioarii (or several different forms) which ultimately originated in an old germanic / gallic word that meant something like "inhabitants of celtic bohemia" (where inhabitants can be replaced by settlers / defenders / cattle herders) depending on different interpretations and who you ask ^^ of course the ancient romans probably called us bavarians barbarians anyway .. probably rightfully so at that time XD

[@Daelaron]

@@Onguriach Ok nice to know! You never cease learning

[@Daelaron]

@@Onguriach I corrected that part in my post

[@Onguriach]

@@Daelaron oh most definitely ^^ .. I find it very amusing, that I keep learning things about my own country from videos from James because he's learning them from others o.O .. some things I never knew, most I probably knew about in the past (learned them in school) but totally forgot about XD thanks for your appreciation btw :)

[@Daelaron]

@@Onguriach Yeah, outside perspective is very important and interesting. That is why I watch foreigners react to german stuff. I'm very interested in foreign cultures, but sometimes it is even more interesting to see how they see us!

[@pauls1758]

Deutsch is an old german word which means something like "the people". German is from Latin = Romans that called the area "Germania"

[@NicolaiCzempin]

and they took it from the Greeks

[@ravanpee1325]

It was just a determined boarder for Cesar that he could say he finished his Gallic military expedition.

[@mattleistner313]

Imagine how History lessons are here in Germany - way to many dates ro remember! 🙈😱

[@Melzim97]

Thats why we mostly not memorize dates, but learn the context of Events. We do learn dates, but do not have to know them by heart. At least for the history before the industrialization.

[@88CoolJoe]

If I remember correctly from my schooldays 30 years ago most of the things I learned in history was about the third reich and how horrible the germans and we were. Nothing about the history before that time. Only from 1935 to the present day.

[@drsnova7313]

@@88CoolJoe Then you clearly remember wrongly. Because a) Every Land teaches history from at least ancient times onwards and b) "present day", or the immediate years before that, is typically not taught in history. Of course someone with an 88 in their name would never tell dumb, transparent lies related to nazism, right?

[@linaleverloppan.9752]

The only year our teacher was really adamant about was "1789". He would start *every* class with the question "What happened in 1789?" until every student could answer it without hesitation

[@sarry06w71]

im in school and i hate history because its way to much i cant remember anything😂

[@hansmayer7652]

13:00 Basically it has to do with the different germanic tribes and their names. Thats the reason why there are so many different names for germany. Some videos about this: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bHjXiJmOerimobM or kzbin.info/www/bejne/d4rVhXanf691bJY

[@Wranuckl]

I think the word 'German' does originally translates to German as 'Germanen' which is a collective term for all Germanic tribes. In French we are called 'les Allemands' which i believe refers to the 'Allemannen' which is a certain germanic tribe. In Finnish it's saksalaiset which comes from the Saxons or 'die Sachsen', another tribe. I'd say that the name of the Germanic tribe most encountered by the speakers of said language lasted. I don't know if there is any other country that has multiple completely different names.

[@baumbelastiger4972]

Cathlic: Started in Rom and at some point (ca. 100 ad) the roman emporer declared it as their national religion. Orthodox: After Rom split into west and east eastern rom reformed the church into orthodox ca(300-400ad) Protestant: A monk called Martin Luther wanted to reform the church and wrote the first bible that wasn't written in Latin (ca. 1500ad)

2:55 You mixed up something. The Vikings and the Germanic tribes have the same origin. They arise from the cultures of the Nordic Bronze Circle (approx. 1800 BC - 530 BC). The tribes come from the north and culturally mix with the central and southern German cultures of the Hallstatt period and the latene period. The Vikings only emerged after the pre-Roman Iron Age (approx. 750 - 30/60 BC) in the early Middle Ages (approx. 476 - 1050 AD). The Vikings only appear in the so-called Viking Age (approx. 793 - 1066 AD). That is a lot later than the Germanic tribes that were mentioned in one of your last videos, that was a few centuries before the Viking Age. Cultures have changed a lot, ritual acts are changing, gods are given different values ​​and new weightings, and architecture is also changing. The cultures are somewhat similar to those of America's first settlers and today's americans, so maybe that gives you a better idea.

[@HenryDorset]

Germany is called so different in some languages, because each country refers to the german tribe that they had to deal with at the time. The germans where only one tribe of many, which makes the whole of germany now. For the french it would be les allemands because of the tribe "die Allemannen". For italians, germans are tedesci, because of another tribe and so on …

[@SchmulKrieger]

No, the country is Germania in Italian. Tedesco is a cognate of deutsch, which was used since the beginning of the Middle Ages. tedesci is plural and don't refer to any tribe.

[@Bantallas]

Bray: Pandemic 2.0 Spanish flu: are we a joke?

[@ErklaerMirDieWelt]

Roman Empire: The Western Roman Empire ended in 476 in a mix of civil war and external invasions. The Eastern Roman Empire, also known as the Byzantine Empire, ended in 1453 when the Turks sacked Constantinople (modern day Istanbul). The Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation (HRE for short) was founded in 800 by Charlemagne and lasted until 1806 when Napoleon took over as explained in the video.

[@malcigloe]

No by Otto the great

[@cykanahui]

The word Germany stems from the old germanic tribes (German word for it is "Germanen").

[@jan3381]

The Romans gave us that name, Germanni means neighbors

[@Luredreier]

6:52 Being Roman wasn't a ethnic thing, it was a cultural thing. The majority of the population of Rome at this point was not "ethnic Romans". And you could come into Rome, starting out as a slave, get freed then work your way up to till your family started contributing Senators to Rome.

[@6666Imperator]

The Hanseatic League is very interesting. Especially as I am from one of those cities that belonged to the group. They were usually coastal cities around the North- and Baltic sea heavily involved in trading by ship. These cities became pretty powerful and wealthy with it. On the map that video showed the Hanseatic City of Bremen is missing though.

[@Hanna-dx1zi]

Same for Rostock and Stralsund. They’re missing too! I’m also from this area and grew up learning lots about the Hanseatic League :D

[@little_reynoxhenker6819]

James Bray bester Mann kuss geht raus

[@martinbraun4007]

come on, you should know this! before the 15th century there was not really anything other than catholic Christianity! Martin Luther (10 November 1483 - 18 February 1546) was the founder of Protestantism and Lutheranism Edit: except orthodox but they saw them self mostly the same, at least until the 11th century

[@artemroppel1553]

"Dutch" is just a version of "deutsch" and originally the English used to call all germanic groups that inhabited mainland Europe dutch. Deutsch in turn has its roots in the ancient germanic word "theudaz", which simply means people. Duchy however is derived from duke, since it describes a territory ruled by one.. Duke itself comes from the Latin word "dux", which is a title used by the Romans to describe a military commander.

[@Dropsi6n]

So "Deutschland" just means: Peoples land Makes sense :)

[@artemroppel1553]

@@Dropsi6n yeah kinda.. Germans are quite literal concerning their words and expressions..

[@michaelmeier270]

@@artemroppel1553 Nope, I belive that teudesk(origin of Deutsch/Dutch) means "dem Volke zugehörig"(belonging to the people). A little difference, but still...^^ Please correct me. I don´t want to be wrong :)

[@artemroppel1553]

@@michaelmeier270 you might be right on that, but I've been merely referring to the word stem. Also, "theudaz" as well as "teudesk" are both reconstructed words (..as well as their meanings), since proto-germanic wasn't a written language. Besides that linguists aren't even sure whether it definitely is the root of "deutsch", it's just the most likely candidate..

[@michaelmeier270]

@@artemroppel1553 Yes you are right. I should have digged a bit deeper in the past. Thx

[@aragokgrindylow8126]

now you get glimpse of what we have to learn in our history classes in school in germany)))

[@timucinharkonnen2699]

Vikings are basically one of many germanic tribes. The sax are a group of many germanic tribes, thats where the english and their language came from. English, German, Dudsh, all the skandinavian lsnguages, even all the roman languages, that are not germanic, are related to another. Its called the "Indo-germanic-language-family" if I translate correctly.

[@Humpelstilzchen]

We speak deutsch. The dutch speak dutch. The origin of German(y) is (what i know) not that clear. It can mean ,,Ger manni,, ,,Spear men,, / Ger man y ,,Spear mans land,, or ,,Ger,, can mean ,,scream,, so Ger man ,,screaming man,, or Ger can mean ,,tribe,, so tribesman. I don't know if this is acurate but i heared this once. Sorry if i'm wrong 😅

[@sarcastaballchaser]

Haha your name😂😂😂💣

[@Humpelstilzchen]

@@sarcastaballchaser 😁🍻

[@NicolaiCzempin]

It is unclear exactly where the name came from, so it's best not to speculate. The connections to the spear have been disproved.

[@Glasmoon90]

The different names for Germany in the different languages come from the many tribes the German territory had. There were "Germanen" , "Allemannen" , "Saxen" and also the "Teutschen". Every other country used the name of the tribe that was near them. "deutsch" is a newer form of the word "teutsch". It has nothing to do with "Dutch" which is "holländisch" in German.

[@hannofranz7973]

Historically Dutch and Deutsch do have a common origin as the distinction as different territories is more recent than the common origin of Dutch and Deutsch defining roughly settlers from the whole area.

[@kidfox3971]

The best part is that the real seat of power in the HRE was Vienna in Austria, though after the HRE was destroyed by Napoleonic France they faced a strong opponent in their former electorate state of Prussia who actually kicked Austria out of Germany and unified Germany themselves. How? By defeating France, THIS is why I love history.

[@clowofgrife]

Totally missed this video but im watching it now

[@pesjaner1]

Roman for Germany: Germania.

[@danielb.967]

I dont want to sound rude but do americans have any sort of history lessons in school exept us history ... because Napoleon was kind of a huge thing ?

[@swanpride]

Yeah, I was kind of confused about that too, I don't claim to be an expert in American (or Asian, or Russian, or African) history, but at least I know who Washington, Lincoln, Lenin, Ghandi or Nelson Mandela were. There are a few persons in history one should know at least something about.

[@kizunii4422]

if you visit germany and want to see some of the old germanic places, I can recommend the celtic tomb at Glauburg in Hessen. It's really interesting. There is this hill called Glauberg, where an old grave was found and they built a museum there. It's pretty and informative. Also if you're interested in the roman-germanic history, we have still preserved parts of the Limes all over germay, which was the wall that separated the romans from the 'barbarian' tribes of germania. and lastly, a bit off topic but also extremely interesting, the point alpha museum at Geisa, Thüringen. Where the border between east and west germany was and how it was during the cold war when germany was divided. =)

[@NicolaiCzempin]

5:40 Yes, that's very insightful. Because the Romans wrote so much and relatively speaking a lot has been preserved, much of what we know about "barbarians" (not just the Germanic tribes) is from the perspective of Roman writers.

[@malterose8356]

And now imagine how hard history classes in Germany are 😄

[@Eysenbeiss]

Nur für die Dummen.

[@Piana1983]

18:09 your cursor is over italy. everything blue is the mediterranian sea. way too south from germany. even south of Switzerland and Austria. you are close to rome, pisa and vatican city.😉

[@berlindude75]

duchy = the realm of a duke and/or duchess Dutchie = a person from the Netherlands

[@Rhangaun]

This. And the word duke came from Latin dux, meaning leader (here used in the sense of a military leader). It is completely unrelated to dutch / deutsch etc.

[@jamesbigbud7728]

Germany is loving you bro❤️ For the clipping audio just put a limiter vst on the audio

[@yobama9880]

Wait .... you never heard of Napoleon? Watch oversimplified to get a quick overview of napoleon

[@carolinekofahl8867]

Germania was what the Romans called today's Germany (which is Deutschland 🤔)

[@ibroplatin4915]

Germans call Germany Deutschland

[@fabiansaerve]

They still do. Germania is Italian for Germany. So nothing changed

[@treverertreverer2665]

Sorry but that is not right. I come from Trier (oldest city in Germany) and in Trier and the surronding area there were no germanic peoples but Celts! Celts lived in Rhineland-Palatinate, Hesse, Saarland Baden-Würtenberg and Bavaria no Germans. In the east of Germany there lived slavic peoples. Today's Germany was not completely populated by germanic peoples. I live in a Celtic region. I do Reenactment as a Celt of Treveri in a trailibg Celtic village near the Celtic ring wall in Otzenhausen. (in the club Die Hochwaldkelten) Germany is much mor than the germanic peoples. Sorry for my bad english😬

[@fabiansaerve]

@@treverertreverer2665 die Kelten wurden überwiegend von den Germanen verdrängt. Deswegen starb ihre Kultur und Sprache auch aus. In ostdeutschland wurden die Slawen auch überwiegend verdrängt. Deutsch ist auch keine Ethnie sondern eine Nationalität. Germanen, Kelten, Slawen gibt es nicht mehr. Unsere Gene sind völlig gemischt. Deswegen ist es auch Schwachsinn zu sagen, dass man Kelte ist. Nicht mal die Iren sind richtige Kelten... Die süddeutschen sind natürlich durchmixter als die Norddeutschen. Unsere Vorfahren leben schon seit über tausend Jahren in der Mitte eines Kontinents. Es ist unmöglich, dass die Gene rein sind. Auch die “Genthese” hitlers ist völliger Schwachsinn. Rein wissenschaftlich beinhaltet auch der Durchschnittsdeutsche wenige Pronzent Judengene. Somit ist es sehr wahrscheinlich, dass auch Hitler jüdische Gene in sich trug. Jedoch gab es leider damals die Genforschung nicht. Das Gesicht hätte ich gerne gesehen xD Nach deine Logik könnte ich mir nun aussuchen was ich bin. Römer, Kelte, Germane oder Südosteuropäer, weil in meiner Region in Bayern waren ja alle hier..

[@treverertreverer2665]

@@fabiansaerve ich habe nicht behauptet das ich reiner Kelte bin! Das wäre auch völliger unsinn, denn mit der Aussage das wir mittlerweile durchmischt sind, stimme ich mit dir völlig überein. Nur wurden die Kelten nicht durch die germanen verdrängt, sondern eher vom Römischen Reich damals vereinnahmt. Es gab zwar noch Kelten Aufstände, aber die haben nichts gebracht. Und nach dem zusammmenbruch des Römischen reiches gab es kein "Keltenreich" mehr (wenn man das so nennen kann). Dannach war schon einiges gemischt. Und ich finde es gut, neue gene mit ins "Spiel" zu bringen schadet ja nicht. Wir sind alle ein Produkt der durchmischung, und das ist gut so.

[@TZ_98]

another great video covering this theme is the animated history of Germany part 2

[@VitalijMik]

12:43 there is a video about that topic as well :D "Why Does Germany Have So Many Names?" from Babbel USA

[@XxDarkManaxX]

To understand, why we call it "Deutschland", you have to take a look at the language family. There are multible language families (germanic languages, romanic languages, slavic languages etc.). Languages of the same family share many words, that have the same meaning or at least sound similar to each other. English is a germanic language. The other germanic languages are (obviously) german, scots, low german, dutch, swedish, afrikaans, norweigan, jiddish and danish. In low german "Germany" is called "Düütsland", in dutch and afrikaans its "Duitsland", in norweigan, danish and swedish it's "Tyskland" and in jiddish it's "deytshland". So it's more like everyone goes with a word simmilar to "Deutschland" eccept english and scots who just feel like they have to be the special kids :P (It's the same with the word "dutch" by the way) The closer two languages are related the more they sound alike. Dutch and german for example are so closely related, that dutch and german people often can understand each other to a certain degree without any prior knowledge of how the language of the other works.

[@Eysenbeiss]

Schottisch ist eine germanische Sprache? Selten solch einen kompletten SCHWACHSINN gelesen. Was du Schottisch nennst, ist schottisches Englisch, denn die Schotten sprachen ursprünglich Gälisch und das hat NULL mit der deutschen Sprachfamilie zu tun, absolut NULL. Jiddisch wiederum gäbe es ohne Deutsch als Basis gar nicht, daher ist das auch kein niederdeutscher Dialekt, wie Angelsächsisch oder Niederländisch, Friesisch, Pommersch und Schlesisch. DAS sind "deutsche Sprachen", im Gegensatz zu z.B. Bayrisch, das sich auch deswegen heute noch am stärksten vom "Schuldeutsch" unterscheidet. Es gab Niederdeutsch, Mitteldeutsch, Hochdeutsch, Mittel-Hochdeutsch, Alemannisch und andere Dialekte, die schließlich zum schon genannten "Schuldeutsch" geführt haben, dass genau genommen modernes "Mittel-Hochdeutsch" ist und sich vom der alten Variante deutlich unterscheidet.

[@PT_519]

damn james you really have no clue about history

[@moonchild8432]

Fun fact: I live by Augsburg in bavaria which was founded by Roman's. Whenever someone starts any constructions it's usually put on hold first because the workers either find some Roman artifacts or a ww2 bomb

[@DarkSeraphim]

The Venus von Willendorf was NOT found in Germany..but in Austria. She is a very small figurine 4 inches tall (11cm) and is 30.000 years old. She is still in the austrian historic Museum in vienna...and was used as a fertility Symbol.. btw Austria is older then Germany... Edit. The people who are born in the Capitol of Italy (Rome) are still called Romans.

[@fabiansaerve]

deutsch means basically “people” so Deutschland is the land of the people. The word Germany comes from Germania, the land of today’s Germany named by Julius Caesar

[@leonm4273]

Guy hovering above austria and italy: yeah thats modern germany :D

[@_5h4d0w_]

The Venus of Willendorf was found in Austria.

[@jooststolz3973]

12:30 the dutch and deutsch thing is also for germans a little complicated cause the language that was spoken in Northern germany is pretty closely related to dutch and also englisch so someone from Northern germany that knows Plattdeutsch (an old language from there) and englisch can make his way through dutch as they are all germanic languages or have a germanic influence

[@xoth2306]

My god its so refreshing to see someone from the US that have any knowledge what so ever about anything outside the history about the US. Keep up the good work and best of luck to you

[@SLiDaRiX]

Did you know, that the old picture you saw at 26:27 is a picture you have seen real. (not the ppl, but the room) from yor "Münster City, Germany seems CHILL...( 4:49 )" video. it is where the 30 years war came to an end. I know, when you come to germany you have a lot of places to visit, but i hope Münster is one of them. :D

[@NicolaiCzempin]

24:10 Orthodox Christianity spread primarily in the Eastern Roman Empire (Byzantium) and into what are nowadays called the East Slavic cultures (such as Serbia; basically all who use the Cyrillic alphabet). In the Western Roman Empire it was all Catholicism, ruled by the pope in Rome. Until Martin Luther came along and started criticizing Catholicism, in the 16th century. Out of his reform desires came all the different types of Christianity that we summarize as "Protestantism".

[@datroxde451]

I do really appreciate that you learn something about German history because in my opinion it’s much more easier to understand the culture in general and some behavior in Germany. In my opinion Understanding the culture and the history of a country makes much more easier to learn the language. Stay tuned, you will notice that your German is getting better and better. Many greetings from Lake Constance

[@Daelaron]

Also, Prussia/Russia is a fascination of yours that has no such direct correlation like you suspect. It's Preußen and Russland, very different from one another in german. Prussia does not exist anymore. It was where modern day east germany and mostly poland and such are. Germany gave most of that land to Poland after WWII. It was contested for many many years before that. Many places there have both german and slavic names. Like Königsberg/Kaliningrad. Originally the Teutonic knights took it away from the people there, and in 1990 modern Germany renounced all claims, because we don't want to expand by force anymore, even though we might feel like it still is part of us in our heart. It's kind of a northern european Israel situation, just thankfully peaceful these days.

[@HafdirTasare]

10:07 Yes, in germany he was called Etzel though, most famously known from the Nibelungenlied.

[@atomare1]

To the part about the dutch deutsch thing, there are some good videos about that on yt. I don't remember exactly, but I think they had a title like 'why does germany have so many names'. They explain it better than probably anyone could in the comments. It doesn't explain the dutch thing however iirc. So if you want you could check it out in a reaction.

[@nearly_blind1017]

History is subjective. And the winner always writes the history. I always have to remember that as a history-student

[@Fuxi96]

The venus from willendorf was found in Austria. Not in germany

[@NicolaiCzempin]

30:10 Prussia (no relation to Russia or Belorussia) was a state, It strong-armed the other states with German-speaking citizens into forming the German Empire (das Deutsche Reich) in 1871 and became its most powerful constituent. Prussia was outlawed by the Allies in 1945.

[@helloweener2007]

Henry the Fowler or Heinrich I. One of your recent videos was places to visit. One of them was Quedlinburg. Legends tell Henry was on finch hunt near the Quedlinburg when he got the messages that he will become King over Germany. He and his wife are buried in Quedlinburg.

[@ZeroCoolrpd]

4:26 this Lady comes from "Willendorf" and this is 10km away from my house.. and this in Austria in the "Wachau" area. 25:50 30 year war..but it have just the name..the war was 3 or so..i think now.. greetings

[@xonox2631]

Yea, the 30 years war, where every soldier was send home over the spring and summer for planting and harvest season, so they could meet again in autumn at the battlefield. No wonder it went on for so long. They had 6 Month brakes in between, fought from October to Christmas and went home with the first snow, because fighting in winter is unreasonable…

[@Fischbroetchen2k]

11:50 Germany has alot of names because some countries named the place that later became germany after tribes that lived there, I guess those they dealt with first or mostly. So for example the french word Allemagne comes from the "Alemanni" tribe residing closest to what later became france. I think in finnland, germany is called "Saksa" which obviously originates from the Saxon Tribe. Also Deutschland and some countries that name germany along those lines, for example in dutch: duitsland or duits (deutsch) or Denmark, Norway, Sweden calling Germany: Tyskland, originates from the old high german word: diutisc. Which meant: "belonging to the people / part of the people". .. so basicly in germany saying "Ich bin deutsch" just states the somewhat obvious, basicly saying that you are part of the (german)people.

[@KH-hj5if]

In Germany there is also a area still called Franken or Franconia. It is northern of Bavaria

[@hansschwanz7696]

12:10 In medieval times the dutch called themselves „nederduits“ meaning low german (dutch as a nationality/race was thought up buy the king of the Netherlands to gain power and to secure his position as the king). That‘s where the english name dutch comes from. The german word „deutsch“ derived from the old high german word „diutisc“ which means „belonging to the people“. The english word „german“ derived from the latin word „germanicus“.

[@benedikttraidl8623]

"France is known for surrendering on sight" Napoleon, conquering all of Central Europe and almost conquering Russia in winter: "Am I a joke to you?"

[@swanpride]

​@Herr von Niedersachsen William the Conquerer (or, as he is also known, Guillaume le Conquérant) begs to differ.....granted, he had Viking blood in him.

[@Klo1973]

Typisches Ami-Klischee.

[@h.s.3273]

The imposing Hohenzollern Castle is the ancestral castle of the dynasty and the former ruling Prussian royal and German imperial family of the Hohenzollern. It is located in Baden-Württemberg / southern Germany. Hohenzollern Castle is still private property. It belongs to two thirds of the Brandenburg-Prussian line of the House of Hohenzollern, and one third of the Swabian line. The host has been the acting head of the Hohenzollern House, Georg Friedrich Prince of Prussia, since 1994.

[@nilsvonsteinfelde2116]

The Hanseatic league was actually pretty big and not all city’s where in Germany or close to the sea. There where a few cities In central Germany that were the Hanseatic connection to the trad streets and there were also Hanseatic cities outside of Germany like London or Stockholm.

[@jochendamm]

Germany has lots of names in different languages. This topic has an own Wikipedia article ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_of_Germany ). It is based on the tribe names: Duitsland, Tyskland, Doitsu, Germania, Kelemania, Tiamana, Almayn, Alemanya, and many more