Greatest Empires in World History Tier List

[@PowerCrafter123]

Me, a german, seeing the top tier being called *SS* tier: *sweats profusely*

[@kakyoin4960]

I dont get it

[@PowerCrafter123]

@@kakyoin4960 have you ever been to a school?

[@kakyoin4960]

@@PowerCrafter123 yes wdym

[@PowerCrafter123]

@@kakyoin4960 Are you aware that sth called "World War II" happened?

[@kakyoin4960]

@@PowerCrafter123 yes i am aware

[@articalp]

2:20 Drew:Explaining how he can’t put Belgium Empire that high because of if’s atrocities. Puts the Japanese Empire in S Tier

[@sarthakraj3981]

Also puts the British in S tier lol

[@togerboy5396]

@@sarthakraj3981 You should change your first name to ‘British’...

[@andreakopyan9714]

and the ottomans

[@chandramanisharma5268]

@@togerboy5396 you should change your nationality to indian lol 😂😂😂

[@aeiou6766]

@@ObeseGorilla229 no, its just an irrelevant empire, sorry, but thats the true

[@runecamps1031]

Me, a Belgian: I'm not mad the Belgian 'empire' is last, I'm happy we're recognised as an 'empire'

[@republicapopulardachina8056]

happy recognition noises

[@Frahamen]

Yeah but still disliked it because Netherlands got higher.

[@thatonefriendiii2827]

@@Frahamen well they did kinda got Indonesia, they also once had some territory in America, they had South Africa, and just random trading posts everywhere.

[@einkoftespie8646]

I honestly think belgium should be higher than the us like you had the congo, and they some islands

[@thatonefriendiii2827]

@@einkoftespie8646 yeah, and the US started as a bigger country compared to Belgium

[@worldsucks1908]

"I don't even know if America had a empire"- puts it on A tier "Egypt,one of the oldest empires . It needs to be pretty high"- puts it on D tier

[@feelingnether158]

Oh god the comment section is going to be the French Revolution...

[@exodud5016]

Well it looks like someone really wanted to get their head cut off today xD

[@ornellafrancis2466]

@@exodud5016 *VIV LA REVOLUTION* !!!!!!

[@feelingnether158]

@@exodud5016 yeah Tier list videos = comments on fire basically

[@ornellafrancis2466]

@Magxcal_Visby Bano r/ihadastrokhvhhvf

[@vrba243]

@Magxcal_Visby Bano off to the guillotine!

[@juninmatadordeporco]

"Russian Empire / Soviet Empire, i guess they're kinda the same" *What the blyat*

[@niume7468]

How can't he see that Finland belonged to Russian empire and not ussr

[@chuahseongteik4488]

And alaska

[@TheWolfboy180]

He’s damn right, the USSR was a Russian Empire clone after Stalin came to power

[@azathot_369]

@@TheWolfboy180 cringe

[@TheWolfboy180]

@@azathot_369 Am I wrong tho

[@patrickmccarter6076]

Drew: "Egypt is one of the oldest empires, I have to put them up high." Also Drew: *Puts Egypt in C tier*

[@mayleavesoon]

._.

[@yousefshahin2654]

@@rdm3373 Tell that to the Eileat of Egypt under Mohamed Ali Pasha, the New Pharaonic kingdom, Ayyubids, Mamluks and and all Egyptian kingdoms and dynasties and they would want to know your location

[@yousefshahin2654]

So you can see we did have multiple empires

[@yousefshahin2654]

@@rdm3373 They will annihilate you if you do so :)

[@oracle372]

@@rdm3373 Uhm, I studied Egyptian history, they were definitely an empire. They spanned from modern day Sudan to even Syria or Iraq, although it’s hard to be certain.

[@the_six_paths3346]

How can the ummayad and ottoman be so low literally it took 150 years for ummayad to reach india and frances borders fought off the persians and byzantines. Ottomans started at a tribe then grew managed to last from middle ages to modern era and stopped mongols byzantines etc for me thats pretty impressive considering how many people were also against them

[@fatimahaque9226]

Yea- It is so... TRUE

[@sinnyawesome7037]

Dude, he is american!

[@Cecilia-ky3uw]

The ottoman empire was fighting weaker states, particularly the rump byzantine state, the mongols werent there during the ottomans and if we are talking about mongol descendants, timur wrecked bayezid the thunderbolt, as for umayyads, they ruled for a short time relative to the rest and were fighting exhausted empires, the persians particularly exhausted so much that they lost the whole empire.

[@furkankahraman4426]

@@Cecilia-ky3uw bro go learn history how many times all europe unite and crusade to Ottomans and they occupied nearly all arabian country in 1 year so sufm and go learn something before comment

[@Mustis91]

in the case of the ottomans i guess he put them in that place because their decline was quite embarrassing and they probably could have avoided it if they had gone with the times.

[@nickrossini3998]

Drew: Egypt deserves to be pretty high Also Drew: C

[@lgardner7176]

You from Egypt?

[@raf6029]

Oof

[@simontremblay4491]

Egypt deserve a b

[@GolemTheUkrainian]

Yeah,I agree.Pyramids,trading and all of that stuff.

[@jackplayzgaming4696]

Facts

[@badassgregory]

"Did the US even have an empire?" Cries in Filipino.

[@someangryinsanebelgian4618]

Well it’s less of a empire

[@someangryinsanebelgian4618]

The us likes just making it a state instead of a colony

[@someangryinsanebelgian4618]

So to get around to decolonization

[@MadScottishGuy]

Us eats empire biscuits not an empire tho

[@lesen8367]

*sad mexican noises... I guess?*

[@LorianR]

As much as I love Japan and his culture, it’s hilarious that you put “Japan’s empire” over the Spanish empire, considering the first one didn’t last more than a few years whereas the Spanish one lasted for centuries, apart from been the first global empire ever in known history.

[@adarshmohapatra5058]

The Japanese had started building their empire from way before ww2 though, more like half a century. And it's impressive cause they defeated giants like Russia, China, the British, the French etc. Ultimately it was the US that defeated them.

[@MrVideomaker11111]

@@adarshmohapatra5058 Japans plan was to first conquer China, then using the captured resources and manpower to expand out, however since they couldn’t get China to surrender their plan was bound to fail but they went on anyways and over extended themselves. Japan only got so far because of 1. Their choice to follow the west and modernize putting them decades ahead of their isolationist neighbors by using the tech that rapidly developed during Europe’s industrial revolution 2. China being at its lowest point in centuries because of the collapse of the Qing. At any other point in history japan would not have been able to accomplish this. On top of that they got cleaned up by the US

[@silverletter4551]

Japan's empire had great potential and its too bad it wasn't allowed to continue to conquer. I would have liked to see a China under Japanese rule.

[@prisonmike1139]

@@silverletter4551 both the modern ccp and the Japanese empire were equally bad. Don’t be confused

[@plusxz821]

Bro calm down this is a joke video XDXD

[@JontyLevine]

3:26 The best part is the Mongols actually did figure out the whole boat thing, went to Japan, ready for war, and *d i e d i n a t o r n a d o.* But they tried again, and had a nice time fighting with the Japanese, but then *d i e d i n a t o r n a d o.*

[@ABCD-nq3uf]

Classic Japan weather

[@abdulmueedsaleh2007]

DUDE.... I was just starting to understand just really who the "divine wind" was as Jin hac described it in "Ghost of Tsushima" but bro 🤣🤣

[@Wrolio]

Drew: I mean the Bri'ish Empire was the biggist ever Also drew: but like it's the bri'ish

[@jsdaking7659]

Laughs in Mongolian

[@bluesubaru7338]

Wonder how the Zulus are doing

[@tentriyami6861]

I mean he´s not wrong

[@T0T4LG4MER5]

@Aman Lool if you believe that, then don’t google British military expansion

[@WERTYUIO821]

@@T0T4LG4MER5 I mean, that was kind of what happened in India...

[@nikel4575]

When drew says the Portuguese went all in on the Brazilians Sad Uruguay noises I didn’t think this would get so many likes thank you guys

[@yurno1529]

Don't worry cisplatina, we love you

[@leonardorivelorivelo9253]

hello cisplatina do u guys miss us?

[@BananaViral_Pooper_Viral]

We were summoned

[@BananaViral_Pooper_Viral]

Comment: “We like of u, Uruguay!” Nickname: Paulinho Gameplays

[@whippedcreamvibes1734]

Cisplatina go r/wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooosh

[@pooryampj7322]

The reason I disagree is that although in size Persian empire is not one of the biggest but population wise they once ruled over 50.7% of the earth population They deserved a top tier

[@hkar4385]

Still very big

[@RoadToSociety]

And also because of Cyrus the great

[@jedichosenone4496]

They lost because someone thought to use long sticks, that’s not top tier

[@aryaa7069]

@@jedichosenone4496 And the empire of that someone lasted 10 years in total lol

[@GabrielPT752]

Fun fact: Portugal was the first european country/empire to have contact with japan

[@tonydai782]

Drew: *Puts Danish Empire and calls it Viking Empire* Swedish Empire: "Am I a joke to you?"

[@nielsjuel7769]

Yes, swedish Empire is a joke.

[@Arnep08]

”Swedish Empire” thats propaganda

[@melkerjohansson5100]

@@axelouellet9635 there was no such thing as a viking empire

[@RamTheGre721]

Sweden should have been in this list. At their greatest extent they had nearly all the territory around the baltic sea and even colonies in africa and america. I think you can call that an empire.

[@Maltheus_]

@@RamTheGre721 I 100% agree

[@christianzeugna]

me, an italian: *sees roman empire in ss tier and fascist italy in c tier * also me: that couldn't be more perfect

[@user-tk9fm2sw5g]

From the Roman Empire with people like Scipio,Julius, and Agustus To Facist Italy with........Benito Mussolini Is the perfect example of fallen from glory and why viva la Vida plays

[@furlan1743]

Italian empire started way before than fascist italy. Almost 60 years before.

[@user-tk9fm2sw5g]

@@furlan1743 woops

[@christianzeugna]

@@furlan1743 there was never such thing as an italian empire, maybe you were talking about the italian kingdom, that lasted until 1946 after a referendum held after the end of ww2

[@TechnoGuys99]

@@melianshadowcloak88 it cannot be under the Austro-Hungarian Empire

[@gaborholotajr.4427]

What about the Mauryan Empire, The Qin Empire, The Han Empire, The Cin Empire, The Tan Empire, The Yung Empire, The Zen Empire, The Chou Empire, The Hettite Empire, The Ming Empire, The White Hunnic Empire, The Hunnic Empire, The Ayyubid Chaliphate, The Rasudin Caliphate, The Seljuk Empire, The Frankish Empire, The Median Empire, The Parthian Empire, The Arminian Empire, The Pontic Empire, The Seleucid Empire, The Western Roman Empire, The Swedish Empire, The Kalmar Union, The Empire of Nubia, The Empire of Kush, The Golden Horde, The Il Khanagate, The Timurid Empire, The Kingdom of Greco Baktria, The Republic of Carthage, The Khazar Empire, The Bulgarian Empire(s), The Soviet Union, The PRC, The RC, The Inca Empire, The Kingdom of Ethiopia, The Empire of greater Zimbabwe, The Khmer Empire, The Ptolemaid Empire, The Kingdom of Hungary, The Empire of Austria-Hungary, The Brazilian Empire, The Bolivian Empire, The Empire of Gran Columbia, The Mexican Empire, The Zulu Empire, The Fatamid Chaliphate, The Napoleonic Empire?

[@gaborholotajr.4427]

@KaNaK I assume so.

[@bionicles2005]

Yo chill

[@cosmicghxulgamerxd5401]

Well the qing dynasty is in the video

[@mirekikamila]

do you want an hour length video.

[@brick4522]

Yeah I was a little disappointed

[@mrshinybald2739]

Funny enough the Ottoman empire handed Australia their biggest military defeat at Gallipoli, Like Australia's vietnam

[@hughjames3647]

‘SS’ : laughs in Gestapo

[@ddlcfan5539]

Laughs in full blood Aryan

[@blahh11]

Laughs in argentine

[@loran4169]

Laughs in Freidrich von Gonzales Half German half Argentinian

[@ktosktos5815]

Poland ran out

[@xviper2k]

Avatar checks out.

[@darrenhagzid2015]

Fun fact: Achaemenid Persia were the closest empire to conquering the world with over 40% of the world population

[@purpledevilr7463]

Depends if you define conquering the world as landmass or population. Because you could then argue that modern day china is the biggest empire in history (no one else had over a billion apart from India right?)

[@JK0705]

I think Darren was talking about percentage of the population. Yea China is over 1 billion but it only accounts for 18% of total population. Persia basically ruled over the entire middle east which at the time was where the majority of the population of the world was located. That's super impressive and should be top 5 especially for how long it held it.

[@miladd237]

Achaemanid Empire(Persian Empire) deserved a lot more Reasons: It was the first Empire that was between three continents, Cyrus the Great was the first person writing the Human rights, their empire was larger than Alexander's and lasted a lot longer(about 250 years), They invented the first post system, They ruled not by fear but by respecting other cultures,languages and religions, There are a lot more but one of the most important: During the Persian Empire 44.4 precent of world's population lived under the rule of Persian Empire and this makes them the closest Empire to world domination in history. Thanks for your videos

[@nonsensevideos4375]

Nailed it 👏

[@brightburnedits4278]

Persian=iranian

[@OfficialDenzy]

@@brightburnedits4278 not really also other ethnic groups who live in central asia

[@Raccoon.City.Police.Department]

@@OfficialDenzy all persian empire are iranians ...reasearch first... Iran also known as land of the Aryans migrated from Europe with our indo European language persian...and consists of Persians,Medians,Parthians they are all Iranian and related to aryan land ...Cyrus the great was the first to unite all Aryan/Iranians together and creat the persian empie ...and most importantly form the first persian empire to the last we always called our country Iranshar /Iranland...only greeks and romans called us persia and that's because they thought because the capitals and center of power was from persia the country was named the same which wasn't completely wrong but it was always the unification of all the people and we always called it Iran from persia to parthaia and media

[@RigorousRhi]

This is his opinion :/

[@ARPADZ]

Hello, i am portuguese, and the two colonies you said that portugal won ww1 were not won, they were the first portuguese colonies in afrika, their names are angola and moçambique

[@zacharywindover9840]

*Rome has to go in top tier Me, a fan of Rome: you have chosen wisely.

[@wcthunder6940]

yes true

[@mrcool2107]

How can u be fan of this horrendous empire when it killed our god

[@giulioballadore366]

@@mrcool2107 nome me an empire who didn't commit murders/genocides

[@enotsnavdier6867]

@@giulioballadore366 He's talking about christian sky daddy Jesus, he probably doesn't care about genocides

[@mariodoccia1106]

@@mrcool2107 I never killed anyone.......

[@blitzlightning985]

Drew: I take in to account how small the nation started British a small island who conquered 26% of the world abs rules the waves: Am I a joke to you

[@Le-eu4bf]

Britain's is not actually that small , I mean it's Japan sized

[@Waharli]

Yeah Mongolia is so much bigger then Britain, and then u take in account that Britain ruled a bigger land area, it shows his biased terribly

[@thomasgraham8035]

@@Le-eu4bf Uh no... Japan is twice as big.

[@lanzsibelius]

Would it be rude of me to point that the aztecs literally started with no land.... they even built an artifical island in a lake and that was they're initial territory

[@sntm87]

Also the British Empire was incredibly influential and London was the biggest city in the world for a long period.

[@rob_3764]

Me, an italian: *sees roman empire in ss rank* Also me: *likes and subscribe*

[@inferno38]

1:03 *snap back to reality*

[@Ornio.709]

Buongiorno dottori

[@dansheffield4021]

@@inferno38-Emenimio

[@jamieforrester2857]

Not an Italian empire never was it was roman look at your history Italy and Rome didn't kiss and make up until until early 1900

[@jamieforrester2857]

British empire never to be matched

[@bruce_link4374]

5:40 just a little thing, Portugal didn’t get Angola and Mozambique after ww1, they were just regular colonies that portugal got in the age of discovery and there frontiers were established in the scramble for Africa

[@diogosantos2276]

Not colonies ! Overseas territorys. It was consider Portugal not just a mere colonie.

[@Andrew-px9fj]

@@diogosantos2276 that was later.

[@legitplayin6977]

Drew: Puts Polish-Lithuania in B Me: *angry drunk noises*

[@langskeppet9887]

Nah Poland-Lithuania sucks, Lithuania is the good part

[@okolicznoscioweszoty]

TRUE

[@kroolkot_6762]

@@langskeppet9887 no

[@qui-gonjinn3322]

Me: satisfied Russian drunk noises.

[@Senasozys]

it's fine, we had fun, but to many enemys

[@KoizameForever]

5:38 Actually, Portugal already had colonies in Africa, dating back to 1415. They only started expanding their African territories after losing Brazil.

[@nunoreis001]

Yes, our first colonies where in Africa

[@Kratos-uy1gd]

Portugal also claimed all of Africa at one time but all the Other nations just ignored their claims

[@lixobounce6588]

@@Kratos-uy1gd yeah i mean no one gonna let someone have an entire continent

[@Sceptonic]

@@lixobounce6588 **cough** Australia, North America almost

[@joseafonso7531]

No one: The comments section: Drew is wrong in every way imaginable.

[@TheInfamousHoreldo]

By "no one" you mean Drew literally asking us to, i assume? xD

[@ALPmations]

I think the Ottoman Empire should be in A tier because the Ottoman Empire was the empire that could control the Great Lands for the longest time (for example, Britain lasted only 200-250 years, the Ottoman Empire lasted 400-500 years).

[@angelcamachodelsolar]

The same duration as the Spanish empire (1492-1975) and it was also larger.

[@Crimsrn]

britain lasted roughly 400 years.

[@angelcamachodelsolar]

@@Crimsrn You're right, it started in 1607 in Jamestown and it actually still has colonies, so it's already 416 years. Spanish from 1492 to 1975, a total of 483 years.

[@Licanic]

Rome lasted 2225 years.

[@minimaxi6173]

More I think about it, it feels like Poland is a Mexico of Europe

[@arianam9977]

Depends on the point of view.

[@foxxo_exe966]

4:13 Actually, the portuguese were the first europeans in japan in 1543 and they did lots of trade with them, mostly guns. The portugues were the founders of Nagasaki and controled it for 6 years, 1580-1586.

[@srcaju5916]

and them the Americans dint like Nagasaki

[@Andres-sb6yd]

Actually, if we talk about 1580-1586 then it was not really Portugal, because in 1580 it was already part of the Iberian Union or Hispanic Monarchy under the House of Austria

[@dariooliveirapereira5395]

@@Andres-sb6yd During the Iberian Union, Portugal was still a nation on its own. Limited autonomy, but still a distinct nation

[@FordyTheConeSmoker]

You left out the Emu Empire that controls most of Australia. Can only give you a 7/10 for this list for missing such an important empire in the world history

[@ascendedbro1828]

Emu empire is definitely SS tier. Imagine if they figured out a "boat" thing!

[@RishaanC]

How could drew forget this. they deserve ss teir

[@smartboi2607]

Haha

[@TheArabianKnight]

I think there should've been bigger empires, like the Ummayad and Rashidun Caliphate, the Seljuks, the Ayyubids, the USSR, the Western Roman Empire, Al Andalus, Mexican Empire. Also the Abbasid Caliphate should be at least a high A seeing on how long they lasted and how they ruled things also their victory percentage.

[@q11q40]

Japanese empire more powerful than the British? Jeez anime land really has done well for itself

[@mohammedbasit7560]

Welll the Americans destroyed them ez

[@jimilton]

@@mohammedbasit7560 if you talking about American revolution they got help from France

[@tc-up2yw]

@@jimilton WW2

[@xenotypos]

Yeah, I was also kind of a weeaboo like Drew when I was younger but I came to realize the Japanese empire isn't underestimated, it's the opposite: Japan as an empire is overestimated objectively speaking. They had a big navy but overall they were lacking behind the West in term of industries and their military budget remained limited most of the time. Their peak gdp (just before WW2) was a bit below France (despite Japan having almost double the population on the mainland), I won't even compare with Britain and Germany. They were effective I won't deny it, and outstanding soldiers (able to obey any order). But in the end, a lot of their initial successes in WW2 had to do with fighting weak opponents. They were isolated as the only great power in the far east, it wasn't competitive like in Europe. I still adore Japan and their empire is super interesting in many aspects, but in terms of power and influence, let's be real, they are overrated. Probably because we all love their culture and products nowadays.

[@jimilton]

@@tc-up2yw help from the alliese

[@zaidalsaqqar3997]

"the ottomans are underated" *proceeds to put them in b tier*

[@АнатолийВанштейн]

Ottoman empire should be D. Zero development, Beaten by Eyalet of Egypt, sick man of europe. The Ottoman Empire could not boast of any technological achievements like the British Empire, or large territories like the Russian Empire, it did not even have colonies in remote parts of the world like Spain or France. Its influence on world culture and science is minimal and cannot be compared with such giants as the Roman Empire or the British Empire. You were beaten by Balkan peoples and nearly beaten by Greeks during the 2nd Greco-Turkish War.

[@zaidalsaqqar3997]

@@АнатолийВанштейн wth i have never seen someone put this much effort in an angry reply

[@samhenderson1684]

@@АнатолийВанштейн baahahhahahhahahhaha

[@redstar3228]

@@АнатолийВанштейн yeah he is probably some random neckbeard crying with his key board

[@АнатолийВанштейн]

USRF Союз Социалистических Рисковых Республик Мне просто не нравится внешняя политика Турции в последнее время, много выебываются, сбили российский самолет, убили российского дипломата, с какого-то хуя пошли в сирию и в карабах, и все это на фоне их поднимающегося национализма, пусть не выебываются и знают свое место

[@Alex-lf5sh]

Drew: *doesn't include the Inca Empire* *Angry Peruvian noises*

[@Raisin_Udongein_Inaba]

@yeetus fetus Are you seriously ranking the shitty crumbling cesspool that was Peru-Bolivia above the Incan Empire? You're out of your mind.

[@shaaravguha3760]

@yeetus fetus You seem to be misunderstanding something and that something should be fixed as soon as possible... You are seriously ranking the Incans, one of the greatest civilisations in history below a country that fell apart immediately? Let me remind you that the Incans were the only successful purely communist state in history. They independently invented many of the things China and India did, and they were the only ancient civilisation who didn't originate from a river.

[@condedooku9750]

Well, technically you were included when he mentioned the Spanish Empire.

[@enotsnavdier6867]

@@shaaravguha3760 The Inca also only existed for a few hundred years, had terrible domestic animals. They were founded in around the 12th century and became the biggest empire in the world with stone age technology, and only like 300 years~

[@arnewberry559]

Because they had no lasting effect culturally on a global scale

[@JohnoftheWesternlands]

I am Greek but I think the Achemenid empire should go a lot higher. They hadn't the best military but they were very rich also they had very good organization

[@efthkon9142]

Yap.

[@Persiastan]

Their military was good enough to conquer half of the known world

[@jarogniewtheconqueror2804]

@@Persiastan That was mostly Cyrus' military genius, and the fact that Egypt was in decline

[@yaqubleis6311]

Darius the Great won 2 war vs Greeks the Greeks got lucky he pass away

[@shadowgod1797]

thank you

[@enderdrow8844]

Drew: yeah the Dutch were the only ones to trade with Japan for a long time. Portugal: Am I a joke to you?

[@Ditubah]

*Nagasaki*

[@lesen8367]

@@Ditubah what did nagasaki do?

[@goncalomedeiros1589]

@@lesen8367 It was the main hub of commerce between Japan and Europe, the portuguese were the first europeans to come into contact with Japan and were responsible for making Nagasaki what it is, having built churches and introduced a ton of stuff to the japanese, it used to be a small town with little importance. There are diaries of the first portuguese sailors that describe in detail the differences they found between culture, food, technology etc, it's an amazing read but unfortunately most of them have no translation.

[@DaRealKakarroto]

Then these catholic priests converted too much, the japanese had enough and yeeted everyone not japanese out of the country save the dutch (who were protestant and didn't care to convert), which were the only ones allowed to trade (in a small port on the island Dejima) (at least concerning western countries) until the US came with gunboats.(1639 - 1854)

[@WickedMapping]

@@goncalomedeiros1589 Manhattan Project: *Allow me to introduce myself*

[@genovesator8454]

Spanish Empire on A. The first global empire in History, on A. The empire on which the sun never sets, on A. An empire so big it had a economic crisis due to the excess of gold and silver, on A. Drew really just woke up and chose violence

[@luisviana7463]

Wasn't Portugal the first global empire??? We started the global discoveries

[@genovesator8454]

@@luisviana7463 not really. Spain was the first one to have presence on the 5 continents

[@luisviana7463]

@@genovesator8454 did Spain have territory in India?

[@luisviana7463]

Asia in general

[@genovesator8454]

@@luisviana7463 Philippines

[@micayahritchie7158]

Drew raring the Qing low because they fell apart. Every other empire on this list: * slowly looks away *

[@drquantum583]

Yeah and at least they went out in a way no other empire did.

[@stevenbaksh5545]

Considering they are the only Chinese empire here I think they should have been a lot higher or replace them with the Tang empire

[@fbi3165]

"If mongolia figured out that boat thing..." *Intense thinking and figures out the worst possibility* *Joseph voice* :OH MY GOOOD

[@arisenriccardo4899]

I like that nobody actually contest the ss tier of the Roman Empire -ROMA CAPUT MUNDI-

[@wilfredorosarioisidro8871]

save the great rome the most powerful nation in history

[@sickreds2227]

All the world knows Rome at 1 postion, the problem Is find the real n. 2

[@mrcool2107]

Sad to see that what italy is today

[@fabrizio.guidi64]

​@@mrcool2107Italy has two problems: corruption and depopulation for the rest it is the best nation in the world from many points of view

[@nachok2884]

"The mughals, Harry Potter people" Drew Durnil 2021

[@kirtan061]

What does it mean

[@kirtan061]

@Levi Russell oh I have now realized I knew it but at the moment I didn't recall I thought it was something serious 😅 not a joke thanks btw

[@kirtan061]

@Levi Russell no I have the seen movie but I don't understood the joke at instance. I also want to read books but i don't have so much time nowadays

[@kirtan061]

@Levi Russell ya you're write I'm also so interested in books

[@Aqil660-c6s]

@@kirtan061 explain

[@thecrookedguy2076]

Drew: i take in to account how small the nation started The ottomans: literally a Turkic tribe in Anatolia that were given land by the seljuks and they were dealing with mongols and byzantinzes at the same time

[@JoemamaGaming-md6je]

Most empire started from small country and when Ottoman started, Mongol was broken to smaller empire and real Mongol was in China far from Ottoman and byzantine already weakened by Arab and Crussader so Ottoman could take them out easily.

[@animationcity8178]

@@JoemamaGaming-md6je not Byzantines, they started from Rome and half of the Mediterranean

[@JoemamaGaming-md6je]

@@animationcity8178 Yeah I know but this guy right here didn't know that many empire was started from small country

[@animationcity8178]

@@JoemamaGaming-md6je Yeah you are right there

[@furkankorkmaz99]

@@JoemamaGaming-md6je but many started with easy mode ottomasn started on hardcore mode

[@animationcity8178]

In land, Ottomans could be an A or a B tier. In terms of World innovations tho, definitely an S or even SS tier. Just think about it: They were one of the major reasons of the Colonization of America which led to Renaissance which led to the Reforms which led to the rise of the Europeans which led to the Industrial Revolution which led to WW1

[@husnuvesaire7972]

Just an American did this so shouldn't get it that serious i think

[@animationcity8178]

Yeah, probably

[@abdulmueedsaleh2007]

FAX.... criminal that he didn't put the greatest empire in history in SS tier. There's just so much in it. From the siege of Constantinople, by a 21 YEAR OLD, to defeating and BECOMING the world super power for nearly if not more than 2 centuries, and so much more...

[@abdulmueedsaleh2007]

@@husnuvesaire7972 nah fax 😆

[@RisingHoopsPod]

Drew: I take in to account how small the nation started Portugal: Well, that was a lie

[@Andrew-px9fj]

So true

[@manifesttruth7645]

The Holy Roman Empire was grossly underrated. It started in the year 800 with Emperor Charlemagne and fell in 1806 with Emperor Francis II. Hardly anyone knows that much about the Holy Roman Empire; but if you are an Empire that not that many people know much about but last for over 1000 years, then you are underrated to say the least. I think any empire lasting over 1000 years deserves to at least be above C tear.

[@majorvincsenzo731]

I believe the HRE can't be considered as an empire in the traditional sense, it was just a loose coalition of smaller states and duchies.

[@jaimete0589]

All time with the same territory

[@jerudo66]

Ironically, Charlemagne (technically a king of France) founded the Holy Roman Empire and Napoleon (Emperor of France) caused it's fall.

[@smoothjazz2143]

no centralized government = trash tier

[@welersoncarvalhodeavila4499]

Is it really a empire? is it tho?

[@pacoramon9468]

The Mongols "cotrolled" a lot of land by conquering and was retaken shortly after just like Japan, they didn't influence those territories like Spain and Portugal did.

[@pathet11cc]

cry about it

[@peckishparrot1041]

@@pathet11cc goofy ahh empire, just like nazi germans, controlled it for a small amount of time and did nothing

[@legendarygamer468]

You can already tell I love The Germam Empire

[@PotatoBoy44]

German Empire

[@CoolEdo]

Hail Kaiser Dir!

[@TheBoyer19]

Drew claims that Portugal got Angola and Mozambique after WW1 haha oh man Drew never change

[@potato8606]

Me when i see drew put poland-lithuania in B tier: **angry hussar noises**

[@Mario-hi5sq]

Think positive. In A tier PLC would be between Germany and Russia...

[@olitor2004]

@@Mario-hi5sq :o

[@olitor2004]

I Think its fair, i A tier it would be with USA and French and its greatest time, im not sure if we were that Good, but still

[@chuahseongteik4488]

Yea poland deserve to get their credit after getting remove from the map

[@Sam_Sabaka1]

Same

[@ferhatozturk3571]

in case of the ottomans dont forget they hold back the crusaders, fought against the mongols, ended the dynasties of the eastern roman empire and mamlukes, competed later with the russian empire in the north and with the portuguese empire on sea (especially for trade routes in the meditteranian sea and indian ocean) and still managed to exist for more than 600 years. I think if the ottomans would not exist, world history would look much different nowadays. So tier B is a little bit low but thats just my opinion..

[@dodolulupepe]

I actually kind of like the HRE. This might sound crazy but I think it looks nice, it doesn't really look like bordergore.

[@dodolulupepe]

@Gameboy 2000 it is beautiful to look at for me

[@mitchellbrough1615]

Most fuedal era empires were the same anyway as the rulers gave away the land to people underneath them

[@yungstallion2201]

Empire of Wales is obviously the biggest and best🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿💪

[@A2pattingPod042]

Wales sucks

[@nomadictanker8100]

@@A2pattingPod042 ummm... ok?

[@feelingnether158]

@@A2pattingPod042 WOW ! WOW ! How dare you !

[@A2pattingPod042]

@@feelingnether158 allow me to explain my self i simply dont like wales for the fact that there not many Jobs there as in England. However wale is the worse Place in britannia as they done nothing but Build Castle.

[@raphl8026]

I dunno, Luxemburg World Union is pretty stronk

[@takenoLs]

Drew ‘the crumbing man of Europe’ Durnil

[@lgardner7176]

Ottoman empire collapsing amature My happiness Is crumbling more

[@parayaguerra]

it was the sick man of europe

[@eldahalas7015]

Cookie monster of Europe

[@eminmerttezcan6120]

@@lgardner7176 why

[@jiaqiliu2052]

Me, a Chinese, feel Qing is a little bit underrated, though I don't think it is the best empire in Chinese history. But the Manchus started as a small group of people in Northeast Asia and they managed to take over Ming, a big state/empire, and sustain an imperial rule for almost 300 years. But like I said, I don't think it's the best example of Chinese empires. Qin Empire implemented a centralized bureaucratic system and some great infrastructures (what Chinese love for more than 2000 yrs), and Tang Empire had a really open-minded and cosmopolitan culture at its heyday. I am trying to be neutral, but I guess my nationality might affect my understanding about the Japanese Empire. It was not easy for Japan to expand, but Japan really failed to tamed the land it occupied and collapsed even faster than Qin Empire. I will rank it a tier beneath the British Empire for sure.

[@XenSolation.]

The Qing is maximum A tier but I agree it was definitely underrated during this video. It's artistic culture had a huge impact on modern day art. However, it was an extremely unstable empire following the industrial revolution due to its refusal to modernise and industralize. Many rebellions broke out between the native groups such as the Taiping Rebellion, the Dungan Revolt, the White Lotus rebellion etc. The political climate of the country meant foreign powers could take advantage which had ultimately led to the empire's demise when the Xinhai revolution had struck. They were defeated numerous times and made fools of, having to cede Taiwan in the first sino-japanese war (treaty of Shimonoseki) and having to cede Hong Kong to the British following the first opium war (treaty of Nanking). It had been the richest nation in the world in both the 17th and the 18th century, which is what imo makes it deserving of a higher spot. However, its military prowess was insufficient for the period's omnipresent militaristic policies.

[@dorianbrlic8632]

Poland-Lithuania never stopped Mongols because Mongols never tried to attack from that side, Mongols were attacking from Middle East to Balkan and when they got to Croatia/Hungary they defeated them somehow like O_O

[@ozkansolmazjr]

Lol I agree with you my polish history teacher told us that some officials from Poland-Lithuanian empire escaped to Hungary so the mongol empire just crushed on Hungary. The real hero is the Turks who were able to surpass them and they did mongolians to capture only %50 of the current border of Turkey.

[@tcp1906]

Actually Portugal had those colonies before wwi

[@republicapopulardachina8056]

tomas turbando

[@spiritanimations9629]

I think they had India and then they gave it as a gift to the british

[@tcp1906]

@@republicapopulardachina8056 que piada horrível

[@tcp1906]

@maher al hussaine you re welcome😅

[@tonit4233]

Mostly the coastline of Mozambique and Angola they pushed in the interior later.

[@Duck-wc9de]

4:15 that was portugal. the first european nation arriving in japan

[@duncandl910]

He said one of the only, and the Portuguese were kicked out for proselytism. The Dutch were the only ones allowed to trade from the 17th to the 19th century.

[@AlexandreeSantoss]

What he doesn’t know is that Portugal was the first European country to round the southern tip of Africa. Back then everyone thought there was a monster swallowing the ships. They also invented quite a few other things in other countries, brought spices to India, including Cinnamon and more. Portugal was quite important back then, they did the unthinkable in many ways, they did what others wouldn’t dare doing, and voyaged far and beyond with the ships back then. Also, the Portuguese created loads of better ways to sail the oceans, they were one of the greatest at sea!

[@jasonmaragkakis1181]

Drew: this empire has got to go pretty high Also drew:''puts them on D"

[@TheNewFanny]

The one I see in D is the Belgian "empire"

[@doyouevenpraise189]

The Mongol, The British and the Spanish Empires were the biggests in the World if not mistaken. Though my fav will always be the Roman Empire

[@theanglo-lithuanian1768]

No matter which empire you love or hate, we can all agree the Roman's were badass.

[@Pate_43]

I am Spanish and I am also proud of it :)

[@chiefmasterofdeepwarrens3208]

@@theanglo-lithuanian1768 indeed.

[@mrcool2107]

What is so good about Roman empire that u all like??

[@peckishparrot1041]

@@mrcool2107 they created the letters of all of european language (excluding russia), civilized the land, modernized the land, and more.

[@brasergrazer8068]

"Some of the biggest empires" Brazilian empire: am i a joke to you?

[@elfelix8843]

The Brazilian empire was just a little more chunkier Brazil

[@jsdaking7659]

Laughs in Mongolian

[@martinavila8382]

Inca empire: I understand you bro

[@zyanego3170]

*Someone has to go to Brazil*

[@aidenwilson164]

You just inherited it from the Portuguese though. You didn’t conquer much.

[@Claronomes]

You are right dude, i am Turkish and Ottoman's could have done so much more. They never colonized anywhere, they ruled over north africa for centuries but right now not a single person knows what ottoman empire is in north africa. They never colonized or tried to emphasize their own culture to other nations, they just ruled them.

[@gabrielstanzanibsemense.4798]

Britsh empire:the biggest French empite:the strongest(in military) Portuguese empire:the oldest Mali empire: the richest Dutch empire:the spicest Spanish empire:the silverst

[@marcello7781]

Alexander's empire: the fastest

[@eliaslaurent479]

@@marcello7781 *Laughs in Napoléon*

[@eliaslaurent479]

@Aman Lool *laughs in winning almost every battle in 1v7*

[@eliaslaurent479]

@Aman Lool ah you lost the argument about Napoleon saw you use the WW2 card. How uneducated. Typical French hater

[@eliaslaurent479]

@Aman Lool l o l. Pls tell me where you come from so I can laugh

[@charlesstuart3703]

I think you should have included the Chola Empire in the tier list. My reasons are the following: 1. One of the only Indian nations to launch an invasion of lands far outside of the Indian subcontinent. It launched an invasion of Indonesia in 1025, and actually launched an expedition all the way in the Philippines 2. Dominated the Maritime Silk Road while it was at it's height 3. After they conquered Bengal, they shipped a bunch holy water all the way from the Ganges back to their capital.

[@sdgamer9427]

I'm an Indian and I didn't even know about that 💀. Thanks Charles!

[@prawinsama]

More fun facts , south East Asian culture entirely is heavily influenced by the cholas ,Tamil culture The word navy came from the Tamil word "navai" or "naavaai" , it's in the literature that was written a few thousand years ago The cholas had 60, 000 WAR elephants ,and they were able to take some of them for war overseas, they had ships like that their navy was one of the strongest in the world at that time They were they richest province on earth at that time. Of course they didn't just dominate the maritime silk road ,they also ruled the spice boleavard. They traded with empires all over the world, primary if not only exporters of spices, ivory and so on. Gotta say they had women generals, nobles, philosophers, merchants, artists and so on just as equal as their male counterparts, they were able to make big donations to people for dams ,creating thousands of small lakes for people and animals alike to reserve rain water that's abundant in South India. There was no gender inequality and racial inequality. People from all over the world visited and lived in small communities, Greek mercenaries guarding the gate, Roman philosophers arguing with local ones. It was a rich Cosmopolitan empire where everyone was welcomed. Though, there was some war slavery that did happen at that time ,not as much as the other empires but still it was happening. Their temples acted as banks that redistributed wealth among people making everyone richer, for example a loan of 100 goats will be given to someone who doesn't have anything and want to be a part of the society,can be of any race and gender. They will be oathed to give back 100 goats in a given time, they take care of the goats, and do agri in the piece of land they are given with the loaned goats or cows or whatever and once the goats populate enough they give back the 100 goats to the temple and that 100 goats is given to someone else who is in need , this probably is one of the bad example of king Raja Raja chola's administration,but it is one among the thousand things he did. Their architecture is less to none, the scientific intricacies and artistic expression in their temples are mind boggling. Their paintings are amazing. Honestly there's so much and not even Indians know about these stuff ,only us tamils do. It was considered the golden age of Tamil people even after thousands of years.

[@charlesstuart3703]

@@prawinsama Wow, I never knew that Cholan temples gave out loans to the poor, or how multicultural the empire was. Thanks for all the facts.

[@prawinsama]

@@charlesstuart3703 There are tons of inscriptions that informs about all these information. Not just that, there's this temple called tanjavur big temple, some people call it "brihadisvara temple" ,which is a architectural marvel which has no basement built, carved out of hard granite, they say it used to be covered in gold like temples usually are...even without any basement the temple withstood 6 major earthquakes, floods and storms and etc. The top piece "vimanam" of the temple is 86 tons if am right, carved out of a single granite. This was built only about a thousand years ago, not too far back in our history yet still it's something to marvel at. There are these inscriptions in that template,which credit everyone who contributed to the temple including the sculptures to generals to merchants ,even the people who donated a few ounces of ghee to the temple to light lamps, in my opinion that makes the structure much more greater than it already is cause i have never ever seen something like this happen elsewhere in any structure. (Edit: by basement i mean base under the ground for a tall structure to stand straight)

[@theunbeatable6598]

@@prawinsama no

[@EmperorCaligula_EC]

ROMA ETERNA! Personally I would rank Empires more on lasting impact on history. So the Mogols were large in extend but the historic impact of their culture was close to nil.

[@swiss_nostalgia7691]

The dutch empire was nerfed hard since they had waaay more territory at their height

[@ninjafakenpc6695]

Drew: « Only if the Ottomans had Colonies » *sad Aceh noises*

[@hesabhesab4353]

Ottoman didnt colonize Aceh

[@hesabhesab4353]

Aceh Emperor asked for help from Sultan Suleyman I. of Ottoman Empire against Dutch and Portuguese Pirates and Suleyman agreed to send 8 canons, 22 fleets, 600 naval forces for expedition alongside ammunition and provisions.

[@ninjafakenpc6695]

@@hesabhesab4353 It can still be considered colonization since they ended up annexing it.

[@hesabhesab4353]

@@ninjafakenpc6695 I dont think it should be considered “Colonization” since The Aceh Sultan wanted it himself. Ottomans never attack or invade Aceh or had an intent of colonizing or annexing it. It was an diplomatic and strategic move made by Sultan Aleaddin of Aceh because the attacks were getting worse and the sultanate couldnt resist and sustain by itself anymore. Im not saying Aceh Sultan was elated because it merged with Ottomans but it was a last resort strategic decision that had to be made in order to survive. And there is a big difference between Traditional Colonisation like French ( Africa , Caribbean , Oceania), British (E.g, India, Indonesia, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Australia), Spanish and Portuguese (South America), Dutch (Caribbean,Africa, e.g, South Africa, Surinam, Netherlands Antilles), Americans (E.g, Philippines, Palau, Hawaii) did. Aceh people even to this day are grateful for Ottomans and are currently using its flag in their fight for indipendence from Indonesia. If they felt wronged, colonized or sad, im sure they would not use the symbols and flag of Ottoman Empire since nobody is forcing them to do so and they could easily find some things better to use on their flag.

[@hesabhesab4353]

@@ninjafakenpc6695 There is a letter sent from Aleaddin to Suleyman personally in 1566, regarding this topic. I will try to find it in English and send the link

[@EE-dj7et]

I think you needed a different tier list for ancient empires considering they had much more limited options than modern empires like they couldnt colonize etc.

[@sarlsane]

drew: puts Macedon Empire in C me: *angry alexander noises*

[@Handle0108]

It’s not tho

[@gabon6088]

He put it in a

[@evrodrill]

@@Handle0108 leta put it in f- - - - - -

[@abdulmueedsaleh2007]

bruv did NOT do the Ottomans justice. Constantinople. Anataolia. The Janissaries. C'MON

[@usefulhumvn]

Drew: puts the mongol empire at SS. Me: *happy mongol noises* Edit: Thanks for the likes!

[@csanadkardos9956]

Mongol humans actually exist?

[@TheNewFanny]

@@csanadkardos9956" why you thought Mongol people didn't exist like Australia and Denmark and Finland and new Zealand" -Drew Durnil

[@inguunenkhtaivan9146]

@@csanadkardos9956 If Mongols didn't exist, Asia would colonize the world. Not Europe. Mongol Empire upgraded Europe by sharing its technology from China like gunpowder, papers, etc.

[@usefulhumvn]

@@csanadkardos9956 thats not that wrong because theres only about 3 million people are considered mongolian.

[@undertaker9587]

How Ottomans B tier “Sad kebap noises”

[@ISkinDogsForFun]

*sad Mehmed The Conqueror noises*

[@flaflak]

Well i agree i was problaly thinking the Ottoman deserve an A

[@o.s.1406]

Ottomans were A tier conquerors, but were C tier at future-proofing their empire and at corruption.

[@ISkinDogsForFun]

@@flaflak me too cuz it wasn't easy to capture Constantinople (which was also called capital of the world at that time) and ottomans managed to do it. It is also kinda funny how they managed to it but the Mongols couldn't

[@ISkinDogsForFun]

I agree but how many empires didn't get corrupted

[@bluesubaru7338]

Polish-Lithuania looks like a country I drew when I was 12

[@nyankahana6447]

You were very talented to draw the most beautiful, colourful, amazing and great country to ever exist.

[@bluesubaru7338]

@@nyankahana6447 I am glad to have contributed to society

[@ANONYM00SE]

It does actually

[@ANONYM00SE]

*drew* heh

[@machikokyokyosan8104]

Iberian Union Aka Spanish Empire lasted for 333 years with 40 mKM^2 > the so called "British Empire" that lasted 120 years with 33mKm^2 (thanks to the Antarctic lands, how many people live there? is that a good market?)

[@grahamturner2640]

The Aztecs should probably go higher because they managed to build their capital (Tenochtitlan) to be absolutely huge and they didn't have things like horses to go long distances quickly.

[@AGhostintheHouse]

They also lacked the wheel.

[@marcello7781]

The Incas didn't have wheels either and they managed to form the biggest empire of pre-Columbian Americas

[@grahamturner2640]

@@marcello7781 and they lived in mountains and managed to build an empire-wide road network.

[@COLDoCLINCHER37]

@@AGhostintheHouse so? Egypt didn't have the wheel when pyramids were built. No wheel dosent = no civilisation.

[@sephikong8323]

But it is obvious that the longevity of the empire played a role in their placement (as stated also for No-No Germany) so the Inca and Aztecs kinda have that going against them

[@xenotypos]

Well, you definitely overrate the Japanese empire by a long shot, but the video was fun. Some other choices are very weird (Mali, Danemark(viking empire?), etc...) but it's your choices. Thanks for the video.

[@dotuix]

japan is not even an empire, just like Nazi occupying mainland Europe

[@evald5373]

@@dotuix japan WAS a empire

[@heeroheero8844]

@@evald5373 lmao no it wasnt

[@triv4492]

Me, a Polish guy, before watching : I bet it's some random youtuber who doesn't even know about Polish Commomwealth 400 years ago. Me after he put it in a nice place: This guy is amazing, he knows what he's doing.

[@leigon.]

i actually like this ranking i do think though that both persian and macedonian empire should have been moved up to B tier or A tier considering how succesful they were

[@giannisv.4472]

no way macedonian empire is better than persian empire or even byzantium since it lasted only for Alexander's lifetime and then it split into smaller greek kingdoms

[@drbonse77]

Drew: nonogermany, “ love what they were doing “ Me: Okey ???

[@NathanRog02]

SUS

[@Peace37397]

I’m not mad just saying Egypt could go higher because it was so good at war and had the 1st biggest army and the Pharaoh was so cool.

[@cyruskabir16]

9:04 Which one is Greek, which one is Persian. Alexander: Dude?! Cyrus: Yeah, Whatever..

[@_blank-_]

5:39 Pretty sure Angola and Mozambique were Portuguese colonies way before WW1. Drew is probably mixing up with Cameroon, Namibia and Tanzania that were German colonies but were then given to France and the UK after the war.

[@scipioafricanus5871]

No he means that those coastal settlements that were Angola and Mozambique wasn't significantly expanded before after Brazilian independence in 1822.

[@IVaV1]

I love how when it got to colonial empires drew went really in depth as to why they should be in whichever tier they were in but when it got to older empires not in europe, he just randomly placed them in b and c tier and gave them like 3 seconds of talk time. *Also Assyria should be d tier, they were fricking tiny*

[@killerpanda1166]

land is not everything

[@dinamosflams]

The Helenice Empire should Go high S tier

[@technicult2003]

Anyone noticing when Drew is doing something in an episode, the video always basically starts with “So”.

[@dasan3312]

Drew, I'm a nerd in Russian History and I can definitely tell you that the Soviets, even if the west says so, never deemed themselves as an empire. They hated the term of imperialism (even though ironically they practiced it in eastern europe). The Russian Empire was the one that really declared themselves imperialist, which is why they fell to the soviets. Oh and I believe Russia should be on SS tier because of how small they started and how rapidly they expanded. They were just the city of moscow when they started, and in just 300 years got to the size we know today.

[@casualfolk7066]

It doesn’t exactly count if they’re just occupying empty wasteland

[@diederikceuppens6763]

@@casualfolk7066 yeah and they defended that wasteland against napoleon in 1812

[@dasan3312]

@@casualfolk7066 one, its not empty, and two the only wasteland there is is in the arctic. Siberia is extremely useful, which is one reason why Russia became a superpower 4 times in a row in its history and is now one of the 5 great powers of the world. Siberia has useful minerals, oil, and good arable land especially in the southern parts for mass collective farming. Saying all of Russia is a wasteland is like saying 905 of america's territory is useless.

[@mixlllllll]

​​@@dasan3312"is now one of the 5 great powers of the world" Only on paper lol

[@gigamusicman]

I think the Portugal empire need to be higher, he show the way to india and start with the colonies, and obviously, the most importante, the oranges

[@JPL454]

Dá pra perceber que és português

[@slvaster8242]

Facts

[@condedooku9750]

Also the Spanish Empire deserves to be higher.

[@Ambitwine]

As a Spaniard, I would argue the Spanish empire to be a solid S, it was the first global/colonial empire in history, it was the dominant power for 300 years, it was the fourth largest empire (Wikipedia says fifth but that's because they're not counting the northwest United States territory), we had extremely fertile territories in our empire, and that's why nowadays Spanish is the second language by native speakers (the first being Chinese) and one Spanish king, Carlos I of Spain, was simultaneously the king of Spain with all the colonies and Holy roman emperor, basically the two dominant powers in Europe at the time, there's more things to mention, but I consider this to be the "coolest" ones, put more in the comments if you feel like it :)

[@goncaloferreira8543]

Spain wasn't the first colonial empire, the first was Portugal .

[@Ambitwine]

@@goncaloferreira8543 true, but there wasn't much time difference between the two, and the Spanish one was definitely more important, but that's why I said "global" as an alternative for colonial, the Spanish empire was the first global empire

[@goncaloferreira8543]

@@Ambitwine Didn't Portugal started the age of exploration and navigation?

[@Ambitwine]

@@goncaloferreira8543 exactly, exploring and colonizing through the coast of Africa and India, they were the first ones to find an alternative trade route for the silk road, and that's why they didn't accept Columbus, they already managed the trade, so he went to Spain

[@Ambitwine]

@@goncaloferreira8543 Iberia has a history of innovation, exploring and conquering, without a doubt one of the most interesting places at that time

[@JustElo-]

8:30 - 8:50 Drew: Gotta rank them high *Puts them in B and C*

[@virendrasourashtriya1236]

You forgot the Mauryan Empire, which told a lot more than the Mughal Empire

[@raphl8026]

Belgium: Litterally has a colony 10 times bigger and better than its mainland and the richest part of Africa Drew: Eh Belgium kinda sus

[@boba7164]

The weird thing is that he said like 4 times that he ranks them also on how small the country was before the big empire. and also, Congo is 77 times bigger XD. But still i kinda think it's deserved (not last but still not at the top)

[@sriyasodharmma4021]

Belgium is *HANDS DOWN* the best empire! (get it?)

[@someangryinsanebelgian4618]

And is small and weak

[@someangryinsanebelgian4618]

And was able to keep it for longer then some bigger empires

[@someangryinsanebelgian4618]

And was smart

[@Sooper-Pumpkin]

Drew: Tell me why I'm wrong Me: Your wrong because I don't know

[@nathanielsealy2243]

My day be so fine, then boom: British Empire in S tier instead of SS tier

[@yeetjones927]

Yeah and he puts the american empire in A tier even though its just modern day america with a fwlew more islands

[@Smileyreal]

Yeah, they belonged in D tier, bri'ish "people" don't belong in S tier.

[@marxistvalorie]

Building an Empire by mostly slaughtering Natives can't be that hard.

[@williamcarruthers8334]

Salty American

[@killerdemonsniped7409]

Honestly I thought the British were good at A

[@BatuhanDere]

You know its drew when he puts the empire of USA above ottomans, austria-hungary, both germanies and byzantine

[@commiecrusader3064]

The romans should have been surrounded by “barbarian” empires

[@luftwaffebomber1340]

The barbarians tackled Rome and tried to explain why invading the world is bad, but he killed himself before they could explain why invading the world is bad.

[@commiecrusader3064]

@@luftwaffebomber1340 nice 👌🏻

[@FirstLast-cj4uz]

@@luftwaffebomber1340 bill wurtz