History of Walls - Summary on a Map

In this video, we retrace the history of some of the most famous walls ever built, from antiquity until today.
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English translation & voiceover: Matthew Bates www.epicvoiceover.com/
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Music: The Grey Train - Audio Hertz (Non-Exclusive License Agreement)
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Software: Adobe After Effects
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Chapters
00:00 Nomadic and Sedentary
02:21 The Roman Limes
04:14 The Great Wall
05:45 Walls in the 20th century
07:37 The end of the Cold War and decolonization
10:11 The conflicts of the 21st century
11:34 Anti-migrant walls
13:00 Climate walls
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#history #geohistory #walls #conflict #border

[@GeoHistory]

Hi everyone, Here is a summary of the walls that are mentioned in the video: 00:16 Ancient Mesopotamia Walls 01:26 The Qin and Han Wall 02:52 Hadrian's Wall and Antonine Wall 04:38 The Great Wall of China 05:49 The Atlantic Wall 06:17 The Iron Curtain 06:58 The Korean Demilitarized Zone 07:40 The Berlin Wall 08:14 The Peace Walls in Belfast 08:38 The Green line in Cyprus 09:11 The Moroccan Western Sahara Wall 10:22 The Kashmir LoC 10:49 The Israeli West Bank Barrier and Gaza Wall 12:03 The Trump Wall 13:12 The Japanese sea Wall to stop Tsunami 13:28 Manhattan floodwall Enjoy it !

[@seeangel9482]

Again an fantastic video

[@papazataklaattiranimam]

Once again, you chose an Interesting topic and covered an informative video.

[@Taxolia]

You forgot the Theodosian walls

[@TheHardys01]

Your videos are great!

[@LiamE69]

In the province of Britney? Is that where spears came from? There are 4 syllables in Britannia, not two.

[@civilservant9528]

WALL-E better be included.

[@RodolfoGaming]

Second this

[@Monke12320]

I agree

[@vortex9806]

Hahaha

[@estebanod]

Lmaoo

[@BMTEnjoyer160]

EVA

[@fwieland]

A common misconception is that the german “Atlantikwall” translates to “Atlantic wall”. But that is not the case. A german “Wall” is rather a lose, strategicly placed “rampart”, so the terminology in german is pretty accurate. It was rather never intended to be a wall

[@laars2233]

Thanks. The english word "wall" would rather work by the german word "Wand" or "Mauer"

[@linusminus3]

And another word for "rampart" would be "fortification", as explained in the video. Funny with false friends like that.

[@CaptainConditor]

I'm surprised you didn't mention the green wall in Africa that's supposed to prevent the Sahara's expansion into the Sahel zone.

[@kairon156]

If was thinking the same thing.

[@curtisthomas2670]

Benin Walls in Nigeria

[@L1M.L4M]

That's exactly what I thought of when "climate walls" were brought up

[@Poompingtokmaking]

The earliest reference to the Mongols classifies them as a Tang dynasty tribe of Shiwei during the eighth century. It was only after the fall of the Liao dynasty in 1125 that they became an important tribe on the Central Asian steppe, but tribal wars weakened their power over the ensuing century. During the thirteenth century, the term Mongol was used to refer to the Mongolic and Turkic tribes who fell under the control of Genghis Khan. The Mongols are primarily a shamanist society; their central deity is the sky god Tenger.

[@draphotube4315]

Wasn't it Tengri?

[@nenenindonu]

Another great wall based in the Caucasus includes the Wall of Derbent it was raised by the Sassanid empire to prevent Hunnic-Khazar invasions and really deserved a mention

[@ChevyChase301]

There was also a wall from the Caspian to merv since Achaemenid times

[@StAngerNo1]

I was surpised the Atlantic Wall was included but the Maginot Line not, since they are very similar in nature.

[@MichaelJordanable]

In Croatia there is "The Walls of Ston", built in 14th century and is thought to be the longest preserved medieval stone fortification system in Europe, and one of the longest such walls in the world, the world’s second-longest preserved fortification system today. Build by city of Ragusa (Dubrovnik), "only" 5.5km (originally 7km) long, but well preserved, you can walk the whole length of it.

[@senrogas387]

Yup, King’s Landing

[@exist140]

I've been there and visited them! truly fascinating. In medieval times, they also extracted a lot of salt from the salt fields there. Those same salt fields still exist and are still in use today.

[@thekingoftheworld1]

The video we never asked for but needed

[@harku123]

Amazing video and I love the new addition of the little pieces of art to illustrate what it looks like, like the Normandy bunker coast and the West Sahara walls etc

[@austintomlinson7863]

I still, to this day, think it's funny the most militarized place in the world is the *De*militarized Zone.

[@shady3165]

Most militarized zone in the world is Kashmir. Not the DMZ between Korea.

[@drodrodro9633]

​@@shady3165no it's dmz korean wall

[@shady3165]

@@drodrodro9633 a 5 second Google search would prove you wrong

[@epsilonlambdaomega1zero]

I just have to give appreciation for this narrator. His cadence goes perfectly with the music. I wish I could pay for more of these videos!

[@glenmallory6181]

Notable exclusions: Majinot Line, Zigfried Line, and the 3,488 mile long Dingo Fence (an environmental barrier).

[@Jamie-kk5fq]

Those were just defensive fortifications not walls. (Except for the dingo fence)

[@campbellgaskin3818]

@@Jamie-kk5fq He included the Atlantikwall, which is more similar to the Siegfried and Maginot lines.

[@chinguunerdenebadrakh7022]

@@Jamie-kk5fq the same as Atlantikwall, but it's mentioned in the video.

[@wojtekpolska1013]

You mentioned the atlantic wall, but im surprised you didnt mention the maginot line. its also not a wall per-se, but definitely more of a wall than the atlantic wall

[@timsel6228]

How original is this! Geohistory never disappoints and the quality stays super high

[@sabaurushadze1639]

there is also Kelasuri wall in Abkhazia, Georgia. wall is built in 15-16 centuries by prince of one of western georgian principalities to defend from northern semi nomad Circassian raiders raiding Georgian lands. this wall is main proof of theory which says that modern abkhazians are ones who came after fall of united Georgia and assimilated local Georgians there. alongside with the fact that medieval abkhazian aristocracy had georgian dynastic names and spoke/wrote in georgian language.

[@tudiensamdict]

The channel is very good, the events happening are shown on the map very intuitive and easy to understand. Thank you.

[@patrickgerrie5267]

I'm pretty sure the wall of Jericho, now known as the city of Tell es-Sultan is around 8000-10000bce. Not to mention all the structures found in turkey and surrounding areas which are dated to similar times, which include walls.

[@rodschmidt8952]

That first wall sounds like a barrier to stop animals from migrating into the cultivated area and munching on the crops.

[@majd_shoots]

Your channel is in a disparate need of an upgrade of its map my friend I really love how understandable things get on a map, but the different topographical and environmental differences really do make a change to the story telling

[@ruairim2283]

Wasn't expecting the Irish peace walls to appear. Appreciate the mention

[@neutralfellow9736]

nice to mention that Roman walls weren't as defensive as they were for movement control between the line

[@sunnyjim1355]

I agree. That is actually a key fact about Hadrian's Wall - it was primarily to control commerce via taxation... not defence.

[@Saeronor]

@@sunnyjim1355 Not according (even) to this video. Commercial function is shown as merely a later add-on, made possible by relative calm on a specific border, which was (partially) made possible by... guess what.

[@thegrasswhistle5238]

He mentions that it was also for preventing large migrations. He doesn’t omit anything particularly important, what he says about the Roman walls is true.

[@lowellfinn]

Geo History is always informative and unbias to all the parties involved. Love from Indonesia

[@know.101]

Great video ! Keep up the good work!

[@johanlugthart7782]

If we include walls against water, I would expect some Dutch walls as well. Afsluitdijk and Westerscheldekering for sure.

[@scubardiveshop1389]

another great video, never disappoints.

[@Pnutcolada]

Great Video! I never knew so much about walls till now :) One thing: why did you leave out the Maginot Line? That would have been another example of "going around the wall"

[@mihahur]

I liked very much. I really appreciate this kind of history, related to architecture. But unfortunately there are few quality videos of this kind

[@FujikkoJP]

*Finally more knowledge this video will teach me more then my school ever could.*

[@RodolfoGaming]

This

[@tomacmar]

theres a wall on polish-belarussian border

[@shreyasbhat0506]

Finally, another video from GeoHistory!!

[@boatymsboatface3929]

Extremely Educational- thank you!

[@destroamer9111]

@GeoHistory hi! Firstly, I want to say that you really have a nice channel where you tell chronological facts in the world and i like it. So i just wish you continue this video and that everything is fine with you. Secondly, I want to ask you to do video about evolution of culture, please.🙏🙏🙏 Thank you!

[@leeseepeeng]

Honourable mention would be the Dingo Fence in Australia! even though it’s not a wall (or is it?) (is a fence a wall) (I feel like the Dingo fence is similar to a wall because it’s a physical barrier and pretty sturdy. It isn’t temporary as we would consider a fence to be)

[@PuckishAngeI]

For context the Qin weren't the first to build the wall in northern china, there were already parts of the wall built by other states, Qin simply used them to create one long wall. There is a story how on one military campaign the Qin soldiers were suprised and terrified when they came across a giant wall, part of what is now the great wall of China

[@azizbekachilov]

You guys doing great job, I really appreciate it, please can you make a video about history of Uzbekistan

[@thesquiduation92]

Completly bias! Would love a video on the history of ireland 🇮🇪 your content is class

[@corinaijac4381]

I was so obsed, thank you so much for link my thouts to other issues....

[@xys381]

Could've cited the walls along the spanish exclaves in morroco

[@ajaxnation9504]

You can't miss a single chance to mention those cities hein?

[@jerrylou9285]

In Istanbul, There was the Theodosian Walls, which first had a moat, the 1st wall, the paratechion, the 2nd wall, the peribolo, and the thick wall. They protected Istanbul (Constantinople) from even Attila the Hun, The Avars, Turkish (Pre-Ottomans) and The Arabs. The Ottomans took a long time, before the wall is breached. Today, many of the walls stand.

[@TolkienAnswers]

It would have interesting to show what were some of the first ancient cities to have walls were.

[@thegrasswhistle5238]

It can sometimes be difficult to say

[@storm2000808]

In 1848 'King Kamehameha III' had walls built all over the Hawaiian Islands 'The Great Mahele' (the great 'divide') to end territorial conflict. (A lot of which still stand today!) Just thought I'd throw that in since I'm from Hawaii🤙

[@robertprovost1536]

This needs to be included

[@JC-vs6bz]

Im surprised you didn't mention the fences in slovakia, those are pretty much 2m tall concrete walls

[@nickburns2550]

Your videos are incredible! You have great map visuals and interesting topics. I get that they take time to make, but I wish you posted more often.

[@tomasmonkey5432]

I feel u missed out on Walls on Rome, Walls of babylon, Maginot line and the most important of them all, Justinians walls who kept out non romans for hundreds of years

[@jaimevazquez7377]

Exelent investigation and presentation ! De un polemico, importante y triste tema a la vez. 👏🏼😃

[@Irazarra]

Great lakes on this map. Includes Volta reservoir in Ghana, I see you!

[@scottdixon3417]

Best channel ever

[@hitrapperandartistdababy]

I gotta say you forgot to mention one of the most important walls of human history and arguably a proper wonder! The Theodossian wall which kept Constantinople firmly greek for several centuries and withstood unending barrages from enourmous Ottoman cannon fire for an entire month! Arguably the greatest City wall in Human history

[@sunnyjim1355]

Absolutely spot on. The fact that it wasn't very long does not discount it as being one of the most effective walls... ever.

[@ASmallPartofHistory]

Another notable wall in history is the Hadrian's Wall in northern England, which was built by the Romans to mark the northern boundary of their empire and protect against invasions by tribes from Scotland. The wall stretched over 70 miles and was a testament to the Roman's military strategy and engineering capabilities. In medieval Europe, walls were commonly built around cities and towns to protect against enemy invasions and raiders. These walls were often constructed of stone and were fortified with towers, gates, and other defensive structures. Walls have also been used for political purposes, such as the Berlin Wall which was erected by the Soviet Union in 1961 to separate East and West Berlin. The wall became a symbol of the Cold War and the division between capitalist and communist ideologies. In recent years, walls have become a controversial topic, with some arguing for their use as a means of border control and others opposing them on humanitarian and practical grounds. The history of walls is a complex one, reflecting the changing needs and priorities of societies throughout history.

[@robertortiz-wilson1588]

I like the topic!

[@albertomaragliano]

Thank you for the beautiful video 👋👋👋👋👋👋👋👋👋👋

[@papazataklaattiranimam]

The Gaoju (高車 lit. "High Cart"), also known as Tiele,[90] were early Turkic speakers related to the earlier Dingling,[91][92] who were once conquered by the Xiongnu.[93][94] Weishu also mentioned the linguistic and ethnic proximity between the Gaoju and the Xiongnu.[95] de la Vaissière proposes that the Hephthalites had originally been one Oghuric-speaking tribe who belonged the Gaoju/Tiele confederation.[82][96][97]

[@user-uj2tk2tv3z]

No one cares dude

[@Rey-tw9or]

who tf cares lmao.

[@Snoopy9675]

Copied straight from Wikipedia

[@stevewilson4718]

Turkturd

[@johncantone40]

Pretty good. The only other wall I could think of was the maginot wall

[@mustangiiii]

What about walled cities? Great stuff nevertheless

[@RandomizedProductions-Main]

7:30 It's also the most heavily protected nature preserve in the world.

[@jackmiller-johnston8689]

Having lived in Carlisle (in the north of England) for 25 years now, feel pretty damn lucky to have Hadrian's Wall on my doorstep!

[@sunnyjim1355]

The invaders are coming across the English Channel, in large numbers since 2018... so hasn't the news reached Carlisle yet? 🤣 You utter, utter, numpty.

[@yassine7325]

There is also the city wall of Taroudant in Morocco, which is the third greatest wall in the world.

[@observeurr]

How long, Morocco got many walls

[@papazataklaattiranimam]

Mehmed the Conqueror disliked this video 👁️👄👁️

[@aussieanimates]

you should make a tutorial on how you make your vids, im sure lots would love to animate like none other than the legend himself

[@kmmmsyr9883]

I was expecting to see some city walls as well like the Theodosian Walls in Istanbul, wonderful video nevertheless

[@spzer2557]

Constantinople

[@zintosion]

Damn the Narrator voice is so familliar!!! It's driving me crazy where i have heard his voice before.

[@carl_estepa]

The Philippine archipelago is also a huge wall for other SEA countries during typhoon season. Thank us later.

[@Fuku-chan02]

I'm looking forward to the Japanese version too.

[@GeoHistory]

Great ! We are working on it.

[@markusk6609]

6:30 The "Iron Curtain" did NOT run through Austria, it went AROUND it.

[@GeoHistory]

So you mean that before the Austrian reunification in 1955, the soviet sector was part of the Western bloc ?

[@dantetre]

@@GeoHistory you are right, but 36 years out of 46 years of Cold war it wasn't part of it.

[@GeoHistory]

I know that, but Churchill did mention the Iron curtain for the first time in 1946 and this was the situation at that time. In the video we can see the date, we are before 1955 and Austria was then still occupied.

[@rachelbolton-um9sv]

I've seen one years ago, need to travel more

[@simonpender8331]

Very good

[@lildreng]

Stoked for this one

[@martinweir5603]

Don't forget Australia's Rabbit Proof Fence!

[@LawpickingLocksmith]

They soon need a "Dan" fence to keep lunatics out of NSW!

[@robertprovost1536]

Yes!!!! That must be included

[@gargravarr2]

In addition to the Atlantic Wall, Nazi Germany also designated the Westwall (aka Siegfried line) and the Ostwall (aka Panther-Wotan line). The former was built in the 1930s, and slowed the allies down somewhat in 1944. The latter was only devised as an emergency strategy in 1943, and was mostly overcome by the Red Army on the move.

[@muhammadpancr7muhammadpanc844]

Can you do a video about Ibn Fadhlan who travel to Volga Bulgaria to fulfill the request of the king of the Volga Bulgars?

[@yv2r]

Can you do a video about the discovery of australia?

[@Alagboriel]

Humans can be incredibly stupid (making wars and building walls) or completely brilliant (like the person responsible for this channel). I love your videos.

[@GeoHistory]

Thank you !

[@LightBen]

That's a bit over simplist. It's geo politics we're talking about. Where I live, there is one of these walls and thank God it's there, otherwise the other side just keep sending terrorists to slaughter us. And unfortunately, many in the world want us to be slaughtered.

[@carl_estepa]

12:01 nice details

[@Tomek1001]

You could name Dannevirke. The wall build by Danes in 10th century to hold of the German empire. It is situated in the south of Jutland peninsula.

[@SandboxRaptor]

Please do a video on the Celts and Anglo saxons

[@user-dh7il2kk2f]

I would’ve loved if you had mentioned the walls of Benin the second largest walls built before the Industrial Revolution

[@dantetre]

6:00 Slovakia had different border back in WW2. Also Hungary isn't accurate. "Jugoslavia"/SCSK was divided by Axis powers like France.

[@OwainGaming]

Offa's Dyke was a semi wall drawing a border between Wales and England

[@ajsw-rt4yt]

I would like to see video like : Geopolitics in the Balkans and the security in the balkan region

[@shreyasbhat0506]

Great video!! But should've included the green wall that is planned in the Sahara and the Thar desert

[@20Bravesfan]

Im surprised you didnt talk about the walls seperating the Protestant and Catholic communities of Belfast

[@whopito422]

Such a tease. Gotta wait 3 whole days...whhaaaat!?

[@garethandrews9494]

How do you do these videos

[@stargazer-elite]

Wow this guy voices a lot of KZbin channels doesn’t he first time I herd his voice was on the channel riddle but that’s as far as I remember I might have heard it before that but idk

[@danielefabbro822]

Walls? 🤔 As type of fortification or as kind of natural boundary?

[@balashibuyeeter2704]

What about the three concentric walls in Madagascar

[@Zenas521]

Then their is the ancient 300 mile long wall of California. The City walls of Jerusalem, Rome, Troy, Constantinople, etc. In the USA, their are many walls along highways and interstates.

[@Pitas612]

Hey! About sort of political walls, there is also one made on the border of Poland and Belarus, to hold the Sirian refugees and all :D

[@Gerishnakov]

That is in the video?

[@Pitas612]

@@Gerishnakov it is not

[@kiambotebbonikay]

"I need to take actions in my life. Where do I begin?" Geo History: We begin in the 3rd Millenium BC

[@neil7737]

In the province of Brittany? This is in france, you mean Britannia

[@dl1083]

Tbh I watched this video mostly for that sick hip-hop beat in the background

[@gewnurb]

I never expected to be seeing a video about the history of walls

[@robinhood5230]

Can you make more videos on European wars?

[@prophet7774]

The western wall in Jerusalem is pretty famous too

[@styleisaweapon]

the thing about walls made of small stone, it that its a convenient source of building material

[@yasharthrathore3087]

No mention of the second longest wall in the world after the great Wall of China? The wall of Kumbhalgarh Fort

[@outlawfly664]

The great wall of Gorgan in Persia is the second longest, but it was built 1000 years before the great wall of China.

[@yasharthrathore3087]

@@outlawfly664 i am not sure if the information is correct as I read this on Wikipedia, but according to google, the great Wall of gorgan is a series of multiple fortifications and certain intervals, while the wall of china is a single segment. And so is the wall of Kumbhalgarh fort, and Wikipedia has mentioned it to be the second longest and largest pre-modern wall.

[@outlawfly664]

@@yasharthrathore3087Incorrect, read it again. It was a single-segment building with 30 fortresses spaced at intervals, only surpassed by the great wall of China and is considered second longest defensive wall in existence, but it's 1000 years older therefore imo far more impressive.

[@75338]

Maginot Line no mention?

[@drzombiecakes9563]

I am surprised the Maginot line didn't make the list

[@flade-]

Baby wake up. It’s a geo history premiere

[@outspokknn1595]

💯🔥

[@terry1989]

Why isn't there a Chinese version to this?