How was England formed?

How was England formed?
The existence of England is one that is often taken for granted and looked at far too scarcely. This may be due to the overshadowing history of the development of Great Britain and the United Kingdom, but nonetheless, in order for these unions to be formed, England had to already exist - and it actually has since 927 AD. So, how was England created, who claimed the land before the English, and how did it become the nation that we know today?...
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♦Script & Research :
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♦Sources :
Hamerow, Helena. The Origins of Wessex.
Stenton, Frank. Anglo-Saxon England.
Rees, Rosemary. The Vikings.
Albany F. Major, Early Wars of Wessex
#History #Documentary #England

[@thursdayhistory7912]

Since TikTok got confused about this I just wanna pop in and say - I’m the scriptwriter on this video and at the beginning when referencing “Scots” and pointing to Ireland, that’s not a mistake! The Scots/Scoti/Scotti were Gaels from Ireland around the same time that the Picts were in Scotland! I see why it confused people on TikTok and everyone here seems fine but, just in case 😂

[@charlesbryanpagtalunan3188]

Yeah cause the people in tiktok are dumb

[@dendenmushi5458]

Don't mind the tiktok people lol, young and dumb. Do what you do, great video

[@tonytrismegistusroberts5124]

@@Bootlegger4 what about pais de gales ?

[@JohnBedson]

So if I understand you right, a "United Ireland" would have to include Scotland?

[@thursdayhistory7912]

@@Bootlegger4 1) I was explaining why the arrow came from Ireland - because they were not just in Scotland 2) Never heard it described as derogatory (it’s just Latin) lol. It’s the term most of our sources used so we chose to use it to differentiate.

[@VarleyET]

Anyone who's interested in seeing how this played out in a TV series: The Last Kingdom did a great job covering it and it was very entertaining

[@superisii596]

The only thing, is that Uthred is a fictive role.. During Alfred reign the real Uthred from Bebbamburg was around 1-5 years old... But yes, the TV series can give you a great covering..

[@josesantiagodiaz83]

This is a great show and will show how bloody it is to hold a kingdom in that time.

[@houstonwelch4253]

I knew that Uthred was a fictional character, but I was really surprised how historically accurate the show ended up being, and it seems they are maintaining that.

[@shutupmanful]

One of the best shows on Netflix

[@georgejennings8743]

Season 5 is so good

[@cromwellcruiser]

Looking at such a long period of time, it might be useful to put a year counter in one corner alongside the animations.

[@Charmly7035]

Good idea

[@georgezee5173]

My thoughts exactly! Even though he kept saying the year, it's much better being able to check the year by yourself at any time.

[@silverjay4455]

Specially if im deaf!

[@ghostriderpa31]

It all happened in 10:16.. 🙌🏼

[@jesusislord6545]

Repent to Jesus Christ!!!!!!! “Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die; and whoever lives by believing in me will never die. Do you believe this?”” ‭‭John‬ ‭11:25-26‬ ‭NIV‬‬

[@HockeyLax50]

Crazy how the first 4 minutes of this video basically sum up the entire 5 seasons of the Last Kingdom which takes place over decades, and shows how perilous the struggle was

[@sexyalien806]

Fr also amazing show

[@Emilyb21-dm3bf]

Just started watching it. It wipes the floor with vikings the series which was frankly garbage without a hot cast and crowd pleasing repetitive violence. The story and writing in this is superior.l

[@freegamer6623]

​@@Emilyb21-dm3bfits good man

[@BlazingFire9]

Yeah also a little bit from the vikings show, the last kingdom and vikings must've been my favourite shows of all time

[@jonathanshaw7355]

Great show. 👍

[@szymonmatusiak3992]

I am amazed how a relatively small island nation had a great influence on the world. It's remarkable that English became the most spoken language - Latin of the 21st century and the long pursued dream of having an universal/world language is becoming true. Thanks for the great video. Greetings from Poland!

[@neilcroonM3]

but be honest.....you probably live in england ;) ....just kidding!

[@chiyenyumba7135]

@@neilcroonM3 well you probably live in Brazil as your lot have a finger in every pie lol.. Jus kidding

[@condorX2]

Aye. The Viking completely changed them, from fighting for their homeland against invaders to become the invader themselves who colonized half the world and plundering all their riches. Here is nice article. The British East India Company seized Bengal in 1757 by force. Then the British forced the peasantry to handover their produce and engineered a famine in 1770 that killed a third of the population. Following that, there were 24 famines between 1850-1899 in different parts of the country, where tens of millions of people killed. From 1765 to 1938, Britain extracted 45 trillion pound sterling from India, which was effectively the down payment for the Industrial Revolution. In 1700, India had 25% of the world’s GDP. By 1950, they had only 4%. In 1943, during the WW II, Winston Churchill diverted food from Bengal to Britain, resulted in 3 million Indians deaths. When India got independent from the British, the literacy rate was just 14%. From the late 17th century to the 18th century, Britain smuggled opium into China to dope the population, a strategy to turn around a huge trade deficit, after the British could not find enough silver to pay the Qing government in their tea and porcelain trades. After opium was destroyed in salt water and ports were closed by the Chinese in ordered to curb opium, the British started the Opium War I, which China lost. Hong Kong was forced to be surrendered to the British. After 12 years, the British got really greedy. They demanded the Qing government: 1) To open the borders of China to allow goods coming in and out freely and tax free. 2) Make opium legal in China. After being rejected, the British and French, with support by the USA, started Opium War II with China, which again, China lost. The Anglo-French military raided the Summer Palace, an estimated 150,000 pieces of historic treasures with a 1900-year span from the first Qin Dynasty up to the Qing Dynasty were raided and many ended up in the British Museum in London. After the Summer Palace was burned down in 3 days, the Anglo-French military then threatened to burn the Imperial Palace. The Qing government was forced to pay with free trade ports, 300,000 kilograms of silver and the Kowloon district north of Hong Kong Island was taken. Since then, China’s resources flew out freely from the free trade ports. In the subsequent amendment to the treaties, Chinese people were sold overseas to serve as labor, famously known as “piglet labor”. Britain, a tiny country, had turned the two biggest economies in the world into poverty stricken slumps. China and India co-existed for 4000 years without problems. Buddhism originated in India and widely adopted in China. China sent Buddhist monks to India to learn Buddhism from India. When the British were preparing for India’s independence, an ambiguity was left behind at the border between China and India, and since then, it became the point of conflicts between China and India, including a war at the border in 1962. Divide and rule, is their tactic used over and over again. The British colonized my country Malaysia in 1786. During WW II, when the Japanese came to Malaya, the British fled the country, and the Malayan Communists were left behind to fight a gorilla warfare with the Japanese in the jungles. After the Japanese surrendered, the Malayan Communist fighters went back to towns. Then the British came back, surrounded the towns and mass murdered them. Before handed back to China, Hong Kong was ruled under an iron fist, but when Hong Kong was returned to China, the UK pushed for democracy in Hong Kong. There are many reasons for the empire’s successes. But one thing stands out: hypocrisy. -Zeis Siez

[@whiskersredwood7903]

All part of God's plan

[@adamkhan1744]

In History no man has done what Prophet Muhammad pbuh did which was be successful on both a religious and political level.

[@lordsiomai]

Up to this day, I still find it astounding how this small island nation was able to become the "empire in which the sun never sets" later on in history.

[@dragosstanciu9866]

A very strong navy allowed England to build an empire.

[@hunting4honeys]

All comes down to inventing industrialisation

[@Daniel-fj9ik]

@@hunting4honeys The brtish already had a huge empire before the industrial revolution.

[@gabevdm]

Being an island nation is a huge geographical advantage in the turmoil of the European conquests. The United Provinces i.e. also had a strong navy but were on the main continent and more easily invaded.

[@pashapasovski5860]

Viking genetics

[@wanwandokko]

Northern English words, names of towns and villages and structures are a surprising mix of Scandinavian and ango saxon words. Fascinating nation

[@chrisstucker1813]

Look at the Geordie accent in the north east. Majority of words are strongly Anglo Saxon, in fact drunken geordies abroad have often been mistaken as Norwegian or Danish, including a friend of mine 😂

[@atlhawks4200]

Until the slavs take over.

[@stephenshipley1066]

I come from Yorkshire and now live in Somerset. The difference in place names is very evident.

[@NazriB]

Lies again? Entertaining Nazri Germany

[@oddjob1932]

I've read 'Dale' means valley

[@GusArchievs]

Very insightful video indeed! Love and peace to my English neighbours from Scotland!

[@Spectre_T24]

🙏

[@neilcroonM3]

so you're the one who likes us!

[@IErfanCN]

Scotland better than England?

[@everything1023]

Imagine having such a badass name as Eric Bloodaxe.

[@D-train.]

Edgar is typing...

[@scintillam_dei]

Imagine saying "bad buttocks" to describe something impressive.

[@cole8834]

@@scintillam_dei think of a stubborn donkey that can't stop bucking. There, that's a badass.

[@scintillam_dei]

@@cole8834 Donkey is synonymous with stupid so I don't see what's cool about that.

[@superomegaprimemk2]

I expect that they likely earned the name Bloodaxe through battle, it doesn't strike me as a family name and they likely proclaimed that be their name to strike fear into the hearts of his enemies!

[@casper_z1259]

English guy: ''Finally, free from Viking rule.'' Normans: ''Bonjour?''

[@johnbicknell4748]

Norman's were just vikings who chose to speak French. The Norwegian vikings were defeated by the English and told to go back home to never return. The Norman's were NOT FRENCH BUT VIKINGS.

[@casper_z1259]

@@johnbicknell4748 Yeah, that was the joke.

[@blodhevn2353]

Reminds me of Hrolf/Rollo saying hello to the french princess in vikings. he said it in french so obviously hes not a viking.

[@dunruden9720]

@@johnbicknell4748 One Norman, two or more Normans, NOT Norman IS!!

[@_Ottho]

​ @John Bicknell Quit it with the english nationalist revisionism. They were not vikings. Genetically, William the conqueror was no more than 1/8 norse. Culturally, he didnt speak a germanic tongue, but a latin one, albeit with some norse mixed in. He pledged allegiance to the king of the franks, and adopted french customs (some made their way to England over the centuries of french rule following the normans invasion). Same for his men, they werent considered norsemen anymore. After ~2 centuries, the norse settler had mixed with the locals, and the men that invaded and took England were not just norman nobility, but from the people that had been there for centuries before norsemen settled in normandy. England = first french colony, get over it or start speaking anglish.

[@CentralAssassin]

I'm from the Philippines but dang I love the History of England and Vikings. The first shows I watched are The Vikings and The Last Kingdom🔥

[@cbgames3945]

My gf is in the Philippines. I hope to give her babies with Viking blood :)

[@deuschess816]

​@@cbgames3945 thats a bad and instant regret way to type

[@cbgames3945]

@@deuschess816 instant regret?

[@IErfanCN]

​@@cbgames3945 ahh yess daddy..

[@nomoreman]

@@cbgames3945 what the fuc-

[@jamesharrison-king7449]

The TV show (Netflix: Last Kingdom) is based on the books by Bernard Cornwell which cover most of this period in great detail. He is one of the leading historical fiction writers out there. Uthred in the books/show is a fictional character that he uses to weave the story through the history - giving him a key role or reason to be involved in the main events. He is inspired by the Bernard Cornwell's distant ancestor, Uthred. At the end of each book, the Author writes a small summary of the real history and the adaptions he's made to fit the story. The books also include maps from the time period, and the saxon naming with English translations - Which allows you to see the language and geographical development of the country. The show is good in general, but it has huge inaccuracies in how the period is portrayed which is a shame as the author and books cover this accurately - but i guess that is a tv screenwriting / budgeting decision. I would highly recommend the books.

[@JuanGarcia-ds4sl]

i've seen the last kingdom and vikings TV Shows and both are very entertaining.. looking forward to read these books thank you brother

[@notgadot]

@@JuanGarcia-ds4sl You're welcome amigo

[@emkaydee6048]

Aethelstan was buried in my hometown, alongside those from his army at the battle of Brunanburh, a very small town called Malmesbury. His remains are lost, but the memorial is in the Abbey still. Direct descendants of his army who still live locally have a society called “commoners” as they still collectively own an area of common land that Athelstan gave to those men!

[@chudinwike6875]

What do the commoners do with the land?

[@nevarius9010]

That's amazing.

[@psychosquirrel555]

Love Malmesbury. I have lived in Australia for many years but am from the Cotswolds and always visit you on a home trip. It's funny but I always smile when I see the rippled glass on the homes in your town. I am descended from the 'Ley' family of Foxley, and this was my birth surname. :)

[@oracle8589]

That’s incredible! I grew up in the village of Wedmore where the treaty of wedmore was signed and Guthram was baptised. Many members of my family have gotten married in the church in which it all took place, it’s crazy to find out these things they didn’t even tell us this at school.

[@lucidmoment71]

@@chudinwike6875 Common land was used for grazing sheep

[@AshPrimeDCFC]

Disappointingly, this is not taught in English schools, which is just ridiculous. Edit: I grew up in the 90s. It wasn't taught in my school. It should be mandatory teaching.

[@connor971]

They would rather teach us about how diversity is our strength and how the British empire was bad.

[@cowboybeboop9420]

How is this possible? As a foreigner I am baffled by this.

[@leemiles3975]

True history of origin is key info

[@DirectorHMAN]

The most they taught us was the battle of Hastings, and catholics vs protestants. That was it really.

[@IAmNinboy]

@@connor971 You go dude, keep gunning for that job on GB News, Nige is going to notice you any day now x

[@joegagliardi3984]

I recently finished watching “The Last Kingdom” on Netflix. It follows the 9th century Anglo-Saxon/Dane fight for England. The last kingdom refers to Wessex, and the royal family’s determination to unite each of the kingdoms into one nation. Of course, there is plenty of directorial license, but they do correctly use many of the actual historical figures of the time, such as Edmund, the female Aethelflead, Aethelred, etc. The lead character is Uthred, who was born a Saxon, but raised as a Dane in the north of England. He ends up fighting with the Kings of Wessex, but as a believer in the “old gods” of Norse mythology, the relationships between himself and King Edmund is often strained. His stubbornness doesn’t help, but his ability on the battlefield is unmatched. His romantic relationships make the show much better, especially the love affair between King Edmund’s daughter Aethelflead, the beautiful ruler-after her husband’s death-of Mercia. Uthred’s a badass, and his loyalty is his greatest strength, although it works against him on occasion. Historically, it’s not so bad. It definitely gives you a better sense of England’s geography, especially the disparate kingdoms of the time; its early medieval culture, in particular, Christianity’s ubiquitous influence. Viking culture is also depicted, albeit exaggeratedly. It’s 5 seasons. And a movie came out this year, “7 Kings Must Die,” it’s a sequel to the show; also on Netflix. Check it out. That’s all…..

[@notgadot]

Netflicks cannot be trusted.

[@danamania150]

As an American, I am fascinated by history that occurred before 1607 😂 it’s absolutely mind blowing that English history goes so far back. Great video!

[@AtheisticAtheist]

Julius Caesar landed on British shores in 55bc. That's roughly 1,600 years of history before this battle took place.

[@AtheisticAtheist]

​@@Supercool12345andyI don't think Genghis Khan was Chinese.

[@Krawn_]

The U.S.A was created by the British race....

[@williams.k4399]

Same feeling here. I'm Brazilian.

[@AtheisticAtheist]

@@Supercool12345andy Well your comment about China never being subdued confused me somewhat. Unless you are classing Mongols as Chinese.

[@Clone683]

As a Brit, this is already way more than I learned in History class

[@rollthetape88]

there is a reason for that, the British-Norman Yoke does not want us to remember.

[@ryanomeara683]

They want dumb workers not critically thinking past conscientious people

[@sammycatDK]

As a non-brit I think you have the right to rule the waves - and demand the world as yours.

[@waynepalmer8598]

All you have to do is watch Seasons 1 & 2 of The Kingdom. 😉

[@nixl3518]

@@waynepalmer8598 Television entertainment does not constitute historical fact. Watching anything like that has no veracity and relevance to reality

[@Elvistek]

After watching vikings and being interested in what happened there and how it was formed… I needed this information.. this is an amazing channel

[@charliederrick1583]

if you watch Vikings i highly recommend the last kingdom on Netflix which does a better job of depicting historical events covering most of what we see in this video

[@ciaranmck4469]

@@charliederrick1583 well beyond the first season most of isn't actually that historic I suppose but everything leading up to the battle of Eddington (minus urthred) was pretty historic

[@Knowledgia]

Thank you so much!

[@sou713]

Then you have to watch The Last Kingdom. It portrays Alfred the Great over 3 seasons and infinitely better than Vikings did. And with Season 5 dropping soon I'm hoping we're about to see everything from 3:03 onwards.

[@ciaranmck4469]

@@sou713 well its based off the book I believe, I haven't read the book so I don't really know how far it goes up to or whether season 5 is part of the book

[@benjaminrush4443]

These quick Knowledgias are Great. Simple. You can always learn more. Some of the Comments are Tremendous for the People living in the mentioned Areas bring us the Oral & Archeological History that gets lost in time. Thanks.

[@user-up8jx3mt6j]

For whatever reason, I really enjoy the history of England and the history of Egypt far more than I do my own.

[@ilias8972]

Basically, English people are a mix of the Anglo-Saxons, native Britons and the Normans of the 1066 invasion. Anglo-Saxons and Normans are considered Germanic people while the Britons are Celtic people. Nevertheless, the history of the formation of England is interesting since it involves all the classic medieval lore, myths and tales. Although I'm Greek, I liked the English myths since childhood. Kings, knights, wizards, dragons, christian traditions like Holy Grail and more. An island with big impact in the world ,although sometimes negative to be honest. The greatest navy of the world of that time.

[@thomassugg5621]

I’m from England and I too loved listening to these kinds of story’s as a kid, A time of hero’s, kings and warlords. Many great battles were fought. One such battle was in 603 AD, when the king of Northumbria Ethelfrith utterly destroyed an Briton army and marched on the city of Chester in 606. Before the battle for the city it is said he sacrificed 400 Christian priests to the Anglo-Saxon war God. During the battle his younger brother was slain. 10 years later he marched south to attack the kingdom of East Anglia, but was surprise attacked. He was court with his army’s back against a river. His warriors formed a shield wall and clashed with the men of East Anglia. Some Stories say he fought with an battle axe killing several enemy combatants before he was killed himself

[@noahtylerpritchett2682]

Normans themselves would of mix with Frankish, Gallic and Latin genetic people of Britain.

[@enricomanno8434]

@@noahtylerpritchett2682 That's right

[@Delgen1951]

@@noahtylerpritchett2682 Well yes and No. Gallic people are Celts, more like they added more Celts' back in.

[@antilles27]

A fairly good summary. I think the Danes and the Romans, as in not just Romanized Britons but Romans themselves with their laws, religion and technology, are significant contributors as well to the cultural mix.

[@Robert-nz2qw]

This was very good. One idea is to have added a “current year” counter in any corner.

[@oguzhantekden2]

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[@mdayubsk9266]

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[@hefeibao]

yes please

[@MarkWiltshire.]

This is critically missing - gives no reference for any of the events you discuss - please add this

[@billysummers1616]

England is gay

[@cosmicprotocol]

Excellent work Knowledgia.

[@lorrygeewhizzbang9521]

From Ireland here, our lessons are pretty broad so we learn most of this, but it would be nice to hear about places that don't get talked about as much such as Cornwall, Isle of Man and Isle of Wight.

[@adamdriver1016]

The Isle of man isnt british. Cornwall has been english for 1000 years. I genuinely can't see any reasonable person willing to say it isnt. You've got 60 million nuclear armed gentlemen who welcome your attempt. The isle of wight. See the above answer

[@lorrygeewhizzbang9521]

@@adamdriver1016 Are you gonna make a video about it?

[@adamdriver1016]

@@lorrygeewhizzbang9521 let's do the Isle of wight

[@lorrygeewhizzbang9521]

@@adamdriver1016 Sounds great. I'll fit it in with the 1000 other things I need to do. 🥴☺

[@adamdriver1016]

You're so funny.......

[@scottheaton8469]

Bernard Cornwell's Last Kingdom series is a wonderful historical fiction through this period.

[@coolbreezy2053]

Fantastic books!

[@scottheaton8469]

@@coolbreezy2053 I liked the Napoleonic war series he did even more.

[@realtalunkarku]

Don't forget thomas of hookton

[@aesir1ases64]

I have only read the first book so far but its amazing!

[@scottheaton8469]

@@aesir1ases64 I love the pagan confusion over Christianity in that book, cracked me up.

[@thomassugg5621]

Some facts about Anglo-Saxon culture, it was an elective absolute monarchy which meant even if you were the first born son that did not mean you would be king, as there was a meeting of elders called the Witan meaning the (Meeting of the wise men). Who would meet to elect the next king. Anglo-Saxon culture was all about honour and glory to your lord, If you were an English warrior and swore an oath of loyalty to your lord, you were expected to fight till the death for that lord no matter the cost.

[@AsiandOOd]

but those practices are more formalities than real practice. the witan merely recognized the king's successor and had no real say in electing a popular nobleman or someone else. also the loyalty to lord is very common in medieval chivalry as a common theme, as well as in tribal societies that preceded the walled cities and castles kind of thing. not to say that you were completely off, im just putting some of my perspective in here.

[@thomassugg5621]

@@AsiandOOd you are true about the Witan, in theory if you were a powerful noble you could get elected like Harold Godwinson was, but in reality as you said most of the time the Elders elected the previous kings son as king.

[@MrStillhot]

Somebody has been watching last kingdom lol

[@rachitsah8305]

@@MrStillhot me too lol I reached near the end of the second season in two days. I've honestly not binged on a show this heavily since Suits back in 2015

[@cakdwik2050]

William Normandy: thats a cute system 😂😂

[@jpturner171]

Very interesting…thank you for your research and outstanding presentation! I have subscribed to your channel and look forward to everything I will learn from your videos!👍🏽

[@Gollumfili]

Loved watching this video. Going to binge the others now and procrastinate on my responsibilities.

[@ashleighuk84]

Angles, Saxons and JUTES. I'm from Kent and it was mainly the Jutes that colonized this area.

[@torinjones3221]

Kent was a jute kingdom as was the isle of white. People also forget about the Frisians also settled in britannia mostly in the Thames estuary.

[@STEINLAR]

People love to throw around the word "colonized" today but to describe Kent as "Colonised" is simply untrue, in order to be colonised, your native people are subjected to the migration and immigration of yours and their people under the authority of another country, kingdom or empire, the settlers that moved to Kent did not do that on the behalf of any entity, they simply moved because they saw potential opportunities. Please stop throwing around the word "Colonised" especially when its use was only really prevalent from the 1630's onwards and mostly refers to an era of imperialism which was not prevalent at the time you are describing.

[@matthewsteele99]

@@torinjones3221 there were also tiny Frankish settlements too

[@jdlc903]

@@STEINLAR well the viking colonised it and the romans

[@STEINLAR]

@@jdlc903 No they didn't, they conquered and settled it, they did not establish colonies on the British Isles.

[@ASHSRV]

For anyone interested The Vikings and The Last Kingdom are two great TV shows that deal with this portion of history.

[@maximusproliferus3633]

Vikings are so freakin overrated…

[@SonOfSassy]

The shows are highly dramatic. Not 100% accurate

[@sonny4997]

both amazing! take a look at vikings valhalla too!

[@DJZO1203]

@@SonOfSassy kinda how a show is supposed to be, no show is going to be historically accurate or else it would be very boring

[@ftroop2000]

@@maximusproliferus3633, the middle part got boring af. The last season though 👌👌👌👌

[@IthacaDon]

Really enjoyed this video! Just happened to come up in my feed. May I suggest that perhaps you create another video that includes a timeline of the rulers (and your wonderful maps). I would really love to have a sense of how long all this took. Plus, please make a more detailed video about Edmond the peaceful and what exactly he accomplished. Twenty years is great of course but how did this play out after he no longer ruled. Again, well done!

[@goj-bh1cm]

Meanwhile Wales channeling its inner Switzerland and just munching on popcorn 😂

[@thebandofbastards4934]

Until it saw the english coming to pay a permanent visit to them.

[@briantoal1880]

Was hoping they would mention what was taken place in Wales during the timeline and why it was not invaded

[@myrddingwynedd2751]

@@thebandofbastards4934 By the time the English paid Wales a visit, they were essentially Normans. All the marcher lords that came to rule areas of south Wales were of Norman descent. It took around two centuries for Wales to be finally conquered by the Normans. Wales, because of its terrain, was considered unconquerable for a time, until Edward I on returning from the crusades, seeing the fortified stone castles built by the crusaders got the idea to fortify conquered regions with stone castles. It wasn`t until then that Wales was truly conquered. It was far easier for invading armies, such as the Normans, to pacify England than it was to pacify Wales. England was conquered far quicker and far easier than Wales was, and the terrain was the reason, until the fortified stone castles were built.

[@TheMelbournelad]

I think Wessex had those “SOON” eyes on Wales since they gave the Danes a paddlin.

[@Epicrandomness1111]

Wales was involved for most of this period as the princes were variously nominal subjects and vassals of England and participated both with and against the English in many of battles referenced in this video.

[@DPLFC]

Living in York is amazing and at times taken for granted the history this little city has seen.

[@oguzhantekden2]

On my main channel, I make videos with subtitles in 3 languages for folk tunes of different nations. You are also invited. :) kzbin.info/www/bejne/h6upp4xpbq1obbc

[@RD-jr8nv]

Not to mention you have a gigantic Viking shit on display in a museum. Quite the shite to behold!

[@mdayubsk9266]

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[@Sabbathissaturday]

I’m a native Texan and I love York, England. I’ve been many, many times. ❤️

[@Prog4Prog]

@@RD-jr8nv I always come out of the museum smelling of goat and pillage

[@prawdachocbolitoprawdawasw1155]

Really good video, thanks for hard work in making this video 😊😉.

[@johnnyblade9272]

Never learned any of this in school. Great video, thanks for sharing this...👍

[@henk-jansteneker3422]

Funny how Wales seems to be there like "have fun fighting guys, I'm fine just sitting here and reading about your adventures in the newspapers"

[@ShadowReaper-pu2hx]

Apparently no one cares about Wales.

[@henk-jansteneker3422]

@@ShadowReaper-pu2hx it seems 😂

[@mr2sansw202]

​@@henk-jansteneker3422 I'm welsh and i can say nobody dose care, London was mostly built with welsh coal money and the export of it same as are gold is owned by the crown its not even legal for me to sell it in raw form unless i can prove it was removed before time of law its stupid can barley sell are sheep we eat New Zealand lamb most of it yet thats what we are known for now we have Netflix and Hollywood using are landscape and City's because its cheaper than new York LA or any other place and they jus see it as a cheap play ground with cheap houses they can buy up even know local income is so low and for the view na fuck off lucky it ain't the old times because we murder them all think come move here and abuse it because you fucked your states and country's up dont mean you can come here after we leave europe

[@feister2869]

Alex Spragg noice

[@KingKong-do8cj]

Nobody could take it, like Scotland its too geographically difficult and the locals fought gorilla tactics. Even the Romans gave up on it.

[@jinnkuntv6454]

Loved the middle age English history! Wish I could visit england someday and see historic places, figures and such! Greetings from Philippines!

[@Venus20000]

You better visit soon, English history, historical places and figures are being destroyed by racists in the country because history hurts their feelings.

[@barrybarnes96]

@@Venus20000 lol

[@philk9501]

I personally live right next door to Hadrians wall put up in 122. Still there in places, but this was the wall responsible for giving George RR martin the ideas for Game of Thrones

[@tiestokygoericprydz3963]

Fantastic

[@tiestokygoericprydz3963]

@@philk9501 Jr Tolkien, HG Wells, William Wordsworth, Jane Austen, Arthur Conan Doyle are way better

[@aurorarain1265]

Fascinating, thank you! I have often wondered how it all began.

[@thicclegendfeep4050]

The story of England from the ancient Hunter gatherers and Neolithic megalith builders to the modern day is one of my all time favorite sagas in human history. English, and British isles history as a whole is always fascinating to me.

[@notgadot]

I second that.

[@dazediss6629]

This was really interesting as I’m from Cumbria, which on the map is the part of England directly east of the Isle of Man, formally part of southern Strathclyde. It explains why my ancestors all spoke an ancient language of Cumbric, which was a blend of Celtic, Welsh & Norse. It became extinct in the 12th century - after the carve up of Strathclyde. But it does explain why the dialects & accents around where I live are so weirdly diverse, more so than any other region in the U.K. For instance - 3 miles up the road in Gretna, Dumfries & Galloway - everybody speaks with a Scottish accent. 2 miles east in the western Yorkshire dales - everyone speaks with a Yorkshire accent, 10 miles south in Lancaster everyone speaks with a Lancashire accent, and everyone in the Lake District (where I live) has a totally unique accent which is a blend of all 4.

[@karenstanley8038]

Yes it is more than likely that your region is the most diverse today.

[@gcluskey]

The accents in Ireland vary every few miles also. Accents are very interesting a very handy way of recognizing where in the small country they’re from

[@tinello8499]

Same thing happens here in Miami Florida… hehe, Coral Gables, North Miami, Doral, South Miami, Kendall, Downtown and the Beach áreas all have different “accents “

[@Pwj579]

You should visit Baltimore, MD . We have some funny accents , just make sure to “ warsh” your hands with “ werm wooter” and “soooap”

[@raymondsanchez78]

In Los Angeles, there's the Valley accent, West Hollywood's "Gayccent", Watts and South Central has the "Blackccent", East LA has your Cholo foo foo accent, you got china town and little Tokyo, and of course the hills where they don't recognize any accent that makes less than 150,000 USD yearly.

[@ACinDorset]

The Last Kingdom on Netflix got me interested in this period of history.

[@trufellefurt3298]

I recommend you the entire series of books by Bernard Cornwell, on the basis of which the series was made, much better than Netflix's series :)

[@Nethanel773]

Thanks for putting this up

[@oliversherman2414]

I love your channel keep up the great stuff!!!

[@English_Dawn]

Often glossed over thank you for bringing this history to the channel.

[@oguzhantekden2]

On my main channel, I make videos with subtitles in 3 languages for folk tunes of different nations. You are also invited. :) kzbin.info/www/bejne/h6upp4xpbq1obbc

[@elvenkind6072]

Great job! I'm really, deeply interested in history, and specially English and Norse history, but I've never seen such an elegant presentation of how England came to be. You got a new subscriber, and naturally a like! Have a nice weekend everyone, from Alv, Norway.

[@metalc0readd1ct]

Bro change your profile picture Or assassins will kill you ...

[@notgadot]

I love england too

[@aleksandard.3311]

well, that was amazing explanation ! well done !

[@Knowledgia]

Glad you liked it!

[@aleqrobinson2876]

Very interesting video. The Norse/British Isles period, will always be one of my fav historical periods.

[@andrewhowells156]

And you are also ignorant to the ancient people of Cymru , who were always here before any of you lot were not invited

[@notgadot]

Me too. North is the best past of this earth

[@malaysianmapping9767]

Edgar: This kingdom will rule the world! Me: Well, he isn't wrong.

[@malaysianmapping9767]

@Amit Mishra hey

[@kirilll7806]

FR..... 😳😳😳😳😳😳

[@kirilll7806]

@Amit Mishra bruh i said for real :/

[@davidearea242]

@Amit Mishra- Goodbye.

[@matthalstead7933]

@Gang Beast he literally isnt.

[@LurkerAnonymous]

The Last Kingdom series has this entire period covered.

[@scapingby]

the entire period as shown in the video? no lol.

[@corinnZV]

Surely you mean The Saxon Chronicles, by Bernard Cornwall. Excellent read.

[@benoneill4318]

@@corinnZV no he means the TV adaptation like he said.

[@corinnZV]

@@benoneill4318 which hardly covers half the material that the book does.

[@jgbecker24]

I am Uhtred, son of Uhtred, brother of Uhtred and I am from Bebbenberrg!"

[@EverGameStudios]

i liked the video, but i wish it didn't stopped there. would of been nice to have multipart videos, from that one, up to the 20th century. with 10-20 minutes episode each. either way, it's a thumbs up from me 🙂

[@kabuteshiitake7071]

My goodness what excellent animation and narration

[@jeffreycihlar3072]

I hope this turns into a series for other major Nations

[@blah......4970]

Scotland being the first, obviously 😉

[@northman9191]

It is a series called The Last Kingdom. Highly recommend!

[@theothercd]

@@northman9191 they mean a series where each video's about how a different major nation formed lmao

[@greatermad8288]

This would be nice

[@HVLLOWS1999]

I'd say Spain but their origin story is extremely well known and played out. Portugal would be cool and maybe the HRE.

[@dukejukebox775]

"The Last Kingdom" is the best historical series out there on this subject,historical facts are pretty accurate and acting is superb!

[@InglesDinamico100]

I came here because of serie LTK to understand better england

[@EfficientTrout]

Umm no, but it certainly educate people who hates reading history books

[@InglesDinamico100]

@@EfficientTrout i live coutry rarely find history books from other countries

[@justsayin4117]

Facts aren’t that accurate. Just kind of shows what life was like and how brutal the Vikings were. And the constant struggle for power, land and wealth. Funny thing about the show is Uhtred the Bold never met Alfred the Great. Alfred was king from 871-899… while Uhtred died in the year 1016 over 100 years apart from their deaths. Many characters were based on real people just not as historically accurate.

[@mohammedarafatlone]

@@justsayin4117 yeah also shows sithric was killed by edward however this video shows he held Northumbria even after Edward's death and was later under uthred who acted as a buffer and wasn't under any oaths🗿 I understand the show wouldn't be interesting if it was straight to the point & had no court intrigues

[@TheBlackzman]

Thx of the explain 😄

[@allanovelha1969]

Your channel is fantastic, I must say

[@tiagofonsecaesousa2232]

As a Portuguese I am proud of having an allie like that

[@user-ot1yt5zx9v]

If they murdered one million of your people would you still have same view genocide 🤔 sure Portuguese are colonizer's too

[@xanderreyno]

🇬🇧🤝♥️🇵🇹

[@davidcovington901]

@@user-ot1yt5zx9v USA enslaved many blacks. The Southern culture not highly regarded by their descendants! Spain killed or enslaved much of the Americas. Yet Latin Americans tend to regard Spain highly. Always thought that odd. Go back far enough, you personally might decide to hate every nation. And maybe you do.

[@Lau2856.]

@@user-ot1yt5zx9v they won both world wars, they can't commit genocide

[@user-ot1yt5zx9v]

@@Lau2856. They murdered one million Irish genocide 🤔 murdered millions of native American tribes 🤔 Churchill himself lead soldiers to war in India and murdered millions of people genocide 🤔 what history are you people learning!! 🤔

[@ericrobert4651]

What is really happening to the world Economy? Economy crisis everywhere🤦‍♂️.

[@keiththomson9629]

The real estate industry crackdown clipped Evergrande's wings, stopped it taking on more debt and had the flow-on effect of forcing it to sell apartments at a discount so cash would continue rolling in.

[@goergejones6861]

Evergrande is worried it won't be able to sell apartments quickly enough to meet its debt repayments.

[@alvincraig8020]

@@keiththomson9629 Real estate makes up a substantial share - more than a quarter - of China's economy, which is the second largest in the world.

[@ebonicalbert5711]

Australian iron ore is exported to China to make steel, much of which is used for for construction, so a crash in property sales and apartment developments could hit our exports. The world needs to know this.

[@howellrichard6712]

For context, the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade says Australia exported almost $85 billion worth of iron ore and concentrates to China in 2019-20.

[@alexvaraderey]

That was very useful. Early English history tends to be overlooked by William the Conqueror's invasion of 1066.

[@ishmael4489]

I'm here because I'm watching the Last Kingdom on Netflix at the moment. Very clear video. Thanks.

[@kapilbusawah7169]

I love this video. For the next history lesson, it would be great to have a timer in one of the corners so we can better appreciate the timeline between events

[@oldcountryman2795]

This is great! Exactly the right amount of information without getting bogged down.

[@wefinishthisnow3883]

It's good, but I found it far too basic and it doesn't even answer the question it asked in the beginning ("Who claims the land before the English?"). Who were the people that were already there and what was their background? Who were the Angles and Saxons? Where did the Picts and Scots come from? Why did the Romans 'fade'? What was Wales and western Ireland doing during that time? Why were they all left alone?

[@golden.lights.twinkle2329]

@@wefinishthisnow3883 To answer those questions would necessitate the video being much longer and no-one would watch it to the end.

[@thejedicrusader4606]

Excellent video, one I love coming back to!

[@fahadaljasmi9106]

The last kingdom was too accurate

[@bluehatmusique]

Nowhere was the name "Lord Uhtred of Bebbanburg" mentioned 😅

[@martinkerr2721]

@@bluehatmusique lol know what killed me with the show ,Uhtred trying to sound like a viking shocking voice ,Destiny is all , even my fellow Scot h Mark Rowley plays Finan great actor ,Osferth how was wee mong in their band ,now pays Amon in HOTD 1 with patch on his eye

[@nitotech]

Vikings more fun though

[@vlonewaki968]

Thank you to the Assassins creed franchise for teaching me these historic events😂😂

[@rufiorules]

I live a couple of miles from Ravensthorpe and let me tell you it's nothing like the game. You really wouldn't want to live there...

[@rayulena720]

@@rufiorules wait so ravensthorpe is a real-world place?

[@rufiorules]

@@rayulena720 sure is! On the road between Dewsbury and Huddersfield in Yorkshire. It was quite funny to hear there was a game being made based around it. It is NOT worth a visit. There is a lot of history in this area, which is why I'm looking forward to playing it at some point to see if there's anything I can recognise. Sandal castle and Pontefract castle are local and important places, but I think they're a lot later on in the timeline, more War of the Roses than The Vikings.

[@rayulena720]

@@rufiorules why it's not recommended to visit?

[@MoviesNGames007uk]

@@rufiorules The Ravensthorpe in Valhalla looks like it's in Nottinghamshire on the map

[@dergaga1232]

The highest compliments to you. I enjoyed the whole video getting informed about how England was formed. I have only known before that Northumbria, Mercia, etc. were existent. But how England was formed out of these conflicts was missing in my mind. Greetings from Germany.

[@BobC250]

Yes, it is interesting that while England often garners such nationalism, that the majority of people here (aside from descendents of the original Briton Celts and Picts, and Scandinavians), are of Germanic Saxon origin. English is full of the sons of the old German Saxons and (to a lesser extent) Angles. :o)

[@scottmoseley3928]

There's lots of English accents that come from the original britons. The Northern accent, the accent in Anglia the accent in Bristol. We are half anglo-saxon half briton

[@expressoevangelism80]

Similarly Germany has an eventful time in it’s formation, and generally we aren’t taught much about you guys until we get to the 20th century. It would be interesting to have a similar production as to how your country developed. It would obviously have to be broadcast in English, as everyone is aware as to very few of us know your language, apart from ‘war sprung dork technique,’ and we all think that’s to do with the Audi’s suspension.

[@XXXTENTAClON227]

@@BobC250 worth mentioning that Germany does not equate to Magna Germania nor Germanic the same way Britannia does not equate to Great Britain, they have merely borrowed former names Calling the English Germans is just as logical as calling Germans Russian or French… aka not true at all. Otherwise all of Continental Europe could just be assumed as the exact same too.

[@wolfiestreet6899]

You're not getting it back, Saxon.

[@kelseyblack2686]

great informative video!!!! thank you

[@BuzzSargent]

I was reading the comments below. These are some of the most intelligent, thought provoking followers I have encountered on KZbin. Congratulations all. Happy Trails from Florida

[@sorel456]

I'm sure this amount of history you covered could be told for hours. I thank you for the 10 min abridgement. do you teach at a University? I would love to subscribe myself to your lectures.

[@ianthenerd]

Very informative, but somehow ("The casualties was disastrously high") I doubt this is a university professor.

[@tomthomassony8607]

@@ianthenerd engaging with an audience on KZbin is totally different to an academic lecture.

[@justinpreston4152]

@@ianthenerd it was sarcasm in case you missed it :p

[@lemorab1]

Yes, thank you for being succinct and to the point, transmitting the most valuable information! Most of the time, the long-winded You Tube history videos are exasperating because the narrator is more in love with the sound of his/her own voice than the history they are imparting. Also, I wonder if the author of the book "The Viking," upon which the 1958 Kirk and Tony movie is based, used the actual Northumbrian king Eric Bloodaxe (great name!) as inspiration for Eric the Viking in the book and movie?

[@fritsvanzanten3573]

@@ianthenerd plenty of university professors use language like that ;-)

[@ianwatson6148]

Absolutely brilliant,loved it. As a keen amateur history buff loved the kings of the different regions and the way which king was more successful than others. Thank you

[@Zalley]

Great video - learned a lot.

[@mezroth]

Nice documentary and nicely narrated. It would be nice if you could mention the dates on each event and perhaps display them . I got a little bit confused due to my dyslexia. 😕

[@BlueKnight0007.]

Would love to see more of these for more countries around the world and possibly for the whole length of time they existed. Great work!

[@sentinal2343]

They will never allow or do such a thing as it would expose the consistant theme running through out time, which would become apparant to the average person and such a project would simply expose it for the whole world to see, they are currently trying to stop that particular group, but its too late, geni is out the bottle and its getting worse for you and them that they are actually fabricating historical so called "finds" to sure up your non exsistant history(s)!

[@WJCharliee]

Excellent history! You definitely do an outstanding job! That recap at the end shows that you’re a master. Very rarely do I see other videos give a concluding remark. Intro body conclusion the three points of any good lecture. Keep up the good work👍💯🎯

[@MindBlower18]

Great documentary 👍 Thx from Munich 😉

[@kassimkhan5524]

Thanks for the history lesson

[@achatzia]

Wow, this was a great piece of info! Excellent presentation and graphics.

[@BlackNRedBiker]

Awesome video, I'm from London so naturally the history of not just England but all the surrounding islands and nations has always fascinated me

[@scintillam_dei]

London? You mean Londonistan. :-)

[@Knowledgia]

The fact that you are from London and you have a Viking name it is kinda concerning

[@Mo74mmad]

Top tier video mate. I’m from London lot so naturally the history of note juss England but all the surrounding islands and nations has always fascinated me innit

[@kacgb5315]

@@scintillam_dei that awkward moment when it's still majority whit English....anyway is ee u every where sucking off the Spanish from central America

[@JJaqn05]

@@kacgb5315 No it's not. White English is the minority in London. I live in North London and all i see are Muslims and Arabs every day. They are even more common than black people and mixed people like myself.

[@atomicbarbarian7372]

This is my favorite period and region of history. There are thousands of interesting stories here.

[@adampalmer5399]

I’m late to this piece but this was really good. I knew a lot about the start of the Viking Invasion & then Alfred taking back Wessex but I didn’t know everything after that so great job while keeping it interesting!🤟🤯💯

[@YeeeeGreg]

Great video once again! If you’re able to fit it into your future plans, I think a follow-up video about the period between William’s conquest of England in 1066 and the outbreak of the Hundred Years War would be awesome!

[@oguzhantekden2]

On my main channel, I make videos with subtitles in 3 languages for folk tunes of different nations. You are also invited. :) kzbin.info/www/bejne/h6upp4xpbq1obbc

[@pr0chszy]

Very nice video, however the lack of timestamps throughout the events being described makes things a little confusing, since we don't know for sure how much time has passed between events

[@teoengchin]

This period of English history is fascinating. They should make a TV series about it

[@uzaidgurjee4798]

Their is, the last kingdom. Probably the most underrated tv show on Netflix. It even had a good finish unlike game of thrones which was inspired by another part of English history.

[@jswen2477]

The Last Kingdom comes close

[@gregorygause1427]

Yep,they should but speak the truth don’t leave out how they went to many other countries(African,India), where they raped,and killed.They stripped those countries of their natural resources,made plenty of $$$,then they put nothing back.Those countries,and many other are very poor places,where there’s starvation.So you’re right don’t leave that part out!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@mikehunt8968]

@@gregorygause1427 DILLIGAF? BTW we use £ not $, which predate them by a millennia 🙄

[@gregorygause1427]

@@mikehunt8968 well whatever it was,give what they stole give back to all the natives of that land they stole from.

[@enricotiberi7872]

As an Italian, I must say England had a great history of unification!

[@pablosaintmarr3223]

Not met many English people have you Enrico ? they despise each other like no other race or country .

[@enricotiberi7872]

@@pablosaintmarr3223 unfortunately I never went to UK, I can't confirm it, I could trust you about this. But every folk around the world has its pros and cons... we Italians too, of course. 😂😉

[@lesdodoclips3915]

@@pablosaintmarr3223 the fact you have a Scottish banner of the the jack shows you are either Incredibly bitter and hate English A troll

[@jareno5496]

@@pablosaintmarr3223 that's straight up not true. Northerners and southern joke with each other based on stereotypes but that's that far from hate

[@devlin7575]

Your own country’s unification I studied at school and found it very interesting

[@muhammadsameerdar1091]

Sir, I am a student and love the subject of history so keeping making videos on different rulers of different kingdoms of different countries. The way you explained was brilliant and the video was very interesting.

[@fs.pureblood]

Just a point I think worth mentioning. Eric bloodaxe was killed in battle on stainmore pass near where the A66 runs now from scotch corner to Cumbria.

[@janicesmyth1713]

And that’s how we become great and Ruled an Empire, we never took no for an answer.

[@BoxerRick]

Love this video and all Dark Age history. My family was supposed to have first come from Ireland to fight in the battle of Heavenfield for King Oswald. Thanks for this entertaining and informative take.

[@CarlOttersen]

Really good graphics! One of the cleanest presentations ever :-)

[@soniahamilton9914]

This was so interesting!

[@greysymphonyearth]

Amazing. I love all history

[@ShelbyFarrow]

This was a great video. I have always been interested in the history of my English ancestors and this was concise and to the point. Very well explained.

[@gonzalovidal7766]

Beautifully explained! I enjoyed it thoroughly. Thank you.

[@RJavierYepesDeV]

Awesome video! Quito-Ecuador 🇪🇨 2023

[@TRUTHorSTFU]

Good explanation of the very early days of England. Do you have another video describing how England's monarchy down to the late QE2 developed out of this period of chaos?

[@1giblesp]

Thanks for the enjoyable video. The first Viking raiders actually came from Denmark, as did the Jutes and Angles. It wasn't an army that raided Lindisfarne, the first raids were small bands that hit hard and fast.

[@medusaslair]

Yeah, hence Danes.... People from Denmark = Danes.

[@chrisstucker1813]

In hindsight, filling a monastery on the North East coast of England full of riches and having only monks to protect it may have not been a good idea.

[@ALFAGOMMA]

The Angles came from southern Schleswig, interfacing with the Saxons further to the south. They were not Danes. Centuries later the Germans and Danes had wars over this area of land, both claiming it as their own. This gave rise to the 'Schleswig-Holstein Question' that Lord Palmerston famously remarked, "Only three people have ever really understood (it)....the Prince Consort, who is dead, a German professor who has gone mad, and I, who have forgotten all about it."

[@andersjohnsen5856]

For the first viking raids: The common belief is that those who attacked Lindisfarne came from modern day Norway. But if you have contrary sources I would love to hear them. A google search also talks about a raid 3 years before: “ Archbishop Alcuin of York on the sacking of Lindisfarne. The first known account of a Viking raid in Anglo-Saxon England comes from 789, when three ships from Hordaland (in modern Norway) landed in the Isle of Portland on the southern coast of Wessex.

[@angelotaplatzidis193]

Great vid! Would be useful to add date graphics when mentioned. Visual clues help digest material

[@simonbennett5844]

The Anglo-Saxons by Marc Morris is brilliant, covers this topic in great detail.

[@andysheldon828]

Nicely done ….. 🎉

[@paulwusteman1094]

Only a few Anglo-Saxon churches now survive that were not enlarged and rebuilt in the Middle Ages but a large number of beautiful manuscripts and artefacts survive, of which the Sutton Hoo treasure in the British Museum is perhaps the most spectacular, along with the Lindisfarne Gospels. Alfred - a true philosopher king - and Aethelstan were extraordinary people - as was also Aethelfled, a brilliant ruler who earned and kept the loyalty of her nobles.

[@condorX2]

Aye. The Viking completely changed them, from fighting for their homeland against invaders to become the invader themselves who colonized half the world and plundering all their riches. Here is nice article. The British East India Company seized Bengal in 1757 by force. Then the British forced the peasantry to handover their produce and engineered a famine in 1770 that killed a third of the population. Following that, there were 24 famines between 1850-1899 in different parts of the country, where tens of millions of people killed. From 1765 to 1938, Britain extracted 45 trillion pound sterling from India, which was effectively the down payment for the Industrial Revolution. In 1700, India had 25% of the world’s GDP. By 1950, they had only 4%. In 1943, during the WW II, Winston Churchill diverted food from Bengal to Britain, resulted in 3 million Indians deaths. When India got independent from the British, the literacy rate was just 14%. From the late 17th century to the 18th century, Britain smuggled opium into China to dope the population, a strategy to turn around a huge trade deficit, after the British could not find enough silver to pay the Qing government in their tea and porcelain trades. After opium was destroyed in salt water and ports were closed by the Chinese in ordered to curb opium, the British started the Opium War I, which China lost. Hong Kong was forced to be surrendered to the British. After 12 years, the British got really greedy. They demanded the Qing government: 1) To open the borders of China to allow goods coming in and out freely and tax free. 2) Make opium legal in China. After being rejected, the British and French, with support by the USA, started Opium War II with China, which again, China lost. The Anglo-French military raided the Summer Palace, an estimated 150,000 pieces of historic treasures with a 1900-year span from the first Qin Dynasty up to the Qing Dynasty were raided and many ended up in the British Museum in London. After the Summer Palace was burned down in 3 days, the Anglo-French military then threatened to burn the Imperial Palace. The Qing government was forced to pay with free trade ports, 300,000 kilograms of silver and the Kowloon district north of Hong Kong Island was taken. Since then, China’s resources flew out freely from the free trade ports. In the subsequent amendment to the treaties, Chinese people were sold overseas to serve as labor, famously known as “piglet labor”. Britain, a tiny country, had turned the two biggest economies in the world into poverty stricken slumps. China and India co-existed for 4000 years without problems. Buddhism originated in India and widely adopted in China. China sent Buddhist monks to India to learn Buddhism from India. When the British were preparing for India’s independence, an ambiguity was left behind at the border between China and India, and since then, it became the point of conflicts between China and India, including a war at the border in 1962. Divide and rule, is their tactic used over and over again. The British colonized my country Malaysia in 1786. During WW II, when the Japanese came to Malaya, the British fled the country, and the Malayan Communists were left behind to fight a gorilla warfare with the Japanese in the jungles. After the Japanese surrendered, the Malayan Communist fighters went back to towns. Then the British came back, surrounded the towns and mass murdered them. Before handed back to China, Hong Kong was ruled under an iron fist, but when Hong Kong was returned to China, the UK pushed for democracy in Hong Kong. There are many reasons for the empire’s successes. But one thing stands out: hypocrisy. -Zeis Siez 🤓

[@christopherhumphrys7398]

England arguably a country with the biggest impact on the world 🌎

[@Gleichtritt]

Nah, I think Italy and Israel share this thrown. England in its structure is just a result of these two.

[@theburden9920]

@@Gleichtritt China and india

[@theburden9920]

@@Gleichtritt and greece as well

[@firemangan2731]

I think its England, Germany, Russia, China, Greece, Rome, Egypt, United States, Mongolia, Spain, Portugal, the arabs and Inida had an impact on the world. If you look at a huge historical view.

[@theburden9920]

@@firemangan2731 yes correct, China for alchohol paper, compass, and gunpowder aka fireworks. America for the internet. England for the industrial revolution. Russia for the first man and dog in space. India and greece for mathematics, and Japan for anime and hentai!!!!