Qarth "Queen of Cities" Map Detailed (Game of Thrones)

[@julespodevyn1613]

Just now noticed that Quarth is derived from Carthage, wich was also a paradise like city on the coast with a desert wasteland and triple walls

[@Chungus581]

And former monarchy turned to a merchant republic with similar demographics. The word for city in Phoenician is ‘Qart’, GRRM just added an H to it and called it a day lol

[@francisabellana445]

@@Chungus581 GRRM knows a lot of histories

[@bait5257]

@@Chungus581 lmao

[@BroadwayRonMexico]

It has elements of Constantinople too, being the wealthiest city in the world (at its height), controlling a very important strait for merchants, and being a gateway between East and West

[@FyreTeGo]

Reminds me of baghdad, Iraq in golden age of Islam. Has the same wall system and is surrounded by desert. It was the hub of trading and knowledge also. Maybe some babylon influence as well

[@PhantomSavage]

The Dothraki renamed cities like 80's metalheads rename literally everything. Vaes Qosar - CITY OF SPIDERS Vaes Shirosi - CITY OF SCORPIONS Vaes Orvik - CITY OF THE WHIP! Vaes Tolorro - CITY OF B O N E S **headbanging intensifies**

[@fuzzydunlop7928]

City of *SkUlLsSsSsSsS*

[@EpicMRPancake]

Their only export? *METAL!*

[@Nollic15]

CANNOT STOP THE CALVARY!!!!

[@1597B]

Cue the heavy metal, boys.

[@whycreate]

The greatest city that ever was or ever will be!

[@vladtheimpaler9577]

An epitaph, I prefer "The greatest city there is."

[@mizanulhaque8476]

whycreate Volantis and it’s bridge beg to differ.

[@darkhorsearmor3513]

whycreate Are you sure about that

[@pistachiobaklava1216]

It's modeled after Babylon.

[@Mayan87]

@@pistachiobaklava1216 no its not

[@sugar-daddykhayreddin1115]

Its based on the ancient city of Qart Hadasht a pheonician colony, it too had triple walls and its buildings were painted pale white making it look like paradise on earth.

[@Chungus581]

Yeah idk why people keep saying it’s Constantinople. The name itself sounds almost exactly like the word for city in Phoenician, has a similar government and political history and also is a trade power house of a city state. Also it’s older than many other cities which, had Carthage as a political entity survived into the Middle Ages, it would’ve been thousands of years older than Venice (Braavos) or any European city (all Wedterosi cities)

[@BroadwayRonMexico]

@@Chungus581 People compare it with Constantinople because of its role as the gateway between East and West, and how it controls one of the most important straits for merchants. Considering how George often likes to take influence from 2 or three real world cultures for places in his world, it's probably the case for Qarth as well

[@ralphhaddad7920]

​@@BroadwayRonMexico I always thought volantis was constantinople, one city divided by a body of water, built by a great empire that it attempted to recreate after the fall of the capital...

[@jandv3539]

I now know more about the history of GoT then I know about my own country.

[@mukundpatil9574]

Same😂😂

[@RodrigoHernandez.562]

How sad 😔. Learn your history !

[@chrille8569]

Me too

[@helmbreaker8622]

It's fine all you need to know is Nazi bad, slavery bad, and Murica

[@juliaaajames1259]

@@iteachyou1575 wdym got history is entertaining

[@ximbabwe0228]

"Her description is unreliable because she was high" 😂

[@vorthora]

Curious that no one remembers that the scene where the gate to Qarth opens, the view is almost identical to that of the Grey Havens in the Lord of the Rings. And this scene was based on 2 paintings. One was by J.M.W Turner, the British romantic painter. His painting "Dido building Carthage" was the main inspiration. Plus Carthage seems to be, at least in name, the inspiration for Qarth.

[@Hawklaxx]

The quarth plot is honestly one of my favourite show plots

[@vladtheimpaler9577]

Really? I didn't like it. One some parts it was too slow and in other parts the action was too fast.

[@natehorne1763]

Your not the only one who liked the Qarth Plot line, I also liked it.

[@chrille8569]

I really disagree

[@Hawklaxx]

Christian Johansen fair enough, I do understand where it went wrong but I just enjoyed it honestly.

[@chrille8569]

@@Hawklaxx that's cool with me, but i would just let you know, 'cause this is the internet where every opinion has to be stated, no matter how pointless

[@DefyThemAll]

I've watched so many of your GoT map videos that now I'm getting videos of just regular maps in my Recommended page.

[@topheye6318]

How has nobody talked about Ba Sing See

[@kaihan3ds662]

Exactly

[@HepsiOyun]

true

[@averongodoffire8098]

Eeeeeey😆

[@mouton-jk9xm]

There is no war in Ba Sing Se

[@miliba]

because iroh could penetrate the outer wall

[@picklechinahboy4437]

I wish we get a chance to see Quaithe again in season 8.

[@MoryBiinM]

REQUEST DENIED 🚫

[@acf321]

Yeah... about that

[@aboubacrinecisse3455]

You poor summer child....

[@lordmorgath8527]

This did not age well

[@PeterPranker1]

Yeah ofc

[@montydiaz306]

Really well put together videos top tier content

[@lkngoodmk]

Thank you for all your hard work on these map videos! I’ve really enjoyed them.

[@MaxwellAerialPhotography]

I see Qarth as being a cross between: Constantinople, Palmyra, and Antioch.

[@GSTV7777]

Qarth = Tbilisi, Capital Of Georgia

[@davidsimonyan5794]

@@GSTV7777 No dumb

[@davidsimonyan5794]

*Alexandria of Egypt

[@GSTV7777]

@@davidsimonyan5794 In Mingrelian Languange Qarth Means Tbilisi - And In Georgian Languange Qarth (Qarthli) Is Region Where Tbilisi Is Located "You Dumb".

[@davidsimonyan5794]

@@GSTV7777 No one cares about Georgia you dumb

[@TobeWilsonNetwork]

Huge desert metropolis that was once surrounded by a forest always does it for me, it’s maybe my favorite things in fantasy.

[@princeprocrastinate6485]

Qarth and that whole plot in book two is vastly more interesting than what we got in season 2, and the House of the Undying stuff was so dull and forgettable compared to the intriguing visions and prophecies that were shown to Daenerys in the book. Season 2 in a lot of ways is the weakest adaptation-wise of the first 4 seasons imo.

[@hollywoodjhawk7682]

CameraOnDoug yeah the red wedding foreshadowing was so obvious. It was spectacularly done in the books but it wouldn’t have been great for the show

[@princeprocrastinate6485]

Some viewers aren't that attentive, and that particular vision doesn't need to be included, just the stuff that concerns Dany.

[@pac-man3664]

you really couldn't think of a better example to Qarth than LAS VEGAS!!! Lol what about Constantinople or Alexandria or Babylon

[@shannonsilvera1604]

Modern example, more people are familiar with las vegas

[@fuzzydunlop7928]

He meant as a vacation spot. Peasants weren't going on Holiday to the Hagia Sophia. Though there was that one viking tourist who carved "Halvdan Carved These Runes" (basically "Halvdan Wuz Here") into the walls of the Hagia Sophia back in the day...

[@JoJoJet100]

Or if he wants a modern example, he could go with Dubai. That'd make a lot more sense.

[@ragingsage3973]

@@fuzzydunlop7928 Those Vikings were mostly likely part of the Varangian Guard. the Elite Bodyguards of the Eastern Roman Emperors

[@gormagonarbi6946]

The only ancient city that makes sense is Carthage, its name even starts with Carth.

[@princeprocrastinate6485]

That picture at 3:20 doesn't look anything like the House of the Undying is described, it looks more like the House of Black and White in Braavos, especially with the ice surrounding it, the "palace of dust" is a low and long ruin, located in a very warm part of that world.

[@alanmike6883]

Dany took some shade and was high and her descriptions are unreliable. No anti drugs organization in the ancient world 😉😂

[@trombektango6604]

Drugs won't be consider harmless in reality estabilished by author G RR Martin, but rather spiritual connectors and magic medium. So why there should be anti drugs organisation. People need to stop mixing irl world with fantasy even if joking, because it's lame ;]

[@halo1339]

@@trombektango6604 You know what's really lame? You.

[@trombektango6604]

@@halo1339 No u

[@tammichenard1024]

@@trombektango6604 what an ass you are lol lol thanks for sharing your "wisdom" lol

[@Heedy770]

More like Las Vegas lol.....Carthage would be a more appropriate comparison or Dubai if you wanted a modern example as it is one of the world's premier port of business and commerce and not just a vacation spot. But great video otherwise....I've been binging your map and lore series as I'm honestly enjoying refreshing my memories of the books more than the show itself...thank you for these well-detailed videos..that go straight to the point without any blabber.

[@chrille8569]

So, the Sowerful Men are basically canadians?

[@bilbobaggins6251]

Yes, infamous for their ancient sport of 'Haw-Kee' and their worship of an old God named 'Tim Horton'

[@salomon380]

@@bilbobaggins6251 Bilbo what are u doing in Westeros?

[@zachlandreth8500]

Bilbo Baggins they Also drink maple syrup like water

[@fuzzydunlop7928]

Jeez, Rickey. I said I was sorrey.

[@Drewbag44]

Can you provide anymore information on the giants of Westeros? They are one of my favourite points of GoT. If they helped build the wall why hasn't there been any that settled south of the wall. I miss Wun wun so badly :(

[@alphagamer9505]

They were all wiped out in the south

[@BradCoopTof]

I think it’s more like ancient cities in Central Asia that were key stops on the Silk Road. Like Khiva, Bukhara, and Samarkand in Uzbekistan.

[@davidsimonyan5794]

Alexandria

[@Chungus581]

Dude, it’s Carthage or Qart-Hadasht. It’s one of the only cities in GoT that is basically exactly the same as a real city, even it’s name means “City” in Phoenician, the language of Carthage

[@Not-Ap]

​​@@Chungus581Yeah but it's position in the international trade links speaks to be it be more like a old central asian city like Khorasan. It's name is definitely derived from the phonecian Carthage and someone else said GRRM said it was based on ancient India. I can definitely see that as all the commodities they trade in are similar to things ancient India would have, have Carthagian style military/city, and we're destroyed by marauding nomadic horse people from the east like Khorhasan.

[@ripvanwinkle7689]

Reminds me of Carthage colony so powerful it started making colonies

[@TriumvirSajaki]

I think Qarth is more like a real world mix of ancient Carthage and Constantinople. The merchant-oligarchy is like Carthage, and the triple wall is like Constantinople's Theodosian walls. I'm sure there's other elements from other cities. I don't think it is like any single city alone.

[@Chungus581]

Carthage had triple walls if you count the walls of the Cothon. Either no one here knows what Carthage was or... idk what else. But yeah it’s pretty much Carthage but straddling east and west like Constantinople does. Happy someone else sees this

[@HEagle72]

I'd say more an exact image of Alexandria during Ptolemeic Egypt.

[@MoryBiinM]

"if Mereen and the other slave cities were like the Middle East, then Qarth would be like Las Vegas" and the dumbest comparison award goes to: Whycreate

[@MoryBiinM]

You could have said it's like Dubai

[@prointernetuser]

+1 It was super dumb. The only thing Vegas has in common with Qarth is that it's a city in the desert. That's it.

[@whitleypedia]

@@MoryBiinM There it is. The three walls are like the Burj Khalifa

[@MoryBiinM]

@@whitleypedia have you ever been to Dubai? Have you seen any 3 walls protecting Burj Khalifa?

[@marcmasguret9421]

I think Qarth would be more likely to ancient Babilonia than to any city of today

[@samsschool3639]

You ser Whycreate are a gem!

[@alanmike6883]

Qarth = Constantinople....

[@sugar-daddykhayreddin1115]

Alan M Jolly Qarth= Qart Hadasht

[@Zombehnation1001]

@@sugar-daddykhayreddin1115 the Ghiscar empire is Carthage.

[@Locomotion-uz4ly]

I'd say Qarth is Babylon-esque. Once the cradle of civilization, now dwindled in importance, but still wealthy due to trade.

[@jesseklaver8905]

Alan M Jolly qarth is Nineveh or babylon

[@TheFiresloth]

@@Locomotion-uz4ly : Actually, Qarth is fairly recent. The Qaathi fled drought and invasions and found themselves on the best spot for trade around four hundred years ago.

[@jimbo217]

How do I find videos like this, except about our own history?

[@Summer-rj9ms]

Crash Course, Oversimplified and Ten Minute History are all amazin' channels

[@fuzzydunlop7928]

Thesites the Historian. He's been doing an entire series on every single Byzantine ruler.

[@Chungus581]

Look up the history of Carthage. It’s basically the same as Qarth minus warlocks of course haha. It’s the city Qarth is based off of

[@milesmaiberger8646]

Kings and generals, Overly Simplified Productions, Invicta, and Historia Civilis are all very good channels that make these kinds of videos

[@kyledavis463]

Thanks for creating

[@vladtheimpaler9577]

What would be in your mind the safest place to live in Essos? You mentioned that in Westeros the best region to live in is the Reach, what cities in Essos would be most convenient to live?

[@joelgoodacre1165]

Probs braavos

[@vladtheimpaler9577]

@@joelgoodacre1165 Braavos is an obvious choice but other then that what would be the best city to live in?

[@joelgoodacre1165]

Vlad the Impaler Lys then, if that counts. I guess qarth would be alright as well if you avoided the warlocks

[@vladtheimpaler9577]

@@joelgoodacre1165 Lys was made to be a paradise vacation spot so I have to agree.

[@metinozdemir560]

What about Lorath?

[@folken1761]

Qarth sounds almost identical to the ancient maritime trading superpower city state of Qart Hadhst AKA Carthage with its Triple wall defensive walls..so i dont really get all the other bizarre comparisons!!

[@travishenderson3026]

That was cool man, watching your new video made my Monday a little less boring, i do look forward to seeing more!!!! so i was thinking....... there were 19 castles on the wall @ one time????? maybe you could dig up some info on who was each of there last lord Commanders and when they were abandoned, just something about all these castles ya know????

[@travishenderson3026]

also, maybe there is some interesting facts on these castles, a famous name as 1st ranger or a battle that took place, or a betrayal. Lastly, i just think there is more to these 19 castles than has been told. JS

[@marcosmc3709]

You should make a video on the Shadowlands and Yin places we never saw in the Game of Thrones T.V Show

[@julesp8830]

I think he has

[@marcosmc3709]

Jules P oh didn’t know

[@CahzinarX]

I never realized how much southern essos is littered with cities. You have the free cities to the West and slave cities east of Qarth but there is city after city near Qarth with no allegiance recognized in canon don't know if their city states or apart of a regional state or what but it is strange for large citties to be so numerous should there be more urbanization?

[@knivesmillions2913]

Can you do a lore video on Young Griff? I would like to know more about him.

[@chrille8569]

Just read the books

[@Michijere77]

The photo of Dany looking at Qarth…which artist made this?

[@LunAEsteR]

1.The gate between east and west 2. Triple city walls. 3. City of world's desire. 4. Located on an important narrow sea trade route 5. Spared from barbarian attacks owing to it's unpenetrable defenses. I wonder from which city is Qarth influenced from.

[@terrenusvitae]

Chalcedon?

[@Not-Ap]

Based on appearances alone I'd say a fancier version of Babylon mixed with Carthage.

[@GentTX]

“But we’ll definitely be seeing more of the warlocks in the next book” really? Has that been confirmed

[@DarkHighlander1993]

They're on Victerion Greyjoys ship.. Who is on his way to Daeneris..

[@GentTX]

Tobio Smash ah, I had forgotten about that. Good to know, thx!

[@jekesan4221]

@@DarkHighlander1993 bullshit,the show ended n the warlock didn't show up

[@fuzzydunlop7928]

@@jekesan4221 BOOKS. BOOKS. THE BOOKS ARE DIFFERENT THAN THE SHOW.

[@sirrolanddestark58]

@@DarkHighlander1993 Euron Greyjoys ship. The Forsaken chap.

[@GabiN64]

Are triple walls really a viable strategy? I guess they are like tiers where fortresses in real life have tiers as you get to the main fortification.

[@Chungus581]

Yes. Carthage (Qart-Hadasht) the city Qarth is based off of had triple walls. The Cothon was one set, basically a walled harbor built into the city, then another set of walls and then a central promenade after those with another set of walls. Took the romans years to capture it

[@adrianmartinez-dj6ny]

Thank you for this. I’ve always thought Qarth was interesting. One of my faves 👍🏽

[@kamranimadi]

You mean it’s a parallel to Babylon not Vegas 😂😂😂

[@bryansmith5477]

Babylon didnt last long and was known for its defneses. More similar to Palmyra or Petra

[@creme_egg8107]

Yes I love this series

[@thiendoan202]

How do I learn more from this than I do from my history class

[@jakeb8776]

Lol have you ever been to Las Vegas?

[@jnieto490]

Haha yeah Vegas has some nice parts but I agree that was a poor comparison

[@MoryBiinM]

He could have said Dubai, since he compared all of Easos to the Middle East

[@jl9554]

I truly hope we get more prequels and books from George.

[@rileywhite8003]

J L there’s so many places in Martin’s world that we could explore, most of Essos, Southos, the seas, and lots more, there could be tv shows and books, only problem is Martin is in his 70’s

[@alphagamer9505]

@@rileywhite8003 imagine if he started the series 20 years before he started, in his 30s,asoaif would have been finished by now has would dunk and egg, fire and blood and more potencial books

[@TBSFlashback]

Ashaii is even further east tho, right?

[@tfos993]

Didnt appear on the show

[@sirrolanddestark58]

Yes.

[@dvn_dra1654]

Most eastern place till now is Ashaii and Ulthos

[@justokayemilay6029]

Did Dani lose all her hair again when Drogon burns the maze?

[@mark2talk2u]

Detailed map ?!? What am I missing ?

[@chuave152]

I have a theory that humanity was born in the womb of the world as nomadic, and sedentarism started 2 times, one with the Sarnorn, another time with Qarth. They both claim to be the oldest civilizations. Ghiscari's are probably inside this group aswell.

[@simohayha6031]

Asshai and K'Dath also claim to be fucking fuckin ancient

[@omardamm5959]

I wonder what Qarth is up to during the events of House Of The Dagron

[@tarunsharma4915]

Where does Qarth get it's water from ? There is no river or lake nearby.

[@Chungus581]

It’s on an ocean

[@tarunsharma4915]

@@Chungus581 Humans cannot drink sea water. But it's Qarth, so maybe they can xD

[@Not-Ap]

It's sits at the mouth of a river.

[@ttvwhitewolfgaming2326]

Qarth is like instanbul truly beautiful

[@verde629]

They’re so close to Yi Ti, does Yi Ti still exist during Game of a thrones ?

[@goodbanter4427]

Bridge between east and west, between two seas? Maybe Constantinople was the inspiration

[@goodbanter4427]

Yup, "triple walls" are the Theodosian Walls

[@Chungus581]

Dude, it’s Carthage or Qart-Hadasht. It’s one of the only cities in GoT that is basically exactly the same as a real city, even it’s name means “City” in Phoenician, the language of Carthage. If you read about the history of Carthage it’s basically the same as Qarth but Qarth has magic

[@crazyassassin12]

Qarth is basically Constantinople

[@alanmike6883]

I was saying the exact same thing 😊👍

[@erikthomsen4768]

Nah. More like Istanbul.

[@camiloordonez4906]

@@erikthomsen4768 Constantinople was Istanbul's name when it was capital of the Eastern Roman Empire and then the Byzantine Empire, when the Ottomans (Turks) conquered it, they renamed it Istanbul.

[@Crosshill]

@@erikthomsen4768 naah its more like miklagaard

[@GSTV7777]

Qarth Is Georgia (Tbilisi)

[@WillofD88]

Qarth sounds like Carthage

[@mathijs8537]

Thank you

[@isaacw.7523]

Love the Skyrim music

[@mauromb2320]

2:37 qarth is more dubai to me 🏝

[@juppersonpornelius]

Why have you got oblivion music in the background

[@theblackdeath4398]

Actually, Qarth is painfully based on Baghdad. Ancient Muslim cities were cities that had this three wall structure, three walls going around the entire city that separated social classes and different districts, something Baghdad was built in. The House of the Undying is based on The House of Wisdom, a building of Baghdad that had compiled almost all the knowledge in the known world, including mathematics and sciences, history and philosophy, and where some of the greatest scholars and learned men converged to make scientific, medicinal, and mathematic discoveries. The city of Baghdad, in the Middle East, is the crossroads between Europe, Africa, and Asia, the crossroads between the North and South and East and West, so to speak. All major trading routes at that time either converged at or had a major offshoot going to Baghdad. The nomenclature surrounding Qarth ("The greatest city that ever was or ever will be", "the queen of cities") is exactly the same that surrounded Baghdad and its royalty (the king of kings, etc.). Baghdad is situated on both sides of the Tigris River, as is Qarth situated on a river. The city of Qarth and Baghdad were surrounded by an almost impenetrable desert, and it is obviously by looking at the cultures, marketplaces, and way of dress that George R.R. Martin based Qarth on Baghdad. Anyone who has an education could see the similarities between the two cities could immediately tell it was based on Baghdad. Qarth is *not* Las Vegas, nor is it any other city people claim it to be in the below comments (like Constantinople). Cheers.

[@winwinstears5672]

@WB wtf is an islamic symphatizer? i can't believe that term really exists wow

[@ThePowerExcess]

Completely agree. Especially on the Constantinople argument: Kings Landing is a the densely populated seat of power of Westeros, full of Byzantine intrigue, with a harbour blocked by a CHAIN, and WILDFIRE - I mean how must clearer does GRRM have to make it?

[@Dgoc813]

“King of kings” is the worst example you could give, since every emperor to ever live had that title.

[@davidjoelsson4929]

@WB we speak of today tho islam is not what it used to be

[@tereziamarkova2822]

Quarth is actually reminescent of great cities on the Silk Road, such as Samarkand.

[@artinaam]

Yep, with a bit of Babylon and Carthage flavour added to it :)

[@Chungus581]

Besides being a trade hub what are the similarities

[@Not-Ap]

​@@Chungus581The fact that's it's empire was destroyed nomadic horse people and formerly dominated the area bumping right up against Essos's version of the Himalayas. Plus it made it's wealth from trade flowing from east to west. Very reminiscent of ancient central asian cities aside from being by the ocean.

[@cheincito]

Me: whats thing there in Essos?? G.r.r martin:.... sand

[@jonathanthomas4498]

Where you get this pictures from?

[@wenterinfaer1656]

Why would they need three walls if they're located in Red Waste?🤔

[@rijadmuslijaj1184]

That s Valyria for you

[@ifoundpeaceindrowning8030]

Do you mean like Istanbul?

[@RandomVidsforthought]

It's literally named after a phoenician colony named qart

[@leoniddraginsky412]

Qarth might be Samarkand

[@danc5644]

Qarth is not Las Vegas, Qarth is Dubai.

[@HaydenLau.]

So, Constantinople? East/ West and great walls.

[@Chungus581]

, it’s Carthage or Qart-Hadasht. It’s one of the only cities in GoT that is basically exactly the same as a real city, even it’s name means “City” in Phoenician, the language of Carthage. History is basically the same as Carthage’s too but w magic added in

[@corbinhouse8735]

Do the Andals

[@ATLAoftheHill]

Anybody else wonder if this is the same dude who does Harry Potter Folklore? Cuz i definitely do

[@ElmoElmoSWAZILAND]

Is that Skyrim music?

[@zarian0014]

I think Volantis is Constantinople. Qarth is more like Carthage or Baghdad

[@aberwarum222]

Acoording to GRRM it is Constantinople. Since he invented it I tend to believe him.

[@fuzzydunlop7928]

@@aberwarum222 In the actual quote - I'm willing to bet the context was more along the lines of 'like Constantinople'. He doesn't just pluck entire localities and import them into the stories with different names. He takes from a ton of different sources and compiles them into something new. A little Byzantium here, a little Baghdad there, a sprinkling of Qart in the name. Poof - Qarth!

[@aberwarum222]

@@fuzzydunlop7928 The Q and A that I saw with him he just stated that Constantinople was his inspiration for this particular City. But hey the human mind is not the best in remembering details, so he might have said it was one of his inspirations for this city.

[@fuzzydunlop7928]

@@aberwarum222 Even if he didn't (y'know why would he feel the need to specify in that situation? Like it matters to him the same way it does to us), Qarth isn't a complete 1-for-1 take on Constantinople - there are other ideas in Qarth that have to come from somewhere, they have to get written down and come from somewhere. I just think it's reductive to say it's solely Constantinople because it kinda diminishes the work GRRM put into the place. He didn't just take Constantinople, all of his locations are composites.

[@Dgoc813]

Whycreate: This city is like las vegas All his commenters: I cannot believe you would say something so ignorant and so ill informed, have you ever read a Wikipedia article before?

[@fuzzydunlop7928]

FUCKING LOL Yeah, the 'historians' in these comments are hilarious tone-deaf. That's the worst the KZbin history community has to offer - they watch a few videos and suddenly they're essential yo academia.

[@Mr_RaZiM]

2 Days our and all the major KZbin channels have gone silent!!! Smh what’s happing??

[@badencurns2719]

So Qarth is Monaco?

[@everythingdivine]

Never understood why Danny never just conquered Qarth

[@akhya20]

Las Vegas 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 really?

[@cheincito]

Essos is so huge... and westeros so small. Is like "LoTR" focuses only in hobbiton.

[@mbmr4064]

Qarth in the TV series had an Arabian theme to it and it looked like it has a mixture of Baghdad, Cordoba, Damascus, Carthage, Fas, Cairo & Al-Madinah Al-Monawara “The queen of cities”

[@whitleypedia]

So it's kind of like ancient Babylon

[@jasminem812]

I'm a sorrowful woman, I whisper "I am so sorry" before i kill bugs

[@fuzzydunlop7928]

This comment is so underrated. What is wrong with these people? I am so sorry this comedy gold flew under the radar.

[@jasminem812]

@@fuzzydunlop7928 thank you :') I guess we just have elevated taste😪😂

[@fuzzydunlop7928]

@@jasminem812 Ha! Must be the case. I legitimately guffawed when I read that.

[@jerrygu5316]

"What you do in Qarth stays in Qarth". Participate in a Coup d'etat, abandoned few plot lines, we really don't care.

[@noncare9079]

Let's hear about the city of leng in the far east

[@fuzzydunlop7928]

There's a city named Leng and it's located in the far East. It's a reference to Lovecraft. I believe that's literally the bulk of all the information ever released on Leng.

[@ranimbenahmed4789]

Okay can someone answer my questions cuz I’m so confused. So they say that Qarth is the middle of the world which is now Britain. but in other videos and maps people say that westeros IS actually Britain but Qarth is in essos so how is this??!!

[@omarsener8491]

Westeros looks like Britain but it is not the center of the world

[@minisam1988]

Qarth reminds me of Constantinople. Called the city that bridges the East and West.

[@bait5257]

No

[@RandomVidsforthought]

It's literally named after a phoenician colony named qart

[@PeterParker-wj7vl]

Wow

[@Mina-Diamandis]

So qarth is basically babylon?

[@gormagonarbi6946]

more like carthage

[@jacobgrave2333]

TES music

[@michaelroland1887]

Qarth is suppose to be like Istanbul/Constantinople

[@akainudicksuckingassociati5188]

more like baghdad

[@irdsqrgitro]

More like Basra (Iraq), sydon (lebanon) or Yemen, Aden. I believe in terms of climate, geography, importance and history

[@bshinn4884]

Or Dubai?

[@Valla686]

Qarth seem to be based off of Baghdat to me. Not Carthage like everyone thinks so. But thats just my opinion.

[@RandomVidsforthought]

It's literally named after a phoenician colony named qart which had three walls

[@HEagle72]

So basically, Qarth is Alexandria, Egypt.

[@Jim-fi4dc]

So Qarth is basically Constantinople...

[@Chungus581]

No it’s Carthage. Constantinople wasn’t an old city and was Roman/Greek and the center of an empire. Qarth is a city state like Carthage was, has a history basically analogous to Carthage and the same political history as Carthage. Constantinople would have to be a city derived from Valyria which is this universe’s analogue to Rome

[@ispouka7547]

The Undying-Vampires

[@megamen7353]

so basically quarth is Istanbul...

[@erikthomsen4768]

Nah. More like Constantinople.

[@sarikatimmi]

so it’s like turkey, straddling east and west

[@alphagamer9505]

Turns out Quarth is a mix of india,ancient middle east with a pit of Canada

[@MrVeka98]

Las Vegas? Mmm, Dubai?