Small Countries That Became Big

[@General.Knowledge]

8:05 should be Grand DUCHY and not DUCKY lol, sorry! Which countries should I add on Part 2 of this?

[@bengu3987]

Maybe the Ottoman Empire?

[@dobg1410]

Azerbaijan, although the Afsharid Dynasty is mistaken you be Persian, it was of Azerbaijani ethnicity

[@MortalRepublic]

Definitely China. Or how about a part 3 of countries that were small, big, then small again like the UK

[@dobg1410]

To not you*

[@w1rck0isdead17]

i propose Romania, because it is bigger now than it was when it got independence from the Ottoman Empire

[@MortalRepublic]

United States: Breaks free of an empire that was conquering the west. Also United States: Conquers the west

[@cheems4061]

Lol

[@mikespearwood3914]

Ironically the British were reluctant to expand west and more humanitarian in regards to the Indians. It wasn't till the USA emerged that they really wanted to keep pushing west into the continent.

[@larrykoopaofficialchannel4528]

Just like his father

[@djw07williams84]

Manifest destiny baby

[@mikespearwood3914]

@Afrodisiac You saying "BS" is irrelevant as we're talking about actual history. Comparing Australia & NZ to North America is stupid as different people and factors were involved. The British actually had to declare a treaty with the maori in NZ. They didn't with the aborigines in Australia.

[@psoltiivan]

Europeans: *fighting for every piece of territory in Europe* Eastern Slavs: Oh, hey, look. There's almost nobody in the East.

[@ihl0700677525]

Siberian, Turkic and Mongol khanates: Am I joke to you? Cossacks: Lol. Canons go brrrrt..

[@sloniychelovek2367]

@@ihl0700677525 In any case, the population density there is hundreds of times less than in Europe. And there was no genocide, the Russians simply took control of the territory. And all these peoples, such as Tatars, Yakuts, Chukchi, Caucasians (and many others) still live in Russia on their own territories. Many of them have a republic within the Russian Federation.

[@adnan_honest_jihadist5775]

@@sloniychelovek2367 they were bigger did yk that?

[@jadenstar1038]

@@sloniychelovek2367 You're right, there was no genocide, only a severe oppression and suppression against everything "non-russian".

[@sloniychelovek2367]

@@jadenstar1038 and what's the problem? suppression was everywhere, in Europe it is even stronger than in Russia. The Reformation or the Inquisition alone is worth something.

[@georgeheld1901]

Liechtenstein watching this like: hmm...

[@musiktranen]

Totally...

[@bloodyriver2650]

Lichtenstein is so tiny

[@ACGreyhound04]

Igor Foxly - Germany begs to differ with that assessment.

[@Apis4]

Lichtenstein actually used to be WAY bigger, and until....2009 iirc, they were still demanding the return of lands from Austria. In the end, Austria got more support, and had the EU on side, so the Lichtensteiner side settled. Austria kept the lands, BUT return half a dozen Royal Palaces to the Crown of Lichtenstein, they are today essentially micro enclaves of the country wholly within Austria.

[@flosset9640]

isle of man over here planning a UK invasion

[@deadlineuniverse3189]

“Spain ceased Florida to the US” Let’s be real, they just wanted to get rid of Florida man

[@dhairyaoza5422]

Why so??? I always read this comment

[@shawnconnolly8593]

Dhairya Study Jee Hub can ya not get a joke?

[@dhairyaoza5422]

@@shawnconnolly8593 I don't know anything about Florida, but this kinda commets I heard always

[@dhairyaoza5422]

@@shawnconnolly8593 can u tell me??

[@shawnconnolly8593]

Oh ok no problem there is a stereotype that people from florida are crazy so he/she was joking that the Spanish sold Florida to get rid of the crazy people

[@mysteriousDSF]

That's why Canadians so chill, they didn't have to fight

[@georgeheld1901]

That’s also why their special forces are so good, because they never HAD to fight, they CHOSE to

[@llamas3655]

Except against their natives. They were merciless. They ARE merciless. Even today.

[@croctologist]

maybe not against a formal power but they definitely fought the natives, all colonial european powers did

[@wititorac]

WW1 and WW2.

[@trevorlahey4911]

Except against native north Americans, or against the north Koreans and Chinese, or the Afghanis, or Iraqis...not to mention 2 events called world war 1 and 2... Plz don't be so ignorant mate

[@philippedelisle6323]

You missed the last Canadian expansion with Newfoundland joining by referendum in 1949

[@General.Knowledge]

You're right!

[@jgray1831]

I was gonna be a dumbass and be like “umm Nunavut???” But I realize my stupidity and am apologizing for something that didn’t happen

[@AZP-im7gk]

Philippe Delisle Newfoundland? What a shit name

[@bloodyriver2650]

AZP0750 not a very creative name I know

[@heronimousbrapson863]

@@AZP-im7gk It's Tudor-era English "Newe Founde Lande" or something like that.

[@ElNoobYT1]

brazil: **is shown on the video** brazilian people: rushes to comments Jesus calm down

[@antonioqueiroz4364]

isso foi exatamente o que eu fiz

[@emperor6275]

Sempre que vejo a bandeira nós vídeos vou direto prós comentários kkkkkk

[@PauloPereira-jj4jv]

So what...?

[@capitão_paçoca]

marselo

[@ElNoobYT1]

bruh, don't get angry smh

[@cabecinha4987]

*Que novamente, não existe* Ah, I see you're a man of culture

[@pedromartins6728]

We saw what he did here :D

[@milckop2972]

@@pedromartins6728 yeah kkkk

[@gustavocotta3710]

I'm Brazilian and I laughed a lot with it.

[@SneeryFurball]

i dont understand the reference

[@sophiegonzales2615]

@@SneeryFurball Acre is isolated, hard to live and faraway, so brazilians have a lot of misconceptions, like they are a tribal civilization without tecnology. Some conspirationists claim that Acre doesn’t exist , and this theory is truly dumb, so became a meme.

[@kagetemplar]

Your missing Canada's final expansion in 1949 when we were given Newfoundland. Formerly it was it's own dominion but went bankrupt in the interwar period, got turning back into a colony, and was then handed over after ww2.

[@paranoidrodent]

It wasn't simply handed over. The residents of Newfoundland voted to join Canada, post-war Britain was happy to let them go and Canada was happy to have them. Technically it was a vote between three options (stay a colony, join Canada, independence as a dominion again). Independence got a plurality on the first vote but in the run off between the top two choices, joining Canada won a slim majority - 52.3%.

[@Periwinkleaccount]

You’re* (you are)

[@informinform7987]

12:46: Acre doesn't exists. hahahahahaha. In fact, the brazilian state of Roraima doesn't exist, since no one remember if it exists or not. Acre, at least, is remembered as the "non existent state", thus existent.

[@diegoflorencio]

E ainda tem o estado de Espírito Santo que ninguém lembra kkkkk

[@dudu-bn8wj]

Diego Nolasco respeita meu ES kkk

[@remitifromhell]

Hah hah. Nice try, dinosaur.

[@mrcarioca8046]

@Bruno Velasquez Roraima é lembrado por causa dos imigrantes, Espírito santo ninguém lembra lkkk

[@filipedias1189]

Diego Nolasco real kklkkll, o estado esquecido do sudeste

[@MGMatthew]

**QUE, NOVAMENTE, NÃO EXISTE.**

[@helloiamenergyman]

A terra dos dinossauros lul

[@viniciusharada4876]

Perdi tudo nessa parte

[@TheVetein]

Rachei o bico kkkkkkk. Não esperava por essa!

[@lucaslopes1998]

Essa foi foda, meu patrão

[@felipeleite7755]

Kkkkk o cara é um gênio

[@thepatbackexperience4573]

Native American's: *Exist* Europeans: Badabing Badaboom Mr. WorldWide as I step in the room

[@XavierAinsworth]

Blackpink reference? XD

[@anotherhumanbeing3923]

@@XavierAinsworth what? Its a Usher referance

[@Lamosica]

@@XavierAinsworth bruh

[@JaredtheRabbit]

Kagan mert tiryaki No, it’s a Pitbull reference.

[@squiddi1393]

Bro it’s Pitbull. Lmao.

[@hippotripo6145]

TLDR: United States: It’s conquering time Germany: *chaotic noises* Russia: It’s free real estate Roman Empire: It’s conquering time Brazil: The Spanish removed their imaginary line Canada: I guess this stuff is mine now?

[@idkimjustdarkfudgelol6896]

@RetroGamer not really. Sad fact is that America kill so many native Americans and took they're land. It's conquest, it was never free real estate, they kill people and took the land.

[@kadennelms8419]

Canada just inherited stuff from Britain

[@idkimjustdarkfudgelol6896]

@Scorpio ???? I can't tell if you are joking but the people who founded America is British people. U.S was a colony of British so they help killed native Americans. The blood is on both hands.

[@idkimjustdarkfudgelol6896]

@Scorpio America also killed a lot of natives.

[@idkimjustdarkfudgelol6896]

@Scorpio also Everyone in the war against u.s and British was all Born in great Britain ( besides the people Spain move to America to help). France also help but not as much.

[@gonzavazquezz]

I think Argentina could be an addition in a second part of this video, Argentina (like the US) had to fight and conquer its territory as it was not given all to a single institution by Spain, as most of Brazil's territory did from Portugal. From the Conquista del Desierto, to the Triple Alianza war, or the wars on the Chaco region.

[@TheTattieShaw]

Join his discord and suggest this there link in the description

[@C0lon0]

Triple Alianza is not the Paraguay War?

[@davikenzohirata7366]

@@C0lon0 a guerra da triplice aliança é como eles chamam a guerra do paraguai na argentina e uruguai

[@MMGAMERMG]

@@C0lon0 in paraguay, Argentina and Uruguay we called triple alianza war (triple alliance)

[@aleksandarvil5718]

Chile : *"Am I a JOKE To YoU?!"*

[@harfangbleu]

About Canada. It existed prior to the making of the federation in 1867. From 1534 to 1763, Canada was the name of a region of New-France, consisting of the Saint-Lawrence and Great Lakes Valley (parts of modern day Québec and Ontario). After the British conquest and the treaty of Paris in 1763, Canada was known under the name of Province of Quebec until 1791, then divided in two parts: Upper Canada (south of modern day Ontario) and Lower Canada (Saint-Lawrence valley). Then in 1840, the two regions got united again under the name of Province of Canada until 1867. You also forgot that Newfoundland joined the federation in 1949 and used to be a former British dominion as well.

[@nikitazavadskis867]

Hi random person scrolling through the comments, I hope you have a good day!

[@linclokatz]

Nope

[@stefanmilosevic8899]

Thank you!/Hvala!

[@virferind7946]

Thanks, S2U.

[@truthissacred]

@@stefanmilosevic8899 👏

[@General.Knowledge]

You too! :)

[@bluescheep]

correct me if Im wrong, but at 6:37, the german emperor was named wilhelm, not william

[@benn454]

Wilhelm is William.

[@ryeguy0508]

It is Wilhelm

[@peterg.8941]

@@ryeguy0508 🤦‍♂️

[@n.c.kupfermann1023]

I got what you want to say but. but names of nobility is a bit like names of countries. like it is Louis XVI in french and Ludwig XVI in german. same with william and wilhelm.

[@cicerobully]

Wilhelm is German for William.

[@ACharlesCyr]

Totally missed the addition of Newfoundland to Canada in 1949.

[@SilentBudgie]

You only think Newfoundland is part of Canada because that's what the government wants you to think.

[@ryc4rd0]

"Acre que, novamente, não existe"😂I love this channel

[@saino2001]

13:48 - Regarding Canadian expansion, there is no mention in this video of Newfoundland & Labrador becoming the tenth Canadian province on 31 March 1949 after existing as a dominion of Great Britain up until that time.

[@brandonbonett6416]

General Knowledge: 0:14 Me: Looks down... At the glorious empire that is Luxembourg

[@ladofthedamned7796]

tHeY hAd uS iN tHe fiRsT hALf nOt gOnNa liE!!!

[@omokok1877]

Brooooooo

[@AZP-im7gk]

Ghost OPS ok go make more watches

[@msaocer]

Once we're ready we'll start conquering Europe and then the rest of the world! Just wait ;)

[@5staryzzz]

The thing is Just opposite for Serbia

[@shelbyisa]

Serbian History merged into one word: Ouch

[@vultures7341]

and whose fault is that?

[@5staryzzz]

@@shelbyisa Ikr

[@timmmahhhh]

Yeah WWI happened, the Yugoslavia happened, then the cold war ended and the borders now look like WWI never happened.

[@vultures7341]

@@borissimeonov0 You're very uninformed and stupid

[@pixelpeoplewarrior4221]

It says “Grand Ducky of Moscow” 🦆

[@chiprbob]

Yes, when I read that, I laughed because I imagined it being ruled by a big duck.

[@moisha13]

А что не так?

[@ПавелКрот-х5ы]

@@moisha13 Duchy - княжество. Ducky, от слова duck - утка

[@moisha13]

@@ПавелКрот-х5ы спасибо, просто мой английский на уровне "Лондон из зе Кэпитал оф грэат британ"

[@Tim_TM42]

How about a "Why does ... exist?" video? Like *Why does Monaco, Andorra... exist?"*

[@General.Knowledge]

Good idea!

[@l15v73]

Imo all of the micro states have a pretty boring past apart from San Marino, that places backstory is very interesting

[@allex7092]

History Matters does this already

[@travelingamir1862]

General Knowledge well please do Belarus then🙏

[@KlavierMenn]

They are a relic of a time when the Europe was riddled with small fiefdoms, ducats, principates and such. A good example is Spain: It was several nations before its unification, and still today you can see the difference in the language of Castillian ( the language of Lion and Castille, which is now known as spanish) and Catalan (The language of Catalonia), Another good example is Italy, with it's several italian languages all hailing back from the times of their Maritime Republics

[@nikitagukassov9781]

You didn’t mention that Russia had to fight the Golden Horde to expand , the Golden Horde was one of strongest powers in Eurasia

[@shindari]

Russia didn't nearly become the size that it is today until the Golden Horde collapsed, and became regular Mongolia.

[@Dani-kx8jo]

In a second video you can add Italy. Italy, like Germany, was divided in many smaller states and it was unified by the Kingdom of Sardinia-Piedmont in the second part of XIXth century

[@chip1646]

The kingdom was actually only called Sardinia. People call it Sardinia-Piedmont since Piedmont was the main factor for the unification

[@Dani-kx8jo]

@@chip1646 Yes, i know. I said Sardinia-Piedmont beacuase the majority of people know that state with this name

[@idek6585]

I know it as Piedmont-Sardina

[@Dani-kx8jo]

@@idek6585 The official name was "Regno di Sardegna", but the capital city was Turin, in Piedmont, and Piedmont was the main part of that kingdom

[@Dani-kx8jo]

@Рамис Карама No. Garibaldi was very important for the annexation of Two Sicilies. But Kingdom of Sardinia fought the austrians in 1848-49 and in 1859, they sent troops to the Crimean War to eneter the game of great powers and to look for an alliance with France, UK or Prussia. They organized the referendums in Tuscany, Parma, Lucca and Modena and they invaded the Papal State in 1860. The prime minister of Sardinia, Camillo Benso, count of Cavour; was the head of unification, not Garibaldi. I repeat, Garibaldi was a very importnat figure, in Italy we love him, but also the Kingdom of Sardinia had a main role

[@nico27]

Countries in THIS video: We were small, but now we're big

[@Epic24123]

rome: we were small, but now we're big, but now we don't exist anymore

[@thaeldir8923]

@@Epic24123 :(

[@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un]

Korea once ruled a good chunk of northeast China. Shame that’s no longer the case

[@darth3911]

Kim Jong-un didn’t they rule a part of modern day russia as well?

[@WindowsXPMapping1]

Why Kim? Are you thinking of doing that again?

[@quidnick]

You'll get it back someday oh Glorious Leader.

[@MerganNaidoo]

South Africa is pretty large, basically almost the size of Western Europe and a pretty interesting story how it got so big

[@Gary-number31415]

A lot of African nations are very large in comparison to Europe, but South Africa does indeed have quite the interesting past compared to most others

[@893263007]

Not really. Algeria and Congo (DR) are twice as large. Sudan, Libya, Chad, Niger, and Mali are all larger as well. Europe is just tiny. Even the Canadian territory of Nunavut, which has less than 40,000 people, is twice the size of South Africa.

[@tookie5391]

Rule Britainnia 🇬🇧

[@893263007]

@Blob Asia has more people, money, resources, and land. North America has more money, resource, and land. Tough argument for Europe.

[@893263007]

@Blob Ehh not bad for such a tiny continent. However, North America's GDP per capita is $49,240. Europes is much much lower at $29,410. And that's despite the fact that North America has poor countries like Guatemala, Honduras, Belize, Nicaragua, etc.

[@ModsConSantino]

Argentina has grown a lot since 1810. It would be cool if you show it in part 2.

[@phoenixadeney732]

I love how he starts with the thumbnails

[@Jedi9Master]

12:46 i see you are a man of culture

[@monidipachatterjeechowdhur9804]

Your videos are wonderful

[@uzbekjuice9285]

You should totally do a detailed video on the expansion of Russia. I know it’s not the type of video I would usually do, but it would still be very interesting to watch.

[@alessandromacedo6193]

How do you know about this Acre joke? This is a Brazilian internal joke! 🤣

[@mrcarioca8046]

He is Portuguese bro

[@jitf8846]

@@mrcarioca8046 Portuguese or brazilian ?

[@eikowski5420]

Diógenes lima b. Dessa eu n sabia, mas é serio q ele é Português?

[@mrcarioca8046]

@@eikowski5420 sim pô

[@jalexsilva8162]

Apesar dele ser português ele tem sotaque brasileiro quando fala inglês

[@welio.bezerra]

12:45 Até tu, Brutus? Rsrsrsrs

[@arkadiilatman2095]

well, Kievan Rus' wasn't "Russian" at all. during those times, there were only united Slavic tribes that formed Kievan Rus'

[@meneither3834]

Yeah Russia emerged from the ashes of the Golden Horde.

[@darth3911]

the kievan rus has almost nothing to do with russia the kievan rus is much more related to both belarus and the ukraine but after some wars with the polish commonwealth and mongolia they were wiped off the map then after the fall of the mongols a bunch of new kingdoms come from it and one of them named moskovia formed russia after uniting most of the former mongol lands

[@justaslav5179]

@@darth3911 "Nothing to do with Russia",what??? Russia come from principalities that were part of Kievan Rus and everything,from Russian language to culture originate there. Ofc Ukrainians and Belarusians are descendents of it,but not "more" than Russians. Russian ethnicity was completely formed in its own country with language and traditions of Kievan Rus while Ukrainians and Belarusians were formed without their states with big Polish influence and they were seen as ethnic group of Russians for a long time (I don't support that) ,even by many Ukrainians and Belarusians themselves

[@justaslav5179]

@@meneither3834 Russia has never been part of Golden Horde,Russian principalities were vassals and "Horde power" most of the time was just paying tribute once a year. Why are you talking about history of country you know nothing about

[@meneither3834]

@@justaslav5179 what I mean is that Russia was created through filling the power vaccum left by the collapse of the Golden Horde. Not that Russians were mongols... And you can leave your demeaning remarks to yourself. Also the Kievan Rus and the Russian aren't the exact same thing. Much like Italy isn't the direct descendant of Rome or France the direct descendant of Francia.

[@Gameflyer001]

For Canada, you did leave out the acquisition of Newfoundland and Labrador from the British in 1949, thus joining the Confederation that same year. Apart from that, the most recent change was the creation of the territory of Nunavut, having been split off from the Northwest Territories in 1999. In recent years, there had been talks between the Canadian government and the Turks and Caicos islands in the Caribbean. They've twice stated their desire to become a part of Canada, but nothing's been done about it, due to the logistical and constitutional issues such an inclusion would bring. Mainly the issue of a vastly different economic structure, as well as whether or not it would be a new province, or merged into an existing one, like Nova Scotia.

[@12Robloxguy]

You left out that NFLD was Canada’s last expansion when it joined Canada in 1949

[@ThatCrazyKid0007]

I would love a detailed video on Russian expansion throughout the centuries.

[@andrespodra8459]

The beginning was slow. This was basically a tiny fortress in the middle of nowhere which was given to the 3rd or 4th son of the grand Duke of Kiev. Since Kiev went into decline due to the Mongol invasion and trade issues with byzantine the city states were much more independent. Moscows main trick was to get the orthodox metropoliit to reside permanently in Moscow. It increased the income and political Influence. It's influence bacame even bigger when byzantine fell and Moscow became the last holder of orthodoxy. Also Moscow had mostly pretty nice relationships with golden horde. The horde gave out the right to certain dukes to collect tax for them so the moscovites were often in the more favorable position . The rulers of Moscow were simply very smart guys.

[@virusj216]

Wow the productions are so good. This needs more views

[@marijnverheggen6611]

because I am Dutch I wondered how many of you see the colonial empire that the Netherlands had as an empire because there are some differences of opinion about that

[@benn454]

You stole most of it from the Portuguese.

[@chip1646]

I'd say it was a trading empire like the portugese one

[@ryeguy0508]

IT BIG

[@ryeguy0508]

The Dutch are underrated. Their empire stretched overtime from from the coast of Africa, coast of South America coast of North America, islands in the Caribbean and mostly ALL OF INDONESIA. The Dutch are cool in my book.

[@benn454]

@@chip1646 That's because it WAS the Portuguese Empire.

[@lsvlestudiovaillant5223]

What is strange with Germany is that it's not one nation, it's a group of independent nations ruled by prussians. I think that after the Second World War we should have given back their sovereignty to these nations (like Bavaria, Württemberg, Baden, ect)

[@darkmattergamesofficial]

"The Roman Empire doesn't exist anymore" :(

[@fedegear]

The state of the church and after the Vatican are the heirs of the Roman empire

[@miguelpadeiro762]

Not even close

[@miguelpadeiro762]

@Arthur __ Latin was already bastardized whilst the Roman Empire stood, Vulgar Latin was already a thing and differed in many regions.

[@didonegiuliano3547]

Wrong, Italy is pretty much safe and sound

[@ihl0700677525]

@Arthur __ We can pretty much do that with English. English is being taught in many countries as second language. IIRC it's part of school curricullum (i.e. you must have at least a basic proficiency of English to graduate) in China, Japan, The Netherlands, India, Indonesia, and the Phillipines. Probably in many other countries as well, tho I'm not sure countries like France, Russia, or Italy, which seems to be very proud of their own language, would teach English to their youngsters.

[@nathantorresstanevil6958]

Such high quality vids, absolutely amazing!!!

[@claytonburnand4401]

Hey man just letting you know you made a small error in the Canada piece. You forgot to mention the later addition of Newfoundland to Canada

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

Yup, Vermont didn't join the Union right away. They joined in 1791 after a deal was made with NY that Vermont would pay thirty thousand dollars to be distributed to every New Yorker that claimed land in Vermont under NY land patents. And that both states agreed on the boundary between them.

[@kbx2.]

Can you make Video's if countrys united together Can you do if the turkic states united

[@TheTattieShaw]

Join his discord and suggest this there link in the description

[@Frankenbutt99]

Found the Turkish nationalist

[@unionofsovietsocialistrepu4561]

like what if slav countrie unite

[@anotherhumanbeing3923]

@@Frankenbutt99 maybe he is from azerbaijan?or Uzbekistan? Or Tatarstan? Turkish means turks from Turkey

[@don_p7546]

Which states are Turkic?

[@tealmer3528]

8:21 That is a map of Moscow and the surrounding regions, showing when each part was conquered (the numbers in red are years) MOCKBA is Moscow, and BO(upside down squarish weird U)O(upside down L)(a square on top of two curved lines)a is Vologda. If you want, I can translate the whole thing, but it might be too late for that.

[@matthewgregg3979]

Canada also picked up Newfoundland in the mid 20th century. You missed that. Newfoundland used to be independent.

[@Angelgreat]

Can you please do a video on countries that used to have a coastline but not anymore?

[@vitorluigi2911]

12:46 "I see you're a man of culture as well"

[@Jacksonian]

"Let's start with the one on the thumbnail" YESS WE STAN YOU

[@avroarrow29]

8:05 Grand *QUACK* of Moscow

[@Redw_lf]

"About 115m, still pretty cheap"

[@1863-g2l]

When ur so early only 1 comment is there so you type fast to be earlier then tattie

[@chito226]

who’s tattie

[@tringaporemapping7060]

a moderator in the GK server

[@TheTattieShaw]

@@chito226 me

[@quanbrooklynkid7776]

Get some help.

[@Outis89]

Seemed to enjoy? Your videos are always on point. You deserve 10x the subscribers.

[@ItsCocoTacos]

8:13 Anyone notice the Grand “Ducky” of Moscow? I laughed so hard when I saw that. 😂😂😂 Edit: I was looking though the comments and someone else said it before me.

[@naomijoymorgan]

Yup! I was gonna comment that too 🦆😂

[@tugadmundo]

quac,quac,quac.

[@General.Knowledge]

LOL I didn't notice that, sorry!

[@killerdemonsniped7409]

General Knowledge I like ducky lol

[@timmmahhhh]

Perhaps the guy from Pretty In Pink was a modern relative. ;)

[@konstantinraicevic4556]

Serbia 🇷🇸 is a example. From small country in 1160 to the biggest empire in Europe in 1345 to now.

[@raidman_mucha]

8:03 There should be "Grand DUCHY of Moscow"

[@killerdemonsniped7409]

raidman14 I still kinda like ducky lol

[@kingdomoftransylvania5744]

Yeah

[@kingdomoftransylvania5744]

I imagine an slav duck with an crown in it head

[@paranoidrodent]

@@kingdomoftransylvania5744 I just imagine a gigantic rubber ducky (the GRAND ducky) with grim expression and fur trim.

[@mariajoaoferrazdeabreu150]

Excellent video! A true history lesson!

[@craigthorsen]

Your videos have been great. This one, however, has something that bothered me. Around the 6 to 9 minute time period, maps are shown without any ocean borders and it is difficult to get the context from a green or a red "blob" which is supposed to show something. Please continue your good work, and pay attention to the invisible outlines of coastlines. Having coastlines gives context.

[@berno5920]

In Argentina something similar happens, we started with a bit of the north and we were smaller than Paraguay and then we ended up being 7th in the world

[@shrekjesus667]

12:45 Only Brazilian/Portuguese understand it

[@Kai-xr6vs]

Great video, two little things: you forgot to mention that the province of Newfoundland and Labrador joined Canada in 1949, and that there were 4 original provinces of the Dominion of Canada, not three, Quebec, Ontario, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia.

[@Gary-number31415]

He said all 4 original provinces

[@zedxyle]

He said Canada was created from three British provinces. Which it was. New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and the Province of Canada (which was Quebec and Ontario at the time). These three British colonies became the 4 original Canadian provinces.

[@Kai-xr6vs]

@@zedxyle woah my bad ur right about that part

[@dovacin23]

Hello from Russia! I would be happy to see your video about evolution of Russian territories. I think this will be interesting for many people.

[@Nikioko]

The US purchased Danish West Indies from Denmark and annexed Cuba, Puerto Rico, Guam and the Philipines from Spain.

[@Crescentine]

Rose's are red, violets are blue This is all things I already knew. But the animations are cool, If General Knowlege hearts me, I might just drool

[@alman29812]

well that's a bad rhyme

[@Crescentine]

@@alman29812 I forgot what it originally was... it was better when I came up with it

[@dssouza1982]

“Que novamente nao existe” 🤣🤣🤣🤣 - you should make a video how Brazil acquired Acre in exchange of a horse 🐎🐎

[@nadiag11]

Don't forget about Nova Scotia in Canada

[@teflonravager]

He mentioned it in the first group.

[@coasterhockygamingboy9549]

I found this in my recommended and now I am a fan

[@tringaporemapping7060]

When ur early from the GK server #BeforeTattieGang

[@TheTattieShaw]

Yep was driving

[@tringaporemapping7060]

ok.I will serve my time in gulag

[@LD-Orbs]

Just a comment, that the thirteen colonies were rather large even if considered as individual states, and the United States was larger than almost any other country in 1783!

[@nicolassoriano2621]

Countries much bigger than Germany: Are we a joke to you?

[@nunosantos485]

Awesome video. Would've loved to see Australia and South Africa too.

[@fossilfountain]

8:09 anyone else hear “modern wussia”

[@evolxzione]

Me, he have a Portuguese Accent lol

[@miguelpadeiro762]

@@evolxzione Doubt it is because of his Portuguese accent, the English cultures are the ones with the soft r', like in Russia with a soft r, whilst in Portuguese Russia is RRussia, with an hard r

[@emilandersson4366]

You finally managed to name a series of countries without fucking up pronouncing their names. I’m so proud of you 💕💕💕🤩

[@Hendricus56]

#BeforeTattieGang

[@TheTattieShaw]

Yep was driving 😂😂

[@darthvader3934]

Hey General, I think you can do Ottomans too because in 1299 they were too small.

[@mr.markofski4267]

So does this mean that Russia’s name translated literally into English is “Land of the Men Who Row?”

[@OK-vz8vj]

One of the opinions. Scients have many opinions about history of Russia.

[@НікітаТроїцький]

@@OK-vz8vj but none of them are true🤣

[@davidweslley2761]

Acre "que novamente não existe", as a Brazilian, i rly appreciate the joke but this is supposed to be a secret! Great video! Keep it up!

[@asxprua6879]

That português accent pooped when saying Augustus 😭 reminded me of my parents lmao

[@wilhelmlegothdegascogne9674]

Portugues ? No

[@leobauer6180]

12:46 HAHAHHAHAHA Good joke, I'm brazillian and here in Brazil we have like a famous meme that says that Acre state/ province, doesn't exist, and this frase: "que, novamente, não existe" talks about Acre and means that it doesn't exist. Loved this joke hahah Love from Brazil ❤️❤️❤️

[@MarcusMaximillianAugustus]

yes, please cover the eastward expansion of Russia - I believe they made it as far as California

[@saggi201]

To clarify a bit the Grand Master that secularized the Teutonic Order didn't intermarry with the Hohenzollerns of Brandenburg, he was himself a Hohenzollern of a different branch which eventually ran out of heirs

[@saggi201]

Also the shift to Brandenburg-Prussia and eventually the Kingdom Of Prussia was largely because Prussia was outside the HRE which Allowed the Hohenzollern to claim higher titles

[@flippencio3900]

Chile was a small country, after the pacific war became a really long country

[@nderman8461]

Nice editing

[@ringthatbell9597]

I’d like to see the Russian expansion vid

[@allanlank]

No new additions to Canada after Newfoundland in 1949. However, in 1974, the Turks and Caicos Islands, in the Caribbean, made a request to the Canadian government to be included as a Canadian province. They were turned down.

[@eavn9684]

There was a second time they tried, the roles were reversed though.

[@luizfellipe3291]

3:09 Em espanhol a letra V se pronuncia como um B

[@luizfellipe3291]

@Joestar-San mas no México não, certo?

[@bradass1986]

@7:06 It was even larger with the Anschluss of Austria and the annexation of Sudetenland (from Czechoslovakia) and Memel (from Lithuania) in 1938.

[@cosmicpuma1409]

I've been falling into the trap, of watching more and more rubbish on KZbin... Especially since being at home due to the lockdown imposed on us, as a result of Covid 19... I AM SO HAPPY to have found your channel and am loving your content. I feel that my brain is slowly re-engaging, lol, out of that numbness of the trash I was watching. Thank you for the enlightening, interesting and very educational content. Subbed and looking forward to your future content. #Awesome 👌😎

[@stephenscribbles]

At 1:04, the map depicting 1775 America looks to be a bit flawed. It says that Quebec is south of the Great Lakes where many current US states are situated now? Maybe I'm reading it wrong and it means to point further north, but it looks odd.

[@psoltiivan]

So Russia just Uno reversed the Mongol Empire.

[@nicholasparker2086]

That's a good insight

[@MegaGlupe]

You messed up. The Dominion of new found land join Canada in the mid 1900s

[@darkyboode3239]

The US was just a strip of land on the East coast, then it expanded west.

[@Trantor]

And even in the beginning it was large, bigger than most European countries now

[@KlavierMenn]

Quite the same beginning of brasil, if you compare.

[@mikeoettle3830]

With regard to Canada, you left out Newfoundland, which remained a separate colony, and after the First World War was made a Dominion. It was under British administration in the late 1930s and most of the 1940s, following bankruptcy arising from the high cost of a railway from east to west across the island. In 1949 it became a province of Canada.

[@nico27]

12:45 😂😂😂

[@gamexsimmonds3581]

The province of Newfoundland and Labrador joined Canada in 1949 Which was the last big territorial gain