The History Of Europe In Maps

[@General.Knowledge]

Which important moments in European history were left out of these maps? Also, sign up for Extra with our link extra.app/GENERALKNOWLEDGE and start building your credit with a debit card!

[@genovayork2468]

Too many to count. But that is the charm of history: if it had all been just that, we wouldn't be here contemplating it.

[@QPRTokyo]

99 percent.

[@marcovtjev]

The conquest of France by Clovis ?

[@Mrclean3211]

some of the maps depicting scandinavia is wrong the borders of norway and denmark expands way into sweden the south of sweden is accurate but the border with norway is way off

[@indigo8122]

Hindi bolo

[@darriendastar3941]

Brilliant. So much information explained so clearly and in such a short space of time. The amount of pure thought and editing that goes into these videos is simply awe-inspiring.

[@General.Knowledge]

Thanks!

[@lifeofthebat22]

@@General.Knowledge thank you for the hard work.

[@_Itachi-Uchiha_]

I like how this Atlas are in portuguese, because i'm brazillian. And this is one of my favorites channels in KZbin.

[@General.Knowledge]

Obrigado!

[@luizcsn89]

@@General.Knowledge Vc é brasileiro?

[@nicholaswilson1310]

I would love to see a "couple hours long" video from you on this.

[@General.Knowledge]

I could make some longer videos! It'd be interesting to do one with a map of a continent / country every 100 years and go over the most significant events in each time period

[@grizwoldphantasia5005]

@@General.Knowledge I'd gladly be sucked into one showing yearly changes covering this same date range, watching it in stages. 5 hours? 10 hours? Well, probably not enough people would go for it to be worthwhile, since this one has only 60K views so far. But there is an audience in case one of us inherits a pile of money.

[@Shockprowl]

Oh absolutely! I could listen to General Knowledge all day!

[@DerekWitt]

10:58 - my ancestors were Volga Germans. They escaped persecution by the Russian Czar in the 1860s-1870s and emigrated to the US, settling in the American Midwest. I emailed the Catholic Bishop of Saratov, Russia in 2011. He is also the Bishop of Munich, Germany. I asked him whether he knew of any records of the former German colonies in Russia still in existence. Unfortunately he didn't know. I suspected those records were destroyed by Stalin before or during WWII. We were very thankful to have left Russia long before the Bolsheviks took over.

[@akai4942]

My ancestors were Volga Germans too hahah but they came to Argentina. Perhaps our great great grand parents knew each other

[@Hamsteak]

I love these old maps, it truly shows the progression of Europe throughout the millenia

[@mariajoaoferrazdeabreu150]

Good work! Great video.

[@tomind5784]

I'm very interested in history and this channel is a great educational one.

[@General.Knowledge]

Thank you!

[@joaopereira3334]

Great vídeo!

[@AfonsodaMataSlam]

Great video, as usual! Could you please share the details of that book you're referencing upon. I'm also Portuguese, I'd be thrilled to find and read it :) Cheers!

[@General.Knowledge]

I think it was an offer with the Público newspaper some time ago! I don't believe it's available for sale anywhere

[@philipp0209]

10:20 little mistake here, it's actually the austrian empire since 1805 -> the compromise with hungary established the austro-hungarian empire in 1867 after prussia and italy won a 2 front war against austria

[@xenotypos]

Indeed.

[@viniciuscalzado306]

I'm Brazilian and when I was a kid I bought this exact same Atlas. It's so nostalgic for me haha I used to love studying History and geography with these maps

[@Gustav0_mr]

Love the portuguese history books 😍

[@janopsilver]

At 9:10 The map is not entirely right, because at the time Transylvania was an ally of the ottoman empire, but it remained independent.

[@allangibson2408]

That would depend on the exact year - it sloshed back and forth a bit.

[@marcovtjev]

@3:06 Germanic and Goth is a bit a strange distinction, as Goths are an East- Germanic tribe. But I can see the misunderstanding is already in the book

[@bastih.5264]

As far as I know the term "Germanic" was used by Romans in very vague way. Basically all peoples beyond the limes were "Germanic" for the Romans.

[@tibojanssen8137]

Very nice that you use the Brabançonne as background music and what I think is the march of the chasseur ardennais

[@eldel6398]

Do the two hour video, please, yoúre brilliant!

[@martinhristov8250]

The simultanious conquire on the Balkans and Middle East by the Otoman Empire is because the Balkan states used otoman warriors as mercanaries in their quarels (they were in their late feodal state), so they paved the way for their own demice.

[@yoghurtmaster1688]

Im sure only the byzantine empire used ottoman merceneries againts the bulgarian and serbian empires and in civil wars

[@martinhristov8250]

@@yoghurtmaster1688 Not realy, in that time period Bulgaria, Serbia and Byzantine empire (what left of it) was devided at smaller states which was formaly under the law of the tzar or emperor or djupan depend on the country (afterall its late feodal era) they fight between each other. So if there are mercenaries for hire why the hell not use them, right.

[@civfanatic8853]

All your documentaries are great, but this one is spectacular thanks to finding that older atlas. Thank you for the great work :D

[@General.Knowledge]

Thanks!

[@mbrennan459]

I have taught high school geography for most of the last 40 years. The 1990s and early 2000s made it hard to keep up with the changes in Europe, Africa, and Asia. Textbooks and class map changes prepared me for rapid changes in cellphone technology!😂

[@geraldmeehan8942]

I enjoyed this video. Luckily when I was young we had an excellent atlas of historical maps. I'm 63 now and have had a lifetime love of maps

[@seamussc]

Seeing the map in Portuguese is actually pretty interesting. I know that both the French and Germans kind of claim Charlemagne (or Karl der Grosse), but seeing the Portuguese call him Carlos Magno makes me wonder why we use the French name. But even then, since we use Carl and Charles equally in English, I don't even know if we should call him Charles the Great or Carl the Great. English is Germanic, so Carl makes sense, but on the other hand, Charles kinda has more Catholic (think of Charles I and II of England, and it seems like Irish-Americans and Italian-Americans are way more likely to use Charles than Carl in my experienxe) undertones than Carl, and that also seems kinda important for Holy Roman purposes. Maybe we could just call him Carlos Magno too, it sounds pretty cool to me, lol.

[@seamussc]

At the same time, how did England become "Ingleterra" or "Inglaterra" in Spanish/Portuguese despite having a Germanic name, yet Ireland and Finland both -landa/landia suffixes despite neither being Germanic?

[@akai4942]

​@@seamussc Ireland is Irlanda in spanish and portuguese because the word for the country entered through english. We just added -a at the end (a latin suffix, -ia) and oila, Irlanda. Finland is the name that the swedes gave to Finland, and the name we used was that with the added suffix. which is odd, because -ia means land... Inglaterra, however, entered spanish and portuguese from latin, Anglaterra, or land of the Angles. That's why we don't use the land suffix.

[@xenotypos]

Royal names in English generally favored the French version (unless it was the English version) because the French language had a huge influence in England. And also, Charles IS the English equivalent of Karl for royal names (I don't think it's equal to Carl in that regard), even if it comes from French (like William do, too, despite not being used in France now). Not just Charlemagne, but also the Habsburg emperor Charles V of the HRE (/Charles I of Spain, or should I say: Karl V of the HRE/Carlos I of Spain), and other ones. It seems it stopped (in my eyes) around the middle of the 19th century, since for example England chose "Wilhelm II" instead of "Guillaume II" for the German emperor, not even translating to William. What's interesting to me, is that Europeans often felt the need to "translate" royal names. Some examples in german - french - english - spanish: Karl - Charles - Charles - Carlos ... Franz - François - Francis - Francisco ... Wilhelm - Guillaume (and 1000 other versions, like Williame in Normandy) - William - Guillermo ... The last one of interesting considering the insane diversity. "Helm" (meant helmet) became "haume" in french (same definition, pronounced "hom") and "ame" for the Normans since they tended to pronounced the letter "a" with the sound "o".

[@sebe2255]

Because Charles the Great just doesn’t do the name justice

[@gargamelvoeyt2137]

Beautiful video

[@benjaminprietop]

3:19 those could've easily been a string of insults by Captain Haddock hahahah

[@33fisu]

Our dear Portugal 🇵🇹❤️

[@PG-fy2ck]

o país que nunca muda, nem em território, nem em economia :D

[@ellidominusser1138]

I see people are annoyed cause their country wasn't mentioned, which i understand, but honestly... There is way to little room for explaining more. I think he should make a video which is a couple hours long and explain more.

[@kevinchiquet7174]

The maps about barbarian migrations seem to have several locations mistakes. For example, Paris was founded "onn" the Seine, same for Tours (a bit proud 'cause I was born and live in it) on the Loire and more towards the east (on the map, Tours is in the place of Angers or Poitiers)

[@christophermichaelclarence6003]

Vive la France 🟦⬜🟥💪🇫🇷👊🐓

[@lemonaj4408]

I was looking at it and found interesting fact: In here the city of Prague is portraited on the river of Elbe (Labe). The river is right but Prague is more south on the river Vltava (tributary of Labe). Position of Prague here is more like the city of Mělník (confluence of Vltava and Labe) On maps later in the video is position right

[@antares9353]

Can you do a video about transcontinental countries?

[@General.Knowledge]

Great idea!

[@jacobarmour6325]

It became true 😍

[@antares9353]

@@jacobarmour6325 Yep and I was shocked XD

[@jacobarmour6325]

@@antares9353 xD

[@hristorusanov23]

At 5:45, the map is wrong. The Bulgarian Empire was already established during 8th century. Even in 717-718, Bulgarian Emperor Tervel, helped Byzantines to defeat the Arabs during the siege of Constantinople. Tervel was known then as 'The savior of Europe' and was granted the title of Ceaser by the Byzantines.

[@Kim-mz8co]

You're a great teacher. Thanks for your videos. Best wishes from a teacher in Cambodia.

[@ren1352]

Love the fact that you barely mention hungary despite the fact that it was one of the strongest kingdoms in the 14th century. Also The hungarian kindom stopped the ottoman expansion, so that the rest of europe remained safe, while hungary was destroyed.

[@ethanos5442]

And the Mongols

[@G0TIMAN]

Oh, god. "Western" maps of Eastern europe usually looks like shit xD Borders of Poland looks strange in 7:20. They should have Mazovia at this time and they show it as part of prussia. 1500 map of lithuanian border is also wrong as at this time they had acess to see already. And it wasnt commonwealth yet. Just Poland and Lithuania. 10:38 map shows Warsaw in the place of Lublin. Also for some reason lublin land and big part of mazovia are ukrainian/belarusian. There is a lot of german dots in east slavic sea but not a single polish dot east from river Bug. Strange.

[@christophermichaelclarence6003]

Poland Empire and Austria and Bulgary were basically fighting for the Eastern of Europe

[@rafatymoniewicz7735]

The map of Europe in 1225 also got Poland really wrong. Not only did they show Poland as a unified country (I mean ok it could be overlooked if they at least didn't get the other borders wrong) but Silesia wasn't a part of the Holy Roman Empire for over 100 year after the map date and Breslau location is completly missed. The Teutonic Order didn't exist in Prussia yet and Pomerania was a part of Poland. Silesia is the largest mistake though, but I see many maps depict it wrongly, which is really sad...

[@umad5671]

@@christophermichaelclarence6003 we never had a "Polish empire" but ok

[@lifeofthebat22]

Fascinating. Thank you.

[@kajunsblerdeye9325]

It was a lot to take in, but I enjoyed it

[@Abobadarga]

Altamente!

[@benabroad8872]

Great video

[@hawksnebula1506]

0:03 Very clever, I see you took out the controversial Crimea - cropping the map so that it shows everything west of that region.

[@MichaelCarolina]

I think the map you are looking for is at 7:22

[@tacocat1714]

I think he means 0:05 as Crimea is not visible at all

[@Eliana-wm4kj]

Lol you can see the white borders around the map, he didn't crop out Crimea, the map was already cropped

[@jackback70]

Rome in 300 AD: We finally established our empire and mostly united the continent, there won't be anymore wars for centuries to come! Europe: Hold my wine

[@Rico-Suave_]

Great video, thank you very much , note to self(nts) watched all of it 12:11

[@k.c1126]

Have you done anything about the Polish "empire" after the end of the Kievan Rus??? There's some very volatile history there that people may find interesting,

[@darreljones8645]

For that matter, why wasn't 20th-century Poland labeled with its name? Nearly all the other countries were.

[@yolantadianow1584]

Poland had a land from Baltic sea to Black sea. That was original land of Slovak Poles

[@General.Knowledge]

A video about Polish history is on the list!

[@k.c1126]

@@General.Knowledge Thanks! Going to watch it now!

[@k.c1126]

@@General.Knowledge Hello again... Have you considered doing a fun with flags for the Caribbean countries? While most of the countries are quite young, there are some interesting things to talk about...

[@katkat-21]

hi! where can i find these maps & more? great video!!

[@hungariancountryball2928]

Nice! Oso where do you get these maps n stuff?

[@BaneIstoricar]

We litteraly have similar content

[@rob9853]

I learned more about my country’s history, France, on this channel, than at school in 15 years.

[@bezedoinga]

the olive oil conspiracy theory🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@imperialmarshalyoutube]

You explained it better than my university teachers. Our teachers do not use maps in the lesson while telling history.

[@cinamon146]

Here before this video becomes famous

[@herobrinegreek9493]

Really detailed work, but i think skipping 1821 was a bit off, there were so many changes from 1821 to 1830 and the Balkan Wars

[@josueveguilla9069]

The History of Asia in Maps.

[@EuropeanAndrew]

Who cares

[@christophermichaelclarence6003]

History of Asia is lame. Only China is huge

[@genovayork2468]

@@christophermichaelclarence6003 False. Asia was so much more complex than Europe, that you have to cover it by regions. Everything past that is overkill.

[@realazra]

@@christophermichaelclarence6003 what? Asia was complex at the time all empires started there.

[@CrystalClearWith8BE]

1990: German Reunification 1991: Dissolution of the USSR 1992: Break-up of Yugoslavia 1993: Dissolution of Czechoslovakia 2006: Independence of Montenegro 2008: Independence of Kosovo

[@rpm5713]

What software do you use to create your KZbin videos?

[@alexandrealphonse69]

Kindgom of Galicia.

[@gabkoost]

Gallaecia Regnum!

[@saepe6772]

nice video, i have the exact same book but in flemish

[@kubaswiton9030]

10:05 As a Pole I call BS on this map. Poland was wiped out off the maps since 1795, being dismantled by Russia, Prussia and Austria. The land that we see here called "Polonia" is in fact the Duchy of Warsaw, that in years 1807-1815 was under the rule of the Saxon king. Then 1815 was dismantled again by Russia, Prussia and Austria and after that the Polish Kingdom was made, but under the rule of the Russian tsar. Poland didn't really have independence from 1795 to 1918, that's why the day that the WWI ended (November 11th) is the Polish National Independence Day, cause that day we regain independence under the Threaty of Versailles

[@General.Knowledge]

I really want to make a video focused on the various partitions of Poland throughout history

[@kubaswiton9030]

@@General.Knowledge Wow. You're in for a treat then, cause Poland has a pretty complicated history and the Partitions of Poland are one of in not the most important historical roots of this country, there's so many other historical events and interesting facts connected to them. I could be one of the best sources for you to make this video, since I can name and depicit most of these things of the top of my head.

[@montoyaflorent8705]

Very good video as per usual, but you really need to raise the volume. I can't listen in the car nor public transport with a bit of surrounding noise

[@Shockprowl]

Great video, thank you. Have you read The TIMES Atlas of European History? It's been around a while now. It is a superb book. I find historical events are easier to understand when using a map. It puts things into a geo-political context. Some your brilliant channel does with flare!

[@georgedinca7926]

Only thing wrong is that Moldovia and Valachia(parts of Romania today) were never conquered by the Ottomans and annexed to their empire...they paid tribute and were vasals but were never conquered

[@Yurinsm]

0:03 I see what you did there...

[@archstanton6102]

Been to every UEFA country apart from 3. Faero Island, Georgia and Armenia.

[@arozes8324]

8:39 Brussels is in the wrong place lol

[@genovayork2468]

That is not the only reason I do not like historical school maps. Sloppy borders to the maximum and omission of small states.

[@RodolfoGaming]

Love the maps being Portuguese a little touch from the homeland is always welcome

[@victorkarlsson5183]

The map "Europe after the treaties of Westphalia" is highly inaccurate, at least for Sweden/Norway/Denmark. Don't know about the rest tho.

[@07Giddyup]

I like what you’re trying to do here but I find the pace far too quick.

[@kayrius]

8:22 vc's chamam o Holy Roman Empire de Império Santo? Interessante. Usamos o termo "Sacro Império Romano". 🇧🇷

[@SupremeLordEnki]

no mentioned of greece and russia vs ottoman, or the germans vs the russians to release the baltic countries or even finland

[@hadiisaboss5307]

yeah he said it was a brief overview. you got warned yet still soiled you pants

[@Kylora2112]

We need Emperor Tigerstar to review these now =D

[@freddyfleal]

oooh .. I want this book :|

[@super_lekker_ding]

Unfortunate that they placed Dorestad to far westward, and they also did not take in account the changing geography of the Netherlands.

[@tech10k14]

Well done! You completely missed out the British Empire.

[@hadiisaboss5307]

he did say breif explanation he also forgot finland who cares

[@usernamechecksout]

The most interesting part is how north of Danube in Eastern Europe there's no data for anything up to the 1300s when all of a sudden Bucarest appears on the maps. What happened since the Romans left in the 200s for over 1000 years? yes, there were the barbarian invasions but that's about it.

[@derothovmasyan5702]

Make a vid of the caucases

[@foodlike3259]

Just love how for some reason the maps are in portugese

[@sumportuguesedude2605]

He's portuguese

[@reud_6476]

Isn't 'Charlos magnos' Karel/Charles the Great in English?

[@LucaioSuper]

I like how Portugal has a different name for HRE compared to Brazil. Here its called "Sacro Império Romano-Germânico".

[@Tusiriakest]

I noticed that it was written “Santo Império” but I’ve never heard it being called that way in Portugal=\ we also learn it at school as “Sacro Império Romano-Germânico”

[@ikad5229]

@@Tusiriakest In one of the maps it put the city of Melilla on the location of Fez so... I wouldn't trust those maps completely.

[@kjyost]

"I believe you mean 43 countries!" - Vladimir Putin

[@polymath999]

Maybe its something too much to ask but if u ever can do a video for Kosovo and albania about the changes through the centuries

[@Grenadier311]

It both displeases and disquiets me to see the Ottomons expelled from Europe on a map. After the battle of Varna, Europe didn't do enough to evict them until the 19th century.

[@zeroabc4012]

These maps are not very accurate when it comes to the boarders of Switzerland. Still a great video you made!

[@themulopwe9262]

Haha The Belgian anthem playing in the background no wonder i heard it of all people

[@nezinaunieko2227]

Its so disrespectful just to skip the time from 1300s to 1500s. Everyone mentions the Polish-Lithuanian Commenwealth, but forgets that these two powers have been the biggest countries between that time.

[@GabrielGarcia-lb7dw]

Ih carai, o dono desse canal é BR ou tem ligações com o Brasil pra ter conseguido esse livro

[@ikad5229]

He's Portuguese. There's always a hint or easter egg to Portugal in almost every video.

[@ggeronimo4412]

Showing this maps to ultranationalists from Balkan will just make them confused cuz they belive alternative history

[@dusankitic5711]

DO YOU KNOW WHO LIVE ON BALKAN IN 6000BC?

[@hadiisaboss5307]

@@dusankitic5711 me

[@مولودالمولدي]

من يكون هذا الجنرال كينولدج أو نولدج؟ هو زعيم في اوروبا؟.

[@parisfrance6483]

Spain resist the french they could never control all of Spain.

[@ikad5229]

Not exactly. They controlled us to some degree. France even put a puppet king in Spain, but we revolted and caused a guerrilla war that we won in the end.

[@DewanMMA]

Do this for asia

[@AdriLeemput]

Is that the Belgian national anthem in the background?

[@MelaGauck]

"We can see that the goths mostly focused on the balkan regions, italy and a LITTLE BIT of southern france, and mediterranean spain" - next map visigothic kindom holds almost whole Spain, while ostrogoths are mosty in Italy 🤔 This narration is a little misleading. Also Alans and Swebs had kingdoms in Spain, if I remember correctly.

[@ikad5229]

Yes, the Suevii had a kingdom in what is now Galicia and Northern Portugal. The Alans I'm not completely sure, I don't think they established a full on kingdom, maybe some settlements, as the Suevii were the most powerful till the Visigoths came.

[@MrMigueldelaO]

I would like to know what countries existed in Europe and who ruled them from 1600 to 1820. Anybody help me?????

[@GeldtheGelded]

My man didn't even mention the bulgarian empire😭

[@christophermichaelclarence6003]

Cuz it's weak and lame. Unfortunately

[@GeldtheGelded]

@@christophermichaelclarence6003 You're literally french

[@christophermichaelclarence6003]

@@GeldtheGelded Indeed I am

[@nenenindonu]

@@christophermichaelclarence6003 It was the strongest state in Europe during the reigns of Khan Krum and Simeon

[@enabiki]

I feel you neighbour. In this channel, they don't show Turkey a lot. This is weird.

[@alberpajares4792]

That’s why Spanish people is Roman-Latin? Is Germanic-tribal? Maybe Arab-caliphate???

[@generalfeldmarschall3781]

The best Map was before ww1

[@Revolución_Socialista]

"Americans" are all people who live in the American continent, not just in the United States

[@Laert_Veizi]

How to make a video controversial from the 5 first seconds

[@fhffvgju6299]

Better make a new one

[@d0rit0jr]

Strange question. But are you Portuguese?

[@tererere699]

When Poland disaperead in 1772-1795 in was biggest geopolitical change in the WORLD in 5 hunderts times. Russia came to european theather...

[@enabiki]

11:50 I see what they did to Cyprus. Very nice! One day, they will recognize Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.

[@christophermichaelclarence6003]

Our Homeland France/Francia/Frankreich/Gallia hasn't changed a bit over the last 1000 years. So has UK, Spain and Portugal. Just some lands that we lost especially Alsace and la Lorraine Due to conflics and Wars. Fortunately we got them back The Roman Empire and the Frankish Empire actually gave birth to France. Normans, Celtics and Germans Tribes Hah. Our French Empire under the reign of our Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte. When our country was boosting up and shook Europe🟦🟦⬜🦅⬜🟥🟥 10:00 (1794-1815) Vive la France 🟦⬜🟥💪🇫🇷👊🐓⚜️🥖🥐🍞🍰🧀🍷🍲 Realy proud to be French Lol Austria and Hungary used to huge. Even Poland. All three broke up due to the Napoleonic War, WW1 and WW2. A shame Mmm German Nazis occupied the Whole North of France (Vichy Regim). While the South of France are the French Ressistance in June 1940 True. Germany became one Nation after the Franco Prussian War 1871.

[@Stuka55]

I'm not gonna lie this whole comment was kinda cringe

[@christophermichaelclarence6003]

@@Stuka55 History never lies.

[@ilFrancotti]

"hasn't changed a bit in the last 1000 years" One Hundred Years war roaring in the background.

[@christophermichaelclarence6003]

@@ilFrancotti Our French ancestors won the Hundred Years War againt the English. All thank to Jeanne d'Arc/Joan Arc. Also known to be called the Maiden of France

[@ilFrancotti]

@@christophermichaelclarence6003 Yes but while the fighting was raging France did change, a lot.

[@abumrabum6952]

Slava Ukraini!

[@flameraker6824]

Slava ukraini