Top 5 Tallest Buildings Throughout History

This video will show the top five tallest buildings and structures from 4000 BCE to 2019.
For structures built after 1900, this video uses the 'architectural height' definition as set out by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH). This definition includes spires, but excludes antennae, which will be shown in grey if applicable. A horizontal line will also be shown after 1900, showing the architectural height of structures. This definition also excludes all free-standing radio/broadcasting masts. Other omitted structures include bridges and offshore oil platforms.
Heights for structures that were destroyed before modern times are usually approximate. Approximate heights are denoted by a tilde (~).
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[@OllieBye]

Just a fun little project I thought I'd try. Hope you like it!

[@OllieBye]

@Legendary Clash It was apparently damaged during the Chola invasion, and fell into a state of disrepair for a long time after that. It has since been renovated, but it is no longer as tall.

[@OllieBye]

@@arolemaprarath6615 The animation was done in MAGIX Movie Edit. It's actually quite easy to do.

[@muhammadibnuqoyyumkamil5171]

Where Borobudur temple?

[@Reziac]

Interesting way to show the data, love seeing them in proportion to one another with the locations. Good job!

[@UsefulCharts]

Loved it!

[@ProfessorPotatoPhD]

Pyramids of Giza casually being the tallest for over 3000 years

[@Moz31]

Some church: I'm gonna ruin this man's whole career

[@ahmedhegazi3917]

للأسف لم نعرف كيف نحافظ على حضارتنا وأصبحنا من دول العالم الثالث

[@wybo2]

@@Moz31 Only to burn down 10 years later

[@sussurus]

@@wybo2 Lincoln Cathedral was the first building to surpass the Pyramids in height and remained the tallest building in the world for 238 years before its main spire collapsed.

[@wybo2]

@@sussurus Welp, turns out i was wrong, kinda. Apparently its roofing cought fire 50 years after it was build and another 50 years later it got destroyed by a earthquake. The building was repaired each time afterwards. I should have looked it up before commenting.

[@EmperorTigerstar]

I like the detail of the Great Pyramid slowly shrinking due to erosion.

[@redcoat4348]

There is no data on when the capstone of the pyramids got out though

[@jrussianball5033]

PLEASE SHUT UP EMPEROR BLABBERMOUTH!!!!!

[@dhruvs8139]

SAME! I noticed that too. Good work, Ollie!

[@abbad707]

Yea and the time it was the tallest building was way too impressive

[@irontusk341]

but J Russian Ball, Dont tigers or cats like batting balls around like toys? just wondering....

[@cyrclack5616]

Nobody: Cathedral Gang: Let us introduce ourselves

[@twistymcyeet3765]

The pyramids, being built millenia before but still outlasting them: "Know your fucking place, T R A S H"

[@PAINNN666]

Cathedral Gang: Let us introduce ourselves American Scyscrapers: You are a joke.

[@siddarth_vader]

That's how Introductions are kinda supposed to work

[@xenotypos]

@@twistymcyeet3765 Hmmm Strasbourg cathedral never collapsed, and was still higher than the great pyramid of giza : D. On a side note, cathedrals, as many buildings from the old world, are actually quite sturdy compared with modern buildings (which would all collapse in less than 100 years without proper human maintenance). Most of the time when a cathedral disappears in the video, only the spire collapsed, not the building itself. Probably why Strasbourg cathedral remained, since it doesn't have a spire and the height was the actual height of the towers.

[@cyrclack5616]

@ÖLÜMLÜHAYATBUGÜNVARSINYARINYOKSUN Nice seeing you here, looks like you are a no-life on top of an idiot too, nice

[@WTFCDFoxy]

The moment when you realize the first tallest building was 8 meters...

[@dontpanic9772]

I mean the first building was the first tallest building.

[@arpitanie5681]

Technically the first tallest building was just a tree house...

[@unanec]

@@arpitanie5681 what is exactly a house actually?

[@taylorborden2971]

Had to start somewhere

[@fredrickthecatfish8661]

The first tallest building was probs 4m or less

[@takshashila2995]

When you build the tallest standing structure for well over 3000 years and everyone starts giving credit to Aliens.

[@qwertyuiopzxcvbnm9890]

aliens? basically it is just a mystery how exactly their perfection could be built

[@RubySapior]

Well, they only had bronze tools and its really difficult to cut granite with bronze. You would go through many blades in order to cut 1 block. On top of that, do this day, we have yet to find a big enough cutting tool. The largest bonze saw ever found was only a few feet long at best. You would have expected to find a billion of these if they were really used to make the pyramids. As for the chisel method for cutting. Even with today's machine position chiseling, still impossible to separate a block that smooth. Lastly, how would you move up these enormous blocks into a pyramid shape? If you were to build a ramp at a slight incline, the slope up the pyramid would dwarf the pyramid its self. Not even going to mention how far away these quarries were from the building site. 1 answer aliens :P Not that I believe in aliens, but our current understandings of the ancient civilizations are still quite limited.

[@ramitouhami4912]

@@qwertyuiopzxcvbnm9890 with skilled architects and ramps to build ot they diverted the nile river to transport sandstone there is no mystery about it

[@ramitouhami4912]

@@RubySapior the ramp went spiraling around the pyramid they only used stone to perfect the blocks, so it did taje a long ime also they diverted the nile and used boats to transport sandstone there from the quarries

[@nikolafeschiev3399]

@@RubySapior they were build from limestone not granite.

[@bapo224]

Europe: Look at our beautiful cathedrals symbolizing our devotion to god! America: T H I C C S T I C C

[@Wandrative]

America only lasted like 50 years to reign. Good thing for you that the video slowed down for the 20th century

[@fakestory1753]

@@Wandrative I think he is saying the thick pyramid in America

[@Wandrative]

Fake Story That didn’t happen in the age of Cathedrals tho

[@fakestory1753]

@@Wandrative but both of them are mean to be praising the god (?

[@GoofballPaul]

You win the comment section.

[@SCP-ut3kf]

Think about it: The Pyramids of Giza remained the tallest building from 0:35 to 4:46 and remained in the top 5 until 6:00. 2000 BCE to 1886. Nearly 4,000 years.

[@Aelfraed26]

The Great Pyramid is believed to have been built around 2500 BC, so it's closer to have been the tallest for 4500 years.

[@beanburrito4405]

People are all commending the Pyramids, and that’s all well and good, but I feel like the La Danta Temple needs some credit as well. It was a Native American structure that lasted at least 2000 years in the top five, that’s impressive

[@octaviogutierrez9158]

Yeah Mesoamerica is underrated, the temple of La Danta was the tallest structure in the Western Hemisphere for at least a thousand years by the Mayans of the Petén jungle who already had a definite writing and knew the number 0 centuries before the Middle East. They did not use the wheel, they did not know metals and they did not settle their cities in the rivers unlike the Egyptians. The Teotihuacans came to create the sixth largest city in the world at its peak with large palaces, a reflection of a sophisticated and commercially prominent society. and the pyramid of the sun was much taller than the constructions of the Roman empire. Not even in medieval Europe they could surpass those constructions in height and massive length.

[@xenotypos]

@@octaviogutierrez9158 Afaik the Mayans didn't use the modern zero but a version of it. Several versions of zero existed in Old World too and the oldest versions in the world come from the middle-east. The Babylonians used it as a placeholder (without a symbol), but not as a value. If I remember well, the Egyptians did the opposite. The modern version is of course from India a very long time later. And regarding medieval Europe you're probably talking about the first half of the middle ages, because in the second half cathedrals were the tallest buildings in the world. Though I admit height isn't everything, and I think the Romans are hard to beat in terms of architecture (even if they sucked at some other things). For me, they win hands down in that department, even compared the late-middle ages Europe which was better in other departements. Roman palaces, cities, monuments etc.. were very complex and subtle, some were without equivalent anywhere like their massive domes (which was a major innovation). Even their roads were cracked (there is far more under the first layer than people imagine, that's why the road who were not intentionally destroyed still exist today). Well, just my opinion.

[@sagamaster124]

@@xenotypos es obvio, en su tiempo la arquitectura romana fue la mejor (recibiendo aportes de otras civilizaciones).

[@canofsouls282]

@@octaviogutierrez9158 the crazy thing is that la danta still stands to this very day as the biggest pyramid by volume in the world.

[@orereo2328]

Those are Mayan buildings, not Native American

[@w-poopers]

1870: *steel has joined the chat.*

[@matthewschad6649]

And Giza starts plummeting down the list.

[@rexxy8989]

also, let's not forget the reinvention of opus caementicium -> cement

[@khenricx]

Fun fact, the eiffel tower is made out of iron, not steel !

[@michka841]

2000 *ASIA JOINED THE CHAT*

[@kaikart123]

@@michka841 2009 DUBAI JOINED THE CHAT

[@incendiarybullet3516]

It took 3,000 years for the pyramids to lose the top spot, and they’re still standing to this day. Truly an amazing feat of architecture, a great testament of humanity’s capabilities.

[@Hypermartini]

of paid worker's capabilities

[@pinnappleman3190]

It’s a goddamn stone triangle. I don’t want to face the natural disaster that could topple it.

[@pinnappleman3190]

Hypermartini I think it’s been proven false that the workers were enslaved

[@MrCameroncee]

@@Hypermartini most records suggest skilled labourers built the pyramids due to the skill needed, slaves may have been used to transport materials but not likely used in the actual construction

[@firstaidsack]

It was build by aliens. EDIT: Just kidding ;P

[@dailybonkers621]

As a sri lankan im extremely proud of my small country once our structures only seconded to great pyramid 🙏🙏

[@samithufernando]

Me too

[@atticusshadowmore3263]

Giza: I am the tall- Spires have entered the chat

[@kingkareem6000]

Giza*

[@gardist]

the tallest buildings started in the middle east and eventually returned to it

[@diegich3733]

It starts with the rivers Tigris and Eufrates, and finishes with oil.

[@xenotypos]

Though since the mid-20th century it's not a testament to a particular civilisation or a particular architecture anymore. Everyone use the same techniques, the same technology, the one with more money has the biggest tower. I feel like it's not as significant as in the good old days of civilisations.

[@PicklePickle7]

We start the video with 8 meters in the middle east. And we end it with more than 800, also in the middle east.

[@takshashila2995]

@@xenotypos Maybe, It is a sign for inter-galactic wars and empires*(what form?).

[@miguelpadeiro762]

@@takshashila2995 Uh, what

[@hotwax9376]

Not only did the Great Pyramid hold the top spot for over 3000 years, but it didn't fall out of the top five until about 1885. Amazing to think its streak lasted that long and ended so recently.

[@dinorami2691]

@עולם פתטי Username checks out

[@mrkslva4231]

I love Sri Lanka! and I have visited both Jethavanaramaya and Ruwanweliseya.

[@michka841]

Giza Pyramid : exist Lincoln cathedral : *I will end this prism whole career*

[@raghuls1515]

😂 already fallen

[@jaywilliams9294]

3:09 *Yonging Pagda has joined the chat* 3:12 *Yonging Pagda has left the chat*

[@PietchRhum]

was made out of wood and apparently caught fire after being stroke by a lightning, 15 years after being built!

[@Jen-Yueh_Hu]

@@PietchRhum I can imagine people going all superstitious "oh the heavens forbid people from reaching the sky" or something.

[@Wandrative]

Historically not even likely to have been even that tall in the first place.

[@user-ee8yh8vf1f]

Yongning Pagoda...

[@theyoshi202]

When you make a 147m building out of wood...

[@tomasbulko9418]

"we did it boys, we built the tallest tower in the world. It shall serve as a beacon of our glorious civilization for a thousand years" - the chinese, 516 AD - "Are you sure about that? " - lightning, literally 18 years after -

[@justinysghost5298]

Lmao

[@OfficialSilverMoon]

Same thing happened with Kanishka Stupa in the beginning. It caught lightning 3 times and was rebuilt but then finally destroyed because of its copper top.

[@attheratehandle]

If only they understood the concept of lightning rods.

[@Joesolo13]

Pyramids-as-Skinner- "Pathetic"

[@xenotypos]

Being made of fucking wood didn't help. I mean, it had no chance from the start. Anyway, the height is speculative, Ollie just put the highest hypothetical height it could have had. It was probably at least a bit smaller. Well, that tower was still probably the highest structure made of wood ever (!).

[@ericthompson429]

He missed the CN Tower *angry canadian noises*

[@jevinliu4658]

That's technically a giant radio antenna, isn't it?

[@andrewlemoing1360]

In theory yes it is. However, there are observation decks built in. The main deck has shops and a restaurant. Then theres another observation deck higher up. This deck at one point was highest observation deck in the world. If monuments qualify for this list, the CN Tower probably should too.

[@jevinliu4658]

@@andrewlemoing1360 There's still 102 meters of antenna unaccounted for.

[@VFChannelArchive]

Its a free stading tower

[@zz7951]

CN tower is a tower like Tokyo skytree(634m) or Canton tower(600m).

[@gnuble]

That was great! At the beginning, I was nervous at the speed of the year counter, I figured all the tall buildings in the last ~150 years were going to be an indiscernable blur, but then you brought the clock down by like 20x. That was a great video. Thanks very much.

[@GandalfGreyhame]

Some christian building in the middle of England: Don't mind if I end your 3000 year streak, Mr. Pyramid

[@godefroydemontmirail2278]

That's funny to me that you see a pyramid as something masculine. In french, the pyramid is a feminine word so i see it as an old lady !

[@GandalfGreyhame]

@@godefroydemontmirail2278 Interesting... Shall definitely think about that next time!

[@legendmk52]

@@godefroydemontmirail2278 to me too. In Macedonian, the word for pyramid is also a feminine noun.

[@duduchannel6729]

@@godefroydemontmirail2278 It's a feminine world in italian too

[@godefroydemontmirail2278]

​@@duduchannel6729 Certo lo so ! I miei nonni sono siciliani ; )

[@K2142F]

That rapid change from all American to all Asian in the 2010s was something.

[@Essa5225]

And It's going back to middle eastern it's impressive

[@makky6239]

09/11/2001

[@Essa5225]

@Zeros DaBast well the video showed India and the Middle East in a different color soo wer not talking about continents

[@lordcabbage4931]

Asia wanted their trophy back

[@dr.boring7022]

@Herdan Look it up, man. Europe is a Continent. May not make sense, but tell that to the Greeks.

[@hirumalka3808]

Sinhalese Civilization had 2 entries in here despite being in a very small country. Those monuments are still preserved and Both Ruwanweliseya Stupa and Jetavana Stupa is worshipped to this day by Buddhists throughout the world.

[@himbeertabi]

Florentin sent me here 💕

[@micahistory]

Up until the 20th century, they were almost all religious buildings

[@abdoodba2006]

Not lightning of Alexandria

[@elijahcs3633]

@@abdoodba2006 Thats why he said almost

[@micahistory]

@@elijahcs3633 yeah lol

[@beirutmc]

My thought when it got to the 20th century: Huh, new religion

[@clawsoon]

Still religious, it's just that money is the new religion...

[@VinceStrategy]

Quite amazing that the Eiffel Tower was twice taller than the second for like 50 years...

[@qzg7857]

Piramids "pfff"

[@generalaccount6531]

@@qzg7857 The scale of Pyramid Giza was just incomprehensively gigantic for that period of human history. It is 4.2 times taller than the 2nd tallest contemporary counterpart, Ziggurat of Ur for the next 1000 years. To put the insane difference into perspective, imagine if someone was to build a 3.2 km-tall building (4.2 times taller than the 2nd tallest building) around the same time the Burj Khalifa was constructed...

[@HoveringAboveMyself]

@@generalaccount6531 It's not quite the same thing though since the pyramids were not meant to be inhabitable, so the need for people to go up and down an increasingly longer staircase was not a consideration, this appears to be a significant constraint since both Ziggurats and mesoamerican pyramids (some of which are bigger by volume than the Khufu pyramid) topped out at roughly the same height and both share the characteristic of having temples and/or residences on top. Stupendous feats of engineering yes but probably not the result of leaps and bounds better mastering of the materials than their contemporaries.

[@Shahanshah101]

"Stupa of Kanishka" was 145 m tall Bhuddhist temple it was built in 140 CE by emperor Kanishka of the Kushan empire and destroyed by the Ummayad caliphate's general Mohammad bin Qasim in 704 CE when his army conqured western Pakistan from small Indian kings.

[@mew.shroom]

1870: steel has joined the server

[@helios4.257]

4:06 Pyramids of Giza: Ouch

[@elsorino]

I think it would've been better if you used something to indicate a building was destroyed, like how the Yongning Pagoda was

[@MPHJackson7]

Yeah, it took me a few seconds to realize that they were being destroyed

[@elliot7753]

elso or the worlds trade centers at the end

[@stellarktg5149]

elso +. And Yongning pagoda was destroyed by the lightning strike after 18 years of existence.

[@JonatasAdoM]

To be fair the pyramid is one of only ones still standing today.

[@giraffelord94]

I think a smaller building suddenly becoming the next largest would be a good indicator.

[@batzal9459]

6:55 Twin towers: That was a good time at the top, but it's a time for a goodbye.

[@eschelon9067]

*2001 entered the chat*

[@xylven5918]

Despite losing the title as the world's tallest building quickly they're still standing as the world's tallest twin towers.

[@potatoeskimos]

Don't be sad, the Petronas Tower is WTC reborn. Even the Malaysian flag is almost the same as American :D

[@onlyfacts8801]

@@xylven5918 "they're still standing"... are you sure of that? :')

[@ayamgorengspicy3x]

@@onlyfacts8801 I wonder what's the other elses.

[@FneY1]

Ich bin hier wegen Florentin.

[@4Astaroth]

Ja geht mir auch so. Schöne Details in dem Video.

[@argentum746]

Hatn gutes Intro, hatn gutes Outro, hatn guten Avatar....was geht ab...

[@DuesseldorferJung1]

@Karl Heinz Rudolf Aber mit Timecode, für mich ne Fischkarte 🐟🐟🐟

[@mcseelmann]

Schau das MoinMoin schon wird mir dieses Video vorgeschlagen. Danke YT

[@thehoneygrabberz]

5:54 Steel: *exists* Every other building: let's yeet the pyramid away

[@o4_]

Pyramids of Giza: I am the tallest structure ever! Cathedrals: *Allow us to introduce ourselves.*

[@rafanana0077]

Fire: *I'm goin to end this Church whole career*

[@barackobama1099]

Perfect reply

[@callumgraham975]

@@rafanana0077 notre dame is not a church, and it never features in the top 5. Dead joke.

[@rafanana0077]

@@callumgraham975 Ok boomer

[@ikeeichenberg9068]

@@callumgraham975 He wasn't even talking about Notre Dame. Most of the cathedrals that disappeared off the list were as a result of fire

[@veronikadawson8319]

I like how la danta temple just casually comes in and out of the game

[@dominicguye8058]

It was only relatively recently discovered, too.

[@Velkan1396]

Europeans in the XII century: let's raise these bad boys

[@pinacolada_2731]

The thing to finally push the Great Pyramid out of the top 5 was an obelisk, and the obelisk is very famously Egyptian

[@AdamWebb1982]

One way to look at the rise and fall of civilisations.

[@neyte7313]

@CommandoDude St.Paul's Cathedral after London fire in 1666, Twin Towers in 2001, that was painful.

[@timonheidema6837]

@Ulti737fs Except for the Colosseum for a few seconds

[@HoveringAboveMyself]

​@Ulti737fs For some reason the Greeks and Romans were not into that kind of thing despite clearly having the knowledge and means, just look at the lighthouse of Alexandria.

[@randomclouds4404]

I knew the United Arab Emirates rules us all.

[@takshashila2995]

@@HoveringAboveMyself Yeah Same for the Islamic Caliphate. Maybe, It's sort of a cultural thing.

[@micahistory]

it's insane how long the pyramid of Giza managed to stay in the top 10

[@user-zx1lv6cu8t]

You mean top 5

[@micahistory]

@@user-zx1lv6cu8t yeah

[@AAM724]

Ahemmm Top five

[@user-dj7vx4em3z]

And with them the Lighthouse of Alexandria in second place😂🇪🇬💪

[@hellodan2166]

6:43 hello canadian here I would like to point out the lack of CN Tower

[@Cnut_the_grape]

Most of it is just a thick spire filled with elevators.

[@SCuttherapper]

You forgot Lotte World Tower (555m) in South Kore, built in 2017 (edit: except it's not 555m architectural height) But great video!

[@khediveabbashilmiiiofegypt9475]

6:55 Rip World Trade Center

[@fzzy5739]

a big fat F for them

[@user-ui3pw1ys3k]

Bush did it

[@MateoChaman2002]

F

[@admiralackbar3615]

F

[@Americanflynn06]

F

[@ThundorLord]

During Ancient times: Rest of the world, let's build some random temples and stuff India: *what if we built a giant carrot? *

[@user-dz4pb2ll3k]

@Utathya Manna typical hindoo.

[@FloridatedH2O]

The La Danta Temple worked so hard, and just refused to get knocked down. I clapped every time it got back onto the top 5. Everyone loves the pyramid, but you only see a hard worker like La Danta every couple millieniums or so.

[@HouseJawn]

This is the best one yet from a lover of architecture and engineering

[@dhruvs8139]

I love how you included the Stupa of Kanishka. It's one of the forgotten structures of history. Awesome job and attention to detail.

[@OllieBye]

That was actually the building that inspired this video, having read about it a couple of weeks ago.

[@MrJuggernautishere]

@@OllieBye you are simply awesome..The moment the video started I was praying that the Kanishka Stupa would be included...You are perhaps the most attuned to South Asian history among all the mapping and history channels on youtube

[@mrkslva4231]

@@MrJuggernautishere Although you have to admit Sri Lanka was the first South Asian country to have the tallest building...

[@srirampatnaik9164]

@@mrkslva4231 no one denied that

[@dilipaweeratunga]

​@@mrkslva4231like 3 pyramids, Sri Lanka also had 3 Great Stupas all 3 of them were among the top 10 tallest structures of ancient world

[@regnumreq3617]

Pyramids of Giza: I'm the tallest building ever! Lincoln Cathedral: I'm about to end this building's whole career

[@Tilofus]

#MoinMoin. Florentin hat mich mal wieder nicht enttäuscht. Interessantes Video :D

[@mohamedthegamer378]

Pyraminds: you can't defeat me Every tall thing that wasn't taller than it:I know but he can *The Catholic Church*

[@twistymcyeet3765]

Fire: *not so fast, bucko*

[@paulfrancistorres7144]

*Stone and steel construction: UNO reverse card*

[@johndevries7397]

Asians and Arabs: are you sure about that?

[@yasminthespiritsinger7704]

America: Are you REALLLY sure about that? Asia in several years: Yep.

[@richardschlange9629]

Lightning: allow us to introduce ourselves. *lincoln cathedral has left the chat*

[@CoqPwner]

Interesting how there is definitely a correlation between a region's relative power and it having one or more of the tallest buildings.

[@matthewk2175]

CoqPwner and now corporations are our new religions and money is our new god

[@imperatorcaesardivifiliusa2158]

CoqPwner it’s more of a “who wants to show off” type of deal. The US has nothing else to prove, and so have stopped building these super-tall structures. Malaysia wanted to be taken more seriously by the world, so they built the Petronas Towers

[@freddy4603]

@@matthewk2175 ?

[@CoqPwner]

@@imperatorcaesardivifiliusa2158 Time will tell if the more recent development means something or not. But honestly, power moving from NA to Asia in recent years isn't exactly a stretch either.

[@imperatorcaesardivifiliusa2158]

CoqPwner The US, nevertheless, is the most lucrative consumer market on Earth, and will stay that way for a bit longer than the time in which China eclipses the US by nominal GDP through the fact that China is an export-oriented economy while the US derives it’s economic power from its consumer market

[@jackmarrowmapping1176]

Awesome work, Ollie!

[@deelanaS]

I am genuinely shocked at how underrated Ancient Sri Lankan architecture is and was considering the size and scale of the Sinhalese civilization that it spawned out of in relation to much larger societies (China, India, Egypt, the Middle East etc.)

[@santhoshv3028]

Sinhala is indian civilization only. Who said it is different civilization? Even in this video they made similar colour to all indian subcontinent.

[@deelanaS]

@@santhoshv3028 Sinhalese culture and civilization is Indic influenced but at the same time, its completely unique and separate from the rest of South Asia. The Sinhalese people/ethnicity is uniquely Sri Lankan and not Nepali, Indian, Pakistani, or Bengali.

[@deelanaS]

@@santhoshv3028 Had India being Buddhist, its ancient architecture would have certainly been interesting.

[@santhoshv3028]

@@deelanaS indic influenced? Dude sinhala is a branch of Indic civilization. Civilization and culture is different. You are talking about culture. We from Pakistan, Afghanistan to India, Nepal and all south asia countries are Indic civilization. Sinhala never had separate civilization. Do you who is Indic civilization influenced? Southeast Asia ( Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, laos, Cambodia, Myanmar)is influenced by Indic civilization not srilanka. Srilanka is part of Indic civilization not influenced. Understand the difference.

[@santhoshv3028]

@@deelanaS we have great ancient architecture still. India is know for its marvelous architecture. Who said we don't have ? And most of ours destroyed by invasion from outsider like Arabs or central Asian.

[@patrickhodson8715]

I love how when the Middle Ages come Europe is like “oh, should we build tall things too?” 😂

[@arro2546]

You mean the late Middle Ages and the early modern era? 476-1453 is the middle ages

[@patrickhodson8715]

no_pwease that is much more specific than anything I’ve ever seen. Obviously I meant when Europe suddenly joined the tall building party. What criteria are you using for those specific dates? What events happened?

[@arro2546]

476 - Fall of the Western Roman Empire 1453 - Fall of the Eastern Roman Empire, Italian Renaissance period also coincides in this span of time

[@patrickhodson8715]

no_pwease ah ok

[@tamaracarter1836]

Lincoln Cathedral was finished in 1311 so is very much medieval.

[@micahistory]

4000 B.C.-1313: Middle East 1313-1909: Europe 1909-2005: North America 2005-: East Asia

[@Pasta_Pirate]

~2040-Other planets, low gravity has its upsides ;D

[@augth]

1909-1930 was still the Eiffel Tower

[@pmf440]

Egypt is in North Africa not middle east

[@micahistory]

@@augth yes but everything else was in the Middle East

[@micahistory]

@@pmf440 it's right next to it and culturally has always been in the middle east

[@gamepaddy]

Hello, this is Hamburg calling! #MoinMoin

[@hadrianos1]

Such a brilliant video!

[@TheAustralianMapper5378]

1888 the point where humanity just decided to go crazy.

[@jordwxn]

OceaniaMapping steel was invented in 1888 I think

[@plumebrisee6206]

@@jordwxn 1870*

[@mobsterduck8315]

Pyramids of Giza in the 1800s: I’m still worthy!

[@SophieBee1]

Malmesbury Abbey?!?!! Really did not expect to see this on here or for it to be on the timeline for so lomg! I guess I'm lucky to live where I do. Interesting video (as always).

[@089roblox1]

It's interesting to see that the Pyramid of Giza was in the top 5 until the late 1800s. It lasted all those years as one of the tallest.

[@NRooster]

Burj Khalifa and Shangai Tower: We are the tallest building ever! Jeddah Tower: *Hah, ameteurs..*

[@hhhhh4681]

Dubai Creek Tower: Um, you were saying??

[@ALEX_PNG]

Jeddah Tower now placed on hold: *lowers head in defeat, sulks in the corner of the room*

[@Bacony_Cakes]

Tower of Jericho: **cries in 8m tall**

[@khediveabbashilmiiiofegypt9475]

*Egyptian Kings: We'll just built some tombs to get buried in after our death and be able to continue our second life there* *4000 years passes and they are still buried* *Egyptian Kings: Am I a joke to you*

[@Wandrative]

But they are all robbed or excavated....

[@NordeGrasen34]

@@Wandrative Excavation aka academic robbery.

[@Yakez42]

No evidence of **Great** Egyptian Pyramids being the tombs. There is a couple ancient pyramid tombs in China, Greece as well of some small Egyptian ones. And the modern one that most likely build due to pyramids as a tomb myth. Like Lenin's Mausoleum or Hunt's Tomb.

[@Myusernamerulez]

Except that they weren't tombs.

[@DK19998]

The last thing I’d expect from someone with your pfp is playing roblox.

[@Louisusbichon]

This was such an interesting video !

[@mouse5520]

Pyramid of Giza be like: I use to role the world

[@popplio_owo3855]

Chunks would load when I gave the word

[@darukan]

As everything dies the pyramid of giza will remain

[@efilwv1635]

Shit got real in the 2010s

[@patapax7033]

Even the tip of the pyramid falling off and decreasing its height is noted in the video. I love this attention to detail.

[@OllieBye]

@@seanjimin1403 The CN Tower wasn't forgotten, it was deliberately excluded. The explanation can be found at the beginning of the video and in the description.

[@OllieBye]

@@Spearca Just look at the notes at the beginning of the video.

[@rushilabeykoon3162]

Really proud of the sri lankan sinhalese kimgdom which produced a few of the tallest man made structures of the ancient world which resembles the developed technology we had in construction .

[@gaevlebocken]

When Cleopatra was born it was closer to the moon landing than the construction of the pyramids. Insane.

[@krishpatel3156]

Further, mammoths still roamed Earth, although barely, at the time of their construction.

[@user-dj7vx4em3z]

The age of Egyptian civilization is older than the ages of some stars in the universe

[@And-lj5gb]

This doesn't seem to tell the whole story? For example Sneferu's bent pyramid at Dahshur was built around 2600 BC and is over 104 meters tall. Should make the top5 of its times as well as some other pyramids outside of Giza.

[@nan0221]

Exactly, this list is pretty inaccurate. I guess he excluded all Egyptian pyramids except "pyramids of Giza" (which clearly are also not just one pyramid), because otherwise they would have dominated the top 5 for too long, but it should have at least been mentioned. I mean During Snefuru's reign alone 3 giant pyramids were build, the smallest being the meidum pyramid of about 91 meters (edit:this was the historical size, I believe the current day size is a lot smaller), followed by the bent pyramid you mentioned and the largest being the first true pyramid ever build, the red pyramid, which is about 105 meters.

[@endrigomaturro6999]

Lincoln Cathedral is wonderful, such a shame the spires collapsed

[@Isidoros47]

@Herdan hit by a lighting in the later 16th century if I'm not mistaken

[@richardschlange9629]

@@Isidoros47 yeah and they rebuilt the spires and same thing happened I believe. Still massive

[@user-hh2is9kg9j]

so when was the modern one rebuilt?

[@Isidoros47]

@@user-hh2is9kg9j Still the same Cathedral standing. "Only" the tall Spire burned down in the later 16th century.

[@user-hh2is9kg9j]

@@Isidoros47 Great, I will add it to my to-visit list.

[@TheLeosMind]

Giza: It's Imposible for you guys to make a higher building than me. Steel: Please allow me to introduce myself.

[@jonescardoso9000]

You forgot the CN tower, built in 1976 standing at 553 meters

[@cavejohnson982]

When you first started with these „non-orthodox-mapping“ videos i was sceptical, but now I think they bring more diversity to the community! Keep it on! Also looking forward to the third thirty years war Video!

[@NanoLT]

Isn't the colliseum technically called the Flavian Amphitheatre

[@emmaselmeci966]

Amphiteatrum Flavium, to be precise

[@seneca983]

But it's better to use the nickname given to it because that's what people recognize.

[@emmaselmeci966]

@Tobie Brown I'm pretty sure, that's originally a sing. nom. ("flavian amphitearte") although a plur. gen. ("amphiteatre of the Flavians") would be grammatically correct :)

[@TimeToMine830]

Mátyás Selmeci *AMPHITEATRVMFLAVIVM if you want to get really precise.

[@adsoyad2607]

Yeah, these are the type of guys a majority of people hate at high school

[@jayw8726]

When Ruwanweliseya and Jethawanaramaya featured in the list, my Sri Lankan heart was super happy! 🇱🇰 😍

[@jayw8726]

@DatNiggaDaz Kurupt Ruwanweliseya and Jethawanaramaya mentioned here are Sri Lankan shrines. Jethawanaramaya in India doesnt have a Stupa. And India doesnt have a Ruwanweliseya.

[@dullsearake]

Nice vid! Pyramids had a good run

[@CylonAndrew]

Sad CN Tower noises

[@ThatOneAwkwardGuy]

I may be missing something but shouldn’t the CN Tower have been on here at some point?

[@CaledonianCoins]

Agreed. Also is the Tokyo Skytree not meant to be 2nd tallest currently

[@CanuckPlay]

Yes, it’s missing.

[@ThatOneAwkwardGuy]

I am wondering if it has something to do with how they classify what buildings count and which ones don’t.

[@CanuckPlay]

That One Awkward Guy the Washington monument was listed. That’s absolutely not a building.

[@HoveringAboveMyself]

@@ThatOneAwkwardGuy The explanation at the beginning pretty much says this is a list of free-standing structures not buildings, that includes the CN tower, specially since the Eiffel tower was included, not to mention the Washington monument.

[@infinitememegod]

China in 2000: so anyways I started building

[@Aelfraed26]

Amazing visualization. Quite interesting that the southern hemisphere never had a building in the top 5.

[@seneca983]

This kind of list will be even more fun if we ever manage to build a space elevator.

[@norrenee]

You failed to add Tokyo Tower (333m, 1958) and Tokyo Skytree (634m, 2012)

[@moroccandeepweb5880]

لم أكن أتوقع أن يظهر الجامع الأموي في اللائحة. لقد ظل ضمن أطول البنايات البشرية لما يزيد عن أربع قرون.

[@Slackmana]

You forgot the CN tower in Toronto On, Canada.

[@NM-wd4ug]

Respect on that the pyramids of Giza held the record for 5 millennia

[@foresthaviland3612]

6:10 *New York has joined the chat*

[@ZoshLP]

Florentin!!

[@George_Bland]

Wow the lighthouse of alexandria lasted far longer than I thought, just did some research on it, super interesting.

[@clutchspells2804]

You missed the CN tower in Toronto. It is currently 9th tallest but it was the tallest structure for 30 years after completion in 1976. When I visited in 1999 it was the tallest building in the world.

[@sarfcowst]

Why do so few people read the blurb introducing the video at the top?

[@clutchspells2804]

@@sarfcowst I did, if you can go inside of a building it shouldn't be considered an antenna.

[@wakakabravo7998]

Not all structure can be consider as building.

[@clutchspells2804]

@@wakakabravo7998 I am not sure what differentients in this situation. There are retail stores inside of that building/structure.

[@wakakabravo7998]

@@clutchspells2804 Although the CN Tower contains a restaurant, a gift shop and multiple observation levels, it does not have floors continuously from the ground, and therefore it is not considered a building by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) or Emporis.

[@Taylor-ou7xp]

Awesome project... One thing I would like to point out is that between the XI and the the XIII century (so before the great gothic cathedrals period) in central Italy (cities like Bologna and province) there was a "war" between noble households over who had the tallest tower. The tallest one, "la torre degli Asinelli" was built around 1109 and measures 97m, so I think it could squeeze somewhere in your list for like a century, before the rise of gothic architecture.

[@flagearvideo]

Great work! Just an observation: I understand La Danta pyramid was 172m high (not 72), this would have made it the tallest building 190 BC up to the Eiffel Tower...

[@mariophreak]

Pyramids of Giza:exits Lincoln Cathedral: I'm about to end this mans whole career.

[@danielhorsman7235]

Where is the CN Tower?

[@velozio]

Early upload gang!

[@johnandjessicapage1777]

Could you do a top ten version of this?

[@LobsterRoast]

Correction, technically the CN Tower in toronto is taller than Taipei 101

[@AAM724]

Technically the top is spire and NOT the architectural height

[@andrewsucksatvideos4482]

@@AAM724 but the Lincoln cathedral had a spire at the top and it was counted.

[@MrGunsnrosesfan100]

Tallest buildings: Are in Asia/Egypt Europe: hold my cathedrals.

[@wandamaximoff7495]

Egypt is in Africa

[@MrGunsnrosesfan100]

@@wandamaximoff7495 that's why I said Egypt seperately.

[@zombieat]

@@wandamaximoff7495 and asia.

[@raghuls1515]

All fallen

[@mudra5114]

​@@raghuls1515What fallen and sheit???

[@adityamanthri9167]

The pyramids of Giza will always be the best structure humans have ever built! I love how the Pyramids were the second most tallest structure even in 1874.

[@JWentu]

very very well done

[@juulmoose5763]

This vid just is AMAZING, I made a quiz on Jetpunk last year, with the tallest buildings throughout history, but I wish I knew at that time this existed.