Why Were Some Empires so Short-Lived?

This video exlores short-lived historical empires such as the the empire of Alexander the Great, the Frankish empire of Charlemagne and the Serbian Empire of Stefan Dushan.
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[@historyrhymes1701]

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[@mihneavoinic8411]

Fun fact: although it wasn't an empire, an united Romania existed for a year in 1600-1601 under Michael the Brave, but he was assassinated by general Basta and the state broke up again into Wallachia, Moldavia and Transylvania

[@historyrhymes1701]

Michael is an interesting figure. Definitely expect future videos on him.

[@paulcojocaru8448]

@@historyrhymes1701 can't wait!

[@mihneavoinic8411]

@@historyrhymes1701 cool!

[@justinspeaks.1652]

I guess you could say Basta was a Bastard

[@mihneavoinic8411]

@@justinspeaks.1652 exactly lmao

[@giorgijioshvili9713]

fun fact: The Empire of China was established by Chinese military and government official Yuan Shikai in 1915 and only lasted for 3 month Making one of the shortest lived empires in history

[@autismmoder2104]

technically the northern yuan didnt cease to exist until the qing conquest of mongolia

[@MasonGreenWeed]

@@autismmoder2104 this Yuan Shikai was a dude who replace Sun Yat Sen in early China Republic

[@MartyBones]

When we look at history every time we see empires like the Macedonian Empire, we always think about how short-lived they were, I mean 35 years is nothing compared to other empires or kingdoms, but then I think about the people who lived in those empires, and 35 years start to seem very long. Imagine if you lived in an empire right now that has been around since 1990, now it seems a bit longer, right? Great upload!

[@WelcomeToDERPLAND]

Alexander's Macedonian empire completely changed the course of history as we know it, Alexander himself and his direct rule may have lasted for nearly no time at all in the grand scheme of things, but his successor states would continue to rule basically the entire civilized world outside of asia for centuries afterwards, completely transforming the cultures and civilizations that they did; all while doing away with Persian control of the areas.

[@truechaosmulala3831]

Basically Russia or Ukraine or all the other post soviet countries

[@WelcomeToDERPLAND]

To be fair; the successor states of Alexander could be considered empires in their own right, especially the Seleucid's which went on to survive for a very long time.

[@andriusgimbutas3723]

Same with Mongolian Empire

[@historyrhymes1701]

Thank you for wathing! Currently working on new alternate history video involving Byzantium next week!

[@flemishnationalist-prayfor9809]

You should so something about Flanders.

[@epicmusichub]

nice

[@princelourenco1914]

I hope is something good, cause Byzantium is my favorite country in the entire history

[@Sirmatthaeus]

Emperor Stefan Dušan the forcefull of the Serbian Empire: hey these Otoman fellas are pretty good at fighting, i should get rid of them. * dies in his 30's *

[@historyrhymes1701]

Literally, every great conquerer

[@SonOfThunder88]

Actually he died when he was 47, but still too young. Could've accomplished much more if he didn't die under suspicious circumstances...

[@Sirmatthaeus]

@@SonOfThunder88 thanks for corecting me, when i was in elementary school our main history subject was the Nemanjić dinasty and we learned NOTHING about the fall of the Serbian Empire and the demise of Stefan Dušan

[@marisastoletheprecioussara118]

@@Sirmatthaeus as far as I know his death is still unknown

[@ivokantarski6220]

@@Sirmatthaeus these damn assassinations of great rulers have always been annoying. Tsar Asen II from the second Bulgarian empire died allegedly cause of some Cuman mercenary who in betrayal killed him. Gosh. Julius Caeser himself was assassinated by conspiracy plot

[@NihilSineRex1881]

Interesting video. But there is an interesting fact: Under Burebista, the Dacian Kingdom became an empire for 38 years. It disintegrated after Burebista was assassinated in 44 BC. His empire extended its territories from west modern day Eastern Austria (including Vienna) to east the greek colony of Olbia (modern day Odessa) and from north modern day Czech Republic (Bohemia) to south the border between Bulgaria and Turkey. It's worth mentioning it Bulgarian Empire Mapping.

[@PakBallandSami]

"What has history said of eminence without honor, wealth without wisdom, power and possessions without principle? The answer is reiterated in the overthrow of the mightiest empires of ancient times. Babylon, Persia, Greece, Rome! The four successive, universal powers of the past. What and where are they?" --Orson F. Whitney

[@yanalbertoagudelo9687]

Also could add to the list the Armenian empire, Palmira, Israel before Roman conquest, Chinese Qin dynasty, and I'm sure there's plenty more that only last for one or two rulers. Nice video.

[@ares8866]

The Serbian nobility was not killed in the battle of Marica, but only a small part. After the emperor's death, the nobility officially became independent and that is why the empire fell.

[@slayride136]

i just discovered your channel and the editing is very good, +1 sub

[@josephstalin331]

Byzantine Empire and Holy Roman Empire lived 1000 years which is mindblowing. Btw I like yr accent cause it sounds like my country's English accent, due to the fact that am also from the Balkan region

[@andriusgimbutas3723]

Lived is a strong word

[@weilandiv8310]

Just what the doctor ordered, thanks I love this channel!

[@thetatn1113]

Quality video!

[@WelcomeToDERPLAND]

I'll be honest, many empires that call themselves empires, were just kingdoms with an inflated ego.

[@Astromamut]

Mighty Emperor Jovan Nenad would probably disagree with you.

[@tylerellis9097]

Facts. I’ll never call the Serbian Kingdom an Empire when it’s still smaller than Hungary.

[@dayanbalevski4446]

Only Roman (Byzantine) and Bulgarian are Empires because they are ruled by Emperors.

[@serbiaknight8190]

@@tylerellis9097 So you'll never call First,Second Chinese, Aztecs an empire even though they were smaller ?

[@tylerellis9097]

@@serbiaknight8190 The Aztecs were 100,000 kilometers bigger than Serbia at its height , controlled quadruple the ethnicities, was the 2nd largest power in the Americas and even then was at its core a confederation of 3 City States so one could be hesitant towards the Aztecs too. The Qin are called the Qin State not Empire despite the Emperors as one of multiple competing Chinese States and was still bigger and more populous than Serbia. Yes I consider Han China an Empire.

[@greatbulgaria5227]

Интересно видео ,браво.

[@PakBallandSami]

learning about some short lived empire is great these empire are some time over looked but there are some which get a lot of attention (macedonia for example) and these empire are great to learn about but we should also forces on some of these as well and this video has enough of them

[@PakBallandSami]

serdia about to do what called a pro gamer move

[@patrikkalus5567]

Speaking about Macedonian Empire. Son of Alexander the Great was born couple weeks after his father death. Also there were two Kings of Empire. Son of Alexander and halfbrother of Alexander. Who "ruled" as Philip III. He was however mentally disabled so he was merely pawn of his wife and regents.

[@historyrhymes1701]

Yes I tried to simplify that and the diochi wars as they would take way too long to explain. Yes at first there were 2 distinct factions one supporting Roxana and her son and the other alexander's half brother.

[@sdagoth3037]

The North Sea Empire was also interesting but short-lived.

[@aaronTGP_3756]

The Afsharid Empire: 15 years (1736-51) Zand dynasty: 43 years (1751-94) Suri Empire: 18 years (1538-56) Harsha Empire: 41 years (606-647) Saffarid Dynasty: 17 years (873-900) Khwarazmian Empire: 37 years (1194-1231) Hotak Empire: 7 years (1722-29) Aulikara Empire: 30 years (515-545) Xin Dynasty: 14 years (9-23 CE) Qin Empire: 14 years (221-207 BCE) French Empire: 10 years (1804-14) Sui Dynasty: 37 years (581-618) Former Qin: 43/14 years (351-394/370-84)

[@adriankremer6710]

Hi, I have some issues with your mapping. Budapest was not a thing until the 19th century. Jovan's "empire" was much smaller than what is shown here. Great video though.

[@KougarManx468]

3:06 That's gonna attract some idiots from N-acedonia .

[@jarogniewtheconqueror2804]

They are some of the most annoying commentators always looking for a fight with everyone else who actually knows history

[@KougarManx468]

@@jarogniewtheconqueror2804 yeah we all know about that , that's like a person who dosen't know math trying to debate a person that's a genious at physics .

[@CoffeeSuccubus]

The Central African Empire is also another empire that didn't lasted long, and that was more recent.

[@yoghurtmaster1688]

Empire of bamat conqueing the ottomans would definatly be an interesting alt his to talk about

[@GlizzyGoblin757]

no it wouldn’t

[@flameboy9034]

6:40 I read this in Wikipedia hours before this was uploaded

[@aleksandarmanojlovic4988]

Can you do a video what if Serbian Empire didn't collapse after death of the Emperor Dušan, please😊

[@williamshandy8510]

First ruler kingdom or empire it was very ambitious to make his kingdom victorious but the next generation crushed that dream. maybe that's what i thought..

[@gorila987k]

when he said "Conquering the pagan Saxons", he ment he removed the Slavs and Sorbs.

[@andriusgimbutas3723]

Is this the same person as bace Bulgarian mapping?

[@AgoraphobicNews]

Every rapid expansion is doomed to fail. You just can't incorporate that much territory quickly, and that is one of the reasons why many empires were short-lived.

[@karakabum5700]

What we learned is that having a huge empire usually ends bad

[@tahsin6743]

Bro do you know POGKPP?

[@zyanego3170]

Why didn't you mention the glorious Central African Empire?

[@diamondinthesky4771]

If you define Empire solely as state ruled by an Emperor/Empress, technically that makes Japan the one Empire that never truly fell because to this day they still have an Emperor.

[@blindtherapper2470]

Talks about mighty frankish and Macedonian empires *insert serbia too* 😆

[@historyrhymes1701]

True Serbia was way too powerful in comparison

[@southserbian1214]

Serbia was quite powerful too,but ofc not as strong as S tier Empires

[@jodza8393]

Great video!Tho I have to emphasize that Serbian Empire lasted way less!It lasted from 1345-1371.The Empire started in 1345 with then King Dusan proclaiming himself a Tsar of Serbs and Romans,and ended with the death of his son Uros with the nickname "The weak".That's where the Tsar's liniedge ended.Then as u said after the Hungarian defeat at Mohac,Jovan Nenad proclaimed himself the Dusan's successor,tho there is no evidence he is one.It's called a "second Serbian Empire" but in reality it was a rebel faction in weakened Hungarian Kingdom.It is not a linear continuetation of Serbian Empire. Nonetheless great video,just keep uploading.👍

[@paulcojocaru8448]

[@Kiddo5010]

The Empire Of The Trebizond

[@majomhaha5026]

the last serbian one, those are not the regions of banat and vojvodina, the one in the video is way more than those 2 regions.

[@malakas283]

Why did you name Constantinople Byzantium

[@solinvictus2045]

That's what the city used to be called before Constantine changed it

[@gorila987k]

problem is time from 7th to 10th century. 760-842 at the map . you see as that empty area in the Balkans, that was Serbia. In ww2 both enemies and allies bombed Belgrade. Allies stroke national library and entire Serbian history was lost, thats why all think we Serbs have exagurated history. Nevertheless foreign sources say we fought against the Frankish empire and that there was genocide of Serbs in Germany. That was the time Croatians emerged and 1000 years later those Croatians commited genocide in ww2, just like the map of begining of video.

[@cramer4506]

>Video mentions Serbia >Serbs come to cope about modern defeats. Tale as old as time.

[@gorila987k]

@@cramer4506 modern defeats? like Serbian-Turkish war, Balkan wars, WW1, WW2? those defeats?

[@rawka_7929]

Serbs were merely one of the Slavic tribes that migrated, that area wasn't entirely owned by them either and also Croatians were there aswell, as another one of the tribes that migrated.

[@rawka_7929]

@@gorila987k The First Balkan War was mainly carried by the Bulgarian land army and the Greek navy, 2nd one Serbia would've stood no chance all alone so it's not fair to put them here. There's also wars where Serbia was all alone and lost, like the Serbo-Bulgarian war

[@gorila987k]

@@rawka_7929 "Serbs were a common name for all Slavic tribes". - Nestor's chronicle.

[@emperorofnothing1]

What if Alexander went west, the. The Romans would have been a very short lived nation

[@AsthmaBreather]

There was no reason for him to go west when theres litreally a behemoth of an empire in his backyard

[@emperorofnothing1]

@@AsthmaBreather I meant like if he lived longer

[@AsthmaBreather]

@@emperorofnothing1 maybe, he loved to conquer after all

[@user-hx2xl2km2e]

Добре де, Мохач, Пипин и още. Това са известни имена, как може така да ги произнасяш.

[@micahistory]

usually this is a result of overexpansion in a short period time, which causes these empires to lack stability

[@ivokantarski6220]

Too much wealth too quickly gathered can be a problem. It makes the strong group which made the times good for itself become relaxed and overjoyed with it's new found success. Long distances are also a problem.

[@micahistory]

@@ivokantarski6220 yes

[@MW-wh8hh]

Why is serbian empire on thumbnail on video named "shortest lived empire" from bulgarian youtuber!? U wanna ww3 in comments Edit : i didnt assumed that empire of jovan nenad is in this video bruh we dont learn about him in schools and small percent of peoples know who he was

[@angeltraikov8293]

Macedonian empire? What are you on about mate ?

[@rawka_7929]

Ik it's been months but like, you never hear of Alexander The Great?

[@Astromamut]

:D

[@number1360]

I get the feeling that this entire video was just an excuse to talk about Serbia lmao

[@yoghurtman6916]

Интересно видео. но само да знаеш, че Македония не е била Гръцка страна, а Тракийско племе. Гърците (Дарийците) по това време тепърва се настанявали в Атина и избивали Траките в региона.

[@greatbulgaria5227]

Така е

[@zaidatimash713]

First hehe😈

[@zel_9377]

Altough Jovan Nenad called himself a czar, he was little more than a rebel leader, who exploited a weakend country. Thus I would not call his rule (2 years) a real continuation of the Serbian monarchs.

[@aleksazivkovic2792]

Well yes, but he did have a capital, a standing army, and fairly many of the institutions, also the church stood with him, and it was the Serbian Patriarchate after all, so that does give out some imperial juristidictions to be fair? He is a self-proclaimed emperor, but also was Tsar Stefan Dusan until the pope confirmed his imperial status, it is a interesting topic nevertheless, he did bring the idea of Vojvodina and the northern region in united Serbia making him a key role in the Serbian National Agenda, and a interesting persona. Cheers!

[@dovah1216]

Cuz they didnt empires anyone

[@maggintons]

Serbia: "we took a little bit of land.. are we an empire now?..."

[@giorgijioshvili9713]

"Little Bit" lol

[@serbiaknight8190]

Little bit? Bro ... For that time that was big Its downfall was due to Unloyal people Also yours Furry profile picture explains all

[@southserbian1214]

250.000km2 at least,Bulgaria was under high influence of Serbs,so it could be even a vassal but its a taboo tobic,just keep in mind that numbers goo from 250-380 000km2

[@serbpepe2683]

kosovo is serbia

[@picklejarmonsterfanboy9367]

this guy says tge Macedonian Empire is Greek, lol clearly Bulgarian propaganda next he will say Samuel was a Bulgarian, and Basil II was not called the Macedonianslayer

[@rawka_7929]

Basil II was indeed not called that but the Bulgar-Slayer

[@picklejarmonsterfanboy9367]

@@rawka_7929 why would he be called thaz if he killed Macedonians

[@anri4607]

Serbian “empire” 25 years