World Building- Trade, Ports, & Harbors

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Ports and harbors are some of the most important parts of drawing a map and creating countries, kingdoms, and empires. History is full of powers that rose because of this kind of trade power, so here's a video about them.

[@Stoneworks]

Tell me something cool or hurl funny insults at me

[@deeznoots6241]

Belgian

[@systemerror6047]

Space programs are considering building solar and panels in space and then they will transfer the energy gathered to Earth via LASER BEAM. We are thinking about shooting Earth with a literal laser to make more renewable energy

[@cognizant8512]

You spelt "harbours" wrong.

[@Stoneworks]

@@cognizant8512 0:52

[@dylanthechillinvillain2488]

Stoneworks World Building, Maryland is a unique place that not many don’t travel to, we have ports and harbors though.

[@romulusnuma116]

Historians agree mermaid tail was the driving force for human advancement until we found that they didn't exist now we're hunting that alien tail.

[@HxH2011DRA]

LOL

[@wakawakawakawaka8804]

This is great

[@krimsonkarma8412]

Pussy is the driving force for human ingenuity

[@georgethompson913]

actually ever since apollo's failure to find cute alien girls we've begun our experiments on cute catgirl tail

[@user-ft3jq5vi2l]

@@georgethompson913 don't loose hope, maybe they're hiding in Mars they're just shy

[@fanaticaltechpriest1002]

THE SPICE MUST FLOW

[@concept5631]

Yes

[@giorgospapoutsakis5271]

-The British probably

[@sikuku5957]

Can we all just take a moment to appreciate the humor, editing and research that went into this video?

[@ShahjahanMasood]

Yes!!!! Absolutely

[@ShahjahanMasood]

@Fagus Grandifolia I am 19 myself. No need to be a twat

[@Robert399]

Can we all just take a moment to appreciate the inanity of this sentence?

[@NoActuallyGo-KCUF-Yourself]

No, sorry, I don't have the time. I need to rewatch the video and take notes. I don't have a moment available.

[@kadijahamad9862]

Yes we may

[@MatthewsPersonal]

these videos are unintentionally good for aliens learning about human society to better blend in.

[@Licjr]

Matthew Randolph They have made things a lot easier

[@boundlessmatter4361]

I’m looking to make a city in the future if I had enough money aka BILLIONS of dollars but it’s just a dream

[@violenceisfun991]

Robots too. I am learning 👌

[@Cryodrakon2]

As an alien myself I can confirm

[@mullac1992]

Just a quick point - "strict authority" on a ship was/is often a... complex topic. The Captain had the right to keep ORDER - which is different from authority. That order was dependent on the rest of the crew, which meant the whole crew had to WANT order. This means the Captain had to make concessions to the crew and be diplomatic. This was especially true of Pirates and Merchant ships - on them, the Captain could sometimes even be voted out of his position. Ships run by the state gave a lot more authority to the Captain, as the Captain represented the state and therefore any rebellion against the Captain could be tried in court when back in home port.

[@phylippezimmermannpaquin2062]

the og anarchists

[@catalyst999]

Cool

[@wabawalker6533]

I mean also they could be brutally beaten on the ship by the captain, in a very real way pirates kept the beating to minorly brutal since if they came across a pirate ship the crew would just mutiny against the captain rather then fight for the captain.

[@eddarby469]

One other aspect of living on a ship is that only a few people knew how to navigate on the open water. Therefore, officers held their positions because the crew relied on them to navigate home.

[@histmat]

You freaked me out by using a map of my home county (Møre og Romsdal) to represent fjords. My county is ignored even in Norway, so international recognition is weird as hell.

[@Cooom]

What country?

[@user-ow3mk4ce2c]

@@Cooom Norway. Møre og Romsdal is a county (no "r").

[@whoswho2215]

Kor hen du bor i Møre?

[@histmat]

dhul qarnayn ‘Byen oss’, Kristiansund :)

[@whoswho2215]

@@histmat Nordmøre nice, ej er i hareid.

[@burymycampaignatwoundedkne3395]

I laughed way too hard at that ending.

[@1lobster]

Archduke Tunafish, the spice must flow! and I hope you liked my description of the GREAT NORTH ISLANDS!

[@Randomness65535]

I needed this so bad. Half of my world is seafaring nations. also ＳＰＩＣＥ

[@solusaldrain]

The spice must flow.....

[@skeire1]

Melange

[@serkif1]

Yeah, I'm glad someone else sees that Pearl Harbor is cool. Pearl Harbor is a beautifully strategic defensive harbor... Just... Until naval bombers are invented. Especially ones that are ready and willing to fly right into your face and sink you in the only entrance, trapping all of your relatively undefended ships in a very small space. :(

[@stephenm.stouter2238]

serkif1 the problem there was the element of surprise. Remember it was a sudden attack, and the radar detection was also severely unprepared. We didn’t have fighters in the air to defend. Also American ships actually had some of the best anti-air defense around, and Pearl Harbor was also an excellent air base, with large flat plains around for massive runways. Pearl Harbor didn’t end the way it did because the location was bad

[@generalharness8266]

@@stephenm.stouter2238 pretty much. I would only like to add thank **** the Enterprise, Hornet and Yorktown where not in port at the same time as the attack. Those 3 ships saved WW2 at midway.

[@stevenritter8719]

General Harness the Japanese signed their death warrant in multiple ways. One way that gets overlooked is that they actually helped increase the power of the US Navy. With them destroying most of the Navy, the US had to build more ships. All of these ships were state of the art. The Japanese ships were seriously outdated compared to the brand new ships the US built.

[@winterbear8633]

Wasnt pearl harbor a pretty much confirmed false flag? I think I heard that somewhere

[@winterbear8633]

@@YDECOY8 No need to be a dick :) many war-causing events are false flags

[@robertoaguiar6230]

Ports open you to the risk of someone showing up and saying: "Open Your Country, Stop having it be closed"

[@BJJGamer]

Knock knock, it's the United States. And they have allot of boats, with guns, gunboats.

[@kinghenselt7780]

4:05 G E K O L O N I S E E R D

[@nietsnut6206]

De goede oude tijd

[@sponge1234ify]

Belanda get out reeeeeeee

[@Lord_Akkon]

hedendaagse Nederlanders zouden hier een voorbeeld aan moeten nemen

[@JWvdv]

die goede oude VOC mentaliteit

[@patrikcath1025]

**The British Empire would like to know your location**

[@squidexorcist7564]

I love how every one of his videos is weirder than the last one

[@VulcanTrekkie45]

What, no love for Boston Harbor? We were the OG American maritime power before New York got all uppity

[@Stoneworks]

it was between NY and Boston Harbor. Boston's dope because of all the islands in it

[@kjv35]

Boston literally had to be filled in with dirt to be viable

[@SebAnders]

Boston destroyed tea. This can never be forgiven.

[@stoiccrane4259]

New York has the Yankees. Who needs Boston and it's Red Sox?

[@kjv35]

StoicCrane don’t talk shit about my Sox; the Yankees have fallen short for the past decade while the Sox have been winning mad World Series

[@georgethompson913]

Considering how dangerous the waters already are, I wonder what affect sea monsters would have. Or if they suffer fates similar to whales.

[@Stoneworks]

whales are sea monsters

[@bleddynwolf8463]

@@Stoneworks your the sea monster

[@sydorow2689]

@@bleddynwolf8463 you just killed him dude

[@samanthazellers4620]

@@Stoneworks But nice sea monsters! :)

[@alecity4877]

0:36 A TradE AgREeMEnT wItH ENGlaNd

[@dakrakenz5314]

That's not happening again.

[@Hawkatana]

It's time I told the world about your sins. (They have denounced you!)

[@alecity4877]

@@Hawkatana don't tell me, I rage quited once because england was my best friend, I was vfriend of everybody, they proposed me to declare war to mongolia, they were far away from me and enemies in war with other 4 of my allies, I said 10 turns, in the midtime became friend with other of their enemies and another ally wanted me to declare war on mongolia, when the moment came, at peace deal, england were the first ones denouncing me, then I lost my friends and they declared 5 wars upon me.

[@Hawkatana]

@@alecity4877 And people say *Civ 6* has bad ai.

[@alecity4877]

@@Hawkatana If I told you things that happened to me in *Civ 6*

[@samueltitone5683]

The spice must flow.

[@jade3866]

The editing of this video is so crackheaded and I love it

[@Stoneworks]

Jade S thanks, I did a lot of crack.

[@anentiresleeveoforeos2087]

2:27 you've probably misremembered the rotten egg bit from ATLA as well as the sludge bombs that happen later in the episode and created a false memory based off of them.

[@ROARMAN1231]

Or misremembering the invasion of the Fire Nation capital

[@Stoneworks]

or... is it the mandela effect?

[@blank6794]

there is actually a scene right before the invasion in book 3 where the engineer is saying how he is tinkering with many substances for the bombs and how he used peanut powder as an ingredient for it. He also said that it was a delicious bomb

[@Dell-ol6hb]

WELL DUCK oh yeah that’s probably it I remember that

[@cmassarini3308]

Jamaca’s natural harbor that the pirates used made one of the richest places to ever be around

[@johane4764]

Oh about Malcca, before the Dutch, don't forget the Portuguese in 1511! Edit: I just stumbled upon this channel and I immediately subbed. Great content.

[@josuanygren]

Eyy, thank you man, I am currently DMing an island game of DnD and this was helpful.

[@Jacob-yg7lz]

Heavily underrated channel.

[@sspearss9112]

The peanut butter bombs never actually saw combat if I remember correctly. One went off before the invasion. (The Avatar reference if anyone missed it).

[@junechevalier]

That angelic noise at the end tho

[@ceddyd]

When it misspelled “harbours” I felt that.

[@wright534]

A great breakdown of the many details. Gave me some ideas for my fantasy roleplaying campaign; many thanks!

[@kadijahamad9862]

I can’t tell you how helpful and insightful these videos are for world building. Thank you so much

[@the_goodest_boy]

also, wow. this is an amazing video. insanely well edited, well paced and funny, extremely researched and informative.... just BEAUTIFUL

[@gijskramer1702]

One interresting thing are the "zee kamelen" the dutch used to get large ships over the sandbanks in front of the port of Amsterdam during the dutch golden age. The where large flots that would lift the heavy ships up a bit. The dutch saying "voor pampus liggen" came from having to wait for the flots. Pampus is an island that protected the harbour.

[@queenthoria7483]

I just binged all your videos, and I can see how they keep improving. Good job! Can't wait for the next one!

[@gekkenhuisje]

4:04 History with Hilbert, is that you?

[@darthbricksempire3606]

*Alexander of Macedon* - Nono Drake *King Alexander the Great, Pharaoh of Egypt and King of Greece and Persia* - Happy Drake

[@wyattwahlgren8883]

The music at the very start reminds me of a section in the middle of "Impact" by Sean O'loughlin.

[@Arms.Enthusiast]

The reference you made to ATLA was actually about stink mines after Sokka and Katara meet their dad.

[@samwolfenstein5239]

definitely would love a diplomacy video. the amount of time ive spend theorizing about that game is immense

[@Kathkere]

Awesome job, as always! :) Also, that ending. I sensed something coming but I did not expect that. 10/10

[@AtunSheiFilms]

You've really outdone yourself, man!

[@bradley8614]

Your channel is godsent. Thank you for all your work.

[@everssonnascimento4601]

Never thought a video about port cities could be so fun to watch

[@Gingrnut]

Really loving your videos man, keep them up!

[@itzplant3196]

When he put D&D in the title I thought he was gonna talk about Waterdeep. It's basically the New York & Pearl Harbor of Faerun.

[@jackrobbins6147]

Always quality from you my man 👌

[@Le_GingerBeardMan]

I enjoy how I know which KZbin channels you watch because of the random things you include in these videos.

[@Vroomi3]

Amazing! Your videos are amazing!

[@s-tierkeyboardwarrior-lvl4686]

Damn, the production quality is surprisingly good.

[@darthtitteous1215]

There is footage of the peanut butter mine, you hear an explosion in Hakota’s ship, and the mechanist comes out coughing saying he was testing “the incendiary capabilities of Peanuts” Pipsqueak and The Duke lick their faces saying what a delicious explosive it is

[@joyempire462]

One of the best videos I've ever watched thanks

[@yellowfellow7246]

Thanks... I'mma be having kraken nightmares for MONTHS!

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Randomly stumbled on to your channel and I gotta say: "Subscribed!"

[@jarrah580]

this is your best video in my opinion

[@johanandhira5429]

Nice touch with aniki scream in the background 5:53

[@chrisnash9551]

this video deserves a double like weekend bonus. 👍👍

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Amazing video, subscribed!

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Love your videos so much i subscribed 💖

[@jaybugo]

The small clip of Pirates of the Caribbean online gave me goosebumps... god i played the hell out of that game.

[@ne0ge047]

Love the music and the info

[@1lobster]

this reminds me of something from my world. THE GREAT NORTH ISLANDS! I'll tell you about it is you ask.

[@unknownfury7672]

What are these islands? I'm asking seriously btw 😊

[@burymycampaignatwoundedkne3395]

Let's hear it, my dude.

[@1lobster]

UnknownFury 7, the GNI are the only free elf Nations. (because all the other countries are run by the dwarves) they are also the home of the dragons, which led to the invention of dragon steel. you see, the dragons shed their scales in the spring, the elves mix the scales with iron, and that makes dragon steel, which is as strong and light as titanium, but as not as brittle. so it allows you to to make really big sharp things. the GNI also export a type of preserved eel meat, which is used to feed armies throughout the whole world. as a result of it's value as a trade partner, and how difficult it is to invade, the only wars in the GNI are internal conflicts, between the islands.

[@1lobster]

Archduke Tunafish, your welcome.

[@unknownfury7672]

#1 lobster dayum! I like that idea, but my question, in contrast to your world, how large are the Dwarfish regions compared to the Elvish- and are there any humans or is your world void of that??

[@jamesdoody7615]

Arguably tidal difference is less important than position for ports. I think the best example of this is the river Severn (and the river Avon that feeds into it) in England. The Severn has the second highest difference between high and low tide globally if my memory serves, but Bristol and to a much lesser extend Gloucester were major port cities due to their advantageous position and avonmouth is still in use as an cargo port to this day. Also awesome video, just wanted to raise a point.

[@martinkollarovic9376]

the peanut butter mine thing was in the crossroads of destiny or the episode before that, i literally watched it today

[@warzone6700]

I like your use of Claude Debussy’s Images I it’s very nice and one if my favorite classical pieces

[@MerkhVision]

Did someone say BUSSY!?

[@oleksandrsvirin7393]

2:29 It's in EP 50. The inventor guy from the air temple mentions experimenting with it when they invade the fire nation capital

[@nickroyer3893]

This is probably the 5th video of yours ive binged now, they are absolutely fantastic! Not super related to the content, but whats the song at 2:40?

[@Leone525]

I would really like to see more stategic geography cases. For instance, China or Russia (well, the European part of the country) and some pre-european American civilizations like Maya.

[@concept5631]

Hell, Russia itself is a geopolitical anomaly so that'd be a cool video.

[@ovrair6340]

The "you wouldn't steal a handbag" part almost made me actually laugh

[@WHO_is_on_first]

I would love it if you made a video on worldbuilding frozen deserts/ tundras

[@kadijahamad9862]

Please do a video on city stated and how to create one. what they need to thrive and optimal geographic locations

[@bboi1489]

More on life at sea; it wasnt as dull and hellish as you and many others make it out to be, mainly around the age of sail. Being a sailor for hire could be a great way to travel the world and earn your keep, like a shepherd of the sea. A sailor could be hired by the navy, in which case you are stationed on a ship until they say otherwise, or you could be hired on the docks by a company during a pit-stop for repairs/ supplies. To the best of my knowledge, simple companies didnt care who you were as long as you could work and negotiated a reasonable salary, but the navy of course would, as to prevent spies from infiltrating at will. The crew wouldnt often be too familiar with each other, and would meet along the journey, and part by the end. You could meet interesting people and see interesting places, and life aboard wasnt pure toil and strife. Around the age of sail, crew slept in hammocks to not roll among the floor, and could chat through the night, and in the day, when not working, many sang songs, played games, or listened to the onboard musicians. Large ships planning on long-term voyages may have had surgeons to perform checkups on the crew, and cooks would spend the day working as best as could to serve enjoyable dinners to the captain and other higher ups. Another thing to note is that, traditionally, the crew would hardly speak to the captain. That was the job of the deckhands, who kept tabs on the crew and would relay any concerns they noted to the quartermaster, who dealt with it and made sure the captain was aware of the general situation while the captain himself simply did what had to be done to keep the ship on course and steady. Whippings or hangings on deck were mostly reserved for situations that lead to mutiny, and would be dealt with by the bosun, who handled all arms aboard the ship, and on brigs or large ships would also be responsible for prisoners, commonly detained in jailhouses below deck. Hope this clears many things up for people and lets you all know it wasnt just scurvy and rats.

[@Christian_Bagger]

Wonderful! … I’ve been looking for something like this. Do you also have like settlement planning? Everything from a Thorpe to a metropolis.

[@deadletter4317]

1:30 dude what is this song In fact tell us all these songs pls

[@USAFCain286]

Wow I like the history and world build smash together see you in the discord thank you

[@davidcarvalho8314]

great content

[@chaseorosco9017]

I keep having to rewind because of all the sneaky puns that make me laugh.

[@AtunSheiFilms]

I'm not a slave. I'm a person, and my name is Anakin.

[@octopusbeak42069]

Using a Sam O Nella thumbnail in this just made me smile.

[@Bentaskus]

Sognefjorden in Norway is the longest and deepest fjord. At its mouth it is pretty shallow compared to the rest. No big cities or port is there here. Probably it is because of the not so deep waters at the mouth. Sogn means in old norse: suga, suge. In english suck. The stream here is strong. I pondered on this yesterday after rewatching this video. Just a fun fact. And bump. Almost forgot this wonderful channel.

[@avensurha]

Thank you man for this video! Really loved it! Don't stop! Btw how is Vesztrév for a port name? (English-Hungarian words mixed and twisted)

[@avensurha]

Also it Rév means waterpass or port.

[@Stoneworks]

@@avensurha I diggit

[@MediumDSpeaks]

The amount of references I understood in this is too high. Was that a MOTHER FUCKING THE CLOAK REFERENCE NO WAY

[@Stoneworks]

between you and me the Russians need a good kick in the balls, right in the testicles, the source of their commie power.

[@MediumDSpeaks]

I like shrimpys

[@squifftopher]

👏👏good video

[@ilfedarkfairy]

Great video, a lot of those things were really helpful, and now I know why some of my harbour citys look of. In my defense, I have never seen an ocean. But I don't want to be rude or stuff (as I'm not a native english speaker), but writing harbour without an 'u' just looks wierd.

[@smallfry3188]

The yea daddy chain killed me

[@manhoosnick]

This channel is goodn

[@WarDogMadness]

how did i get here its awesome. i was watching a mgsv video essay and political commentary by razor fist . i do run dnd but i haven't watched any stuff on it in ages.

[@davidrinehart7415]

Great and funny stuff

[@noahchmielewski1347]

I used this to hel me get an idea on how to build a port city in city skyline

[@remingtonwright6796]

Fine points about pearl harbor. It's as if that's why there was a naval base there.

[@Stoneworks]

Ngl that's probably a really good point

[@traviselledge3930]

6:43. I'm pretty sure one of those pictures is the library or lighthouse of Alexandria being burned down. A quick glimpse and then rewind, and I am laughing

[@momo_5193]

This video is funny af n helpful 4 wrld building

[@Lord_Akkon]

4:04 *wilhelmus intensifies*

[@Jasonwolf1495]

My story's strongest power is a trade/naval power that essentially exists an extra 3rd of the way to the americas from europe, and has dominated seafaring so well that no one can raise a navy against them, and because they are an island nation (with continental and island colonies throughout the world) no one can build the military power needed to take them. They've even started experimenting with something akin to an ironclad. Any of the best ships other nations own are made by this nation (Peligonia), and as such have to be tended to by Peligonian tradesmen (since they wont give out their secrets with their ships, They have very tricky ways to put things together so fiddling with them can destroy the ship). They also have privateers (though they won't say they do) who hunt down ships that threaten their superiority. Most nations just don't bother to since Peligonia just likes being the worlds "amazon" essentially. They only care about trade and the sea. They really don't care much for anywhere inland, so they still have to buy from other powers. Oh and they're a mix of Roman, Viking, Polish, and Scottish in culture.

[@moanguspickard249]

If you love bays, youre gonna love Boka Kotorska, a bay in montenegro thats amazing af

[@Duck-wc9de]

the perfect port (in the past ) was the Tagus estuary. Lisbon is protected by hills and its soil is very fertile. the estuary is deep (up to 80m), with a constant flow and protects from the waves (except if it is a tsunami-earthquake of 1755) then it still has a particular characteristic, it has mobile sandbanks. that's why ships that weren't Portuguese or escorted by a Portuguese port ship would get stuck in the sand banks, that's why lisbon was never invaded by sea. it was also defended by 7 forts along the estuary. the fact of being on the tip of europe also made land invasions very difficult, because to reach lisbon you have to cross all of spain and its mountains, the river Tagus, the potuguese mountains and the rest of the country. that is why, to free portugal from napoleonic occupation, the english arrived in the city of oporto, which is not so well protected, and then marched to lisbon along the flat terrain of the portuguese coast, because it would be impossible to take lisbon by sea.

[@maldito_sudaka]

1:55 heyyy, that's where I live. Good and old Lagoa dos Patos

[@andrewparatore7150]

Fairport, New York represent! 7:37

[@mr.autonmousinspain7664]

12:40 that's the sound of hurricane Ike when it hit San Luis hotel in Galveston TX back in 2008

[@Stoneworks]

that is extremely specific and I hope you're okay 12 years later

[@worldbuildingjuice]

2:29 they mention it in the first episode of the two part eclipse invasion but it's never shown on screen

[@nicpardon1057]

pearl harbour isn't just an admirals wet dream but also a pilots

[@musicformed]

Can you do one with ressources?

[@the_goodest_boy]

DAD MENTIONED MY DUELS IN A VIDEO AAAAAAAAAAAAAA