She isnt bad for sure but there are alot that do the same even better. Lack of knowledge is what holds back people in the reaction "industry". Thats why the best history reaction channels are by historians, they can add so much more to the videos.
8:35 "what were they doing before 800?" They were there all along. The parts white on this map don't mean that there is nothing there, it just means that little is known and/or that the people there weren't organized/ruled as a country/empire.
They weren´t unified under a common leader. Buildings 5000 years old were just discovered. Also there are burial mounts dating back 4-5000 years in Pipstorn forest. Just not a lot of people and no real impact on the greater empires, even if trade with romans happened. Some consider the viking age to have started in 793, but there were cheiftans and maybe small kings before that time. Some think the god Odin is based on Atilla the Hun, and the mythic Fimbul Winter was really the years around 536.
Before 800, Scandinavia was divided into smaller petty kingdoms. Since the Bronze Age, most people lived in Denmark and in southern Sweden, in small farming villages or on large individual farms, located a few kilometers from the coast, near big or small rivers. They believed in local variations of Norse mythology. They very rarely wrote anything down. They traded with other Europeans by sea and sent warriors to fight e.g. during the Hunnic invasion of Europe, not sure on which side though. The local kings fought against other local kings and against Slavic and Baltic raiders and pillagers and some were themselves raiders and pillagers. Some notable Iron Age cities include Lejre and Uppåkra. Around 800, the Holy Roman Empire expanded their influence to the north, sending Christian missionaries and picking a local king to support other the other local kings. With outside support, and partly out of fear of the threat of the giant HRE, Denmark united under a single king, as did Sweden. With the Christian clergy writing became relatively speaking more common, which is also why most runestones are from this period, and that's when Scandinavia enters the history books.
Between 536 AD to the late 700s, Scandinavia was largely in a period of collapse and struggle to survive. This period is called the Late Antique Little Ice Age and was started by a series of volcanic eruptions over a decade in Iceland and the Americas that plunged the northern hemisphere into extremely cold temperatures, reducing crop production and causing the abandonment of many settlements. It is very likely that what Norse Mythology calls the Fimbulwinter, and their later Ragnarok, is a mythologisation of this time period. This should give you a good idea of what life was like in Scandinavia at this time period. The effect this period had on regions south is that it allowed for the spread of the Justinian Plagues, and combined with the lower crops, resulted in anywhere from 25-50% of the population disappearing. This in effect caused Justinian's attempts to retake the Western Empire's lands to fail.
Good thing they at least signed the white area on the right as Slavs. Because all the countries of Europe knew about them and traded with them for thousands of years. The countries of Europe disintegrated and united, and the white area on the right was always there. Nobody lived there? That's why it's white haha. The people of the north, the Slavs, lived there for thousands of years, with their own culture, rulers, territories, writing, knowledge. Another question is where did the countries of Europe and the people there come from? Was it not from this little white piece of land?
It’s also a huge event, next to general reasons, because of how intensely it reshaped modernity. European self-identification were strongly shaped throughout the 19th century and its bloom in nationalism, resulting in stuff like WW1 and all the harm that prepped Europe for. Statistically the ‘relative’ peace in Europe since WW2 is very rare.
Before the first Crusade in 1095 Muslims invaded following Countries: Christian Syria Christian Jordan Christian Palestine Christian Egypt Christian Lybia Christian Algeria Christian Morocco Christian Portugal Christian Spain Christian France Christian Sicily Christian Italy Christian Turkey Christian Armenia That's History, too....
For what Scandinavians did before 800 you can look up terms like Nordic Bronze age and also Vendel period, there are some very cool archeological finds from that time.
@@NoProtocol Germanic migration period also known as the Barbarian invasions and the fall of western roman empire would be a good read if you wanna know more about the tribes of northern europe during this time frame. In Scandinavia theres alot of stone fortifications (hill-forts) dating before the 800s. The Goths are arguably from Scandinavia allthough its a bit controversial.
Arminius of the Cherusci brought the Romans their biggest defeat in the year 9 CE. The battle at the Teutoburg Forest is often called the most important battle in human history. Arminius or Hermann as he is called in Germany is an important hero in the country. There is a giant memorial in the area where the battle took place that is 175.4 ft tall, the Hermannsdenkmal (Hermann memorial).
Romanized Germans, barbarized Byzantines and the hard-to-die myth of Latin-Germanic backwardness th-cam.com/video/Aexp7g5yvuI/w-d-xo.htmlsi=9oC34uGBFeqzXlWG
I have watched a few of these time-elapse videos, and I can say for the most part that they get the overall narrative right (I teach at a college, and I know that you cannot tell the whole story for every single topic).
So much we learn of history in school is watered down to lines in a paragraph, if mentioned at all. It's another example of how hard it is to grasp the true scale of things and how a hundred year span that is a blink on this map and at best a footnote in a detailed history book was a whole life for countless people.
I also think that it is difficult to comprehend when and why things were happening. When I was 10 in the year 2000 i remember that WW2 was so long ago, i could not grasp it although i knew my grandparents were in it. Time is such a strange concept to understand. Thats why story telling is so important in history classes.
The Burgundians actually originally lived in Eastern Europe and were an East Germanic tribe, thus related to the Goths. They then migrated to the Rhine, near the city of Worms. There they played a role in the defense against the Huns and are mentioned as a Rhenish population in the Nibelungenlied, an epic poem that was written down in the 13th century but certainly goes back to oral traditions of the 4th and 5th centuries. In the 5th century, after the defeat against the Huns, the Burgundians were settled by the Romans in what is now Burgundy (France). This is where the region gets its name from.
@@jarls5890 It is a Basquiat (Untitled), but, is definitely not the real thing, far too small for the original, which is owned by Billionair Yusaku Maezawa.
As usual, a thoughtful reaction, Señora. The only major issue I have with the original content is that I find the distinction between Celts, Gauls, and Britons around 100BC to 1000 a trifle arbitrary.
Seeing With Eagles to Glory as this video's book recommendation was a surprise, but a welcome one. I find the various minor German states of the Napoleonic era to be full of color. It was also cool seeing Napoleon's energy and intelligence on full display. He pretty much starts the war in dire straits, but in a matter of days, completely reverses the strategic situation. I also highly recommend Gill's other work, Thunder on the Danube. It covers the entire 1809 campaign detailed in With Eagles to Glory, but with greater emphasis on the perspectives of Napoleon and his opponent, Archduke Charles.
Very interesting, I did the obligatory stop, screen grab for when I was born, 1968, and at the end, and what a difference in just a short 50 years - nothing compared to the long history, but, how quickly things really do change. I guess the Roman's did pretty good - having a solid 500-year almost uninterrupted run - though, some of it's conquests may see it a wee differently.
There's so much history in Europe that us Europeans only learn a small part of it in school. Mainly centred on our own country's history. You definitely knew more about what happened around Spain than I ever did. We mostly learned about the conqueror kings of Sweden and the uprisings and stuff
Unimaginable amount of feudes, battles, wars and atrocities with many of those changes in colors gives me goosebumps actually....greetings from Bohemia💪
This is an awesome video which I myself come back to frequently, it's interesting to see my part of the world (Sweden) and its doings throughout the ages. The Cherusci were one of the larger Germanic tribes who were initial allies of the Roman empire and had their sons serve in the Legion, but one of their later leaders whom I'm sure you know of, Arminius, broke with his Roman upbringing and brought about the Battle of Teuterburg forest in 9 AD where three Roman legions (ca. 20,000 men) were annihilated during three days of fierce fighting with a great alliance of most germanic tribes. They were later in the forefront of keeping Romans at bay from Germania. And it's the Emirate of Cordoba. The Ummayyad Caliphate only lasted 69 years before fracturing into many pieces, one of which was the Emirate of Cordoba which later became the smaller Taifas of Iberia. As a Swede also, before the Viking age Scandinavia had quite a similar bronze age which lasted into the "Vendel age" until 793 AD when the attack of Lindesfarne monastery ocurred. It was an extremely rich period thanks to exports of amber to the Romans among others who kept it as luxury furnishings. The Vendel period is also were we actually find horned helmets, although they are thought to have been exclusively ceremonious. I believe Tacitus spoke of this period in his writings, how there was advanced maritime technology (not longships though) and the people were tall, blonde and strong.
Great video and reaction. I know he had a lot of ground (literally) to cover, but I wish he had been able to go slower. These old eyes of mine had a tough time. As always, love ya.
@@NoProtocol Excellent Reaction, as always. I assumed that Serbia and Croatia first appeared when Yugoslavia broke up in 1991, but I see they were established long before. I have always pronounced "Genghis Khan" in London like you did. He was Grandfather to Kubla Khan but what happened to the son of Genghis? Ironically, in London,we, currently, have Sadiq Khan, who is, also,a brutal Dictator.
There's something both beautiful and horrifying seeing thousands of years of history and the rise and falls of empires in such a compressed video. Love it though. Cheers NP!
The Cherusci were Arminius's tribe, the guy who fought Varus in 9AD. The last mentions of any Cheruscians (in Roman sources ofc - where else?) was in 88 AD. But in this vid they are on the map much longer.
Iberia as number 1 for population in 320BC?? Wild! I'm Portuguese and I always had a notion of scarce population here. It's a big area for 3.7 million and I guess we don't have the nasty weather and dense forests of Germany and north of France. It just shows how little chance people have without countries, technology etc.
Some extra resources - Prof Timothy Snyder...The making of Modern Ukraine. It covers a period from when Vikings went down the rivers of Eastern Europe, interacted with the Slavs to give rise to the Rus, and interaction with the Byzantine Empire. The lectures also cover aspects of Central Europe, the Polish Lithuanian state, and more. Podcasts - The Rest is History and Empire. Also there's a book simply called "The Crusades" with translations of chronicles written by people from the time from 1000AD to the Battle of Lepanto. Covering European history can be bewildering with all the moving pieces that were involved! Lots to learn!
When these things use the term Byzantine for the Roman Empire it always bugs me; Byzantine as a term wasn't used until long after the fall of Constantinople to the Ottomans. It was called the Roman Empire until that happened as the capital was moved to Constantinople well before the split, which wasn't actually a split into Eastern and Western Empires. kerk
the Holy Roman Empire was also called 'the Roman Empire' at first, simply because all who wanted be the successor wanted continue as such AND because Christians in general believed into the 4 empire prophecy form Daniel from the bible which said that there are 4 empire before the apocalypse. first: Babylon second: Persia third: Greece and fourth: the Roman Empire. Now since there was no apocalypse the Roman Empire could not have collapse but just changed. The Central Europe one included basically the former classic Roman core (Rome/Papel states, most of Italy, especially the North) and kept Latin etc., Byzantium changed to Greek and was not part of the classic core, on the other hand it continued more obvious. Anyway, the Holy Roman Empire became then more powerful and lived longer (longer then the video btw.). Before that the Frankish Empire under Karl dem Grossen (wrongly named Charlemagne) was seen as one Roman Empire with the Holy Roman Empire developing out of most parts.
The Burgundians were a Germanic tribe originating from Bornholm (modern Danemark I think), they made a first kingdom in Worms, west Germany then after the collapse of the kingdom resettled to Roman Gaul were they mixed with local Gauls and Franks. Burgundy is now a region in eastern France. :)
Interesting how Ukraine doesn't even appear on the map until 1991 eh? (Just Saying... a clear observation!) I mean Kosovo is only 15 years younger! Regardless, of all that stuff... It's actually a great visual representation. Especially as you see how the tribes of different peoples end up migrating and establishing their own nation-states. I'm British. What's also interesting is how the Crusades, the Renaissance, the Reformation, and then The Enlightenment are so important in the architecture of the continent.
Stupid argument, by that logic russia, poland, germany, france, england, hungary, denmark, norway and basically every single other nation in europe aside from greece and rome dont deserve to be their own countries because they werent a nation before. just because an ethnic group didnt have their own nation on the map doesnt mean they dont exist, it just means they either had no opportunity or no real interest in autonomy. And the no interest part might change drastically after your people get misstreated and exploited for centuries.
Answer to question 8:26 ... Before 800 there where people living in Scandinavia, but no larger kingdoms ... and still it just says on the map "Swedish states" That means there where not any untied Sweden at that time just various smaller kingdoms sometimes choosing a unified king to rule ... sometimes fighting ... (that is a really simplified explanation) ... before that, even as far back as the bronze age, we had trade routes from Scandinavia to the states in southern Europe, both land routes and sea routes ...
As a Portuguese myself ofc i'm kinda biased😁, but i think we somehow (maybe even just by accident) cracked the code on how to create and maintain a country. The consistency is almost unmatched!... (It is not about how you start a race when the competition you applied to is a marathon🙂)
In that years the Byzantine empire was called a Roman empire (the name Byzantine appeared only in 18th century). So officially the Roman Empire was fallen only in 1454 with conquer of Constantinople by ottomans. But ottoman sultans unofficially called themselves as Qayser-i Rûm (Caesar of Rome)
4:44 The Romans certainly heard of the Cherusci! They sent 4 legions to conquer them but those legions disappeared without a trace. A couple of thousand years later the place where the Cherusci killed every single one of those Roman legions was eventually found.
The 1st mentions of Slavs was in 545 AD by Procopius. Of course there were Slavic tribes before the 1st mentions. But how could the original vid creator give numbers for a Slavic population in 85 AD? That's unrealistic if you ask me.
Literary recommendation for you. The "Masters of Rome" series of historical novels by Colleen McCulloch. Starts with "The First Man in Rome" and chronicles Gaius Marius and Lucius Cornelius Sulla. You will learn all about those Germanic tribes including the Cherusci. As the books progress we are introduced to Pompey, Marcus Crassus, a cast of thousands including a little-known fellow called Gaius Julius Caesar, through Mark Antony and Gaius Octavius (Octavian/Augustus). Although they are technically novels, she won a Pulitzer prize for research and they are packed with power struggles; political, military and domestic. You need a brain to read them but I know you've got that covered!
Was wryly amused to see my county (Sussex) make an appearance! (Before my time, though) Books: I am sure there's a lot ... but I have a cold and my brain is not working! Oh, you just reminded me - the Sharpe Series by Bernard Cornwell. Music: Has to be Games without Frontiers, by Peter Gabriel.
For your information! What was shown in this video where only the last 1000 years ! It doesn’t reflect the time before. Some say that the earliest human societies appeared approximately 45000 ago in Europe.And for me ,the fact that humans have been living in North America approximately 13000 years ago,is even more astonishing.
Before 800 Ad, we in Scandinavia actually had pretty much same tribes and petty kingdoms as during the viking age and the metals started to become the standard material around 500 BC. We also traded and became mercenaries for Greece and later, Rome.
Before and during the Mongol invasion into Europe something else interesting happened in the Baltic region. Basically the Polish king couldn't keep his grubby hands to himself and tried to invade Prus lands, was pushed back and invaded in turn. This lead to the Crusades against the Prus tribes starting from 1217. In these Crusades the Teutonic Order rose in importance, subjugated the Prus and ultimately formed the Duchy of Prussia. The same country that in 1701 rose to a Kingdom and united Germany for the first time in 1871. Fun fact there are some accounts from the height of the Roman Empire that described the Prus as a merchant people from the unknown north. Apparently they traded in pelts and amber.
If Prus are Germanic then Pomeranians are Polish lol, land of the Prusia almost all history was a Polish teritory or wasal, Germans want block acces too Bałtic sea so they named it German tribe lol. They maked a DNA test so its show that From Berlin in the east direction was always Slavic tribes (Berlin also was founded by Slavs).
It is interesting to me that the Germanic population seems to have been around 10% of the Roman one throughout the Roman Empire's existence. Another noteworthy thing is that the overall population numbers went from above 50 million in the Roman Empire alone to quite a bit below 40 million shortly after its dissolution (even considering the not listed parts).
I've watched this video many times. My thoughts. 1. WWI and WWII were so devastating and significant, yet they were mere blinks in the history of the continent. As was the Napoleonic era. 2. Linked to the above, WWI, WWII, and the Franco-Prussian War (1870) were a triptych or act in three parts in the creation of Germany out of the collapse of the Holy Roman Empire (which was neither holy, Roman, nor an empire). I wonder if it will be seen as such in future histories (assuming there are some, as so much of our history will be lost when the electronic technology ends). 3. The Mongol invasion c.1260AD destroyed all meaningful resistance to its military and was only stopped by the death of the Khan, and the internal struggles that broke the Empire into various hordes. Otherwise Europe would've become a Mongol vassal. On the pronounciation of Ghingis Khan, my understanding is that it is closer to 'ching-giss han'(?)
Spain was part of a caliphate but when one of the princes was banned from the family. The prince ran off to Spain where he had supporters and made his own state and fighting off the caliphate for years.
With your commentary, the term "human race" has never been more appropriate lol European history is consistently interesting to me because the stories involved are always different depending on who is telling it, leading to long standing disputes still debated to this day. Like ancient whodunits that have never been settled.
In 1649 must be Cossacks Hetmanate (Ukraine) The name Russia was assigned to Muscovy ONLY in 1721. The map is false and it looks like it was made by a Russian, not a European.
the neo-Ukrainian lie, of course. At so : “Kiev is the mother of Russian cities”(c)knyaz Oleg, 9th century AD. : "И седе Олегъ, княжа в Киеве, и рече Олегъ: «Се буди мати городом русскымъ».", “And the Oleg, who sat down in Kiev, and Oleg said: “Seo will be the mother of Russian cities.”,” (c)"The Tale of Bygone Years"-"Russian Primary chronicle". _____ "9. About Rus departing with monoxiles from Rusia to Constantinople. [Let it be known] that the monoxyls coming from outer Rusia to Constantinople are some from Nemogard, in which Sfendoslav, the son of Ingor, the archon of Rusia, sat, and others from the fortress of Miliniski, from Teliutsa, Chernigoga and from Vusegrad. So, they all descend along the Dnieper River and converge in the fortress of Kioava, called Samvatas..." (c) Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus, the Byzantine Emperor, "On the Administration of the Empire", ~960 AD. Oukraina - in Old Russian and in Russian actually means the same thing - the outskirt. One of many. In Russian there are also words with the same kind of word formation - okolitsa, obochina, okalina, etc. ... All of them mean - the edge, the extremity of something...:> And so it - as the name of some lands with a capital letter - is not mentioned in truly ancient chronicles. No one has. Nowhere. Right up to the century of the 16th-17th.... The Ukrainian-Okrainians-Outskirters are a part of the Russian nation that only broke away due to the Mongol invasion, the Yoke, and the subsequent Polish occupation of those lands. And the Russians never called themselves "Muscovy". This exo-pseudo-name was invented by the Polish occupiers and their Jesuits.
Pompey ended the Seleucid Empire in 64 BC. Yes, the Burgundians are the tribe that established their kingdom in modern-day eastern France and Switzerland. The Cherusci are Arminius' tribe that kicked the Romans' ass in Teutoburg Forest in 9 AD. 7:50 Exactly - Cordoba started out as an emirate by the deposed Umayyad caliph Abd al-Rahman I until his descendant Abd al-Rahman III eventually claimed the title of caliph in 929 - thus openly challenging the "official" (Fatimid) Caliphate.
Great Information but just two small Corrections. Abd al Rahman I of Cordoba wasn't an Ummayad Caliph, instead he was an Umayyad Prince who fled to Al Andalus (Spain) after the Abbasids overthrew the Umayyads and hunted down surviving members of the dynasty. And the 'official' caliphate was the Abbasid one, not the Fatimid one.
In Poland it was once believed that we were descended from the Iranic Sarmatians of antiquity whose presence can be seen near the Black Sea. This belief, Sarmatianism, became the dominating cultural ideology during commonwealth times. Even today it is not uncommon to see Poland poetically referred to as Sarmatia and Poles themselves as Sarmatians. We actually aren’t the only Slavic group to claim a Sarmatian connection. The Serboi was a Sarmatian tribe that is supposed to be connected to Serbia for example. I believe Ukrainians similarly connect with the Sarmatian origin myth, but more specifically with the very closely related Scythian people. You’re very knowledgeable with your history. Maybe you can one day react to Polish history if you ever find the time.❤️ 966✝️ Christianization 1410⚔️ Grunwald 1569❤️ Union of Lublin 1648🥀 Khmelnytsky Uprising 1655🔥 The Deluge 1683🪽 Siege of Vienna 1772💔 First partition 1793💔 Second Partition 1795🪦 Final Partition 1918🐦🔥 Poland is reborn from the ashes of three fallen empires, Russian, German, and Austrian. 1939🥀 WWII
I find it fascinating that Carthage ruled the Mediterranean, was then replaced by Rome which ruled the Mediterranean, was then replaced by the Byzantine Empire which ruled the Mediterranean, was then replaced by the Ottoman Empire which ruled the Mediterranean. Crazy
The stretch from 1945 until now is the longest period of time that there was no war between France and one or more of the German states since AD845! Now consider that both France and Germany claim to have been founded by the same guy!
Fun bit of trivia: You see those "Frisians" at the spot where the modern-day Netherlands is located? Those that for the first Millenium or so refused to be conquered? Well, they were even more stubborn than you can see just by looking at state borders, because they're actually still there. They're a province of The Netherlands now, but the province name still translates as "Frisianland" and they still have their own official language "Frisian" (yes, the Netherlands has two official languages, but Frisian is less known because there's only like 400.000 people who still speak it).
Part of modern Frisia is also located in north-west Germany, it's called Ostfriesland in German or East-Frisia in English, and is part of the state Lower-Saxony. The East-Frisian dialect/language can be understood by the Dutch because it's so close linguistically to Dutch and English.
Its important to note that the term Byzantines is more of a contemporary term for easy differentiation. For the Byzantines, they never considered themselves anything other than Romans.
Hello there !! You asked about Scandinavia before the Viking age started. Well, other than that they were also a part of the germanic people (from DNA testing that has been done in more recent years), not too much is actually known. There are some areas with figures carved into the rocks in caves and other places under the open sky as well, proving that they were def here and using some kind of metal tools.
mmh, not a lot of stuff happening up there. Too cold. That's why these viking bro's went on a kinky trip to Normandy. To get some sun and petite French girls. 😋
The Cherusci are known in Germany, or at least one of them is. back in that time, I wouldn't expect non-locals to know about that sort of thing. Well, Romans would know about the Cherusci in particular - "Quintili Vare, legiones redde! (Quintilius Varus, give me back my legions!)"
The channel Old Brittania does some excellent videos on the statesmanship behind some of the wars and politics of the 18th, 19th & 20th centuries. Not necessarily suitable for a reaction, but great for setting the scene.
@@NoProtocolHey No Protocol, do you remember when I requested the "Jonah Lomu - The Fearless Warrior" video by Sailor B ? Is your reaction to it somewhere in your plans ? It is a marvelous rugby highlight of the rugby GOAT, the best left wing the game has ever seen.
it's interesting when you look at population and size of the country... gigantic land and it's like 7 million people... meanwhile modern Tokyo has like 30 million...
The Frankish Empire became huge under the reign of the Frankish King, Charlemagne, or Charles the Great, the name France comes from the name of the Franks
In reality, the population of Spain in the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries should add up to that of America, since then they were not colonies, but part of the Kingdom. They became colonies when the Bourbon (French) dynasty occupied the throne of Spain.
It looks like it was a lot going on but all in all, it was about 5 to 7 big houses that always ruled the world until capitalism was a thing. But it's not hard to idenify who was behind that, if you think about who sponsored the jurney of Columbus and pretty much went in the underground while the US got big.
Greetings from Germany. The Goth, Burgunds etc. were Tribes (Stämme in German) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goths - Goth´s en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vandals - Vandals. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burgundians - Burgundians And Yes: The Burgundians are the ones that resided in the Frankish Empire after relocation and this Region bears it´s Name now. The Burgundy in what we now call France.
Yeah well now, the Burgundians are part of France, and the Saxons are part of the UK. There seems to be a pattern of people running *away* from Germany (must be a fun country). Even in the 19th century, many prefered to cross the Atlantic Ocean and join the USA, rather than stay German. Yiaks! 😂
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They forgot to leave a white spot in the Roman Empire where Asterix's village was located. 😄
The only books I went to the library for as a kid
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More like on the outermost edge of Brittany. 😂
Erquy, brittany, france
actually they did, it's just too small to see without an magnifying glass
This presenter is one of the most intelligent and well informed on this sort of video. Unlike most, she adds value with her comments.
bro is glazing
She is worth simping for, I know bro
@@Yokz57 Yeah but come on. It's justified she's really quite knowledgeable
I second that! And the fact that she's also amazingly cute doesn't hurt...
She isnt bad for sure but there are alot that do the same even better. Lack of knowledge is what holds back people in the reaction "industry". Thats why the best history reaction channels are by historians, they can add so much more to the videos.
8:35 "what were they doing before 800?" They were there all along. The parts white on this map don't mean that there is nothing there, it just means that little is known and/or that the people there weren't organized/ruled as a country/empire.
They weren´t unified under a common leader. Buildings 5000 years old were just discovered. Also there are burial mounts dating back 4-5000 years in Pipstorn forest. Just not a lot of people and no real impact on the greater empires, even if trade with romans happened. Some consider the viking age to have started in 793, but there were cheiftans and maybe small kings before that time. Some think the god Odin is based on Atilla the Hun, and the mythic Fimbul Winter was really the years around 536.
Before 800, Scandinavia was divided into smaller petty kingdoms. Since the Bronze Age, most people lived in Denmark and in southern Sweden, in small farming villages or on large individual farms, located a few kilometers from the coast, near big or small rivers. They believed in local variations of Norse mythology. They very rarely wrote anything down. They traded with other Europeans by sea and sent warriors to fight e.g. during the Hunnic invasion of Europe, not sure on which side though. The local kings fought against other local kings and against Slavic and Baltic raiders and pillagers and some were themselves raiders and pillagers. Some notable Iron Age cities include Lejre and Uppåkra.
Around 800, the Holy Roman Empire expanded their influence to the north, sending Christian missionaries and picking a local king to support other the other local kings. With outside support, and partly out of fear of the threat of the giant HRE, Denmark united under a single king, as did Sweden. With the Christian clergy writing became relatively speaking more common, which is also why most runestones are from this period, and that's when Scandinavia enters the history books.
Between 536 AD to the late 700s, Scandinavia was largely in a period of collapse and struggle to survive. This period is called the Late Antique Little Ice Age and was started by a series of volcanic eruptions over a decade in Iceland and the Americas that plunged the northern hemisphere into extremely cold temperatures, reducing crop production and causing the abandonment of many settlements.
It is very likely that what Norse Mythology calls the Fimbulwinter, and their later Ragnarok, is a mythologisation of this time period.
This should give you a good idea of what life was like in Scandinavia at this time period.
The effect this period had on regions south is that it allowed for the spread of the Justinian Plagues, and combined with the lower crops, resulted in anywhere from 25-50% of the population disappearing. This in effect caused Justinian's attempts to retake the Western Empire's lands to fail.
Good thing they at least signed the white area on the right as Slavs. Because all the countries of Europe knew about them and traded with them for thousands of years. The countries of Europe disintegrated and united, and the white area on the right was always there. Nobody lived there? That's why it's white haha. The people of the north, the Slavs, lived there for thousands of years, with their own culture, rulers, territories, writing, knowledge. Another question is where did the countries of Europe and the people there come from? Was it not from this little white piece of land?
its wild how quickly ww2 came and went, blink and you'll miss it. even tho its such a huge event in our history now
WW2 had over 80 million casualties, more than Europe's population until the 18th's century. So even though it was short, the destruction was massive.
@@Psi-Storm On the 80 millions, I would put no money...
It’s also a huge event, next to general reasons, because of how intensely it reshaped modernity. European self-identification were strongly shaped throughout the 19th century and its bloom in nationalism, resulting in stuff like WW1 and all the harm that prepped Europe for. Statistically the ‘relative’ peace in Europe since WW2 is very rare.
Ma’am your knowledge and love for the subject is beautiful to watch!
Before the first Crusade in 1095 Muslims invaded following Countries:
Christian Syria
Christian Jordan
Christian Palestine
Christian Egypt
Christian Lybia
Christian Algeria
Christian Morocco
Christian Portugal
Christian Spain
Christian France
Christian Sicily
Christian Italy
Christian Turkey
Christian Armenia
That's History, too....
For what Scandinavians did before 800 you can look up terms like Nordic Bronze age and also Vendel period, there are some very cool archeological finds from that time.
The Vendels sound vaguely familiar but I’m not sure, I’ll have to read about the Nordic Bronze Age tonight. Thank you for the search terms!
@@NoProtocol Germanic migration period also known as the Barbarian invasions and the fall of western roman empire would be a good read if you wanna know more about the tribes of northern europe during this time frame. In Scandinavia theres alot of stone fortifications (hill-forts) dating before the 800s. The Goths are arguably from Scandinavia allthough its a bit controversial.
Scandinavians are only famous for their bandit period. That's all. Nothing ever happens there, it's the land of the night.
Arminius of the Cherusci brought the Romans their biggest defeat in the year 9 CE. The battle at the Teutoburg Forest is often called the most important battle in human history. Arminius or Hermann as he is called in Germany is an important hero in the country. There is a giant memorial in the area where the battle took place that is 175.4 ft tall, the Hermannsdenkmal (Hermann memorial).
Romanized Germans, barbarized Byzantines and the hard-to-die myth of Latin-Germanic backwardness
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I have watched a few of these time-elapse videos, and I can say for the most part that they get the overall narrative right (I teach at a college, and I know that you cannot tell the whole story for every single topic).
So much we learn of history in school is watered down to lines in a paragraph, if mentioned at all. It's another example of how hard it is to grasp the true scale of things and how a hundred year span that is a blink on this map and at best a footnote in a detailed history book was a whole life for countless people.
I also think that it is difficult to comprehend when and why things were happening. When I was 10 in the year 2000 i remember that WW2 was so long ago, i could not grasp it although i knew my grandparents were in it. Time is such a strange concept to understand. Thats why story telling is so important in history classes.
The Burgundians actually originally lived in Eastern Europe and were an East Germanic tribe, thus related to the Goths. They then migrated to the Rhine, near the city of Worms. There they played a role in the defense against the Huns and are mentioned as a Rhenish population in the Nibelungenlied, an epic poem that was written down in the 13th century but certainly goes back to oral traditions of the 4th and 5th centuries.
In the 5th century, after the defeat against the Huns, the Burgundians were settled by the Romans in what is now Burgundy (France). This is where the region gets its name from.
And now they make wine. Frenchified.
I have heard that they came from the island of Bornholm, which today belongs to the drunks
tno reference 🤪
@@goofygrandlouis6296 they gave the french the wine culture lil bro almost everithing came from germanic german people
@@fuxihutterer8088 Wine was produced in France at least 1000 years before the migration of the Burgundians. (600BC vs 457)
Roman Empire going past 50 million in population was crazy. Such a big drop after the fall.
'Norseman' are also Germanic people (except Finns). And yes, the Burgunder (Burgandians) were also a Germanic tribe.
Were they the same Burgundians in France? Or just a name coincidence?
@@guneytopal1713 Same.
@@gertvanderstraaten6352 interesting, guessing them came over during the height of the franks?
@@guneytopal1713 Nope... That happend all along the downfall of the western Romans...
@@melchiorvonsternberg844@guneytopal1713 And the Franks conquered the Burgundian kingdom.
I love the history. Love the video protocol Stay motivated Dream big 1 mill on the way
you’re the fun teacher that gets distracted and shows why they love there subject with interesting thoughts/facts
Interesting video as usual, but I love the artwork on your walls. As always, looking forward to the next video
Thanks Stuart!
It is a Jean-Michel Basquiat if I'm not mistaken.
And if that is the real deal - she got approx $100 million hanging on the wall! 😄
@@jarls5890 It is a Basquiat (Untitled), but, is definitely not the real thing, far too small for the original, which is owned by Billionair Yusaku Maezawa.
@@NoahFroio Yea I know it is not the real thing. 😀
Europe was a mystical place back in ancient times.
As usual, a thoughtful reaction, Señora. The only major issue I have with the original content is that I find the distinction between Celts, Gauls, and Britons around 100BC to 1000 a trifle arbitrary.
Seeing With Eagles to Glory as this video's book recommendation was a surprise, but a welcome one. I find the various minor German states of the Napoleonic era to be full of color. It was also cool seeing Napoleon's energy and intelligence on full display. He pretty much starts the war in dire straits, but in a matter of days, completely reverses the strategic situation.
I also highly recommend Gill's other work, Thunder on the Danube. It covers the entire 1809 campaign detailed in With Eagles to Glory, but with greater emphasis on the perspectives of Napoleon and his opponent, Archduke Charles.
Very interesting, I did the obligatory stop, screen grab for when I was born, 1968, and at the end, and what a difference in just a short 50 years - nothing compared to the long history, but, how quickly things really do change. I guess the Roman's did pretty good - having a solid 500-year almost uninterrupted run - though, some of it's conquests may see it a wee differently.
I watch your content because you are an intelligent articulate person.
who asked though?
0 comments about Poland :(
You are such an educated person! You know so much!
Love your reactions!
No Protocol Awesome Video Today!!🔥🐐🐐💎
It is nice that you have heard about Yugoslavia! 😊
There's so much history in Europe that us Europeans only learn a small part of it in school. Mainly centred on our own country's history. You definitely knew more about what happened around Spain than I ever did. We mostly learned about the conqueror kings of Sweden and the uprisings and stuff
Unimaginable amount of feudes, battles, wars and atrocities with many of those changes in colors gives me goosebumps actually....greetings from Bohemia💪
This is an awesome video which I myself come back to frequently, it's interesting to see my part of the world (Sweden) and its doings throughout the ages. The Cherusci were one of the larger Germanic tribes who were initial allies of the Roman empire and had their sons serve in the Legion, but one of their later leaders whom I'm sure you know of, Arminius, broke with his Roman upbringing and brought about the Battle of Teuterburg forest in 9 AD where three Roman legions (ca. 20,000 men) were annihilated during three days of fierce fighting with a great alliance of most germanic tribes. They were later in the forefront of keeping Romans at bay from Germania. And it's the Emirate of Cordoba. The Ummayyad Caliphate only lasted 69 years before fracturing into many pieces, one of which was the Emirate of Cordoba which later became the smaller Taifas of Iberia.
As a Swede also, before the Viking age Scandinavia had quite a similar bronze age which lasted into the "Vendel age" until 793 AD when the attack of Lindesfarne monastery ocurred. It was an extremely rich period thanks to exports of amber to the Romans among others who kept it as luxury furnishings. The Vendel period is also were we actually find horned helmets, although they are thought to have been exclusively ceremonious. I believe Tacitus spoke of this period in his writings, how there was advanced maritime technology (not longships though) and the people were tall, blonde and strong.
It’s super informative the way you presented it acelent young lady 😊
Great video and reaction. I know he had a lot of ground (literally) to cover, but I wish he had been able to go slower. These old eyes of mine had a tough time. As always, love ya.
Great video. Always the best
Thanks for watching!
@@NoProtocol Excellent Reaction, as always.
I assumed that Serbia and Croatia first appeared when Yugoslavia broke up in 1991, but I see they were established long before.
I have always pronounced "Genghis Khan" in London like you did. He was Grandfather to Kubla Khan but what happened to the son of Genghis?
Ironically, in London,we, currently, have Sadiq Khan, who is, also,a brutal Dictator.
I knew about the polish-lithuanian Commonwealth, but I got to admit I never realized that Lithuania was so big once! Really good way to show history.
There's something both beautiful and horrifying seeing thousands of years of history and the rise and falls of empires in such a compressed video. Love it though. Cheers NP!
Unusually gripping for a prequel!
"Rome is Pacmanning this land!"
Imma use that
Or as bill wurtz once said "Aaaand the Romans just ate the entire mediterranean for breakfast"
The Cherusci were Arminius's tribe, the guy who fought Varus in 9AD. The last mentions of any Cheruscians (in Roman sources ofc - where else?) was in 88 AD. But in this vid they are on the map much longer.
That video must have taken SO long to make! To keep track of everything alone would take so much effort.
my grandmother was born in 1924 (she is still alive) and it's crazy to think how much history she experienced in her life time
I think the best way to watch this, and understand it, is to pause, and progress forward frame by frame.
Iberia as number 1 for population in 320BC?? Wild! I'm Portuguese and I always had a notion of scarce population here. It's a big area for 3.7 million and I guess we don't have the nasty weather and dense forests of Germany and north of France. It just shows how little chance people have without countries, technology etc.
Some extra resources - Prof Timothy Snyder...The making of Modern Ukraine. It covers a period from when Vikings went down the rivers of Eastern Europe, interacted with the Slavs to give rise to the Rus, and interaction with the Byzantine Empire. The lectures also cover aspects of Central Europe, the Polish Lithuanian state, and more. Podcasts - The Rest is History and Empire. Also there's a book simply called "The Crusades" with translations of chronicles written by people from the time from 1000AD to the Battle of Lepanto. Covering European history can be bewildering with all the moving pieces that were involved! Lots to learn!
When these things use the term Byzantine for the Roman Empire it always bugs me; Byzantine as a term wasn't used until long after the fall of Constantinople to the Ottomans. It was called the Roman Empire until that happened as the capital was moved to Constantinople well before the split, which wasn't actually a split into Eastern and Western Empires. kerk
the Holy Roman Empire was also called 'the Roman Empire' at first, simply because all who wanted be the successor wanted continue as such AND because Christians in general believed into the 4 empire prophecy form Daniel from the bible which said that there are 4 empire before the apocalypse. first: Babylon second: Persia third: Greece and fourth: the Roman Empire. Now since there was no apocalypse the Roman Empire could not have collapse but just changed. The Central Europe one included basically the former classic Roman core (Rome/Papel states, most of Italy, especially the North) and kept Latin etc., Byzantium changed to Greek and was not part of the classic core, on the other hand it continued more obvious. Anyway, the Holy Roman Empire became then more powerful and lived longer (longer then the video btw.). Before that the Frankish Empire under Karl dem Grossen (wrongly named Charlemagne) was seen as one Roman Empire with the Holy Roman Empire developing out of most parts.
yo..you are so photogenic lol wtf, thanks for the content
The Burgundians were a Germanic tribe originating from Bornholm (modern Danemark I think), they made a first kingdom in Worms, west Germany then after the collapse of the kingdom resettled to Roman Gaul were they mixed with local Gauls and Franks.
Burgundy is now a region in eastern France. :)
Interesting how Ukraine doesn't even appear on the map until 1991 eh? (Just Saying... a clear observation!) I mean Kosovo is only 15 years younger! Regardless, of all that stuff... It's actually a great visual representation. Especially as you see how the tribes of different peoples end up migrating and establishing their own nation-states. I'm British. What's also interesting is how the Crusades, the Renaissance, the Reformation, and then The Enlightenment are so important in the architecture of the continent.
Kosovo was never a country. It became an autonomous province of Serbia only in 1990. Ukraine has been a republic since 1917.
Stupid argument, by that logic russia, poland, germany, france, england, hungary, denmark, norway and basically every single other nation in europe aside from greece and rome dont deserve to be their own countries because they werent a nation before.
just because an ethnic group didnt have their own nation on the map doesnt mean they dont exist, it just means they either had no opportunity or no real interest in autonomy.
And the no interest part might change drastically after your people get misstreated and exploited for centuries.
Serbian is bulgarian mixed with turkish
Answer to question 8:26 ... Before 800 there where people living in Scandinavia, but no larger kingdoms ... and still it just says on the map "Swedish states" That means there where not any untied Sweden at that time just various smaller kingdoms sometimes choosing a unified king to rule ... sometimes fighting ... (that is a really simplified explanation) ... before that, even as far back as the bronze age, we had trade routes from Scandinavia to the states in southern Europe, both land routes and sea routes ...
As a Portuguese myself ofc i'm kinda biased😁, but i think we somehow (maybe even just by accident) cracked the code on how to create and maintain a country. The consistency is almost unmatched!... (It is not about how you start a race when the competition you applied to is a marathon🙂)
wow, you very kind and inteligent person :)
In that years the Byzantine empire was called a Roman empire (the name Byzantine appeared only in 18th century). So officially the Roman Empire was fallen only in 1454 with conquer of Constantinople by ottomans. But ottoman sultans unofficially called themselves as Qayser-i Rûm (Caesar of Rome)
4:44 The Romans certainly heard of the Cherusci!
They sent 4 legions to conquer them but those legions disappeared without a trace. A couple of thousand years later the place where the Cherusci killed every single one of those Roman legions was eventually found.
For pre 800s Scandinavia, look up Vendel period(roughly 500 - 800 ad). The Nordic bronze age is also fascinating.
I will definitely be looking up the Nordic Bronze Age! Thank you
beautiful
Un cordial saludo desde España barcelona!! ❤❤😊😊❤❤
The 1st mentions of Slavs was in 545 AD by Procopius. Of course there were Slavic tribes before the 1st mentions. But how could the original vid creator give numbers for a Slavic population in 85 AD? That's unrealistic if you ask me.
Literary recommendation for you. The "Masters of Rome" series of historical novels by Colleen McCulloch.
Starts with "The First Man in Rome" and chronicles Gaius Marius and Lucius Cornelius Sulla. You will learn all about those Germanic tribes including the Cherusci.
As the books progress we are introduced to Pompey, Marcus Crassus, a cast of thousands including a little-known fellow called Gaius Julius Caesar, through Mark Antony and Gaius Octavius (Octavian/Augustus).
Although they are technically novels, she won a Pulitzer prize for research and they are packed with power struggles; political, military and domestic.
You need a brain to read them but I know you've got that covered!
Was wryly amused to see my county (Sussex) make an appearance! (Before my time, though)
Books: I am sure there's a lot ... but I have a cold and my brain is not working! Oh, you just reminded me - the Sharpe Series by Bernard Cornwell.
Music: Has to be Games without Frontiers, by Peter Gabriel.
I think future generations will look back and put this as "that time we all had too much vodka"
For your information! What was shown in this video where only the last 1000 years ! It doesn’t reflect the time before. Some say that the earliest human societies appeared approximately 45000 ago in Europe.And for me ,the fact that humans have been living in North America approximately 13000 years ago,is even more astonishing.
Они перешли в северную Америку и дальше в южную через Берингов пролив когда он был сушой!
Before 800 Ad, we in Scandinavia actually had pretty much same tribes and petty kingdoms as during the viking age and the metals started to become the standard material around 500 BC. We also traded and became mercenaries for Greece and later, Rome.
Genghis Khan was called Temujin
Before and during the Mongol invasion into Europe something else interesting happened in the Baltic region. Basically the Polish king couldn't keep his grubby hands to himself and tried to invade Prus lands, was pushed back and invaded in turn. This lead to the Crusades against the Prus tribes starting from 1217. In these Crusades the Teutonic Order rose in importance, subjugated the Prus and ultimately formed the Duchy of Prussia. The same country that in 1701 rose to a Kingdom and united Germany for the first time in 1871.
Fun fact there are some accounts from the height of the Roman Empire that described the Prus as a merchant people from the unknown north. Apparently they traded in pelts and amber.
If Prus are Germanic then Pomeranians are Polish lol, land of the Prusia almost all history was a Polish teritory or wasal, Germans want block acces too Bałtic sea so they named it German tribe lol. They maked a DNA test so its show that From Berlin in the east direction was always Slavic tribes (Berlin also was founded by Slavs).
Notice here 11:34 how England still have Calais, Queen Mary lost Calais in January 1558, one of the most symbolic losses of land in european histroy.
Well now hords of English Boomer retirees, are invading France again. Albeit in a different way. 😄
It is interesting to me that the Germanic population seems to have been around 10% of the Roman one throughout the Roman Empire's existence. Another noteworthy thing is that the overall population numbers went from above 50 million in the Roman Empire alone to quite a bit below 40 million shortly after its dissolution (even considering the not listed parts).
I've watched this video many times. My thoughts.
1. WWI and WWII were so devastating and significant, yet they were mere blinks in the history of the continent. As was the Napoleonic era.
2. Linked to the above, WWI, WWII, and the Franco-Prussian War (1870) were a triptych or act in three parts in the creation of Germany out of the collapse of the Holy Roman Empire (which was neither holy, Roman, nor an empire). I wonder if it will be seen as such in future histories (assuming there are some, as so much of our history will be lost when the electronic technology ends).
3. The Mongol invasion c.1260AD destroyed all meaningful resistance to its military and was only stopped by the death of the Khan, and the internal struggles that broke the Empire into various hordes. Otherwise Europe would've become a Mongol vassal. On the pronounciation of Ghingis Khan, my understanding is that it is closer to 'ching-giss han'(?)
Spain was part of a caliphate but when one of the princes was banned from the family. The prince ran off to Spain where he had supporters and made his own state and fighting off the caliphate for years.
11:36 Constantinople was renamed to Istanbul in 1930.
Slavs are in wrong place on map. They were actually located south from Baltic and didn't reach East until much later.
With your commentary, the term "human race" has never been more appropriate lol
European history is consistently interesting to me because the stories involved are always different depending on who is telling it, leading to long standing disputes still debated to this day. Like ancient whodunits that have never been settled.
do you have to be a patreon member to suggest videos?
The number of wars in Europe exceed any number of wars in the whole world in history of mankind.
In 1649 must be Cossacks Hetmanate (Ukraine)
The name Russia was assigned to Muscovy ONLY in 1721.
The map is false and it looks like it was made by a Russian, not a European.
а какого комментария можно ожидать от дикого украфвшиста ?🤷♂🤷♂
the neo-Ukrainian lie, of course. At so : “Kiev is the mother of Russian cities”(c)knyaz Oleg, 9th century AD. : "И седе Олегъ, княжа в Киеве, и рече Олегъ: «Се буди мати городом русскымъ».",
“And the Oleg, who sat down in Kiev, and Oleg said: “Seo will be the mother of Russian cities.”,”
(c)"The Tale of Bygone Years"-"Russian Primary chronicle".
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"9. About Rus departing with monoxiles from Rusia to Constantinople.
[Let it be known] that the monoxyls coming from outer Rusia to Constantinople are some from Nemogard, in which Sfendoslav, the son of Ingor, the archon of Rusia, sat, and others from the fortress of Miliniski, from Teliutsa, Chernigoga and from Vusegrad. So, they all descend along the Dnieper River and converge in the fortress of Kioava, called Samvatas..." (c) Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus, the Byzantine Emperor, "On the Administration of the Empire", ~960 AD.
Oukraina - in Old Russian and in Russian actually means the same thing - the outskirt. One of many. In Russian there are also words with the same kind of word formation - okolitsa, obochina, okalina, etc. ... All of them mean - the edge, the extremity of something...:>
And so it - as the name of some lands with a capital letter - is not mentioned in truly ancient chronicles. No one has. Nowhere. Right up to the century of the 16th-17th....
The Ukrainian-Okrainians-Outskirters are a part of the Russian nation that only broke away due to the Mongol invasion, the Yoke, and the subsequent Polish occupation of those lands.
And the Russians never called themselves "Muscovy".
This exo-pseudo-name was invented by the Polish occupiers and their Jesuits.
@Pilum1000 🤡
Pompey ended the Seleucid Empire in 64 BC. Yes, the Burgundians are the tribe that established their kingdom in modern-day eastern France and Switzerland. The Cherusci are Arminius' tribe that kicked the Romans' ass in Teutoburg Forest in 9 AD. 7:50 Exactly - Cordoba started out as an emirate by the deposed Umayyad caliph Abd al-Rahman I until his descendant Abd al-Rahman III eventually claimed the title of caliph in 929 - thus openly challenging the "official" (Fatimid) Caliphate.
Thank you for this!
Great Information but just two small Corrections. Abd al Rahman I of Cordoba wasn't an Ummayad Caliph, instead he was an Umayyad Prince who fled to Al Andalus (Spain) after the Abbasids overthrew the Umayyads and hunted down surviving members of the dynasty. And the 'official' caliphate was the Abbasid one, not the Fatimid one.
@@zakariyaabdullahi5669 Ah, makes sense. Thanks!
It was the emirate of cordoba from 756 to 929, but it was a caliphate after that.
yeah, it is nice to listen to a person with education and brain and still releaxed
In Poland it was once believed that we were descended from the Iranic Sarmatians of antiquity whose presence can be seen near the Black Sea. This belief, Sarmatianism, became the dominating cultural ideology during commonwealth times. Even today it is not uncommon to see Poland poetically referred to as Sarmatia and Poles themselves as Sarmatians. We actually aren’t the only Slavic group to claim a Sarmatian connection. The Serboi was a Sarmatian tribe that is supposed to be connected to Serbia for example. I believe Ukrainians similarly connect with the Sarmatian origin myth, but more specifically with the very closely related Scythian people. You’re very knowledgeable with your history. Maybe you can one day react to Polish history if you ever find the time.❤️
966✝️ Christianization
1410⚔️ Grunwald
1569❤️ Union of Lublin
1648🥀 Khmelnytsky Uprising
1655🔥 The Deluge
1683🪽 Siege of Vienna
1772💔 First partition
1793💔 Second Partition
1795🪦 Final Partition
1918🐦🔥 Poland is reborn from the ashes of three fallen empires, Russian, German, and Austrian.
1939🥀 WWII
WWIII and it's again in ash...the whole world into radioactive ash
It's better to watch it several times & focus on one area at a time 😁
I find it fascinating that Carthage ruled the Mediterranean, was then replaced by Rome which ruled the Mediterranean, was then replaced by the Byzantine Empire which ruled the Mediterranean, was then replaced by the Ottoman Empire which ruled the Mediterranean. Crazy
Byzantium IS rome
@weisthor0815 Not really.
@@TamimLB it was. if you would have asked a citizen of the byzantine empire how he sees himself, he would have said he is roman, surely not greek.
@@weisthor0815 Was the Holy Roman Empire also Roman?
@@TamimLB no, it was german
The stretch from 1945 until now is the longest period of time that there was no war between France and one or more of the German states since AD845! Now consider that both France and Germany claim to have been founded by the same guy!
Fun bit of trivia: You see those "Frisians" at the spot where the modern-day Netherlands is located? Those that for the first Millenium or so refused to be conquered? Well, they were even more stubborn than you can see just by looking at state borders, because they're actually still there. They're a province of The Netherlands now, but the province name still translates as "Frisianland" and they still have their own official language "Frisian" (yes, the Netherlands has two official languages, but Frisian is less known because there's only like 400.000 people who still speak it).
In Russia we have a story (an anecdote) about the elusive Joe.
And yes, he is elusive because no one catches him, nobody needs him ;)
Part of modern Frisia is also located in north-west Germany, it's called Ostfriesland in German or East-Frisia in English, and is part of the state Lower-Saxony. The East-Frisian dialect/language can be understood by the Dutch because it's so close linguistically to Dutch and English.
Scandinavia was just a bunch of chieftains.
The viking age kinda follows from kingdoms being created.
Faroe Islands in north atlantic was populated earlier than 876, but otherwise excellent video with great host
Yes the region is named after the germanic burgundians that migrated there forming a kingdom for hundreds of years
Its important to note that the term Byzantines is more of a contemporary term for easy differentiation. For the Byzantines, they never considered themselves anything other than Romans.
But the empire and the culture were definitely known as Byzantine, as early as 5th century.
7:56 it was an emirate first before they declared themselves as caliphate
Celts aslo lived in the Iberian peninsula, they are refered has Celtiberian.
Turkic's history in Europe part: 😊
Turkic's history in Asia part: 💀
An American that not only knows world geography but also historical geography. Wow! ☺
Hello there !! You asked about Scandinavia before the Viking age started. Well, other than that they were also a part of the germanic people (from DNA testing that has been done in more recent years), not too much is actually known. There are some areas with figures carved into the rocks in caves and other places under the open sky as well, proving that they were def here and using some kind of metal tools.
I appreciate you adding this! I’m going to look into the Nordic Bronze Age & see what I find
@@NoProtocol 🙂 Cool !!! 👍I do enjoy your videos a lot !! Keep up the great job you are doing !!!
mmh, not a lot of stuff happening up there. Too cold.
That's why these viking bro's went on a kinky trip to Normandy. To get some sun and petite French girls. 😋
The Cherusci are known in Germany, or at least one of them is. back in that time, I wouldn't expect non-locals to know about that sort of thing.
Well, Romans would know about the Cherusci in particular - "Quintili Vare, legiones redde! (Quintilius Varus, give me back my legions!)"
The channel Old Brittania does some excellent videos on the statesmanship behind some of the wars and politics of the 18th, 19th & 20th centuries.
Not necessarily suitable for a reaction, but great for setting the scene.
I’ll check it out! Thanks
@@NoProtocolHey No Protocol, do you remember when I requested the "Jonah Lomu - The Fearless Warrior" video by Sailor B ? Is your reaction to it somewhere in your plans ? It is a marvelous rugby highlight of the rugby GOAT, the best left wing the game has ever seen.
Quadi where the first to invent glasses. And are the reason for the term 4 eyes.
The Eastern Roman Empire transitions into the Byzantine Empire
it's interesting when you look at population and size of the country... gigantic land and it's like 7 million people... meanwhile modern Tokyo has like 30 million...
The Frankish Empire became huge under the reign of the Frankish King, Charlemagne, or Charles the Great, the name France comes from the name of the Franks
Ireland had its own name before the Romans called it Hibernia.
In reality, the population of Spain in the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries should add up to that of America, since then they were not colonies, but part of the Kingdom. They became colonies when the Bourbon (French) dynasty occupied the throne of Spain.
It looks like it was a lot going on but all in all, it was about 5 to 7 big houses that always ruled the world until capitalism was a thing. But it's not hard to idenify who was behind that, if you think about who sponsored the jurney of Columbus and pretty much went in the underground while the US got big.
wow, you're genuinely smart
Greetings from Germany.
The Goth, Burgunds etc. were Tribes (Stämme in German)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goths - Goth´s
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vandals - Vandals.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burgundians - Burgundians
And Yes:
The Burgundians are the ones that resided in the Frankish Empire after relocation and this Region bears it´s Name now.
The Burgundy in what we now call France.
Yeah well now, the Burgundians are part of France, and the Saxons are part of the UK.
There seems to be a pattern of people running *away* from Germany (must be a fun country).
Even in the 19th century, many prefered to cross the Atlantic Ocean and join the USA, rather than stay German. Yiaks! 😂