Hi there, PDX social rep. :wave: Small comment, unrelated to the actual video. If this is going to be a disappointment like Imperator, or horribly unstable/unfinished like EU4's 1.30 or Stellaris later patches, this will be my last Paradox purchase. Just letting you know. I truly hope you will be better than you have been last few years.
@@perhapsyes2493 Influencer Manager here. I've played 62 hours solely for personal enjoyment so far, something I've never done for an unreleased PDX game thus far. I'm biased though. So I'm putting the game into 100+ creators hands; ask around the community and they can tell you if they're liking it so far
Let's be real here, almost everyone in this channel probably also plays ck and already knows ck3 is coming, this video felt less like ads and more like fanservice.
@@josephpotter7776 No, you can't play ck3 on PlayStation 4, the closest thing there is to a console release is a Xbox Pass(I don't think that counts though🤔). I hope you have a PC for this because this looks like to be a good game and can also be played easier by newcomers so if you ever have a chance of playing the game (if it's good obv), try it.
@@josephpotter7776 sadly it's not on console, but ck games don't have very high minimum requirements to play since it's not a heavily graphic games so if you're interested you don't actually need to have a gaming pc to be able to play it.. (i remember one time during vacation at my hometown i was bored & tried to install it on my dad's office laptop and it still ran pretty smoothly)
Not all ads are meant to inform the viewers of new stuff, some (this one included) are made to hype you up and make you want to actually buy it. Which I think this does splendidly. Also, with more than a million subscribers, I'm sure not even half of them play ck2
@@sakshampandey7342 Video was really good but they should have also given an overview of Hindu Shahis and Karkota Dynasty of Kashmir as well when talking about India as both played very important role in stopping the invasions.
@@sakshampandey7342 Well, no one should be considered second tier but i think that it depends on the topics that are taught in country where one is studying, as usual every part of the world focuses on their own region. And US and Canada people are taught about European History specially in the time period before colonization, and so they have much more knowledge about that thus YT channels from those regions focus on the European history more.
867 AD, Byzantine empire: my emperor! the arabs are invading across our borders! gather the cataphracti! ehr..that won't be possible my liege... what? why the hell not? you didn't buy the right dlc.
Ah Kings and Generals. Been following this channel for a few years now and the quality of content just seems to get better and better. Posting videos during lockdown was immensely appreciated also! And now, to see a CKIII-related video... Kings and Generals certainly knows its' audience!
Game: "This is done through war, diplomacy, intrigue, religious and legal machinations, and each of these aspects is extremely deep." Player: "My sister is pregnant with my child!!!"
@@eliteranger1001 I mean, if you look at it in context of the day, all it is is a dynastic dispute over who was the rightful King of England. Similar wars over succession disputes were common during this time, and England was by no means alien to these 'Wars for the Crown'.
@Orion Bruh he never said that. I mean you can't just say something and claim its true without giving any proof or source. I really don't want to start an argument but Christianity isn't great as well. Both committed atrocities to each other.
@Orion I'm pretty sure it was mis translation cuz translating Arabic to English is real hard. I know this because I've been living in Saudi Arabia for 9 Years. Suit yourself my friend. I'm all about free speech so it's not my decision to condemn your opinion. If you wanna believe in that, sure but I just wanna say that there are lots of false Hadith mostly created soon after The Prophet's death so you can't just believe in every Hadith you read since not all of it are true. To understand Hadith, it's requires a person to study it for more than just a decade. It takes time to master it. I'm not the right person to argue so I'm just gonna stop here
@budakbaong siah Yeah, that’s the problem when your ruler character has the homosexual trait and just won’t breed you any sons in the early part of his lifespan to transfer over the dynasty properly.
The Steam announcement from CKIII came quicker than the YT notification!!! Apart from what I am sure will be said much vis-a-vis hype for CK3. Keep up the great work, as usual, a very good documentary!!! Top notch quality as always from K&G!
The title got my full attention instantly - it would have been interesting to hear about the Iberian Peninsula though. The Reconquista process was a very long period in the Iberian Peninsula's History, that ultimately forged what is modern day Portugal and Spain. Being from Northern Portugal I'm very curious about the early stages of the Reconquista, since my region was part of the former Roman Province of Gallaecia, which did have its own unique chapter in this long story. Tariq's invasion of the Visigothic Kingdom happened in 711, and the Reconquista started at the 722 Battle of Covadonga. But the 740 Berber Revolt against their Arab companions left Gallaecia practically untouched by the Muslims, and much debate still exists about the theses of the _Ermamento_ , that tries to uncover how was this territory managed during the power vaccum that prolongued until precisely around the years depicted here. Theories are that either the territory was utterly emptied of people (I don't buy that), or it remained with scarse populated communities that responded to neither Christian rule from Astúrias or Muslim rule - although maintaining some cohesion through the Church/Clergy, that didn't left the territory. In either case, the _Presúria_ (an ancient term for the reconquering of a town for that period) of the city of Porto, in which Count Vímara Peres took the city for the Christians, happened precisely in 868! This episode marked the birth of the First _Condado_ _Portucalense_ (County of Portucale), being thus the first seed to the birth of Portugal. By the end of the IX Century, all of former Gallaecia was back again in Christian hands, and I only recall of a punitive campaign from Almansor around the turning of the millenium, that was able to push the frontier back to the Douro river in some places, and sacked Santiago de Compostela. PS: Viking raids, the fragmentation of the Carolingian Empire, and the Muslim invasion were the cause for the creation of the medieval castle.
At least in CK2 christian Iberia gets steamrolled 100% of the time by the muslims. I hope they fix that, in my opinion the game should run as historically faithful as possible UNLESS the player steps in. In the current state the christian iberians get destroyed every time, unless the player is playing as them and is skillful.
@@JuanManuel-ii1ov Balance is really hard to maintain in this kind of game. In my games, Muslims take all of spain and are invincible until crusade time, and then, crusades just crush every muslim leader in the Middle East, ending up with at least 3 large catholics kingdoms in Anatolia, Egypt and Jeruslam.
My goodness, this might be the best video y'all have made. I'm a historical context junkie and nothing makes me happier than to see the "big picture" from a particular year. More of these, please!
I just love it when one of my favourite youtube history channels teams up with one of my favourite game franchises! Great advertising, really makes the history come alive. It's easy to forget these are all events experienced by real people at some point in history And props to the narration and animation of that one!
I mean Paradox is my favorite franchise as it taught me a lot about history just Like Kings and Generals so it was only natural for this to happen so well done as always
I love this type of deep dive into a starting date type video. I really hope Paradox agree to make more sponser video like this not only for their Cursader Kings series but their other games too. A deep dive into one of the Eu4 starting date would be awesome.
I hoped you'd mention Rurik in Rus, since he founded a ruling dynasty in russian lands up until Ivan The Terrible died, which led to numerous dark events, until Romanov dynasty came
Sadly most people have a very anglocentric view of the Viking Age. Viking Age Russia is usually either ignored entirely or just superficially mentioned at best. It's really sad if you think about all the great achievements of the Vikings in the East. We have tons of evidence for a significant Norse presence in the Kievan Rus during the Viking Age. Viking Age Kievan Rus is very rich in archaeological findigs of scandinavian origin. As a matter of fact genetic analysis of human remains from the Viking Age found in the area of Staraya Ladoga/Aldeigjuborg clearly show a strong genetic affinity towards Scandinavia. During the Viking Age Ladoga was just as much part of the Norse World as Hedeby or Jorvik. The Vikings lived in Russia and ruled large parts of european Russia for hundreds of years. It just baffles me how so many people just ignore the Viking Age in the East.
@@dennisroriksson1889 Vikings in Russia (or Variags) even traded with Byzantium. And slavs got Rurik as thrir leader because they asked him to, and not because he conquered them, putting himself as a sole ruler of the lands in the name of Odin or smth like that.
@@inspector_beyond Not only did the Varangians trade with the Byzantines, they also traded extensively with the Arabs and pretty much any people living at the shores of the Black Sea and Caspian Sea. Though the Varangians were not only skillfull traders, they also raided quite a lot of coastal villages and cities. They even successfully raided big fortified cities such as Baku the capital of Azerbaijan. They also waged massive spectacular Wars against the Byzantines and Khazars. As a matter of fact the Varangians completely anihilated the Khazars.
@@dennisroriksson1889 Variags are underrated. A mercenary Vikings that could lead entire cultures, trade and wage destructive Wars on land and sea. And clasic Viking did? Tried to conquer England and failed, then changed their ways. Honestly, Variags should be the definition of a true Vikings.
@@inspector_beyond I absolutely agree. The Varangians deserve much more appreciation. The Varangians should be much more present in literature, movies and documentaries about the Vikings. The Varangians deserve much more than just being briefly mentioned.
I am enchanted by the innovative theme of this video. I believe a lot of people would appreciate videos of this kind, i.e. the summarisation of what was betiding the world in a particular period.
I really hope you continue to do these broad overviews of years. It's a great way to get a handle of the big picture of how things play out. Keep up the great work!
I love Kings and Generals channel and I watch every video, but I rarely comment. Today I have to say that this was one of the best channel's videos! It's great to see the big picture (in spite of being only a picture of a huge movie) that closely connects many of the other videos on this channel. I'm looking forward to seeing other works like this!!!
Glad you did a minor historical look into Balkan Slavic historical foundings (Croats, Serbs, Bulgars). Looking forward to when you will fully dive into unexplored histories of this Slavic nations foundings.
This era is over fascinating me to the east Turkic tribes and Slavic Clans to the west Viking invasion of the England to the south wars in Hispania And over all this video perfect, nice art work and scripting.
If you notice, history really is a long list of nomads/tribal people from the boonies and outskirts of the empire (mongolian steppe turks, Southern Russian Khazars/turks, Arab desert nomads during Islamic conquest, Scandanavian Vikings) invading and causing massive havoc and settling down. It's actually what the first crusade was as well.
yeah the Normans from de Tosny family were mercenaries and saved duchy of barcelona from being swallowed by southern muslims. tosny's were famous for scaring the muslim by executing their captain or general with horrible execution (i forgot how).
@@heruwahyono4040 Adémar de Chabannes gives an echo of the more or less legendary deeds of Roger de Tosny in Iberia. He gained the nickname Mangeur de Maures (Moor-Eater). Adémar recounts that Roger took his captured Saracens each day and, in front of them, cut one of their number in two, boiling the first half and giving it to the other Muslims to eat, and pretending to take the other half into his own tent for him and his companions to eat. Then Roger allowed some of these prisoners to escape, to spread these horrific rumours
@@calidone7661 hmm let me tell you. Oghuz tribes started to convert to Islam in 10. century. But it was not fast. Many Turks were Tengrists before they started to raid Anatolia. When Turks came to Anatolia they met with Muslims so much. And Turks started to convert to Islam tribe by tribe
Great choice in utilising the 'Crusader Kings II Soundtrack - The Byzantine Empire' when mentioning the Seljuks, as if forshadowing the invasion of Anatolia that is to come!
Hello, I love history and I’m new to this channel. Your videos are great and I’m glad you cover this game since it’s one of my favorites. Also thanks for mentioning my country Algeria in the video, indeed the rostamids were descendants of the Persian sassanian General Rostam who fought in Al Qadisiya, the rostamids were not really in good relationships with Baghdad and their aghlabid vassals, however they maintained good relationships with the Umayyads in spain. Yet the Fatimids imams who came in early 10th century completely changed the Maghreb. New berber dynasties rose to power. And religious conflict erupted between pro Fatimid shias and prob Umayyads sunnis. Over time when islamic spain went into trouble, it became hugely dependent of the situation in maghreb. It would be good if you cover the history of he region from time to time ! Best Regards
By far one of the best channels on TH-cam. We're honestly very lucky to have resources like Kings and Generals to learn about the world in such an accessible and entertaining way.
@@taha6871 for example i am playing England and i tried to make the British empire so one of the places i invade is Egypt and instead of trying to defeat my army and prevent me from getting the war goal. Instead they send thier entire army to London and even when the siege it completely i still win because i have the war goal.
Man I'm so happy to see Kings and Generals so successful on youtube, The production quality is insane compared to the innocent early days of using Rome 2 total war cinematic angles hahaha.
Man, knowing how much the world has evolved in the past 1000 years, it’s crazy to even try to imagine what the world will be like a thousand years from now in the year 3020.
Pronounciaton is 'madyar'. Hungarian gy=dy sound. The pronounciation of 'a' letters were good. They are called Mogyer Confederation on the map , which is cool. Mogyer is the Old Hungarian word for magyar.
@@MrSwedjen Everyone calls them magyar, Old Hungarian was spoken more than 1000 years ago, I just noticed it that they use the Old Hungarian form. The pronounciation of gy is always incorrect in every foreign video, foreigners can't imagine what are these double letters , and g is also misleading, because this sound is a palatalized d and not g. I have no idea why it became written 'gy' in Hungarian.
The narrator literally mispronounced every single Arabic name in the video, so I don't really trust him in pronouncing anything else of the other cultures correctly. Not that I care much about how they pronounce things, I came for the narration, not to double-check their pronunciation skills.
@@PrinceDolos They mispronounced Mohács at first too, but when they made the battle of Mohács video , the pronounciation was quite good, they also pronounced correctly the Pest (it is sh sound in Hungarian and not s) , so I see they try their best. Hungarian ortography is strange for anyone, it isn't even IE language
@@TheLocalLt oh I know they're getting the attention on the channel as a whole I just mean *specifically* this video because (for example) they mentioned the Khazars who had been featured before.
Its honestly so nice to get some background info on games, movies etc. You're creating a link between popular culture and getting I to history in my opinion. Looking forward to the game, thank you K&G
If yall ever get to the late middle ages, I really hope you'll do a video on King Casimir III, "The Great" of Poland. He really deserves his own video, but aside from the big details we already know, a lot of details of his life and reign are still in Polish. Here's hoping. I always enjoy yalls videos. Keep up the good work!
Watching for many years.. and learned so much from the channel..finally now to see a video that wraps it all up..and see what great powers breathed,conquered, died all at the same time is amazing..thank you 🙏🙏 💯💯 one of the best videos to date!!
@@jinjunliu2401 The Kingdom of Northern Wei had just collapsed and their are records of a long winter shortening the harvest season in China that year which may have helped more Kingdoms and dynasties collapse until the Sui and Tang would bring about the end of that time of crisis.
Bruh i though they were going to narrate a game they played using CK3 Mechanics to tell the story DAMN. Still thank you for introducing the dates to us. I discovered new things I never knew on these dates
It was also around that time when the small States of the Hispanic Marsh were declaring their independence from the frankish kingdom. Between those, the counties of Barcelona and Aragon gained the upper hand due to conquest and dinastic unions. Then later on, the county of Aragon became a kingdom thanks to their family relationship with the royalty of Pamplona... until they married their princess with the count of Barcelona and formed the Crown of Aragon, wich later on became a major power at the Mediterranean.
@@tobiasL1991 If you mean the American continent, Canarias, etc... not exactly. The only kingdom who had rights over those were Castille, not Aragon. Even if both were already "unified" by then, it was just a dinastic union. They were still split entities with their own rights and dominions. So the kingdom who did the conquest and colonization was Castille. It wasn't until 1715, after the Succession War, that the spanish kingdoms were oficially unified.
@@tobiasL1991 Nope. While it's certain that they did a lot of joint operations together, those were mostly on the european side, to defend the Crown's interests on the Mediterranean and the surroundings. Not even the kingdom of Aragon was an unified entity by then, since it was composed of the kingdoms of Aragon, Valencia, Mallorca, Sicily, Naples and the principality of Catalonia(old county of Barcelona), and those were most of the time acting independently. They'd even had sepparate kings at some points of their history. And respecting America, they had no rights of conquest, colonization or commerce until 1715, when the Borbon king erased all the divisions. If you see, you'll almost never find catalan family names in Latin America.
@@tobiasL1991 However, you can read about the Catalan Company(1302) and their whereabouts before they arrived at Constantinople. There are a lot of sources explaining their travels between the entities inside the mediterranean dominions of the Crown of Aragon which, if I remember correctly, had 3 kings by then: One was king of Aragon, Valencia and count of Barcelona. Another was king of Majorca and lord of Montpelier. And the third one was king of Sicily.
Erikas Jankus What are you on about? Have you even played it recently? Of course it had a horrible release, but it has improved massively since its release
I want so much more of this I cant even put it to words. Context is very important in history and it usually gets lost when we look at a certain corner of the world.
This is absolutely superb guys-this game is like most anticipated for me in some years and I love your historical stuff so this was a match made in heaven-the graphics and animation are simply breathtaking
Exactly what I wanted to see for so long! A slices of the world at certain year. Increasingly helpful to synchronize events and storylines you are well familiar with from accounts of different countries, wars and nations, but yet sometimes it slips away that some of those events were actually happening at the same time and possibly had impact on each other as they often do. Any chance you can continue with this type of videos?
literally felt like a time -like entity whicj was watching everything from above. can t describe the amount of detail you poured int this insignificant brain . kudos and best of luck
If anything could be called treacherous then it would be the actions of the tribes who had sworn loyalty to Rome after having been allowed to settle within its borders and given the chance to become civilized. It is akin to a son striking down his elderly father once he has nurtured and taught him into adulthood. Without Rome, they would be nothing.
Thank you for the informative video. To be honest, I’ve never really learned history as cohesive parallel stories. I’ve always thought that the history of a certain place happens in isolation from one another. This video is truly an eye opener
Britain, 867AD: One thousand heathens breach the gates Pray to your god you'll meet your faith Your kingdoms falling one by one We take control, nowhere to run
Where is the Emirate of Bari? "The Emirate of Bari was a short-lived Islamic state ruled by Berbers. It was ruled from the south Italian city of Bari from 847 to 871"
@@donquesewilliamswilliams3497 Kharijite kingdom of Banu Ifran shouldn't be under the Rustamids but the Idrisids. Rustamids shouldn't occupy the Kabylia Berber tribes. Vlorë should be Byzantine controlled. I'm not sure why they put Zachlumia under Croatia, nor why the Serbians occupy a good chunk of Croatian lands. Vyatichs, Radimids, and Severians paid tribute in fur per household, so I don't see how they'd be vassals instead of a tributary with the game mechanics. 'Alba' should still be the 'Picts' as 'King of the Picts' was still the formal title for a couple more generations. The Slavic lands and Ireland deserve to be broken up, but we'd probably need to get a bigger map then. Kanem hasn't expanded with trade outposts to the north yet, so it should still be concentrated in the east of Lake Chad. I believe the Seven Magyars should still be Around the Dnieper, but it's really up for debate so I'll give them the benefit of the doubt. Correct me if I'm wrong anywhere, though. I'm also not sure how well the vassals are done.
@@xenvox724 Only thing is Vlore is a bit of a confusing situation, I've seen maps of around the years the game starts in and it's either Byzantium or Bulgarian, in some cases it shows Bulgaria owning a big chunk of inner Greece. Very much disuputed so not that much of an issue. I think the only reason Ireland and Russia aren't as divided is 1. Balancing and Playability 2. Just not enough information. Ireland has always been considered the Tutorial Island where new players go to learn as well, so having 30 different countries on an island would be really intimidating for new players. Everything else sounds about right.
Get some more information about Crusader Kings 3: play.crusaderkings.com/KingsandGenerals
Nice
no need, already pre-ordered!
Cant wait for the amount of Habsburgion that is going to go on in this game.
I hope that y will do early serbian princpdoms of mutimir prosigoj visegoj petar and chaslav the all vladisavljevic dinasty.
@GoodGirlKate
You are awesome and lovely 😘😘😘😘😘😘..i always love ur cute comment 😉
Paradox Interactive knows how they would make effective advertisement.
yep, murdering an infant in its crib with a venomous snake sure is an incredibly effective tactic.
@@longlethanh7780 Especialy when his mom is your sister-wife
cant wait to play ck3
Can't wait to have 2/3 of content locked behind a paywall. Shame too, I used to love those games.
They also know how to release 50 DLC, 20€ each which are all required to play game properly.
Kings and Generals is basically sparknotes for CK3. Hope you're all ready for some border gore
Wise way to advertise! Most paradox fans are interested in history and will most likely watch youtube historians.
Can't wait to mess with it!
Hi there, PDX social rep. :wave:
Small comment, unrelated to the actual video.
If this is going to be a disappointment like Imperator, or horribly unstable/unfinished like EU4's 1.30 or Stellaris later patches, this will be my last Paradox purchase.
Just letting you know.
I truly hope you will be better than you have been last few years.
Thank you Paradox, very cool!
@@perhapsyes2493 Influencer Manager here. I've played 62 hours solely for personal enjoyment so far, something I've never done for an unreleased PDX game thus far. I'm biased though. So I'm putting the game into 100+ creators hands; ask around the community and they can tell you if they're liking it so far
Let's be real here, almost everyone in this channel probably also plays ck and already knows ck3 is coming, this video felt less like ads and more like fanservice.
I actually don't play CK. Can i play on playstation4? I'm super into ASOIAF and i know they have dif mods for that yeah?
@@josephpotter7776 No, you can't play ck3 on PlayStation 4, the closest thing there is to a console release is a Xbox Pass(I don't think that counts though🤔). I hope you have a PC for this because this looks like to be a good game and can also be played easier by newcomers so if you ever have a chance of playing the game (if it's good obv), try it.
@@josephpotter7776 sadly it's not on console, but ck games don't have very high minimum requirements to play since it's not a heavily graphic games so if you're interested you don't actually need to have a gaming pc to be able to play it.. (i remember one time during vacation at my hometown i was bored & tried to install it on my dad's office laptop and it still ran pretty smoothly)
I think K&G's community is a melting pot, total war fans, CK2 & EU4 fans and probably just history enthusiasts
Not all ads are meant to inform the viewers of new stuff, some (this one included) are made to hype you up and make you want to actually buy it. Which I think this does splendidly.
Also, with more than a million subscribers, I'm sure not even half of them play ck2
Ah so this is how you do real ads
wow the macaco king is here
hi guil
@@xenvox724 yo
this is the right way of making ads atleast we learn something interesting
it's history inspired game so it's just natural for them to hire someone that is experienced in presenting historical content
*Viewers: How many stories are you going to cover in this video?*
*Kings and Generals: Yes.*
Can't wait to play the Hindu Brahman Shahi. Literally the bulwark of India against the caliphate.
CK3 HYPE TIME BOI!
@@sakshampandey7342 Video was really good but they should have also given an overview of Hindu Shahis and Karkota Dynasty of Kashmir as well when talking about India as both played very important role in stopping the invasions.
@@ashwaryp I mean the time period matters as well. They were talking about 867 AD. Plus, non-European nations are considered second tier.
@@sakshampandey7342 Well, no one should be considered second tier but i think that it depends on the topics that are taught in country where one is studying, as usual every part of the world focuses on their own region. And US and Canada people are taught about European History specially in the time period before colonization, and so they have much more knowledge about that thus YT channels from those regions focus on the European history more.
@@ashwaryp true. Agreed
The crossover we both needed and deserved.
It's advertisement lol
Kings and Kings
Crusaders and Generals
We deserve nothing, we should be honored to have this crossover at all. :)
867 AD, Byzantine empire:
my emperor! the arabs are invading across our borders!
gather the cataphracti!
ehr..that won't be possible my liege...
what? why the hell not?
you didn't buy the right dlc.
Glory to Rome!
Eastern Roman Empire*
@@henricoz_9745 you realise you'll stay virgin for the rest of your life, right?
@@lebell79 Chad*
@@lebell79 Imagine calling the roman empire byzantium lol byzantium fell long before 1 AD
Ah Kings and Generals. Been following this channel for a few years now and the quality of content just seems to get better and better. Posting videos during lockdown was immensely appreciated also! And now, to see a CKIII-related video... Kings and Generals certainly knows its' audience!
K&G knows we’re a bunch of history nerds, which is nice cause they are too:)
VERY nice!
Thanks! Good luck with your content!
OPB?!?!
This is the greatest crossover of all time. Everyone's here!
@GoodGirlKate Are you touring the comment section?
@GoodGirlKate hah
Game: "This is done through war, diplomacy, intrigue, religious and legal machinations, and each of these aspects is extremely deep."
Player: "My sister is pregnant with my child!!!"
Player: And i think my mothers too...
@Lobster Boi It does.
CK3 = Incest Simulator
@@DonMadruga72 Then next thing you know, you'd be eyeing your horse.
alot of Europeans monarchs were inbreed or cousins
Never thought I’d be so eager to watch an almost 18 minute-long ad
Love this collaboration 😇
Gw duluan mamang
Kolaborasi juga ama paradox bang biar Crusader Kings dikenal juga di Indonesia hehe,
@@farry882 kayaknya gak bakalan bisa kecuali Crusaders Kings menambah Kerajaan2 Indonesia
Lah
@@jurtra9090 EU4 buktinya ada kerajaan-kerajaan Indonesia tetep aja kurang terkenal di Indonesia
My girlfriend: Wow you know so much about history. Where did you learn it?
Me: Paradox games + Kings and Generals :D
Same here lol
CKIII Hype Train boi
Bois reporting for duty fam
I'll wait for them to release paid DLC to add old ck2 mechanics.
🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼 Cannot wait
@@thomasbernard2364 from what I've seen they're almost all there (except nomads and republics)
Buy, Consume, Get hyped for next product.
-You
1066...(phhh) I doubt anything significant in history happens that year.
K&G : hold my history book
Conclusion of the year : "Dieu et mon droit"
What could be more significant than a invasion of England?
Two invasions of England?
Manzikert happens just 5 years after that
@@eliteranger1001 I mean, if you look at it in context of the day, all it is is a dynastic dispute over who was the rightful King of England. Similar wars over succession disputes were common during this time, and England was by no means alien to these 'Wars for the Crown'.
A very clear explanation of a complex situation - thanks!
@Orion troll
@Orion what about the pagan before them
@Orion Bruh he never said that. I mean you can't just say something and claim its true without giving any proof or source. I really don't want to start an argument but Christianity isn't great as well. Both committed atrocities to each other.
@Orion idiot spammer
@Orion I'm pretty sure it was mis translation cuz translating Arabic to English is real hard. I know this because I've been living in Saudi Arabia for 9 Years. Suit yourself my friend. I'm all about free speech so it's not my decision to condemn your opinion. If you wanna believe in that, sure but I just wanna say that there are lots of false Hadith mostly created soon after The Prophet's death so you can't just believe in every Hadith you read since not all of it are true. To understand Hadith, it's requires a person to study it for more than just a decade. It takes time to master it. I'm not the right person to argue so I'm just gonna stop here
*A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one*
"In the end, when it's over, all that matters is what you've done".
-Alexander the great
@@EroticOnion23 And does the universe matters in itself ultimately?
@@EroticOnion23 " As far as we know"...Right😉😉
@@vivek27789 you guys are atheist big time
Alexander is a shit CK2/CK3 player though. His dynasty ends with him.
@budakbaong siah Yeah, that’s the problem when your ruler character has the homosexual trait and just won’t breed you any sons in the early part of his lifespan to transfer over the dynasty properly.
The Steam announcement from CKIII came quicker than the YT notification!!! Apart from what I am sure will be said much vis-a-vis hype for CK3. Keep up the great work, as usual, a very good documentary!!! Top notch quality as always from K&G!
The title got my full attention instantly - it would have been interesting to hear about the Iberian Peninsula though.
The Reconquista process was a very long period in the Iberian Peninsula's History, that ultimately forged what is modern day Portugal and Spain.
Being from Northern Portugal I'm very curious about the early stages of the Reconquista, since my region was part of the former Roman Province of Gallaecia, which did have its own unique chapter in this long story. Tariq's invasion of the Visigothic Kingdom happened in 711, and the Reconquista started at the 722 Battle of Covadonga. But the 740 Berber Revolt against their Arab companions left Gallaecia practically untouched by the Muslims, and much debate still exists about the theses of the _Ermamento_ , that tries to uncover how was this territory managed during the power vaccum that prolongued until precisely around the years depicted here.
Theories are that either the territory was utterly emptied of people (I don't buy that), or it remained with scarse populated communities that responded to neither Christian rule from Astúrias or Muslim rule - although maintaining some cohesion through the Church/Clergy, that didn't left the territory.
In either case, the _Presúria_ (an ancient term for the reconquering of a town for that period) of the city of Porto, in which Count Vímara Peres took the city for the Christians, happened precisely in 868! This episode marked the birth of the First _Condado_ _Portucalense_ (County of Portucale), being thus the first seed to the birth of Portugal.
By the end of the IX Century, all of former Gallaecia was back again in Christian hands, and I only recall of a punitive campaign from Almansor around the turning of the millenium, that was able to push the frontier back to the Douro river in some places, and sacked Santiago de Compostela.
PS: Viking raids, the fragmentation of the Carolingian Empire, and the Muslim invasion were the cause for the creation of the medieval castle.
At least in CK2 christian Iberia gets steamrolled 100% of the time by the muslims. I hope they fix that, in my opinion the game should run as historically faithful as possible UNLESS the player steps in. In the current state the christian iberians get destroyed every time, unless the player is playing as them and is skillful.
@@JuanManuel-ii1ov Balance is really hard to maintain in this kind of game. In my games, Muslims take all of spain and are invincible until crusade time, and then, crusades just crush every muslim leader in the Middle East, ending up with at least 3 large catholics kingdoms in Anatolia, Egypt and Jeruslam.
Hi, I'm from 2023. Your comment was ahead of its time.
Hope you are enjoying the Fate of Iberia expansion pack!
My goodness, this might be the best video y'all have made. I'm a historical context junkie and nothing makes me happier than to see the "big picture" from a particular year. More of these, please!
My god your videos are of the highest quality, I constantly await new new releases
I just love it when one of my favourite youtube history channels teams up with one of my favourite game franchises!
Great advertising, really makes the history come alive. It's easy to forget these are all events experienced by real people at some point in history
And props to the narration and animation of that one!
Your voice really adds that extra 'oomph' to these videos. Love your content, keep it up! Can't wait for ck3, 20 days left
I mean Paradox is my favorite franchise as it taught me a lot about history just Like Kings and Generals so it was only natural for this to happen so well done as always
Finally a muslim that likes paradox I thought I was the only one 😂😂
I love this type of deep dive into a starting date type video. I really hope Paradox agree to make more sponser video like this not only for their Cursader Kings series but their other games too. A deep dive into one of the Eu4 starting date would be awesome.
I hoped you'd mention Rurik in Rus, since he founded a ruling dynasty in russian lands up until Ivan The Terrible died, which led to numerous dark events, until Romanov dynasty came
Sadly most people have a very anglocentric view of the Viking Age. Viking Age Russia is usually either ignored entirely or just superficially mentioned at best. It's really sad if you think about all the great achievements of the Vikings in the East. We have tons of evidence for a significant Norse presence in the Kievan Rus during the Viking Age. Viking Age Kievan Rus is very rich in archaeological findigs of scandinavian origin. As a matter of fact genetic analysis of human remains from the Viking Age found in the area of Staraya Ladoga/Aldeigjuborg clearly show a strong genetic affinity towards Scandinavia. During the Viking Age Ladoga was just as much part of the Norse World as Hedeby or Jorvik. The Vikings lived in Russia and ruled large parts of european Russia for hundreds of years. It just baffles me how so many people just ignore the Viking Age in the East.
@@dennisroriksson1889 Vikings in Russia (or Variags) even traded with Byzantium. And slavs got Rurik as thrir leader because they asked him to, and not because he conquered them, putting himself as a sole ruler of the lands in the name of Odin or smth like that.
@@inspector_beyond Not only did the Varangians trade with the Byzantines, they also traded extensively with the Arabs and pretty much any people living at the shores of the Black Sea and Caspian Sea. Though the Varangians were not only skillfull traders, they also raided quite a lot of coastal villages and cities. They even successfully raided big fortified cities such as Baku the capital of Azerbaijan. They also waged massive spectacular Wars against the Byzantines and Khazars. As a matter of fact the Varangians completely anihilated the Khazars.
@@dennisroriksson1889 Variags are underrated. A mercenary Vikings that could lead entire cultures, trade and wage destructive Wars on land and sea. And clasic Viking did? Tried to conquer England and failed, then changed their ways. Honestly, Variags should be the definition of a true Vikings.
@@inspector_beyond I absolutely agree. The Varangians deserve much more appreciation. The Varangians should be much more present in literature, movies and documentaries about the Vikings. The Varangians deserve much more than just being briefly mentioned.
I am enchanted by the innovative theme of this video. I believe a lot of people would appreciate videos of this kind, i.e. the summarisation of what was betiding the world in a particular period.
I love it when you guys cover of the crusades, so many heroes on both sides. Thanks Kings
…heroes???
I really hope you continue to do these broad overviews of years. It's a great way to get a handle of the big picture of how things play out. Keep up the great work!
It would be really cool to see a series of these 'the World in year ...' overview videos. Super interesting! 😁👌🏻
I love Kings and Generals channel and I watch every video, but I rarely comment. Today I have to say that this was one of the best channel's videos! It's great to see the big picture (in spite of being only a picture of a huge movie) that closely connects many of the other videos on this channel. I'm looking forward to seeing other works like this!!!
This is the greatest ad in the history of ads
Hell yeah, finally a good explanation about 867, good job
867 never forget
The video was so good!!! Thank you for this video. I just miss you talking about the Iberian Peninsula.
Glad you did a minor historical look into Balkan Slavic historical foundings (Croats, Serbs, Bulgars). Looking forward to when you will fully dive into unexplored histories of this Slavic nations foundings.
This is a great idea. Make more of these: Pick a random year and then explain everything going on in the world in that year.
So to summarize...
Everyone's fighting everyone else everywhere else at the same time?
Yup.
This era is over fascinating me to the east Turkic tribes and Slavic Clans to the west Viking invasion of the England to the south wars in Hispania
And over all this video perfect, nice art work and scripting.
If you notice, history really is a long list of nomads/tribal people from the boonies and outskirts of the empire (mongolian steppe turks, Southern Russian Khazars/turks, Arab desert nomads during Islamic conquest, Scandanavian Vikings) invading and causing massive havoc and settling down. It's actually what the first crusade was as well.
@@jitsur5012 Yes mate i know.
Im studying history at university, precisely on this age and topic.
yeah the Normans from de Tosny family were mercenaries and saved duchy of barcelona from being swallowed by southern muslims. tosny's were famous for scaring the muslim by executing their captain or general with horrible execution (i forgot how).
@@heruwahyono4040 Adémar de Chabannes gives an echo of the more or less legendary deeds of Roger de Tosny in Iberia. He gained the nickname Mangeur de Maures (Moor-Eater). Adémar recounts that Roger took his captured Saracens each day and, in front of them, cut one of their number in two, boiling the first half and giving it to the other Muslims to eat, and pretending to take the other half into his own tent for him and his companions to eat. Then Roger allowed some of these prisoners to escape, to spread these horrific rumours
@@manuels9747 not gonna lies, that sound like briliant strategy, cruel and disgusting sure, but it briliant way to lower the casualties of wars.
Was quite surprised by this episode but man did I enjoy it!
Just a quick correction: Oghuz started to convert Islam in 10. century and were not "Islamized" until mid 11. century.
If you searched for Turks religion converting situation in history you can see Tengrist Turks even in 16 century.
ihateweeknd no i mean only the Oguz Turks
@@calidone7661 hmm let me tell you. Oghuz tribes started to convert to Islam in 10. century. But it was not fast. Many Turks were Tengrists before they started to raid Anatolia. When Turks came to Anatolia they met with Muslims so much. And Turks started to convert to Islam tribe by tribe
ihateweeknd well i m aware of the details but thank you. I m talking about general trend.
@@gi0gin fzcd
This might be the longest ad I've voluntarily watched while not desiring to skip. Very machiavellian of you K&G.
Great choice in utilising the 'Crusader Kings II Soundtrack - The Byzantine Empire' when mentioning the Seljuks, as if forshadowing the invasion of Anatolia that is to come!
thank you!
This is the best ad I've ever watched on TH-cam. And I don't even play the game (Crusader Kings) at all.
4:13 Charles THE BALD has hair, totally unplayable
Ivar the boneless has bones, when will the lies end?
@@treatyofwindsor Björn Ironside doesn't have sides made of iron.
He did have hair irl
The name might have been ironic and he actually had a head full of hair
His name was a joke as he was immensely hairy irl.
I love how you used the in-game maps for the video!
Hello, I love history and I’m new to this channel. Your videos are great and I’m glad you cover this game since it’s one of my favorites. Also thanks for mentioning my country Algeria in the video, indeed the rostamids were descendants of the Persian sassanian General Rostam who fought in Al Qadisiya, the rostamids were not really in good relationships with Baghdad and their aghlabid vassals, however they maintained good relationships with the Umayyads in spain. Yet the Fatimids imams who came in early 10th century completely changed the Maghreb. New berber dynasties rose to power. And religious conflict erupted between pro Fatimid shias and prob Umayyads sunnis. Over time when islamic spain went into trouble, it became hugely dependent of the situation in maghreb. It would be good if you cover the history of he region from time to time !
Best Regards
By far one of the best channels on TH-cam. We're honestly very lucky to have resources like Kings and Generals to learn about the world in such an accessible and entertaining way.
Somehow tell Raid that this is how you advertise your game. Great job Paradox and King's and Generals
I absolutely love these waterpaint like graphics! Nice job!
I just hope that the Abbasids aren’t too overpowered and that the AI actually has a brain this time.
@@taha6871 that the ai will stop sending all of it troops to just sieg your capital, that is one example of how retarded it is.
I wouldnt hold my breath for ai
@@taha6871 for example i am playing England and i tried to make the British empire so one of the places i invade is Egypt and instead of trying to defeat my army and prevent me from getting the war goal. Instead they send thier entire army to London and even when the siege it completely i still win because i have the war goal.
You mean umayyad, asterias got steamrolled every time
I often play Asturias and most of the time Umayyad would just demolish me and every else who’s Christian, holy wars over and over ahaha
Man I'm so happy to see Kings and Generals so successful on youtube, The production quality is insane compared to the innocent early days of using Rome 2 total war cinematic angles hahaha.
Man, knowing how much the world has evolved in the past 1000 years, it’s crazy to even try to imagine what the world will be like a thousand years from now in the year 3020.
That's some proper sponsorship done right, right there. Loved this
Pronounciaton is 'madyar'. Hungarian gy=dy sound. The pronounciation of 'a' letters were good.
They are called Mogyer Confederation on the map , which is cool. Mogyer is the Old Hungarian word for magyar.
After decades (centuries) of
mispronouncing the name, it is finally corrected here. In an ad. For a game.
Thank you, R. B.
@@MrSwedjen Everyone calls them magyar, Old Hungarian was spoken more than 1000 years ago, I just noticed it that they use the Old Hungarian form.
The pronounciation of gy is always incorrect in every foreign video, foreigners can't imagine what are these double letters , and g is also misleading, because this sound is a palatalized d and not g. I have no idea why it became written 'gy' in Hungarian.
The narrator literally mispronounced every single Arabic name in the video, so I don't really trust him in pronouncing anything else of the other cultures correctly. Not that I care much about how they pronounce things, I came for the narration, not to double-check their pronunciation skills.
@@PrinceDolos They mispronounced Mohács at first too, but when they made the battle of Mohács video , the pronounciation was quite good, they also pronounced correctly the Pest (it is sh sound in Hungarian and not s) , so I see they try their best. Hungarian ortography is strange for anyone, it isn't even IE language
So much history in one video. Unbelievable and thanks
A little disappointed that you missed out the Rurikid Dynasty who would go on to found the Kievan Rus. Other than that great vid!
That's the thing, the scope is so huge they can't possibly mention everyone. Although the Rus probably should get mentioned
@@TheLocalLt oh I know they're getting the attention on the channel as a whole I just mean *specifically* this video because (for example) they mentioned the Khazars who had been featured before.
As well as missing the entire Iberian peninsula...
Its honestly so nice to get some background info on games, movies etc. You're creating a link between popular culture and getting I to history in my opinion. Looking forward to the game, thank you K&G
Glitterhoof 2020
If yall ever get to the late middle ages, I really hope you'll do a video on King Casimir III, "The Great" of Poland. He really deserves his own video, but aside from the big details we already know, a lot of details of his life and reign are still in Polish. Here's hoping.
I always enjoy yalls videos. Keep up the good work!
You better not provoke a series of crusades!
Seljuk Turks: Yo let's steamroll into Jerusalem :D
@*Angelscor* what about the second crausde
@@ahmadsultan4643 oof. Varna is my favourite crusade though. Or crusader defeat is a better term
*Angelscor* lmao the first crusade was defeated by the seljuk turks go open some books
@*Angelscor* your crusader arses always was kicked off by the Turks in different periods with different leaders
@*Angelscor* Well, you spilled your own kind of nonsense as well, "the only defeat of crusaders was the battle of hattin" that is quite a bs.
Shout out to Upinder Singh! Read her book for my graduation! Loved this video.
Kings and Generals with Paradox, haven´t seen such epic partnership since the allies in WW2
I LOVE how you used PDXs map. Hyped for the game, played CK2 since 2013. Amazing episode as always
After imperator my faith in paradox has been shaken a bit.
Watching for many years.. and learned so much from the channel..finally now to see a video that wraps it all up..and see what great powers breathed,conquered, died all at the same time is amazing..thank you 🙏🙏
💯💯 one of the best videos to date!!
You should do a world in yr 536ad. Apparently that was the worst yr to have been alive as a human being
@@MbisonBalrog Crash of the Roman empire probably
@@GoodGirlKate So this doesn't account that much for China and India then?
@@jinjunliu2401 China was nearing its end of the Northern and Southern Dynasty period. While in India the Gupta Empire is about to collapse.
@@GoodGirlKate So probably a large vulcanic eruption caused a short mini "nuclear" winter (yeah, no nuclear involved, just don't know another name).
@@jinjunliu2401 The Kingdom of Northern Wei had just collapsed and their are records of a long winter shortening the harvest season in China that year which may have helped more Kingdoms and dynasties collapse until the Sui and Tang would bring about the end of that time of crisis.
I really appreciate how this channel permits me to sit back and relax to my favorite wars.
Ck series is the best tool to explain the history.
And geography
This is an absolutely enchanting, beautiful, and most importantly, highly educational video. All in 20 minutes!
It's already late at night but who am I to make Kings and Generals wait till I watch the video.
One of the best video uploaded by Kings & Generals
Bruh i though they were going to narrate a game they played using CK3 Mechanics to tell the story DAMN. Still thank you for introducing the dates to us. I discovered new things I never knew on these dates
Animation, research, background music. All perfect. Thanks a lot for the effort!
It was also around that time when the small States of the Hispanic Marsh were declaring their independence from the frankish kingdom. Between those, the counties of Barcelona and Aragon gained the upper hand due to conquest and dinastic unions. Then later on, the county of Aragon became a kingdom thanks to their family relationship with the royalty of Pamplona... until they married their princess with the count of Barcelona and formed the Crown of Aragon, wich later on became a major power at the Mediterranean.
@@tobiasL1991 If you mean the American continent, Canarias, etc... not exactly. The only kingdom who had rights over those were Castille, not Aragon.
Even if both were already "unified" by then, it was just a dinastic union. They were still split entities with their own rights and dominions. So the kingdom who did the conquest and colonization was Castille.
It wasn't until 1715, after the Succession War, that the spanish kingdoms were oficially unified.
@@tobiasL1991 Nope.
While it's certain that they did a lot of joint operations together, those were mostly on the european side, to defend the Crown's interests on the Mediterranean and the surroundings.
Not even the kingdom of Aragon was an unified entity by then, since it was composed of the kingdoms of Aragon, Valencia, Mallorca, Sicily, Naples and the principality of Catalonia(old county of Barcelona), and those were most of the time acting independently. They'd even had sepparate kings at some points of their history.
And respecting America, they had no rights of conquest, colonization or commerce until 1715, when the Borbon king erased all the divisions.
If you see, you'll almost never find catalan family names in Latin America.
@@tobiasL1991 Oof. I cannot think of any, since I learned it from historic novels, biographies and school.
@@tobiasL1991 However, you can read about the Catalan Company(1302) and their whereabouts before they arrived at Constantinople.
There are a lot of sources explaining their travels between the entities inside the mediterranean dominions of the Crown of Aragon which, if I remember correctly, had 3 kings by then:
One was king of Aragon, Valencia and count of Barcelona.
Another was king of Majorca and lord of Montpelier.
And the third one was king of Sicily.
Thank you for existing!!! Both you and Paradox!
Let's just hope it will be beter then Imperator: Rome
Erikas Jankus What are you on about? Have you even played it recently? Of course it had a horrible release, but it has improved massively since its release
@@orlandogreenhow2870 Like every other Paradox game you will get a completely different product once you are a few hundred quid lighter. :D
Hopefully Paradox has been humbled by Imperator's crashing and burning.
I like how he/she edit the comment and didn't fix the word better
Not got high Hope's unfortunately there was nothing wrong with ck2 and will be hard to emulate
I want so much more of this I cant even put it to words. Context is very important in history and it usually gets lost when we look at a certain corner of the world.
We should have a China dlc. The Tang dynasty collapsed 40 years after the start date and would make for interesting gameplay.
I feel like doing China in its entirety would require an entirely separate game due to how absolutely complex the region is.
We’ll probably get one. A Native American one would be cool too
Don't we have the Guiyi Army for that? Lol
Best channel on youtube for me! Keep it up, love your work🔥
Me: forgets I’m watching a CK3 video
Me: this is a good documentary
Absolutely excellent video. Paradox doing an excellent job with marketing
Best advertisement, all I hope is best tutorial by ck3
In game tutorial is really good!
This is absolutely superb guys-this game is like most anticipated for me in some years and I love your historical stuff so this was a match made in heaven-the graphics and animation are simply breathtaking
Exactly what I wanted to see for so long!
A slices of the world at certain year. Increasingly helpful to synchronize events and storylines you are well familiar with from accounts of different countries, wars and nations, but yet sometimes it slips away that some of those events were actually happening at the same time and possibly had impact on each other as they often do.
Any chance you can continue with this type of videos?
Jesus.. This was densely packed! I had to pause a few times to give my brain time to process it..
The most sellout title in history of the internet, i love it
If you are selling out, sell out for the best? :-)
@Orion why you say that.. Good job....
I bet this Comment section become Dumpster fire in just 10 minutes..
ffs
@@KingsandGenerals pls do one on the iberians and the sikh empire
@Sir Sleeps he’s saying it in like every comment lol
Awesome video, unexpected and interesting format.
Loved Crusader Kings II.
The history aspect always being the main drive along with the strategy.
literally felt like a time -like entity whicj was watching everything from above. can t describe the amount of detail you poured int this insignificant brain . kudos and best of luck
Vicky III though... never forget
This confirms EUV though lmao
We can only hope
@@Marshal_Rock exactly what I was thinking too
Worst of all if they make vicky 3 its probably gona be disapointement. With all dumbing down of features for better multiplayer experience
@CommandoDude M&T 3.0 has a closed alpha so idk man
Absolutely wonderful video! One could even watch this as a brief view on world history which is great. Love your work. Can’t wait to play the game.
Europeans : Finally we have taken down those treacherous Romans ...
Arabs : Hellooooo !
lol
If anything could be called treacherous then it would be the actions of the tribes who had sworn loyalty to Rome after having been allowed to settle within its borders and given the chance to become civilized. It is akin to a son striking down his elderly father once he has nurtured and taught him into adulthood. Without Rome, they would be nothing.
-Europeans- German tribes: Finally we have taken down those treacherous Romans ...
Arabs : Hellooooo !
Also Arabs:
Free estate fellas
This is a beautiful crossover. Finally some corporate sponsorship that pays off for the consumer.
How much of this historical flavor will be in the game at release:
The year is 867.
check their dev diaries, they explain many of the mechanics in the game there
@@AhmadAbdelaal-- I don't think you get the joke.
Thank you for the informative video. To be honest, I’ve never really learned history as cohesive parallel stories. I’ve always thought that the history of a certain place happens in isolation from one another. This video is truly an eye opener
You should, it really helps on finding out why did events happen.
Britain, 867AD:
One thousand heathens breach the gates
Pray to your god you'll meet your faith
Your kingdoms falling one by one
We take control, nowhere to run
Great video as always Fellas and loved getting it as an extra on a Tuesday. Thanks! Looking forward to the sister video as well.
Where is the Emirate of Bari?
"The Emirate of Bari was a short-lived Islamic state ruled by Berbers. It was ruled from the south Italian city of Bari from 847 to 871"
---> 1:49
Honestly, the map is very inaccurate across the board, but it’s a game after all
Xenvox what would you change
@@donquesewilliamswilliams3497 Kharijite kingdom of Banu Ifran shouldn't be under the Rustamids but the Idrisids. Rustamids shouldn't occupy the Kabylia Berber tribes. Vlorë should be Byzantine controlled. I'm not sure why they put Zachlumia under Croatia, nor why the Serbians occupy a good chunk of Croatian lands. Vyatichs, Radimids, and Severians paid tribute in fur per household, so I don't see how they'd be vassals instead of a tributary with the game mechanics. 'Alba' should still be the 'Picts' as 'King of the Picts' was still the formal title for a couple more generations. The Slavic lands and Ireland deserve to be broken up, but we'd probably need to get a bigger map then. Kanem hasn't expanded with trade outposts to the north yet, so it should still be concentrated in the east of Lake Chad. I believe the Seven Magyars should still be Around the Dnieper, but it's really up for debate so I'll give them the benefit of the doubt. Correct me if I'm wrong anywhere, though. I'm also not sure how well the vassals are done.
@@xenvox724 Only thing is Vlore is a bit of a confusing situation, I've seen maps of around the years the game starts in and it's either Byzantium or Bulgarian, in some cases it shows Bulgaria owning a big chunk of inner Greece. Very much disuputed so not that much of an issue.
I think the only reason Ireland and Russia aren't as divided is 1. Balancing and Playability 2. Just not enough information.
Ireland has always been considered the Tutorial Island where new players go to learn as well, so having 30 different countries on an island would be really intimidating for new players.
Everything else sounds about right.
You are the best! Ahh, my heart is full of gratitude. Thank you!