It’s funny how even in this documentary they talk about the colorful clothes they wear but in re-enactments the people are in tattered ugly brown clothes. In actual source material both writing and art we know Europeans loved colorful clothes and wore them.
One of the major reasons the Germanic Tribes (primarily the Visigoths) were able to bring down the Roman empire was because Roman identity had changed significantly around the 4th & 5th centuries AD. I remember reading that half of the Roman legions/army were of Germanic ancestry when Rome fell in 476AD. Many soldiers were sympathetic to the tribes and saw Rome as the oppressor. Many Roman soldiers simply turned their back and allowed the city to be plundered.
Yes if only the Romans were helped by other empires to keep these peoples in complete check... Yes the plague spread after Rome... Only useful as household pets in chains...
I studied history for a long time and completely agree that there's a specific moment in ancient Roman history where it's challenging to determine who the real barbarians were. The similarities in troops, immigrants, clothing, thinking, and fighting styles between the cultures make it interesting. For instance, the transition from the gladius to the spata, a long sword in the style of barbarians. It's also intriguing that many Italian and European cities welcomed barbarians as "liberators" due to oppressive Roman taxation. The major problem is our confusion and manipulation by Roman chronicles, which were essentially propaganda. These chronicles often come from Caesar's time, akin to describing modern Americans using accounts of the first settlers. A significant issue is how some have portrayed Germanic tribes since the 1800s as half-naked hooligans wreaking havoc, overlooking the human context and relying on myth and stereotypes, akin to how vikings, ninjas, or samurais are often misrepresented. 💀☠💀☠💀 HEL MORT
One glaring inaccuracy 10 minutes in... the Germanic tribes absolutely ate meat and on a regular basis. They were pastoralists to a degree, and even common folk ate meat often.But yes, they did eat lots of porridge,fish,drank much milk,etc
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the sword at 23:16 is written in anglo-saxon fuþorc, name reads old english/anglo-saxon "bēgnōþ" which in modern english probably means "crown courage"
Quite fascinating, in depth, educational, and entertaining as well. Video has answered many questions that were unanswered in my college European history class. Please continue with your videos.
Hi David H! When I saw your name I was confused, and so I went to see if I could edit this post. That's how TH-cam confirmed to me you were a different person than me 😂
At my screen it's at the top, it's a white box with the letters CC, click it and you'll get subtext. For others like myself who are not very technically advanced
Bone findings indicate average people ate a diet rich in protein. Cultured dairy products and meat were common. It wasn’t till the Middle Ages that diets collapsed to grain based.
I agree. A lot of modern scholarship misrepresents those people's diets to make it seem like they were always suffering. If anything, they were likely more healthy than us and strong and beautiful.
Wonderful. I'm a brazilian who descends from british, portuguese, italian and others european people. Nice to know that much of them came from the germans.
Not really mate.Stop at England, Holland ,Scandinavia. Angles and Saxons, Jutes-England.Anyway , they are separate countries and not great friends always.
@@lucylovicyou forgot franks, goths, vandals, ostrogoths, and visigoths all leaving a mark on genetic makeup of continental Europe and some of North Africa
@@lucylovicclose ancestral Brethrens and allies in times of need!!, do i detect a slight bit of jealousy??!, i think i do? , salty, salty catches no monkey...
Germanic was the way the Romans called the peoples who lived norte of the Rhine and the Danube rivers. I also confused it with germans. I am Brasillian as well.
The Germanic heathens did have a very clear idea of an afterlife. The comment about only warriors going to an afterlife of Valhalla is really a weird one. The heathen afterlife was called Hel. It ranged from an incredibly beautiful existence to a punishment. I’d recommend the book, Our Father’s Godsaga by Viktor Rydberg to anyone interested in actual Germanic heathen cosmology/mythology.
I am not the least bit knowledgeable on this topic z but i don't see - logically - how you describing a heathen afterlife of Hel makes the idea of a warrior afterlife of Valhalla "weird".
@@demetriusmiddleton1246 why weird? for a warrior the honor of going ti Valhall was reserved for manning the gods army , the Einherjer who is brought to Valhall to fight against the dark forced during Ragnarok , those men would have songs and stories told after them. the rest go to Helheim, who is not like the bible Hell were everyone was punished. even the gods end up in Helheim if they are killed . Like Balder.
@@bjrnmadsen8821 i didn't ask why it was weird, outright. My point was that his response stated it was weird, provided a different point about the afterlife, but never substantiated the claim that it was weird. That was my point. Even your response doesn't say why it's weird. You simply provide other facts but I don't see anything substantiating the claim that it's weird. But again, I wasn't exactly asking everyone why it's weird. My point was his initial comment didn't make sense but it's criticizing the video. Which is kind of ironic
@@demetriusmiddleton1246 i might misread your coment. i thought you found that coment weird , but i se now that i think you ment . i think the orginal comment perhaps was ment more like that the thing about only afterlife for the warriors in Valhall , in my head the warriors have no ekstra afterlife, just the same day over and over again, they are dead worriors training for Ragnarok. your response gave much more meaning after i read your response to me. have a nice xmas :)
@@bjrnmadsen8821 and, despite the language difference, your latest comment does actually kind of answer the question! Thanks and Merry Christmas to you too!
@@InfiniteVibes-lm1sq no such thing as Aryan race Mr. Just your fantasy brain.. Your swastika came from Greece look it up.. It's ancient Greek symbol.. Oghhh
I love how everyone always fails to mention the Frisians. never truely conquered still own they're own province in the low country's and speak they're own language by far most people in the same country couldn't understand if they tried
Never understood it myself. The English language is basically derived from Frisian but historians only mention the Angles, saxons and Jutes. No one ever says the Frisians
The Frisians! My people! Well, a lot of my ancestors at least. They used to be from Belgium to low Denmark. Unfortunately now the only part that speaks Frisian (thus preserving the culture) is in that province of the Netherlands. All the other old Frisian lands got absorbed into Belgian, Dutch, German, and Danish lands.
I've heard of frisians but I'm afraid they don't partake in history like the great civilizations. the fact they weren't conquered is because not many knew or cared enough about them.
@@ΦυλακαςΔικαιοςΕλλην I was born in Abruzzo, central Italy, research into my maternal family's family tree and DNA analysis identify an area between Germany and Holland but I don't know which German ethnicity I belong to. I just know that I have a German mentality, I love German philosophers, Celtic and Norse myths.
Charlemagne didn't exactly convince the proto-Germanic people from the north. Hence, the genocide of the pagan Saxons at Verden by Charlemagne in 782, which basically triggered the Viking age as the response.
In all honesty, the Northmen would have been thinking that they may be next after the Saxons. You can almost smell the paranoia leading to a rise in Viking militancy.
aw come on, the vikings needed better farmlands or trading posts. . they always looked for those and took them over. had no fear of christians, all they knew were monks , missionaries, easy to control.
How can any person speak of a people being "poor" when each man among the people is a free landholder who is self-sufficient? In truth, these early people were far wealthier and had greater freedom than any people living in a modern society.
Poor as compare to other peoples living at time of the world like Romans and the other civilisation which were prospering around the world at that time like China, India and Middle-East.
Not having a system of material wealth doesn't mean youre poor. Poor only in terms of what the Romans and now we value, but i would say they were much wealthier in their connection and understanding to nature
That reflects the mentality of the people who made this documentary. Yes, you are right. Gold is not the most important thing in life. You can have all the wealth in the world and still feel poor in comparison to others who value the simple things in life.
CORRECT IN THAT CITY PEOPLE OFTEN STARVED AND WERE MISTREATED, UNSANITARY LIVING CONDITIONS, DISEASE SPREADING, DEPENDENT ON BEING PAID BY SOMEONE IN ORDER TO EAT, ETC. but the rural people did not have that problem.
I just love the cute little cartoons that are sprinkled through out. Nice touch. Reminds me of the Horrible Histories series for school children. Sadly, I had someone steal and destroy my collection.
Yes, I wonder how much better the Saxons/Frisians would have faired if half of their population had never migrated into Britain. Those tribes did very well establishing England at the same time.
@@AngloSaxons The Anglo-Saxons did pretty well. But their migration to Britain happened centuries before Charlemagne subdued them. Enough time for population levels to recover and collapse a few times over
This ancient history documentary on 'The Ascent of Civilization' beautifully captures the evolution of human society from humble beginnings to great empires. A mesmerizing exploration of our shared past, filled with remarkable insights and stunning visuals!
Could have been little more respectful at the beginning considering there are about 500 million people of Germanic heritage who have contributed greatly to the modern world, including going to the Moon.
She said that for Germanic societies, animals represented wealth. In 1639, my ancestor Grandpa Jöry paid three cows for the funeral of the local governor in Switzerland, which allowed him to marry the governor’s daughter, who became my ancestor Grandma.
Arminius should be better known by his Germanic name, Hermann, literally “lordly Man.” He, Clovis (Chlodowig) and Charlemagne (Karl the Great), they were great leaders.
.@@sivaratnamasabaratnam8946 I studied both Latin and German for years. Hermann is not of Latin origin. It literally means " head man of the horde (army) in German. In other words, it means "military leader." The Latin word for brother is "frater" which is where we get the English word "fraternal" from.
Better consult more sources, there are a lot of books, even videos on YT. A lot of details in this publication are rather doubtful concerning facts, and a lot of bias.
My people are mostly from Northwest Germany and the nearby Netherlands. I also have a few Palatines and one great Grandfather from Basel Switzerland (Jacob Ault). Thank you for posting this documentary: it was very well done.
@@alejandrovillegas4896 Rome invaded Germany and were very insulting about the German food, which was too much for some of the more sensitive Germans. Once thing led to another and a bunch of our young men ended up in Rome, drinking, meeting beautiful hookers, and then they started destroying things, which is pretty rude. My deepest and most sincere apologies man! As they say, "cocaine is a hell of a drug!"
Very fascinating! My ancestors were from England, Germany, Norway and the Netherlands. Unfortunately I don't quite know much about the tribes that formed those except for the English.
The Vikings and Scandinavian tribes were directly linked to north Germanic tribes, you could say ancestors of Vikings are ancestors of north Germanic people
@@get.factual Professor Rudolf Simek, at 25min mark. The actors playing the Germanic people aren't subbed either. Cheers for actually interacting with the viewers to fix things. I'll sub to you for that. ✌
05:49 'wind eye is the origin of the word window'. The German for window is Fenster. The English word 'window' comes from Old Norse 'vindauga' meaning 'wind eye'.
Surely the Teutonic Forest fighting was an ambush, due to disloyal allies leading them there, rather than a battle in the sense of drawn-up ordered phalanxes?
I'm quite sure that Friday/Freitag/fredag are from Freya/Freja, the Germanic goddess of beauty and youth (see Venus in romanic languages), and not Frigg.
You are right, though both romanced by Odin, Freya is a Vanir, and Frigg is an Aesir, and also the leader of the Valkyre and the mother of Brunhilde and Idunn. They ride together to the fields of the slain. The difference between Vanir and Aesir is that Vanir are the Spirit influences of the activities that deal with man and Aesir are the forces that effect the greater nature of the world. They are not God's in the Greco-Roman sense, but more like the Manitou of the first Americans.
WE are French no at all Germanic, in Greece France is Stille called Gallica , despite French is Roman langage (the far last latin langage from all other Romans langages) WE are not Latin and not Germanic but Gallic with Gréco roman influence in South and Germanic influence in North ... There were not Roman Settlers in Gauls ...Gallic language was spocken until V° century...
Enjoyed the clip. As for the Romans dissing their foes, generally (not just the Germanic folk); isn't defamation a typical move prior to attacking, stealing and so on? See Trajan's Column.
One of many grandsons of Thomas Randolph, 1st Earl of moray's 24th great grandson here. I am extremely proud of what the germans spread through out the world in culture and language. It is remarkable.
Enjoyable and informative. My only criticism is that some of it wasn't translated, e.g. some of the parts with the German professor (I forget his name). I also wish you would have talked about the Anglo-Saxons and other groups that migrated to and influenced modern day UK.
It's all translated if you turn on the closed captions ("cc" at the bottom of the screen. Nor does ANY documentary required to cover every possible topic that YOU want. There are many many other docs that you can watch SPECIFICALLY about the groups that interest you.
Me either. Had to infer from my broken high school German. Ex: what the minion told Charlemagne over his shoulder after the one fellow knelt before him.
Most documentaries do translate what the person in another language is saying. They'll have a voice over translating it. I thought it was weird too.@@TheVeek192
48:22 You are mentioning that the old germanic tribe names still live on. And you point out the Swabians, the Bavarians, the Hessen. All of them where never mentioned in this video before. In contrast to the Saxonies and the Franks.
Very interesting it's funny how English and German language share alot in common especially if you speak dutch it's like English and German mixed together , very easy to learn as a English speaker it's a second language
It's fascinating that there is so much shared ancestry between the people of France and Germany, and yet the modern-day languages are quite different. German I can sort of follow along with (Turned on the German CC to learn some new words), but French seems to be its own unique animal. I suppose though, it doesn't take a great deal of time for there to be significant changes, even Old English seems to look more like Dutch than it does modern English.
The Franks were German tribe that were assimilated into the post roman culture, which included the religion of Christianity and the language. Of course, they wouldn't sound the same afterwards. Even the term "germanic" tribes, I have a bit of a problem with. It was a broad term invented by the Romans for the people in the east that they couldn't basically control for the most part of their history. Whether these germanic tribes were the same ethnicity and culture is highly debatable.
The area that is France now was called Gaul in Ancient Roman times. It included a lot of Celtic peoples. The Germanic people were relatively recent arrivals at the time, having come down into the area that is now Denmark and into the areas that are now Germany, Poland, and some overlap into France. So, French is more of a smorgasbord of languages with extremely strong Romance because Latin was used by the elites and other educated/literate people.
Between the existing Gallo-Roman population the Franks came to rule, the ecclesiastical importance of Latin, and I suspect the belief that they (the Franks) were the legitimate successors of the Romans, the Latin language took precedent in what is now France. The Frankish language was very similar to archaic forms of Dutch. Germanic languages persisted in other areas of Frankish control, like the Netherlands and parts of Germany.
Vurste comes from First because First comes from Princep...First Citizen. It is also where the word Prince comes from IE first born. The Emperors were Princeps because Rome hated the title of King, first citizens amongst equals. The Germanic tribes took many titles from Rome. Kaiser = Caesar is another great example.
The Germanic tribes, often featured in "history documentaries," played a crucial role in the fall of the Roman Empire. In 9 AD, the tribes famously ambushed and defeated three Roman legions in the dense Teutoburg Forest under the leadership of Arminius, a chieftain who once served in the Roman army. This victory not only halted Rome’s expansion into Germanic territories but also marked the beginning of a long resistance that eventually weakened the empire, paving the way for the rise of medieval European kingdoms.
Imagine if all the Germanic peoples united into a single Germanic super state. It would be politically and economically powerful, control most of Europe and be wonderful!
Yes, well, the rest of us in the West have seen what happens when Germans decide to do what you suggest. We do not wish to see such a thing ever again. And, thankfully, neither do they.
People used to put hot rocks into stews to actually boil the water or keep it hot cooking the food, especially if they cooked in skins or wooden containers you couldn't put directly over a fire. North American Indians did that alot
it's certainly an interesting concept and possibly the idea itself does come from when people would boil water with hot stones, the first soups would have been made that way, however the idea of the soup stone takes many different forms across the world, from nails, to an axe, the idea remained the same. the idea of the soup stone is about the benefits of sharing and altruism. it's ultimately a tale about people who don't want to give anything, but the man with the stone has asked for only a little in return for a share, each is willing to give a small amount, which makes a portion enough for everyone, and the sum of its parts is greater than those parts individually, thus promoting people to share and contribute in order to make something everyone can enjoy. the man who makes the soup get paid with soup, the stone being that which initiates the conversation, as it's presumed the item is not common to put into boiling water thus peaking interest. while those who gave the ingredients, get the reward of wisdom, of sharing and cooperating within a community.
Most wonderful ✨️ video about Germanic 🙏🙏🙏tribe's..their's Ancient history ,and their's lifestyle....thanks Get factual channel for sharing this wonderful video
The Germanic tribes were like the Xiongnu (Hun) tribes north of ancient China except the Xiongnu were on horses. Ancient China built the Great Wall to keep the Xiongnu “barbarians” out. Eventually they had to defeat the Xiongnu. The southern Xiongnu submitted to the Han Chinese and took Han surnames to become Han Chinese, while the northern Xiongnu migrated west, the Hun, to today’s Eastern Europe. Fascinating how everything has been causing chain events.
Bro, this theory has long been outdated; the Huns are even genetically practically in no way related to the East Asian tribes. Most likely the Huns are just another confederation of Germans and Turans
I am a life long learner and a big fan of history. Europe is fascinating with such a long rich history of many different people and cultures.
So white people used to live like natives in Africa and America, huh? Damn. So what happened, why yall acting so crazy now?
same here Joseph everyday learn something new
different cultures but not so far, Europeans are branches of the same tree
@علي ياسر iranians are nigga
as are many other regions of this globe
"Never follow a German into the forest" - Quinctilius Varus 46 BC - 9 AD
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Those were Slavic tribes.
It’s funny how even in this documentary they talk about the colorful clothes they wear but in re-enactments the people are in tattered ugly brown clothes. In actual source material both writing and art we know Europeans loved colorful clothes and wore them.
The reenactors also mostly do not look Teutonic. Some even look like Turks
One of the major reasons the Germanic Tribes (primarily the Visigoths) were able to bring down the Roman empire was because Roman identity had changed significantly around the 4th & 5th centuries AD. I remember reading that half of the Roman legions/army were of Germanic ancestry when Rome fell in 476AD. Many soldiers were sympathetic to the tribes and saw Rome as the oppressor. Many Roman soldiers simply turned their back and allowed the city to be plundered.
Yes if only the Romans were helped by other empires to keep these peoples in complete check... Yes the plague spread after Rome...
Only useful as household pets in chains...
At least they did the best they could to keep the animals tame..!!
All my friends are either foreign or German ...I found it weird as a child but as I grew it made sense ....
@@IkeTurner2.0 How so?
I studied history for a long time and completely agree that there's a specific moment in ancient Roman history where it's challenging to determine who the real barbarians were. The similarities in troops, immigrants, clothing, thinking, and fighting styles between the cultures make it interesting. For instance, the transition from the gladius to the spata, a long sword in the style of barbarians. It's also intriguing that many Italian and European cities welcomed barbarians as "liberators" due to oppressive Roman taxation.
The major problem is our confusion and manipulation by Roman chronicles, which were essentially propaganda. These chronicles often come from Caesar's time, akin to describing modern Americans using accounts of the first settlers.
A significant issue is how some have portrayed Germanic tribes since the 1800s as half-naked hooligans wreaking havoc, overlooking the human context and relying on myth and stereotypes, akin to how vikings, ninjas, or samurais are often misrepresented.
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One glaring inaccuracy 10 minutes in... the Germanic tribes absolutely ate meat and on a regular basis. They were pastoralists to a degree, and even common folk ate meat often.But yes, they did eat lots of porridge,fish,drank much milk,etc
don't forget they had large forests and deer to eat.
I'm South African and the Germanic history and culture is my favourite of all Europe.
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What is your ancestry? Seems reasonable to ask for DNA?
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@@chriscarrol9373oh well I am Afrikaner mostly Dutch and English
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the sword at 23:16 is written in anglo-saxon fuþorc, name reads old english/anglo-saxon "bēgnōþ" which in modern english probably means "crown courage"
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Quite fascinating, in depth, educational, and entertaining as well. Video has answered many questions that were unanswered in my college European history class. Please continue with your videos.
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@@tirelessnetroamer8784poor kids right
I like the style of this doco. It was straight to the point, interesting and easy to follow.
Thanks a lot! :)
Hi David H! When I saw your name I was confused, and so I went to see if I could edit this post. That's how TH-cam confirmed to me you were a different person than me 😂
@@davidh4374 Hello David.
I still think the German language is one the coolest languages ever invented. I love my Germanic heritage.
Excellent video! I only wish I could've understood the untranslated parts. 🙂
Come on. It's all translated if you turn on closed captioning right at the bottom of the screen.
@@TheVeek192 huh... never knew about this. Thanks for this information : )
At my screen it's at the top, it's a white box with the letters CC, click it and you'll get subtext.
For others like myself who are not very technically advanced
wrong again. part is translated, part is not. @@TheVeek192
@TheVlandsberger no it's not. I always have on the subtitles and the German professor isn't translated
FABULOUS!!! Only just viewed...liked and subscribed!! First Class! Thank you!
Excellent documentary ❤
Sweden and Norway is included among the Germanic tribal locations as well, not just Denmark and Germany.
Plus Netherlands ofcourse
And Austria
Don’t forget Iceland
@@floatahhh and Bohemia
And England but just don't tell anyone. Angles and Saxons. Exiled Germanic tribes.
I’m proud of my German heritage
As you should be : )
Oy vey, you can't say that
Love to see that. Too many are brainwashed to be ashamed.
You should, it's the best
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This is actually a brilliant documentary...we need more of this
Did you go through his channel
Very well done. Thank you. Very informative.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Bone findings indicate average people ate a diet rich in protein. Cultured dairy products and meat were common. It wasn’t till the Middle Ages that diets collapsed to grain based.
I agree. A lot of modern scholarship misrepresents those people's diets to make it seem like they were always suffering. If anything, they were likely more healthy than us and strong and beautiful.
Well they certainly don't want us eating a diet rich in protein these days do they. ?
Plenty of Fish and game around.
@@therealdarklizzy and naturally had better teeth with NO dentists, NO toothbrushes or toothpaste.
What an excellent presentation. Thank you
Wonderful. I'm a brazilian who descends from british, portuguese, italian and others european people. Nice to know that much of them came from the germans.
Not really mate.Stop at England, Holland ,Scandinavia. Angles and Saxons, Jutes-England.Anyway , they are separate countries and not great friends always.
@@lucylovicyou forgot franks, goths, vandals, ostrogoths, and visigoths all leaving a mark on genetic makeup of continental Europe and some of North Africa
@@lucylovicclose ancestral Brethrens and allies in times of need!!, do i detect a slight bit of jealousy??!, i think i do? , salty, salty catches no monkey...
Germanic does not equal German.
Germanic was the way the Romans called the peoples who lived norte of the Rhine and the Danube rivers. I also confused it with germans. I am Brasillian as well.
Thank you very much for this amazing work!!! I am a fan now!!!
These series are absolutely brilliant.
The Germanic heathens did have a very clear idea of an afterlife. The comment about only warriors going to an afterlife of Valhalla is really a weird one. The heathen afterlife was called Hel. It ranged from an incredibly beautiful existence to a punishment. I’d recommend the book, Our Father’s Godsaga by Viktor Rydberg to anyone interested in actual Germanic heathen cosmology/mythology.
I am not the least bit knowledgeable on this topic z but i don't see - logically - how you describing a heathen afterlife of Hel makes the idea of a warrior afterlife of Valhalla "weird".
@@demetriusmiddleton1246 why weird? for a warrior the honor of going ti Valhall was reserved for manning the gods army , the Einherjer who is brought to Valhall to fight against the dark forced during Ragnarok , those men would have songs and stories told after them. the rest go to Helheim, who is not like the bible Hell were everyone was punished. even the gods end up in Helheim if they are killed . Like Balder.
@@bjrnmadsen8821 i didn't ask why it was weird, outright. My point was that his response stated it was weird, provided a different point about the afterlife, but never substantiated the claim that it was weird. That was my point. Even your response doesn't say why it's weird. You simply provide other facts but I don't see anything substantiating the claim that it's weird. But again, I wasn't exactly asking everyone why it's weird. My point was his initial comment didn't make sense but it's criticizing the video. Which is kind of ironic
@@demetriusmiddleton1246 i might misread your coment. i thought you found that coment weird , but i se now that i think you ment . i think the orginal comment perhaps was ment more like that the thing about only afterlife for the warriors in Valhall , in my head the warriors have no ekstra afterlife, just the same day over and over again, they are dead worriors training for Ragnarok. your response gave much more meaning after i read your response to me. have a nice xmas :)
@@bjrnmadsen8821 and, despite the language difference, your latest comment does actually kind of answer the question! Thanks and Merry Christmas to you too!
I am so proud to be of Germanic decent! It’s amazing to see more in depth of how my ancestors lived! Great documentary 🖤
I am so proud of being of Finnic descent.
You can be proud to be the last primitive on earth... And the largest criminal.. Take another bath before you enter my house
@@InfiniteVibes-lm1sq yeah it's actually from Greece your swastika
@@InfiniteVibes-lm1sq no such thing as Aryan race Mr. Just your fantasy brain.. Your swastika came from Greece look it up.. It's ancient Greek symbol.. Oghhh
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True ☝🏻 have you watched any of Robert Sepehr’s documentaries or read his books?
Loved how they showed their movements on maps.
I love how everyone always fails to mention the Frisians. never truely conquered still own they're own province in the low country's and speak they're own language by far most people in the same country couldn't understand if they tried
Never understood it myself. The English language is basically derived from Frisian but historians only mention the Angles, saxons and Jutes. No one ever says the Frisians
The Frisians! My people! Well, a lot of my ancestors at least. They used to be from Belgium to low Denmark. Unfortunately now the only part that speaks Frisian (thus preserving the culture) is in that province of the Netherlands. All the other old Frisian lands got absorbed into Belgian, Dutch, German, and Danish lands.
@@Ditka-89 in my historical linguistic studies they mention Frisian frequently in relation to the development of an English language.
I've heard of frisians but I'm afraid they don't partake in history like the great civilizations. the fact they weren't conquered is because not many knew or cared enough about them.
@@cantbanme792 maybe you should read up on the matter
I'm Italian but I also have German and Dutch DNA which I'm very proud of
Lombard?
@@ΦυλακαςΔικαιοςΕλλην Abruzzo, central Italy
@@ΦυλακαςΔικαιοςΕλλην I was born in Abruzzo, central Italy, research into my maternal family's family tree and DNA analysis identify an area between Germany and Holland but I don't know which German ethnicity I belong to. I just know that I have a German mentality, I love German philosophers, Celtic and Norse myths.
@@ΦυλακαςΔικαιοςΕλλην family tree and DNA test of my maternal family both identify a genetic group located in the area between Holland and Germany
wanna be german southerner 😂😂😂
This was amazing. Well done
Charlemagne didn't exactly convince the proto-Germanic people from the north. Hence, the genocide of the pagan Saxons at Verden by Charlemagne in 782, which basically triggered the Viking age as the response.
In all honesty, the Northmen would have been thinking that they may be next after the Saxons. You can almost smell the paranoia leading to a rise in Viking militancy.
aw come on, the vikings needed better farmlands or trading posts. . they always looked for those and took them over. had no fear of christians, all they knew were monks , missionaries, easy to control.
@@christigothyou dont think any saxons fled north and had stories about the christians ?
Really interesting. Wish I had had these concepts before. Explains a lot!
How can any person speak of a people being "poor" when each man among the people is a free landholder who is self-sufficient? In truth, these early people were far wealthier and had greater freedom than any people living in a modern society.
Lmaoo right… you can go to many places where small tribes self govern in many places and see how wealthy you feel
Absolutely.
Poor as compare to other peoples living at time of the world like Romans and the other civilisation which were prospering around the world at that time like China, India and Middle-East.
Yeah!
These shows are always produced by those infected by Marxism. They are obviously not “poor” by today’s standards.
Kind of makes sense out of a whole lot of non-sense. Thank you for this valuable upload.
Wow this is really well done. I dream of the day I see a documentary like this about the Slavs
Not having a system of material wealth doesn't mean youre poor. Poor only in terms of what the Romans and now we value, but i would say they were much wealthier in their connection and understanding to nature
That reflects the mentality of the people who made this documentary.
Yes, you are right. Gold is not the most important thing in life. You can have all the wealth in the world and still feel poor in comparison to others who value the simple things in life.
Wealth is an objective measure. They had no connection nor understaning of nature.
Very true. Very similar to Native Americans, living with and close to Nature and mother earth.
CORRECT IN THAT CITY PEOPLE OFTEN STARVED AND WERE MISTREATED, UNSANITARY LIVING CONDITIONS, DISEASE SPREADING, DEPENDENT ON BEING PAID BY SOMEONE IN ORDER TO EAT, ETC. but the rural people did not have that problem.
Great video! I thoroughly enjoyed learning about my ancestors!
I just love the cute little cartoons that are sprinkled through out. Nice touch. Reminds me of the Horrible Histories series for school children. Sadly, I had someone steal and destroy my collection.
Don’t forget the Frisians. The also resisted the Franks together with the Saxons.
Yes, I wonder how much better the Saxons/Frisians would have faired if half of their population had never migrated into Britain. Those tribes did very well establishing England at the same time.
@@AngloSaxons The Anglo-Saxons did pretty well. But their migration to Britain happened centuries before Charlemagne subdued them. Enough time for population levels to recover and collapse a few times over
This ancient history documentary on 'The Ascent of Civilization' beautifully captures the evolution of human society from humble beginnings to great empires. A mesmerizing exploration of our shared past, filled with remarkable insights and stunning visuals!
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Could have been little more respectful at the beginning considering there are about 500 million people of Germanic heritage who have contributed greatly to the modern world, including going to the Moon.
What did they say?
Yeah but most of them just like killing other people…especially women and children.
disrespectful? he wa s using quotes from romans, for part of it. it's called history, because that's what exists from being written.
Great episode. I enjoyed the exposition.
Thank You, great documentary I really enjoyed it.
Thanks for making this video. I really enjoyed watching it.
Me too!
She said that for Germanic societies, animals represented wealth. In 1639, my ancestor Grandpa Jöry paid three cows for the funeral of the local governor in Switzerland, which allowed him to marry the governor’s daughter, who became my ancestor Grandma.
Amazing video. Thank you!
This was such an interesting documentary and I learned a lot about the early Germanic people.
Right. People out here getting mad because they got disowned🤣
check out the series The last kingdom or the Pilars of earth
@@the2ndcoming135 lol
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@@the2ndcoming135 What do you mean? Who’s being disowned, and what does disownment have to do with this video?
Arminius should be better known by his Germanic name, Hermann, literally “lordly Man.”
He, Clovis (Chlodowig) and Charlemagne (Karl the Great), they were great leaders.
I sincerely doubt his name would have been just Hermann lol
Unfortunately Herman is Latin word for "Brother" as Julius Ceaser named them as similiar brother tribes.
We have no way of knowing his real name with any certainty
.@@sivaratnamasabaratnam8946 I studied both Latin and German for years. Hermann is not of Latin origin. It literally means " head man of the horde (army) in German. In other words, it means "military leader." The Latin word for brother is "frater" which is where we get the English word "fraternal" from.
Here (army) + man
Probably one of the best documentary on the Franks that I have seen yet. Thank you so very much for uploading.
Better consult more sources, there are a lot of books, even videos on YT.
A lot of details in this publication are rather doubtful concerning facts, and a lot of bias.
Thank you, I will indeed look into that.@@dutchman7623
Great Program. Well presented
An enjoyable and high-quality production.
As a Martian researcher, this documentary has proven to be very beneficial for my understanding on humans.
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Interesting. Nice to learn this way.❤
Very interesting and a well done documentary.
Loved this docu. Almost all I know about the middle ages is from British sources. I am SO happy that there is some other input too.
My people are mostly from Northwest Germany and the nearby Netherlands. I also have a few Palatines and one great Grandfather from Basel Switzerland (Jacob Ault). Thank you for posting this documentary: it was very well done.
So why yall sack Rome, bro?
@@alejandrovillegas4896 Rome invaded Germany and were very insulting about the German food, which was too much for some of the more sensitive Germans. Once thing led to another and a bunch of our young men ended up in Rome, drinking, meeting beautiful hookers, and then they started destroying things, which is pretty rude. My deepest and most sincere apologies man! As they say, "cocaine is a hell of a drug!"
Very fascinating! My ancestors were from England, Germany, Norway and the Netherlands. Unfortunately I don't quite know much about the tribes that formed those except for the English.
Revenge for the same.
Basel is just a beautiful city - a gorgeous part of the world!
Thank you so much, this is great and talks a lot about housing aspects wich I love and study a lot!
An exceptional documentary, I appreciated every minute of it. One question, how was it known that the ‘bog body’ with the slit throat was exactly 34?
Teeth. Like animals.
He had his driver's license on him
they can tell by the teeth
This was superb from start to finish. Very well done. I want more! Maybe do the Norse next
Thank you! More to come!
Agreed
Scottish !
Yes, the Norsemen and the Vikings would be amazing
The Vikings and Scandinavian tribes were directly linked to north Germanic tribes, you could say ancestors of Vikings are ancestors of north Germanic people
Well done, guys. Well done! 👍👍
Years of studying ; and you foke put it all together . Thanks 👍
The quality of this documentary is.......uneven.
The ancient Germans were right about that nature is sacred.
And, weapon making😆
Most all indigenous peoples were close to nature.
and about making head trophies
This was every culture of antiquity…
@@jhgust what do you mean by this? Every group is indigenous to some place
Thank you for this informative film. I enjoyed and needed the maps.
I especially liked the scholars speaking in un-subtitled German. Thanks for that.
yeah that was a bit of a sloppy oversight
Hi Val, could you point out where that error occurred? I definitely want to ensure that all of the researchers featured here are understood.
@@get.factual Professor Rudolf Simek, at 25min mark. The actors playing the Germanic people aren't subbed either.
Cheers for actually interacting with the viewers to fix things. I'll sub to you for that. ✌
05:49 'wind eye is the origin of the word window'. The German for window is Fenster. The English word 'window' comes from Old Norse 'vindauga' meaning 'wind eye'.
In Slovak it's "okno", it probably came from oko-eye, to look through a window.
Fenster come from a Latim word for window, fenestra.
all the time, fenster=fenetre=finestra; in Spanish we apply the same Germanic formula, ventana (viento=wind).
Auga in Swabian Dialect = eyes = Augen in High German
Surely the Teutonic Forest fighting was an ambush, due to disloyal allies leading them there, rather than a battle in the sense of drawn-up ordered phalanxes?
Loved it
Thank you for adding this vidoe and giving he people access.
I'm quite sure that Friday/Freitag/fredag are from Freya/Freja, the Germanic goddess of beauty and youth (see Venus in romanic languages), and not Frigg.
You are right, though both romanced by Odin, Freya is a Vanir, and Frigg is an Aesir, and also the leader of the Valkyre and the mother of Brunhilde and Idunn. They ride together to the fields of the slain. The difference between Vanir and Aesir is that Vanir are the Spirit influences of the activities that deal with man and Aesir are the forces that effect the greater nature of the world. They are not God's in the Greco-Roman sense, but more like the Manitou of the first Americans.
Howdy from Texas!
Brothers and Sisters! Resist wars on one another! Europa Forever!
In Norwegian France is still called "Frankrike" , which basicly means "Empire of Frank/s" or "kingdom/land of Frank/s"
The last legacy of the Franks in France after they got rid of their monarchs
I am American of Norwegian descent. Very interesting information!
In most Germanic languages, Frankrijk (NL), Frankreich (DE), all the same.
Frankreich in German.
WE are French no at all Germanic, in Greece France is Stille called Gallica , despite French is Roman langage (the far last latin langage from all other Romans langages) WE are not Latin and not Germanic but Gallic with Gréco roman influence in South and Germanic influence in North ...
There were not Roman Settlers in Gauls ...Gallic language was spocken until V° century...
Enjoyed the clip. As for the Romans dissing their foes, generally (not just the Germanic folk); isn't defamation a typical move prior to attacking, stealing and so on? See Trajan's Column.
yeah, dehumanizing and demeaning people precedes abuses, genocides, etc.
Very informative and thank you
One of many grandsons of Thomas Randolph, 1st Earl of moray's 24th great grandson here. I am extremely proud of what the germans spread through out the world in culture and language. It is remarkable.
Enjoyable and informative. My only criticism is that some of it wasn't translated, e.g. some of the parts with the German professor (I forget his name).
I also wish you would have talked about the Anglo-Saxons and other groups that migrated to and influenced modern day UK.
It's all translated if you turn on the closed captions ("cc" at the bottom of the screen. Nor does ANY documentary required to cover every possible topic that YOU want. There are many many other docs that you can watch SPECIFICALLY about the groups that interest you.
@@TheVeek192 - It’s not translating for me. The captions are just ignoring the German. 😢
Me either. Had to infer from my broken high school German. Ex: what the minion told Charlemagne over his shoulder after the one fellow knelt before him.
Learn German. Schnell. Wilde schweine means wild pigs. 🐖 🐷 🐽 🐗
Most documentaries do translate what the person in another language is saying. They'll have a voice over translating it. I thought it was weird too.@@TheVeek192
48:22 You are mentioning that the old germanic tribe names still live on. And you point out the Swabians, the Bavarians, the Hessen.
All of them where never mentioned in this video before. In contrast to the Saxonies and the Franks.
Brilliant... really enjoyed this production. Thank you.
Very interesting it's funny how English and German language share alot in common especially if you speak dutch it's like English and German mixed together , very easy to learn as a English speaker it's a second language
Very Informative Post
Thanks x
Loving how my Irish grandpa has virtually an exact replica of the helmet being worn by the German warlord in the thumbnail😎
It's fascinating that there is so much shared ancestry between the people of France and Germany, and yet the modern-day languages are quite different. German I can sort of follow along with (Turned on the German CC to learn some new words), but French seems to be its own unique animal.
I suppose though, it doesn't take a great deal of time for there to be significant changes, even Old English seems to look more like Dutch than it does modern English.
Because the French language is one of the daughter languages of Latin as is Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese
The Franks were German tribe that were assimilated into the post roman culture, which included the religion of Christianity and the language.
Of course, they wouldn't sound the same afterwards.
Even the term "germanic" tribes, I have a bit of a problem with. It was a broad term invented by the Romans for the people in the east that they couldn't basically control for the most part of their history.
Whether these germanic tribes were the same ethnicity and culture is highly debatable.
The area that is France now was called Gaul in Ancient Roman times. It included a lot of Celtic peoples. The Germanic people were relatively recent arrivals at the time, having come down into the area that is now Denmark and into the areas that are now Germany, Poland, and some overlap into France. So, French is more of a smorgasbord of languages with extremely strong Romance because Latin was used by the elites and other educated/literate people.
Between the existing Gallo-Roman population the Franks came to rule, the ecclesiastical importance of Latin, and I suspect the belief that they (the Franks) were the legitimate successors of the Romans, the Latin language took precedent in what is now France. The Frankish language was very similar to archaic forms of Dutch. Germanic languages persisted in other areas of Frankish control, like the Netherlands and parts of Germany.
This impression comes from the fact that this video confunds celts with germans
Vurste comes from First because First comes from Princep...First Citizen. It is also where the word Prince comes from IE first born. The Emperors were Princeps because Rome hated the title of King, first citizens amongst equals. The Germanic tribes took many titles from Rome. Kaiser = Caesar is another great example.
Wonderful summary
Thanks for sharing!
Clovis wasn't appointed himself and Merovingians had long hair, they believed their hair gave them magic and power.
What do you mean, had? We're still here. Samson had long hair too before the plain white t's =(
What if you were a bald man ?
You know it happens when testosterone flows through your veins.
Great documentary!
Thank you! :)
weak ass history jus wars no peace
Where would I go about getting a copy of the tribal map of Germany that shows up at the end of this video? Thanks!
These are just the coat of arms of every german modern state.
The Germanic tribes, often featured in "history documentaries," played a crucial role in the fall of the Roman Empire. In 9 AD, the tribes famously ambushed and defeated three Roman legions in the dense Teutoburg Forest under the leadership of Arminius, a chieftain who once served in the Roman army. This victory not only halted Rome’s expansion into Germanic territories but also marked the beginning of a long resistance that eventually weakened the empire, paving the way for the rise of medieval European kingdoms.
Excellent!
Nice documentary but I missed Charles Martel.
Wonderful Historic video. Thanks
Our pleasure!
Where did you find that sawed off little Clovis? He's hysterical..
Imagine if all the Germanic peoples united into a single Germanic super state. It would be politically and economically powerful, control most of Europe and be wonderful!
Yes, well, the rest of us in the West have seen what happens when Germans decide to do what you suggest. We do not wish to see such a thing ever again. And, thankfully, neither do they.
I’d say making a pot of soup, with 2 leaves of spinach and 1 slice of carrot, wouldn’t be tasty without the addition of a magic stone. : )
People used to put hot rocks into stews to actually boil the water or keep it hot cooking the food, especially if they cooked in skins or wooden containers you couldn't put directly over a fire. North American Indians did that alot
@@deborahdean8867 I was thinking that might have actually been the origin of the soup stone story. : )
@@mzeewatk846 I know, and probably are the origin of the story! I mean they do magically make veggies floating in water into soup!
it's certainly an interesting concept and possibly the idea itself does come from when people would boil water with hot stones, the first soups would have been made that way, however the idea of the soup stone takes many different forms across the world, from nails, to an axe, the idea remained the same.
the idea of the soup stone is about the benefits of sharing and altruism. it's ultimately a tale about people who don't want to give anything, but the man with the stone has asked for only a little in return for a share, each is willing to give a small amount, which makes a portion enough for everyone, and the sum of its parts is greater than those parts individually, thus promoting people to share and contribute in order to make something everyone can enjoy.
the man who makes the soup get paid with soup, the stone being that which initiates the conversation, as it's presumed the item is not common to put into boiling water thus peaking interest. while those who gave the ingredients, get the reward of wisdom, of sharing and cooperating within a community.
A helping of Roman flesh with a side of Fava beans added to the flavor.
Most wonderful ✨️ video about Germanic 🙏🙏🙏tribe's..their's Ancient history ,and their's lifestyle....thanks Get factual channel for sharing this wonderful video
The Germanic tribes were like the Xiongnu (Hun) tribes north of ancient China except the Xiongnu were on horses. Ancient China built the Great Wall to keep the Xiongnu “barbarians” out. Eventually they had to defeat the Xiongnu. The southern Xiongnu submitted to the Han Chinese and took Han surnames to become Han Chinese, while the northern Xiongnu migrated west, the Hun, to today’s Eastern Europe. Fascinating how everything has been causing chain events.
Bro, this theory has long been outdated; the Huns are even genetically practically in no way related to the East Asian tribes. Most likely the Huns are just another confederation of Germans and Turans
Excellent Documentary, very well explained!!! 🛖🌾🫓🍖🍺🐂🛡️⚔️
oh wow learned a lot from this single documentary
very interesting; in the next video talk about Sutton Hoo and the connection to Icelandic and old Swedish legends.
Seriously? No. Go find some other doc that already exists. This isn't a freaking restaurant where you just ORDER what you want. Get real.
@@TheVeek192 very dilly unfounded comment.
Civilization and how it did get started. Nice documentary
Rome wasn’t civilisation?
Egypt wasn’t civilization?
What about ancient China?
homo erectus?