How the Civilization On Easter Island Collapsed

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  • @summerwatson3416
    @summerwatson3416 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1447

    I agree. This was a really long way of saying “we don’t know”

    • @Slash687
      @Slash687 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Listen to lost sivila

    • @map1537
      @map1537 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      He said it 20 seconds into the vdeo

    • @Zach-h2l
      @Zach-h2l 3 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      lol if we only talked about history if we knew 100% exactly what happened, we'd barely ever talk about anything

    • @bradroblling1223
      @bradroblling1223 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      We will never know anything about history. I wish I was a scientist, & get paid for a guess at what really happened. Must be nice

    • @phife1878
      @phife1878 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Thanks for the spoiler!!

  • @fordunderwood4493
    @fordunderwood4493 3 ปีที่แล้ว +762

    *At a Rapa Nui meeting*
    Citizens: We need to focus on making more canoes and harvesting food!
    The government: ok, but 🗿

    • @taylorgordon2696
      @taylorgordon2696 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Lmao yes

    • @angelo6067
      @angelo6067 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Yo!

    • @seankeikbusch9404
      @seankeikbusch9404 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      At the time it was purported to be decimated with no good soils left for agriculture there were gardens all over the island. They had enough of a food surplus to resupply the European ships that landed. As for the deforestation, that was caused by the rats that came with the first islanders that arrived there. They had no natural predators and ate the seeds.Even with that the first Europeans report seeing groves of trees when they arrived, certainly enough to build canoes. The population collapse was driven by European diseases and slaving. The vid did mention that at least.

    • @totallyfrozen
      @totallyfrozen 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      You just wanted an excuse to use that emoji.

    • @Xiborg1
      @Xiborg1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      “But sir! Building more moai will cause the collapse of our civilization!
      “JUST DO IT!!” 🗿🗿🗿

  • @atreyu4ws
    @atreyu4ws 3 ปีที่แล้ว +394

    "An infestation of rats"
    *Shows photos and videos of gerbils and mice*

    • @donaldpetersen2382
      @donaldpetersen2382 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      "this is Iran"

    • @WiSMs
      @WiSMs 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Forget it Jake, it's TH-camtown

    • @Docmain3
      @Docmain3 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      We really don't need verification of what a rat looks like. A rat king perhaps lol

    • @thedeadhands6130
      @thedeadhands6130 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      this is literally the greatest channel of all time

    • @DoktrDub
      @DoktrDub 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Docmain3 oh those are strange

  • @AverytheCubanAmerican
    @AverytheCubanAmerican 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1881

    The civilization simply sacrificed itself so Squidward could have a home

    • @shagykhan
      @shagykhan 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      LOL Lol 😂

    • @user-rx1yk8vy8y
      @user-rx1yk8vy8y 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      LMAOOOOOO

    • @TechMan1900
      @TechMan1900 3 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      I never realized squidward’s house was an Easter island head 🤦

    • @Projectwolfie21
      @Projectwolfie21 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Here lies Squidward's hopes and dreams.

    • @meep9963
      @meep9963 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Balanced as everything should be

  • @donosborn9551
    @donosborn9551 3 ปีที่แล้ว +392

    This was a really long way of saying “we don’t know” lol

    • @map1537
      @map1537 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I mean its called a theory

    • @Zach-h2l
      @Zach-h2l 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      i mean there's different degrees of not knowing. This was "here are some detailed, compelling theories with different degrees of evidence, but we don't know for sure which one" not "we have absolutely no damn clue." You make it seem like this video was a waste of time or sth

    • @donosborn9551
      @donosborn9551 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@Zach-h2l I was just making a joke, I really enjoy their videos.

    • @joshjames1563
      @joshjames1563 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Thanks for the "heads-up."

    • @Inexplicably-Sane
      @Inexplicably-Sane 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Spoilers dude! Lmao xD

  • @binchickendreaming
    @binchickendreaming 3 ปีที่แล้ว +383

    The Rapa Nui still exist today, you know. The culture isn't dead.

    • @winnifredforbes8712
      @winnifredforbes8712 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Yes. I saw a documentary on them several years ago.

    • @OutlanderFrog28
      @OutlanderFrog28 3 ปีที่แล้ว +73

      I'm chilean and I can confirm the culture and people there prevail to this day haha. But this was interesting nevertheless

    • @binchickendreaming
      @binchickendreaming 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @Ricardo VS The people and culture still exist, they just don't carve moai anymore.

    • @PaulinaGnecco
      @PaulinaGnecco 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      They actually despise us, chileans lmao, can totally relate since our politicians basically stole Rapa Nui

    • @OutlanderFrog28
      @OutlanderFrog28 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@PaulinaGnecco muy cierto jsjs

  • @pedrito6225
    @pedrito6225 3 ปีที่แล้ว +252

    Rapa Nui is a culture that is still alive to this day. I have visited the Island, and the natives there pay so much attention to their culture, their sacred beliefs, their ancestors. Every Chilean knows about rapa nui and their culture

    • @Jarack123
      @Jarack123 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      But why did they build their statues

    • @totallyfrozen
      @totallyfrozen 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@Jarack123
      Why does any culture build idols?

    • @sillau9
      @sillau9 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Rapa Nui are still Polynesians

    • @atackplus-rediconnt8189
      @atackplus-rediconnt8189 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@Jarack123 why not? They're cool

    • @compatriot852
      @compatriot852 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      They aren't. It's a reconstruction/neo version of what the people believe the rapa nui used to be. Most locals have a large portion of mainlander/European ancestry from colonization and speak Spanish as their native language.
      The original language, practices, etc have been lost mostly to time

  • @fosterfuchs
    @fosterfuchs 3 ปีที่แล้ว +131

    My wife and I were on Easter Island at Christmas (2018). Now we need to go to Christmas Island at Easter.

    • @Manoatevarua
      @Manoatevarua 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Lmao to Kiribati then.

    • @JamaicanMeCrazy
      @JamaicanMeCrazy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      i approve of your sense of humor

    • @vor7jahren251
      @vor7jahren251 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      So funny 😑

    • @_.Marz._
      @_.Marz._ 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      😂😂 dryyyyyyy lol

  • @whalebrigade
    @whalebrigade 3 ปีที่แล้ว +267

    They didn’t roll the statues on logs they walked them. There have been reports that when explorers asked the natives how they moved the statues the natives would reply that the statues “walked”. You can look up an example of how they were thought to have done it on TH-cam. They would essentially tie long ropes around the statues heads and have a team of people on either side teeter the statue left and right.

    • @AmazeAngeloGames
      @AmazeAngeloGames 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      True

    • @Daisy-ue9vk
      @Daisy-ue9vk 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yeah I saw the video of how they "walked"

    • @ammagnolia
      @ammagnolia 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      They held their hands and walked em

    • @unsubme2157
      @unsubme2157 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      This is our best guess, it is not a fact

    • @AJ-zv9tn
      @AJ-zv9tn ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Not native

  • @IRosamelia
    @IRosamelia 3 ปีที่แล้ว +217

    Hello Weid History, speak to us about Mansa Musa and the kingdom of Mali

    • @rebelfriend9949
      @rebelfriend9949 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Good idea

    • @atomic_wait
      @atomic_wait 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Mansa 'Moneybags' Musa.
      Local economy on the route to Mecca: exists
      Musa's pocket change: I'm about to end this man's whole career

    • @hansolowe19
      @hansolowe19 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Good one!
      Also the Comanche, the empire of the summer moon.

  • @SupremeLeaderKimJong-un
    @SupremeLeaderKimJong-un 3 ปีที่แล้ว +90

    Fact: I built all those Moai

    • @mycklaflonscamping1398
      @mycklaflonscamping1398 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The Easter bunny did

    • @dawg204
      @dawg204 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      OMG I CANT BELIEVE KIM JONG-UN COMMENTED

    • @hellion131
      @hellion131 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      #Thank dear leader

    • @mrrandom1265
      @mrrandom1265 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The Supreme Moai Leader

    • @NITE_SHIFTING
      @NITE_SHIFTING 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      License to IL.

  • @shawncharles6077
    @shawncharles6077 3 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    Thank you Weird History. I was hoping y'all would cover this. Still patiently waiting on Timeline: The 90's.

  • @JamaicanMeCrazy
    @JamaicanMeCrazy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +192

    Actually Jacob probably killed them all inadvertently with his diseases he didn’t know he had

    • @t900badbot
      @t900badbot 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Of course.. The white man killed them.

    • @inakiluisamazarray7399
      @inakiluisamazarray7399 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      it was james cook

    • @justanotheryoutubechannel
      @justanotheryoutubechannel 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That didn’t help, but it was the Spanish that seriously introduced diseases, Spanish and Peruvian slaving raids captured most of the able bodied men including their final literate kings and nobles, and the people who were left caught diseases from the visitors which became epidemics.

    • @brandonandujar2289
      @brandonandujar2289 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@t900badbot based

  • @faded_ink3545
    @faded_ink3545 3 ปีที่แล้ว +161

    [Rapa Nui]: Chop down the trees!
    [Big Heads]: smh

  • @daveharrison84
    @daveharrison84 3 ปีที่แล้ว +153

    Fall Of Civilizations Podcast did the best take on Easter Island. Their civilization didn't collapse until foreigners showed up and spread their diseases. The deforestation and rats were intentional by people who cleared land for farming and used rats as a food source. There's no archaeological evidence of starvation or war, which would be easy to find if they happened.

    • @LukeBunyip
      @LukeBunyip 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Yup. Original research vs rehashing. FoC is great.

    • @justanotheryoutubechannel
      @justanotheryoutubechannel 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I thought there was some evidence of famine in the local artwork, they produced emancipated figures at times of famine and fatter figures at times of plenty, and the latter are very rare.

    • @Thurston86
      @Thurston86 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you for introducing me to a new podcast! Sounds interesting.

    • @godfreyofbouillon966
      @godfreyofbouillon966 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Oh yes that podcast is incredible, no sensationalism, all sources and at the same time awesome presentation. Quickly becoming my favourite popular history channel

    • @ammagnolia
      @ammagnolia 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      It was on its way. I mean at one point they turned into a bird cult and had people running of cliffs and swimming across shark waters to get an egg and become bird king
      ........hmmm

  • @DaGum...
    @DaGum... 3 ปีที่แล้ว +71

    Rapa Nui : *Fighting and eating eachother
    Big Heads: 🗿

  • @jcelia09
    @jcelia09 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    "When food starts running out..."
    Ocean: "shhh hide the seafood.. whoosh whoosh"..

    • @justanotheryoutubechannel
      @justanotheryoutubechannel 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Seafood did start to run out, the local fish stocks near the shore were heavily overfished, and as the forests collapsed and were chopped down the locals could no longer make large ocean-going canoes that could go further out to sea to find new fish stocks. The Rapa Nui resorted to hunting birds more heavily, which lead to the extinction of the Easter island frigate bird, which was an important part of their culture and is even featured as a symbol in their ancient writing system. The make-make religion originally revolved around frigate birds, but after their extinction they focused on the sooty tern, another species of bird, and you can see this in the writing system, in the youngest text recovered the frigatebird symbol has a noticeably different beak but is otherwise the same, and the older symbol never appears anywhere on that text, showing how the frigatebird was simply replaced.
      If the Europeans and Peruvians hadn’t caused the population to fall due to slavery and disease, they probably would’ve suffered a severe famine that would’ve reduced it that way. There’s already evidence of long famine periods in the artwork produced by the Rapa Nui so it’s clear the ecosystem was struggling to support their population when it reached its peak.

  • @Mikidy303
    @Mikidy303 3 ปีที่แล้ว +60

    and to think all this time I thought their civilization collapsed due a large chocolate egg-laying rabbit! Thanks for teaching me.

  • @rubinrendoniii7257
    @rubinrendoniii7257 3 ปีที่แล้ว +80

    Can you do one on the history of Pacific Islanders, such as the history of Hawaii and Guam for example?

    • @kimberheals
      @kimberheals 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Other than "How we Ruined Hawaii" which they've done 😣

    • @Manoatevarua
      @Manoatevarua 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Yeah but be careful with the term Pacific Islanders cuz there’s 3 different ethnic groups in the Pacific.
      Us Polynesians aren’t the only people in the Pacific.
      Just letting you know.
      Cuz you said Guam and Hawaii but the Hawaiian people are Polynesians meanwhile the Chamorro people (Native people of Guam) are Micronesians.

  • @forgivenchildofGod
    @forgivenchildofGod 3 ปีที่แล้ว +116

    Could you make a video on Native Americans and the sides of their culture the text books never taught?

    • @bonniebrindle8335
      @bonniebrindle8335 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      How is he suppose to find out any information if it’s not in text books?

    • @forgivenchildofGod
      @forgivenchildofGod 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      @@bonniebrindle8335 the text books we learned from in school always used filtered information. Leaving large portions out sense the winners are the ones who wrote them

    • @tachiinii5545
      @tachiinii5545 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@bonniebrindle8335 duh by asking Native Americans

    • @jas3713
      @jas3713 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@bonniebrindle8335 if you enjoy reading, you should check out James Loewen’s book Lies My Teacher Told Me. He has a lot of left out information there.

    • @Silentmissile
      @Silentmissile 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jas3713 what tribes does it talk about?

  • @LauraTeAhoWhite
    @LauraTeAhoWhite 3 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    I'm of Maori/Samoan decent. In many Polynesian cultures, statues were often carved in remembrance of chieftains or other important people. When the statues face inwards it meant times of peace, when the statues face outwards it meant times of war as the spirits of the chieftains were watching the horizon for trouble. Environmental and resource pressures lead to deforestation of Rapanui, larger trees often protect young saplings from harsh weather and pests. Because the larger trees were harvested it probably left the young saplings venerable leading to a knock-on-effect. The vandalism of the Moai might of had something to do with the idea that destroying an ancestor could destroy any claims held by their descendants, such as land rights and political status.

    • @phaedrapage4217
      @phaedrapage4217 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That sounds like it would be comforting, especially when the representations of the ancestors are so visible.

  • @philliplamoureux9489
    @philliplamoureux9489 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    While debating the nuances it is still clear that the trees were gone, with a large negative impact that is reasonably connected to a decrease in carrying capacity of the environment.

    • @jpvlogs8146
      @jpvlogs8146 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Europeans killed them for gold and resources

  • @ineffable_may
    @ineffable_may 3 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    ‘Slash and burn’
    Sounds like a rap duo

    • @adamsconnected5613
      @adamsconnected5613 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      A wrestling team...

    • @WAVE0025
      @WAVE0025 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Uh yeah, slash and burn
      Ok, uhuh, alright
      Thats all
      I dont know how to rhyme anything
      Im sorry
      Breaking down yo?

    • @genericstaticshock705
      @genericstaticshock705 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Slash and Burn is definitely metal

  • @sacred-chan157
    @sacred-chan157 3 ปีที่แล้ว +58

    Person 1: we are starving and there is not much trees around us.
    Person 2: then let's plant some tree-
    Person 3: how about a new God?
    Person 1: great idea!
    Nature: **internal screaming**

    • @justanotheryoutubechannel
      @justanotheryoutubechannel 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      They did try to plant new trees, but the rats would eat the seedlings, and the natural growth rate was too slow to support their population as it grew. By the 1760s, the island was devoid of all trees more than 3m tall, and 50 years later there were very few that even reached that height. Today it’s mostly just grassland.

  • @wonder-bred
    @wonder-bred 3 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    I have a pet catfish that lives in a head like that.

    • @wonder-bred
      @wonder-bred 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@josemozo9636 i'll let him know.

    • @CeliaDeVeaux
      @CeliaDeVeaux 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @Mr Mojo Risin WHY DID THIS COMMENT MAKE ME LAUGH OUT LOUD

  • @alfredthegreatkingofwessex6838
    @alfredthegreatkingofwessex6838 3 ปีที่แล้ว +270

    Well, of course they failed you can’t run your business focusing only on Easter. You have the profit of other holidays too

    • @FindingOwen
      @FindingOwen 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Tell that to those tax evaders (the Clause family)

    • @feleciaclemons5074
      @feleciaclemons5074 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @hannahstahl1857
      @hannahstahl1857 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Well... example is Holiday World in Santa Claus, Indiana

    • @SpaceLordLono
      @SpaceLordLono 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Like a Halloween store in January?

    • @adamdavis5312
      @adamdavis5312 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      These dad jokes are soooo lame ..

  • @SeekHistory
    @SeekHistory 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    It always astounds me how big those statues actually are

  • @Susanmugen
    @Susanmugen 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    "Some guess this, but there's no evidence for it, so someone else guesses something else."

  • @vonhumboldt1985
    @vonhumboldt1985 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I'm so happy and proud this video is free of any conspiracy bs concerning aliens and whatnot. Cudos! Keep up the good work my friend!

  • @MithrilMaia
    @MithrilMaia 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    Fascinating and sad, thanks for posting!

  • @bigceelos
    @bigceelos 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    There's a cool documentary that shows how a small group of people can move the statues while upright in a walking motion using only rope

    • @fosterfuchs
      @fosterfuchs 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Briefly mentioned in the video with Hunt & Lipo's book "The Statues that Walked".

  • @gironovum1205
    @gironovum1205 3 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    Talk about the Crocodiles that decimated the Japanese at the Battle of Ramree Island in World War 2!

    • @CambrieRae
      @CambrieRae 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Whoa what?! I’ve never heard of this before! 😅

    • @bennpick8838
      @bennpick8838 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Is that the one where retreating Japanese troops were eaten by crocodiles after the aussies forced them back at Kokoda?

    • @Godzillafan1980
      @Godzillafan1980 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@bennpick8838 it wasn't crocs it was Godzilla

    • @gironovum1205
      @gironovum1205 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@bennpick8838 yup, lotta people died

    • @joedelatorre1485
      @joedelatorre1485 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Just watch simple history

  • @GamingMuchTerry
    @GamingMuchTerry 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    I've watched many documentaries about Easter Island. I've read the history and I've seen a Moai up-close at the British Museum, which also has the bird cult info on the back. In just under 11 minutes, you've wrapped up all the known evidence into a comprehensive and interesting little package. I'm impressed :)

    • @thruthewormhole
      @thruthewormhole ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah I'm impressed with how wrong it is.

  • @ctrlven
    @ctrlven 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Yagirl's finally earlyy ☘️☘️☘️ I love your content so much, keep up the good work!! ❣️❣️💫

  • @blairbug
    @blairbug 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    In my anthropology classes we learned that the collapse was due to the inhabitants eating the palm trees seeds or whatever they are called. I can’t remember exactly as this was in like 2013. But basically there was a part of the tree that in order to eat, they had to cut down the entire tree. So they overate their resources.

    • @TM686K
      @TM686K 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Palm hearts. Unlike the sago palm which is full of starch and calories, the edible palm hearts of the Rapa Nui palm were mainly full of water and minimal calories leading to it's overconsumption.

  • @loumoon7660
    @loumoon7660 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    The Mayan civilization was another that mysteriously disappeared. Especially because they had huge cities

    • @comradekenobi6908
      @comradekenobi6908 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Bruh

    • @chistinelane
      @chistinelane 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Yeah, they were mysterious slaughtered by the Europeans

    • @comradekenobi6908
      @comradekenobi6908 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@chistinelane so mysterious, wonder where they went

    • @djnoise5305
      @djnoise5305 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@chistinelane the Mayan people still exist today, but I think what OP meant is when they where in their peak of civilization as a whole, they mysteriously abandoned their customs and culture, the Spanish/Europeans only met them when they were living as small tribes

    • @thruthewormhole
      @thruthewormhole ปีที่แล้ว

      It's not mysterious at all. Subtle decreases in solar radiance and regional climate changes cause the agricultural output of the region to decline to the point where more complex, urban societies couldn't be sustained. But the Mayan people and culture didn't die out. In fact, they were some of the most ferocious group of people to resist Spanish rule and colonization.

  • @DarkLadyJade
    @DarkLadyJade 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Bottom line, humans got to the island and ruined it.

  • @robertschlesinger1342
    @robertschlesinger1342 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Very interesting and worthwhile video.

  • @hippothehippo
    @hippothehippo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    A video about the Proto-indoeuropeans would be pretty interesting

  • @mr.johnzussino6217
    @mr.johnzussino6217 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video - thanks.

  • @richardjohnson8197
    @richardjohnson8197 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    As usual another well informed mini doc presented with a splash of humor. Great job!

  • @mittinman
    @mittinman 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    During 2020 this channel has been the real MVP

  • @frame-perfectadskip9159
    @frame-perfectadskip9159 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Ancient Aliens season 1- "How did they move those massive statues when their are no trees on the island?!"

    • @meaux5605
      @meaux5605 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      They cut the trees down to move them and used all of em so there's none left

    • @frame-perfectadskip9159
      @frame-perfectadskip9159 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@meaux5605 precisely

  • @caitlynmarie2677
    @caitlynmarie2677 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The content and length of these videos are a perfect combination to provide me with a decent distraction for awhile ..

  • @NITE_SHIFTING
    @NITE_SHIFTING 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Love this channel.
    Waiting with bated breath for the new decade installment:
    The 1990's.

  • @frankrep5631
    @frankrep5631 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    @Weird History
    great video, maybe you can make a video about the golden age of the Netherlands. as a Dutchman myself I am always curious about the achievements of my country (and also her black pages) x)

  • @avaneyeet9204
    @avaneyeet9204 3 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    Can u please make a video on manikarnika or the queen of jhansi pls pls pls and if anyone sees this pls like my comment cause i really want a video on her
    Edited:guys thank you for your likes i hope he would mke a vid on her...

  • @Tracy-xe9zu
    @Tracy-xe9zu 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Fall of Civilizations did a deep dive on this, but basically the fall of Rapa Nui is believed to be attributed to disease brought by European explorers beginning with Rogeveen. It's also been proven that the did not use logs as rollers, and that the trees on the island were mainly cleared via slash and burn agriculture; even once the trees were gone they were very successful using a technique called rock mulching to grow crops and keep the soil in good condition.

  • @benchippy8039
    @benchippy8039 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    I think there’s so much more to these ancient civilisations than we are told, I strongly believe they were far more advanced than we credit them

    • @meaux5605
      @meaux5605 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      They are just look at the incas building cities and empires in mountains and having mail carriers and a calendar and having knowledge of math, and the Myans building empires carved from stone and the Aztecas who built an empire on a lake. They all made things we use today and that was thousands of years ago. They made things work that some companies and businesses can barely do today

    • @fosterfuchs
      @fosterfuchs 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That's why using the word "advanced" is not a good choice. Anthropologists have started saying more "complex" societies. Advanced is too much of a value judgement.

    • @meaux5605
      @meaux5605 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@fosterfuchs but I would consider it advanced because they did these things with stones and wood and in much harder conditions than nowadays

  • @brianmay3852
    @brianmay3852 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Ah Yes, The Good Old Days

  • @ihave3dogs2
    @ihave3dogs2 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    A good way to start the morning.
    These videos teach me so much, and I look forward to them.

  • @btetschner
    @btetschner 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The place is so full of mystery!
    Would be incredible to spend time on that island, especially during Easter!

  • @williamkeith8944
    @williamkeith8944 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    "Oh my kingdom, my kingdom! All for the want of rat terriers!" Culture collapse all for the want of man's best friend🐶

    • @chevychase3103
      @chevychase3103 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      My kingdom for a rat terrier!

  • @christophersmith8486
    @christophersmith8486 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Yo weird history, amazing video as always.

  • @bensassy8137
    @bensassy8137 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I’m Pacific Islander and I’ve always wondered why they hardly have any vegetation, let alone tropical vegetation like other islands in the pacific

  • @michaelmisanik9787
    @michaelmisanik9787 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I won't mind seeing you guys make a video about Doggerland or the Minoan Civilization and how they disappeared

  • @carterround4600
    @carterround4600 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I think it would be cool if you did a video that was just one weird fact about every president

  • @randymanmaximus8419
    @randymanmaximus8419 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    These heads, Stonehege, pyramids always fascinate me.

  • @Toad_Moto
    @Toad_Moto 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Wish you would have included the caves, birdman, and aliens.

    • @urrealdadlolololol4204
      @urrealdadlolololol4204 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Post videos and do it yourself

    • @Toad_Moto
      @Toad_Moto 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@urrealdadlolololol4204 because I make weird history videos?
      Mmmkay...

    • @urrealdadlolololol4204
      @urrealdadlolololol4204 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Toad_Moto history is interesting. Go ahead and try il subscribe

    • @Toad_Moto
      @Toad_Moto 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@urrealdadlolololol4204 funny you say that cause the next video I'm making is about trail history.

    • @urrealdadlolololol4204
      @urrealdadlolololol4204 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Toad_Moto wellll i just subbed lol

  • @nataliecameron6453
    @nataliecameron6453 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Can you please do one on Indigenous Australians? Too many people don't know the true history...and believe the indigenous should just "get over it" because "it's in the past"

  • @cadillacdeville5828
    @cadillacdeville5828 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Aww yes, another upload that brings me joy 😁😉

  • @Black-Sun_Kaiser
    @Black-Sun_Kaiser 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Can't get enough of this channel

  • @ebogar42
    @ebogar42 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    They aren't just heads. They've dug around them and they have bodies.

    • @DevilFish69
      @DevilFish69 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      One day they'll wake up and rise up to destroy humanity and only Thor will be able to save us.
      static.wikia.nocookie.net/marveldatabase/images/6/61/Thor_Vol_1_318.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20200619000348

  • @AlexKS1992
    @AlexKS1992 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I’m surprised that nobody hasn’t done a “hey dumb dumb you got gum gum”. I love that movie.

    • @dcatura1
      @dcatura1 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Night of the Museum, with Ben Stiller. Also, in the first 3 Night of the Museum films, Robin Williams played one of his last roles as President Teddy Roosevelt. Man, I miss Robin Williams… what a great actor and even better stand up comedian. So sad how he passed away.

  • @Benkenobi8118
    @Benkenobi8118 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Interesting to hear the 'reassessment' of the population of the society never really being that many people on Easter Island. At 7k people, that's 47 people per sq km. Doubtful they ever had 10k on the Island.

  • @danemassie3750
    @danemassie3750 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Do Gobekli Tepe please! Fascinates me more than anything else

  • @jamesmoss3424
    @jamesmoss3424 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    The Easter island statue are a mystery. 😀👍🗿

  • @rjprivate
    @rjprivate 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Good video!

  • @jacobhiers6828
    @jacobhiers6828 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Love this channel! Only one dislike at 3.2k views, amazing 👏👌🙌

  • @natasham924
    @natasham924 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Could you do a video on the Maori people of New Zealand?

    • @ThatRandomFastingGuy
      @ThatRandomFastingGuy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      As a Maori, not too hype about this. 😂
      He can't pronounce Japanese and our language, Te Reo Maori, has the same vowels and very similar consonants.
      So, yeah wouldn't be keen to hear my language butchered. 😂

    • @ThatRandomFastingGuy
      @ThatRandomFastingGuy 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      This is a pretty good one: th-cam.com/video/Nw81to_XmXM/w-d-xo.html

  • @mrrandom1265
    @mrrandom1265 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I've watched a video about Easter Island a few days ago on Bright Side and now I'm addicted to it. Great to see that Weird History made a video about it too.

  • @agataz.3308
    @agataz.3308 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Seriously, Weird History is my favourite channel

  • @jontafferofficial
    @jontafferofficial 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    could you do a video on what it was like to be an emperor ? japan, china etc

  • @maniadhikary7170
    @maniadhikary7170 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice facts to hear from you

  • @rickkinki4624
    @rickkinki4624 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Very interesting video! I wonder what the Rapa Nui did with their dead. Are their graveyards, marked or unmarked, across the island?

    • @borisjohnsonslostcomb7457
      @borisjohnsonslostcomb7457 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Viking style maybe? Send em off into the sea on some raft type thing while on fire, I like to picture that

    • @gelenestrecker-sayer9117
      @gelenestrecker-sayer9117 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      that would make sense... I think there isn't much info on burials probably b/c the land was mostly volcanic and even tho the type of rock there is 'softer' you still can't really dig a hole to bury people. If there were 'cemeteries' they would have mentioned it and we would have so much more info to go off of I feel like.

    • @MovingUp7
      @MovingUp7 ปีที่แล้ว

      I bet given the limited space and difficulty and digging, they probably took them out on a canoe with something heavy tied to them to drop in the ocean.

  • @georgemasterson9962
    @georgemasterson9962 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    6th grade class from LFDCS say that "The Easter Island incident was truly interesting. There are many theories on why the civilization collapsed, some being the scarcity of food or trees, and some being the infestation of hostile creatures and diseases."

  • @jovanweismiller7114
    @jovanweismiller7114 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Ironic, isn't it? Columbus's sailors brought syphilis back to Europe from the New World, and the Europeans then took it to an isolated island off South America and possibly decimated the Natives there.

  • @henkgroote5182
    @henkgroote5182 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    fallen civilisations ester island does a much better job at conveying what happened. They destroyed the statues only after facing several waves of ilnesses and slavery.

  • @nedludd7622
    @nedludd7622 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    What would the island be called if Roggeveen had arrived a few days before or after Easter? I think that this one of the best researched videos you have made.

    • @DevilFish69
      @DevilFish69 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Giant Heads Looking Out At Sea Island.

    • @gelenestrecker-sayer9117
      @gelenestrecker-sayer9117 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      "Tuesday"? or maybe "Thursday"? ;-D

    • @Xiborg1
      @Xiborg1 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@gelenestrecker-sayer9117 Thursder island or Tuesder Island.

    • @mandiemoore3272
      @mandiemoore3272 ปีที่แล้ว

      There's 1,000 jokes that could be made here but honest to God it is a really good question

  • @harrysweeten9417
    @harrysweeten9417 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The demise of the people of Easter island is plain and simple, they didn't have the weird history Channel to learn from and thereby avoiding the mistakes of other civilizations.
    It's something to think about.

  • @nengthao5618
    @nengthao5618 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    My conclusions is mainly the outsiders that brought new diseases and from being taken into slavery, that driven them to where they are now.

    • @apu6216
      @apu6216 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Exactly. The same patterns can be seen across the world where indigenous people have been pillaged and oppressed, and cultures almost destroyed (by design) because they had something that someone else (European colonisers) wanted.

  • @JohnDaker_singer
    @JohnDaker_singer 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That dude became human beef jerky. “SNAP INTO A SLIM ICEMAN!!! Oh YEAHHHH”

  • @Benni777
    @Benni777 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Why didn’t I learn any of this in school?? All I knew prior to this video was that this island had the stone heads. I didn’t even knew that it was founded on Easter Day! 🤭😂

    • @ardikn
      @ardikn 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Because it irrelevant, even if you're Chilean, it doesn't matter much. The Rapa nui are one of many indigenous people that suffer from european colonists, they are just a little weirder

    • @joycejames8461
      @joycejames8461 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It wasn't founded on Easter Day, that was when the first European to stumble across it arrived. It went downhill pretty quickly afterwards.

    • @ericoakley4388
      @ericoakley4388 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Jen just think what you might have accomplished had you learned just that one fact! You poor deprived woman!

    • @jonhallberg8334
      @jonhallberg8334 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Anything that commemorates or refers to anything Christian is in the process of being erased. The commies want the obliterate Christmas by turning it over to a 'giant elf' (yeah, I know, just crazy) and calling it the Holidays. Easter was the day that Jesus who had been crucified to death on the cross three days earlier, rose from the dead. Promising eternal life to his followers.

    • @j.j.714
      @j.j.714 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@jonhallberg8334 are you actually insane? nothing but the name of the island is related to Christianity, did you even watch this video?? I hope you’re troll, I can’t believe someone can believe and say as much crap as you did. Jesus Christ

  • @MsDboyy
    @MsDboyy 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video fascinating 🗿🗿🗿

  • @MrBoliao98
    @MrBoliao98 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I always wondered, why haven't the Easter Islanders considered land reclamation for more land and water?

    • @thewhovianhippo7103
      @thewhovianhippo7103 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      They didn't have the technology and they also ran out of resources since they deforested the (native) trees to extinction

    • @pedrito6225
      @pedrito6225 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      They can't. Chilean goverment pays no attention to Rapa Nuis. They care about the island because it brings tourist. Same with mapuche people. In Chile there's no respect for this tribes and their cultures

  • @ericstoverink6579
    @ericstoverink6579 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    You should do a video on the Mississippian Culture, especially the city of Cahokia.

    • @marknewton6984
      @marknewton6984 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Interesting place. Also Lake Jackson in Tallahassee

  • @forgivenchildofGod
    @forgivenchildofGod 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    It’s like when I see a new Weird History video my thumb acts on its own lol.

  • @LAV-III
    @LAV-III 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    🗿 *vine boom sound effect*

  • @Shazistic
    @Shazistic 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Random fact:
    We may have already had an alien contact back in 1977 when we received 72-second long "wow! signal" from sun's nearest star
    -Shazistic

  • @btetschner
    @btetschner ปีที่แล้ว

    I remember seeing a special about people attempting to "walk" the statues, and they were successful!
    It was fascinating to watch.

  • @byronandrews29
    @byronandrews29 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    How about doing a video of the moriori people of the chatham islands new Zealand that would be interesting

  • @pfeilsusan
    @pfeilsusan 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I've been there and loved it!! Wish to go back some day.

  • @rantallaboutit
    @rantallaboutit 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    The moral of the story is: Everything European colonizers and imperialists touched was and is destroyed.

    • @rantallaboutit
      @rantallaboutit 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      From Indigenous North and South Americans, to Africans, to the Aboriginal in Australia, to the Polynesian and many more groups....

    • @mixtlillness9825
      @mixtlillness9825 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yup. Get ready for people to get all defensive with their, “But, but, but what about blah blah blah......” and “If it weren’t for us you’d still be blah blah blah....” and my personal favorite, “You were killing each other too!”

    • @77huss
      @77huss 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      LOL!

    • @77huss
      @77huss 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You are absolutely correct.
      Diversity destroys all cultures.

    • @77huss
      @77huss 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Picklenuggets
      "The moral of the story is: Everything European colonizers and imperialists touched was and is destroyed."
      What a racist and ignorant comment. Shame on you!
      See how that works?

  • @sanketdaduria6461
    @sanketdaduria6461 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    pls make a video on indus valley civilization

  • @mel-ec1su
    @mel-ec1su 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Why are archeologists looking for artifacts? They should be looking for a large bunny instead

  • @jesepiorlando2836
    @jesepiorlando2836 ปีที่แล้ว

    Not surprised that the could move those things. Ropes and pulleys while placing logs underneath heavy objects is a common ancient practice. The Egyptians likely used the log method and then used a ramp covered in sand and water

  • @PaiviProject
    @PaiviProject 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Wow. They had a paradise and it all disappeared. Quite the story, I wonder what was the real reason. Thanks and Happy New Year 👍

    • @IRosamelia
      @IRosamelia 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      it the history of humanity, we can't have our paradise cake and eat it too

    • @marknewton6984
      @marknewton6984 ปีที่แล้ว

      Like Pitcairn Is.

  • @damirk3
    @damirk3 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Maybe a video about Avars?

  • @okaeri7219
    @okaeri7219 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Phew im early for class

  • @The_Super_Poodle
    @The_Super_Poodle 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The rats came from the Europeans. Not other Polynesians