i think most of the ppl didnt watch the ending part where he mentioned "there are also important empires like Rome - Ottoman and Macedonian Empires" cause everyone in the comments arguing about those :D .. and lets not forget that this video about biggest empires in size ..
@Pan-European Confederate White Movement A route the sea is a route to the sea, also no, it was the west where the PLC Austria Sweden and the ottomans were, they wanted to expand westward to protect its core as their borders are just plains
Weird fun fact: The closest European country to Canada geographically is France. The islands of St. Pierre et Miquelon are located at the mouth of the St. Lawrence River, and they are officially part of France. Denmark is second, as Greenland is a Danish Territory.
@@Catani99 I don't know what you mean but I just say that no matter how big or small was an empire because it doesn't mean it was better or worse than any other. Comparing empires is just stupid, all of them had different social, political and economical structures as well as existed in different periods of time and they were "created" under different contexts
@@xxMary89xx Te digo q el mayor imperio es el español eston won los ingleses q amañan esto porque aquel unico imperio donde nunca se pondre el sol tenia el territorio cosa que Inglqterra porque ellos tenian vasallos
@@xxMary89xx Before the British made their first wooden city in America, in 1610, Spain had built 700 stone cities in America, 15 universities (1 in the Philippines). Why is the Prado Museum the best painting museum in the world? Because Spain spent 200 years in the Netherlands and 455 years in Italy, and the British spent 150 years in Africa and the frozen islands of Canada.
@@Gloriaimperial1 It was good when we came to Spain to drive your French conquerors and masters out though wasn't it? Goya would have been burned...and the Prado wouldn't exist due to French looting.
It is funny that when considering the Spanish Empire when the Unión Hiberica was happening, people consider only the territories under the Portugal/Spanish rule, like the case of the Capitanias Hereditárias in the shores of Brazil, instead of the whole country of Brazil in actuality. Which is the right thing to do. But when considering the British Empire, they take into account whole masses of land that were only in part or in different points in history, belonging to the British.
“The empire on which the sun never set “ wasn’t said for the British Empire . This words come out from the of Only Roman Emperor Charles V when he was elect Emperor 1519 ( In meinem Reich geht die Sonne niemals unter). In his blood were 4 European Dynasty which bring to him many colonies in north /south America .
@@philyt6187 No, he did not always lose, there are many examples of Spanish victories, such as the War of Jenkins' Ear or the American War of Independence. And Canada (Nootka territory) was not lost in a war, but because Spain ended up abandoning its claims. If the Spanish Empire had always lost, half of The Americas would be English / British. In reality, the greatest territorial losses in Spanish America occurred after the Spanish colonies became independent, especially by the United States and Brazil.
@@alexh2947 Yes, and the English failed in their attempt to invade Spain only a year later in the so-called "English Armada" or "Counter Armada". In fact, the Anglo-Spanish War (1585-1604) ended in "status quo ante bellum". Another thing is that the event of the "Spanish Armada" has been used for centuries as propaganda by the English with excellent results, from what is seen. But actually the event did not mean anything, Spain remained the 1st power in Europe until 1659.
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Rubbish, all of our United Kingdom & the people of England, Ireland, Wales & Scotland played a very big part in the size, wealth & influence of our British Empire. For example; if you read ‘How Scots Invented the Modern World’ it explains how our education system here in Scotland in the 17th, 17th & 19th century produced some of the ever human minds the ever known. Scots we’re British Governors in the biggest, wealthiest colonies of the Empire. The same can be said of all of my fellow Brits, we had huge advantages. That’s why we still have the biggest Empire in the World.
I would like to see a map with all of the fortifications ever built by the Portuguese,thruout the world be it of those made of stone ,wood or simply earth works.
Most of the Moroccan coastal cities have such fortifications, after the fall of the Saadi's who caused the end of Portugal (for a certain time ) Morocco entered in ultra decline mode, like a free fall in all aspect, economically, politically, militarily, culturally..etc and when Portugal became a country again, they invaded most of the coasts and built their fortifications (in some cities they stayed for like 150 years ) until the Alaouit came, and started wining wars and sieges against them until chasing them back, I visited some of them, pretty cool,they used some for movies and series (like game of thrones )
Stone check malacca ceuta azores Madeira canary guinea Angola Mozambique Cameroon South Africa portguese India ormuz muscat mombassa Bermuda sao tome principe cape verde congo madascar Seychelles Ethiopia macau nagaski Timor those are the top of my head
@@jacktripper6024 Quenya , Indonesia Brazil,etc That does not say anything to me.What I asked is for locations along the coast and for what kind of building was then used.
The phrase "The empire where the sun never sets" was coined by Carlos (Charles V), an Spanish emperor of Austrian origin who was in continuous quarrel with Henry VIII due to his abuse of Catherine of Aragon, by that time England was... ...only England
Precisely, at the time Charles V was emperor, the Spanish kingdom comprehended territories in Europe, the Americas and the Philippines, the sun never set in his kingdom. If a British monarch later used this phrase, such a person was simply using Charles the V saying. So in fact it is not me who is wrong.
@@davidlauder-qi5zv Sun: Between 1580-1640, the Spanish kings had domains (partly or totally) in more than 90 current countries. The 35 countries of America (Mexico, Peru, Canada, United States, Brazil...). 20 African countries (Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco, Kenya, Guinea...) 18 Asian countries (India, China, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Philippines...) 10 Oceanian countries: (Tahiti, Kiribati, Fiji, Solomon ...) 10 European countries (Spain, Portugal, Italy, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, France...) It is the first time that an empire has land on all continents and seas on earth. Even Spanish explorers reached Hawaii (16th century Spanish map), New Zealand (16th century Spanish helmet) or Antarctica. Philip II was even King of England and Ireland, when he ruled many of those countries.
Actually the phrase "the empire were the sun never sets" was used for the Spanish empire and when inheriting the Portuguese's territories, they had way more than what was down there. The portuguese were massive, they were in arabia, iran, everywhere
We can not forget that from 1581 to 1641 the portuguese and the spanish empires are united, ruled by the same kings ( the Philips) creating the first worldwide empire. So the phrase "The empire on which the sun never sets" applies in facto at the first time to this one. By the way, Philip the second of Spain was from 1556 to 1558 King consort of England.
@@luismarques9280 No, because the east side of the Pacific was not colonized by the portuguese, rather by the spanish, thanks to the treaty of Tordesilhas.
@@rogeriomonteiro760 Really? Portugal had colonies in China, Japan, Indonésia, India and East Timor, besides Brazil and Africa. When the idiot of Colombus was trying to reach Índia going to the wrong side the Portuguese already had found the route to the Indian Ocean. .
@@luismarques9280 Yes, you are quite right, I even agree whit the silly figure made by Christopher Columbus. At that time (1492) it was already proved that the Earth was round, just the real longitud of the Earth was still unknown. But remenber, the Pacific is huge, about 80 degrees of longitude in the equator (that means about 9000 km , and with exception of the west part of Brasil the portuguese respected the treaty. So it misses the spanish part to be a world wide empire and match the 360 degrees of logitude of the whole world. Even the portuguese empire is taught at the scool as being big but not worldwide.
@@rogeriomonteiro760 C'mon man, how can you say that? Obviosuly, The Portuguese Empire was the 1st global empire, for being global you didn't have to have colonies in every continent! As i told you Portuguese had colonies pretty much anywhere in the Indian Ocean including East Timor which has the same longitude of the Philipines. Besides Philipines Spanish Empire didnt colonized nothing more in the Pacífic...How come a Empire with colonies from Africa, América, Índia, Indonésia, Sri Lanka, Malásia, China and Japan is not global? Besides that Spanish had a Empire by luck, contrary to the Portuguese that sistematic mapped and gathered information to reach the goal, the Spice route.. Also some of the greatest sea voyages made by the Spanish were commanded by Portuguese, including the idiot Colombus... ;)
Oh hello Monseiur Z! Whish you to get 100k subs this month!) About Portugal, you can make a video about the "pink map" - what if Portugal made an agreement with British to get their claimed lands in Africa and what colonies and countries could appear after that.
@@stellarktg5149 Funny you should mention, I was just researching the Pink Map sometime ago, and was considering incorporating a reference to it in the Civil War video. I certainly be considering it.
Something to remember, is that private enterprise made the East India Company, Hudson Bay Company, and privateer fleets amongst others. While the Royal Navy was the military arm, many fleets sailed under the flags of their company's different flags in addition to the British flag. Better paid, fed, treated, and given stake, many of these fleets would grow to outnumber the Royal Navy and were the major shipping forces for the Empire. The Royal Navy was always there to throw her weight around, but the private merchant fleets are what built the Empire, while the Navy defended it.
Absolutely correct and strongly agree. In fact, the Crown relied upon private enterprise to not only start the outposts and defend them, but to build the whole financial part of the empire. In facrt, the British East India Company *ran* (administered, fed, defended, taxed -- everything a government does) India for several decades. I can not remember the name of the massacre that lead to public outcry at home in Britain. Only then did the British government step in a formally set up an crown imperial administration. !
@Gerrard Gerrard That the Spanish empire lasted five minutes? With what you just said I can have an idea of what an ignorant are you in history. To begin with, although the Spanish, French and British empires began around the same time more or less, the real difference is that the Spanish empire was the hegemonic empire for 200 years if not 300 years. And although the British empire was the most extensive territorially, its hegemony it barely lasted 100 years.
@Gerrard Gerrard In addition to being a clown, you prove to have no fucking idea, typical of Anglo-Saxons. The Spanish empire lasted as hegemonic power 150 years, and as the largest empire 3 centuries, from 1521 to 1821. The same cannot be said of your beloved Britain, that its hegemony lasted a century, from the fall of Napoleon to WW1, and as the largest empire from 1824 to 1847 (123 years). Let's see if you learn that although your country has been a recent power, it doesn't mean that Spain didn't last long, but that the Spanish empire was prior to the British one, when your shitty island emerged as a superpower, Spain was no longer anything, but the 3 centuries before it had been the power that dominated the world, especially in the 16th and 17th centuries. But it's normal that your country doesn't teach you that before you there have been other superpowers throughout history, it would mean charging your supremacist ego. In summary, the Spanish used the phrase "the empire where the sun never set " for 4 centuries (until 1898) and you, the british were the ones who used that phrase for 5 minutes ;)
Spainish Empire is 4th, not 5th... If you are based on English wikipedia, the data is wrong. It marks only 13.7 millions km2, when it should mark more than 20 millions km2. This error comes in part because it includes the extension of the empire in 1810 for some reason, when it no longer had the territory of Louisiana, which is more than 2 millions km2, It does not include territory that currently belongs to Brazil but that in 1790 belonged to the Spanish Empire (such as Acre, among others), the Oregon territory or the Nootka territory, nor does it recognize Patagonia, despite that the Spanish Empire claimed the territory and nobody disputed it (then Argentina and Chile disputed it), knowing that it is mostly a desert. Regards.
Tang Dynasty is a candidate for one of the worlds largest empire because at their height they owned China Afghanistan Tajikistan Uzbekistan mongolia Korea northern Vietnam and possible Tibet and Manchuria
@@icrushchildrensdreams4556 maybe? 1000 years ago, land you controlled is just 20-30% of the area you see on the map. Hans still claim what Mongols and Manchurian had :))
Another reason why the British Empire was able to hold onto its colonies because it paid native soldiers well and treated them better than British soldiers (no flogging for example). Plus it was all about trade which enriched native magnates. Although there was obviously animosity from some of the colonised people, there were enough of them on the payroll to keep things ticking along.
@@glasgowmcglasgowfacevotegr7049 Good point, there was a lot of genocide and crimes against humanity in those countries before they were welcomed into the Empire (Example: The mass slaughter of the 'bushman' in South Africa and the practice of suttee in India). And as you say, the commercial slave trade, which started centuries before western nations ever even thought about Africa (thank goodness the British Empire put so much effort in eradicating it, mush to the chagrin of African rulers).
@@ConanCnutKicker You may or may not be British - I am British, and I abhor the practice of praising Britain for abolishing slavery or pretending it was a benevolent progressive force when it wasn’t. Just because other empires were worse or more violent and repressive, like Belgium or Japan, isn’t relevant to me at all. It’s like if I go and repeatedly punch someone in the face for 100-200 years and then say "You know what, I’m enlightened I’m going to stop punching you in the face". The person still got punched in the face. I’m going to guess you probably aren’t British (maybe some sort of loyalist from out side England?) with all the gushing over the Empire and how it was amazing and good actually and everyone rushed up to join it eagerly (I’m changing my mind actually I think you might be a Scots Unionist, English people aren’t that passionate about empire).
@@glasgowmcglasgowfacevotegr7049 You seem angry. The fact that you didn't address the points that I made, and that you even went as far to say you " abhor the practice of praising Britain for abolishing slavery" (do you approve of slavery then?), leads me to conclusion that you have an irrational hatred/fear of the British Empire, British Empirephobia. I hope you educate yourself and get treatment. God bless.
Yes but it did set cos it was dark at some point. But cos of the size of the British empire it was always daytime somewhere. The Spanish MIGHT have said it first but they were talking utter bollocks 😁
I’d really love an in depth video of the Spanish Empire!! My family came from Spain and settled in the Nuevo Mexico colony before the Mexican-American War. Huge fan of your channel!
Efectivamente: prácticamente la mitad de los Estados Unidos pertenecieron una vez a España ( y tras su independencia de España, el actual Sur de los Estados Unidos pasó a formar parte de México, hasta la guerra de 1848 que tú mencionas), que además llegó 50 años antes que los ingleses.
The Spanish empire in America wasn’t a colonial empire. Americans were Spanish citizens the same as Iberian based Spaniards. America were provinces, not colonies. The driving idea behind the Spanish idea was Catholicism, I.e. we’re all sons of God. Thus no racism was present and you can see that easily (plenty of Indians in Spanish America, not that many north). If you read “Imperiofobia y Leyenda Negra” you’ll see things very differently. And you’ll be happy with it!
@@assistemptyltd3001 Mi más cordial enhorabuena por un enfoque tan sensato y riguroso. ¡Lástima que muchos españoles se sigan creyendo las mentiras que se vierten interesadamente sobre el período más glorioso (con todas sus luces y sus sombras, por supuesto) de nuestra Historia. Un saludo.
@Mar How do you explain, for example, that Hispanic America is full of centruries old architecture (cathedrals, hospitals, universities etc.) and the rest isn't? Not Brasil, not USA, not Canada. How do you explain the racial make up of Hispanic American countries? How do you explain the preservation of native languages in Hispanic America? I guess you don't.0
@Mar Perdona pero en España no se enseña eso (desgraciadamente los primeros en creernos la leyenda negra somos los españoles). Si te interesa la verdad debes estar dispuesto a cambiar de opinión. Piensa por tu cuenta y mira a ver a qué conclusiones llegas. Si no puedes explicar la realidad con lo que te han contado, igual es que no es verdad. Sin acritud.
Some of the current 90 countries that were simultaneously in the empire of Felipe II of Spain in the 16th century and the beginning of the 17th century, Felipe III (partially or totally): Germany, France, Italy, Holland, Belgium, Portugal, Luxembourg, Monaco , Mexico, United States (Florida, California, Great Plains, Grand Canyon of the Colorado), Canada (Vancouver, San Miguel Island 1592), Brazil, Argentina, Peru, Colombia, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Chile, Jamaica, India, China , Japan, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Philippines, Bangladesh, Papua New Guinea, Cambodia, Morocco, Algeria, Ghana, Kenya, Tanzania, Tunisia, Angola, Mozambique, Guinea, New Zealand (16th century Spanish helmet), Hawaii ( Spanish map of the 16th century), and sighting of Antarctica (1603). In addition, Felipe II was king of England and Ireland.
Very Good Video Congratulations and Very Good Explanation! I think the Portuguese Empire is one of the most fascinating, it has so many secrets, myths and achievements that go beyond what we know. The old world maps are also a great fascination, some that the Portuguese made are well preserved, people says they were made with goatskin.
Like the stealing of the majority of Brazil from Spain? Portugal broke the treaty the signed with Spain...Learn the truth....That is what is really important...not what anyone have done but how they have done it...
@The Nova renaissance This is about colonies and not about occupations after wars. Such occupations have occurred frequently in European history. Or do you seriously want to claim that France was a German colony from 1940 to 1945?
@@hiddentreasure2161 Correctly recognized. Decolonization was a direct consequence of the two world wars, especially the Second World War, at the end of which Britain was de facto bankrupt.
No, the British Empire is not such...Most of their possessions were taken by force...So in other words, people need to learn the truth about England...They kept stealing and killing everywhere they went, even as recent as last century.They were the worst pirates and looters...History needs to be re-written....The truth is being hidden to protect England...But you can read the truth in a very important document "The Declaration of Independence from their people when they escaped to America to be free from them...
@@psyclonetheseahawk9261 You are right...The stronger the nations the less honest...and the more forceful with other nations to obtained what they actually have...
At least the UK have a five party system, in case one party goes bat$hit crazy. The two party system in the U.S is being corroded by Trumpism in the Republican party😉🍻 Might be time to rip the Reps from the Trumps, just like the Progressives from the Dems, add the Libertarians and the Green Party...we have more voices and ideas in the country. Unfortunatly the Trumpists noncore beliefs will be there, thankfully the majority will just ignore their conspiracies by a majority.
The British gave back Manila and Havana because the Spanish gave them Florida, that's all. Then in the American War of Independence they recovered Florida and Menorca from the British.
@@joseluisfernandez6592 Perdona, pero en el siglo XVIII España todavía era una gran potencia; no la primera, desde luego, pero una potencia al fin y al cabo. El declive empezó a partir del siglo XIX., especialmente tras la guerra de la Independencia.
@@theangel3232 Well England has to return a lot of land they stole...They were the most tyrant of all even when they tried so hard to hide this fact it is still well known...
The Spanish rule in Louisiana had nothing to do with Napoleon. It was family business of the Bourbons. Also, they controlled the territory for nearly half a century and grew it into a very prosperous and profitable colony, comparatively speaking. Also, Louisiana and New Spain both reached into Canada, not just the U.S.
@@nou2923 Yes they did and the name are still there...Do your research...Many were immediately changed to English ones...The British and French were very good at making everything Spanish disappear...They still do it today...Like using the term Latin America....instead of Hispanic America or Iberoamerican...It was a French invention...Nothing to do with the descendent of the Spaniards...
@@nou2923 Yes they did. Actually the top is wrong, because they even reached to Alaska in the year 1740, but because there wasn’t any benefits of a cold land at all they abandoned them, and they also conquered the Antarctic Peninsule in the year 1521, and that isn’t shown in the map as well. The Spanish Empire reached an extension of 20.4 million square kilometers in that year, while the Quing Dynasty barely reaches 14 million. There is not only evidence by Spanish studies, but also form German, French and American studies that say the same. But as always you English only tell what you want, for example you don’t tell how Spain had to face 4 Empires at the same time while the Netherlands were fighting for independence, or how the Spanish Empire won most of the battles against the English, and French Empire.
@@nou2923 Spain discovered Vancouver Island, (San Miguel), in the 16th century, and that zone. Spanish Louisiana has territories that enter Canada. In addition, between 1785 and 1795, Spain had the entire coast of Canada (Nootka territory), and there we founded the cities of Cordova and Valdés, which are in Alaska.
You should do a video on the British Informal Empire which included places like China and Argentina that weren’t formally ruled, but over which the British had great influence.
Indeed, there is a plaque in the central railway station in Buenos Aires which commemorates the construction of the station in England and its shipping to Argentina and assembly in Buenos Aires in the nineteenth century...unbelievable...considering the tools available at that time.
@@ushikiii Yet you're unable to explain why or prove otherwise, now that's stupid. You see the problem you've got is that the majority of people in the western world agrees with me, every day you will move a step closer to realising, the backlash has begun.
@@englishpassport6590 : From the russian Großfürsten/ great princes, one great prince, the one of Moscow ,collected russian earth/ ground', he married the great niece of last byzantine emperor Konstantin ( have forgotten the number) , he saw himself as ,tzar/ czar' and Moskow as the ,Third Rome' after Rome and Konstantinopel/ Byzanz and used, like HRE emperor the double headed ,Emperors Eagle'. The standart of german president is the same as HRE emperor, but with a single head eagle.
@@brittakriep2938 It's Tsar, not Czar, I have no diea where westerners go that Czar idea. Sure, it smore similar to the spelling of Caesar, but we don't pronounce it that way at all.
Well done for your compact, interesting and (I trust) an accurate account of the world's empires. What has struck me, is that when home rule was given to many countries in Africa, they reverted to dictatorships and consequently denying the populace of their freedom.
"reverted to dictatorships and consequently denying the populace of their freedom" - what do you think the British were doing to them? Being jolly nice?
@@Number9s I think he says this as a democratic figure was elected in many places when they were given their lands back, and many have become dictatorships since.
@@gardevoid8412 Thank you for that thought. I interpreted it as "they were better off under the British/Belgians/French/Italian/Boers/Portuguese" which, given the current climate of jingoism in England, may have prejudiced my interpretation for instance, ‘the problem is not that we were once in charge, but that we are not in charge any more’.
Very simplistic and trope laden opinion. There’s a book called “African Perspectives on European Colonialism” by A. Adu Boahen, which gives you a different perspective. Most people only ever read books or do research from a European or Western perspective.
@@nicholaslindsey7087 The Akkadians were literally the first empire in history, and essentially changed the way civilizations think. They're one or mt favorites
I’m British but I’d like to note that the Empire shown on the map doesn’t quite represent that if the empire at its actual height - it areas such as the thirteen colonies, who declared their independence on July fourth 1776 and the German African colonies which joined after the First World War (1919, long after British America had left.
@@charliebryant1216 calling the spanish empire "irrelevant" is just another way of british coping. They discovered the americas, built missions, converted natives to catholicism, taught them how to speak spanish, the pacific ocean was called the "spanish lake." and are kings of exploration. The british empire all had land that was discovered by the spanish empire 100 years before. There isn't a single place on earth that doesn't have a spanish grave. And before you say, "but aren't you speaking english?" that is due to american influence. Cope extra hard.
@@charliebryant1216 lmao the jet engine was not a british only invention, neither was splitting the atom. If you are talking about the spanish being carried by italians, then the british were carried by the germans. Who invented America? what kind of dumb question is that? Christopher Colombus came here on a spanish voyage.. Unless you area talking about the United States of America, then the british didn't invent that. The 13 colonies wanted to be independent and when they got their independence, they decided to merge to become the United States. Plus why are you bringing up scientific discoveries, we are talking about the empires. Moving the goalposts lmao. Cope extra hard brit-boy.
@holy chris Dude, I already know that the Umayyads and the Abbasids are not the same, what I am saying is that they are both "Arab Empire", it makes no sense to count them twice because they are still the same Empire even if they change dynasty. If we did the same with other Empires we would have multiple Portuguese, Spanish, French or British Empires, because they have changed dynasty many times.
@@W.M.Pitt1 Los filipinos somos hispanos. Los americanos mataron 3 millones de conpatriotas, lo siento, aquí no hablamos el ingles, aprende español si quieres hablar
There is an error. From 1580 to 1640 the Iberian Union (Spain and Portugal) was governed under the same King (Felipe II, Felipe III and Felipe IV, successively). Therefore, the territorial extension of both united kingdoms came to make Felipe II -and later his successors- the ruler of the largest Empire in history, since he reigned over an extensive area of the world that included from the Indies of America to the extreme east of Asia, by adding under the same crown the Spanish Empire and the Portuguese Empire.
Even under the Iberian Union, I think that Spain and Portugal were still two separate countries ruled by one king. To my understanding, they didn't combine the same way England and Scotland eventually did into Great Britain.
Awesome video about the biggest empire in world history. The British Empire still exist today because the Queen of England is the queen of Canada, Australia and New Zealand and British bankers controlled the Federal Reserve Bank of the USA.
@Mantorras Montquilla Leicester is abit of an extreme though mate. Yes, there are places like Bradford, Luton and the like but honestly, the country itself is still well over 80% white.
@Héctor Santa Ana there is no way that the UK or even England will be majority muslim in 10 years... statistically impossible. Again, the uk is something like 80-85% white. The other percentage is made up of many races and religions. Muslims are not a huge number in the UK. Dont let a few big cities make you think the country is just like that.
Thanks. Interesting stuff. Of course the power of the Royal Navy and the British Empire was pivotal when Britain abolished slavery and was able to enforce and police the abolition around the globe ensurin that every other country followed suit.
It meant Britain then controlled the newly liberated states you mean.Very clever. The British are utterly ruthless but they do it with a smiling face and a shake of your hand. The dismantling of the British empire was a stroke of genius. They replaced it with a Commonwealth of which the Queen is still the head of. Where they differed from the French was that they encouraged those within these countries to see the colonisation as an opportunity and not oppression. Their genius of government, their application of the rule of law, not banning local customs, which the French did, created to the outside world a veneer of civilisation which did not exist but appeared romantic. The British were better at empires than anyone because they knew when it was time to call it a day.
@@paulwild3676 very insightful. I would only add that there is a lot of alturism to what the British achieved contrary to what the 'losing' global players would have you believe. There was no gain in Magna Carta which established the rights of free men and limited the power of governments and kings , there was no gain (in fact great cost) to the abolition of slavery, there was no gain in setting up the freed slave colonies in Nova Scotia and Sierra Leone, there was no financial gain in fighting the Nazis where the British fought entirely alone for the first two years having entered the war on the invasion of Poland, there was no financial gain from WW1 having entered the war on the German entry into Belgium which led to the break up of Empire, there was no gain in establishing parliamentary democracy, or being the nation which established sport at the critical heart of school education. These are only a very few examples.
Imagine alternative history where Russian Empire would be very inspired by American Setteler expansion West (manifest destiny) and thus, the Russian Empire, would begin a massive Setteler efforts into their Eastern Territories. This would make East, and the whole of Asian, Russia lot more populated as today it is primarily the European Part only. If done early enough, perhaps they would have larger settlements on their East side and thus maybe keep Alaska and successfully incorporate it.
The problem is the lands of Russia were frozen tundras which not very hospitable for settlement. Also Russians living in the West didnt lack territory and didnt suffer from owercrowding like the cities US had at the East shores. US was just better prosepect for settlers. Not to mention all the myths, the Gold Rush and the West coast.
The Russian Empire did settle the East in a similar way as the americans did the west, only about 200 years prior, when the first Cossack regiments began pushing past the Ural mountains. How do you think the whole Asian part of Russia was explored and colonized? By the time the americans got their independence, Russia had all of its Imperial territories save for Central Asia and (I might be mistaken) Alaska. The reason why its not more populated is strictly a matter of climate and terrain. It's simply not suitable.
First of all thank you for the video, very helpful. Just one note, I kept wondering when the Ottoman empire is gonna show up, I believe it was bigger and more powerful then most of the empires on the list from expanding their territory to Asia, North Africa then south Europe and almost taking half of Europe for themselves to their cultural growth... Also, it's nice that someone pointed out the "Colonization" part of some of these empires.
I'm literally obsessed with Prussian history, it's really interesting. I bought a very large book summarizing all of its history, I want to try and do some type of summarized video using it, but it'll take a while to do right
I feel like the Roman/byzantine empire was heavily undervalued in this video. That empire went on for over thousands of years. It was there in bce and until 1500s ce. The longest reigning force that conquered Europe and Middle East. Had the highest literacy rate of any empire of that time and before. Biggest reason Christianity is as big as it is today is due to the roman and byzantine empire. Easily number 1
If we take the beginning of the Roman Empire as around 200 bce - which I think is quite generous - and the end as 1453 when the Turks took Constantinople, which was by this time more or less a city state, then this would be 1,653 years. Hardly "thousands".
La visión del Imperio Español está recortada y es mucho mas extensa que lo que se señala en el video porque no incluye: 1. Las posesiones germánicas (Alemania), 2. el Milanesado(gran parte del norte de Italia), el centro y sur de Italia 3. Diversas plazas de norte de África 4. Múltiples islas del Océano Pacífico. 5. Desde 1580 hasta 1660 el imperio portugués queda incorporado al Imperio Español, que es el protector de todas la colonias portuguesas y permitió que el Brasil se extendiera generosamente a costa de zonas de los virreinatos españoles. Así que la extensión del Imperio Español es muy superior a lo que se señala en este video. Saludos cordiales.
Y el mapa del imperio británico es falso, ya que la India nunca fue totalmente incorporada y la mayor parte del Canadá nunca fue pisado por inglés alguno, y lo mismo se puede decir de Australia. No digamos los territorios africanos o del próximo oriente. El imperio británico fue más una hegemonía económica sobre los territorios que poco tiene que ver con un imperio convencional con ocupación efectiva y estructural como el español.
@@KrlKngMrtssn Lo que usted señala es verdad. Pero es lo mismo que ocurría con el español en el siglo XVI y parte del XVII. Todo el mundo lo hablaba, era la lengua de la política internacional, todo el mundo seguía la moda española, Dios, al decir de los competidores de España, parecía ser "español"... Pero todo eso pasó, como pasará también con el idioma inglés... No le quepa la menor duda.
@@KrlKngMrtssn El idioma español fue lengua hipercentral en los siglos XVI y XVII. En el Imperio español, que tuvo una duración de más de 300 años, nunca hubo colonias, sino sólo Virreinatos y provincias que se extendieron por Europa, América del Norte, América del Sur y América Central -por cierto que todas ellas estaban unidas por la famosa vía: "Camino de Tierra Adentro", que unía la Patagonia al sur con Texas y California al norte-, Asia y África. Asimismo, la renta media en el Imperio era muy superior en esos siglos a la media de Europa. Y en la propia España,no hay nada más que visitarla, para admirar que su Patrimonio Histórico-Artistico supone el 30% del Patrimonio Mundial actual. Solo Italia la supera con un 40%; el 30% restante se reparte entre los demás países de la Tierra. Bien, antes de opinar es preciso conocer y comprender. Saludos.
Simply outstanding! I am going to share with all the people I know! Informative and very entertaining! If you are a history buff, this will add 20 minutes of joy to your life!
@@coquimapping8680 assuming it stays between the two, I agree. However Turkey is getting more and more involved due to its treaty with Azerbaijan, and the problem with that is Armenia has a pact with Russia. If it continues conflict will break out between Turkey and Russia, which could lead to a global war as turkey is in Nato. I don't like turkey in this scenario, and I think they should be dropped from NATO.
@Youssef Elfathi But they were conquered in the 19th and 20th centuries, which you denied in the first place. And even in such a relatively short period of time these regions experienced an important development, you just can't deny it for no reason at all.
@Youssef Elfathi You literally denied the Spanish conquer of part of Morocco, which is ridiculous, I don't care how much time it was a colony, I simply stated that what you said isn't true. No development, you say? Just in Sidi Ifni, Spain built more than 600 households; El Aaiun was just a tribal outpost in the middle of the desert until Spain made it what it is today in the 60's and the phosphates industry was non-existant until Spain arrived; the northern part of today's Dakhla was built by Spain, and so was its asphalted airport. Other cities built by Spain were Alhucemas and Nador, not to mention smaller villages in El Rif which names I can't remember right now and many neighborhoods and landmarks in cities like Tetuán. I don't know if you're Moroccan, but denying this is outright delusional and a result of your commitment to forget any kind of Spanish involvement in the region.
@Youssef Elfathi From the Cambridge Dictionary. "Conquer: to take control or possession of foreign land, or a group of people, by force". You're outright denying the definition of the word "conquer". Ofc, as an Arab/Berber/whatever-you-are you had to bring up the Muslim conquer of Iberia, 'cause you don't really have anything else to "brag" about. It's just pathetic. You're right, I'm wasting my time with you. Farewell.
The Commonwealth of Nations had actually gained two new members in the last decade. Rwanda and Madagascar. From memory Burma was the only country to leave, but I could be wrong.
The dimensions of the British Empire are totally false, the control they had over Australia or Canada has been exaggerated. They actually controlled 25% of what's on the map. The Mongol Empire or the Spanish Empire were larger than the British, because they controlled the Territory
@@JJaqn05 You are false,... Also the British empire was consolidated from 1824 to 1947, by chance, Europe was devastated by Napoleon and the United Kingdom being an island remained intact, with that unfair and pathetic advantage the United Kingdom became strong ,,, SIMPLY BECAUSE they HAD NO COMPETITORS, the European countries were devastated.....
@@octavio9943 So you're agreeing that Britain was the strongest and biggest empire of time? Europe was destroyed and the UK wasn't because Napolean couldn't beat it and that already says a lot. It's an advantage that Britain earned and there is nothing pathetic about it. I could say the same for every other empire like the Roman empire and Spanish empire which only grew because it had no major competitors
@@octavio9943 When the British empire grew it did have major competitiors like France and Spain and even after the Napoleonic Wars France still remained powerful while Spain went to shit
The Spanish empire might have claimed the west coast of North America, but they never occupied any part north of California. They once visited the coast of BC and that`s it.
@pablo just pablo you are wrong, look a map of the actual Alaska, you will find spanish names, and cities after 230 years without spanish presence. Australia is the sixth country by area, you are right, Australia is bigger than Europe, but only have 20 million people, compare it with Mexico for example, 140 million people, or with Spain, that is 200 times smaller than Australia but have 50 million people, you know why? Because Spain had the best lands in America, Nueva España, nueva Granada, Perú, Río de la Plata, lot of riches, minerals, agriculture, business. England tryed to invade several times these lands for 300 years, without success, they went consequently to the north area, to Canada, that today is the second country by area, but only have 35 million people. So yes you are right Australia and Canada are bigger than Europe and Latin America, but there is a difference, in Latin America there are 600 million people, that speak Spanish, and the population of Australia and Canada is only 55 million people, because Canada is a frozen plain where you can't even cultivate, and Australia have a desert inside where you can't even survive
The dimensions of the British Empire are totally false, the control they had over Australia or Canada has been exaggerated. They actually controlled 25% of what's on the map. The Mongol Empire or the Spanish Empire were larger than the British, because they controlled the Territory
The stupid people a apart from the USA...is England....Not the rest of the uk...eg Scotland ,Wales,northern Ireland....hence Brexit...what a bunch of fann.......
First time that I heard "The empire on which the sun never sets" being referred at the British Empire. I usually heard it referred to the Spanish empire.
And you should also mention that the British took out a loan in 1833 to the amount of 40% of its entire national wealth to buy the freedom in order to release every slave in the empire. The loan was so huge that the UK only paid the final installment in 2015! That's the equivalent of America borrowing $58,400 Billion today.
There were abolitionists in England, from the end of the 16th century. Although Spain made the first international human rights, abolishing indigenous slavery in America (Laws of Burgos 1512 and New Laws 1542). The British abolish black slaves after 300 years of British monopoly on African slavery, but tens of thousands of British children ages 5-12 still worked in coal mines, sometimes for a plate of food , in endless journeys until beyond 1850. That was like slavery. Some say that the British wanted to discourage other empires from getting rich off black workers, slaves, and be in direct competition.
Putting all territories at the same time in a map is misleading to account for how big an empire was. It takes time to expand. For instance, the 13 colonies were lost before Australia or New Zealand had a British effectively on their lands. British rule over India is the same. The parameter, for me, that would really imply how big an empire was is not a question of size or land possessed, but the amount of population ruled and for how long. Rusian empire was quite empty in Siberia, or Portuguese in the equatorial forests. Mongol rule did not last long in the majority of the territories conquered. I would bet then, that the biggest empire would be the Chinese Qing
Or they simply hate the British. The way the left controls the mainstream narrative and the education system it's got a lot of the British hating themselves, which I find absolutely disgraceful.
Of course, that lesson was known before by the Romans, Greeks, Mongols, Portuguese, Spanish etc. I guess you have to experience it first hand to realise.
@@assistemptyltd3001 only 2 of those u mentioned actually learned that. the romans and mongols. genghis khan didn’t want to invade anymore but his armies forced him to keep invading so he wouldn’t be toppled from power. then the romans knew but they kept conquering because of the generals that constantly got in power due to civil wars.
What are some other big/interesting empires?
We can't forget the Romans!
German Empire or Austria Hungary
The Empire of Ohio. It is going to be global
@@ohioanempire Wait it's all Ohio?
*always has been*
M A M L U K M O N G O L
i think most of the ppl didnt watch the ending part where he mentioned "there are also important empires like Rome - Ottoman and Macedonian Empires" cause everyone in the comments arguing about those :D .. and lets not forget that this video about biggest empires in size ..
@Anthony Suarez why do the ummayyad appear tho? The Roman empire was bigger.
@@grindelz it wasn't. Europe is far smaller than you think.
@@grindelz Persia + Arabia is bigger than the Roman European possessions
@@Sceptonic oh ok I didn't know Persia and Arabia were bigger then most of europe
Why has it gotta be us intellectuals that watch videos fully?
the reason why russia focused so heavily in expanding east, was to make sure mongols 2.0 don't happen
Lol no, it was to reach a new route to the sea
@Pan-European Confederate White Movement A route the sea is a route to the sea, also no, it was the west where the PLC Austria Sweden and the ottomans were, they wanted to expand westward to protect its core as their borders are just plains
@Pan-European Confederate White Movement Ah ig Im wrong then
@@trollinape2697 I think it’s a joke
@@hamzabites1168 maybe idk
General Knowledge: Here is the map of the entire British empire
Colorblind people: Where?
General Knowledge: Yes
U blind ??check the video
Roses are red
All land is mine
And if you dont agree,
You are a lie
-British empire
Weird fun fact: The closest European country to Canada geographically is France. The islands of St. Pierre et Miquelon are located at the mouth of the St. Lawrence River, and they are officially part of France. Denmark is second, as Greenland is a Danish Territory.
and Portugal the 3rd because of Azores
Adding to this... France is something like the 3rd closest country to Australia, thanks to New Caledonia.
Adding to this, Brazil is the country that has the largest boarder with France, due to the French Guiana
the longest land border france have is with Brazil
@@seelim-3863 because of french guiana
We need top 10 smallest empires
Good idea!
@@General.Knowledge do this please
I have now created a new empire
The empire of my bed
I guess I win title of smallest empire then
Freddie Webber sorry I created a empire the size of a iPhone screen. Sorry.
@@General.Knowledge Thank you!
To all people who are gonna argue in comments: Big=/=good in any sense
Good
Good as in good at dominating the world or good as in righteous?
@@Catani99 I don't know what you mean but I just say that no matter how big or small was an empire because it doesn't mean it was better or worse than any other. Comparing empires is just stupid, all of them had different social, political and economical structures as well as existed in different periods of time and they were "created" under different contexts
@@Catani99 def good at that first bit lmao
Big ≠ Good
The phrase: « The empire on which the sun never sets » was a Spanish phrase in early 16th by Carlos V
True, the British Empire may be bigger than the Spanish, but the phrase is about the Spanish one, not the British.
@@xxMary89xx even the greatest empire had to copy a great empire s'quotes... de nada!
@@xxMary89xx Te digo q el mayor imperio es el español eston won los ingleses q amañan esto porque aquel unico imperio donde nunca se pondre el sol tenia el territorio cosa que Inglqterra porque ellos tenian vasallos
@@xxMary89xx Before the British made their first wooden city in America, in 1610, Spain had built 700 stone cities in America, 15 universities (1 in the Philippines).
Why is the Prado Museum the best painting museum in the world? Because Spain spent 200 years in the Netherlands and 455 years in Italy, and the British spent 150 years in Africa and the frozen islands of Canada.
@@Gloriaimperial1 It was good when we came to Spain to drive your French conquerors and masters out though wasn't it?
Goya would have been burned...and the Prado wouldn't exist due to French looting.
It is funny that when considering the Spanish Empire when the Unión Hiberica was happening, people consider only the territories under the Portugal/Spanish rule, like the case of the Capitanias Hereditárias in the shores of Brazil, instead of the whole country of Brazil in actuality. Which is the right thing to do. But when considering the British Empire, they take into account whole masses of land that were only in part or in different points in history, belonging to the British.
Marketing and Public Relations are more important than economic and military power. If the first 2 are correctly done, the last 2 will follow.
I got a stroke trying to read this
@Rui Patricio "Cala a boca" Lol... porque so tu podes falar?! Vai-te encher de moscas amiguito.
@Rui Patricio Lol!
@@MariaMMCardoso fiquei na dúvida se foi sarcasmo.
HE ADVERTISED THE SERVER FINALLY
FINALLY
took a while Lol
@@General.Knowledge took a while though
It took lke3 weeks but
@@General.Knowledge Finally!
Just a bunch of Brits on a world pub crawl and a good punch up at the end of the evening.
Hurrah!
Britain got all the best bits lol.
@@paulwild3676 Then lost/gave them up/exchanged for money and ships to fight WW2
@@tommurphy4094 Gave them up to save the world!.
@@TheWarriorArts 😄😄 That's a very generous interpretation 😉👍
7:40 the right guy looks like a Villager from Minecraft 🤣
Greek Warrior 😂😂😂😂😂
Wearing cleric robes and librarian hat
Hmm hm hmmmmm
Greece kill Turkey please
@@zaralexanderiiiofrussia2525 yes love Greek from America
“The empire on which the sun never set “ wasn’t said for the British Empire . This words come out from the of Only Roman Emperor Charles V when he was elect Emperor 1519 ( In meinem Reich geht die Sonne niemals unter). In his blood were 4 European Dynasty which bring to him many colonies in north /south America .
What?
Have you ever heard of Louis XIV? Le roi soleil? I suggest you check.
Yes it was. And many other empires too.
That term is literally millenia old it's been used for several different empires
Spain did't have colonies, all were spanish citizens in viceroyalties and provinces, some protectorates too.
fun fact: there are a few small islands off the east coast of Canada that still to this day belong to France. It's called St Pierre and Miquelon
mate that's common knowledge if you're from anywhere in north america
@@dangerdoge4113 Most Americans don't know what's outside their county
Many Canadians consider Quebec to be part of France also.
@@dangerdoge4113 I don't expect Americans to acknowledge it
In the UK we view Canada as the slightly French nice version of America
The Spanish empire almost conquer the whole american continent from Canada to Argentina.
Spanish empire always won to British lol
No it wasn’t a sick man of Europe. They just had lot of Revolts which was very hard to deal with it
@@philyt6187 No, he did not always lose, there are many examples of Spanish victories, such as the War of Jenkins' Ear or the American War of Independence.
And Canada (Nootka territory) was not lost in a war, but because Spain ended up abandoning its claims.
If the Spanish Empire had always lost, half of The Americas would be English / British.
In reality, the greatest territorial losses in Spanish America occurred after the Spanish colonies became independent, especially by the United States and Brazil.
@@theangel3232 well you lost the Spanish armada
@@alexh2947 Yes, and the English failed in their attempt to invade Spain only a year later in the so-called "English Armada" or "Counter Armada". In fact, the Anglo-Spanish War (1585-1604) ended in "status quo ante bellum".
Another thing is that the event of the "Spanish Armada" has been used for centuries as propaganda by the English with excellent results, from what is seen.
But actually the event did not mean anything, Spain remained the 1st power in Europe until 1659.
"because water"
gotta feel sorry for scotland, ireland and wales, they were basically the tutorial level
Tutorial level one:Wales: How to invade weaker rivals
Tutorial level two:Ireland: How to use a navy to land people
Tutorial level three:Scotland: How to unite crowns to claim land
@@BritishEmpireForHisMajesty Congratulations you have unlocked open seas
Rubbish, all of our United Kingdom & the people of England, Ireland, Wales & Scotland played a very big part in the size, wealth & influence of our British Empire. For example; if you read ‘How Scots Invented the Modern World’ it explains how our education system here in Scotland in the 17th, 17th & 19th century produced some of the ever human minds the ever known. Scots we’re British Governors in the biggest, wealthiest colonies of the Empire. The same can be said of all of my fellow Brits, we had huge advantages. That’s why we still have the biggest Empire in the World.
@@TheDickPuller well we don't have the empire, only the record
England had tea drinkers and they had alcoholics. So if you want to be in charge be sober. Scotch is even named after Scotland.
The fact that Spanish Empire section is the most viewed part of the video puts a smile on my face
faltó cuando portugal i Brasil se unieron a la corona española....fue la union, Iberica, pero los ingleses no lo van a qerer mostrar🥶
I would like to see a map with all of the fortifications ever built by the Portuguese,thruout the world be it of those made of stone ,wood or simply earth works.
Most of the Moroccan coastal cities have such fortifications, after the fall of the Saadi's who caused the end of Portugal (for a certain time ) Morocco entered in ultra decline mode, like a free fall in all aspect, economically, politically, militarily, culturally..etc and when Portugal became a country again, they invaded most of the coasts and built their fortifications (in some cities they stayed for like 150 years ) until the Alaouit came, and started wining wars and sieges against them until chasing them back, I visited some of them, pretty cool,they used some for movies and series (like game of thrones )
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And the universities and hospitals built by the Spaniards too!
Stone check malacca ceuta azores Madeira canary guinea Angola Mozambique Cameroon South Africa portguese India ormuz muscat mombassa Bermuda sao tome principe cape verde congo madascar Seychelles Ethiopia macau nagaski Timor those are the top of my head
@@jacktripper6024 Quenya , Indonesia Brazil,etc That does not say anything to me.What I asked is for locations along the coast and for what kind of building was then used.
The European Union Empire got a little smaller yesterday.
And alot less rich
@@em3876 They supposedly have a deal with China. What could possibly go wrong ?
@@lewisner wait really?
🤣🤣🤣
Praise god it gets smaller and smaller.
The phrase "The empire where the sun never sets" was coined by Carlos (Charles V), an Spanish emperor of Austrian origin who was in continuous quarrel with Henry VIII due to his abuse of Catherine of Aragon, by that time England was... ...only England
Wrong. It described the British Empire which spanned the globe and therefore the sun always shone on a part of the British Empire.
Precisely, at the time Charles V was emperor, the Spanish kingdom comprehended territories in Europe, the Americas and the Philippines, the sun never set in his kingdom. If a British monarch later used this phrase, such a person was simply using Charles the V saying. So in fact it is not me who is wrong.
@@davidlauder-qi5zv Sun: Between 1580-1640, the Spanish kings had domains (partly or totally) in more than 90 current countries. The 35 countries of America (Mexico, Peru, Canada, United States, Brazil...). 20 African countries (Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco, Kenya, Guinea...) 18 Asian countries (India, China, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Philippines...) 10 Oceanian countries: (Tahiti, Kiribati, Fiji, Solomon ...) 10 European countries (Spain, Portugal, Italy, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, France...) It is the first time that an empire has land on all continents and seas on earth. Even Spanish explorers reached Hawaii (16th century Spanish map), New Zealand (16th century Spanish helmet) or Antarctica. Philip II was even King of England and Ireland, when he ruled many of those countries.
It seems fitting for a country of pirates and thieves to steal the phrase, though.
@@lobacohahaha good one
Actually the phrase "the empire were the sun never sets" was used for the Spanish empire and when inheriting the Portuguese's territories, they had way more than what was down there. The portuguese were massive, they were in arabia, iran, everywhere
They weren't in Iran lol. in fact they got their asses kicked by the Safavid empire of persia
Used for Britain as well. Spaniards started it
So what . British proved to be larger and greater empire than Spanish. So that's how the phrase changed to British
@@NJ-eo2oc Tis, in Iran, was Portuguese territory for 230 years.
@@NJ-eo2oc And Fort of Ormuz aswell. (I'm not sure if the name is still the same today, but was Ormuz by the time)
We can not forget that from 1581 to 1641 the portuguese and the spanish empires are united, ruled by the same kings ( the Philips) creating the first worldwide empire. So the phrase "The empire on which the sun never sets" applies in facto at the first time to this one. By the way, Philip the second of Spain was from 1556 to 1558 King consort of England.
The 1st worlwide Empire was created by the Portuguese, not by the Iberion union....
@@luismarques9280 No, because the east side of the Pacific was not colonized by the portuguese, rather by the spanish, thanks to the treaty of Tordesilhas.
@@rogeriomonteiro760 Really? Portugal had colonies in China, Japan, Indonésia, India and East Timor, besides Brazil and Africa. When the idiot of Colombus was trying to reach Índia going to the wrong side the Portuguese already had found the route to the Indian Ocean. .
@@luismarques9280 Yes, you are quite right, I even agree whit the silly figure made by Christopher Columbus. At that time (1492) it was already proved that the Earth was round, just the real longitud of the Earth was still unknown. But remenber, the Pacific is huge, about 80 degrees of longitude in the equator (that means about 9000 km , and with exception of the west part of Brasil the portuguese respected the treaty. So it misses the spanish part to be a world wide empire and match the 360 degrees of logitude of the whole world. Even the portuguese empire is taught at the scool as being big but not worldwide.
@@rogeriomonteiro760 C'mon man, how can you say that? Obviosuly, The Portuguese Empire was the 1st global empire, for being global you didn't have to have colonies in every continent! As i told you Portuguese had colonies pretty much anywhere in the Indian Ocean including East Timor which has the same longitude of the Philipines. Besides Philipines Spanish Empire didnt colonized nothing more in the Pacífic...How come a Empire with colonies from Africa, América, Índia, Indonésia, Sri Lanka, Malásia, China and Japan is not global?
Besides that Spanish had a Empire by luck, contrary to the Portuguese that sistematic mapped and gathered information to reach the goal, the Spice route..
Also some of the greatest sea voyages made by the Spanish were commanded by Portuguese, including the idiot Colombus... ;)
This makes me wonder why I haven't covered the Alternate History of Portugal more often. I'll have to touch on it some time in the future!
Oh hello Monseiur Z! Whish you to get 100k subs this month!) About Portugal, you can make a video about the "pink map" - what if Portugal made an agreement with British to get their claimed lands in Africa and what colonies and countries could appear after that.
Please do
Hi bro
yessir
@@stellarktg5149 Funny you should mention, I was just researching the Pink Map sometime ago, and was considering incorporating a reference to it in the Civil War video. I certainly be considering it.
This guy sure likes Portugal
The reason: PORTUGAL CARALHO!
Something to remember, is that private enterprise made the East India Company, Hudson Bay Company, and privateer fleets amongst others. While the Royal Navy was the military arm, many fleets sailed under the flags of their company's different flags in addition to the British flag. Better paid, fed, treated, and given stake, many of these fleets would grow to outnumber the Royal Navy and were the major shipping forces for the Empire.
The Royal Navy was always there to throw her weight around, but the private merchant fleets are what built the Empire, while the Navy defended it.
Absolutely correct and strongly agree. In fact, the Crown relied upon private enterprise to not only start the outposts and defend them, but to build the whole financial part of the empire. In facrt, the British East India Company *ran* (administered, fed, defended, taxed -- everything a government does) India for several decades. I can not remember the name of the massacre that lead to public outcry at home in Britain. Only then did the British government step in a formally set up an crown imperial administration.
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17:21 Actually this phrase was used to describe the Spanish Empire, not the British one
It was used on the British empire more once it became the biggest ever to exist
@@ilikegarlicbread4657 tanks, sometimes the autocorrect doesn't goes very good.
@@dehydration7759 Yeah, but isn't cool that you steal the nicknames of other empires.
@Gerrard Gerrard That the Spanish empire lasted five minutes? With what you just said I can have an idea of what an ignorant are you in history. To begin with, although the Spanish, French and British empires began around the same time more or less, the real difference is that the Spanish empire was the hegemonic empire for 200 years if not 300 years. And although the British empire was the most extensive territorially, its hegemony it barely lasted 100 years.
@Gerrard Gerrard In addition to being a clown, you prove to have no fucking idea, typical of Anglo-Saxons.
The Spanish empire lasted as hegemonic power 150 years, and as the largest empire 3 centuries, from 1521 to 1821. The same cannot be said of your beloved Britain, that its hegemony lasted a century, from the fall of Napoleon to WW1, and as the largest empire from 1824 to 1847 (123 years). Let's see if you learn that although your country has been a recent power, it doesn't mean that Spain didn't last long, but that the Spanish empire was prior to the British one, when your shitty island emerged as a superpower, Spain was no longer anything, but the 3 centuries before it had been the power that dominated the world, especially in the 16th and 17th centuries. But it's normal that your country doesn't teach you that before you there have been other superpowers throughout history, it would mean charging your supremacist ego.
In summary, the Spanish used the phrase "the empire where the sun never set " for 4 centuries (until 1898) and you, the british were the ones who used that phrase for 5 minutes ;)
Spainish Empire is 4th, not 5th...
If you are based on English wikipedia, the data is wrong. It marks only 13.7 millions km2, when it should mark more than 20 millions km2. This error comes in part because it includes the extension of the empire in 1810 for some reason, when it no longer had the territory of Louisiana, which is more than 2 millions km2, It does not include territory that currently belongs to Brazil but that in 1790 belonged to the Spanish Empire (such as Acre, among others), the Oregon territory or the Nootka territory, nor does it recognize Patagonia, despite that the Spanish Empire claimed the territory and nobody disputed it (then Argentina and Chile disputed it), knowing that it is mostly a desert.
Regards.
In blue, Spanish Empire at its peak, in 1790: upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e2/Imperios_Espa%C3%B1ol_y_Portugu%C3%A9s_1790.svg
English Wikipedia is so wrong. T says Portugal had only half of Brazil hahah
Appreciate non English correcting english-speakers mistakes humility must go two ways when it shows
OMFG dude chill
Spanish Empire is 1st actually.
I’d like to see you go into a deep dive of the Chinese dynasties. I think that’s be an interesting topic
Ancient china was like glass
Tang Dynasty is a candidate for one of the worlds largest empire because at their height they owned China Afghanistan Tajikistan Uzbekistan mongolia Korea northern Vietnam and possible Tibet and Manchuria
@@XD-ix2cz nobody :
absolutely no one :
not a single person in the entire world :
china : DECLARES WAR ON ITSELF
@@icrushchildrensdreams4556 Tang dynasty was a little bigger then the Han dynasty but there were bigger Chinese dynasties like Qing and Yuan.
@@icrushchildrensdreams4556 maybe? 1000 years ago, land you controlled is just 20-30% of the area you see on the map. Hans still claim what Mongols and Manchurian had :))
Another reason why the British Empire was able to hold onto its colonies because it paid native soldiers well and treated them better than British soldiers (no flogging for example). Plus it was all about trade which enriched native magnates. Although there was obviously animosity from some of the colonised people, there were enough of them on the payroll to keep things ticking along.
But there was a lot of genocide and crimes against humanity as well, in addition to inventing the commercial/ industrial slave trade from Africa.
@@glasgowmcglasgowfacevotegr7049 Good point, there was a lot of genocide and crimes against humanity in those countries before they were welcomed into the Empire (Example: The mass slaughter of the 'bushman' in South Africa and the practice of suttee in India). And as you say, the commercial slave trade, which started centuries before western nations ever even thought about Africa (thank goodness the British Empire put so much effort in eradicating it, mush to the chagrin of African rulers).
@@ConanCnutKicker You may or may not be British - I am British, and I abhor the practice of praising Britain for abolishing slavery or pretending it was a benevolent progressive force when it wasn’t. Just because other empires were worse or more violent and repressive, like Belgium or Japan, isn’t relevant to me at all. It’s like if I go and repeatedly punch someone in the face for 100-200 years and then say "You know what, I’m enlightened I’m going to stop punching you in the face". The person still got punched in the face.
I’m going to guess you probably aren’t British (maybe some sort of loyalist from out side England?) with all the gushing over the Empire and how it was amazing and good actually and everyone rushed up to join it eagerly (I’m changing my mind actually I think you might be a Scots Unionist, English people aren’t that passionate about empire).
@@glasgowmcglasgowfacevotegr7049 You seem angry. The fact that you didn't address the points that I made, and that you even went as far to say you " abhor the practice of praising Britain for abolishing slavery" (do you approve of slavery then?), leads me to conclusion that you have an irrational hatred/fear of the British Empire, British Empirephobia. I hope you educate yourself and get treatment. God bless.
@@ConanCnutKicker yeah yeah yeah whatever
It was the Spanish empire to which it was first said, that the Sun never sets
Yes but it did set cos it was dark at some point. But cos of the size of the British empire it was always daytime somewhere. The Spanish MIGHT have said it first but they were talking utter bollocks 😁
@@brianmarson3427 The spanish empire lasted longer than the british one, so... shut up and behave
@@SR-jr5nh and?
@@SR-jr5nh and? which empire had more impact?
Impact>>>longevity
Who said that?
Are you Portuguese? You had a really good accent when you said “ feitorias”
It is
Perhaps
Like: ftrias! Oh, course...
I pronounced chow mien ok ,am I Chinese
@@alemgas ...MONGOLIAN!
I’d really love an in depth video of the Spanish Empire!! My family came from Spain and settled in the Nuevo Mexico colony before the Mexican-American War. Huge fan of your channel!
Efectivamente: prácticamente la mitad de los Estados Unidos pertenecieron una vez a España ( y tras su independencia de España, el actual Sur de los Estados Unidos pasó a formar parte de México, hasta la guerra de 1848 que tú mencionas), que además llegó 50 años antes que los ingleses.
The Spanish empire in America wasn’t a colonial empire. Americans were Spanish citizens the same as Iberian based Spaniards. America were provinces, not colonies. The driving idea behind the Spanish idea was Catholicism, I.e. we’re all sons of God. Thus no racism was present and you can see that easily (plenty of Indians in Spanish America, not that many north). If you read “Imperiofobia y Leyenda Negra” you’ll see things very differently. And you’ll be happy with it!
@@assistemptyltd3001 Mi más cordial enhorabuena por un enfoque tan sensato y riguroso. ¡Lástima que muchos españoles se sigan creyendo las mentiras que se vierten interesadamente sobre el período más glorioso (con todas sus luces y sus sombras, por supuesto) de nuestra Historia. Un saludo.
@Mar How do you explain, for example, that Hispanic America is full of centruries old architecture (cathedrals, hospitals, universities etc.) and the rest isn't? Not Brasil, not USA, not Canada.
How do you explain the racial make up of Hispanic American countries? How do you explain the preservation of native languages in Hispanic America? I guess you don't.0
@Mar Perdona pero en España no se enseña eso (desgraciadamente los primeros en creernos la leyenda negra somos los españoles). Si te interesa la verdad debes estar dispuesto a cambiar de opinión. Piensa por tu cuenta y mira a ver a qué conclusiones llegas. Si no puedes explicar la realidad con lo que te han contado, igual es que no es verdad. Sin acritud.
Some of the current 90 countries that were simultaneously in the empire of Felipe II of Spain in the 16th century and the beginning of the 17th century, Felipe III (partially or totally): Germany, France, Italy, Holland, Belgium, Portugal, Luxembourg, Monaco , Mexico, United States (Florida, California, Great Plains, Grand Canyon of the Colorado), Canada (Vancouver, San Miguel Island 1592), Brazil, Argentina, Peru, Colombia, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Chile, Jamaica, India, China , Japan, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Philippines, Bangladesh, Papua New Guinea, Cambodia, Morocco, Algeria, Ghana, Kenya, Tanzania, Tunisia, Angola, Mozambique, Guinea, New Zealand (16th century Spanish helmet), Hawaii ( Spanish map of the 16th century), and sighting of Antarctica (1603). In addition, Felipe II was king of England and Ireland.
Very Good Video Congratulations and Very Good Explanation!
I think the Portuguese Empire is one of the most fascinating, it has so many secrets, myths and achievements that go beyond what we know.
The old world maps are also a great fascination, some that the Portuguese made are well preserved, people says they were made with goatskin.
Agreed, they had excellent navigators. 🇺🇸🇵🇹
Like the stealing of the majority of Brazil from Spain? Portugal broke the treaty the signed with Spain...Learn the truth....That is what is really important...not what anyone have done but how they have done it...
Dutch empire. Took everything from the Portuguese lol they destroyed Portugal. Dutch started the new world. US, Australia, New Zealand.
Brittain ruled over all this.
Part of west germany:am I a joke to you?
Yes, yes it was. We just let the USA take care of it
We had taken care of enough countries so we just retired and gave it to America
The Nova renaissance and in history the king of England had been the king of Hannover as well
We didn't own that at the peak of our empire, decolonisation had already started by 1945
@The Nova renaissance This is about colonies and not about occupations after wars. Such occupations have occurred frequently in European history. Or do you seriously want to claim that France was a German colony from 1940 to 1945?
@@hiddentreasure2161 Correctly recognized. Decolonization was a direct consequence of the two world wars, especially the Second World War, at the end of which Britain was de facto bankrupt.
If we're counting the Queen as head os state, then the British Empire still technically exists.
No, the British Empire is not such...Most of their possessions were taken by force...So in other words, people need to learn the truth about England...They kept stealing and killing everywhere they went, even as recent as last century.They were the worst pirates and looters...History needs to be re-written....The truth is being hidden to protect England...But you can read the truth in a very important document "The Declaration of Independence from their people when they escaped to America to be free from them...
@@amparoalvarez9001 Well that was... Something. But I wouldn't site the US as a glistening example of freedom and liberty.
@@psyclonetheseahawk9261 You are right...The stronger the nations the less honest...and the more forceful with other nations to obtained what they actually have...
But they have the option to become a republic if they so wish.
At least the UK have a five party system, in case one party goes bat$hit crazy. The two party system in the U.S is being corroded by Trumpism in the Republican party😉🍻
Might be time to rip the Reps from the Trumps, just like the Progressives from the Dems, add the Libertarians and the Green Party...we have more voices and ideas in the country. Unfortunatly the Trumpists noncore beliefs will be there, thankfully the majority will just ignore their conspiracies by a majority.
The Spanish East Indies finally gets mentioned in a video
The British gave back Manila and Havana because the Spanish gave them Florida, that's all.
Then in the American War of Independence they recovered Florida and Menorca from the British.
@@theangel3232 So what? Spain at that time was in decline, but before...
You mean the Dutch East Indies🇳🇱
@@joseluisfernandez6592 Perdona, pero en el siglo XVIII España todavía era una gran potencia; no la primera, desde luego, pero una potencia al fin y al cabo. El declive empezó a partir del siglo XIX., especialmente tras la guerra de la Independencia.
@@theangel3232 Well England has to return a lot of land they stole...They were the most tyrant of all even when they tried so hard to hide this fact it is still well known...
Congrats on 300K!
Thank you!
The Spanish rule in Louisiana had nothing to do with Napoleon. It was family business of the Bourbons. Also, they controlled the territory for nearly half a century and grew it into a very prosperous and profitable colony, comparatively speaking. Also, Louisiana and New Spain both reached into Canada, not just the U.S.
False, Spain’s didn’t own any territories in Canada. They did in America however.
@@nou2923 US, you mean.
@@nou2923 Yes they did and the name are still there...Do your research...Many were immediately changed to English ones...The British and French were very good at making everything Spanish disappear...They still do it today...Like using the term Latin America....instead of Hispanic America or Iberoamerican...It was a French invention...Nothing to do with the descendent of the Spaniards...
@@nou2923 Yes they did. Actually the top is wrong, because they even reached to Alaska in the year 1740, but because there wasn’t any benefits of a cold land at all they abandoned them, and they also conquered the Antarctic Peninsule in the year 1521, and that isn’t shown in the map as well. The Spanish Empire reached an extension of 20.4 million square kilometers in that year, while the Quing Dynasty barely reaches 14 million. There is not only evidence by Spanish studies, but also form German, French and American studies that say the same. But as always you English only tell what you want, for example you don’t tell how Spain had to face 4 Empires at the same time while the Netherlands were fighting for independence, or how the Spanish Empire won most of the battles against the English, and French Empire.
@@nou2923 Spain discovered Vancouver Island, (San Miguel), in the 16th century, and that zone. Spanish Louisiana has territories that enter Canada. In addition, between 1785 and 1795, Spain had the entire coast of Canada (Nootka territory), and there we founded the cities of Cordova and Valdés, which are in Alaska.
I appreciate your work and would love to see videos on the smaller empires. A detailed telling of Russian Alaska would be great. Thanks.
You should do a video on the British Informal Empire which included places like China and Argentina that weren’t formally ruled, but over which the British had great influence.
And Japan
Well, if we are doing great that the US would probably be the biggest empire in the world.
@@FOLIPE True, the US informal Empire is bigger than any old empire!
@@juancamiloospinacorrea9438 I said INFORMAL Empire, learn to read bruh!
Indeed, there is a plaque in the central railway station in Buenos Aires which commemorates the construction of the station in England and its shipping to Argentina and assembly in Buenos Aires in the nineteenth century...unbelievable...considering the tools available at that time.
Great vid. Be really interesting to do more on British empire 👍
The history of the empire isn't delivered unless it's distorted for the purpose of demoralising Brits or white people.
@@MP-um3kq christ that was just stupid.
@@MP-um3kq my soul almost left my body reading that comment, the only thing enforcing it was my will to let you know.
@@ushikiii Yet you're unable to explain why or prove otherwise, now that's stupid. You see the problem you've got is that the majority of people in the western world agrees with me, every day you will move a step closer to realising, the backlash has begun.
Tsardom means empire. Tsar means emperor in Russian, the name derives from Caesar.
Caesar- Czar/ Tsar and Kaiser!
So Russia is Roman ....@@brittakriep2938
@@englishpassport6590 : From the russian Großfürsten/ great princes, one great prince, the one of Moscow ,collected russian earth/ ground', he married the great niece of last byzantine emperor Konstantin ( have forgotten the number) , he saw himself as ,tzar/ czar' and Moskow as the ,Third Rome' after Rome and Konstantinopel/ Byzanz and used, like HRE emperor the double headed ,Emperors Eagle'. The standart of german president is the same as HRE emperor, but with a single head eagle.
@@brittakriep2938 It's Tsar, not Czar, I have no diea where westerners go that Czar idea. Sure, it smore similar to the spelling of Caesar, but we don't pronounce it that way at all.
@@TheTeodorsoldierabvb : In german, i am german, it is written and spoken Zar, but i don t know, if in english Tzar or Czar is correct.
Thank you for remembering Tibet. It is always omitted from these map/flag/geography memes.
Well done for your compact, interesting and (I trust) an accurate account of the world's empires. What has struck me, is that when home rule was given to many countries in Africa, they reverted to dictatorships and consequently denying the populace of their freedom.
"reverted to dictatorships and consequently denying the populace of their freedom" - what do you think the British were doing to them? Being jolly nice?
@@Number9s I think he says this as a democratic figure was elected in many places when they were given their lands back, and many have become dictatorships since.
@@gardevoid8412 Thank you for that thought. I interpreted it as "they were better off under the British/Belgians/French/Italian/Boers/Portuguese" which, given the current climate of jingoism in England, may have prejudiced my interpretation for instance, ‘the problem is not that we were once in charge, but that we are not in charge any more’.
Very simplistic and trope laden opinion. There’s a book called “African Perspectives on European Colonialism” by A. Adu Boahen, which gives you a different perspective. Most people only ever read books or do research from a European or Western perspective.
IDEA: Most Important Empires in World History
LOL That'll be a video with a guaranteed epic comment war!
Rome and the Akkadian Empire are easily in the top 5.
KraNis the Akkadian empire needs to be talked about more! As well as the Hittite Empire.
@@nicholaslindsey7087 The Akkadians were literally the first empire in history, and essentially changed the way civilizations think. They're one or mt favorites
That would be British since your comment is English
I’m British but I’d like to note that the Empire shown on the map doesn’t quite represent that if the empire at its actual height - it areas such as the thirteen colonies, who declared their independence on July fourth 1776 and the German African colonies which joined after the First World War (1919, long after British America had left.
Great video. "The empire which the sun never sets up" was said for Carlos V in Spanish empire.
The British had 35,500,000 kilometers of land. Spain did not.
@@ein_blinde_Nashorn cope, it was said first by Spain.
@@charliebryant1216 calling the spanish empire "irrelevant" is just another way of british coping. They discovered the americas, built missions, converted natives to catholicism, taught them how to speak spanish, the pacific ocean was called the "spanish lake." and are kings of exploration. The british empire all had land that was discovered by the spanish empire 100 years before. There isn't a single place on earth that doesn't have a spanish grave. And before you say, "but aren't you speaking english?" that is due to american influence. Cope extra hard.
@@charliebryant1216 they also influenced the americas more than the british did. Tea and crumpets won't get you anywhere.
@@charliebryant1216 lmao the jet engine was not a british only invention, neither was splitting the atom. If you are talking about the spanish being carried by italians, then the british were carried by the germans. Who invented America? what kind of dumb question is that? Christopher Colombus came here on a spanish voyage.. Unless you area talking about the United States of America, then the british didn't invent that. The 13 colonies wanted to be independent and when they got their independence, they decided to merge to become the United States. Plus why are you bringing up scientific discoveries, we are talking about the empires. Moving the goalposts lmao. Cope extra hard brit-boy.
Well the Yuan were technically part of the Mongol Empire
Yes, and it doesn't make sense either to count the Umayyad and Abbasid dynasty as different. Both are the Arab Empire.
@holy chris Dude, I already know that the Umayyads and the Abbasids are not the same, what I am saying is that they are both "Arab Empire", it makes no sense to count them twice because they are still the same Empire even if they change dynasty. If we did the same with other Empires we would have multiple Portuguese, Spanish, French or British Empires, because they have changed dynasty many times.
True. Technically correct, the best kind of correct
@adam all abbasid are pure arab not mix
Yeah, those stats are made up. And talking about Brithish Empire, they also count the water extension around it. A thing that other empires do not do.
¡Viva la Hispanidad! Saludos desde Filipinas.
¡Gracias, amigo, un saludo desde España a Filipinas, de un español con muchos orígenes latinoamericanos! 🙂👍
The Philippines haven't been Spanish since 1898, they've been American since then
@@W.M.Pitt1 Los filipinos somos hispanos. Los americanos mataron 3 millones de conpatriotas, lo siento, aquí no hablamos el ingles, aprende español si quieres hablar
How about a video on THE MONGOL EMPIRE?? BTW love your videos.
There is an error. From 1580 to 1640 the Iberian Union (Spain and Portugal) was governed under the same King (Felipe II, Felipe III and Felipe IV, successively). Therefore, the territorial extension of both united kingdoms came to make Felipe II -and later his successors- the ruler of the largest Empire in history, since he reigned over an extensive area of the world that included from the Indies of America to the extreme east of Asia, by adding under the same crown the Spanish Empire and the Portuguese Empire.
Even under the Iberian Union, I think that Spain and Portugal were still two separate countries ruled by one king. To my understanding, they didn't combine the same way England and Scotland eventually did into Great Britain.
General knowledge thanks for letting me know the empires
@ZionJosh Fombuena ysah
Awesome video about the biggest empire in world history. The British Empire still exist today because the Queen of England is the queen of Canada, Australia and New Zealand and British bankers controlled the Federal Reserve Bank of the USA.
A video on the Roman Empire and other big empires would be interesting.
Learning a lot from you, thanks😊
The first empire that used the term: "where the sun never sets" was the spanish one, which predates the british one.
So you say, but I have never seen that expression in Spanish....only in English...
@@romer1816 I have been hearing that sentence in spanish since I was a kid, and Im from Madrid.
Very True
Rule Britannia!
You probably mean RULED Britannia. These days Britannia couldn't rule a sandbox!
@Mantorras Montquilla this is misinformation. The Uk is is still around 85% white natives. We are not the USA.
Simon Cheesemonkey that is true, Boris doesn’t know how to rule the small little country we are
@Mantorras Montquilla Leicester is abit of an extreme though mate. Yes, there are places like Bradford, Luton and the like but honestly, the country itself is still well over 80% white.
@Héctor Santa Ana there is no way that the UK or even England will be majority muslim in 10 years... statistically impossible. Again, the uk is something like 80-85% white. The other percentage is made up of many races and religions. Muslims are not a huge number in the UK. Dont let a few big cities make you think the country is just like that.
Thanks. Interesting stuff. Of course the power of the Royal Navy and the British Empire was pivotal when Britain abolished slavery and was able to enforce and police the abolition around the globe ensurin that every other country followed suit.
It meant Britain then controlled the newly liberated states you mean.Very clever. The British are utterly ruthless but they do it with a smiling face and a shake of your hand. The dismantling of the British empire was a stroke of genius. They replaced it with a Commonwealth of which the Queen is still the head of. Where they differed from the French was that they encouraged those within these countries to see the colonisation as an opportunity and not oppression. Their genius of government, their application of the rule of law, not banning local customs, which the French did, created to the outside world a veneer of civilisation which did not exist but appeared romantic. The British were better at empires than anyone because they knew when it was time to call it a day.
@@paulwild3676 very insightful. I would only add that there is a lot of alturism to what the British achieved contrary to what the 'losing' global players would have you believe. There was no gain in Magna Carta which established the rights of free men and limited the power of governments and kings , there was no gain (in fact great cost) to the abolition of slavery, there was no gain in setting up the freed slave colonies in Nova Scotia and Sierra Leone, there was no financial gain in fighting the Nazis where the British fought entirely alone for the first two years having entered the war on the invasion of Poland, there was no financial gain from WW1 having entered the war on the German entry into Belgium which led to the break up of Empire, there was no gain in establishing parliamentary democracy, or being the nation which established sport at the critical heart of school education. These are only a very few examples.
Imagine alternative history where Russian Empire would be very inspired by American Setteler expansion West (manifest destiny) and thus, the Russian Empire, would begin a massive Setteler efforts into their Eastern Territories.
This would make East, and the whole of Asian, Russia lot more populated as today it is primarily the European Part only.
If done early enough, perhaps they would have larger settlements on their East side and thus maybe keep Alaska and successfully incorporate it.
The problem is the lands of Russia were frozen tundras which not very hospitable for settlement. Also Russians living in the West didnt lack territory and didnt suffer from owercrowding like the cities US had at the East shores.
US was just better prosepect for settlers. Not to mention all the myths, the Gold Rush and the West coast.
The Russian Empire did settle the East in a similar way as the americans did the west, only about 200 years prior, when the first Cossack regiments began pushing past the Ural mountains. How do you think the whole Asian part of Russia was explored and colonized? By the time the americans got their independence, Russia had all of its Imperial territories save for Central Asia and (I might be mistaken) Alaska.
The reason why its not more populated is strictly a matter of climate and terrain. It's simply not suitable.
First of all thank you for the video, very helpful. Just one note, I kept wondering when the Ottoman empire is gonna show up, I believe it was bigger and more powerful then most of the empires on the list from expanding their territory to Asia, North Africa then south Europe and almost taking half of Europe for themselves to their cultural growth...
Also, it's nice that someone pointed out the "Colonization" part of some of these empires.
Not big enough
Ottoman empire to an ottoman being a storage box.
@General Knowledge .Oh we cannot forget about the 'American Empire'
You should do something about germany/German empire or prussia
I'm literally obsessed with Prussian history, it's really interesting. I bought a very large book summarizing all of its history, I want to try and do some type of summarized video using it, but it'll take a while to do right
You missed the Austrian Empire, after it acquired Spain
Austria never acquired Spain. Spain acquires Austria! :) Carlos I of Spain, becomes emperor of Germany with Spanish gold, and with Spanish influence.
I feel like the Roman/byzantine empire was heavily undervalued in this video. That empire went on for over thousands of years. It was there in bce and until 1500s ce. The longest reigning force that conquered Europe and Middle East. Had the highest literacy rate of any empire of that time and before. Biggest reason Christianity is as big as it is today is due to the roman and byzantine empire. Easily number 1
If we take the beginning of the Roman Empire as around 200 bce - which I think is quite generous - and the end as 1453 when the Turks took Constantinople, which was by this time more or less a city state, then this would be 1,653 years. Hardly "thousands".
This video is about empire size. The British empire was almost 6 times as large as the romans
La visión del Imperio Español está recortada y es mucho mas extensa que lo que se señala en el video porque no incluye: 1. Las posesiones germánicas (Alemania), 2. el Milanesado(gran parte del norte de Italia), el centro y sur de Italia 3. Diversas plazas de norte de África 4. Múltiples islas del Océano Pacífico. 5. Desde 1580 hasta 1660 el imperio portugués queda incorporado al Imperio Español, que es el protector de todas la colonias portuguesas y permitió que el Brasil se extendiera generosamente a costa de zonas de los virreinatos españoles. Así que la extensión del Imperio Español es muy superior a lo que se señala en este video.
Saludos cordiales.
It is funny how he offended your nationalist ego.
@@igoriane93 No el ego nacionalista. Solo la precisión.
Y el mapa del imperio británico es falso, ya que la India nunca fue totalmente incorporada y la mayor parte del Canadá nunca fue pisado por inglés alguno, y lo mismo se puede decir de Australia. No digamos los territorios africanos o del próximo oriente. El imperio británico fue más una hegemonía económica sobre los territorios que poco tiene que ver con un imperio convencional con ocupación efectiva y estructural como el español.
@@KrlKngMrtssn Lo que usted señala es verdad. Pero es lo mismo que ocurría con el español en el siglo XVI y parte del XVII. Todo el mundo lo hablaba, era la lengua de la política internacional, todo el mundo seguía la moda española, Dios, al decir de los competidores de España, parecía ser "español"...
Pero todo eso pasó, como pasará también con el idioma inglés... No le quepa la menor duda.
@@KrlKngMrtssn El idioma español fue lengua hipercentral en los siglos XVI y XVII.
En el Imperio español, que tuvo una duración de más de 300 años, nunca hubo colonias, sino sólo Virreinatos y provincias que se extendieron por Europa, América del Norte, América del Sur y América Central -por cierto que todas ellas estaban unidas por la famosa vía: "Camino de Tierra Adentro", que unía la Patagonia al sur con Texas y California al norte-, Asia y África.
Asimismo, la renta media en el Imperio era muy superior en esos siglos a la media de Europa. Y en la propia España,no hay nada más que visitarla, para admirar que su Patrimonio Histórico-Artistico supone el 30% del Patrimonio Mundial actual. Solo Italia la supera con un 40%; el 30% restante se reparte entre los demás países de la Tierra.
Bien, antes de opinar es preciso conocer y comprender.
Saludos.
Your empire is so huge, when it sits around the globe, it sits *around* the globe.
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Simply outstanding! I am going to share with all the people I know! Informative and very entertaining! If you are a history buff, this will add 20 minutes of joy to your life!
So... Spain was the first empire where the Sun never set?
You should make a new video going deeper into the republic of artsakh with the current conflict going on.
I think Azerbaijan is going down if it goes to full blown war
@@coquimapping8680 assuming it stays between the two, I agree. However Turkey is getting more and more involved due to its treaty with Azerbaijan, and the problem with that is Armenia has a pact with Russia. If it continues conflict will break out between Turkey and Russia, which could lead to a global war as turkey is in Nato. I don't like turkey in this scenario, and I think they should be dropped from NATO.
@@TrueBlueKangaroo Turkey shouldn’t be in NATO
You didn't include Spanish Morocco In the Spanish Empire.
@Youssef Elfathi Western Sahara, Sidi Ifni and El Rif...
@Youssef Elfathi But they were conquered in the 19th and 20th centuries, which you denied in the first place. And even in such a relatively short period of time these regions experienced an important development, you just can't deny it for no reason at all.
@Youssef Elfathi You literally denied the Spanish conquer of part of Morocco, which is ridiculous, I don't care how much time it was a colony, I simply stated that what you said isn't true. No development, you say? Just in Sidi Ifni, Spain built more than 600 households; El Aaiun was just a tribal outpost in the middle of the desert until Spain made it what it is today in the 60's and the phosphates industry was non-existant until Spain arrived; the northern part of today's Dakhla was built by Spain, and so was its asphalted airport. Other cities built by Spain were Alhucemas and Nador, not to mention smaller villages in El Rif which names I can't remember right now and many neighborhoods and landmarks in cities like Tetuán.
I don't know if you're Moroccan, but denying this is outright delusional and a result of your commitment to forget any kind of Spanish involvement in the region.
@Youssef Elfathi From the Cambridge Dictionary. "Conquer: to take control or possession of foreign land, or a group of people, by force". You're outright denying the definition of the word "conquer". Ofc, as an Arab/Berber/whatever-you-are you had to bring up the Muslim conquer of Iberia, 'cause you don't really have anything else to "brag" about. It's just pathetic.
You're right, I'm wasting my time with you. Farewell.
@Youssef Elfathi you give so stupid and dumb reasons. Accept your mistake and move on
British empire 1 second after seeing a random lil island in sea: Hippity hoppity your land is now my territory
Who knew the transcontinental and once powerful Portuguese Empire would end with the handover of tiny Macau?
The largest empire the world ever knew ended with the handover of tiny Hong Kong what's your point
@@fwebber13 it still rules falkland islands
The people of Macau would be far better off today if they were still owned by Portugal.
The sentence "The empire on wich the sun never sets" was created by Felipe II of Spain refering to the Spnish Empire.
Yet it was better fit for the british
What about the Empire of Sealand? 👍
This empire will have all petrolium platforms in the world.
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Rule, Britannia! Britannia, rule the waves!
Britons never, never, never shall be slaves.
The Commonwealth of Nations had actually gained two new members in the last decade. Rwanda and Madagascar.
From memory Burma was the only country to leave, but I could be wrong.
Pakistan left for like 20 years cuz of india stuff
@@jimbomcgee6344 Thanks Jimbo, I'll remember that. 👍
I think you mean Mozambique not Madagascar
@The Nova renaissance Yes, I remember that now. Southern Rhodesia may have spent time on the naughty step too.
@The Nova renaissance Oh Shit. I meant Mozambique. Sorry.🤫
17:21 That phrase was originally used for the Spanish Empire.
The dimensions of the British Empire are totally false, the control they had over Australia or Canada has been exaggerated. They actually controlled 25% of what's on the map. The Mongol Empire or the Spanish Empire were larger than the British, because they controlled the Territory
@@octavio9943 That's false
@@JJaqn05 You are false,... Also the British empire was consolidated from 1824 to 1947, by chance, Europe was devastated by Napoleon and the United Kingdom being an island remained intact, with that unfair and pathetic advantage the United Kingdom became strong ,,, SIMPLY BECAUSE they HAD NO COMPETITORS, the European countries were devastated.....
@@octavio9943 So you're agreeing that Britain was the strongest and biggest empire of time? Europe was destroyed and the UK wasn't because Napolean couldn't beat it and that already says a lot. It's an advantage that Britain earned and there is nothing pathetic about it. I could say the same for every other empire like the Roman empire and Spanish empire which only grew because it had no major competitors
@@octavio9943 When the British empire grew it did have major competitiors like France and Spain and even after the Napoleonic Wars France still remained powerful while Spain went to shit
Portugal was left a tiny part of India - Goa.
“Counts”
*Shows Count Dooku*
Dooku also sounds like Duke
@@legoleviathan6411 :O
I'd love to see a video focusing on ancient empires
When the Qing Dynasty is bigger than the Spanish Empire: 🤯
Me: *There is some favoritism here*
yes, Spain reached its maximum extent when it anexed Portugal and its colonies but he didnt want to include it becaues, ya know, he is portuguese.
@@salaminedandco.588 Even without including those portuguese territories, I'm sure Spanish Empire is bigger than the Qing Dynasty.
Spainard
I mean even #7 was literally #8 with lost territories... IDK what the ordering was for in that video, but it feels wrong...
@@salaminedandco.588 Portugal stole most of Brazil from Spain...They did not respect the treaty of Tordesillas...
Spain didn't rule Portugal, they formed a United Kingdom.
4# Spanish Empire 20 000 000 km²
The Spanish Empire where the sun never went down.
Ottoman was also very big like portuquese empire (with his vassals)
well before Ottoman there are bigger empires .. even Roman Empire couldnt make it to top 10 for size list so its understandable :)
Portuguese Empire was global....
Yeah but this is the biggest and the Ottomans would under no circumstances get into the list
luis marques ottoman too he had vassal in indonasia aceh
@@papazataklaattiranimam not in the same league...
Hey FYI it’s not “seeked” the word is ‘sought’. An irregular verb.
Ιn 1791 Spain ruled from Chile through Anchorange in Alaska.
@pablo just pablo of course what do you mean??
The Spanish empire might have claimed the west coast of North America, but they never occupied any part north of California. They once visited the coast of BC and that`s it.
@pablo just pablo you are wrong, look a map of the actual Alaska, you will find spanish names, and cities after 230 years without spanish presence.
Australia is the sixth country by area, you are right, Australia is bigger than Europe, but only have 20 million people, compare it with Mexico for example, 140 million people, or with Spain, that is 200 times smaller than Australia but have 50 million people, you know why? Because Spain had the best lands in America, Nueva España, nueva Granada, Perú, Río de la Plata, lot of riches, minerals, agriculture, business. England tryed to invade several times these lands for 300 years, without success, they went consequently to the north area, to Canada, that today is the second country by area, but only have 35 million people.
So yes you are right Australia and Canada are bigger than Europe and Latin America, but there is a difference, in Latin America there are 600 million people, that speak Spanish, and the population of Australia and Canada is only 55 million people, because Canada is a frozen plain where you can't even cultivate, and Australia have a desert inside where you can't even survive
British empire then
British empire now: Britain left the EU chat
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Best thing we have done Canzuk here we come🇭🇲🇨🇦🇬🇧
The dimensions of the British Empire are totally false, the control they had over Australia or Canada has been exaggerated. They actually controlled 25% of what's on the map. The Mongol Empire or the Spanish Empire were larger than the British, because they controlled the Territory
The stupid people a apart from the USA...is England....Not the rest of the uk...eg Scotland ,Wales,northern Ireland....hence Brexit...what a bunch of fann.......
@@frankiedeans7637 Imagine calling the English dumb when you can't even fucking spell. The English are some of the smartest people in Europe
Do the top 10 smallest next.
very intersting, thank you, you did miss however a few spanish colonies in Africa, Like some parts of Morocco and Equatorial Guinea
I'm in a bus with no headphones and there are no titles :(
I felt that bro :c
congrats you're first
@@OberstTeuton I was...
@@ultrassjmappers5724 not
So be "that guy" who plays things out loud on a bus
First time that I heard "The empire on which the sun never sets" being referred at the British Empire. I usually heard it referred to the Spanish empire.
The Irish response to the British empire being the "empire on which the sun never sets", was "because you couldn't trust the bastards in the dark"!🤣🤣🤣
Tenho orgulho do meu país e da sua estória e vida
Portugal
História*
@@thelawisthelaw2399 Também existe "estória", mas é usada para histórias fictícias se eu não me engano, tipo contos
@@dinisv.25 Disso eu sei, mas de acordo ao contexto que se fala, o termo certo seria "história"
@@dinisv.25 nao, isso e no ingles que existe history e story, em portugal nao existe
@@kohaku2306 existe sim, aprende-se na escola
And you should also mention that the British took out a loan in 1833 to the amount of 40% of its entire national wealth to buy the freedom in order to release every slave in the empire. The loan was so huge that the UK only paid the final installment in 2015! That's the equivalent of America borrowing $58,400 Billion today.
There were abolitionists in England, from the end of the 16th century. Although Spain made the first international human rights, abolishing indigenous slavery in America (Laws of Burgos 1512 and New Laws 1542). The British abolish black slaves after 300 years of British monopoly on African slavery, but tens of thousands of British children ages 5-12 still worked in coal mines, sometimes for a plate of food , in endless journeys until beyond 1850. That was like slavery. Some say that the British wanted to discourage other empires from getting rich off black workers, slaves, and be in direct competition.
Putting all territories at the same time in a map is misleading to account for how big an empire was. It takes time to expand. For instance, the 13 colonies were lost before Australia or New Zealand had a British effectively on their lands. British rule over India is the same. The parameter, for me, that would really imply how big an empire was is not a question of size or land possessed, but the amount of population ruled and for how long. Rusian empire was quite empty in Siberia, or Portuguese in the equatorial forests. Mongol rule did not last long in the majority of the territories conquered. I would bet then, that the biggest empire would be the Chinese Qing
only a fraction of indi was part of and speak english
The British Empire is by far the biggest and most influential in history. Anyone who disagrees is clueless about history.
Or they simply hate the British. The way the left controls the mainstream narrative and the education system it's got a lot of the British hating themselves, which I find absolutely disgraceful.
@@MP-um3kq To be honest though, I hate us as well right now when it comes to the media and this Covid 19 bullshit.
We the British learned that empires can only grow so big. Then you have to step back
Of course, that lesson was known before by the Romans, Greeks, Mongols, Portuguese, Spanish etc. I guess you have to experience it first hand to realise.
Its a process
@@assistemptyltd3001 only 2 of those u mentioned actually learned that. the romans and mongols. genghis khan didn’t want to invade anymore but his armies forced him to keep invading so he wouldn’t be toppled from power. then the romans knew but they kept conquering because of the generals that constantly got in power due to civil wars.
"continental expansion was never an option, because water"
The British Navy: You looking down on us, chap?
Dutch Navy: That's a nice flagship you got there!
@@Thingadong British Navy: aaaw look how tiny it is. adorable and squishy