WE WILL NOT STOP UNTILL THIS IS ANSWERED LIKE THIS POST SPREAD THE MESSAGE WHY DIDNT EAST GERMANY (DGR) GET THE FORMER EASTERN TERRITORIES BECAUSE SURELY USSR WOULD WANT A MORE POWERFUL ALLIE AND ALSO THINK ABOUT THE LIVES AND CULTURE LOST ASLO WHY DIDNT THEY GIVE SUDETLAND TO AUSTRIA
@@sahibbhadal 1. USSR wanted an ice free port in the Baltic Sea. So it took east prussia (Kaliningrad) 2. USSR took reparations from Germany by plundering all of the industry and resources of East Germany. If it cared at all about having a strong ally, it wouldn’t have left the country completely destitute. 3. Why would the Allies have rewarded Austria in any way, shape, or form? 4. The Sudentenland was a natural geographical defense point, and critical to the Czech sovereignty. 5. To ensure Germany would never pose a threat to eastern Europe again (but probably mostly to ensure USSR dominance of Eastern Europe), all of Prussia was given to Poland (except for Kaliningrad)
They didn't think they could take them on, but then the Mongols withdrew from Hungary & Poland and basically never came back. So they stopped caring. As for the invasion of the Muslim world the Europeans welcomed it but also realised they were in serious trouble from them.
"How did the Roman world react to the eruption of Mt Vesuvius and the destruction of Pompeii?" would be an interesting one. It was at what was basically the peak of power of the Roman Empire and it happened on the Italian Penninsula.
As expecting, it was quite shocking. Emperor Titus would come the twice in the region after the eruption to personally overseas helping the population that survived.
Fun fact: Only 0.6% of Kuwaiti land area is considered arable. Bonus fact: According to the World Bank, Kuwait has the fourth highest per capita income in the world..
Hi I am from Kuwait and I am Kuwaiti. I really enjoyed this documentary and I actually learned some things that I didn’t know about my own country ha ha. Take care and have a great day :-).
this channel did not do their homework very well. According to David Klein at The California State University, Northridge on January 2003, article --> 'Mechanisms of Western Domination: A Short History of Iraq and Kuwait'. under the 'Early History' section, he says '"Kuwait," the word for "small human settlement," was so named by Iraqi rulers of that era. Throughout the nineteenth century and up to World War I, Kuwait was a "Qadha," a district within the Basra Province'
Dibbs was a historically recognized form of claiming land during the good old days of empire building and everyone respected the laws of dibbs 😁 ( except for the poor suckers who already lived there )
As an iraqi it doesn’t bothers me at all kuwait have their own independence and freedom all i want is stability and peace in this region after centuries of war
@@Kiddos77 would be kinda cool if the 2 countries combined, the cultures aren’t too different and the wealth of the country would be insane. Middle East is too divided imo. Either way, love to all my Kuwaiti brothers, we Iraqis have nothing but love.
@@hussainm8415 do we really need to point the facts Iraq is pretty well known for being the oldest civilization it belongs to them before any of the invasions and colonization
فعلاً العراق و الكويت عانو من حروب الكويت كانت تحارب من جهة الجزيرة و العراقة من جهة ألدولة العثمانية و ايران لاكن الكويت تحسنت سنة 1961 و اتمنى ان يصبح. العراق بل امن وامان 🇰🇼❤️🇮🇶
@@davidreynov4481 qatar and bahrain were british terriories along uae and oman until the 70s and also saudi arabia was experiencing its own islamic revolution which is the reason why they are exactly strict
Well, in this case the borders look strange due to almost nothing to base them on due to the terrain. Same can be said about many other countries with deserts at the borders.
@@matts6816 No it didn't, Kuwait was always a part of Iraq, even in the ancient history, however, the people living there are a mix of saudis, persians and iraqis, but mainly saudi arabs.
Merged two different pronunciations of Nejd, the first being, well, Nejd, and the other being Neyd [which is what Kuwaitis of Nejdi descent call it]. The irony is that Kuwait's Sheikh Mubarak I [known as Mubarak the Great, or the Lion of the Peninsula] was one of the major reasons the Kingdom of Nejd grew to become the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. That didn't quite work out for us, but it does mean we have some interesting history here. For a while it was a love/hate relationship between the two countries, but things have improved since then. Kuwait's unique role and position in the region has kinda turned us into the Switzerland of the Arab World, in that we're not exceptionally heavily armed, but are the first to step in to mediate touchy situations between our various neighbours since we have good relations with all of them.
@@syriansayf that's a very hostile take towards an entire region. There are problematic elements, definitely, typically at the government level. But remember when you say that that you're condemning everyone that lives there as well.
The italian troops in China fought the japanese hard in 1943, while they guarded the city of Tianjin and other european concessions. One of the more weirder confrontations of the war
saudi arabia is kuwaits closest ally and im kuwaiti myself and u can ask any kuwaiti and they will say saudi is our closest and they helped us the most when we needed it king fahad once said if kuwait falls saudi falls with it and iraq is slowly moving on ig
Remember when this channel used to be called 10 minute history? Knocking 6 minutes off the vids means he can give us more content (which is a good thing IMO.)
this channel did not do their homework very well. According to David Klein at The California State University, Northridge on January 2003, article --> 'Mechanisms of Western Domination: A Short History of Iraq and Kuwait'. under the 'Early History' section, he says '"Kuwait," the word for "small human settlement," was so named by Iraqi rulers of that era. Throughout the nineteenth century and up to World War I, Kuwait was a "Qadha," a district within the Basra Province'
this channel did not do their homework very well. According to David Klein at The California State University, Northridge on January 2003, article --> 'Mechanisms of Western Domination: A Short History of Iraq and Kuwait'. under the 'Early History' section, he says '"Kuwait," the word for "small human settlement," was so named by Iraqi rulers of that era. Throughout the nineteenth century and up to World War I, Kuwait was a "Qadha," a district within the Basra Province'
It's an old long story and thing's happened over 300 years ago . it's not for iraq or Saudis or ottomans. First owners for that land was a local tribe named (banikhaled) ruled the eastern region of Arabian peninsula and other areas gave it to al Sobah family. That's what I know and you better check out you self if im not right someone tell us by a link cause im not very sour
I'm Iraqi, I was born 45km off the border of Kuwait. We share the same culture, language and even blood connections. But Kuwait is an independent state and we all believe so. The problem is the more north you go, the more some people think that Kuwait is just part of Basra and should've been annexed. Just lack of education on history and pure greed in a small rich neighbouring country.
I am with the independence of every group of people who agree to rule themselves by themselves, but the majority of Iraqis do not agree with your opinion or with my opinion. Do you agree with my opinion regarding the independence of Kurdistan, whose Kurdish owners different in everything with the Arabs and the Turks?!
0:47 As a British person, I can confirm that is is a completely historically accurate depiction of colonisation and the expansion of the British Empire.
Fun Fact: Kuwait's currency, the Dinar, is currently the strongest in the world, with a conversion (as of August 30th, 2021) of 3.33 US Dollars to 1 Kuwaiti Dinar. Because of this, it has not only a 1/2 Dinar banknote, but also a 1/4 Dinar banknote, and also it's currency is subdivided into thousandths, not hundredths.
this channel did not do their homework very well. According to David Klein at The California State University, Northridge on January 2003, article --> 'Mechanisms of Western Domination: A Short History of Iraq and Kuwait'. under the 'Early History' section, he says '"Kuwait," the word for "small human settlement," was so named by Iraqi rulers of that era. Throughout the nineteenth century and up to World War I, Kuwait was a "Qadha," a district within the Basra Province'
As a Kuwaiti 😂 the title stopped my heart But the content is good and simple to summarise kuwait history. We fought everyone for our independent and freedom. I'm proud to be a Kuwaiti women 😍 . Thanks for the video . It made my day 🤣.
When you lose all your allies after you accumulated one of the largest militaries in the world you start popping up on most countries watch list, and all they had to do was pretend that they don't care and just wait for Saddam to do something stupid.
as a kuwaiti I feel we’ve survived the worst. the earlier saudi states, the founder of the third (and current) state was raised in kuwait after his father sought refuge from ottomans, so the southern kwti borders are stable enuff. kuwait-iran relations r semi-cordial too. iraq remains troubled internally n will likely (sadly) remain so for the foreseeable future. regionally, we’re also far less hawkish foreign policy wise so we’ll prob remain *existing* for longer :)
2:13 so they complained that kuwait was a result of foreign meddling, while Iraq itself is a result of foreign meddling? At least Kuwait has a history as an independent country.
@احمد ضياء when you said Kuwait was a Province of a another country and not a state i knew you’re a brainwashed saddam lover who still believes saddam lies, Kuwait was independent way before iraq and Saud arabia, if anything iraq is the province of other countries 😂
Yep, the irony of *Iraq* considering *anybody* else to be a "fake country" is hilarious. Iraq was literally created by the British as a consolation prize for Faisal bin Hussein after neither France nor the Syrians would let him be King of Syria like he wanted. And Faisal was just as foreign as the British, being from Hejaz (now the west coastal region of Saudi Arabia).
@@TorIverWilhelmsen fun fact: it was this deal that would later prevent Norway from suffering a fate like Ireland, with its famine where people dearly craved for having potatoes in their mouth.
There 39 countries in the Gulf War coalition against Iraq. Afghanistan, Argentina, Australia, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belgium, Canada, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, Honduras, Hungary, Italy, Kuwait, Morocco, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Niger, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Syria, Turkey, the UK, US, and UAE.
As a Kuwaiti I always find it pretty interesting to see videos about my country, We may be small in size, but we pretty much seem to have a huge impact seeing how neighbors can't keep their eyes off of us.
2:10 “... Iraq, whose people saw Kuwait’s independence as unnatural and only the result of foreign meddling” Yes, because Iraq itself was certainly none of that.
@احمد ضياء All countries are created. Iraq as a geographical region existed but the country with its current borders was a result of skyes picot. Prior to that, you did not have a ruler of Iraq. It was a part of some other nation or empire.
@@maantang the country of iraq wasn’t invented until the British but in the ancient periods Assyria and I think Babylon was referred sometimes as “iraq”
@@maantang well “it was part of some other nation or empire” we could say that to all countries iraq for a time was the first empire to ever exist I wasn’t called iraq of course but it’s like saying Gauls isn’t the french of the antic period while french ppl see Gauls as their ancestors
believe in Jesus that he died for you and was revived there after to make your life better and to go to heaven to what I mean go read or order the bible
this channel did not do their homework very well. According to David Klein at The California State University, Northridge on January 2003, article --> 'Mechanisms of Western Domination: A Short History of Iraq and Kuwait'. under the 'Early History' section, he says '"Kuwait," the word for "small human settlement," was so named by Iraqi rulers of that era. Throughout the nineteenth century and up to World War I, Kuwait was a "Qadha," a district within the Basra Province'
this channel did not do their homework very well. According to David Klein at The California State University, Northridge on January 2003, article --> 'Mechanisms of Western Domination: A Short History of Iraq and Kuwait'. under the 'Early History' section, he says '"Kuwait," the word for "small human settlement," was so named by Iraqi rulers of that era. Throughout the nineteenth century and up to World War I, Kuwait was a "Qadha," a district within the Basra Province'
this channel did not do their homework very well. According to David Klein at The California State University, Northridge on January 2003, article --> 'Mechanisms of Western Domination: A Short History of Iraq and Kuwait'. under the 'Early History' section, he says '"Kuwait," the word for "small human settlement," was so named by Iraqi rulers of that era. Throughout the nineteenth century and up to World War I, Kuwait was a "Qadha," a district within the Basra Province'
this channel did not do their homework very well. According to David Klein at The California State University, Northridge on January 2003, article --> 'Mechanisms of Western Domination: A Short History of Iraq and Kuwait'. under the 'Early History' section, he says '"Kuwait," the word for "small human settlement," was so named by Iraqi rulers of that era. Throughout the nineteenth century and up to World War I, Kuwait was a "Qadha," a district within the Basra Province'
this channel did not do their homework very well. According to David Klein at The California State University, Northridge on January 2003, article --> 'Mechanisms of Western Domination: A Short History of Iraq and Kuwait'. under the 'Early History' section, he says '"Kuwait," the word for "small human settlement," was so named by Iraqi rulers of that era. Throughout the nineteenth century and up to World War I, Kuwait was a "Qadha," a district within the Basra Province'
British Soldier... not English soldier... England hasn't had an Army since the last time it was a sovereign nation, which was in 1707... since then theirs been only a British Army, with a number of regiments from the four home nations.
RANDOM FACT The war to protect Kuwait’s independence involved a coalition of nations larger than the Second World War had mustered up. What would come to be known as the Gulf War saw a massive 1v34 war which Iraq wo- Just kidding. Who would be able to win a damn 1v34? (Besides the 34)
@@alarabi98 I don't think the histories are too comparable, they're superficially similar, Poland even had the Free City of Cracow which was ultimately subsumed by Poland, how would you even partition Kuwait?
Successful people don't become that way overnight. What most people see at a glance- wealth, a great career, purpose-is the result of hard work and hustle over time. I pray that anyone who reads this will be successful in life..
It's not about watching videos and wasting your time and strategy, I was ignorant doing so...I decided to try Mrs Serenay and ever since then she has made about $38,000 for every $4,000 I invested
"When did Britain and Germany become enemies?" could be an interesting topic, in 1812 they were fighting France together, then 100 years later it's France and Britain fighting Germany.
The naval arms race worried Britain that soon Germany would have a powerful army and navy to rival its own. It would be a threat to the concept of the European balance of power. Plus King Edward VII of Britain and Kaiser Wilhelm II hated each other.
@@DK-tv6rk Ahh thanks for the info, I knew about the Anglo-German naval arms race but always wondered if it was just that or if there were other factors that changed opinion
Great video but just one comment: 2:15 you mention there was a movement to “unite” Kuwait & Iraq both in Iraq and in Kuwait. It’s important to note that if there was any sort of movement from people in Kuwait towards this, they were a tiny tiny minority and almost entirely consisted of people who were Iraqi by origin.
this channel did not do their homework very well. According to David Klein at The California State University, Northridge on January 2003, article --> 'Mechanisms of Western Domination: A Short History of Iraq and Kuwait'. under the 'Early History' section, he says '"Kuwait," the word for "small human settlement," was so named by Iraqi rulers of that era. Throughout the nineteenth century and up to World War I, Kuwait was a "Qadha," a district within the Basra Province'
The simple answer is : Kuwait has always been an independent Emirate since it formation in the 18th century, it had it own political system, it own currency, and it own flag.. and Kuwait did really well preserving its independence for 4 centuries.
@Big Foodie i think that was more like a region, not a country, let's take kurdistan for example, they have their own government, but they are still part of iraq and under the iraqi rule
I love this channel, its such an amazing blend of reality, humour, easy to understand history and without bias. These videos answer questions I never knew I had and I love it. Keep up the amazing work!
this channel did not do their homework very well. According to David Klein at The California State University, Northridge on January 2003, article --> 'Mechanisms of Western Domination: A Short History of Iraq and Kuwait'. under the 'Early History' section, he says '"Kuwait," the word for "small human settlement," was so named by Iraqi rulers of that era. Throughout the nineteenth century and up to World War I, Kuwait was a "Qadha," a district within the Basra Province'
Simply , we chose our sheikh by choice, and we chose the family that deserves to rule us, and we have stood with them all these years together , the Al-Sabah family, and our brothers in the Gulf, Saudi Arabia in particular. i love you guys
The original name was E-Sabbah or Es-Sabbah because the L was switched to an S for easy of pronunciation . This is correct Arabic Language Rules … learn your language.
All Arab gulf countries people/citizens are like sheep, cows, and buffalos and the reason is because the people will be lost without a sheikh, sultan, or king. They always need someone to look after them like sheep. They don’t know how to deal with democracy. Too weak (brain and braveness wise)
I was on a rotation to Kuwait for about a month earlier this year and the terrain and climate was so terrible I was wondering why people chose to live there, even funnier that countries went through so much hassle to take it over.
Summer huh? Poor guy, weather’s decent in winter and it’s climate is not what my country is good for bro lol Other than like, no natural disasters other than dust storms
cus we have no taxes and the economey is solid, its not that hard to get a job and being homeless is extremely rare. You get used to the weather if you lived there ur entire life but going out in summer is hell
I mean in all honesty Kuwait is a country without purpose. That being said, the entire idea that a country needs purpose to begin with is very artificial one. Like, sure, Kuwait doesn't seem to have purpose. But at the same time you are a better country that both Iraq and Saudi Arabia to live in. So whatever Kuwait did, apparently it trying to stay independent was a very good idea. It's kinda be successful without some megapurpose. Then to have Africa's standard of living or medieval laws like Iraq and SA do, imho.
@Big Foodie so what? This is just a bunch of small Arab tribes that are no different from other Arab tribes elsewhere around that have been artificially packed together and sustained by the west simply because of the strategic location of the place. And by mere luck the place got oil so life is quite prosperous. Basically Kuwait isn't very different from Belgium - a totally artificial country. Its only two purposes are serving west's strategic interests in the region and making sure it keeps some control over its economy so locals could live quite wealthy lives. Other than that Kuwait has no purpose. And that's fine - having no purpose is better than having dumb purposes like so many other countries.
@Big Foodie technically thinking that you are somehow special because of a place that you are from is haram in Islam. Aren't y all supposed to be Muslims there.
this channel did not do their homework very well. According to David Klein at The California State University, Northridge on January 2003, article --> 'Mechanisms of Western Domination: A Short History of Iraq and Kuwait'. under the 'Early History' section, he says '"Kuwait," the word for "small human settlement," was so named by Iraqi rulers of that era. Throughout the nineteenth century and up to World War I, Kuwait was a "Qadha," a district within the Basra Province'
The Brit jumping out of the sand is the funniest thing I've seen on this channel, and the single best representation of British imperialism ever. Genius.
"Why does Kuwait Exist?" - Asked Hussein calmly
It was a part of basra
@@MesoMan77 It was apart of your Mom (she's obese)
@@Bread-nx9fo it was part of his dad as well (conjoined twins)
@@gavriloprincip9634 it was john Cena's
SEMEN!
Movie adaptation: *Angry Saddam noises*
So basically Kuwait is the Luxembourg of the Arab world: Everyone wanted it so nobody in the end could have it.
You know as a Kuwaiti... That's probably the best comparison I've heard.
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WHY DIDNT EAST GERMANY (DGR) GET THE FORMER EASTERN TERRITORIES BECAUSE SURELY USSR WOULD WANT A MORE POWERFUL ALLIE AND ALSO THINK ABOUT THE LIVES AND CULTURE LOST ASLO WHY DIDNT THEY GIVE SUDETLAND TO AUSTRIA
@@sahibbhadal i also wondered why
@@sahibbhadal
1. USSR wanted an ice free port in the Baltic Sea. So it took east prussia (Kaliningrad)
2. USSR took reparations from Germany by plundering all of the industry and resources of East Germany. If it cared at all about having a strong ally, it wouldn’t have left the country completely destitute.
3. Why would the Allies have rewarded Austria in any way, shape, or form?
4. The Sudentenland was a natural geographical defense point, and critical to the Czech sovereignty.
5. To ensure Germany would never pose a threat to eastern Europe again (but probably mostly to ensure USSR dominance of Eastern Europe), all of Prussia was given to Poland (except for Kaliningrad)
Oh maybe the swedes could use it to store their pickled herring then!
"How did Europe react to the Mongol Invasion?" Would be a pretty good question
i agree
Or maybe "Why there's a mass freindly fire in Japanese invasion of the alaskan islands"
Either way yours is interesting
They didn't think they could take them on, but then the Mongols withdrew from Hungary & Poland and basically never came back. So they stopped caring.
As for the invasion of the Muslim world the Europeans welcomed it but also realised they were in serious trouble from them.
It was the 1200s, I'm not entirely sure you can consider there to have been an international response.
@@REEEPROGRAM because Japan secretly left and there wasn’t good communication between the Canadians and Americans
The British soldier popping out of the dirt like a mole got me. The flag, the "Dibs", the happy smile and THE FACT HE POPPED OUT OF THE GROUND.
After he found the oil lmao
@@non-blogger ?
"How did the Roman world react to the eruption of Mt Vesuvius and the destruction of Pompeii?" would be an interesting one. It was at what was basically the peak of power of the Roman Empire and it happened on the Italian Penninsula.
man I remember reading a book about that as a kid you just opened up a new memory
As expecting, it was quite shocking. Emperor Titus would come the twice in the region after the eruption to personally overseas helping the population that survived.
they all eventually died.
@@alanc497 isn’t that always the case though
@@alanc497 we all eventually die
Fun fact: Only 0.6% of Kuwaiti land area is considered arable.
Bonus fact: According to the World Bank, Kuwait has the fourth highest per capita income in the world..
I suddenly want to invade and conquer this country
Thanks McDonald trump
That's the magic of basically having a sh-t ton of oil beneath your country.
The citizens don’t have to pay any sort of taxes either.
Kuwait is a part of basra
Basra belongs to Iraq
I was looking forward to the return of the "Why does X exists?" Series
It was worth... Ku-wait.
Nice pun
Agreed
**BADUM-TSSS**
Get out.
Take my like get out
Hi I am from Kuwait and I am Kuwaiti. I really enjoyed this documentary and I actually learned some things that I didn’t know about my own country ha ha. Take care and have a great day :-).
@@kalolo6307 yes!!!
@@kalolo6307 is it a he or a she ?
I love how we can always expect the "Which raises the question, why", the "Fun fact, no" and the traipsing through the flowers. It never gets old.
Even though it was pretty spoiled by the fact that the British where involved.
@HannoversSoap
*were
@@SorrowAvenue Damn it you're right
this channel did not do their homework very well.
According to David Klein at The California State University, Northridge on January 2003, article --> 'Mechanisms of Western Domination: A Short History of Iraq and Kuwait'. under the 'Early History' section, he says '"Kuwait," the word for "small human settlement," was so named by Iraqi rulers of that era. Throughout the nineteenth
century and up to World War I, Kuwait was a "Qadha," a district within the Basra Province'
@@قحطانوانيابوكEverything he said in the video was correct
Dibbs was a historically recognized form of claiming land during the good old days of empire building and everyone respected the laws of dibbs 😁 ( except for the poor suckers who already lived there )
It has a legal term: inchoate ownership...
That sounds super sensible, and on a completely unrelated question, do you live in Danelaw? 😁
But did they have a flag?
Lmao imagine living on land without claiming dibs, suckers!
@White wolf Well, kinda. Sometimes stone age nomads lived there at times, but... Not anymore.
It wouldnt be a history video without:
“Until Britain showed up”
Rule Britannia
@@wanderingronin6462 pretty ironic “rule Britannia” means colonialism and stuff but is literally “rule britain” like the island
@@wanderingronin6462 Britannia the blood thirsty. There is only a handful of countries that exist today without the redcoats attempting to invade.
The old saying “The sun never sets on the British Empire” was mostly accurate until post WW2.
I was about to write something similar.
"Club Sykes-Picot" pops on my screen and I spit my apple sauce. Well played, well played good sir.
“Why does Kuwait exist” - the top 10 questions Iraq leaders still can’t answer, it seems
Maybe that's why they end occupying it in literally 48H 😂😂
I live in kuwait😐
@Justin Y. that’s Western Sahara… this is Kuwait 🇰🇼
Let's hope that Kuwait continues to exist! 👍
@@davesy6969 👍🏻
“I can’t even count the times I asked myself the same question.” - Every Iraqi leader since its independence, prolly
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Not accurate just like this video is inaccurate.
@@joshportie do be r/bad history and disrespect James Bissonette
Why anything happened in Arab countries?
OIL!
"Why does Kuwait exist?"
Saddam Hussein: "Excellent question!"
am kuwaiti i love iraq but saddam started all our problems yet i want kuwait to annex al hafar basrah and other parts so yes saddam hates us
@@ObaidFaisal shut up
He had the final solution to that problem.
@@ObaidFaisal 👍🏻
@Gonzaga The Blastler broo
As an iraqi it doesn’t bothers me at all kuwait have their own independence and freedom all i want is stability and peace in this region after centuries of war
@@Kiddos77 would be kinda cool if the 2 countries combined, the cultures aren’t too different and the wealth of the country would be insane. Middle East is too divided imo. Either way, love to all my Kuwaiti brothers, we Iraqis have nothing but love.
W iraqi
@آشوربانيبال ملك آشور you mean…Ottoman Empire? Turkish Ottoman Empire
@@hussainm8415 do we really need to point the facts Iraq is pretty well known for being the oldest civilization it belongs to them before any of the invasions and colonization
فعلاً العراق و الكويت عانو من حروب الكويت كانت تحارب من جهة الجزيرة و العراقة من جهة ألدولة العثمانية و ايران لاكن الكويت تحسنت سنة 1961 و اتمنى ان يصبح. العراق بل امن وامان 🇰🇼❤️🇮🇶
"Why does bahrain exist?" I think that it's a good question
Because it was separated from the mainland millions and millions of years ago
@@awesomemantm2000 but why didn't Saudi Arabia eat it alive?
Actually why didn't it also eat Qatar alive?
@@davidreynov4481 First and second Saudi states entered the chat
@@davidreynov4481 qatar and bahrain were british terriories along uae and oman until the 70s and also saudi arabia was experiencing its own islamic revolution which is the reason why they are exactly strict
@@raptorfromthe6ix833 fair enough
Kuwait: Give us our country back!
Iraq: You and what Army?
Kuwait: All of them.
Oversimplified meme
"Make me a country, or I will make me"
"You and what army?"
"These armies"
*"Okay, fair enough"*
You planted grass?
Kuwaiti's never got their country back.
Killing Kuwait people 900 😣😣🥺
"why does anything complicated/stupid about borders exist?"
Answer : Britain
Kuwait existed before Britain
Well, in this case the borders look strange due to almost nothing to base them on due to the terrain. Same can be said about many other countries with deserts at the borders.
And yet some Britains complain about seeing immigrants lol.
@@shaymamohammadg3500 okay?
@@matts6816 No it didn't, Kuwait was always a part of Iraq, even in the ancient history, however, the people living there are a mix of saudis, persians and iraqis, but mainly saudi arabs.
Kingdom of Nage was a solid knowledge addition for me. As for 🇰🇼 it worked as a backdoor for external powers to meddle in the region.
*Nejd
Merged two different pronunciations of Nejd, the first being, well, Nejd, and the other being Neyd [which is what Kuwaitis of Nejdi descent call it]. The irony is that Kuwait's Sheikh Mubarak I [known as Mubarak the Great, or the Lion of the Peninsula] was one of the major reasons the Kingdom of Nejd grew to become the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. That didn't quite work out for us, but it does mean we have some interesting history here. For a while it was a love/hate relationship between the two countries, but things have improved since then. Kuwait's unique role and position in the region has kinda turned us into the Switzerland of the Arab World, in that we're not exceptionally heavily armed, but are the first to step in to mediate touchy situations between our various neighbours since we have good relations with all of them.
Well said, I hope the GCC burns
@@syriansayf that's a very hostile take towards an entire region. There are problematic elements, definitely, typically at the government level. But remember when you say that that you're condemning everyone that lives there as well.
Kuwait isn’t a back door for external intervention, like how do you say this without wheezing in laughter at how stupid it is
Iraq will end up watching this video and say, "Good question!" as they begin to invade Kuwait... again.
3rd Gulf War when?
Wait what?
Saddam: That’s my boy!
nice
just gav us 2 week and it well be gon
"What did Italy and Japan think of each other in WWII?" would be a good question
*angry noodle arguments ensue*
The italian troops in China fought the japanese hard in 1943, while they guarded the city of Tianjin and other european concessions. One of the more weirder confrontations of the war
@@csabaweisz8791 That must be so weird to see them allied on one side and fighting them on the other.
@@utkarshg.bharti9714 Thats why Facism is always doomed to end in conflict to another nation.
Probably just "meh" at first then cool coz Axis then "death mode" by 1943 onwards
Every family has that one person who will break the family financial struggles, I hope you become the one.
Your businesses will make you rich but your investments will make you wealthy. We all deserve to be rich and have financial freedom.
@@ryancynthia3422 Assets that can make you successful
at this moment are:
Shares
.Stocks
.Forex
.Real estate
@@steveashley8260 Yeah you're right, that's why I had to start Forex trad..ing two months ago and now i'm making benefits from it now.
@Jamie Janny O ' Yes I'm a living testimony of her good work expert Debra Barton
“This will not stand. This will not stand. This aggression against Kuwait.”
- George HW Bush, 1991
That's a fancy way of saying we want oil
Well, that's just like, your opinion, man
"I do mind. This aggression will not stand. That rug really tied the room together."
The Dude Lebowski 1997
@@gamerfreak2329redditor found lethal force engaged
@@bingozonk3143 Two words: read history
Kuwait: *exists*
Iraq and Saudi Arabia: (stares intently) "Soon."
Iran: "Am I A JOKE To You?!"
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saudi arabia is kuwaits closest ally and im kuwaiti myself and u can ask any kuwaiti and they will say saudi is our closest and they helped us the most when we needed it king fahad once said if kuwait falls saudi falls with it and iraq is slowly moving on ig
Lol they wish
"Why does Kuwait exist?"
George HW Bush: You better not get any ideas mate
What's he gonna do about it? He's chillin' with John McCain.
@@Skeloperch oof
I live in Kuwait
I saw this video title and began explaining the anwer to myself IN YOUR ACCENT. That is special. You're as infamous as Wendover and Oversimplified.
That moment when you're expecting the British to protect you forever.
*Fun Fact:* No.
I mean Iraq ended up getting its ass kicked out of kuwait by the British, its two larger children, and some friends.
the brits did come but it was the brits and it hole family
usa
canada
aussie & zealanders
hell even the poles germans and french came along
@@Norg1 and Saudi Arabia a country that wanted to annex kuwait
@@Norg1 1v8 I think it’s pretty fair
Threw under a bus..... Just like the DUP
Props on this mans for pumping out videos really fast, i did not expect to see multiple videos by him in less than a week
Agreed! IIRC the schedule is three videos every two weeks.
Remember when this channel used to be called 10 minute history? Knocking 6 minutes off the vids means he can give us more content (which is a good thing IMO.)
@@TSZatoichi I’m not sure if maths is your strong point but…
this channel did not do their homework very well.
According to David Klein at The California State University, Northridge on January 2003, article --> 'Mechanisms of Western Domination: A Short History of Iraq and Kuwait'. under the 'Early History' section, he says '"Kuwait," the word for "small human settlement," was so named by Iraqi rulers of that era. Throughout the nineteenth
century and up to World War I, Kuwait was a "Qadha," a district within the Basra Province'
History teacher: Write an essay about British history
Me:
My essay: Dibs
Extended version: Dibs, and then later some genocide.
If it doesn't have a flag on it, it's free real estate.
@@sqnope42 really long essay:
Dibs.
Genocide
Partition
Commonwealth realm? or GTF Outta there?
@@sqnope42 name one single instance of genocide committed by the British Empire (if you mention the words 'Bengal' or 'Famine' you've lost)
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Always informative. Excellent
Everyone: “Kuwait is ours”
Kuwait: “Can you Kuwait a minute?”
🤢
I live in Kuwait
Iraq I roll...
@@Bo7mody780 mashallah
@@BoqPrecision Ayatollah of Rock 'n' Rolla
*Iraq invades Kuwait*
Rest of the world: "So anyway, I started blasting."
Never has a nation been run train on so goddamn hard in history
@@enotsnavdier6867 sadly...
I live in Kuwait
@@redbaskett doesn’t make me sad
@@Oxley016 death of innocent people doesn't make u sad
I always find little countries like Kuwait, Monaco, The Vatican, and Luxembourgs history so interesting!
The remaining vestiges of the principality era of history
Bahrain and Qatar and lebanon too !!
because their history are from sci-fi movies :D they can't change history :D
Kuwait was not a small country ! its bigger than Binlux area before the 1921 invasion .
@@KWTxrulzBenelux*
I was born in Kuwait but don’t know much about it so this video gave me a lot of information 😊😊
this channel did not do their homework very well.
According to David Klein at The California State University, Northridge on January 2003, article --> 'Mechanisms of Western Domination: A Short History of Iraq and Kuwait'. under the 'Early History' section, he says '"Kuwait," the word for "small human settlement," was so named by Iraqi rulers of that era. Throughout the nineteenth
century and up to World War I, Kuwait was a "Qadha," a district within the Basra Province'
I was born America and think that you owe US some free oil for saving you
@@DavidMcdonald-df8tb I was born in Kuwait and I think that you can kiss my ass
The running through the field of flowers always cracks me up
I can hardly Ku-wait a minute to watch this.
Ahahah
Hardy har
Ba dum tss
(Audience laughs and applauds)
You should be ashamed for making such a bad joke!
you could have Ku-wait 'ed for a better one hahahaha
Saddam: "I once asked myself this question and then I decided to invade."
Thanks!
Country:
Exists
History matters:
*E X P L A I N Y O U R S E L F*
*Small country ;)
What about Finland
@@sahibbhadal wdym
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Why are you screaming
“Why does Kuwait exist?”
Saddam in 1990 “yes, why?”
Everyone asks why is Kuwait but no one asks how is Kuwait😔
fr
It's an old long story and thing's happened over 300 years ago . it's not for iraq or Saudis or ottomans. First owners for that land was a local tribe named (banikhaled) ruled the eastern region of Arabian peninsula and other areas gave it to al Sobah family. That's what I know and you better check out you self if im not right someone tell us by a link cause im not very sour
@@sv96jo الكويت بلد هجره ومن الاسباب الرئيسيه لوجودها هو موقعها التجاري كانوا يأتون التجار من جميع انحاء العالم العربي و يستقرون في الكويت
Just fine
But Why feel sorry, were doing just fine!😂
you know i am from kuwait and i never knew any youtuber knew it existed
Even Kuwaiti TH-camrs?
I'm Iraqi, I was born 45km off the border of Kuwait. We share the same culture, language and even blood connections. But Kuwait is an independent state and we all believe so. The problem is the more north you go, the more some people think that Kuwait is just part of Basra and should've been annexed. Just lack of education on history and pure greed in a small rich neighbouring country.
Thanks for saying the truth
Thus iraq succeeded unlike lebanon
I am with the independence of every group of people who agree to rule themselves by themselves, but the majority of Iraqis do not agree with your opinion or with my opinion. Do you agree with my opinion regarding the independence of Kurdistan, whose Kurdish owners different in everything with the Arabs and the Turks?!
@@alannala4501 no
@@alannala4501 i prefer every dependency to stay a part of its owner
From Kuwait here thanks for the video , the "sent an angry letter " part really made me laugh😂😂
شكلك كويتي ههههه
صدام دش الكويت🤪🤣🤣🤣🤣
انا عراقية
@@Gawemaalkudare you still stuck in 1990?
@@itisolaو النعم
you know, there was once this Iraqi leader who thought the same thing
And thought it would make a great addition to his country
i think his name was haddam sussein
@@raptorfromthe6ix833 it wasnt, it wass haddein sussam. get your facts straight.
Did you ever hear the story of Darth Saddamus the Wise? I thought not. It's not a story the UN Security Council would tell you.
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2:50 love the your mother sign😂
Kuwait: *exists*
Iraq: and I took that personally
Literally 😉
*Invades Kuwait*
"The USA would like to know your location."
Kuwait : exists
Iraq : invade
The world : umm NO
Kurdistan : goodbye Iraq hello freedom
Odd. Since Kuwait existed longer than Iraq. Also Iraq is a made up country.
Lol Iraqis seriously should consider going to therapy
0:47 As a British person, I can confirm that is is a completely historically accurate depiction of colonisation and the expansion of the British Empire.
🇬🇧😏
Except for the very end. Iraq really did complain to the UN and the US said it's none of our business, so Iraq invaded.
As an Iraqi, give me my Kuwait back plz I have war debt
As a Kuwaiti, i can confirm.
The Russians only sold Alaska to the U.S. to keep it out of Canada (and thereby the British Empire).
Fun Fact: Kuwait's currency, the Dinar, is currently the strongest in the world, with a conversion (as of August 30th, 2021) of 3.33 US Dollars to 1 Kuwaiti Dinar. Because of this, it has not only a 1/2 Dinar banknote, but also a 1/4 Dinar banknote, and also it's currency is subdivided into thousandths, not hundredths.
this channel did not do their homework very well.
According to David Klein at The California State University, Northridge on January 2003, article --> 'Mechanisms of Western Domination: A Short History of Iraq and Kuwait'. under the 'Early History' section, he says '"Kuwait," the word for "small human settlement," was so named by Iraqi rulers of that era. Throughout the nineteenth
century and up to World War I, Kuwait was a "Qadha," a district within the Basra Province'
@@قحطانوانيابوكokay? but what does have to do with the top comment? the top comment was talking about the currency
As a Kuwaiti 😂 the title stopped my heart But the content is good and simple to summarise kuwait history. We fought everyone for our independent and freedom. I'm proud to be a Kuwaiti women 😍 . Thanks for the video . It made my day 🤣.
نفس حالتي وقف قلبي
Same😂😂😂😂😂
من صجتش؟
Your daddy big USA saved you otherwise you'd be part of us by now
كلنا والله 😂
From Iraq's POV it was like when you invade one small irrelevent country in HOI4 and the entire allies gang up on you.
You better leave Luxembourg alone! Just sayin...
@@scott3017 never it is ours ..... Every small things
When you lose all your allies after you accumulated one of the largest militaries in the world you start popping up on most countries watch list, and all they had to do was pretend that they don't care and just wait for Saddam to do something stupid.
@@ALIKN1-1 bruh u need to be thankful to UK for stopping Al Saud from taking Iraq Desert 🧐
@@ABoMtS 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 we do not need to send an army to invade sudia all what we need are two buses to take them down
as a kuwaiti I feel we’ve survived the worst. the earlier saudi states, the founder of the third (and current) state was raised in kuwait after his father sought refuge from ottomans, so the southern kwti borders are stable enuff. kuwait-iran relations r semi-cordial too. iraq remains troubled internally n will likely (sadly) remain so for the foreseeable future. regionally, we’re also far less hawkish foreign policy wise so we’ll prob remain *existing* for longer :)
Inshallah
Please stay existing, I beg you
no hawkish policy lol, only second to qatar in terror funding.
True well you see... I'm Kuwaiti as well
@@AkumaNoKuma kuwait? Terror funding? Please do explain. HOW.
2:13 so they complained that kuwait was a result of foreign meddling, while Iraq itself is a result of foreign meddling? At least Kuwait has a history as an independent country.
@احمد ضياء when you said Kuwait was a Province of a another country and not a state i knew you’re a brainwashed saddam lover who still believes saddam lies, Kuwait was independent way before iraq and Saud arabia, if anything iraq is the province of other countries 😂
@@0yq Exactly! From a Kuwaiti
Yep, the irony of *Iraq* considering *anybody* else to be a "fake country" is hilarious. Iraq was literally created by the British as a consolation prize for Faisal bin Hussein after neither France nor the Syrians would let him be King of Syria like he wanted. And Faisal was just as foreign as the British, being from Hejaz (now the west coastal region of Saudi Arabia).
2:29 - "Wind of change, boet"
There. Fixed it for ya.
Can you do “how Norwegian was Denmark-Norway” I think that would be an interesting topic
bc the Vikings didn't think Denmark was cold enough
(Norwegian aristocracy dies out in the Black Death)
Danish aristocrats: "It's free real estate! In return you can use our language."
@@TorIverWilhelmsen fun fact: it was this deal that would later prevent Norway from suffering a fate like Ireland, with its famine where people dearly craved for having potatoes in their mouth.
I always feel sorry for people who come from nations that people question its existence
Well half of the people in Kuwait are just expats from other countries
@@jk-gb4et yes, they are not Kuwaiti tho
@@jk-gb4et Covid: *happens*
Kuwait: I'll cut it in half!
Yes. poor Canada.
@@JOESMITH-qs8ue :( but its true
Love Kuwait (the switzerland of the middle east)🇮🇹❤️🇰🇼
🇰🇼❤️🇮🇹
thanks also my cousin visited Venice, she loved it
🇮🇹❤️🇰🇼
🫶🏻
There 39 countries in the Gulf War coalition against Iraq.
Afghanistan, Argentina, Australia, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belgium, Canada, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, Honduras, Hungary, Italy, Kuwait, Morocco, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Niger, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Syria, Turkey, the UK, US, and UAE.
As a Kuwaiti I always find it pretty interesting to see videos about my country, We may be small in size, but we pretty much seem to have a huge impact seeing how neighbors can't keep their eyes off of us.
Only natural harbor in the area.
Lol ur existence doesn’t make sense, huge impact my ass
I mean kuwaits history is only the gulf war so yeah
@@squidysnose69 ad where do you live? clearly you had no hand in building your own country history
@@squidysnose69
Have you ever read Kuwait’s history?
Well, it was given a guarantee from James Bissonette.
2:10 “... Iraq, whose people saw Kuwait’s independence as unnatural and only the result of foreign meddling”
Yes, because Iraq itself was certainly none of that.
Yeah if anything Kuwait is more "natural" of a state because it already existed as a locally created emirate
Most countries were created by some form of meddling kek
@احمد ضياء All countries are created. Iraq as a geographical region existed but the country with its current borders was a result of skyes picot. Prior to that, you did not have a ruler of Iraq. It was a part of some other nation or empire.
@@maantang the country of iraq wasn’t invented until the British but in the ancient periods Assyria and I think Babylon was referred sometimes as “iraq”
@@maantang well “it was part of some other nation or empire” we could say that to all countries iraq for a time was the first empire to ever exist I wasn’t called iraq of course but it’s like saying Gauls isn’t the french of the antic period while french ppl see Gauls as their ancestors
2:53 that's an amazing subtle simpsons reference there
It made me laugh out loud
I actually remember having classmates from Kuwait when I was in Kindergarten, they weren’t really a popular topic, but I just randomly remembered.
believe in Jesus that he died for you and was revived there after to make your life better and to go to heaven to what I mean go read or order the bible
@@Redeemedeno believe that you have 0 bitches
this channel did not do their homework very well.
According to David Klein at The California State University, Northridge on January 2003, article --> 'Mechanisms of Western Domination: A Short History of Iraq and Kuwait'. under the 'Early History' section, he says '"Kuwait," the word for "small human settlement," was so named by Iraqi rulers of that era. Throughout the nineteenth
century and up to World War I, Kuwait was a "Qadha," a district within the Basra Province'
I love these little animations so much. The subtle humor is terrific.
this channel did not do their homework very well.
According to David Klein at The California State University, Northridge on January 2003, article --> 'Mechanisms of Western Domination: A Short History of Iraq and Kuwait'. under the 'Early History' section, he says '"Kuwait," the word for "small human settlement," was so named by Iraqi rulers of that era. Throughout the nineteenth
century and up to World War I, Kuwait was a "Qadha," a district within the Basra Province'
God, I love this channel. It's just pure fun.
this channel did not do their homework very well.
According to David Klein at The California State University, Northridge on January 2003, article --> 'Mechanisms of Western Domination: A Short History of Iraq and Kuwait'. under the 'Early History' section, he says '"Kuwait," the word for "small human settlement," was so named by Iraqi rulers of that era. Throughout the nineteenth
century and up to World War I, Kuwait was a "Qadha," a district within the Basra Province'
Title: Why does Kuwait exist?
People of Kuwait: Why not 👁👄👁
Kuwait: *Exists*
Literally all of its neighbours: "And I took offense to that."
Kuwait exists solely due to the generosity of James Bissonnette.
I was looking for this comment.
this channel did not do their homework very well.
According to David Klein at The California State University, Northridge on January 2003, article --> 'Mechanisms of Western Domination: A Short History of Iraq and Kuwait'. under the 'Early History' section, he says '"Kuwait," the word for "small human settlement," was so named by Iraqi rulers of that era. Throughout the nineteenth
century and up to World War I, Kuwait was a "Qadha," a district within the Basra Province'
that bri'ish soldier at 0:46 is literally my spirit animal
Great information for people to learn-thanks for presenting it so well!
As a Kuwaiti I didn't expect my country to end up in a History Matters video especially "why does X country exist?".
Yea same lol
this channel did not do their homework very well.
According to David Klein at The California State University, Northridge on January 2003, article --> 'Mechanisms of Western Domination: A Short History of Iraq and Kuwait'. under the 'Early History' section, he says '"Kuwait," the word for "small human settlement," was so named by Iraqi rulers of that era. Throughout the nineteenth
century and up to World War I, Kuwait was a "Qadha," a district within the Basra Province'
The English Soldier popping out of the desert with a union jack and a sign that says "DIBBS!" was one of the funniest things I've seen in a while 🤣
British Soldier... not English soldier... England hasn't had an Army since the last time it was a sovereign nation, which was in 1707... since then theirs been only a British Army, with a number of regiments from the four home nations.
@@foundationofBritain That was a very English response😉
They should put that bit in a museum with the caption: "British history in a nutshell".
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If you're gonna get whatever the British had dibs on, you're gonna be griefed hard.
RANDOM FACT
The war to protect Kuwait’s independence involved a coalition of nations larger than the Second World War had mustered up. What would come to be known as the Gulf War saw a massive 1v34 war which Iraq wo-
Just kidding. Who would be able to win a damn 1v34? (Besides the 34)
😂😂
It was 34
@@looinrims Noted
Kuwait: *is able to successfully maintain sovereignty despite aggressive neighbors*
Poland: “is it possible to learn this power?”
Not from a Belgian.
Both the Poles and us Kuwaitis have the spirit of resistance against all outsiders who want to annex us.
@@alarabi98 got that right
@@alarabi98 I don't think the histories are too comparable, they're superficially similar, Poland even had the Free City of Cracow which was ultimately subsumed by Poland, how would you even partition Kuwait?
@@alarabi98 spirit of resistance by calling the Americans 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Successful people don't become that way overnight. What most people see at a glance- wealth, a great career, purpose-is the result of hard work and hustle over time. I pray that anyone who reads this will be successful in life..
It's not about watching videos and wasting your time and strategy, I was ignorant doing so...I decided to try Mrs Serenay and ever since then she has made about $38,000 for every $4,000 I invested
I'm not here to converse for her but to testify just for what I'm sure of,
I've never heard or seen any of her clients complain of lost....I think she's just too perfect.
Oh Yes I can believe that, I'm a living testimony.
I met Mrs Serenay mathieu last year for the first time at a conference in London,,
"When did Britain and Germany become enemies?" could be an interesting topic, in 1812 they were fighting France together, then 100 years later it's France and Britain fighting Germany.
Africa
Big ships
Blame Austria
The naval arms race worried Britain that soon Germany would have a powerful army and navy to rival its own. It would be a threat to the concept of the European balance of power. Plus King Edward VII of Britain and Kaiser Wilhelm II hated each other.
@@DK-tv6rk Ahh thanks for the info, I knew about the Anglo-German naval arms race but always wondered if it was just that or if there were other factors that changed opinion
@@rman269 highly recommend reading "The Sleepwalkers" for an in-depth look at this question (and other factors leading up to war in 1914).
@@rman269 I think there are other reasons I haven’t mentioned above but this is all what I know.
"Why does Kuwait exist?"
Iraq: Good Question
2:53 "There are 20 million Iraqis, and 20 million portraits of Saddam" -Iraqi joke from the 90s
Great video but just one comment: 2:15 you mention there was a movement to “unite” Kuwait & Iraq both in Iraq and in Kuwait. It’s important to note that if there was any sort of movement from people in Kuwait towards this, they were a tiny tiny minority and almost entirely consisted of people who were Iraqi by origin.
this channel did not do their homework very well.
According to David Klein at The California State University, Northridge on January 2003, article --> 'Mechanisms of Western Domination: A Short History of Iraq and Kuwait'. under the 'Early History' section, he says '"Kuwait," the word for "small human settlement," was so named by Iraqi rulers of that era. Throughout the nineteenth
century and up to World War I, Kuwait was a "Qadha," a district within the Basra Province'
Small county: *exists
History Matters: "Now this looks like a job for me"
The simple answer is : Kuwait has always been an independent Emirate since it formation in the 18th century, it had it own political system, it own currency, and it own flag.. and Kuwait did really well preserving its independence for 4 centuries.
Wrong
Reason: uk
@@Tranquill129Well yes, Britain was one of the ways that Kuwait used to preserve its independence.
@Salty Legion58 historically, Kuwait existed since 1613
Nah it’s just Britain playing divide and conquer you idiot. Kuwait was always apart of Iraq
@@CordobaGeneral1234
Kuwait will never be a part of Iraq and it will never.. Iraqis kept saying that and look where it got them now 🤣
As a Kuwaiti, this was an interesting watch.
Same
How do you feel about the fact that in the first half of the 20th century the people of Kuwait wanted to be unified with Iraq?
Me too lol
@@dominant2576 u lost 30,000 troops to the usa coalitions 300 deaths get BTFO
@Big Foodie i think that was more like a region, not a country, let's take kurdistan for example, they have their own government, but they are still part of iraq and under the iraqi rule
كل يوم اسأل نفسي هاي السؤال ليه الكويت موجودة أصلا و انا قاعد اتفرج على مسلسلاتهم العجيبة هذي😂😂
😂😂😂
“That was until the British turned up.”
Why am I not surprised?
Why does monaco exist?
napoleon had a fetish for microstates
I'm assuming casinos play a big part.
I love this channel, its such an amazing blend of reality, humour, easy to understand history and without bias. These videos answer questions I never knew I had and I love it. Keep up the amazing work!
this channel did not do their homework very well.
According to David Klein at The California State University, Northridge on January 2003, article --> 'Mechanisms of Western Domination: A Short History of Iraq and Kuwait'. under the 'Early History' section, he says '"Kuwait," the word for "small human settlement," was so named by Iraqi rulers of that era. Throughout the nineteenth
century and up to World War I, Kuwait was a "Qadha," a district within the Basra Province'
i think i really would like to put a face behind this voice that brings us insightful topics that we didn't think we want to know until we know it
Video idea: How the asians reacted to the discovery of America?( Chinese, Arab,Persians, Indians)
They are not the only races in the continent of Asia. Are you from the US?
@@Goober-r8b wtf no i am from Moldova you want to say that 4 examples and not enough for you ?
@@Stozanume123 moldova gang
@@Goober-r8b Why do you all think we U.S. citizens are so dumb? (I mean, Lannes could have put an "etc." after "Indians").
There is evidence that a Chinese explorer reached California only a few decades before Columbus. Apparently, no one back home was interested.
Kuwait: Tall Stellaris empire
Saudi: Wide Empire.
I might be the only Kuwaiti who play this game 😂😂
@@عمرالمطيري-ص8ق one love from egypt! 🇪🇬❤️🇰🇼
Dude is asking questions I never knew I needed the answer for.
Simply , we chose our sheikh by choice, and we chose the family that deserves to rule us, and we have stood with them all these years together , the Al-Sabah family, and our brothers in the Gulf, Saudi Arabia in particular. i love you guys
The original name was E-Sabbah or Es-Sabbah because the L was switched to an S for easy of pronunciation . This is correct Arabic Language Rules … learn your language.
All Arab gulf countries people/citizens are like sheep, cows, and buffalos and the reason is because the people will be lost without a sheikh, sultan, or king. They always need someone to look after them like sheep. They don’t know how to deal with democracy. Too weak (brain and braveness wise)
no u didn't there nothing but britsh/westren puppet the brits choose it for u
@@bingatos1879no it’s not. What are you on. Coming from a Kuwaiti
I was on a rotation to Kuwait for about a month earlier this year and the terrain and climate was so terrible I was wondering why people chose to live there, even funnier that countries went through so much hassle to take it over.
Oil plus shipping port = $$$$$
Summer huh? Poor guy, weather’s decent in winter and it’s climate is not what my country is good for bro lol
Other than like, no natural disasters other than dust storms
Kuwait has 10% of the oil reserves in the world, that's why. Plus the port.
cus we have no taxes and the economey is solid, its not that hard to get a job and being homeless is extremely rare. You get used to the weather if you lived there ur entire life but going out in summer is hell
We used to have better weather but pollution + climate change makes the weather worse
"Until the British turned up" this sentence probably has been used soo many times 😂
Living in Kuwait and reading this title it gave me goosebumps
I mean in all honesty Kuwait is a country without purpose. That being said, the entire idea that a country needs purpose to begin with is very artificial one. Like, sure, Kuwait doesn't seem to have purpose. But at the same time you are a better country that both Iraq and Saudi Arabia to live in. So whatever Kuwait did, apparently it trying to stay independent was a very good idea.
It's kinda be successful without some megapurpose. Then to have Africa's standard of living or medieval laws like Iraq and SA do, imho.
@Big Foodie so what? This is just a bunch of small Arab tribes that are no different from other Arab tribes elsewhere around that have been artificially packed together and sustained by the west simply because of the strategic location of the place. And by mere luck the place got oil so life is quite prosperous. Basically Kuwait isn't very different from Belgium - a totally artificial country. Its only two purposes are serving west's strategic interests in the region and making sure it keeps some control over its economy so locals could live quite wealthy lives. Other than that Kuwait has no purpose. And that's fine - having no purpose is better than having dumb purposes like so many other countries.
@Big Foodie technically thinking that you are somehow special because of a place that you are from is haram in Islam. Aren't y all supposed to be Muslims there.
@@user-mb3dx5fl9f huh?
this channel did not do their homework very well.
According to David Klein at The California State University, Northridge on January 2003, article --> 'Mechanisms of Western Domination: A Short History of Iraq and Kuwait'. under the 'Early History' section, he says '"Kuwait," the word for "small human settlement," was so named by Iraqi rulers of that era. Throughout the nineteenth
century and up to World War I, Kuwait was a "Qadha," a district within the Basra Province'
The Brit jumping out of the sand is the funniest thing I've seen on this channel, and the single best representation of British imperialism ever. Genius.
Oh my god, Karen, you can’t just ask a country why they exist.
Belgium and almost every African country:Am I a joke to you?
Kuwait is litrelly a man made country its entire history is Iraq
@@alancient8463 Well, if its a man-made country, why did it exist in the 19th century?
@@figtree_video_archive wtf is that supposed to mean britisn litrelly made it up and then they made sure they were independent from Iraq
@@alancient8463 I mean, you gotta understand the fact that Kuwait was existing during Ottoman Iraq
"Why does Kuwait exist?" sounds so genocidal
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@k d Okay. Not the topic, buddy.
@k d Not of this thread.
@k d And it's still not the topic no matter how much you repeat
@k d And it's still not the topic. That's a hint, stop talking
That "Everybody Wins!" animation had me rolling. Bravo.
as a kuwaiti, ive been asking myself that question for the past 15 years of my life.