History of Walls - Summary on a Map

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  • Опубликовано: 16 май 2024
  • In this video, we retrace the history of some of the most famous walls ever built, from antiquity until today.
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    English translation & voiceover: Matthew Bates www.epicvoiceover.com/
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    Arabic version: • الجدران في العالم
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    Music: The Grey Train - Audio Hertz (Non-Exclusive License Agreement)
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    Software: Adobe After Effects
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    Chapters
    00:00 Nomadic and Sedentary
    02:21 The Roman Limes
    04:14 The Great Wall
    05:45 Walls in the 20th century
    07:37 The end of the Cold War and decolonization
    10:11 The conflicts of the 21st century
    11:34 Anti-migrant walls
    13:00 Climate walls
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Комментарии • 481

  • @GeoHistory
    @GeoHistory  Год назад +163

    Hi everyone,
    Here is a summary of the walls that are mentioned in the video:
    00:16 Ancient Mesopotamia Walls
    01:26 The Qin and Han Wall
    02:52 Hadrian's Wall and Antonine Wall
    04:38 The Great Wall of China
    05:49 The Atlantic Wall
    06:17 The Iron Curtain
    06:58 The Korean Demilitarized Zone
    07:40 The Berlin Wall
    08:14 The Peace Walls in Belfast
    08:38 The Green line in Cyprus
    09:11 The Moroccan Western Sahara Wall
    10:22 The Kashmir LoC
    10:49 The Israeli West Bank Barrier and Gaza Wall
    12:03 The Trump Wall
    13:12 The Japanese sea Wall to stop Tsunami
    13:28 Manhattan floodwall
    Enjoy it !

    • @seeangel9482
      @seeangel9482 Год назад +3

      Again an fantastic video

    • @papazataklaattiranimam
      @papazataklaattiranimam Год назад +4

      Once again, you chose an Interesting topic and covered an informative video.

    • @Taxolia
      @Taxolia Год назад +5

      You forgot the Theodosian walls

    • @TheHardys01
      @TheHardys01 Год назад

      Your videos are great!

    • @LiamE69
      @LiamE69 Год назад +1

      In the province of Britney? Is that where spears came from?
      There are 4 syllables in Britannia, not two.

  • @civilservant9528
    @civilservant9528 Год назад +713

    WALL-E better be included.

  • @fwieland
    @fwieland Год назад +168

    A common misconception is that the german “Atlantikwall” translates to “Atlantic wall”. But that is not the case.
    A german “Wall” is rather a lose, strategicly placed “rampart”, so the terminology in german is pretty accurate.
    It was rather never intended to be a wall

    • @laars2233
      @laars2233 Год назад +7

      Thanks. The english word "wall" would rather work by the german word "Wand" or "Mauer"

    • @linusminus3
      @linusminus3 10 месяцев назад

      And another word for "rampart" would be "fortification", as explained in the video. Funny with false friends like that.

  • @CaptainConditor
    @CaptainConditor Год назад +129

    I'm surprised you didn't mention the green wall in Africa that's supposed to prevent the Sahara's expansion into the Sahel zone.

    • @kairon156
      @kairon156 Год назад +2

      If was thinking the same thing.

    • @curtisthomas2670
      @curtisthomas2670 Год назад +1

      Benin Walls in Nigeria

    • @L1M.L4M
      @L1M.L4M Год назад +3

      That's exactly what I thought of when "climate walls" were brought up

  • @thekingoftheworld1
    @thekingoftheworld1 Год назад +15

    The video we never asked for but needed

  • @Poompingtokmaking
    @Poompingtokmaking Год назад +100

    The earliest reference to the Mongols classifies them as a Tang dynasty tribe of Shiwei during the eighth century. It was only after the fall of the Liao dynasty in 1125 that they became an important tribe on the Central Asian steppe, but tribal wars weakened their power over the ensuing century. During the thirteenth century, the term Mongol was used to refer to the Mongolic and Turkic tribes who fell under the control of Genghis Khan. The Mongols are primarily a shamanist society; their central deity is the sky god Tenger.

  • @timsel6228
    @timsel6228 Год назад +21

    How original is this! Geohistory never disappoints and the quality stays super high

  • @nenenindonu
    @nenenindonu Год назад +39

    Another great wall based in the Caucasus includes the Wall of Derbent it was raised by the Sassanid empire to prevent Hunnic-Khazar invasions and really deserved a mention

    • @ChevyChase301
      @ChevyChase301 Год назад +4

      There was also a wall from the Caspian to merv since Achaemenid times

    • @StAngerNo1
      @StAngerNo1 Год назад

      I was surpised the Atlantic Wall was included but the Maginot Line not, since they are very similar in nature.

  • @harku123
    @harku123 Год назад +5

    Amazing video and I love the new addition of the little pieces of art to illustrate what it looks like, like the Normandy bunker coast and the West Sahara walls etc

  • @MichaelJordanable
    @MichaelJordanable Год назад +27

    In Croatia there is "The Walls of Ston", built in 14th century and is thought to be the longest preserved medieval stone fortification system in Europe, and one of the longest such walls in the world, the world’s second-longest preserved fortification system today. Build by city of Ragusa (Dubrovnik), "only" 5.5km (originally 7km) long, but well preserved, you can walk the whole length of it.

    • @senrogas387
      @senrogas387 Год назад +1

      Yup, King’s Landing

    • @exist140
      @exist140 Год назад +1

      I've been there and visited them! truly fascinating. In medieval times, they also extracted a lot of salt from the salt fields there. Those same salt fields still exist and are still in use today.

  • @epsilonlambdaomega1zero
    @epsilonlambdaomega1zero Год назад

    I just have to give appreciation for this narrator. His cadence goes perfectly with the music. I wish I could pay for more of these videos!

  • @austintomlinson7863
    @austintomlinson7863 Год назад +20

    I still, to this day, think it's funny the most militarized place in the world is the *De*militarized Zone.

    • @shady3165
      @shady3165 8 месяцев назад

      Most militarized zone in the world is Kashmir. Not the DMZ between Korea.

    • @drodrodro9633
      @drodrodro9633 7 месяцев назад

      ​@@shady3165no it's dmz korean wall

    • @shady3165
      @shady3165 7 месяцев назад

      @@drodrodro9633 a 5 second Google search would prove you wrong

  • @know.101
    @know.101 Год назад +1

    Great video !
    Keep up the good work!

  • @shreyasbhat0506
    @shreyasbhat0506 Год назад +10

    Finally, another video from GeoHistory!!

  • @wojtekpolska1013
    @wojtekpolska1013 Год назад +9

    You mentioned the atlantic wall, but im surprised you didnt mention the maginot line. its also not a wall per-se, but definitely more of a wall than the atlantic wall

  • @lowellfinn
    @lowellfinn Год назад +15

    Geo History is always informative and unbias to all the parties involved. Love from Indonesia

  • @tudiensamdict
    @tudiensamdict Год назад

    The channel is very good, the events happening are shown on the map very intuitive and easy to understand. Thank you.

  • @ruairim2283
    @ruairim2283 Год назад +3

    Wasn't expecting the Irish peace walls to appear. Appreciate the mention

  • @scubardiveshop1389
    @scubardiveshop1389 Год назад

    another great video, never disappoints.

  • @glenmallory6181
    @glenmallory6181 Год назад +7

    Notable exclusions: Majinot Line, Zigfried Line, and the 3,488 mile long Dingo Fence (an environmental barrier).

    • @Jamie-kk5fq
      @Jamie-kk5fq Год назад

      Those were just defensive fortifications not walls. (Except for the dingo fence)

    • @campbellgaskin3818
      @campbellgaskin3818 Год назад

      @@Jamie-kk5fq He included the Atlantikwall, which is more similar to the Siegfried and Maginot lines.

    • @chinguunerdenebadrakh7022
      @chinguunerdenebadrakh7022 Год назад

      @@Jamie-kk5fq the same as Atlantikwall, but it's mentioned in the video.

  • @boatymsboatface3929
    @boatymsboatface3929 Год назад

    Extremely Educational- thank you!

  • @neutralfellow9736
    @neutralfellow9736 Год назад +22

    nice to mention that Roman walls weren't as defensive as they were for movement control between the line

    • @sunnyjim1355
      @sunnyjim1355 Год назад

      I agree. That is actually a key fact about Hadrian's Wall - it was primarily to control commerce via taxation... not defence.

    • @Saeronor
      @Saeronor Год назад +2

      @@sunnyjim1355 Not according (even) to this video. Commercial function is shown as merely a later add-on, made possible by relative calm on a specific border, which was (partially) made possible by... guess what.

    • @thegrasswhistle5238
      @thegrasswhistle5238 Год назад

      He mentions that it was also for preventing large migrations. He doesn’t omit anything particularly important, what he says about the Roman walls is true.

  • @majd_shoots
    @majd_shoots Год назад +11

    Your channel is in a disparate need of an upgrade of its map my friend
    I really love how understandable things get on a map, but the different topographical and environmental differences really do make a change to the story telling

  • @FujikkoJP
    @FujikkoJP Год назад +17

    *Finally more knowledge this video will teach me more then my school ever could.*

  • @rodschmidt8952
    @rodschmidt8952 Год назад +3

    That first wall sounds like a barrier to stop animals from migrating into the cultivated area and munching on the crops.

  • @corinaijac4381
    @corinaijac4381 Год назад

    I was so obsed, thank you so much for link my thouts to other issues....

  • @nickburns2550
    @nickburns2550 Год назад +1

    Your videos are incredible! You have great map visuals and interesting topics. I get that they take time to make, but I wish you posted more often.

  • @papazataklaattiranimam
    @papazataklaattiranimam Год назад +4

    Mehmed the Conqueror disliked this video 👁️👄👁️

  • @sabaurushadze1639
    @sabaurushadze1639 Год назад +4

    there is also Kelasuri wall in Abkhazia, Georgia.
    wall is built in 15-16 centuries by prince of one of western georgian principalities to defend from northern semi nomad Circassian raiders raiding Georgian lands.
    this wall is main proof of theory which says that modern abkhazians are ones who came after fall of united Georgia and assimilated local Georgians there. alongside with the fact that medieval abkhazian aristocracy had georgian dynastic names and spoke/wrote in georgian language.

  • @patrickgerrie5267
    @patrickgerrie5267 Год назад +3

    I'm pretty sure the wall of Jericho, now known as the city of Tell es-Sultan is around 8000-10000bce. Not to mention all the structures found in turkey and surrounding areas which are dated to similar times, which include walls.

  • @Pnutcolada
    @Pnutcolada Год назад +1

    Great Video! I never knew so much about walls till now :)
    One thing: why did you leave out the Maginot Line? That would have been another example of "going around the wall"

  • @johanlugthart7782
    @johanlugthart7782 Год назад +4

    If we include walls against water, I would expect some Dutch walls as well. Afsluitdijk and Westerscheldekering for sure.

  • @azizbekachilov
    @azizbekachilov Год назад +3

    You guys doing great job, I really appreciate it, please can you make a video about history of Uzbekistan

  • @albertomaragliano
    @albertomaragliano Год назад

    Thank you for the beautiful video 👋👋👋👋👋👋👋👋👋👋

  • @jaimevazquez7377
    @jaimevazquez7377 Год назад +4

    Exelent investigation and presentation !
    De un polemico, importante y triste tema a la vez.
    👏🏼😃

  • @robertortiz-wilson1588
    @robertortiz-wilson1588 Год назад +1

    I like the topic!

  • @thesquiduation92
    @thesquiduation92 Год назад

    Completly bias! Would love a video on the history of ireland 🇮🇪 your content is class

  • @lildreng
    @lildreng Год назад +2

    Stoked for this one

  • @destroamer9111
    @destroamer9111 Год назад

    @GeoHistory hi! Firstly, I want to say that you really have a nice channel where you tell chronological facts in the world and i like it. So i just wish you continue this video and that everything is fine with you. Secondly, I want to ask you to do video about evolution of culture, please.🙏🙏🙏 Thank you!

  • @mihahur
    @mihahur Год назад

    I liked very much. I really appreciate this kind of history, related to architecture. But unfortunately there are few quality videos of this kind

  • @Irazarra
    @Irazarra Год назад

    Great lakes on this map. Includes Volta reservoir in Ghana, I see you!

  • @scottdixon3417
    @scottdixon3417 Год назад

    Best channel ever

  • @hitrapperandartistdababy
    @hitrapperandartistdababy Год назад +5

    I gotta say you forgot to mention one of the most important walls of human history and arguably a proper wonder! The Theodossian wall which kept Constantinople firmly greek for several centuries and withstood unending barrages from enourmous Ottoman cannon fire for an entire month!
    Arguably the greatest City wall in Human history

    • @sunnyjim1355
      @sunnyjim1355 Год назад

      Absolutely spot on. The fact that it wasn't very long does not discount it as being one of the most effective walls... ever.

  • @simonpender8331
    @simonpender8331 Год назад

    Very good

  • @rachelbolton-um9sv
    @rachelbolton-um9sv Год назад

    I've seen one years ago, need to travel more

  • @johncantone40
    @johncantone40 Год назад

    Pretty good. The only other wall I could think of was the maginot wall

  • @mustangiiii
    @mustangiiii Год назад +3

    What about walled cities? Great stuff nevertheless

  • @xys381
    @xys381 Год назад +22

    Could've cited the walls along the spanish exclaves in morroco

    • @ajaxnation9504
      @ajaxnation9504 Год назад

      You can't miss a single chance to mention those cities hein?

  • @TolkienAnswers
    @TolkienAnswers Год назад +16

    It would have interesting to show what were some of the first ancient cities to have walls were.

  • @leeseepeeng
    @leeseepeeng Год назад +1

    Honourable mention would be the Dingo Fence in Australia! even though it’s not a wall
    (or is it?)
    (is a fence a wall)
    (I feel like the Dingo fence is similar to a wall because it’s a physical barrier and pretty sturdy. It isn’t temporary as we would consider a fence to be)

  • @JakobAndreasA
    @JakobAndreasA Год назад

    The art in the circles looks great!

  • @JC-vs6bz
    @JC-vs6bz Год назад +3

    Im surprised you didn't mention the fences in slovakia, those are pretty much 2m tall concrete walls

  • @PuckishAngeI
    @PuckishAngeI Год назад +3

    For context the Qin weren't the first to build the wall in northern china, there were already parts of the wall built by other states, Qin simply used them to create one long wall. There is a story how on one military campaign the Qin soldiers were suprised and terrified when they came across a giant wall, part of what is now the great wall of China

  • @carl_estepa
    @carl_estepa Год назад

    12:01 nice details

  • @jackmiller-johnston8689
    @jackmiller-johnston8689 Год назад +4

    Having lived in Carlisle (in the north of England) for 25 years now, feel pretty damn lucky to have Hadrian's Wall on my doorstep!

    • @sunnyjim1355
      @sunnyjim1355 Год назад

      The invaders are coming across the English Channel, in large numbers since 2018... so hasn't the news reached Carlisle yet? 🤣
      You utter, utter, numpty.

  • @storm2000808
    @storm2000808 Год назад +2

    In 1848 'King Kamehameha III' had walls built all over the Hawaiian Islands 'The Great Mahele' (the great 'divide') to end territorial conflict. (A lot of which still stand today!) Just thought I'd throw that in since I'm from Hawaii🤙

  • @tomasmonkey5432
    @tomasmonkey5432 Год назад +1

    I feel u missed out on Walls on Rome, Walls of babylon, Maginot line and the most important of them all, Justinians walls who kept out non romans for hundreds of years

  • @estherclawson6876
    @estherclawson6876 Год назад +1

    There are no walls in the sea. A pirate's life for me.

  • @wpgmathyou
    @wpgmathyou Год назад

    thank you. i love the narrator's voice.

  • @aussieanimates
    @aussieanimates Год назад

    you should make a tutorial on how you make your vids, im sure lots would love to animate like none other than the legend himself

  • @kmmmsyr9883
    @kmmmsyr9883 Год назад +1

    I was expecting to see some city walls as well like the Theodosian Walls in Istanbul, wonderful video nevertheless

  • @zintosion
    @zintosion Год назад +1

    Damn the Narrator voice is so familliar!!! It's driving me crazy where i have heard his voice before.

  • @yassine7325
    @yassine7325 Год назад +2

    There is also the city wall of Taroudant in Morocco, which is the third greatest wall in the world.

    • @observeurr
      @observeurr Год назад

      How long, Morocco got many walls

  • @Fuku-chan02
    @Fuku-chan02 Год назад +6

    I'm looking forward to the Japanese version too.

    • @GeoHistory
      @GeoHistory  Год назад +5

      Great ! We are working on it.

  • @martinweir5603
    @martinweir5603 Год назад +3

    Don't forget Australia's Rabbit Proof Fence!

  • @mortenstoltenberg7686
    @mortenstoltenberg7686 9 месяцев назад

    Slightly disappointed they did not include the wall keeping the sea from the Netherlands

  • @SandboxRaptor
    @SandboxRaptor Год назад

    Please do a video on the Celts and Anglo saxons

  • @garethandrews9494
    @garethandrews9494 Год назад +2

    How do you do these videos

  • @shreyasbhat0506
    @shreyasbhat0506 Год назад +2

    Great video!! But should've included the green wall that is planned in the Sahara and the Thar desert

  • @papazataklaattiranimam
    @papazataklaattiranimam Год назад +16

    The Gaoju (高車 lit. "High Cart"), also known as Tiele,[90] were early Turkic speakers related to the earlier Dingling,[91][92] who were once conquered by the Xiongnu.[93][94] Weishu also mentioned the linguistic and ethnic proximity between the Gaoju and the Xiongnu.[95] de la Vaissière proposes that the Hephthalites had originally been one Oghuric-speaking tribe who belonged the Gaoju/Tiele confederation.[82][96][97]

  • @jerrylou9285
    @jerrylou9285 Месяц назад

    In Istanbul, There was the Theodosian Walls, which first had a moat, the 1st wall, the paratechion, the 2nd wall, the peribolo, and the thick wall. They protected Istanbul (Constantinople) from even Attila the Hun, The Avars, Turkish (Pre-Ottomans) and The Arabs. The Ottomans took a long time, before the wall is breached. Today, many of the walls stand.

  • @RandomizedProductions-Main
    @RandomizedProductions-Main 6 месяцев назад

    7:30 It's also the most heavily protected nature preserve in the world.

  • @marron_hd8159
    @marron_hd8159 8 месяцев назад

    We got a docu about the history of walls before gta6

  • @-JBYT-
    @-JBYT- 5 месяцев назад

    Finally a video that briefly shows suicide and isn't age-restricted.

  • @dl1083
    @dl1083 Год назад

    Tbh I watched this video mostly for that sick hip-hop beat in the background

  • @gewnurb
    @gewnurb Год назад +2

    I never expected to be seeing a video about the history of walls

  • @whopito422
    @whopito422 Год назад

    Such a tease. Gotta wait 3 whole days...whhaaaat!?

  • @OwainGaming
    @OwainGaming Год назад

    Offa's Dyke was a semi wall drawing a border between Wales and England

  • @yv2r
    @yv2r Год назад

    Can you do a video about the discovery of australia?

  • @Alagboriel
    @Alagboriel Год назад +1

    Humans can be incredibly stupid (making wars and building walls) or completely brilliant (like the person responsible for this channel). I love your videos.

    • @GeoHistory
      @GeoHistory  Год назад +1

      Thank you !

    • @LightBen
      @LightBen Год назад

      That's a bit over simplist. It's geo politics we're talking about. Where I live, there is one of these walls and thank God it's there, otherwise the other side just keep sending terrorists to slaughter us. And unfortunately, many in the world want us to be slaughtered.

  • @ajsw-rt4yt
    @ajsw-rt4yt Год назад

    I would like to see video like : Geopolitics in the Balkans and the security in the balkan region

  • @muhammadpancr7muhammadpanc844
    @muhammadpancr7muhammadpanc844 Год назад +1

    Can you do a video about Ibn Fadhlan who travel to Volga Bulgaria to fulfill the request of the king of the Volga Bulgars?

  • @Vexgang948
    @Vexgang948 Год назад

    NAH THIS MANS VOICE IS EVERYWHERE

  • @carl_estepa
    @carl_estepa Год назад

    The Philippine archipelago is also a huge wall for other SEA countries during typhoon season. Thank us later.

  • @terry1989
    @terry1989 Год назад +3

    Why isn't there a Chinese version to this?

  • @ASmallPartofHistory
    @ASmallPartofHistory Год назад

    Another notable wall in history is the Hadrian's Wall in northern England, which was built by the Romans to mark the northern boundary of their empire and protect against invasions by tribes from Scotland. The wall stretched over 70 miles and was a testament to the Roman's military strategy and engineering capabilities.
    In medieval Europe, walls were commonly built around cities and towns to protect against enemy invasions and raiders. These walls were often constructed of stone and were fortified with towers, gates, and other defensive structures.
    Walls have also been used for political purposes, such as the Berlin Wall which was erected by the Soviet Union in 1961 to separate East and West Berlin. The wall became a symbol of the Cold War and the division between capitalist and communist ideologies.
    In recent years, walls have become a controversial topic, with some arguing for their use as a means of border control and others opposing them on humanitarian and practical grounds. The history of walls is a complex one, reflecting the changing needs and priorities of societies throughout history.

  • @user-dh7il2kk2f
    @user-dh7il2kk2f 11 месяцев назад

    I would’ve loved if you had mentioned the walls of Benin the second largest walls built before the Industrial Revolution

  • @qbpdnguyen2844
    @qbpdnguyen2844 Год назад

    Constantinople wall: "You might longer than me, but not better than me"

  • @neil7737
    @neil7737 Год назад +3

    In the province of Brittany? This is in france, you mean Britannia

  • @Achaemenid_Empire
    @Achaemenid_Empire Год назад

    John is my favorite sport.

  • @flade-
    @flade- Год назад

    Baby wake up. It’s a geo history premiere

  • @markusk6609
    @markusk6609 Год назад +1

    6:30 The "Iron Curtain" did NOT run through Austria, it went AROUND it.

    • @GeoHistory
      @GeoHistory  Год назад +2

      So you mean that before the Austrian reunification in 1955, the soviet sector was part of the Western bloc ?

    • @dantetre
      @dantetre Год назад

      @@GeoHistory you are right, but 36 years out of 46 years of Cold war it wasn't part of it.

    • @GeoHistory
      @GeoHistory  Год назад +2

      I know that, but Churchill did mention the Iron curtain for the first time in 1946 and this was the situation at that time. In the video we can see the date, we are before 1955 and Austria was then still occupied.

  • @prophet7774
    @prophet7774 Год назад +2

    The western wall in Jerusalem is pretty famous too

  • @drzombiecakes9563
    @drzombiecakes9563 11 месяцев назад

    I am surprised the Maginot line didn't make the list

  • @Tomek1001
    @Tomek1001 Год назад +1

    You could name Dannevirke. The wall build by Danes in 10th century to hold of the German empire. It is situated in the south of Jutland peninsula.

  • @leonhardpauli5815
    @leonhardpauli5815 Год назад +1

    The iron curtain DID NOT divide Austria.

  • @PUROTORA.SANSEITO
    @PUROTORA.SANSEITO Год назад +1

    着眼点が面白いですね。

  • @napoleonbonaparte6705
    @napoleonbonaparte6705 Год назад +1

    Do a video on history of japan

  • @kiambotebbonikay
    @kiambotebbonikay Год назад

    "I need to take actions in my life. Where do I begin?"
    Geo History: We begin in the 3rd Millenium BC

  • @dantetre
    @dantetre Год назад +1

    6:00 Slovakia had different border back in WW2. Also Hungary isn't accurate. "Jugoslavia"/SCSK was divided by Axis powers like France.