And they didn't have colonies, they're spanish, not british, a colony has different status than a province, a vice royalty o a general captaincie, that's what Spain had, not colonies. And the spanish empire ended in 1898, not in the XX century. And it didn't just decline like the video said, the british and french empires invaded them, made the war, and made the impossible to destroy them, to made colonies in the spanish empire, there was even a plan made by England to humilliate the spaniards, pure envy I call it. Those videos are usually full of propaganda, look how they never mention that the natives united to the spaniards when they mention the incas, because that goes against their antihispanic propaganda.
Este chico debe leer más historia desde otros puntos de vista, a ser posible no británicos ni norteamericanos , que no dejan de ser una prolongación del comportamiento británico, las culturas mediterráneas quizá por ser más antiguas siempre han dominado unas a otras pero siempre coexistiendo con los dominados de turno lo cual lleva a la mezcla de las poblaciones , por eso en Sudamérica sigue habiendo gran cantidad de población indígena auténtica y mestiza , no pasa lo mismo con los territorios conquistados por los britanicos, franceses, holandeses, etc, además fuimos los que más ayudaron a los norteamericanos a ser independientes de los britanicos aunque no se comente mucho en los libros de historia norteamericanos
Is that what they teach you in your schools? Good grief!! Let's get some facts here: The English fleet with its superior firepower harassed the Armada all the way up the English Channel and used Fireships to burn them as well. As a result the Armada was not able to link up with the troops on mainland Europe and had to flee. The only way home was over the top of Scotland and down the west coast of Ireland where what was left of it was heavily battered by storms. Only a few of the original ships managed to limp home. It was NOT just "bad weather, the storm, that destroyed the fleet". It was the superiority of the English fleet and better tactics that won the battle. The storms only finished off what was left. You guys really are bad losers aren't you? 😉
@@andypandy9013 You just learnt propaganda. The english fleet wasn't superior and when the Contrarmada tried to attack Spain, it was destroyed. Wasn't it so superior to even beat the Gran Armada? Why it was destroyed so easily then, if they were so powerfull? You just have to see who lies, that Armada is known as Invencible Armada, because that's how the anglo world call it and sell it, and the propaganda do the rest, the spaniards never called it like that, it was Gran Armada, not invencible, but you guys magnified it, creating the myth to create the glory of England. So this is my way to tell you "is that what they teach you in your schools?" 😆 that's our line, man!Even your own historians know that you guys don't learn history, but propaganda, and when they try to say the truth there are people trying to shut them up and say no no no, that's not working for the interests of England and their national selfsteem. And the historians and investigators of Spain (and other countries), and now also the people, know this, and we laugh of it, and usually put it as examples of how England has no shame to lie if that benefits them, then we should learn to not be afraid of defending our country, our culture, the truth of our history or say we are glorious, we don't need propagandas, or lies to be proud, we just need to talk about our history how it was, without myths or inventions like that supposed victory of England against the "Invencible Armada". 😆
@@Meryawey The Spanish Armada of 1588 was commanded by Alonso de Guzmán y Sotomayor, 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia who was born 10th September 1550 at Saluncar, Cadiz, Spain to Spanish parents. So not very French then. 🙄 The bottom line is that the objective of The Armada, to invade England, was not acheived. That was due to a combination of the English having better ships, better tactics, more fighting spirit and better leadership. The final destruction of the Spanish fleet by the storms occured AFTER it had ALREADY been DEFEATED. You fought. You lost. Get over it!
@@andypandy9013 I did remembered bad, it was Trafalgar the one of the french commander, my bad because i doubted and I didn't went to confirm it. You're right there about the commader. But the rest is bullsh*t, and everybody knows it. It wasn't the british fleet being better, that's english propaganda, the spaniards actually won that one, they weren't defeated by England there, the storms did that.
@@Meryawey So if, as you claim, the Spaniards won that one then how come England (Britain didn't exist in 1588) was not invaded? That doesn't sound like a win to me. Because it isn't. It's a defeat and a failure to achieve intended objectives. 🤔 I am not going to reply again but I will restate that The Armada was harrased all the way up the English Channel to prevent it linking up with the troops in the Netherlands that were needed for the invasion by a combination of better ships, better gunnery, better fighting spirit and better leadership. It was the Sixteenth Century equivalent of the Battle of Britain in 1940. In both cases my little island stopped a much more powerful tyrant intent on invading our shores dead in their tracks. By the time the storms arrived Phillip II's fleet had already been defeated. All that was left for it to do was to try to get home the best it could. End of! 😃
In Europe, Holy Roman Empire never really experienced an unification process like France and Britain later. Even though the Ottonian house was the most powerful from Otto I, the power of the Emperor gradually became symbolic in favor of more powerful Germanic Princes with times, which makes HRE big (on a map), but sclerotic in multiple states. France also experienced this, in particular in 10th-12th centuries, with the Plantagenêt House (Angevin Empire) in exemple, but from the Battle of Bouvines in 1214, the Kingdom of France (Capetian House) emerged as the most powerful, especially with the reign of Louis IX. It began a process of unification on multiples centuries, where the power of the King never ceased to increase little by little (and not without difficulties) over his vassals, until the emergence of the absolute monarchy in the end of the 17th century. However, from beginning of 16th century, even if HRE re-emerged with the rise of the Habsburgs, Spain was in reality the Spearhead of the empire until middle-17th. Then France re-became the biggest power with the Bourbon dynasty (Louis XIV) until the end of the Napoleonic Wars. From then, British Empire became the biggest naval and colonial power in 19th century until its decline after WW2. Even if they never had been a continental power like France, Germany and Russia (in 20th century particularly).
The Byzantine Empire was also called the Eastern Roman Empire. It was heavily influenced by Greece, but it was regarded as Roman. It ended in 1453, with the 'Fall' of its Capital - Cconstantinople, by Forces of the Islamic Ottoman Empire.
Sometimes i find it strange you dont understand how an engine works, but for european history, geography and asking the right questions you get an A+. Well done , 😊🤘❤️🇪🇺🇺🇲
Hi Conner, Japan was defeated by allied US, British (Empire) and Russian armies. The US concentrated on the defeat of the Japanese' naval and military forces on conquered Islands and territories with allied support. The British and Russian troops concentrated on pushing the Japanese out of the land territories ie. China ( Manchuria) Burma and Indonesia with US support. The Atomic bombs were allied weapons due to the involvement of scientists from the British empire, Europe and America.
Regards to African Exploration, I know it has no historical basis but I love Jeremy Clarkson's reasoning for it; Jezza "Sahara Desert, done, The Sudan, which is impossible, all done, every nook and cranny explored, but, here, in this pleasant Garden of Eden.... Unexplored Territories... What was holding them up? It's not Mountainous, every Tree has got food growing out of it.." Richard "It's a good point when you think about it, there's nothing here would stop you is there?" Jezza "They kept coming out here writing back 'ohh yes very difficult, I must go out for Five Years, I shall probably be lost!'" James "It all stinks a bit doesn't it?" Jezza "Yeah, so, England 'Would you like to go to Mrs Simpson's Piano Recital this afternoon?' OR come out here, Dusky Maidens, lovely temperature, very pleasant views, great food, get a tan" Richard "Write home and tell 'em it's awful!" James "YESS, exactly!" Jezza "Send a letter, 'Dear Mrs Hammond it is with a heavy heart I write to say we have not seen Richard for three years..." Richard "He's in the vice like grip of, what's her name? Fever, I'll put Fever.... Or Malaria, yeah Malaria..." James "So, basically, our theory on Victorian Explorers is they were just a bunch of Hoorays on some long gap year is that right?" 😂 It just tickles me so much
18:04 'I feel like a knot [...] is so much more durable than a piece of parchment.' textiles are susceptible to rotting. if you want a durable written document, bronze age Sumerian cuneiform is the thing you are looking for. that is durable to this day!
You should try the best history series ever called the people's century there is a RUclips playlist specifically to this video the 1989 episode on the fall of the Berlin Wall and ussr its 26 episodes in total each around an hour
after the fall of the Western Roman Empire, the Eastern Empire defined itself as Roman, and until the end they defined themselves as Roman, it was the West that defined them as Byzantine, in fact in Italy we have a region that is still called Romagna, or where the Romans live, because it was the only part of the north not taken by the Lombards.
Just to let you know the swastikas were appropriated by the Nazi Party but actually represented peace and harmony. The Swastika symbol is thousands of years old, it is a religious symbol in Buddhism and Hinduism, was used by the Roman empire, there are even carvings of the symbol on Ilkley moor in Yorkshire that are thousands of years old.
I believe the allies could have forced Japan to surrender without the bombs or even invasion, just blockade the whole country. I've always understood the bombs being used to warn the soviets
I've always found it interesting how unlike most other empires the British empire never really collapsed it slowly self dismantled and fizzled out one colony at a time for the most part without being forced until 1997 when it fully ended
LOL. It hasn't ended. Britain still owns two bases in Cyprus, Gibralta, Bermuda, Anguilla, Cayman islands, Falkland Islands, South Georgia & the Sandwich Islands, Gibralta, Montserrat, British Virgin Islands, British Indian Ocean territory, British Antarctic territory, Turks & Caicos Islands, Pitcairn Islands, St Helena, Tristan Da Cunha & Ascension Island. That is over a quarter of a million people, so it could be said that the sun still doesn't set on the British Empire. Among the reasons why there was a collapse, was WW1 which everyone in government of all participants believed would be over in weeks. The cost of the war was ruinous. The second world war was just the icing on the cake and when the peoples of the colonised countries (quite rightly) demanded independence, Britain had neither the will or the strength to oppose them. Once India achieved independence, much of the wealth needed to maintain such a global empire was gone.
But it was forced by the US and the Soviet Union. Anthony Eden tried to save the remnants of the Empire during the Suez crisis but America intervened and forced us to abandon it. Same with the colonies in Africa.
@@mattybob12310 Your point is valid, however, strictly speaking, he took Moscow the 14th of September. He left only mid October when the temperature began to worsen
@@mattybob12310 Russia burned Moscow to ash when the Russian army had fled. So Napoleon's army could not resupply on the spot. And that winter was one of the worst of recorded history. Also, most of the French army dies of heat during the summer. It was stupidly hot. And more of 3/4 of them dies in summer of heat alone. Napoleon should retreat during the summer because the conditions was impossible allowing to not lost his army.
I think this list could have some changes, but overall it’s fairly comprehensive given the scope. For the atomic bombing question, I really think it was an order magnitude better than an invasion. After all, it’s not as if there existed a big taboo yet, it was just another mass bombing like many others, and a future invasion wouldn’t guarantee the U.S. wouldn’t use it anyways in the face of massive resistance, and if the U.S. can’t do it by themselves then they’d need the assistance of the Soviets who would no doubt be pretty brutal themselves. Even if Japan surrendered earlier than expected, it would only be a setup for future wars against occupation or a civil war like with Korea and Vietnam.
The Roman Empire was divided into Eastern and Western between the sons of Theodosius I. The Byzantine Empire came much later than a Russian historian called it Byzantium from the ancient city of Byzantium. In the 4th century, the city was called Constantinople. The "Byzantine Empire" is the direct successor of the Roman Empire. It's just that the dominant language becomes Greek and not Latin. All the Roman titles like Caesar, Patrician and others existed for another 1000 years in the Eastern Roman Empire. You've learned a lot, but there's still a lot to learn🙂. Others you will not understand because your country has not been an enemy of this empire for over 700 years. I'm not criticizing you, I'm stating facts🙂. Greetings bro 🙂
I read many Books. Some People claim that many Ancient Rulers were really Black People. They even claim that the Mongols were Black People. The Video has sourced its images of Ghengis Khan etc. from those Sites that make claims. The images are false. The Mongols were Oriental in appearance - similar to the Chinese, Japanese, and Koreans etc. Just as it is Today...
@@embreis2257 - I never claimed that the Video had lots of Black Rulers in it. You totally misunderstood my Comment. I was referring only to 2 of the Mongol Rulers in it. I have seen those 2 depictions before. By People who claim that those 2 Rulers were Black. I know as well as you do that nearly all of the Rulers in the Video are not shown to be Black. I have well over 2,000 Non Fiction Books, so I expect that I am far, far . better read than you. I know of many 'Weird' beliefs that some People have. Some People even claim that the Ancient British were Black!!!
My comment has disappeared ... re: the A Bomb, my feeling is that the Japanese resilience served as "the" excuse to test the bomb in real life. I don't think it then served as a deterrent to the USSR that was an Ally at the time (1945), the "cold war" only starting in 1947.
8:23 'did he say it and I just missed it: was there an army of the Holy Roman Empire or was it just like armies within the HRE but not one cohesive army that you can just say 'okay, march!'?' that is not how historians/lawyers determine whether an entity constitutes an _empire_ in international law. other ancient empires didn't have armies structured like the ancient Romans. the Romans spoiled us in thinking their state organisation was the norm. initially, the HRE was more than a loose collection of tribes, their leaders and some petty fiefdoms. it was culturally cohesive and the main German tribes (Saxons, Franks, Swabians, Lotharingians, Thuringians and Bavarians) formed something early on which still constitutes German states: *_federalism_* . they elected a _king of the Germans_ (Rex Germaniae) from 843 onwards and this man was crowned emperor by the pope in Rome. the title lapsed in 924 but was revived in 962. the emperor was also _king of Italy_ and _king of burgundy_ since 1032. therefore one could claim it was an empire (because it encompassed several kingdoms Germany, Italy, Burgundy]), it was 'holy' because the emperor had a strong connection with the church (pope crowning) and it was Roman as the pope resided in Rome, crowned the emperor in Rome and sometimes the emperor himself ruled the empire from Rome.
16:10 'do you guys think the Huns caused the collapse of the western Roman empire? not directly, like flicked the domino.' yes, of course! no doubt about it in history. not because the Huns bothered the Russians though but because the Huns caused so much fear among Germanic tribes it triggered the _great migration period._ the already weakened western Roman empire couldn't deal with the influx of so many Germanic tribes and collapsed eventually. the Huns did battle the Romans too (battle of the Catalaunian fields in 451).
The sovjet union didn't collapse in one day. There was a revolution and contra revolution where old communist leader took over and captured gorbatsjov. Then the army rebelled and together with Jeltsin they freed Gorbatsjov. Is was in a few weeks in the summer as I remember.
Slavery was all over the world, (Asian, Black and White people) in 16th century as in Roman times and Spain was the exception when Queen Isabela I of Castille banned explorers and colonizers to enslave native américans but not africans. Black slave market was dominantes by portuguese and english and Black slaves run away the 13 english colonies to the rich New Spain during 17th and 18 th centuries because they had the chance to be free for several reasons
The main thing against Columbus from many fool and ignorant people is that he duscivered a new continent for europeans but Spain made it possible as well as the first circumnavigation around the world by El Cano. This is something that nener would happen if an english did it first
Napoleon didn't invade Russia in the winter. As he advanced inside Russia (before the winter), the Russians applied the "burned land" tactic: Napoleon didn't have to fight anyone but empty, deserted and burned towns and villages as he progressed deeper and deeper into the country. He was forced to retreat (also for lack of food supplies) and, very cleverly, the Russians had calculated that the winter would catch him and his army ... and destroy them more efficiently than on bloody battlegrounds.
Good stuff mate. The Byzantines definitely saw themselves as Romans. The Great Schism and the Fourth Crusade maybe splitting them off permanently from "the West". The moving of peoples into Europe in the 4th and 5th centuries is sometimes described as train cars being shunted. A movement starts on the Steppe, and the last car in the line gets shoved into the Roman Empire. A bit overstated and oversimplified possibly. There's a simple method for remembering the five northernmost 'Stans'. Starting top left and descending, then back to top right descending it's KUTKT. Start with the Kazaks, the biggest and most famous thanks to Borat. Then the only U, the Uzbeks followed by the closest to Turkey, the Turkmen. Only two left are the Kyrgyz and the Tajiks, simple!
Today only 1% native américans left alive in reserves but 50% to 90% native américans or mestizos in spanish speaking countries. What colonizers were the bad guys?
True, but the English being islanders ... no wonder that they developped an amazing fleet and set off to explore the "beyond the horizon" wild unknown world, don't you think?
Put in perspective it's not that impressive. Canada (10 million km2) and Australia (8 million km2) were half the size of the British Empire, and were essentially empty lands.
@@Tago-h1b Not all of it. What about the voyages of the Royal Navy Captains James Cook and Matthew Flinders? Not to mention the Hydro-graphic Survey ship HMS Challenger which found the deepest spot of the ocean which is named The Challenger Deep after it?
My comment that's disappeared also stressed the fact that, in answer to your question, Connor, "Why don't France and England show in the list" of the most powerful countries in the XXth century is because both saw the end of their respective empires then. I had developped, but don't want to start all over again ... Thank you YT, I suppose?
Europeans wasn't immune to american desises. The Caribian was a hell on earth for the soldiers. ~60% if the troops sent to Caribian died from desises. But if you have 10000 people garnison and 6000 of them died, a few ships from Europe can replenish them. The population of Europe was fine, so they had a virtualy infinit amount of reinforcements. And the soldiers wasn't the most valuable people anyway, all the economic and all qualified people was safe in the Europe. If 60% of the population of a country dies, including the best craftsmants, scientist, most qualified workers. Plus 80% of the children, because they are even more endangered. There is no return from this point and the nation is dead... So the trade to the desises was a few thousand easy replacable soldiers to hundred of thousands natives, and a lot of them was irreplaceable craftsmen, scientist, politicians, etc., plus complitly obliterating the next generation. If the native americans menaged to reach Eourope first somehow then probably the same would happend.
10:05 '...the areas that are just left out of conquest are the most important areas today.' no, there are not! they just have oil and hopefully, its importance is rapidly coming to an end. we will need it to manufacture stuff in the future but we urgently need to stop burning it. this must come to an end asap! without oil, there is nothing there. the people living there will find it hard to earn a living once oil stops to be just fuel for engines.
@@embreis2257 well, Ceaser was. he was voted in as Emperor and then took dictatorship. which obvs paved the path for others after him to try and do the same.
American allies have a difficult relationship with the A-bomb. While it was probably psychologically impossible for Japan to surrender until there was no other choice, it's still a matter of fact that the US does not subscribe to non-proliferation itself. It's a tough one. If you open Pandora's Box, people are going to want one of their own. And then you can't pretend you didn't open it. I also think that Ukraine's current occupation, however temporary, of Russian territory is one of the most interesting test cases in military strategy. Because we've all been taught that the nuclear deterrent made that land inviolable. What level of provocation is necessary? And then how do you justify a lack of retaliation? Perhaps it's like 'Yes, Prime Minister': At what point does Jim Hacker press the button?
Yes the Huns made Roman Empire to eventually collapse & separate & in case you didn’t know Huns are old Turkic tribes who conquered quite huge portion of Europe . Like example from Caucasia to central empire including modern France, Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland, little portion of Austria & Belgium then… Poland Hungary balkans, baltic trios & the north Europe Denmark & Sweden. Turks even made it to Indonesia, Iceland, small portion of Ireland & Britain. Turks influenced Europe by their history & by spreading their Turkic genes to old Europe citizens by strength, terror & fear. So I believe that most of the modern Europeans have old Turkic genes, ancestries or something relevant & also by linguistically but mostly by ancestry. Example Vikings ancestors are old Turkic people example Odin & Thor. Then there comes the Balkan people & Germanic people not all but maybe either half or most of them. & believe it or not the old Proto-Turkic people were actually blonde & blue eyed people because old Turks are from Central Asia & that’s the place where the blonde hair & blue eyes were discovered, popularized & was mostly spread so they were not modern Asian looking what you think nowadays. The reason why most of Turkic people looks like Asian because during the mongol empire the mongols & Chinese people mixed with the Old Turkic Tribes Some of them were even killed because they didn’t wanna have foreign looking people in their lands that doesn’t look like them. & plus USA was taxed by the Turks back in the Ottoman Empire “Modern Türkiye” 🇹🇷 for about 30 years & They Fought many wars against each other the Americans & Ottoman Turks like example Barbary war 1 & 2 Were Started because a Turkish Pasha/Sultan Of Tripoli Declared War Against US for delayed payments & eagerly asking for extra money. There are 3 most know wars against Ottoman Empire 🇹🇷 & USA 🇺🇸. Barbary Wars 1 & 2 & then the battle of Derna & Turks captured about 60 USA war ships & enslaved 1.000 US civilians tortured them killed some of them & the rest of them were sold as slaves to the other citizens & close distant states not so far mostly closed & also Russia was defeated by Turks & allies & had to sell Alaska to USA because they really suffered In the Crimean war against Turks & its two other allies Britain & France. & Turks Also Besieged Vienna 2 times In the 1500s & 1600s. No Hatred Only Peace ✌️ 🇹🇷 ❤️
Very small fyi:"" Caesar then took to wearing a laurel wreath around his head to hide his hair loss""... getting bald made a fashion among those days elite, lol!
First, germain ground army still use the same loge from ww2 and second, yes, the usa bombed japan just to prove a point against ussr since it is now nown that japan was about to abdicate
A case can certainly be made The british empire was the greatest, or having biggest unfluence on current society. But by what measure , in what context. This is certainly true in the current west. I think many africans, who speaks french would disagree, same for most of south america. People tend to get biased in these discussions 😂, context matters.
I still think the Roman Empire had the greatest influence in current world society. They made aqueducts , heated baths , roads sturdy roads that lasted for decades, concrete, the Julian calendar ,the arch ,the dome ,sanitation etc. Most of the things modern society takes for granted today.
4:55 is not Spain is Iberia , once again there was not a Spain back then , and the name Spain only start being used after full territorial consolidation is there 2 more countries and Portugal is older than Spain
Watch 'The Spiders Web' documentary. The British Empire never ended. Just moved into finance. And still has plenty of territories & Charles is still King of 15 countries.
The Umayyad Empire didn't take over Spain, Spain did not exist until the 1400s, it took over most of Hispania, Hispania and Spain are 2 completely different things, it is the name for the region of modern-day "Portugal + Spain" The Greeks before the Romans called that region Hispania after adopting the name for the Region from the Greeks, Hispania = Iberian Peninsula and until this day that region is called the Iberian Peninsula due to the Greeks calling the people from that region Iberians. The Umayyad Empire took over most of Hispania, the modern-day name being Iberian Peninsula, not Spain. Modern day Spain however is named after Hispania, after the Kingdom of Aragorn and Castile merged into a new Kingdom and called it Spain to sort of have an ancient claim on the land (same as modern-day Israel saying they have an ancient claim on the land because of the bible for example). There's a reason Spain has tried countless times to conquer Portugal, even though Portugal and the Kingdom of Castile had agreed to the Portuguese borders before they were even established
Yes they did! And this Saturday (24th August 2024) sees the 220th anniversary of the British Army burning down the Presidential Mansion and other public and government buildings in Washington in retaliation for the American Army burning down all of the Capital of what was then called Upper Canada, York (now part of Toronto) after they had declared war on Great Britain to start The War of 1812. Whilst the Americans destroyed all of York, housing and all, the British left the housing in Washington to show that they were above that sort of thing. And the Presidential Mansion? Well, after it was rebuilt it had to be painted white to cover over the smoke damage, hence "The White House". 🙂
Well, they did invade Canada when it was French territory, in fact it is the French that named this territory Canada. As always, the Brits have a habit of invading other’s territories and stealing others charts instead of exploring themselves, charting themselves and find new places by themselves. In their entire history they never discovered or explored uncharted territories, they always stole others’ charts as they did with Spanish charts for the Pacific and Australia. The best examples are Drake, and captain Cook who used stolen Spanish charts and ships’ logs for his voyages.
The British were/are certainly the largest Empire the world has ever seen. By as young as 1913 they had a quarter of the global population at a single time. No Empire comes close. Especially considering the size, it's crazy.
Put in perspective it's not that impressive. Canada (10 million km2) and Australia (8 million km2) were half the size of the British Empire, and were essentially empty lands. Indians contributed more than half of the population of the British Empire.
& I forgot to mention than mostly countries that are related to Turks & other Turkic people the closest one is Hungary & the others are Estonia, Finland, Sweden, Norway & Germany & The other North & Central Europe & the Balkan countries but mostly these 6 countries are related to Turks & not vice versa because Turks Invaded Europe & not the opposite way. ✌️
I can't take the original narrator seriously, all the woke, prefix and suffix of dating but still using the birth of Christ as the starting point. BC & AD!
33:16: Germany’s empire.. with its Pacific territories bought from Spain, lol. It was smaller and less significant than both the French and the UK empires. This whole video Connor is reacting to is dumb, and clearly made by an ignorant.
The British brought mass transport (railways and steamship routes), international communications (the telegraph), international law and modern trading conventions, international insurance practices, industrialisation, electrification, a huge mass of law codes, education standards etc etc etc. The world would be a very different place.
no te anotes todo, piensa un poco,las rutas maritimas eran cosa de España, y Portugal.. si tu ,usurpas algo, no te conviertes en su inventor, creador o lo que tu quieras.Por otra parte ,no hay mas que ver como,denostais al imperio español,cuando lo que si se os puede atribuir sin miedo a equivocarse,es el hecho de que ha sido un ''imperio'' pirata. mucho mas sanfriento que cualquiera de los dos mencionados.tenga buen dia,
The video you were reacting to was awful. I agree with you regarding the 'Austrian Painter and his flag though. RUclips is worse than my prissy old Aunt.
The Dutch Republic sure dominated the 17th century. It defeated, and gained independence from the Spanish Empire at the peak of its power. The Dutch dominated the seas, and controlled the Baltic Sea. It faced off against the combined powers of the English, French & the Germans in 1672 and won. The British & French took over from the Dutch in the 18th century.
It's debatable for the seas, but overall I'd say France dominated the second half of the 17th century . The height of France (except for the short Napoleonic period) was under Louis XIV during that period, in which it's considered to have had the strongest army in Europe by far. And during a short period (but very short compared with the Dutch and then Britain), the best navy. You'll find no historian denying Louis XIV was the strongest ruler in Europe during his reign, especially after the Franco-Dutch war of 1672-78 (as opposed to what I assume you're suggesting, not only did the Dutch have as many allies as France, but they lost). In the 18th century, at least from the second half of the 18th century, the British had a clear advantage, until the revolution and and Napoleon. The British empire clearly dominated the 19th century as a whole, way above France in most aspects (just mentioning that because it seems the video consider the 19th century to be the century of France, while it's not). I don't get how anyone can say France could compete with Britain after 1815. Except for the size of the land army. It was the century of successive downgrades for France, one of the worst one.
tbh i think the British Empire was the strongest from 1588 when it wrecked both France and Spain until the 1930's until the rise of Germany and the subsequent emergence of the USA as the worlds predominant military power. the British had been the worlds #1 economy until the 1940's
Military power why ,because of the young men who fought and died in WW II . Those young men back then gave their hearts, souls and lives so the US could be that today without them the US would either be talking German or Russian now . A fact clearly forgotten by today's self centered ,selfish generation there in the US . So nothing really special about the US today those young guys back in WW II were the special ones .
Until the 18th century the British weren't really at the same level as France in Europe, particularly in the 17th with Louis XIII and France basically being the sole winner of the 30 years war and after that the reign of Louis XIV the Sun King. I mean it's hard to argue against the fact that during that whole century France was the top dog in Europe.
1588??? Your data is totally wrong. The British did not even arrive in America until 1607, when Spain already had an empire set up there and had founded 700 cities throughout America (I said correctly, cities, not settlements). In fact, the British Empire began in the 17th century and did not surpass the Spanish or French empire until the 19th century.
GDP is not a good way of assesing economy, more is quality of life or as you could think, power of to buy. you may me under average in the usa with 30k a year but you are 1% of the most weathy of the world...lol
Why people still think the USSR was nearly as strong as its propaganda said it was when Russia literally has a culture of always lying to the boss always eludes me
Yes the Huns made Roman Empire to eventually collapse & separate & in case you didn’t know Huns are old Turkic tribes who conquered quite huge portion of Europe . Like example from Caucasia to central empire including modern France, Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland, little portion of Austria & Belgium then… Poland Hungary balkans, baltic trios & the north Europe Denmark & Sweden. Turks even made it to Indonesia, Iceland, small portion of Ireland & Britain. Turks influenced Europe by their history & by spreading their Turkic genes to old Europe citizens by strength, terror & fear. So I believe that most of the modern Europeans have old Turkic genes, ancestries or something relevant & also by linguistically but mostly by ancestry. Example Vikings ancestors are old Turkic people example Odin & Thor. Then there comes the Balkan people & Germanic people not all but maybe either half or most of them. & believe it or not the old Proto-Turkic people were actually blonde & blue eyed people because old Turks are from Central Asia & that’s the place where the blonde hair & blue eyes were discovered, popularized & was mostly spread so they were not modern Asian looking what you think nowadays. The reason why most of Turkic people looks like Asian because during the mongol empire the mongols & Chinese people mixed with the Old Turkic Tribes Some of them were even killed because they didn’t wanna have foreign looking people in their lands that doesn’t look like them. & plus USA was taxed by the Turks back in the Ottoman Empire “Modern Türkiye” 🇹🇷 for about 30 years & They Fought many wars against each other the Americans & Ottoman Turks like example Barbary war 1 & 2 Were Started because a Turkish Pasha/Sultan Of Tripoli Declared War Against US for delayed payments & eagerly asking for extra money. There are 3 most know wars against Ottoman Empire 🇹🇷 & USA 🇺🇸. Barbary Wars 1 & 2 & then the battle of Derna & Turks captured about 60 USA war ships & enslaved 1.000 US civilians tortured them killed some of them & the rest of them were sold as slaves to the other citizens & close distant states not so far mostly closed & also Russia was defeated by Turks & allies & had to sell Alaska to USA because they really suffered In the Crimean war against Turks & its two other allies Britain & France. & Turks Also Besieged Vienna 2 times In the 1500s & 1600s. No Hatred Only Peace ✌️ 🇹🇷 ❤️
Spain prohibited the slavery of Native Americans at the beginning of the conquest. Culture, properties and language were respected
Is that why they killed so many Native South American Indians then? 🤔
And they didn't have colonies, they're spanish, not british, a colony has different status than a province, a vice royalty o a general captaincie, that's what Spain had, not colonies.
And the spanish empire ended in 1898, not in the XX century. And it didn't just decline like the video said, the british and french empires invaded them, made the war, and made the impossible to destroy them, to made colonies in the spanish empire, there was even a plan made by England to humilliate the spaniards, pure envy I call it.
Those videos are usually full of propaganda, look how they never mention that the natives united to the spaniards when they mention the incas, because that goes against their antihispanic propaganda.
Este chico debe leer más historia desde otros puntos de vista, a ser posible no británicos ni norteamericanos , que no dejan de ser una prolongación del comportamiento británico, las culturas mediterráneas quizá por ser más antiguas siempre han dominado unas a otras pero siempre coexistiendo con los dominados de turno lo cual lleva a la mezcla de las poblaciones , por eso en Sudamérica sigue habiendo gran cantidad de población indígena auténtica y mestiza , no pasa lo mismo con los territorios conquistados por los britanicos, franceses, holandeses, etc, además fuimos los que más ayudaron a los norteamericanos a ser independientes de los britanicos aunque no se comente mucho en los libros de historia norteamericanos
Black Legend is real, Anglo inferiority complex make them think they are hot shit..
@@Meryawey The eternal Anglo..
Inglaterra no destruyó la Armada Española en 1588 , fue el mal tiempo , el temporal, quien deshizo la Flota.
Is that what they teach you in your schools? Good grief!! Let's get some facts here:
The English fleet with its superior firepower harassed the Armada all the way up the English Channel and used Fireships to burn them as well. As a result the Armada was not able to link up with the troops on mainland Europe and had to flee. The only way home was over the top of Scotland and down the west coast of Ireland where what was left of it was heavily battered by storms. Only a few of the original ships managed to limp home.
It was NOT just "bad weather, the storm, that destroyed the fleet". It was the superiority of the English fleet and better tactics that won the battle. The storms only finished off what was left.
You guys really are bad losers aren't you? 😉
@@andypandy9013 You just learnt propaganda. The english fleet wasn't superior and when the Contrarmada tried to attack Spain, it was destroyed. Wasn't it so superior to even beat the Gran Armada? Why it was destroyed so easily then, if they were so powerfull?
You just have to see who lies, that Armada is known as Invencible Armada, because that's how the anglo world call it and sell it, and the propaganda do the rest, the spaniards never called it like that, it was Gran Armada, not invencible, but you guys magnified it, creating the myth to create the glory of England.
So this is my way to tell you "is that what they teach you in your schools?" 😆 that's our line, man!Even your own historians know that you guys don't learn history, but propaganda, and when they try to say the truth there are people trying to shut them up and say no no no, that's not working for the interests of England and their national selfsteem. And the historians and investigators of Spain (and other countries), and now also the people, know this, and we laugh of it, and usually put it as examples of how England has no shame to lie if that benefits them, then we should learn to not be afraid of defending our country, our culture, the truth of our history or say we are glorious, we don't need propagandas, or lies to be proud, we just need to talk about our history how it was, without myths or inventions like that supposed victory of England against the "Invencible Armada". 😆
@@Meryawey
The Spanish Armada of 1588 was commanded by Alonso de Guzmán y Sotomayor, 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia who was born 10th September 1550 at Saluncar, Cadiz, Spain to Spanish parents.
So not very French then. 🙄
The bottom line is that the objective of The Armada, to invade England, was not acheived. That was due to a combination of the English having better ships, better tactics, more fighting spirit and better leadership. The final destruction of the Spanish fleet by the storms occured AFTER it had ALREADY been DEFEATED.
You fought. You lost. Get over it!
@@andypandy9013 I did remembered bad, it was Trafalgar the one of the french commander, my bad because i doubted and I didn't went to confirm it. You're right there about the commader.
But the rest is bullsh*t, and everybody knows it. It wasn't the british fleet being better, that's english propaganda, the spaniards actually won that one, they weren't defeated by England there, the storms did that.
@@Meryawey
So if, as you claim, the Spaniards won that one then how come England (Britain didn't exist in 1588) was not invaded? That doesn't sound like a win to me. Because it isn't. It's a defeat and a failure to achieve intended objectives. 🤔
I am not going to reply again but I will restate that The Armada was harrased all the way up the English Channel to prevent it linking up with the troops in the Netherlands that were needed for the invasion by a combination of better ships, better gunnery, better fighting spirit and better leadership. It was the Sixteenth Century equivalent of the Battle of Britain in 1940. In both cases my little island stopped a much more powerful tyrant intent on invading our shores dead in their tracks.
By the time the storms arrived Phillip II's fleet had already been defeated. All that was left for it to do was to try to get home the best it could. End of! 😃
In Europe, Holy Roman Empire never really experienced an unification process like France and Britain later. Even though the Ottonian house was the most powerful from Otto I, the power of the Emperor gradually became symbolic in favor of more powerful Germanic Princes with times, which makes HRE big (on a map), but sclerotic in multiple states.
France also experienced this, in particular in 10th-12th centuries, with the Plantagenêt House (Angevin Empire) in exemple, but from the Battle of Bouvines in 1214, the Kingdom of France (Capetian House) emerged as the most powerful, especially with the reign of Louis IX. It began a process of unification on multiples centuries, where the power of the King never ceased to increase little by little (and not without difficulties) over his vassals, until the emergence of the absolute monarchy in the end of the 17th century.
However, from beginning of 16th century, even if HRE re-emerged with the rise of the Habsburgs, Spain was in reality the Spearhead of the empire until middle-17th. Then France re-became the biggest power with the Bourbon dynasty (Louis XIV) until the end of the Napoleonic Wars.
From then, British Empire became the biggest naval and colonial power in 19th century until its decline after WW2. Even if they never had been a continental power like France, Germany and Russia (in 20th century particularly).
The Byzantine Empire was also called the Eastern Roman Empire. It was heavily influenced by Greece, but it was regarded as Roman. It ended in 1453, with the 'Fall' of its Capital - Cconstantinople, by Forces of the Islamic Ottoman Empire.
And what about the Dutch?? With the VOC the most powerful company ever.
I think you answered your own Question, the VOC was a Company, not an Empire per se, although, for all intents and purposes it was the Dutch Empire.
We do not condone fake ass trade empires!
Last territory that Portugal let go was East Timor in 2002. Macau was in 1999.
Thank you that was so sweet what you said about the British Empire
Sometimes i find it strange you dont understand how an engine works, but for european history, geography and asking the right questions you get an A+. Well done , 😊🤘❤️🇪🇺🇺🇲
Hi Conner, Japan was defeated by allied US, British (Empire) and Russian armies. The US concentrated on the defeat of the Japanese' naval and military forces on conquered Islands and territories with allied support. The British and Russian troops concentrated on pushing the Japanese out of the land territories ie. China ( Manchuria) Burma and Indonesia with US support. The Atomic bombs were allied weapons due to the involvement of scientists from the British empire, Europe and America.
America's such a beautiful country you should be proud that you're American
Regards to African Exploration, I know it has no historical basis but I love Jeremy Clarkson's reasoning for it;
Jezza "Sahara Desert, done, The Sudan, which is impossible, all done, every nook and cranny explored, but, here, in this pleasant Garden of Eden.... Unexplored Territories... What was holding them up? It's not Mountainous, every Tree has got food growing out of it.."
Richard "It's a good point when you think about it, there's nothing here would stop you is there?"
Jezza "They kept coming out here writing back 'ohh yes very difficult, I must go out for Five Years, I shall probably be lost!'"
James "It all stinks a bit doesn't it?"
Jezza "Yeah, so, England 'Would you like to go to Mrs Simpson's Piano Recital this afternoon?' OR come out here, Dusky Maidens, lovely temperature, very pleasant views, great food, get a tan"
Richard "Write home and tell 'em it's awful!"
James "YESS, exactly!"
Jezza "Send a letter, 'Dear Mrs Hammond it is with a heavy heart I write to say we have not seen Richard for three years..."
Richard "He's in the vice like grip of, what's her name? Fever, I'll put Fever.... Or Malaria, yeah Malaria..."
James "So, basically, our theory on Victorian Explorers is they were just a bunch of Hoorays on some long gap year is that right?"
😂 It just tickles me so much
18:04 'I feel like a knot [...] is so much more durable than a piece of parchment.' textiles are susceptible to rotting. if you want a durable written document, bronze age Sumerian cuneiform is the thing you are looking for. that is durable to this day!
You should try the best history series ever called the people's century there is a RUclips playlist specifically to this video the 1989 episode on the fall of the Berlin Wall and ussr its 26 episodes in total each around an hour
after the fall of the Western Roman Empire, the Eastern Empire defined itself as Roman, and until the end they defined themselves as Roman, it was the West that defined them as Byzantine, in fact in Italy we have a region that is still called Romagna, or where the Romans live, because it was the only part of the north not taken by the Lombards.
Just to let you know the swastikas were appropriated by the Nazi Party but actually represented peace and harmony. The Swastika symbol is thousands of years old, it is a religious symbol in Buddhism and Hinduism, was used by the Roman empire, there are even carvings of the symbol on Ilkley moor in Yorkshire that are thousands of years old.
Sure I know.
It looked like a cool symbol to use but is remembered for the Nazi period rather than that previous period .
I believe the allies could have forced Japan to surrender without the bombs or even invasion, just blockade the whole country. I've always understood the bombs being used to warn the soviets
I've always found it interesting how unlike most other empires the British empire never really collapsed it slowly self dismantled and fizzled out one colony at a time for the most part without being forced until 1997 when it fully ended
LOL. It hasn't ended. Britain still owns two bases in Cyprus, Gibralta, Bermuda, Anguilla, Cayman islands, Falkland Islands, South Georgia & the Sandwich Islands, Gibralta, Montserrat, British Virgin Islands, British Indian Ocean territory, British Antarctic territory, Turks & Caicos Islands, Pitcairn Islands, St Helena, Tristan Da Cunha & Ascension Island. That is over a quarter of a million people, so it could be said that the sun still doesn't set on the British Empire.
Among the reasons why there was a collapse, was WW1 which everyone in government of all participants believed would be over in weeks. The cost of the war was ruinous. The second world war was just the icing on the cake and when the peoples of the colonised countries (quite rightly) demanded independence, Britain had neither the will or the strength to oppose them. Once India achieved independence, much of the wealth needed to maintain such a global empire was gone.
Watch 'The Spider's Web' documentary.
It never ended. Just moved into finance.
That's the same for the Portuguese empire
@@skasteve6528 Not to mention constant agitation by the French and the USA in GB colonies and latterly by USSR and China.
But it was forced by the US and the Soviet Union. Anthony Eden tried to save the remnants of the Empire during the Suez crisis but America intervened and forced us to abandon it. Same with the colonies in Africa.
The thing with illnesses is that África and Eyrasua always were conectes and the American continent was isolated
Napoleon had not invaded Russia in winter tho.
No, but like Germany, he hadn't taken Moscow before Winter came, which, like Germany, completely screwed them.
@@mattybob12310 Your point is valid, however, strictly speaking, he took Moscow the 14th of September. He left only mid October when the temperature began to worsen
@@mattybob12310 Russia burned Moscow to ash when the Russian army had fled. So Napoleon's army could not resupply on the spot.
And that winter was one of the worst of recorded history.
Also, most of the French army dies of heat during the summer. It was stupidly hot. And more of 3/4 of them dies in summer of heat alone.
Napoleon should retreat during the summer because the conditions was impossible allowing to not lost his army.
The 21st century isn't over yet 😁
But almost everyone who isn't pissy, agrees that the USA is a safe controller as we don't want to invade other countries.
I think this list could have some changes, but overall it’s fairly comprehensive given the scope. For the atomic bombing question, I really think it was an order magnitude better than an invasion. After all, it’s not as if there existed a big taboo yet, it was just another mass bombing like many others, and a future invasion wouldn’t guarantee the U.S. wouldn’t use it anyways in the face of massive resistance, and if the U.S. can’t do it by themselves then they’d need the assistance of the Soviets who would no doubt be pretty brutal themselves. Even if Japan surrendered earlier than expected, it would only be a setup for future wars against occupation or a civil war like with Korea and Vietnam.
The Roman Empire was divided into Eastern and Western between the sons of Theodosius I. The Byzantine Empire came much later than a Russian historian called it Byzantium from the ancient city of Byzantium. In the 4th century, the city was called Constantinople. The "Byzantine Empire" is the direct successor of the Roman Empire. It's just that the dominant language becomes Greek and not Latin. All the Roman titles like Caesar, Patrician and others existed for another 1000 years in the Eastern Roman Empire. You've learned a lot, but there's still a lot to learn🙂. Others you will not understand because your country has not been an enemy of this empire for over 700 years. I'm not criticizing you, I'm stating facts🙂. Greetings bro 🙂
I read many Books. Some People claim that many Ancient Rulers were really Black People. They even claim that the Mongols were Black People. The Video has sourced its images of Ghengis Khan etc. from those Sites that make claims. The images are false. The Mongols were Oriental in appearance - similar to the Chinese, Japanese, and Koreans etc. Just as it is Today...
you need to read better books. almost none of the rulers in this video were black.
@@embreis2257 - I never claimed that the Video had lots of Black Rulers in it. You totally misunderstood my Comment. I was referring only to 2 of the Mongol Rulers in it. I have seen those 2 depictions before. By People who claim that those 2 Rulers were Black. I know as well as you do that nearly all of the Rulers in the Video are not shown to be Black. I have well over 2,000 Non Fiction Books, so I expect that I am far, far . better read than you. I know of many 'Weird' beliefs that some People have. Some People even claim that the Ancient British were Black!!!
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re: the A Bomb, my feeling is that the Japanese resilience served as "the" excuse to test the bomb in real life.
I don't think it then served as a deterrent to the USSR that was an Ally at the time (1945), the "cold war" only starting in 1947.
8:23 'did he say it and I just missed it: was there an army of the Holy Roman Empire or was it just like armies within the HRE but not one cohesive army that you can just say 'okay, march!'?' that is not how historians/lawyers determine whether an entity constitutes an _empire_ in international law. other ancient empires didn't have armies structured like the ancient Romans. the Romans spoiled us in thinking their state organisation was the norm.
initially, the HRE was more than a loose collection of tribes, their leaders and some petty fiefdoms. it was culturally cohesive and the main German tribes (Saxons, Franks, Swabians, Lotharingians, Thuringians and Bavarians) formed something early on which still constitutes German states: *_federalism_* . they elected a _king of the Germans_ (Rex Germaniae) from 843 onwards and this man was crowned emperor by the pope in Rome. the title lapsed in 924 but was revived in 962. the emperor was also _king of Italy_ and _king of burgundy_ since 1032. therefore one could claim it was an empire (because it encompassed several kingdoms Germany, Italy, Burgundy]), it was 'holy' because the emperor had a strong connection with the church (pope crowning) and it was Roman as the pope resided in Rome, crowned the emperor in Rome and sometimes the emperor himself ruled the empire from Rome.
16:10 'do you guys think the Huns caused the collapse of the western Roman empire? not directly, like flicked the domino.' yes, of course! no doubt about it in history. not because the Huns bothered the Russians though but because the Huns caused so much fear among Germanic tribes it triggered the _great migration period._ the already weakened western Roman empire couldn't deal with the influx of so many Germanic tribes and collapsed eventually. the Huns did battle the Romans too (battle of the Catalaunian fields in 451).
The sovjet union didn't collapse in one day. There was a revolution and contra revolution where old communist leader took over and captured gorbatsjov. Then the army rebelled and together with Jeltsin they freed Gorbatsjov. Is was in a few weeks in the summer as I remember.
Slavery was all over the world, (Asian, Black and White people) in 16th century as in Roman times and Spain was the exception when Queen Isabela I of Castille banned explorers and colonizers to enslave native américans but not africans. Black slave market was dominantes by portuguese and english and Black slaves run away the 13 english colonies to the rich New Spain during 17th and 18 th centuries because they had the chance to be free for several reasons
The main thing against Columbus from many fool and ignorant people is that he duscivered a new continent for europeans but Spain made it possible as well as the first circumnavigation around the world by El Cano. This is something that nener would happen if an english did it first
Napoleon didn't invade Russia in the winter. As he advanced inside Russia (before the winter), the Russians applied the "burned land" tactic: Napoleon didn't have to fight anyone but empty, deserted and burned towns and villages as he progressed deeper and deeper into the country.
He was forced to retreat (also for lack of food supplies) and, very cleverly, the Russians had calculated that the winter would catch him and his army ... and destroy them more efficiently than on bloody battlegrounds.
Good stuff mate.
The Byzantines definitely saw themselves as Romans. The Great Schism and the Fourth Crusade maybe splitting them off permanently from "the West".
The moving of peoples into Europe in the 4th and 5th centuries is sometimes described as train cars being shunted. A movement starts on the Steppe, and the last car in the line gets shoved into the Roman Empire. A bit overstated and oversimplified possibly.
There's a simple method for remembering the five northernmost 'Stans'. Starting top left and descending, then back to top right descending it's KUTKT.
Start with the Kazaks, the biggest and most famous thanks to Borat. Then the only U, the Uzbeks followed by the closest to Turkey, the Turkmen.
Only two left are the Kyrgyz and the Tajiks, simple!
Today only 1% native américans left alive in reserves but 50% to 90% native américans or mestizos in spanish speaking countries. What colonizers were the bad guys?
When you take into consideration how small Britain is, it makes the size of the empire even more impressive
True, but the English being islanders ... no wonder that they developped an amazing fleet and set off to explore the "beyond the horizon" wild unknown world, don't you think?
@@micade2518 In fact, the world was explored by the Portuguese and the Spanish.
Put in perspective it's not that impressive.
Canada (10 million km2) and Australia (8 million km2) were half the size of the British Empire, and were essentially empty lands.
@@Tago-h1b So 25% of the word's population is not impressive then? 🤔
@@Tago-h1b Not all of it. What about the voyages of the Royal Navy Captains James Cook and Matthew Flinders? Not to mention the Hydro-graphic Survey ship HMS Challenger which found the deepest spot of the ocean which is named The Challenger Deep after it?
My comment that's disappeared also stressed the fact that, in answer to your question, Connor, "Why don't France and England show in the list" of the most powerful countries in the XXth century is because both saw the end of their respective empires then.
I had developped, but don't want to start all over again ... Thank you YT, I suppose?
Europeans wasn't immune to american desises. The Caribian was a hell on earth for the soldiers. ~60% if the troops sent to Caribian died from desises. But if you have 10000 people garnison and 6000 of them died, a few ships from Europe can replenish them. The population of Europe was fine, so they had a virtualy infinit amount of reinforcements. And the soldiers wasn't the most valuable people anyway, all the economic and all qualified people was safe in the Europe. If 60% of the population of a country dies, including the best craftsmants, scientist, most qualified workers. Plus 80% of the children, because they are even more endangered. There is no return from this point and the nation is dead... So the trade to the desises was a few thousand easy replacable soldiers to hundred of thousands natives, and a lot of them was irreplaceable craftsmen, scientist, politicians, etc., plus complitly obliterating the next generation. If the native americans menaged to reach Eourope first somehow then probably the same would happend.
10:05 '...the areas that are just left out of conquest are the most important areas today.' no, there are not! they just have oil and hopefully, its importance is rapidly coming to an end. we will need it to manufacture stuff in the future but we urgently need to stop burning it. this must come to an end asap! without oil, there is nothing there. the people living there will find it hard to earn a living once oil stops to be just fuel for engines.
Nero was messed up. The greatest Roman Emperors were Augustus, Trajan and Ceaser.
Specially Augustus and Trajan 🙂. Ceaser is great but is crazy 😂
@@a4kata40 true that :D
technically, Caesar was never emperor. Augustus was the first emperor.
@@embreis2257 well, Ceaser was. he was voted in as Emperor and then took dictatorship. which obvs paved the path for others after him to try and do the same.
American allies have a difficult relationship with the A-bomb. While it was probably psychologically impossible for Japan to surrender until there was no other choice, it's still a matter of fact that the US does not subscribe to non-proliferation itself. It's a tough one. If you open Pandora's Box, people are going to want one of their own. And then you can't pretend you didn't open it. I also think that Ukraine's current occupation, however temporary, of Russian territory is one of the most interesting test cases in military strategy. Because we've all been taught that the nuclear deterrent made that land inviolable. What level of provocation is necessary? And then how do you justify a lack of retaliation? Perhaps it's like 'Yes, Prime Minister': At what point does Jim Hacker press the button?
Yes the Huns made Roman Empire to eventually collapse & separate & in case you didn’t know Huns are old Turkic tribes who conquered quite huge portion of Europe . Like example from Caucasia to central empire including modern France, Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland, little portion of Austria & Belgium then… Poland Hungary balkans, baltic trios & the north Europe Denmark & Sweden.
Turks even made it to Indonesia, Iceland, small portion of Ireland & Britain.
Turks influenced Europe by their history & by spreading their Turkic genes to old Europe citizens by strength, terror & fear. So I believe that most of the modern Europeans have old Turkic genes, ancestries or something relevant & also by linguistically but mostly by ancestry.
Example Vikings ancestors are old Turkic people example Odin & Thor.
Then there comes the Balkan people & Germanic people not all but maybe either half or most of them.
& believe it or not the old Proto-Turkic people were actually blonde & blue eyed people because old Turks are from Central Asia & that’s the place where the blonde hair & blue eyes were discovered, popularized & was mostly spread so they were not modern Asian looking what you think nowadays. The reason why most of Turkic people looks like Asian because during the mongol empire the mongols & Chinese people mixed with the Old Turkic Tribes Some of them were even killed because they didn’t wanna have foreign looking people in their lands that doesn’t look like them.
& plus USA was taxed by the Turks back in the Ottoman Empire “Modern Türkiye” 🇹🇷 for about 30 years & They Fought many wars against each other the Americans & Ottoman Turks like example Barbary war 1 & 2 Were Started because a Turkish Pasha/Sultan Of Tripoli Declared War Against US for delayed payments & eagerly asking for extra money. There are 3 most know wars against Ottoman Empire 🇹🇷 & USA 🇺🇸. Barbary Wars 1 & 2 & then the battle of Derna & Turks captured about 60 USA war ships & enslaved 1.000 US civilians tortured them killed some of them & the rest of them were sold as slaves to the other citizens & close distant states not so far mostly closed & also Russia was defeated by Turks & allies & had to sell Alaska to USA because they really suffered In the Crimean war against Turks & its two other allies Britain & France.
& Turks Also Besieged Vienna 2 times In the 1500s & 1600s.
No Hatred Only Peace
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Very small fyi:"" Caesar then took to wearing a laurel wreath around his head to hide his hair loss""... getting bald made a fashion among those days elite, lol!
& Turks also fought against Spanish empire over the islands & Portuguese Empire Over the sea of the African & Indian oceans.
First, germain ground army still use the same loge from ww2 and second, yes, the usa bombed japan just to prove a point against ussr since it is now nown that japan was about to abdicate
A case can certainly be made The british empire was the greatest, or having biggest unfluence on current society. But by what measure , in what context. This is certainly true in the current west. I think many africans, who speaks french would disagree, same for most of south america. People tend to get biased in these discussions 😂, context matters.
I still think the Roman Empire had the greatest influence in current world society.
They made aqueducts , heated baths , roads sturdy roads that lasted for decades, concrete, the Julian calendar ,the arch ,the dome ,sanitation etc.
Most of the things modern society takes for granted today.
4:55 is not Spain is Iberia , once again there was not a Spain back then , and the name Spain only start being used after full territorial consolidation is there 2 more countries and Portugal is older than Spain
That video made me laugh tonight but it's was very confusing video but I enjoyed all the same
Watch 'The Spiders Web' documentary. The British Empire never ended. Just moved into finance. And still has plenty of territories & Charles is still King of 15 countries.
The Umayyad Empire didn't take over Spain, Spain did not exist until the 1400s, it took over most of Hispania, Hispania and Spain are 2 completely different things, it is the name for the region of modern-day "Portugal + Spain" The Greeks before the Romans called that region Hispania after adopting the name for the Region from the Greeks, Hispania = Iberian Peninsula and until this day that region is called the Iberian Peninsula due to the Greeks calling the people from that region Iberians. The Umayyad Empire took over most of Hispania, the modern-day name being Iberian Peninsula, not Spain.
Modern day Spain however is named after Hispania, after the Kingdom of Aragorn and Castile merged into a new Kingdom and called it Spain to sort of have an ancient claim on the land (same as modern-day Israel saying they have an ancient claim on the land because of the bible for example). There's a reason Spain has tried countless times to conquer Portugal, even though Portugal and the Kingdom of Castile had agreed to the Portuguese borders before they were even established
The video you're reacting to has many bizarre choices and is kind of wrong in several regards.
Anyone else think that the picture of the first Roman Emporer bears a striking resemblance to Mr. D.Trump?
It's amazing that the US manages to not fall into debt, could you imagine the world's economy if it did?
The US is in debt to the tune of $35 trillion!
Common Era, Before Crhist - After Crhist, Anno Domini: what next? The Gundam's Universal Century?
Common Era CE is the same as AD ...... Before the Common Era BCE is the same as BC
@@xanx1234 Did you notice the sarcasm or are you here to explain things I already know?
Reading comprehension
Ad Urbe Condita
Otra vez los anglosajones con la leyenda negra .
Which "Leyanda Negra" are you referring to? 🤔
@@andypandy9013busca busca y la encontraras las mentiras.
46:28 what do you mean "invade Canada"?, didn't you get your arse kicked last time you tried that?
Yes they did! And this Saturday (24th August 2024) sees the 220th anniversary of the British Army burning down the Presidential Mansion and other public and government buildings in Washington in retaliation for the American Army burning down all of the Capital of what was then called Upper Canada, York (now part of Toronto) after they had declared war on Great Britain to start The War of 1812. Whilst the Americans destroyed all of York, housing and all, the British left the housing in Washington to show that they were above that sort of thing. And the Presidential Mansion? Well, after it was rebuilt it had to be painted white to cover over the smoke damage, hence "The White House". 🙂
Well, they did invade Canada when it was French territory, in fact it is the French that named this territory Canada.
As always, the Brits have a habit of invading other’s territories and stealing others charts instead of exploring themselves, charting themselves and find new places by themselves. In their entire history they never discovered or explored uncharted territories, they always stole others’ charts as they did with Spanish charts for the Pacific and Australia.
The best examples are Drake, and captain Cook who used stolen Spanish charts and ships’ logs for his voyages.
The British were/are certainly the largest Empire the world has ever seen. By as young as 1913 they had a quarter of the global population at a single time. No Empire comes close. Especially considering the size, it's crazy.
Put in perspective it's not that impressive.
Canada (10 million km2) and Australia (8 million km2) were half the size of the British Empire, and were essentially empty lands.
Indians contributed more than half of the population of the British Empire.
They weren’t the largest empire, they were the largest holders of empty lands but nothing more.
same point of view about the swastika bro..... youtube no-sens
And yes, no France in 20th for great power.... lol -_-
35:30 When youtube stops being a bitch about it
The Allies would have won eventually, but the death toll would have been huge on both sides...
& I forgot to mention than mostly countries that are related to Turks & other Turkic people the closest one is Hungary & the others are Estonia, Finland, Sweden, Norway & Germany & The other North & Central Europe & the Balkan countries but mostly these 6 countries are related to Turks & not vice versa because Turks Invaded Europe & not the opposite way. ✌️
I mean that not than excuse my typo
Connor continues to be convinced that every childish cartoon is the unvarnished truth. Pathetic!
I can't take the original narrator seriously, all the woke, prefix and suffix of dating but still using the birth of Christ as the starting point. BC & AD!
Nero, shaven Edward Sheeran.
Watching this on 1.75 speed Connor sounds like Ben Shapiro.
hmm an empire isn't a country
You must remember the usa is a baby country
33:16: Germany’s empire.. with its Pacific territories bought from Spain, lol. It was smaller and less significant than both the French and the UK empires.
This whole video Connor is reacting to is dumb, and clearly made by an ignorant.
The HRE part is bs, he is showing a map of the frank empire
The British brought mass transport (railways and steamship routes), international communications (the telegraph), international law and modern trading conventions, international insurance practices, industrialisation, electrification, a huge mass of law codes, education standards etc etc etc.
The world would be a very different place.
Yeah, but apart from that what did they ever do for us ?
@@markthomas2577Just about everything
@@markthomas2577 A Monty Python reference there ?
no te anotes todo, piensa un poco,las rutas maritimas eran cosa de España, y Portugal.. si tu ,usurpas algo, no te conviertes en su inventor, creador o lo que tu quieras.Por otra parte ,no hay mas que ver como,denostais al imperio español,cuando lo que si se os puede atribuir sin miedo a equivocarse,es el hecho de que ha sido un ''imperio'' pirata. mucho mas sanfriento que cualquiera de los dos mencionados.tenga buen dia,
@@gregorygant4242 er, yes ........ 😜😜
The video you were reacting to was awful. I agree with you regarding the 'Austrian Painter and his flag though. RUclips is worse than my prissy old Aunt.
Who is this guy..........?
The Dutch Republic sure dominated the 17th century. It defeated, and gained independence from the Spanish Empire at the peak of its power. The Dutch dominated the seas, and controlled the Baltic Sea. It faced off against the combined powers of the English, French & the Germans in 1672 and won. The British & French took over from the Dutch in the 18th century.
It's debatable for the seas, but overall I'd say France dominated the second half of the 17th century . The height of France (except for the short Napoleonic period) was under Louis XIV during that period, in which it's considered to have had the strongest army in Europe by far. And during a short period (but very short compared with the Dutch and then Britain), the best navy. You'll find no historian denying Louis XIV was the strongest ruler in Europe during his reign, especially after the Franco-Dutch war of 1672-78 (as opposed to what I assume you're suggesting, not only did the Dutch have as many allies as France, but they lost). In the 18th century, at least from the second half of the 18th century, the British had a clear advantage, until the revolution and and Napoleon. The British empire clearly dominated the 19th century as a whole, way above France in most aspects (just mentioning that because it seems the video consider the 19th century to be the century of France, while it's not). I don't get how anyone can say France could compete with Britain after 1815. Except for the size of the land army. It was the century of successive downgrades for France, one of the worst one.
tbh i think the British Empire was the strongest from 1588 when it wrecked both France and Spain until the 1930's until the rise of Germany and the subsequent emergence of the USA as the worlds predominant military power. the British had been the worlds #1 economy until the 1940's
Military power why ,because of the young men who fought and died in WW II .
Those young men back then gave their hearts, souls and lives so the US could be that today without them the US would either be talking German or Russian now .
A fact clearly forgotten by today's self centered ,selfish generation there in the US .
So nothing really special about the US today those young guys back in WW II were the special ones .
Bit early IMO. Just in Europe the Ottomans and France arguably more powerful for a while.
Until the 18th century the British weren't really at the same level as France in Europe, particularly in the 17th with Louis XIII and France basically being the sole winner of the 30 years war and after that the reign of Louis XIV the Sun King. I mean it's hard to argue against the fact that during that whole century France was the top dog in Europe.
1588??? Your data is totally wrong. The British did not even arrive in America until 1607, when Spain already had an empire set up there and had founded 700 cities throughout America (I said correctly, cities, not settlements). In fact, the British Empire began in the 17th century and did not surpass the Spanish or French empire until the 19th century.
Nice joke
España no sale aqui por qué no fue tan malos como estos
You're going on like a child you're not very mature aren't you
GDP is not a good way of assesing economy, more is quality of life or as you could think, power of to buy. you may me under average in the usa with 30k a year but you are 1% of the most weathy of the world...lol
Why people still think the USSR was nearly as strong as its propaganda said it was when Russia literally has a culture of always lying to the boss always eludes me
Yes the Huns made Roman Empire to eventually collapse & separate & in case you didn’t know Huns are old Turkic tribes who conquered quite huge portion of Europe . Like example from Caucasia to central empire including modern France, Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland, little portion of Austria & Belgium then… Poland Hungary balkans, baltic trios & the north Europe Denmark & Sweden.
Turks even made it to Indonesia, Iceland, small portion of Ireland & Britain.
Turks influenced Europe by their history & by spreading their Turkic genes to old Europe citizens by strength, terror & fear. So I believe that most of the modern Europeans have old Turkic genes, ancestries or something relevant & also by linguistically but mostly by ancestry.
Example Vikings ancestors are old Turkic people example Odin & Thor.
Then there comes the Balkan people & Germanic people not all but maybe either half or most of them.
& believe it or not the old Proto-Turkic people were actually blonde & blue eyed people because old Turks are from Central Asia & that’s the place where the blonde hair & blue eyes were discovered, popularized & was mostly spread so they were not modern Asian looking what you think nowadays. The reason why most of Turkic people looks like Asian because during the mongol empire the mongols & Chinese people mixed with the Old Turkic Tribes Some of them were even killed because they didn’t wanna have foreign looking people in their lands that doesn’t look like them.
& plus USA was taxed by the Turks back in the Ottoman Empire “Modern Türkiye” 🇹🇷 for about 30 years & They Fought many wars against each other the Americans & Ottoman Turks like example Barbary war 1 & 2 Were Started because a Turkish Pasha/Sultan Of Tripoli Declared War Against US for delayed payments & eagerly asking for extra money. There are 3 most know wars against Ottoman Empire 🇹🇷 & USA 🇺🇸. Barbary Wars 1 & 2 & then the battle of Derna & Turks captured about 60 USA war ships & enslaved 1.000 US civilians tortured them killed some of them & the rest of them were sold as slaves to the other citizens & close distant states not so far mostly closed & also Russia was defeated by Turks & allies & had to sell Alaska to USA because they really suffered In the Crimean war against Turks & its two other allies Britain & France.
& Turks Also Besieged Vienna 2 times In the 1500s & 1600s.
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