Improve that Xix Century map, please Tibet was part of China, the uzbek khanates are wrong, Afghanistan is todo great, the kazakh khanate still existed. It also lacked many states like Herat, Balkh,Bahawalpur, Makran, the turkmens,
Thanks for all your great work over the years. I've been a fan since this channel started. It's hard for me to pick a topic there are so many. I love it especially when you cover uncommon topics like eastern europe or go more in depth on popular stuff like with the Byzantine empire.
@@joshuapena4684 it’s the just name of the Eastern Roman Empire after the west fell. Named after the fact, citizens of the empire would’ve still called themselves Roman
@@Gabriel-fr3sd Well, yes, but with the intent of controlling the areas in question more easily. The goal wasn't to shake a hornet's nest and then leave.
From what I can tell there isn't much on youtube about the historical figure of F.M. Bailey who was a British agent trapped in Tashkent during the Bolshevik revolution. His survival and escape through disguise and spy-craft make him a James Bond in the 1920s. He was so good at his craft that the Soviet Cheka unknowingly hired him to capture himself. He eventually escaped to Persia. A great read on this subject is called Mission to Tashkent by Peter Hopkirk.
I am from Afghanistan 🇦🇫 and thanks for this video please do more about our country... people needs to know more about the brave souls and great sacrifices of this graveyard...
I am from the East. The English are the most cowardly nations of the earth. They do not enter a war except behind a sedition that they fabricate between religions of the same coexisting people. And this is maliciousness. Even the Mongols used to reject it. They were the most used armies for diseases in their wars. So they spread infectious diseases among the villagers and then looted the land. They managed to complete that. In South North America, but in the East, it is the Eastern civilization that knows how to deal with invaders, no matter how strong they are. Resistance is the solution and defeat.
If you're interested in this time period of Central Asia, I recommend reading the manga Otoyomegatari by Kaoru Mori. It follows many characters, but primarily through the eyes of an eccentric British explorer as he journeyed through Central Asia during the time of the Great Game. You can get quite the in-depth look into the diverse cultures of the region stretching from Turkestan to Persia and Anatolia. Latest chapters hints at exploring the British Raj as well.
Only part of their crew is. IIRC at least one of the producers/writers is a Frenchman, one other is from the Balkans. What I do know for absolute certain, because I follow him on various sites, is that OfficiallyDevin, the narrator, is an Englishman
Loved this video, it made me weep because I'm a pashtun from Peshawar, kpk. I just pray that one day we can remove the border of "Durand line *and InshaAllah reunite and become a part of Afghanistan no matter how war-torn or poor it is. 😢
so you would rather live under the oppressive pieces of shit Taliban instead of Pakistan. Look at the healthcare differences, the telecom differences, the electric grid, the fact that you are able to go (semi)freely on RUclips and comment this bullshit without the Taliban or the ISI or IB coming to your house. You want to live with the Taliban? to ja ullo ke pathe jahil aur kabhi Karachi, Larhore ya Islamabad main kadam rakhne ke himit nahi karna. and just to piss you off: MQM Zindabad.
Its my experiance from studying the history of Afghanistan that Whenever tyrants reache its peak , God simply sends them to Afghanistan to teach them a lesson of humility.
Your experience of studying afghan history is wrong then multiple empires have ruled Afghanistan for hundreds of years at a time with no real problem. It’s only really America and the USSR that had problems subduing the region.
@asahi toki Alexander conquered Afghanistan in three years and then his generals ruled it for three hundred after his death. Tamerlane also conquered it and Cyrus the great as well as genghis khan.
how the fck is it underrated? literally everyone knows about. the afghan war and heck, its where the persian empire came out. stop using the word underrated so loosely
@@diollinebranderson6553 litterally everyone? I think most people know that Britain conquered Afghanistan and then got booted out of there, outside of that it is not at all well known, especially not by "everyone"
@@diollinebranderson6553 it is underrated compared to European,American,Indian,middle eastern,Chinese and so many others. In most basic history courses, Central Asia is always overlooked to some extent. Only time it is brought up is during the conquest of mongols
Thank you for your videos. You've been around for so many years making excellent content. I would say K&G is one of the best sources to provide a broad view on cultural historical information. Information provided in K&G videos have often been a spark for me to dive deeper into the various subjects. I'm also a fan of the narrators voice.
Unlike the Achaemenids, Seleucids, Maurya, Greco-Bactrians, Parthians, Kushans, Sassanids, Hephthalites, Umayyads, Abbasids, Samanids, Ghaznavids, Seljuqs, Ghurids, Khwarezmians, Delhi Sultanate, Mongols (Empire, Ilkhan and Chagatai), Timurids, Mughals, Safavids, Afsharids and the Durrani Empire who drew borders without respect for ethnic divisions, the British drew borders with no respect for ethnic divisions.
I always said that Afghanistan isn't the Graveyard of empires. Its the Crossroads of them. Everyone seems to want it due to its strategic location but no matter if its Indians, Persians, Chinese, Greek or whatever it always remains backwater.
My Dear Friend Khalid Stanikzai's grand father were part of the great game they fought in Third Anglo Afghan War as well, his father told us that We (Pashtuns) love war and that is our biggest problem which is being used by foreign powers since the time of greeks and will be used in a future.
Love war so much you became the talibans and is-k. My ancestors have told that the pashtuns are the most fooled and dumbfounded tribe that exists in Afghanistan that only brings misery upon itself and others with war. Which can be seen by looking at modern day Afghanistan in ruins thanks to pashtun rule
There are two types of Pashtuns. Tribal and non-tribal. You are talking about tribal one. The non tribal ones which are city dwellers and whose numbers were very little in 1900 but exceed many times the tribal Pashtuns today. They have to compete economically for influence in Pakistan and Afghanistan. The business of war(from which few khans, mullahs and foreign powers benefited the most. poor which were more than 99% of population suffered) is all time low. We should scientifically advance and beware of those who encourage Pashtuns to take arms.
I'm fascinated by this period of history and have thoroughly enjoyed playing the board game Pax Pamir, which presents The Great Game in such an accessible way for anyone willing to sink their teeth into it. Thoroughly enjoyed the video, which provides well-summarised historical context for a decades-long conflict that is oft forgotten but draws continuous parallels to global conflict (past and present).
" When conflict flares up in the depth of ocean between two fishes, Know it for certain that behind the conflict stands the British to benefit. " - Mhatma Gandhi
Gandhi was an ethnonationalist pedophile, so it's safe to ignore what he had to say. The British were the only thing keeping Muslims and Hindus from slaughtering each other, which happened pretty much immediately when India and Pakistan gained independence.
@@Swift-mr5zi Yeah I heard it being come up with by the: Native Americans Iranians Ghandi Iraqi King The Zulus Like comon, just pick a story and stick with it.
Recommend checking out the Joseph Wolff spin off. A Jewish-Christian missionary who tries to save British spies and marries a person who is related to the first Prime minister to the UK, Robert Walpole.
Once again brilliance was exemplified with your amazing video, I find this such a fascinating part of history. Thanks for bringing it to light the way you guys always do, the best!
I did this as my A-level history coursework, really interesting time and a good summary. Something to consider on this is whilst the Great Game in Central Asia stabilized and came to and end, the Great Game continued on, moving Eastwars with British and Russian competition via the Russians in Manchuria and the British via supporting Japan in a quasi-proxy war. Would love to see a followup to this video exploring that aspect of the Russo-Japanese war
@@zainimtiaz6684 dude stop they did videos on almost all the great islamic battles from mohamed to the ottomans thy wont have a problem doing an afghanistan videos its history now just like the rest of the battles and wars
At minutes 11:43 when you talk about the Pamir mountains you mistakenly indicate the Aladagh Mountains of Iran about 1000 kilometres to the west of the Pamirs.
Hey, I really appreciate the hard work you put into this. I love your channel and the content you create. I would please ask that your team please keep the modern interpretation of historical records to a minimum? It's starting to feel like your team is judging the sources you use instead of presenting them. I thank you for all the hard work that you do, and hope you find continued success in the future
The MMKay novel Far Pavilions deals in part with the second Afghan war. Her novel Shadow of the Moon deals with aspects of how this Great Game affected the 1857 rebellion as well.
The great game of the imperial powers is showing its ramifications till date in form of regional unrest in central asia and military extremism in Afghanistan.
Great videos as always. I love your documentary on Sir Thomas Cochrane. Please can we have a video on Sir Sidney Smith. A good RUclips video about sir Sidney Smith has been created by lindybaige.(I think thats how you spell it),Please can you cover this topic? Many thanks
Russia conquered Ural, Siberia, Kamchatka, these are so big territories, but invaded to south. Meanwhile, British Raj couldn't conquer small Afghanistan and through it invade Central Asia...
It's silly to compare all those regions. The regions u mentioned are just vast pieces of land with no great economic importance so it's quite easy to conquer such sparsely populated area. And then let me tell u that even the soviets couldn't invade Afghanistan
Fun fact about Great Britain and Russia over Afghanistan: This conflict would be called the “Great Game.” In essence, Great Britain feared that Russia planned to invade India and that this was the goal of Russia's expansion in Central Asia, while Russia feared the expansion of British interests in Central Asia. As a result, there was a deep atmosphere of distrust and the talk of war between two of the major European empires. Britain made it a high priority to protect all the approaches to India, while Russia continued its conquest of Central Asia. Some historians of Russia have concluded that after 1801, Russia had minimal intentions or plans involving India and that it was mostly a matter of British suspicions, although multiple 19th-century invasion plans are attested, including the Duhamel and Khrulev plans of the Crimean War (1853-1856), among later plans that never materialized.
A russian imperial invasion of India was actually ordered in 1801, at Napoleon's behest. Twenty thousand cossacks got as far as the Aral Sea before Tsar Paul I was assassinated and a retreat was ordered.
As a christan girl I love the Islamic prophet Muhammad (S.A.W) very much.. I read some of the same kind of autobiographies of him(S.A.W) recommended by Dr.Zakir Naik..He(S.A.W) was a very good man...Christans and muslims are friend..So please do not preach hate...Request to everyone
Can you do a video on the Anglo-Venezuelan crisis of 1895 including the origins of Britain's dispute with Venezuela in the 1840s? It would be interesting to learn more about one of the longest standing land disputes in the world.
Great video! wish you guys had interacted with various theories about the Great Game suchas Peter Frankopan's theory that Anglo-Russian tension had an indirect effect on the outbreak of the First World War (mentioned in his book The Silk Roads)
@MR map yea but the British divided afghans and the Pashtuns on the Pakistani side are more indianized and speak Urdu and are a minority in Pakistan and the funny thing about Pakistan is that the British colonialism created Pakistan for Indian Muslims mostly for Punjabi’s Muslims that served in the British colonialism empire but they are in denial of their Indian origin. Which is a disgrace
@@quiasnoorzad You have no idea dear dal kh0r Afghan, most of the Pakistani Pashtuns speak Pashto as their first language and no one here forces them to speak Urdu or any other language, Urdu is just a medium as Pakistan is a diverse country of 220 million people. Btw Afghanistan's GDP: $19bn Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa's GDP: $35bn Nice growth you dal kh0rs have got there lmao, we helped you Afghans from those soviets in the 80's, took millions of refugees and the hate you guys have for us is just unbearable, If I had the control of our nukes, I would have nuked the crap out of your _|_ country long ago when your leadership sided with the Indians
Good video that you should watch, like and share: ruclips.net/video/dPjun8hPepk/видео.html
why is the aral sea shrunken.....it was full back then
Sikh empire please
Improve that Xix Century map, please
Tibet was part of China, the uzbek khanates are wrong, Afghanistan is todo great, the kazakh khanate still existed. It also lacked many states like Herat, Balkh,Bahawalpur, Makran, the turkmens,
THXS MAN
Why no Arabic translate
As a history teacher, I can't express how helpful it is to use Kings and Generals in the classroom. Unparalleled mapping!
Kindly include the book 'Return of a King' by William Dalrymple in your syllabus.
Wish my schools teachers also did this
Nah, the map un this vídeo is horrible. So many things wrong.
Just wack on a kings and generals video in class and put your feet up
I love that you use this channel. Wish more teachers would do this type of thing.
Thanks for all your great work over the years. I've been a fan since this channel started. It's hard for me to pick a topic there are so many. I love it especially when you cover uncommon topics like eastern europe or go more in depth on popular stuff like with the Byzantine empire.
@@joshuapena4684 it’s the just name of the Eastern Roman Empire after the west fell. Named after the fact, citizens of the empire would’ve still called themselves Roman
@@joebailey3401 cool, thanks man
You should suggest him to continue Alexander the great
i like how 90% of modern wars are caused by the British drawing funny lines in the 19th century
@@Gabriel-fr3sd agree with you
@@Gabriel-fr3sd
Well, yes, but with the intent of controlling the areas in question more easily.
The goal wasn't to shake a hornet's nest and then leave.
@@Gabriel-fr3sd As the colonial master, correct.
I’d say the biggest % of all wars is mainly people fighting over who’s god is real? Hint…neither!
They sow the seeds of unrest and war in the whole world and then act as the peacekeepers😂
From what I can tell there isn't much on youtube about the historical figure of F.M. Bailey who was a British agent trapped in Tashkent during the Bolshevik revolution. His survival and escape through disguise and spy-craft make him a James Bond in the 1920s. He was so good at his craft that the Soviet Cheka unknowingly hired him to capture himself. He eventually escaped to Persia. A great read on this subject is called Mission to Tashkent by Peter Hopkirk.
I am from Afghanistan 🇦🇫 and thanks for this video please do more about our country... people needs to know more about the brave souls and great sacrifices of this graveyard...
the art team is absolutely killing it
Great game was a cold war between British and Russian Empire
England conquers land: «God save the queen!»
Russia conquers land: «Barbarians!»
I mean yeah, makes sense…
The Doctrine of Goebbels from London, Paris, Warsaw has been constantly denigrating Russia with its own atrocities for 5 centuries
Yep makes perfect sense actually
I am from the East. The English are the most cowardly nations of the earth. They do not enter a war except behind a sedition that they fabricate between religions of the same coexisting people. And this is maliciousness. Even the Mongols used to reject it. They were the most used armies for diseases in their wars. So they spread infectious diseases among the villagers and then looted the land. They managed to complete that. In South North America, but in the East, it is the Eastern civilization that knows how to deal with invaders, no matter how strong they are. Resistance is the solution and defeat.
Ukraine is ukraine not russia
@@jasonfearnley1744 has nothing to do with my comment, go cry elsewhere. I’m anti-war and hate the Russian regime with a passion.
If you're interested in this time period of Central Asia, I recommend reading the manga Otoyomegatari by Kaoru Mori. It follows many characters, but primarily through the eyes of an eccentric British explorer as he journeyed through Central Asia during the time of the Great Game. You can get quite the in-depth look into the diverse cultures of the region stretching from Turkestan to Persia and Anatolia. Latest chapters hints at exploring the British Raj as well.
The updates are so slow tho, but the art...
I'm currently reading it, it's cool that manga about Central Asia exist)
Read the first 20 chapters a few years ago. Phenomenal read, and the art was just gorgeous
I knew a week would show up sooner or later.
try "Flashman".. you will really get a good understanding of the "cock up" the army made of it..
Man, I just found out you guys are Canadian and that makes me so happy to be a follower since the beginning!
Canada as India was a colony of the British Empire. I see no difference from the Russian empire. The same logic.
Only part of their crew is. IIRC at least one of the producers/writers is a Frenchman, one other is from the Balkans.
What I do know for absolute certain, because I follow him on various sites, is that OfficiallyDevin, the narrator, is an Englishman
@@The-Plaguefellow Oh that makes it even more fascinating! Basically a global effort
Loved this video, it made me weep because I'm a pashtun from Peshawar, kpk. I just pray that one day we can remove the border of "Durand line *and InshaAllah reunite and become a part of Afghanistan no matter how war-torn or poor it is. 😢
@@vaibhavsingh4200 We are pashtuns and so are taliban. We are Muslims and so are taliban. You should be concerned about them
@@vaibhavsingh4200 anything is better than being with Hindus
An Afghan Pashtun here, you are welcome to join your fatherland anytime
Most Pathans on this side of Hindukush are migrants. You're free to go to your fatherland anytime, and live a peaceful life there.
so you would rather live under the oppressive pieces of shit Taliban instead of Pakistan. Look at the healthcare differences, the telecom differences, the electric grid, the fact that you are able to go (semi)freely on RUclips and comment this bullshit without the Taliban or the ISI or IB coming to your house. You want to live with the Taliban? to ja ullo ke pathe jahil aur kabhi Karachi, Larhore ya Islamabad main kadam rakhne ke himit nahi karna. and just to piss you off: MQM Zindabad.
Its my experiance from studying the history of Afghanistan that Whenever tyrants reache its peak , God simply sends them to Afghanistan to teach them a lesson of humility.
When was Hitler in Afghanistan?
Your experience of studying afghan history is wrong then multiple empires have ruled Afghanistan for hundreds of years at a time with no real problem. It’s only really America and the USSR that had problems subduing the region.
@@zyanego3170 he got Russians!!!!
@asahi toki Alexander conquered Afghanistan in three years and then his generals ruled it for three hundred after his death. Tamerlane also conquered it and Cyrus the great as well as genghis khan.
@@twomp5613 it's part of history not limited to Alexander or etc.
As been said in Rajasthan never takes quotes seriously.
Do your Karma ✌️🙏
Thanks for this Kings and Generals.
I love this video, sometimes I get burnt out on videos about battles, so having one about espionage and political maneuvering is really cool!
I've been waiting for this content for months. Thank you Kings and Generals for covering this fascinating topic.
Your making amazing content and the fact your Canadian makes me feel so proud.
Sorry WHO is Canadian?
Love your graphics. Didn't know Russia used such sophisticated tactics to expand its empire.
As an Afghan 🇦🇫 , thank you for this video!🙏🏽
Narayet takbir Allahu Akber
Hope everything turns out well for you and the Afghan people m8👍🏻
@@khalildz1552 That white one in your avatar is charmin toilet paper.
@@Throwthatassback737 I dont agree with the taliban but astaghfirallah this is the flag of Islam.
@@Throwthatassback737 Guess it's true, you are what you eat🐖
More Central Asian history on the way? Finally some coverage to one of the most underrated areas of the globe.
how the fck is it underrated? literally everyone knows about. the afghan war and heck, its where the persian empire came out. stop using the word underrated so loosely
@@diollinebranderson6553 litterally everyone? I think most people know that Britain conquered Afghanistan and then got booted out of there, outside of that it is not at all well known, especially not by "everyone"
@@GreaterAfghanistanMovement i guess that reinforces the point about it not being well known
@@hkiller57 the fck you mean? everyone knows about afghanistan.
i juest gave you my explanation. not my fckn problem you cant read it
@@diollinebranderson6553 it is underrated compared to European,American,Indian,middle eastern,Chinese and so many others. In most basic history courses, Central Asia is always overlooked to some extent. Only time it is brought up is during the conquest of mongols
Thank you for your videos. You've been around for so many years making excellent content. I would say K&G is one of the best sources to provide a broad view on cultural historical information. Information provided in K&G videos have often been a spark for me to dive deeper into the various subjects. I'm also a fan of the narrators voice.
Afghan conquest: "Multiethnic kingdom"
British conquest: "They drew boundaries with no respect for ethnic divisions"
Compared to the Brits, the Afghan conquest was far more cruel.
Durand line
Unlike the Achaemenids, Seleucids, Maurya, Greco-Bactrians, Parthians, Kushans, Sassanids, Hephthalites, Umayyads, Abbasids, Samanids, Ghaznavids, Seljuqs, Ghurids, Khwarezmians, Delhi Sultanate, Mongols (Empire, Ilkhan and Chagatai), Timurids, Mughals, Safavids, Afsharids and the Durrani Empire who drew borders without respect for ethnic divisions, the British drew borders with no respect for ethnic divisions.
thats still multiethnic
without a doubt kings and generals is favourite historical youtube channel
I always said that Afghanistan isn't the Graveyard of empires. Its the Crossroads of them. Everyone seems to want it due to its strategic location but no matter if its Indians, Persians, Chinese, Greek or whatever it always remains backwater.
@علي ياسر we are not from iran just afghanistan and iran was one country
❤
The Players may change but "The Game" never ends.
What an outstanding work once again delivered by Kings and Generals! Thank you so much for your hard work!
You know pertaining to their defeat third Anglo Afghan War um the Brits built a church in Mumbai called the Afghan Church.
My Dear Friend Khalid Stanikzai's grand father were part of the great game they fought in Third Anglo Afghan War as well, his father told us that We (Pashtuns) love war and that is our biggest problem which is being used by foreign powers since the time of greeks and will be used in a future.
Love war so much you became the talibans and is-k. My ancestors have told that the pashtuns are the most fooled and dumbfounded tribe that exists in Afghanistan that only brings misery upon itself and others with war. Which can be seen by looking at modern day Afghanistan in ruins thanks to pashtun rule
There are two types of Pashtuns. Tribal and non-tribal. You are talking about tribal one.
The non tribal ones which are city dwellers and whose numbers were very little in 1900 but exceed many times the tribal Pashtuns today. They have to compete economically for influence in Pakistan and Afghanistan. The business of war(from which few khans, mullahs and foreign powers benefited the most. poor which were more than 99% of population suffered) is all time low. We should scientifically advance and beware of those who encourage Pashtuns to take arms.
Alexander had nothing to do with pashtuns and during the medival times the pashtuns were not more or less violent than any one else
Taxila? Wtf. It is in Punjab not Afghanistan
pashtuns were not relevant before the 16 century, before that time, this region was dominated by turks and persians
Less known political and cultural wrestle in that part of the world. Long waited someone to touch it .Thank you, KaG!
The Pamir Mountains are hundreds of miles to the east of where they’re shown.
You guys just keep getting better and better.
I'm fascinated by this period of history and have thoroughly enjoyed playing the board game Pax Pamir, which presents The Great Game in such an accessible way for anyone willing to sink their teeth into it. Thoroughly enjoyed the video, which provides well-summarised historical context for a decades-long conflict that is oft forgotten but draws continuous parallels to global conflict (past and present).
" When conflict flares up in the depth of ocean between two fishes, Know it for certain that behind the conflict stands the British to benefit. "
- Mhatma Gandhi
Based statement
Meanwhile the Russians: 😅
Gandhi was an ethnonationalist pedophile, so it's safe to ignore what he had to say. The British were the only thing keeping Muslims and Hindus from slaughtering each other, which happened pretty much immediately when India and Pakistan gained independence.
I've heard about a dozen historical figures allegedly make that statement now
@@Swift-mr5zi Yeah I heard it being come up with by the:
Native Americans
Iranians
Ghandi
Iraqi King
The Zulus
Like comon, just pick a story and stick with it.
The monetising advert ends after 2:24
Love the videos, hate the ads.
The question is: does this Great Game have any DLC?
it did. actually 2.
1st: USSR
2nd: NATO
@@usamamasud9353 lmao
@@usamamasud9353 Chinese expansion pack is in development, soon to be released...
Recommend checking out the Joseph Wolff spin off. A Jewish-Christian missionary who tries to save British spies and marries a person who is related to the first Prime minister to the UK, Robert Walpole.
Of course! An expansion pact where Americans fight the Taliban for twenty years straight.
It is truly hard to believe that one area of land has been fought over so often by the great empires of the world throughout time.
Once again brilliance was exemplified with your amazing video, I find this such a fascinating part of history. Thanks for bringing it to light the way you guys always do, the best!
My first approach to the Great Game were the Flashman novels. I love the topic and I thank you for this great video.
There are some important mistakes as Durand line.
I did this as my A-level history coursework, really interesting time and a good summary. Something to consider on this is whilst the Great Game in Central Asia stabilized and came to and end, the Great Game continued on, moving Eastwars with British and Russian competition via the Russians in Manchuria and the British via supporting Japan in a quasi-proxy war. Would love to see a followup to this video exploring that aspect of the Russo-Japanese war
Greatful for your great videos !
Thank you for the video
Outstanding work as always! ☺️
Very well done, with appropriate criticism.
Hey K&G, did you guys use the Peter Hopkirk book as a source for the video?
Hey do you have a community Discord? And if you don’t could you make one? A place to talk to other history enthusiasts
Will Kings & Generals, ever cover the 20 year American-Afghan war?
They might not feel comfortable discussing a topic that is so fresh in the minds of people - a year ago that war was still being fought
@@christophvonpezold4699 They are not comfortable because it was the worst humiliation of the WEST 😂😂
@@zainimtiaz6684 …or maybe because thousands of people _fucking died_ ?
@@christophvonpezold4699 true, perhaps in 10 years
@@zainimtiaz6684 dude stop they did videos on almost all the great islamic battles from mohamed to the ottomans thy wont have a problem doing an afghanistan videos its history now just like the rest of the battles and wars
Very unique narration/voice
Thanks bro 👏🙋🏻♂️🇦🇫🤝
the music in this video was better than usual
Plz do a video on indus river civilisation
This was awesome, especially the bit about British espionage and exploration in Tibet. Thanks for sharing this!
At minutes 11:43 when you talk about the Pamir mountains you mistakenly indicate the Aladagh Mountains of Iran about 1000 kilometres to the west of the Pamirs.
British is in Afghanistan to stop the Russia advance. Because they don't want those Russia near their juicy India.
Great job super informative
Excellent. Read about this few years back.
Thanks for solving the mystery to me of the strange afgan border to the north east
HEAR HEAR!
I here by declare that I lost THE GAME!
It is also my wish to say my condolences to my fellow players.
Hey, I really appreciate the hard work you put into this. I love your channel and the content you create. I would please ask that your team please keep the modern interpretation of historical records to a minimum? It's starting to feel like your team is judging the sources you use instead of presenting them. I thank you for all the hard work that you do, and hope you find continued success in the future
The MMKay novel Far Pavilions deals in part with the second Afghan war. Her novel Shadow of the Moon deals with aspects of how this Great Game affected the 1857 rebellion as well.
Great work Sir thank you
The great game of the imperial powers is showing its ramifications till date in form of regional unrest in central asia and military extremism in Afghanistan.
Good video 👍🏻
This was awesome
Glad that France never tried permanently stayed in the quagmire.
Vietnam, Laos and others would would like a word..
Mind blowing video
Currently reading Hopkirk's "The Great Game," this couldn't have come at a better time!
Am I the only one whos waiting for a long time for the next Octavian episode???
Give us Octavian PLS
Great videos as always.
I love your documentary on
Sir Thomas Cochrane.
Please can we have a video on
Sir Sidney Smith.
A good RUclips video about sir Sidney Smith has been created by lindybaige.(I think thats how you spell it),Please can you cover this topic?
Many thanks
You can play out this period of imperial jockeying in Afghanistan in one of the greatest board games ever made... Pax Pamir Second Edition
Great video. A niche of history not nearly discussed enough!
Didn’t know China at one point held territories in Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Kazakhstan.
The Graveyard of Empires🇦🇫👑
I feel heard by this video's title
Nicely done.
Russia conquered Ural, Siberia, Kamchatka, these are so big territories, but invaded to south. Meanwhile, British Raj couldn't conquer small Afghanistan and through it invade Central Asia...
The Soviets also failed in Afghanistan too... Also, British India had a population many times larger than all those territories combined
And Russia couldn't defeat Afghanistan either
Britain's empire was an economic one. We couldn't see any financial interest in Afghanistan and that's why no one went after them.
@SHIDBOT69 tf i thought you were real one
It's silly to compare all those regions. The regions u mentioned are just vast pieces of land with no great economic importance so it's quite easy to conquer such sparsely populated area. And then let me tell u that even the soviets couldn't invade Afghanistan
Tashkent was not part of Bukhara, it was part of Kokand!!!
Fun fact about Great Britain and Russia over Afghanistan:
This conflict would be called the “Great Game.” In essence, Great Britain feared that Russia planned to invade India and that this was the goal of Russia's expansion in Central Asia, while Russia feared the expansion of British interests in Central Asia. As a result, there was a deep atmosphere of distrust and the talk of war between two of the major European empires. Britain made it a high priority to protect all the approaches to India, while Russia continued its conquest of Central Asia. Some historians of Russia have concluded that after 1801, Russia had minimal intentions or plans involving India and that it was mostly a matter of British suspicions, although multiple 19th-century invasion plans are attested, including the Duhamel and Khrulev plans of the Crimean War (1853-1856), among later plans that never materialized.
Interesting.
Then they tried to have influence in Afghanistan which led to many problems.
Russia continued to attack the Otomans which to the British was a threat to the route through Suez to India...
A russian imperial invasion of India was actually ordered in 1801, at Napoleon's behest. Twenty thousand cossacks got as far as the Aral Sea before Tsar Paul I was assassinated and a retreat was ordered.
We have a Great Game of our own to talk about. *cough* WH40k *cough*
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@@trinoyliniray1336 Why would you love a false prophet? lol
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@@trinoyliniray1336 Muhammad is a liar like his father Satan.
@@trinoyliniray1336 tf, well that's unrelated, no one cares
Pax Pamir is an excellent board game that simulates the great game, for anyone interested in exploring this topic further
Pretty light-hearted report, maybe because it doesn't even mention the British 1842 retreat from Kabul that ended with a solitary survivor
your quailty of content second to none, be awesome if do the life story of ahmed durrani
No mention of the great Harry Flashman VC here.
Great episode!
Can you do a video on the Anglo-Venezuelan crisis of 1895 including the origins of Britain's dispute with Venezuela in the 1840s? It would be interesting to learn more about one of the longest standing land disputes in the world.
Great video! wish you guys had interacted with various theories about the Great Game suchas Peter Frankopan's theory that Anglo-Russian tension had an indirect effect on the outbreak of the First World War (mentioned in his book The Silk Roads)
They were allies in WW 1 though
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So good!
Yet another solid video coming from *Kings and Generals*. These people just never fail to amaze...
And the game continues
7:35 fort called "Akmeshit" not AkmeKit, also 7:49 "Khiva", Kyrgyzstan is not a thing yet
Fantastic video keep it up your doing amazing job
Thanks for making this video. Ive been waiting for this classic cold war for a while.
Brilliant as usual !
And guess who is behind this , the British Empire!😅
in 2022 people act like war is a new thing : we don't learn from the past, we envelope it.
Afghanistan: The Graveyard of Empires.
@@vinod.19 the video literally proved otherwise
As a Pakistani, this is highly appreciated!
“Pakistan” is totally not relevant in this video.
@MR map yea but the British divided afghans and the Pashtuns on the Pakistani side are more indianized and speak Urdu and are a minority in Pakistan and the funny thing about Pakistan is that the British colonialism created Pakistan for Indian Muslims mostly for Punjabi’s Muslims that served in the British colonialism empire but they are in denial of their Indian origin. Which is a disgrace
@MR map then he should not call himself “pakistani”
Pashtuns are ethnic Afghans..
@@quiasnoorzad You have no idea dear dal kh0r Afghan, most of the Pakistani Pashtuns speak Pashto as their first language and no one here forces them to speak Urdu or any other language, Urdu is just a medium as Pakistan is a diverse country of 220 million people.
Btw Afghanistan's GDP: $19bn
Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa's GDP: $35bn
Nice growth you dal kh0rs have got there lmao, we helped you Afghans from those soviets in the 80's, took millions of refugees and the hate you guys have for us is just unbearable, If I had the control of our nukes, I would have nuked the crap out of your _|_ country long ago when your leadership sided with the Indians
Wonderful
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The many parallels to our current events are so chilling.
Nice video although I was surprised that the Iranian point of view wasn’t included