Also, Greece wasn't ruled by the Byzantines, they WERE the Byzantines! In his final speech, emperor Constantinos XI the Palaiologos, talked to his people as " his Romioi (Romans), his Greeks (Hellenes)"
@@trystar-sl1mi their country was called the Roman empire but they were Greeks, and they did rule it. Think about Austria. It is called Austria but its people are Germans and it is ruled by Germans. The reasons behind the Byzantine Empire being called Roman while being Greek are mainly two but also a few others. First of all, the term Hellene (Greek) had come to mean pagan ever since the christianisation of the Greeks ended in the 6th century. The second reason is that Rome wasn't just any empire back in the day. It was THE empire, the empire that had ruled over the entire (known) world and was supposed to be the strongest, the destined eternal ruler of the world. For all peoples it was really important to have a connection with the empire (that's why the Germans renamed to the Holy Roman Empire, why Russia and the Ottomans considered themselves to be the third Rome etc) so the Byzantines thought that they shouldn't change the name if they already had it. The minor reasons were stuff as the many minorities in the Empire (Albanians, Arabs, Armenians, Persians, Slavs etc) the law (considered to be Roman creation) and the City of Constantinople, that was itself considered to be the New Rome.
It talks of a week people, who were abused for centuries by shoguns and emperors, too afraid to stand up to tirany. And there's been a lot of tirany throughout Japan's history.
I think it may be very important to distinguish between a "country" and a "civilization". A country is a political entity (like the French Republic) and a civilization is a continuous cultural entity, regardless of political unity (like the Chinese civilization). Just a thought.
In that case, the answer is clear. Japan (technically, with its emperor,) is the oldest country. Egypt is the oldest civilization, but it has been rendered unrecognizable over time, significantly so by foreign cultures. China and India are the oldest internally consistent cultures in the world today.
LancesArmorStriking But even China and India have been under foreign rule for long periods of time (Mongols, some altaic cultures, Manchu, Tibetans though allways most times only in parts - India also in parts by several muslim cultures from the west like the altaic decended Mughals). India a little bit less than China I'd say though they both didn't change so much under foreign rule, that the culture can't be considered as continuous so I would agree.
Tyler Adam by these fairly valid standards I'd argue that Egypt is not the oldest civilization due to it's cultural identity changing, mostly under the Arabic rule. Their cultural identity and possibly genetics have become arabianized. Although their society survived under the Persians, the Greeks and Arabs attempted to push their culture on the Egyptians and the Arabians succeeded.
Almost. Country = landmass, state = government, nation = poeple/civilization. The nation of Egypt has existed since the dawn of time but the nation-state started in 33.
skoy21, Why do you think that you know real history ? The history of the Bulgarian people has been hidden for many years (centuries) and thoroughly exterminated. The few remaining written sources say that the offensive Bulgarian history is fake. After the excavations at the Varna Necropolis it became clear that there is the oldest treasure in the world. According to the anthropological research we (the Bulgarians) carry the genes of the Varna civilization. The bones of the Varna necropolis were dated 6000 years before the New Age. One day we will rewrite world history.
Exactly. This video is pretty silly -- it's an entirely semantic question. If you define things clearly -- 'How old is French Culture?' -- the answers are far simpler and actually meaningful. Semantics are not meaningful, and the entire video seems to miss the fact that a national culture having its own country is a *very* modern invention, really only coming to exist in the last 100 years. Further, culture changes radically. I guarantee there are a few native-born Egyptians who would have the Pyramids destroyed for being pre-Mohommadian and feel no great draw to the culture that just so happens to be identified with the geographical and political construct of modern Egypt.
@@DiomedesStrosMkai I agree with you except... semantics are important. You're engaging in semantics yourself to make a very convincing argument. People misuse the word semantics; it means the actual meaning of words, what we're actually saying. Semantics is the study or analysis of meaning, and is incredibly important
This is very Eurocentric as the oldest country with a continuous static population is Australia as the enthnic population has been active for a minimum of 70000 years and had villages farms etc much of which was destroyed in the rush to destroy
@@iangray9230 Australia was a group of tribes not a country. By that logic the oldest country is Ethiopia, because people originated from there, and lived there for millions of years.
Syria was called aram at the time of mesopotamia, and im an aramean 💛❤️🦅, we arameans are the indigenous people of aram (present day syria) before arabs invaded our land then it was named syria. There is proof of Aram in the quran and even the bible
FerdDoesWeirdThingsInLife nah it’s 196 countries *193 UN Countries* + *Vatican City* (that just doesn’t want to be in UN for some reason lol) + *Kosovo* (which is independent because *more* countries recognize Kosovo than countries that don’t) + *Taiwan* (which is recognized a-lot because it has all the stuff a country has)
@Mary C Gobekli Tepe was a temple, not a true settlement. There are early settlements in modern-day Turkey such as Catalhoyuk and the earliest known continuously inhabited place in the world is Jericho, currently within the West Bank area of Palestine.
A nation is a group of people with the same or similar culture. A nation state is all the territory of a given country, ruled and owned by its highest government. Civilizations are harder to define, as the traits a society or nation much have are hotly contested. For example, does a society have to have a central government to be a civilization? What about fixed settlements? It's not very clear
Libertopa EurekanAnarch In mist cases, to establish connections of modern nations with the ancient societies could be very hard. It gets more and more difficult as we trace further back in time.
Georg LP Iran is the oldest sovereign nation in history and Greece is the oldest civilization.but all civilizations are great they put us here ,there is no superior nation and civilization.
I deeply disagree. Egypt is not the most ancient country in the world because Ancient Egypt is a lost culture. It simply stoped existing. Modern Egypt might have the same name, but its culture is arabic, not ancient egyptian.
Ancient Egypt was actually called Khmet. The fact that it doesn't have it's original name should tell you it is not the same country. The history of the current country of Egypt begins with the Islamic conquest in the 7th and 8th centuries. That is when Egypt got: a new religion, a new language, a new culture, a new name, and its capitol was moved to its' current location in Cairo. Not a lot has changed since then. Going by the same standard. India is the big winner for world's oldest country. India's culture, language, and religion were all established in the Vedic period of around 1500BC. Millions of people in India still read the original Vedas and worship the same gods with the same rituals as they did 3,500 years ago. In modern Egypt nobody is reading the book of the dead and worshiping Osiris, Isis, and Ra anymore and certainly not in its original language. China would be 2nd oldest for similar reasons as India having its' language and culture going back to around 1200BC.
Same as Qatar and all other major civilisations ... in fact ALL major empires (ancient Egypt included) were full of foreigners (either slaves vassals or regular workers) ... the people go where the money is ... amost all of tokyo istambul Beijing Paris Moskow NYC Nairobi Sao Paulo Cairo and all other major city are descendants of foreigners who have not a drop of blood from the ancient people living there ... go figure.
Yup agree I study history of Egypt since the french evolution this year until 2012/2014 and god it's hella long and hard(even tho that it doesn't say all the details..) and I'm only still in 3th grade high school so imagine what colleges students have to study !
@@yaseen_elolemy actually not true all the students always suffer from history as a subject as it's quite hard and long except for those who loves it /studies it many times! And the educational system in Egypt sucks so don't expect the students to love subjects like history
Is it just me or is it baffling to think about how many people/civilizations have existed before us? At any of these given points they were all considered the most advanced or most technologically superior peoples of their times. And here we are. Who knows if someone will be making some video in 2000 years on us and our civilizations!
I agree. Cultures and civilizations wax and wane, and it is myopically prideful arrogance that any civilization would consider themselves superior for perpetuity. In short, nothing lasts forever. Languages and cultures too come and go with many relegated to obscurity as others become more economically advantageous for the individual.
2000 years from now, our country will be rememberd as the most powerful in all of human history. we are the wealthiest, most technologically advanced, and free-est country in the world. other countries look at the US in admiration. and shitholes like india, russia, philippines, china or iran and syria, will always be jealous of us. our GDP is currently the highest, and will remain so, for the next 1000 years. our nuclear power alone is strong enough to oblitarate the earth a hundred times over. and then there are these shithole countries who accuse us of things and claim that we are getting poor and that our economy and military is sinking... hahaha laughable. they should stop the propaganda and feed their country first, and build toilets so their people would not shit on the streets
USA Bestnationonearth im sure the Greeks thought the same way. Or maybe the Romans. Or how about the Egyptians? The Persians? The colonial British? The Mayans were far superior. The Aztecs. Incans. The Soviets were the first to space. The Cherokee dominated until they didn't anymore. The Navajo. See a pattern?
Greece history 3000 bc cuclades 2400 bc minoa 1600 bc myceane 1100 geomorphical period 800 archaic period 500 classic period 323 Hellenistic period 146 roman occupation 320 or 395 Byzantine empire 1453 ottoman occupation 1821 success independence first greek republic 1941-1945 german occupation 1945 todays greece I am greek and i know this things
Yes, but I think that Japan is one of the oldest that is definitly continuous. I mean, Egypt was under foreign rule for a long time, and you can still make an argument that the current Eygpt is not even related to acient Eygpt. India has basically never been unified, and you can’t really trace it back at all as a country. China has the strongest argument in my opinion, but it also has not been very continuous. Having broken up multiple times. Although you can draw a line tracing back from ancient China. Greece also has a solid argument after it was unified. Persia also makes a solid case in my opinion. All in all, Japan claims to be around for a long time, unified for most of its history, so I think it is a solid contender.
@@jonnyOysters Well atleast someone doesn't relate Egyptian to Arabs just because they speak Arabic. Although there is still some old cultural remains there
@@Weeee439 india existed time of immemorial. There only 2 continuous civilization in the world now . One is Chinese and other is Indian. While mighty civilization has fallen we are still here. And there is no end to the sight. Slowly it spreading around the world.
@@Weeee439 no one world will call Ethiopia a continuous civilization except some a person does not know the meaning of either continuous or civilization or both. But India in other hand is called continuous civilization by all scholars ands experts.
@@Weeee439 Other ancient civilizations have been invaded and they're obviously way more different to their current cultures now, but you're just dumb with your useless criteria anyway.
@@jpeg2753 it is hard to know without genetic evidence, i assume that ancient Egyptians and Arabs looked the same because they are relatively close to each other and are both desert civilizations.
that's a stupid statement ! Arabs come from Ishmael son of a Jew (Abraham) and Hagar an Egyptian slave... so it's the other way around, Arabs are partly Egyptian. Also no fucking one is claiming that Arabs were Ancient Egyptians because the Arab conquest didn't start until the rise of Islam and that happened way after the Copts and Greek destroyed what's left of the ancient culture
There's quite a bit of connection actually. I mean while they don't speak Egyptian any longer, Arabic is still in the same language group as ancient Egyptian. In addition, the Copts of Egypt spoke Demotic Egyptian until the Early modern period, and they make up around 20% of Egypt's population
An Edgy Egyptian... He's right. Egypt today has nothing to do with Ancient Egypt... not even the borders. Only the geographic location near the Nile. It's a different people. Today Egyptians are Arabs, Berber and Maghrebi. While Ancient Egyptians were mostly black. It's a different people, with different culture, different religion, and different language. It's like claiming Mexico is 2750 years old... because the Maya civilization started in 750 BC. Or claiming some native tribe as the birth of the US.
Ancient Egyptians weren't black. Acnient Egyptians were an Afro-Asiatic people. They were related to the ancient Arabs, Hebrews, Assyrians, Numidians, Carthaginians, etc. who were also Afro-Asiatic peoples. Egyptians are and were a Semitic/Caucasian people. To the south, there was Nubia where the population was actually black.
This is one of those channels that doesn't post much but when it does... Oh boy, when it does... I just drop everything because I know it's going to be great :)
Everyone has a different opinion here, so I am thoroughly enjoying it too. So far no one here has got really nasty about who did what to whom and when, which is kind of okay when the think of the multitude or wars fought historically between countries and regions or when a country came under the yoke of a later empire, upsetting the locals.
There is a incomplete understanding of India in this video. Though the subcontinent was not United at all times , it was united by shared religion , cultures , language ( sanskrit ) pilgrimages . In all ancient Indian religious scriptures we come across references of Bharata Varsha , the land between the indian ocean and Himalayas . It may have been politically split up . But a strong idea of commonality existed uninterrupted till the modern times
Great? Having the same language and religion doesn't make you a country. Wessex and mercia in England had the same language and religion they weren't a country tho.
It's persia we had it in our history also oldest civilization is jiroft (جیرفت) discovered in 2013 located in Central Persia (today's Iran) There are a lot more to read about this if you're interested
@Dragon Dimosthenis That is called "diversity". Brother no ancient country ever had a uniform culture but anyway, that isn't the definition of a country in the first place. Counter point to yours, China wouldn't be able to, either as it was not the same as modern China incorporating Tibetian, Uighur, Cantonese, Hokkien, and a dozen other cultures and languages too. See what I mean? Same with everyone. Key lies in how old a particular culture at one point in time defines a country. In that case, all points fall into place
I think you got it wrong with Greece. From my knoledge, the first greek civilisation were the minoans from Crete. Mycene got bigger and stronger only after the minoan civilisation was distroyed. It might be considered that the minoans were the first advanced civilisation that aroused in Europe.
In general, Us Greeks are One Of The Oldest Continuous People along with the Indians and Chinese. Old Egyptians are no Longer around but Their New Semitic Ancestors are Still here.
I am impressed that you mentioned San Marino, most people tend to forget the oldest still existing republic ;) - well done; interesting and entertaining video (even for history nerds like myself who already knew most of the mentioned facts, ... I wasn't bored for a second). again: thanks for putting some effort into it, I really enjoyed watching ;)
1. Ethiopia Many historians agree that Ethiopia is one of the oldest countries in the world. While we know that human life has existed in Ethiopia for millions of years thanks to skeletal fragments uncovered, it’s generally agreed that Ethiopia developed as a country in 980 BCE. This was when one of the first kingdoms, known as the D’mt, rose to power. Ethiopia is one of the few African countries that never fell into the hands of colonizers, with the exception of when it was occupied for a few years under Italian dictator Mussolini in the 1930s.
Fun Facts for the video maker: 1-Egypt was never colonized by the British. It was occupied for 40 years from 1882 to 1922. 2-Egypt became an independent sovereign State in 1922 (not 1953) and was a founding member of both the League of Nations and the United Nations.
Not precisely true. Tell Ramad is one of the oldest settlements of human civilization. However, it was also abandoned after just 500 years. Damascas itself was not founded until 6000-6500 years later (which was roughly the 6th distinctly different settlement of that particular area, and the only to survive more than 500 years). By that time, the Greek city states were on the rise due to their own methods of farming. Thing is, there were older civilizations in that region than Tell Ramad. Jarmo was founded in Mesopotamia close to the same time Jericho was founded in Palestine, around 11,000 years ago. Nevertheless the estimated 15,000 year-old civilization of northern and central China and the 13,500-14,000 year-old civilization of Egypt. Older trading settlements in the Indus Valley have also been found. For that matter, Tell Ramad is not even the oldest site in Syria... as Hamoukar may very well be.
@@sjmunday2014 but ancient scriptures like the bible tell us Babylonia was founded by an Ethiopian King, Nimrod......the Greeks also can back this up, as they said The Babylonians are the same Ethiopian stock.
Portugal's borders are technically the oldest in the world but also technically aren't. The 1297 Treaty of Alcanizes defined the Portuguese borders in the Iberian Peninsula, which have remained unchanged if you don't count one small village. That village is called Olivença, which was lost to the Spanish in the 1801 Treaty of Badajoz, which put to an end the first Spanish-French invasion of Portugal. Portugal says Spain has lost the right to Olivença by attacking again in 1807, breaking the Treaty. Spain says they didn't. Olivença is still under the administration of the Spanish government, but Portugal holds a claim to it.
Well Egypt eventually lost one of the most important factors: language, while other civililzations you mentioned here didn't, as thereir modern tongues are continuations of their ancient forms. Ppl in Egypt speak arabic, I guess the only group speaking a tongue related to it is coptic used by coptic minority.
no my dear, the old language is gone but alot of old words and expressions survived inside our unique arabic which calls egyptien arabic and not only language ,also many tradations and feast dayes which we do and are Celebrated
Curious that you should somehow manage to leave Ethiopia off your list, given that Ethiopia has existed as a unitary state for more than 2000 years, and the Sudan which had a functioning state some 4,500 years ago as evidenced by its pyramids of the era, amongst many other things. See further: www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-13351397 en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nubian_pyramids
I remember being taught about "the fertile crescent" and Man's development over Millennia. Granted, this area is said to be what is now called Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Syria right up to Turkey. I have read statements on this site made by far more educated people than I that voice suspicions that the Chinese were a different species of human-being. We have educated people telling of a movement of civilisation from East / Eastern Central Africa moving North, into this fertile area. The Nile Delta was important as it became the "bread basket" to the peoples of that area. There is even evidence of water erosion on the stone-work in the Valley of the Gods. Where I'm going with this is that now these "educated thinkers" have found that the people of East Asia and China share DNA with our fore-fathers from Africa. They tell us that the different Races of Europe passed through this "fertile crescent" on their way to where they all evolved into the many races that have lived across The Steppe and Westward to Western Europe. Shared DNA with Humans from Africa ; a Continent that was lush with vegetation before climate change gave us Sahara ; links in our DNA with peoples from across our world. The route that Humans took to travel north out of Africa was Northerly from Eastern Africa. During the move Northward , there must have been some sort of civilisation established ? That first civilisation must have come from Eastern Africa ? Homo-Erectus must have first had what we call "a country" in what we now call Ethiopia . Francis Bacon , Sir , you are so right bring these thoughts and ideas to the conversation . Thankyou .
not only ethiopia Palestine is 1.5m years old .. Sultanate of Oman is 100,000 years old .. Damascus seryia is 12,019 years old .. Egypt is 5,000+ years old iraq is 4,319 years old .. Mecca is 4,000 years old.. China is 3,000+ years old .. Qurtuba spain is 2,170 years old .. Kingdom of morroco is 1,230 years old ..
Some historical info: the word *Έλλην* (Hellene - Greek) is attested since 8th century BC in Homer's Iliad, in the form of Πανέλληνες (Panhellenes), meaning “all the Hellenes” (Iliad, Book 2.530, www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Hom.+Il.+2.530&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0133) and the word *Ελλάς* (Hellas - Greece) is attested since late 8th century BC in Hesiod's "Works and Days" (Hesiod, WD, 653, www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:abo:tlg,0020,002:653&lang=original) Ελλάς is the ancient general name for all lands inhabited by the Έλληνες (Hellenes), including mainland Greece, Ionia (modern western Turkey), etc., Hdt.1.92, Th.1.3, X.An.6.5.23, etc.; “οὔθ᾽Ἑλλάς οὔτ᾽ ἄγλωσσος” S.Tr.1060: hence ἡ ἀρχαία Ἑλλάς, (Old Greece), Plu.Tim.37; ἡ μεγάλη Ἑλλάς (Magna Graecia), Plb.2.39.1, Ath.12.523e; including Sicily, Str.6.1.2, and of course including Epirus and Macedonia: Strabo, "Geography", VII, Frg. 9: *“Macedonia, of course, is a part of Greece.”* Latest DNA research (August 2017, Department of Genetics, Harvard) confirms that *modern Greeks are the descendants of the Mycenaean Greeks,* with only a small proportion of DNA from later migrations to Greece ( www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/08/greeks-really-do-have-near-mythical-origins-ancient-dna-reveals ) and the Myceneaeans and Minoans were genetically related ( nature.com/nature/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nature23310.html ). PS: Albanians, FYROMians and Turks will post their usual nonsense against Greece under this comment, without a doubt! ;)
@Alan Piersonn Lol, tell me about it! They hate truth, for sure! T.J. Winnifrith said: *"Apparently these radical Slavic factions [FYROMians] decided to live with their myths and lies for the constant amusement of the rest of the world!"* (T.J. Winnifrith, British academic, "Shattered Eagles, Balkan Fragments", Duckworth, 1995)
As an Iranian i love china and Chinese people.we were always friends with each other from first in ancient times until now ,I wish your country became the greatest power in world because you never been invaders,i love your culture and civilization 🇮🇷❤️🇨🇳
The video is about countries not cultures that can trace themselves back. If that can of worms was opened, then i might claim Hungarians as being one of the oldest because we can trace our nomadic ancestors back to its Finnugor roots around the Ural mountains long before Ethiopia or whoever. But here is the thing, being a group of people does not make you a country or a civilization.
Iran (Persia) has a great civilization, rich mythology, culture and history. Persians gave to the world many great scientists, poets, and philosophers, like khayyam, Rhazes, Avicenna, Khwarizmi, Nasir Tusi, Fakhruddin Razi, Abd Rahman Sufi, Jamshid Kashani, Ferdowsi, Hafez, Saadi, Attar, Qutb Din Shirazi, etc, they are among the best scientists of human history. Many things in this world are invented by Persians 1. Sulfuric acid by Rhazes 2. Computation of 2π by Jamshid Kashani, the Persian astronomer, and mathematician. 3. The first practical windmills for the first time in the history of the world were in Iran. 4. Ethanol by Rhazes 5. A mechanical planetary computer by Jamshid Kashani 6. An ancient type of evaporative cooler and refrigerator 7. Ice Cream 8. Rosewater 9. The art of tile-work was invented and perfected in Iran. 10. The first time that cake was used in a birthday party was by Darius the Great 11. Qanat, 12. Polo 13. Algebra by Khwarizmi 14. Post system, 15. Fork, spoons and many different invents. There are some Persian words from ancient times in the English language like Paradise, Magic, Bazaar, etc. Rhazes was a Persian (Iranian) polymath, physician, alchemist, philosopher, and important figure in the history of medicine. Rhazes is considered the father of psychology and psychotherapy, the father of pediatrics, a pioneer in ophthalmology, making leading contributions in inorganic and organic chemistry, also he is the author of several philosophical works, and also first to categorize the Hospital dept as well. Many scholars consider Rhazes one of the greatest medical doctor. Persians in 500 BC used gold forks and spoons and special gold cups at their dinner tables. The cutlery discovered in Pasargadae in Iran appears to pre-date the Greco-Roman cutlery by almost 1000 years. Cyrus the Great wrote the first Human Rights Charter. United Nations uses the Cyrus Cylinder as a pillar of one the earliest declaration of human rights. In Persia, in Persepolis palace female workers even had paid maternity leave. Persians were also known for having women take part in high governmental positions such as in Construction, Administration, Politics, etc as evident by the record-keeping clay tablets throughout Persepolis in Iran. This is something that would not be seen until at least many centuries after.
The Persian language is one of the oldest living languages. The Persian literature is one of the world's oldest literature. The Persian literature described as one of the great literatures of humanity, and it is one of the four main bodies of world literature. Many great philosophers, poets, and scientists were inspired and influenced by the Persian language and literature. The great Persian (Iranian) Poets: Khayyam, Ferdowsi, Hafez, Saadi, Attar, etc, are well known in the West and have influenced the literature of many countries. Khayyam was the Great Persian mathematician, astronomer, and poet. The Persian calendar is the most accurate calendar of the world and it was made by Khayyam. The Persian calendar became the official national calendar of Iran. The Persian calendar is more accurate than the Gregorian calendar.
By the 1880s, Khayyam was extremely well known throughout the English-speaking world, to the extent of the formation of numerous "Khayyam Clubs" and a "fin de siecle cult of the Rubaiyat" Khayyam's poems have been translated into many languages. The asteroid was named "Khayyam" in 1980. The planet 3095 Khayyam was named in his honor in 1980 and the lunar crater Khayyam was named in his honor in 1970 as well. One of the holes in the moon was named in honor of "Khayyam". Upon knowing Hafez, Goethe, the great German writer and statesman who is one of the 4 pillars of European literature wished to be one of his disciples. Goethe said: "O Hafez, your word is as great as eternity for it has no beginning and no end. Your word, as the canopy of Heaven, solely depends on itself. It is all signs, beauty, and excellence". After studying the lyric poems of Hafiz, Nitsche wrote: "O Hafez, you have created a tavern of philosophy greater than any worldly palace. In it, you provided a wine of grace and word beyond the capacity of the world to drink. The highest pinnacle of any mount is but a sign of your greatness and the unfathomable depth of any vortex is just a mark of your perfection, and the excellence of your word."
As one of the great literatures of mankind the Persian literature has its roots in surviving works in Old Persian or Middle Persian. French poetess Comtesse de Noaille writes in her book, "The Enchanting Garden": " I read this point in the fragrant, pleasant and sad book the reading of which imparted an enchanting intoxication to me and I now know that an enchanting garden really exists and can be seen by the eyes. It is a garden that extends from the foot of the mountainous area named Saadi to Shiraz in Persia. O my soul would it be possible for my body to accompany you and fly to this paradise, where the nightingale frenzied with love sings from spring to summer; the tulips blossom; the air becomes fragrant; the evening breeze entrusts the roses to the winds and from atop the aspens, during the fiery summer, the winds twist while panting with burning breath. The town which is all metal, porcelain, and plaster, shines as bright as silver and gold. Every vaulted dome is like a blue fruit and the intertwining arcs are high points that cast their shadows with their enameled tiles and flowery turquoise design on waters below. "
The translation of the ghazals of Hafez by Hammer in Germany, translation of Gulistan in France and the Rubaiyat of Khayyam in England by Fitzgerald, also the poems of Shahnameh by Vohl in France created a deep change in European literature. Other countries of Europe also became aware and cognizant of the precedence of Persia and the inspiring breeze of the Persian gardens. They came to know extraordinary men. This influence was so deep that among the highly valuable works of the individuals like Corneille, Racine, Volaire, Madeleine Scudery, Montesquieu and others, the influence is clearly noticed in their works such as Sorena, Rodgun, Khusrow, Mehrdad, and Bayazid and etc. Schlegel, in the preface to his translation of a part of Ferdowsi's Shahnameh into German, writes: To reach the real fountainhead of romanticism and be satiated with it one must travel to Persia. "
I think religion which significantly impacts culture also needs to be taken into account. Egypt and Mesopotamia are now majority Muslim countries while India still has it's oldest religion atleast after the vedic period.
@@takshashila2995 also at some point Later Tang Dynasty of China was ruled by Turkic emperors (3 out of 4 emperors were Turks) but it doesnt change anything, those Turks probably believed in Tengrism even though there is also a high possibility they believed in Buddism; so the ruling class's religion doesnt really affect the ruled community.
by the same logic as choosing Egypt. if someone decided to make the ancient site of Uruk an independet city state once again, Uruk would be the oldest contry in the world? despite not having been anything for a very long time.
@@mihailstankovski7055 show me one ancient building or tomb or something that had your language on it or name me a city he left behind with your language and why everyone spoke hellenic?
@@mihailstankovski7055 skupi has nothing to do with your country first of all it was an amphitheater meaning amphitheater = greek also heraklea = greek name Ἡράκλεια Λυγκηστίς was an ancient Greek city do you even google search or read your stupid countrys books?
To me the country is consider itself is when it claims to be its modern counterpart So China starts in 1912 as Republic of China Japan as 660 BCE Iran when Persia was over thrown
@@Weeee439 I think in the end it's hard to draw the line and what parameter to use in order to define when the country starts. In the beginning he said the parameter is the geographical resembelance to modern day country but as the video goes on, different country have different parameter to where the country starts. As he said in the video it's easier to just define the start is when the constitution is signed because the geographic border, culture, politics, etc would be more similiar to today's condition. But that parameter would not make such a content because the video will be shorter and less entertaining I believe.
Gotta go with China. It's got at least 3600 years worth of verified history (if one only counts dynastic China as the beginning of China), & it's still the same people with the same language (though evolved over the millennia) & the same contiguous though evolving culture. Modern day Egypt is kind of like Modern day Mexico in my eyes. It has the name & the ruins of the older civilization that it was built on... but that's about it. It's a totally different thing than the Egypt it was named after.
Gotta agree with this. It makes more sense for China to be the oldest CONTINUOUS civilization than Egypt. They did not lose their language an writing system, social customs, and there's a lot of archeological evidence. Fools will argue that bla bla bla China was conquered by bla bla bla but they fail to grasp the fact that the "conquerors" were unable to escape from the shackles of the Chinese culture. The "conquerors" themselves became culturally chinese, lol
You are totally wrong about Mexico part. In Mexico over 1 million people speak nahualt , the mexican spanish have big influences from this language too. Mexicans are etnically related to ancient mesoamericans, the same with their culture and tradition. Tacos and Dia de Muertos have a mesoamerican origin.
Fenistere Inc. No, he isn’t completely wrong about that assumption, although I agree with you that modern Mexico has probably more ancient influence than modern Egypt. As a Mexican, having one million people talking Nahuatl from a population bigger than 130 million doesn’t say a lot. And while there are many traditions that can trace back some of its origins in the prehispanic time, we are really a mestizo nation more than anything else, even in the Día de Muertos you can see, for example, the prevalence of the Catholic faith instead of any other native religion that may still survive.
@@eduardojauregui2410 A mestizo nation with mesoamerican origin, right? He is totally wrong. Mexico have a big relation with the mesoamerican culture as well spanish culture. More in the south, more indigenous. 20 million people are indigenous, don't forget about it.
I believe the date given for the formation of Greece is a bit late. Yes Phillip of Macedon united all the Greeks under his rule for the first time (even though separately the Athenians, Spartans and Thebans came very close to achieving this as well before), however it is not that the idea of Greece (Hellas) as a separate country and the Greeks (Hellenes) as a separate nation did not exist (hence the successive attempts for complete political unification). For example during the battle of Salamis in 480 BC the paean sung by the united Greek allies fighting the Persians clearly calls for the "sons of the Greeks" to "liberate their country". Generally the Greeks had much earlier acknowledged their common heritage (derived from their common Mycenaean and subsequent Doric past) such as their language, religion and ancestry (it is no accident that most noble houses in Greek city states and kingdoms claimed descent from Mycenaean or Doric heroes such as Hercules, Achilles, Jason etc.). This is the reason they organized Panhellenic events and games (where only Greeks were allowed to participate) in honor of their common Greek Gods. The first of these events and most famous is the Olympic Games. To conclude, while I agree that the Mycenaean period is a bit too early to set as a date, mostly because of the lack of contemporary historical records, since historians did not yet exist (even though it was in all respects a Greek civilization and united under the Mycenaean King), I believe the most appropriate date for the "formation" of Greece is the date of the first Olympic Games in 776 BC.
I'm not being a Jerk but Australia should mabey go on there because we do have the longest living culture started around 65,00 years ago the oldest at this date.
SADY Thanks man, I didn't know that. I mean I knew it must have been called something but we have never been taught that. thanks for sharing knowledge with me, just like your ancestors did with mine!
I wish you would've mentioned some of the civilizations of Iran that are older than the Medes, like Elamites and Kassites. The whole Iran section was a bit short imo.
Iran is most likely the oldest country in the world: In his book " prehistoric Relations of Iran and Egypt", the famous Indian paleontologist Mahrji Bakhaikoka writes: " Group of Iranian immigrants who worshiped the sun, migrated to the banks of the Nile,". In his memoirs, Spiegel writes, " the Iranian civilization is much order than the Egyptian one." the oldest civilization found in Mesopotamia is the Chaldean civilization, which dates back to 4,000 BC. On this issue, renowned paleontologist Dr.Laprier writes: " The original homeland of Chaldeans was Susa (in Iran). - Read this: www.iranchamber.com/history/articles/older_than_egyptian.php
@@CrackingTechHD lmao- semitic/afro-asiatic people legit are the reason how iranics learned civilisation 😂 just search about the Semitic Kingdoms, Empires BC, iranics came to middle east and took their civilisation culture But since the author is indian, I believe it was written to make the "aryan race/heritage/history" superior
The oldest city ever documented (and by that I mean that they have found archaeological evidence) is Catal Huyuk in modern day Turkey. The oldest continuously inhabited city is Jericho in modern day Palestine.
Iran has a civilization of jiroft (جیرفت) in 29000bc and burned city in 4500 bc and nia elamian civilization in 3000 bc and a lot of other civilizations
TheKillerkav I think it might be at the beginning of the humanity (Homo Sapiens) 300000 years ago around the ethiopian land, if you want to know about first human languages.
Don't use "autistic" like that. That's pretty ableist. Autism is an actual spectrum of neurobiological conditions that affect socialisation and our awareness of folks' expectations of us.
Actually when Egypt was conquered by the arabs, a shift in culture and language took place there, so I dont think you can draw a connection between Egyptians today and the pharaohs on the ancient time Edit: I dont rly know a lot about this, so take what I said with a pinch of salt
@ϥⲣⲁⲟⲛ exactly ...they think all Egyptians also magically got replaced by Arabians (from Arabia). Sure Egypt and many other nations were under the Islamic conquest but they still share genetic and cultural ties with Ancient Egyptians.
@@alial-fatlawi5565 did you read what the ppl above me said or are you scared to answer them oh and I knew that when I wrote something like that, that you would come and reply that's why I did it.
If one were to consider isolating three often synonymous terms, we can make a better guess. A state is an entity based on a constitution or pact among the society that establishes a form of government. By this, one could consider France to be around since the 1950's. A nation is an area defined by a collective that identifies itself as autonomous. An example would be the various kingdoms in Francia or India. A country on the other hand, is an undefined region based on civilizations that share multiple practices and traditions. Just some food for thought.
WinterIce Well why not Iceland? It's had the same borders, government, constitution, culture and ethnic make up for far longer than any of the other countries mentioned. Oh and for all the American scoffers out there, the USA has the second oldest government of the major countries in the world.
The majority of the world's governments were formed after the collapse of the colonial era. Do you know the difference between a nation and it's government? Which school did you go to?
I'd say that many countries were forgotten. Israel for example existed around 3000 years ago and were even mentioned as a civilization by the ancient Egyptians in 1222BC (not taking the Bible as a source). Furthermore, there's the Armenians and Georgians who also have existed for a very long time.
They didn't forget it, but when it comes to civilizations it's pretty much a given that India and China are the oldest. The debate is on what defines a "country" - is it the nation-state, the ethnic people, the culture?
Aryan civilization is 5000yrs old but there is a place in southern India called keeladi which is estimated to be more older than Aryan civilization. So the inference is India is older than we expect!
@@chandlerminh6230 No really Minoan civilization means the prehistoric civilization of Crete, distinct from the prehistoric civilization developed in mainland Ancient Greece (Greek civilization) and the Aegean islands (Cycladic civilization). The name Minoan comes from the mythical King Minos and was given by Arthur Evans, the archaeologist who excavated the palace of Knossos. Evans's analysis of the Minoan civilization was completed in 1935, and laid the foundation for the study of processes and transformations that led to the development, consolidation and decline of the Minoan. The earliest installation in Crete has been located in Plakias and Preveli areas. These are paleolithic and mesolithic findings, the oldest ones dating back to 130,000 years before today. The Neolithic habitation, which until 2010 was believed to be the oldest, begins with the Akeramic period, around 7000 BC [4] After this period followed a long period of relative stability, until the beginning of the Bronze Age, around 3000 BC. The chronological parameters that define the Minoan period of the Bronze Age relate mainly to the period 3000 to 1600 B.C. with dominant events the building of Knossos 1900 BC, the eruption of the volcano of Thera circa 1500 BC and the destruction of Knossos 1370 BC. In Crete flourished about 100 Minoan cities.
Very entertaining and interesting video, which, as a fan of history and geography, I loved. You explained the history of those places really well and managed to compact all this information into a 16-minute-long video, without skipping important things or wrong information. However, as a Greek, I disagree with the conclusion at the end, which states that you think Egypt is the oldest country. It is true that it has been up and running for millennia, but its current form is unbelievably different from the ancient, 'pure' form. They have changed religions, governments, *languages* (which for me is the basic determinant for a nation) etc. too much to be considered a single, unified nation/country. Same goes for Iran, which really has nothing to do with its ancient form, except maybe for the language, which makes it better than Egypt but still, not a livable candidate. Greece is also pretty different from Ancient Greece, which I can verify wholeheartedly since I'm a Modern Greek. We still have the language and we reverted back to democracy, but our religion is really different, and so is our average way of perceiving things and situations. So, we're stuck with San Marino, India, China and Japan. San Marino is too small a country to really be considered the 'oldest' despite having a recorded history going on for millennia. Plus, it really doesn't have its own culture. India: too big, too ethnically diverse to be considered one specific nation (heck, see just how many languages they speak). Plus a unified India only became a thing in 1947. Its history of being conquered, fragmented and/or administered by other countries is just too big. Just like Greece. China and Japan. Both really old countries that kept going on for centuries and centuries... But China has been fragmented, plus its current government (the PRC) is radically different than the old empire. Plus, we also have to consider Taiwan (the Republic of China): which is older, the PRC or the ROC? That depends on your view on the One-China policy and the Chinese civil war. So, in my opinion, the oldest country in the world is Japan: has been going on for centuries, speaks the same language (bonus: uses the same writing system) as its ancient counterpart, its government hasn't changed much, it's never been conquered and/or fragmented... So, to my mind, the winner is *Japan* Sorry for my broken English, I'm just a random Greek kid randoming around on the Internet No one's gonna see this comment anyway lol
stamsarger I love funny troll comments (not unfunny ones) but I love serious, intellectual, and relevant comments more. As a modern day Chinese, I could share some information which I might know better than you probably, about Chinese history. There're basically 3 types of situation of Chinese history before the ROC was founded: 1. Strong, prosperous, highly centralized and unified dynasties like Qin, Han, Tang, Song and Ming; 2. Fragmented period but still all the fragments are in China proper/ the core of China(which expands throughout the history, from the yellow river valley to the modern day 29 provinces where the ethnic Han people are mostly inhabited), speaking Chinese, fully Chinese cultural wise, fighting for the legitimate throne of 天下 (beneath the sky, ancient Chinese concept of the " whole civilized world "). Examples: warring kingdoms period, three kingdom period. 3, "Barbarians" ruled, like Yuan dynasty (Mongolian), Qing dynasty (Manchurian). Also there're times when 1is mixed with 3, or 2 is mixed with 3. To me, 1 is definitely pure Chinese periods. 2 is also Chinese despite being fragmented. Even 3 is partly Chinese because even Mongolians or Manchurians ended up speaking Chinese instead of their own language after years of ruling the China proper. Also the length of 3 is way shorter than other situations. I cannot be objective about this issue by being Chinese, but I personally think China is definitely the oldest continuous civilization(3600 years old with evidence). Greece is the second with 2700 years of history. Iran would be the third with 2500 years. The most important thing for this matter is language and identity from my point of view so although being way older, India, Egypt, Iraq or Syria are just pseudo ancient civilizations. Japan is even younger than Israel to me.
IdiotInc politically speaking it's not very related to China cuz I don't think the communist party of China actually believes communism. Ideologically or academically, neutral. I know for a fact that communism doesn't work, but it does provide a way to perceive the human society. So it is of some value.
stamsarger + You're analysis of China and Japan is somewhat skewed. Japan's government *has* changed. Traditional Japan is a monarchy, however its no longer a monarchy anymore. Essentially, Japan during World War 2 and Japan after World War 2 are under two totally different governments. China has indeed been fragmented yes, but you overlook that Japan has also been fragmented numerous times, such as during the Sengoku period for example. The part about Japan speaking the same language and using the same writing system is irrelevant as China also done the same. On Japan not being conquered: Japan directly in the aftermath of the war was directly controlled by America. To be more specific, by General MacArthur. The Japanese emperor was the leader of Japan in name only; all Japanese policies in the few years directly after the war was decided by the Americans. Sounds like being conquered to me. To be fair, if we're talking about the oldest *country,* and not civilisation, in the world, then neither China nor Japan would be the oldest. The CCP and the ROC were only established in 1949 and the modern Japanese government was only established in 1946.
but u failed to mention that the people of China (PRC) are still very much linked to their ancient culture, tradition, festival, language, etc. It has LITERALLY the most continuous culture and tradition in the world! Egypt, Iran, and Greece, saw a very very big shift in terms of culture. Their way of life today is no longer associated with their past. China and India are different, there's a very clear and visible fact, that there's a HUGE INFLUENCE in their culture today, with their ancestor. However, Indian cultures differ greatly with each other, We have the forgotten ancient harappan culture, then the aryan north, and the dravindian south, not to mention the huge impact of the Islamic mughal rule which totally differs from hindu India. With that, I would say the clear winner is China. China and Japan both, has long continuity, but the Chinese civilization definitely started way earlier than their Japanese counterpart.
Information on India is wrong.. yes we had different Kingdoms ruled by different kings, but everyone knew that they belonged to one nation which is Bharath. The boundaries of Bharath as defined in one of the holy Hindu texts reads "Everything which lies to the north of the Indian Ocean and south of the Himalayas is Bharath and the ppl who live there are called Bharathiya". So the concept of one unified India or Bharath goes back thousands of years..
You're saying there was a country before America?
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"Country" "Nation/State" are modern concepts..... Historically speaking it should be classified as longest continuing civilisations.
5Head indeed
Wrong the word state is very ancient... but I agree civilization would work better
"could", not "should". There is no best way to classify it, it is deeply arbitrary and depends on the one who asks the question.
Money Maker sure but the word “state” has a very different meaning now than it has historically
Civilization is a country... Culture, Names, Food, Government. Fine, Lets call mongols "tatars."
Also, Greece wasn't ruled by the Byzantines, they WERE the Byzantines! In his final speech, emperor Constantinos XI the Palaiologos, talked to his people as " his Romioi (Romans), his Greeks (Hellenes)"
I came here to comment on the same case.
@@0gJulian what is?
I swear he proclaimed that "byzantines" were Romans.
@@trystar-sl1mi their country was called the Roman empire but they were Greeks, and they did rule it. Think about Austria. It is called Austria but its people are Germans and it is ruled by Germans. The reasons behind the Byzantine Empire being called Roman while being Greek are mainly two but also a few others. First of all, the term Hellene (Greek) had come to mean pagan ever since the christianisation of the Greeks ended in the 6th century. The second reason is that Rome wasn't just any empire back in the day. It was THE empire, the empire that had ruled over the entire (known) world and was supposed to be the strongest, the destined eternal ruler of the world. For all peoples it was really important to have a connection with the empire (that's why the Germans renamed to the Holy Roman Empire, why Russia and the Ottomans considered themselves to be the third Rome etc) so the Byzantines thought that they shouldn't change the name if they already had it. The minor reasons were stuff as the many minorities in the Empire (Albanians, Arabs, Armenians, Persians, Slavs etc) the law (considered to be Roman creation) and the City of Constantinople, that was itself considered to be the New Rome.
They ruled by Romans . Romans were Latin. Greeks are Greek
Ok so Japan _might_ have made up the part about demigods, but 100+ generations of continuous emperors connected by bloodline is still damn impressive.
It talks of a week people, who were abused for centuries by shoguns and emperors, too afraid to stand up to tirany. And there's been a lot of tirany throughout Japan's history.
@@josecipriano3048 *tyranny
I think it may be very important to distinguish between a "country" and a "civilization". A country is a political entity (like the French Republic) and a civilization is a continuous cultural entity, regardless of political unity (like the Chinese civilization). Just a thought.
Tyler Adam In that case, China and Egypt are the oldest states despite they don't have existed continuously
In that case, the answer is clear. Japan (technically, with its emperor,) is the oldest country. Egypt is the oldest civilization, but it has been rendered unrecognizable over time, significantly so by foreign cultures. China and India are the oldest internally consistent cultures in the world today.
LancesArmorStriking But even China and India have been under foreign rule for long periods of time (Mongols, some altaic cultures, Manchu, Tibetans though allways most times only in parts - India also in parts by several muslim cultures from the west like the altaic decended Mughals). India a little bit less than China I'd say though they both didn't change so much under foreign rule, that the culture can't be considered as continuous so I would agree.
Tyler Adam by these fairly valid standards I'd argue that Egypt is not the oldest civilization due to it's cultural identity changing, mostly under the Arabic rule. Their cultural identity and possibly genetics have become arabianized. Although their society survived under the Persians, the Greeks and Arabs attempted to push their culture on the Egyptians and the Arabians succeeded.
Almost. Country = landmass, state = government, nation = poeple/civilization. The nation of Egypt has existed since the dawn of time but the nation-state started in 33.
Cleopatra was Greek, not Egyptian. She came from the Ptolemy Dynasty, one of Alexander the Great's generals who ruled Egypt for about 300 years.
Alexander is not a Greek.
He claimed to be Greek dumbass.
Galina Tocheva, do you understand history, or you just spill crap out of your mouth?
Leves D Where can I read it ? I mean old antic source ....
skoy21, Why do you think that you know real history ? The history of the Bulgarian people has been hidden for many years (centuries) and thoroughly exterminated. The few remaining written sources say that the offensive Bulgarian history is fake. After the excavations at the Varna Necropolis it became clear that there is the oldest treasure in the world. According to the anthropological research we (the Bulgarians) carry the genes of the Varna civilization. The bones of the Varna necropolis were dated 6000 years before the New Age. One day we will rewrite world history.
Ethnic group vs civilization vs nation state
Exactly. This video is pretty silly -- it's an entirely semantic question. If you define things clearly -- 'How old is French Culture?' -- the answers are far simpler and actually meaningful. Semantics are not meaningful, and the entire video seems to miss the fact that a national culture having its own country is a *very* modern invention, really only coming to exist in the last 100 years. Further, culture changes radically. I guarantee there are a few native-born Egyptians who would have the Pyramids destroyed for being pre-Mohommadian and feel no great draw to the culture that just so happens to be identified with the geographical and political construct of modern Egypt.
@@DiomedesStrosMkai I agree with you except... semantics are important. You're engaging in semantics yourself to make a very convincing argument. People misuse the word semantics; it means the actual meaning of words, what we're actually saying. Semantics is the study or analysis of meaning, and is incredibly important
This is very Eurocentric as the oldest country with a continuous static population is Australia as the enthnic population has been active for a minimum of 70000 years and had villages farms etc much of which was destroyed in the rush to destroy
Me vs everybody
@@iangray9230 Australia was a group of tribes not a country. By that logic the oldest country is Ethiopia, because people originated from there, and lived there for millions of years.
You've forgot Syria, but then again, everyone does forget
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@@silix450 Awww, yes, not represented as Syria. But many others also
Syria is Arabic, and so is not very connected to the Mesopotamian peoples like the Sumerians, Babylonians and Assyrians.
Syria was called aram at the time of mesopotamia, and im an aramean
💛❤️🦅, we arameans are the indigenous people of aram (present day syria) before arabs invaded our land then it was named syria. There is proof of Aram in the quran and even the bible
Egypt was before syria
"Japan is very old country" 😂 gives two meanings
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when China has already one thousand year's writing history record, Japan didn't even have their own writing system,
Japan, old country? lol,
Akira A McLaren not 198. 193. The United Nations recognizes 193 countries.
FerdDoesWeirdThingsInLife nah it’s 196 countries
*193 UN Countries*
+ *Vatican City* (that just doesn’t want to be in UN for some reason lol)
+ *Kosovo* (which is independent because *more* countries recognize Kosovo than countries that don’t)
+ *Taiwan* (which is recognized a-lot because it has all the stuff a country has)
Gaming God I don’t get it
See you all in March for the next video.
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Patrick B haha it's sad that it could be true😂😂 hopefully not though
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Next year ehhhhh
Have a good Christmas and new year! See you during the next upload.
But which year? 🤔
San Marino never Changed, Conquered or Unified and been there for almost 2000 years.
@Mary C You mean Babylon?
@Mary C Ah, you mean Istanbul it got called Constantinople several years ago.My bad sry
@Mary C Gobekli Tepe was a temple, not a true settlement. There are early settlements in modern-day Turkey such as Catalhoyuk and the earliest known continuously inhabited place in the world is Jericho, currently within the West Bank area of Palestine.
@Mary C ah i never tought you mean the temple in turkey oh i really dont know the name
@Mary C You mean Çatalhöyük?
Iran also had the Sassanid and Parthian empires. And every other empire absorbing Iran eventually became culturally Iranic or Persian to say.
I think there is a difference between nation and civilization
A nation is a group of people with the same or similar culture. A nation state is all the territory of a given country, ruled and owned by its highest government. Civilizations are harder to define, as the traits a society or nation much have are hotly contested. For example, does a society have to have a central government to be a civilization? What about fixed settlements? It's not very clear
And the video is about the states (commonly called countries)
Libertopa EurekanAnarch In mist cases, to establish connections of modern nations with the ancient societies could be very hard. It gets more and more difficult as we trace further back in time.
yes, like Iraq and Iran are both nations, but i think they are one civilization
Georg LP Iran is the oldest sovereign nation in history and Greece is the oldest civilization.but all civilizations are great they put us here ,there is no superior nation and civilization.
I deeply disagree. Egypt is not the most ancient country in the world because Ancient Egypt is a lost culture. It simply stoped existing. Modern Egypt might have the same name, but its culture is arabic, not ancient egyptian.
And its people are not the descendants of the ancient egyptians either. The Koptic people are, who are a minority in todays Egypt.
Ancient Egypt was actually called Khmet. The fact that it doesn't have it's original name should tell you it is not the same country. The history of the current country of Egypt begins with the Islamic conquest in the 7th and 8th centuries. That is when Egypt got: a new religion, a new language, a new culture, a new name, and its capitol was moved to its' current location in Cairo. Not a lot has changed since then.
Going by the same standard. India is the big winner for world's oldest country. India's culture, language, and religion were all established in the Vedic period of around 1500BC. Millions of people in India still read the original Vedas and worship the same gods with the same rituals as they did 3,500 years ago. In modern Egypt nobody is reading the book of the dead and worshiping Osiris, Isis, and Ra anymore and certainly not in its original language.
China would be 2nd oldest for similar reasons as India having its' language and culture going back to around 1200BC.
Bruh
It that culture doesn't exist because it just won't work in today's world...
I'm thinking borders and who controls the land rather than culture and ways of life.
Same as Qatar and all other major civilisations ... in fact ALL major empires (ancient Egypt included) were full of foreigners (either slaves vassals or regular workers) ... the people go where the money is ... amost all of tokyo istambul Beijing Paris Moskow NYC Nairobi Sao Paulo Cairo and all other major city are descendants of foreigners who have not a drop of blood from the ancient people living there ... go figure.
Greeks call France by its ancient name. GAUL...GALIA
ZEUS Apolo
Really? Still?
Yes indeed and tge only country who calls Greece by the real name is Norway i think-Hellas
Iranians call Greece 'Yunan' after the Ioanians, who were the first Greek peoples the Persians came into contact with.
hemansx Yeah I've heard that one.
They also call Switzerland by its old name. Helvezia...Elvetia
I feel sorry for Egyptians learning history, that sh must be hard as hell although interesting
I'm Egyptian lmao
It is hard but I love my beautiful country tho, and not as hard as you think it's definitely not as hard as other subjects
Yup agree I study history of Egypt since the french evolution this year until 2012/2014 and god it's hella long and hard(even tho that it doesn't say all the details..) and I'm only still in 3th grade high school so imagine what colleges students have to study !
@@yaseen_elolemy actually not true all the students always suffer from history as a subject as it's quite hard and long except for those who loves it /studies it many times! And the educational system in Egypt sucks so don't expect the students to love subjects like history
They probably only learn how great Allah was lol
they never got ethiopia
Reject false Democracy they never got iraq
???what's this, is any culture in 2018?
Ethiopia is a old country (800 BC) but not so much
Yes thats were humans first evolved from apes....at least i think it is
Chaz Gamez africa in general is where it happened
Tbh think the last video was older than these countries
Edit: Wow thanks for 100 likes
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Inkyminkyzizwoz my mistake
Is it just me or is it baffling to think about how many people/civilizations have existed before us? At any of these given points they were all considered the most advanced or most technologically superior peoples of their times. And here we are. Who knows if someone will be making some video in 2000 years on us and our civilizations!
I agree. Cultures and civilizations wax and wane, and it is myopically prideful arrogance that any civilization would consider themselves superior for perpetuity. In short, nothing lasts forever.
Languages and cultures too come and go with many relegated to obscurity as others become more economically advantageous for the individual.
SOUTH SUDAN.........
2000 years from now, our country will be rememberd as the most powerful in all of human history. we are the wealthiest, most technologically advanced, and free-est country in the world. other countries look at the US in admiration. and shitholes like india, russia, philippines, china or iran and syria, will always be jealous of us. our GDP is currently the highest, and will remain so, for the next 1000 years. our nuclear power alone is strong enough to oblitarate the earth a hundred times over. and then there are these shithole countries who accuse us of things and claim that we are getting poor and that our economy and military is sinking... hahaha laughable. they should stop the propaganda and feed their country first, and build toilets so their people would not shit on the streets
USA Bestnationonearth im sure the Greeks thought the same way. Or maybe the Romans. Or how about the Egyptians? The Persians? The colonial British? The Mayans were far superior. The Aztecs. Incans. The Soviets were the first to space. The Cherokee dominated until they didn't anymore. The Navajo.
See a pattern?
USA Bestnationonearth Im an OIF and OND veteran. I was flying drones in Iraq in 2010. I assure you Putin has never paid me a dime.
Greece history
3000 bc cuclades
2400 bc minoa
1600 bc myceane
1100 geomorphical period
800 archaic period
500 classic period
323 Hellenistic period
146 roman occupation
320 or 395 Byzantine empire
1453 ottoman occupation
1821 success independence first greek republic
1941-1945 german occupation
1945 todays greece
I am greek and i know this things
George Nikoletakis bro and dictatorship
I didn't understand what do you mean
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what the fuck. WHat about Ancient Egypt. 6000 BC and what about Iraq and mesopotamia 10.000 BC
Disneyland is the oldest country and Mickey Mouse is their leader.
No Donald Duck opps I mean Donald Trump
Well the youngest country in the world is South Sudan
Mat 727 or Kosovo is you recognize it
Kosovo isn't a country, and even if it were, South Sudan would still be younger
Adam Desai nope, even if you recognise Kosovo, South Sudan is founden in 2011, while Kosovo is 2008!
Kosovo declared independence in 2008, whereas South Sudan became independent in 2011
Kosovo is only partially recognized and so it is a disputed territory, not a sovereign state
with all respect to Japan, there are many countries which are much older then Japan.
Yes, but I think that Japan is one of the oldest that is definitly continuous. I mean, Egypt was under foreign rule for a long time, and you can still make an argument that the current Eygpt is not even related to acient Eygpt.
India has basically never been unified, and you can’t really trace it back at all as a country.
China has the strongest argument in my opinion, but it also has not been very continuous. Having broken up multiple times. Although you can draw a line tracing back from ancient China.
Greece also has a solid argument after it was unified. Persia also makes a solid case in my opinion.
All in all, Japan claims to be around for a long time, unified for most of its history, so I think it is a solid contender.
@@greganzi8874
How is current Egypt not related to old?
@@mirzahamzabaig5667 Culture, language and religion. Not much of the ancient culture still remains
@@jonnyOysters
Well atleast someone doesn't relate Egyptian to Arabs just because they speak Arabic. Although there is still some old cultural remains there
Broken up but still a China
India is continuous civilization. the culture that was practiced 1000s of year ago is still practiced...
@@Weeee439 india existed time of immemorial. There only 2 continuous civilization in the world now . One is Chinese and other is Indian. While mighty civilization has fallen we are still here. And there is no end to the sight. Slowly it spreading around the world.
@@Weeee439 no one world will call Ethiopia a continuous civilization except some a person does not know the meaning of either continuous or civilization or both. But India in other hand is called continuous civilization by all scholars ands experts.
@@Weeee439 some people cannot comprehend the different between country and civilization
@@Weeee439 my original comment was about civilization and not about country. So what's your point
@@Weeee439 Other ancient civilizations have been invaded and they're obviously way more different to their current cultures now, but you're just dumb with your useless criteria anyway.
Suddenly, 3 similar channels upload like a couple hours apart from one another.
Waddle Derp Which ones? I know WonderWhy but who else?
fazeed kotta wonderwhy wendoverproductions realifelore
Elijah Elliott-Ebanks it's not wendover...
My guess would be second thought?
It seems like Wonderwhy, RealLifeLore, Wendover, and Knowledge Hub always upload right around the same time.
Ancient egyptians werent arabs.
modern egyptians arent arabs
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it is hard to know without genetic evidence, i assume that ancient Egyptians and Arabs looked the same because they are relatively close to each other and are both desert civilizations.
that's a stupid statement ! Arabs come from Ishmael son of a Jew (Abraham) and Hagar an Egyptian slave... so it's the other way around, Arabs are partly Egyptian. Also no fucking one is claiming that Arabs were Ancient Egyptians because the Arab conquest didn't start until the rise of Islam and that happened way after the Copts and Greek destroyed what's left of the ancient culture
@@abd28elshamekh fuck up
yes, i know, they were killed by arabs, and the culture was missing
Atlantis, of course. Just because you landlubbers can't see it doesn't mean it doesn't still exist - down, down, down, to the bottom of the sea!
But that is just the white folk myth in't it, you is made nothing.
Simon Ruszczak it a joke my dude
Shut up Aquaman
Kathom Atlantis was actually the island of Santorini.
Adi Adiani that's what mythology is, why being so jealous of Greeks?
San Marino is said to have been around since 301 ad. But lines can be drawn.
true
With so many variables at play, it really is just a matter of opinion, if not outright bias.
Ancient Egypt has no colleration to Modern day Egypt except for it's borders.
Yeoryios What a smartass. Seriously though, you're ignorant as hell.
There's quite a bit of connection actually. I mean while they don't speak Egyptian any longer, Arabic is still in the same language group as ancient Egyptian. In addition, the Copts of Egypt spoke Demotic Egyptian until the Early modern period, and they make up around 20% of Egypt's population
An Edgy Egyptian... He's right. Egypt today has nothing to do with Ancient Egypt... not even the borders. Only the geographic location near the Nile.
It's a different people. Today Egyptians are Arabs, Berber and Maghrebi. While Ancient Egyptians were mostly black.
It's a different people, with different culture, different religion, and different language.
It's like claiming Mexico is 2750 years old... because the Maya civilization started in 750 BC. Or claiming some native tribe as the birth of the US.
Ancient Egyptians weren't black. Acnient Egyptians were an Afro-Asiatic people. They were related to the ancient Arabs, Hebrews, Assyrians, Numidians, Carthaginians, etc. who were also Afro-Asiatic peoples. Egyptians are and were a Semitic/Caucasian people. To the south, there was Nubia where the population was actually black.
The borders aren't even the same. The modern borders were created by Britain.
This is one of those channels that doesn't post much but when it does...
Oh boy, when it does...
I just drop everything because I know it's going to be great :)
Everyone has a different opinion here, so I am thoroughly enjoying it too. So far no one here has got really nasty about who did what to whom and when, which is kind of okay when the think of the multitude or wars fought historically between countries and regions or when a country came under the yoke of a later empire, upsetting the locals.
There is a incomplete understanding of India in this video. Though the subcontinent was not United at all times , it was united by shared religion , cultures , language ( sanskrit ) pilgrimages . In all ancient Indian religious scriptures we come across references of Bharata Varsha , the land between the indian ocean and Himalayas .
It may have been politically split up . But a strong idea of commonality existed uninterrupted till the modern times
Sanskrit Lol
True
Great? Having the same language and religion doesn't make you a country. Wessex and mercia in England had the same language and religion they weren't a country tho.
That does not mean they were a single nation.
It may be not, it has to be one piece for a continuous amount of time
What?? WONDERWHY ACTUALLY UPLOADED?!
Easy: South Sudan 🇸🇸
The kishites
i know
But I’m Older Than S. Sudan 🇸🇩s. Sudan Is 8 And I’m 9
Vloging Films r/woooosh
@@forgiven2234 wow who knew
The league of Corinth was kind of a hellenic NATO
You could also argue that it was the first federation
It's persia we had it in our history also oldest civilization is jiroft (جیرفت) discovered in 2013 located in Central Persia (today's Iran)
There are a lot more to read about this if you're interested
you lost zorarastranism, so no
It has to be China, India, Iran, Iraq, or Egypt. (Oh, and Ethiopia.)
Or Armenia
Wisam Mikhael ethiopia
Or Africa
japan
Syria ??
Egypt? China? Greece? India?
That's what I think.
San marino
Japan
Hayzen India.
India
@Dragon Dimosthenis That is called "diversity". Brother no ancient country ever had a uniform culture but anyway, that isn't the definition of a country in the first place. Counter point to yours, China wouldn't be able to, either as it was not the same as modern China incorporating Tibetian, Uighur, Cantonese, Hokkien, and a dozen other cultures and languages too. See what I mean? Same with everyone. Key lies in how old a particular culture at one point in time defines a country. In that case, all points fall into place
South Sudan is the oldest.
Malkon Wall no Kosovo is the oldest, but South Sudan is probably the most stable tied with Yemen and Syria.
Opposite Day Planet
South Sudan is the first country with humanity in old day but not the oldest country
I'm squidward i'm squidward, squidward squidward squidward
Ethopia is the oldest one,I'm serious.
I think you got it wrong with Greece. From my knoledge, the first greek civilisation were the minoans from Crete. Mycene got bigger and stronger only after the minoan civilisation was distroyed. It might be considered that the minoans were the first advanced civilisation that aroused in Europe.
Greece is one of the oldest countries that still live on to this day
I'm from Crete and that's true about Minoan civilization
Hayabusa Travels, you are so correct - Please read my comment. Thank you.
Crete gang?
In general, Us Greeks are One Of The Oldest Continuous People along with the Indians and Chinese. Old Egyptians are no Longer around but Their New Semitic Ancestors are Still here.
It's clearly South Sudan! Open your eyes, people! They've been around since 2011!
IT'S A CONSPIRACY
Malsy Pright yup! (:
Youngest***********
It's Egpyt
You sure? Azerbaijan, San Marino and Armenia are older. (My opinion...many people think Egypt is the oldest, but I disagree).
guys dont u know what "joke" means?
How about the oldest city? I think that'd be cool.
Unchi there are multiple candidates. It's probably Damascus though, which I think is in Syria, however there are too many potential oldest cities
Aidan Murphy i'd say it's either Damascus or a city in the place of baghdad.
Unchi
I'd say Delhi.
There have been signs of continuous settlement as far back 600 BC.
It's Jericho.
Declan Newton-Maharaj damascus is older than Delhi
I am impressed that you mentioned San Marino, most people tend to forget the oldest still existing republic ;) - well done; interesting and entertaining video (even for history nerds like myself who already knew most of the mentioned facts, ... I wasn't bored for a second). again: thanks for putting some effort into it, I really enjoyed watching ;)
1. Ethiopia
Many historians agree that Ethiopia is one of the oldest countries in the world. While we know that human life has existed in Ethiopia for millions of years thanks to skeletal fragments uncovered, it’s generally agreed that Ethiopia developed as a country in 980 BCE. This was when one of the first kingdoms, known as the D’mt, rose to power. Ethiopia is one of the few African countries that never fell into the hands of colonizers, with the exception of when it was occupied for a few years under Italian dictator Mussolini in the 1930s.
Probably...
Fun Facts for the video maker:
1-Egypt was never colonized by the British. It was occupied for 40 years from 1882 to 1922.
2-Egypt became an independent sovereign State in 1922 (not 1953) and was a founding member of both the League of Nations and the United Nations.
'fun' facts?
Ancient Egypt was called Khmet, is now Al-Misr. Was conquered by Greece, Rome, and the Caliphate. Has no rightful claim to being oldest nation.
Abu Nour Didn't Napoleon knick stuff from Egypt when he was beating up most of Europe?
@@rockinbobokkin7831 nope it was called Kermit and now it's known as Masr (officially Misr)
Damascus existed as a city state before western europeans even learned what farming was...
Not precisely true. Tell Ramad is one of the oldest settlements of human civilization. However, it was also abandoned after just 500 years. Damascas itself was not founded until 6000-6500 years later (which was roughly the 6th distinctly different settlement of that particular area, and the only to survive more than 500 years). By that time, the Greek city states were on the rise due to their own methods of farming.
Thing is, there were older civilizations in that region than Tell Ramad. Jarmo was founded in Mesopotamia close to the same time Jericho was founded in Palestine, around 11,000 years ago. Nevertheless the estimated 15,000 year-old civilization of northern and central China and the 13,500-14,000 year-old civilization of Egypt. Older trading settlements in the Indus Valley have also been found. For that matter, Tell Ramad is not even the oldest site in Syria... as Hamoukar may very well be.
Yes, this is the truth
The Greeks said Ethiopia was the oldest country
Ethiopia, Israel, and Babylonia
@@sjmunday2014Ethiopia being the oldest
Israel, Babylonia, and Egypt were mentioned in ancient scriptures and text thousands of years before 10 BC ( about the time Ethiopia was formed)
@@sjmunday2014 but ancient scriptures like the bible tell us Babylonia was founded by an Ethiopian King, Nimrod......the Greeks also can back this up, as they said The Babylonians are the same Ethiopian stock.
Kush was long Formed and birthed both Egypt and Babylonia.....again the ancient Greeks can back this up.....am not making up these claims...
In Greece there was the Cycladic civilizationAppeared in the 3rd Millennium BCE
Minoan came before
Yeah the Minoan on Crete
BC*
@@Hollywood2021 BCE: before common era
Which is the modern way of saying bc
I think I once read that technically Portugal's borders have remained unchanged for the longest period of time, even if the leadership has changed.
What about borderless countries like Ireland Australia Iceland to name but a few
@@shanemul3837 Ireland lost North-Ireland to the UK of Great Britain.
Shane Mul The aussies lost to the emus and had to give them land so they’re borders changed
Portugal's borders are technically the oldest in the world but also technically aren't. The 1297 Treaty of Alcanizes defined the Portuguese borders in the Iberian Peninsula, which have remained unchanged if you don't count one small village.
That village is called Olivença, which was lost to the Spanish in the 1801 Treaty of Badajoz, which put to an end the first Spanish-French invasion of Portugal. Portugal says Spain has lost the right to Olivença by attacking again in 1807, breaking the Treaty. Spain says they didn't. Olivença is still under the administration of the Spanish government, but Portugal holds a claim to it.
Well Egypt eventually lost one of the most important factors: language, while other civililzations you mentioned here didn't, as thereir modern tongues are continuations of their ancient forms. Ppl in Egypt speak arabic, I guess the only group speaking a tongue related to it is coptic used by coptic minority.
no my dear, the old language is gone but alot of old words and expressions survived inside our unique arabic which calls egyptien arabic
and not only language ,also many tradations and feast dayes which we do and are Celebrated
mark samwel true but the old language is at least somewhat kept alive by the church
Not technically lost, I'd say the language is more dying out, not so much lost
Prove it, sir.
LOL with the wikipedia references.
Curious that you should somehow manage to leave Ethiopia off your list, given that Ethiopia has existed as a unitary state for more than 2000 years, and the Sudan which had a functioning state some 4,500 years ago as evidenced by its pyramids of the era, amongst many other things.
See further:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-13351397
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nubian_pyramids
it was taken over so
@@Raghallach So were Egypt, Iran, India and China. And Japan had a series of government changes.
I remember being taught about "the fertile crescent" and Man's development over Millennia. Granted, this area is said to be what is now called Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Syria right up to Turkey. I have read statements on this site made by far more educated people than I that voice suspicions that the Chinese were a different species of human-being. We have educated people telling of a movement of civilisation from East / Eastern Central Africa moving North, into this fertile area. The Nile Delta was important as it became the "bread basket" to the peoples of that area. There is even evidence of water erosion on the stone-work in the Valley of the Gods. Where I'm going with this is that now these "educated thinkers" have found that the people of East Asia and China share DNA with our fore-fathers from Africa. They tell us that the different Races of Europe passed through this "fertile crescent" on their way to where they all evolved into the many races that have lived across The Steppe and Westward to Western Europe. Shared DNA with Humans from Africa ; a Continent that was lush with vegetation before climate change gave us Sahara ; links in our DNA with peoples from across our world. The route that Humans took to travel north out of Africa was Northerly from Eastern Africa. During the move Northward , there must have been some sort of civilisation established ? That first civilisation must have come from Eastern Africa ? Homo-Erectus must have first had what we call "a country" in what we now call Ethiopia . Francis Bacon , Sir , you are so right bring these thoughts and ideas to the conversation . Thankyou .
What is this chat about?
not only ethiopia
Palestine is 1.5m years old ..
Sultanate of Oman is 100,000 years old ..
Damascus seryia is 12,019 years old ..
Egypt is 5,000+ years old
iraq is 4,319 years old ..
Mecca is 4,000 years old..
China is 3,000+ years old ..
Qurtuba spain is 2,170 years old ..
Kingdom of morroco is 1,230 years old ..
why am i reading a “wall of text that no one will read” at 14:37
Some historical info: the word *Έλλην* (Hellene - Greek) is attested since 8th century BC in Homer's Iliad, in the form of Πανέλληνες (Panhellenes), meaning “all the Hellenes” (Iliad, Book 2.530, www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Hom.+Il.+2.530&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0133) and the word *Ελλάς* (Hellas - Greece) is attested since late 8th century BC in Hesiod's "Works and Days" (Hesiod, WD, 653, www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:abo:tlg,0020,002:653&lang=original)
Ελλάς is the ancient general name for all lands inhabited by the Έλληνες (Hellenes), including mainland Greece, Ionia (modern western Turkey), etc., Hdt.1.92, Th.1.3, X.An.6.5.23, etc.; “οὔθ᾽Ἑλλάς οὔτ᾽ ἄγλωσσος” S.Tr.1060: hence ἡ ἀρχαία Ἑλλάς, (Old Greece), Plu.Tim.37; ἡ μεγάλη Ἑλλάς (Magna Graecia), Plb.2.39.1, Ath.12.523e; including Sicily, Str.6.1.2, and of course including Epirus and Macedonia: Strabo, "Geography", VII, Frg. 9: *“Macedonia, of course, is a part of Greece.”*
Latest DNA research (August 2017, Department of Genetics, Harvard) confirms that *modern Greeks are the descendants of the Mycenaean Greeks,* with only a small proportion of DNA from later migrations to Greece ( www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/08/greeks-really-do-have-near-mythical-origins-ancient-dna-reveals ) and the Myceneaeans and Minoans were genetically related ( nature.com/nature/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nature23310.html ).
PS: Albanians, FYROMians and Turks will post their usual nonsense against Greece under this comment, without a doubt! ;)
So there is a continuity between ancient and modern Greeks.
Absolutely.
FYROMians will hate you for this! :D
Wow. Nice copy and pasting...
@Alan Piersonn Lol, tell me about it! They hate truth, for sure! T.J. Winnifrith said: *"Apparently these radical Slavic factions [FYROMians] decided to live with their myths and lies for the constant amusement of the rest of the world!"* (T.J. Winnifrith, British academic, "Shattered Eagles, Balkan Fragments", Duckworth, 1995)
then the franks broke their kingdom into what will later be called france and not france
Nah m8. My camel who is the uncle of my fish said Narnia is the oldest country.
Insult to the great lion himself, Aslan :-D By Tash, goes to prove the religion is a fiction upon a fiction ad nauseum.
Italy: is roman empire
Italy: Isnt included in this video
italy isn't direcly rome, it's the union of a buncha kingdoms (none of them being roman) scattered all over italy after the fall of rome.
you're back :-)
he just rarely uploads it takes a long time making quality you cant just make videos like this daily or weekly
i guess but i would prefer a good vid every 4 months than a mediocre vid every week
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77 He never left...
1/100 people who watched this video like my coment
As someone else said maybe San Marino? It was founded in 381 AD, and remained the same since then.
"Have you ever wonder What's the older country in the world?"
Me: Well yeah, that's why I clicked on your video!
It does not know who is the oldest country in the world😒
Its nepal
@@Chmezr dumb, you will never find a straight answer it depends on your own opinion
@@keshabbhabuk5594 stfu
@@keshabbhabuk5594 it's india becuz oldest religion
As an Iranian i love china and Chinese people.we were always friends with each other from first in ancient times until now ,I wish your country became the greatest power in world because you never been invaders,i love your culture and civilization 🇮🇷❤️🇨🇳
Yay you uploaded!... well, cya guys next year✌🏽
LOL
Bulgaria established in 681 never change the name since day 1 in fact the country is much older if we mention Old Great Bulgaria
But we are talking about the modern nation state
Mongol tatar.
Bulgaria was under Ottoman command for over 500 years.
@@gedizdoganca So what ? No point on this cuz Greece also was under Ottoman Empire , Egypt was under Roman , China under Mongolian Empire etc ...
I think you are right, it does deserve a mention.
Wish Ethiopia wad mentioned.
Agreed. Honestly Ethiopia should be number 3 on the list.
The video is about countries not cultures that can trace themselves back. If that can of worms was opened, then i might claim Hungarians as being one of the oldest because we can trace our nomadic ancestors back to its Finnugor roots around the Ural mountains long before Ethiopia or whoever. But here is the thing, being a group of people does not make you a country or a civilization.
EG that is where humanity started, not where the first country was
German Mapper Ethiopia was a whole Empire, such as China, Persia or Rome. If even France was mentioned with some notes, why not Ethiopia?
Agreed
Iran (Persia) has a great civilization, rich mythology, culture and history. Persians gave to the world many great scientists, poets, and philosophers, like khayyam, Rhazes, Avicenna, Khwarizmi, Nasir Tusi, Fakhruddin Razi, Abd Rahman Sufi, Jamshid Kashani, Ferdowsi, Hafez, Saadi, Attar, Qutb Din Shirazi, etc, they are among the best scientists of human history. Many things in this world are invented by Persians 1. Sulfuric acid by Rhazes 2. Computation of 2π by Jamshid Kashani, the Persian astronomer, and mathematician. 3. The first practical windmills for the first time in the history of the world were in Iran. 4. Ethanol by Rhazes 5. A mechanical planetary computer by Jamshid Kashani 6. An ancient type of evaporative cooler and refrigerator 7. Ice Cream 8. Rosewater 9. The art of tile-work was invented and perfected in Iran. 10. The first time that cake was used in a birthday party was by Darius the Great 11. Qanat, 12. Polo 13. Algebra by Khwarizmi 14. Post system, 15. Fork, spoons and many different invents.
There are some Persian words from ancient times in the English language like Paradise, Magic, Bazaar, etc.
Rhazes was a Persian (Iranian) polymath, physician, alchemist, philosopher, and important figure in the history of medicine. Rhazes is considered the father of psychology and psychotherapy, the father of pediatrics, a pioneer in ophthalmology, making leading contributions in inorganic and organic chemistry, also he is the author of several philosophical works, and also first to categorize the Hospital dept as well. Many scholars consider Rhazes one of the greatest medical doctor.
Persians in 500 BC used gold forks and spoons and special gold cups at their dinner tables. The cutlery discovered in Pasargadae in Iran appears to pre-date the Greco-Roman cutlery by almost 1000 years.
Cyrus the Great wrote the first Human Rights Charter. United Nations uses the Cyrus Cylinder as a pillar of one the earliest declaration of human rights.
In Persia, in Persepolis palace female workers even had paid maternity leave. Persians were also known for having women take part in high governmental positions such as in Construction, Administration, Politics, etc as evident by the record-keeping clay tablets throughout Persepolis in Iran. This is something that would not be seen until at least many centuries after.
The Persian language is one of the oldest living languages. The Persian literature is one of the world's oldest literature. The Persian literature described as one of the great literatures of humanity, and it is one of the four main bodies of world literature. Many great philosophers, poets, and scientists were inspired and influenced by the Persian language and literature.
The great Persian (Iranian) Poets: Khayyam, Ferdowsi, Hafez, Saadi, Attar, etc, are well known in the West and have influenced the literature of many countries. Khayyam was the Great Persian mathematician, astronomer, and poet. The Persian calendar is the most accurate calendar of the world and it was made by Khayyam. The Persian calendar became the official national calendar of Iran. The Persian calendar is more accurate than the Gregorian calendar.
By the 1880s, Khayyam was extremely well known throughout the English-speaking world, to the extent of the formation of numerous "Khayyam Clubs" and a "fin de siecle cult of the Rubaiyat" Khayyam's poems have been translated into many languages. The asteroid was named "Khayyam" in 1980. The planet 3095 Khayyam was named in his honor in 1980 and the lunar crater Khayyam was named in his honor in 1970 as well. One of the holes in the moon was named in honor of "Khayyam".
Upon knowing Hafez, Goethe, the great German writer and statesman who is one of the 4 pillars of European literature wished to be one of his disciples. Goethe said: "O Hafez, your word is as great as eternity for it has no beginning and no end. Your word, as the canopy of Heaven, solely depends on itself. It is all signs, beauty, and excellence". After studying the lyric poems of Hafiz, Nitsche wrote: "O Hafez, you have created a tavern of philosophy greater than any worldly palace. In it, you provided a wine of grace and word beyond the capacity of the world to drink. The highest pinnacle of any mount is but a sign of your greatness and the unfathomable depth of any vortex is just a mark of your perfection, and the excellence of your word."
As one of the great literatures of mankind the Persian literature has its roots in surviving works in Old Persian or Middle Persian. French poetess Comtesse de Noaille writes in her book, "The Enchanting Garden": " I read this point in the fragrant, pleasant and sad book the reading of which imparted an enchanting intoxication to me and I now know that an enchanting garden really exists and can be seen by the eyes. It is a garden that extends from the foot of the mountainous area named Saadi to Shiraz in Persia.
O my soul would it be possible for my body to accompany you and fly to this paradise, where the nightingale frenzied with love sings from spring to summer; the tulips blossom; the air becomes fragrant; the evening breeze entrusts the roses to the winds and from atop the aspens, during the fiery summer, the winds twist while panting with burning breath. The town which is all metal, porcelain, and plaster, shines as bright as silver and gold. Every vaulted dome is like a blue fruit and the intertwining arcs are high points that cast their shadows with their enameled tiles and flowery turquoise design on waters below. "
The translation of the ghazals of Hafez by Hammer in Germany, translation of Gulistan in France and the Rubaiyat of Khayyam in England by Fitzgerald, also the poems of Shahnameh by Vohl in France created a deep change in European literature. Other countries of Europe also became aware and cognizant of the precedence of Persia and the inspiring breeze of the Persian gardens. They came to know extraordinary men.
This influence was so deep that among the highly valuable works of the individuals like Corneille, Racine, Volaire, Madeleine Scudery, Montesquieu and others, the influence is clearly noticed in their works such as Sorena, Rodgun, Khusrow, Mehrdad, and Bayazid and etc.
Schlegel, in the preface to his translation of a part of Ferdowsi's Shahnameh into German, writes: To reach the real fountainhead of romanticism and be satiated with it one must travel to Persia. "
Greetings from Germany. Persian culture and civilization are so rich. These inventions by Persians are amazing. Great respect to Persia (Iran).
The animation just keeps getting better and better! Keep up the great work!
I think religion which significantly impacts culture also needs to be taken into account. Egypt and Mesopotamia are now majority Muslim countries while India still has it's oldest religion atleast after the vedic period.
Religion has no part on determining borders or creation of Republic/countries.
So,How does being Muslim change it?Greece is also Christian and was ruled by the turks but no one is saying shit about it.
@@takshashila2995 also at some point Later Tang Dynasty of China was ruled by Turkic emperors (3 out of 4 emperors were Turks) but it doesnt change anything, those Turks probably believed in Tengrism even though there is also a high possibility they believed in Buddism; so the ruling class's religion doesnt really affect the ruled community.
What about Mesopotamian countries?? Iraq? You just skimmed over them
Mesepotanians were Kurds.
Yurichtube uhh I don’t think so bruh
@@nathanburnett9529 it is truth. Opinions don't matter against facts.
Mesopotamia, from Assyria to Sumer and Akkad, spanned the entire Iraq and not just the Kurdish region.
Just like how he skipped over Thrace.
How do Egyptian schools manage to have a history class and not take up the whole day?
What about Armenia and possibly also Georgia? Culture, writing and language go way, way back
by the same logic as choosing Egypt.
if someone decided to make the ancient site of Uruk an independet city state once again, Uruk would be the oldest contry in the world? despite not having been anything for a very long time.
IT'S ALIVE! THE GREAT ANOINTED ONE, WONDERWHY IS BACK!
greece gave so much and some amazing quotes by the philosophers no 1 cant list how many thinks greeks invented
Alexsandar macedonian the great was Macedonia you don't now the histori
@@mihailstankovski7055 show me one ancient building or tomb or something that had your language on it or name me a city he left behind with your language and why everyone spoke hellenic?
@@mihailstankovski7055 and alexander = a greek name why he use it?
@@TartarusPyro we have Skupi,Heraklea,Stobi and a lot of who are not revald
@@mihailstankovski7055 skupi has nothing to do with your country first of all it was an amphitheater meaning amphitheater = greek also heraklea = greek name Ἡράκλεια Λυγκηστίς was an ancient Greek city do you even google search or read your stupid countrys books?
You do a great job of laying out timelines and development. Love the clear, articulate presentation, subscribed lol.
I thought it was San Marino
I think it’s the oldest republic but not the oldest country but I’m not sure watch geography now or smthng
To me the country is consider itself is when it claims to be its modern counterpart
So China starts in 1912 as Republic of China
Japan as 660 BCE
Iran when Persia was over thrown
@@Weeee439 I think in the end it's hard to draw the line and what parameter to use in order to define when the country starts. In the beginning he said the parameter is the geographical resembelance to modern day country but as the video goes on, different country have different parameter to where the country starts. As he said in the video it's easier to just define the start is when the constitution is signed because the geographic border, culture, politics, etc would be more similiar to today's condition. But that parameter would not make such a content because the video will be shorter and less entertaining I believe.
Gotta go with China. It's got at least 3600 years worth of verified history (if one only counts dynastic China as the beginning of China), & it's still the same people with the same language (though evolved over the millennia) & the same contiguous though evolving culture.
Modern day Egypt is kind of like Modern day Mexico in my eyes. It has the name & the ruins of the older civilization that it was built on... but that's about it. It's a totally different thing than the Egypt it was named after.
Gotta agree with this. It makes more sense for China to be the oldest CONTINUOUS civilization than Egypt. They did not lose their language an writing system, social customs, and there's a lot of archeological evidence. Fools will argue that bla bla bla China was conquered by bla bla bla but they fail to grasp the fact that the "conquerors" were unable to escape from the shackles of the Chinese culture. The "conquerors" themselves became culturally chinese, lol
You are totally wrong about Mexico part.
In Mexico over 1 million people speak nahualt , the mexican spanish have big influences from this language too.
Mexicans are etnically related to ancient mesoamericans, the same with their culture and tradition.
Tacos and Dia de Muertos have a mesoamerican origin.
Fenistere Inc. No, he isn’t completely wrong about that assumption, although I agree with you that modern Mexico has probably more ancient influence than modern Egypt. As a Mexican, having one million people talking Nahuatl from a population bigger than 130 million doesn’t say a lot. And while there are many traditions that can trace back some of its origins in the prehispanic time, we are really a mestizo nation more than anything else, even in the Día de Muertos you can see, for example, the prevalence of the Catholic faith instead of any other native religion that may still survive.
@@eduardojauregui2410 A mestizo nation with mesoamerican origin, right? He is totally wrong. Mexico have a big relation with the mesoamerican culture as well spanish culture. More in the south, more indigenous. 20 million people are indigenous, don't forget about it.
Dr. Zoidberg NO
Im gonna take a wild guess here is there like 50k comments from anthrapologists and history majors all throwing shit at eachother ?
Yup
What about Ethiopia?
It hasn't been conquered by any other country for a really long time & was a monarchy until the beginning of the WW2
You mean hasn't been ?
Alex N. 😅
😘 Thanks for correcting me, mate. 😊
zubair A. It was concurred and fell to the adal empire and then broke down to different regions then it was unified again during the 17th century
Ethiopia was conquered by the Kingdom of Italy in 1935
Alfredo di Nuzzo Ethiopia was occupied not conquered
It's like saying that East Germany was a republic of the USSR
I believe the date given for the formation of Greece is a bit late. Yes Phillip of Macedon united all the Greeks under his rule for the first time (even though separately the Athenians, Spartans and Thebans came very close to achieving this as well before), however it is not that the idea of Greece (Hellas) as a separate country and the Greeks (Hellenes) as a separate nation did not exist (hence the successive attempts for complete political unification).
For example during the battle of Salamis in 480 BC the paean sung by the united Greek allies fighting the Persians clearly calls for the "sons of the Greeks" to "liberate their country".
Generally the Greeks had much earlier acknowledged their common heritage (derived from their common Mycenaean and subsequent Doric past) such as their language, religion and ancestry (it is no accident that most noble houses in Greek city states and kingdoms claimed descent from Mycenaean or Doric heroes such as Hercules, Achilles, Jason etc.).
This is the reason they organized Panhellenic events and games (where only Greeks were allowed to participate) in honor of their common Greek Gods. The first of these events and most famous is the Olympic Games.
To conclude, while I agree that the Mycenaean period is a bit too early to set as a date, mostly because of the lack of contemporary historical records, since historians did not yet exist (even though it was in all respects a Greek civilization and united under the Mycenaean King), I believe the most appropriate date for the "formation" of Greece is the date of the first Olympic Games in 776 BC.
Phillip of Macedon was MACEDONIAN not greek he conquered gayreece not united!
Dame Nikitič I want you to tell me who Vucephalus(Βουκεφάλας) was and what does his name means... HAHAHA YOU DONT KNOW😂.
Long answer short
1. India
2. Egypt
3. China (Taiwan)
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@@debilman9065 ?
@@thebluepc5 r/wooosh
I'm not being a Jerk but Australia should mabey go on there because we do have the longest living culture started around 65,00 years ago the oldest at this date.
Steph Richards Australias culture changed when the British colonised
Living? The british made sure to destroy that culture, their Australian descendants too until recently.
Australia today is an Anglo-Saxon civilization, so does American civilization include the American Indian civilization according to you?
How can it be the longest living culture if it started only 65 years ago
it's funy how Egypt is older but has a greek name
Athanasios Goumenos the native Egyptians call it "Mesr"
SADY Thanks man, I didn't know that. I mean I knew it must have been called something but we have never been taught that. thanks for sharing knowledge with me, just like your ancestors did with mine!
Athanasios Goumenos I'm not Egyptian tho,I'm Persian :)
SADY Oh... ok then, we can exchange some arrows, exactly like our ancestors. hahaha peace man, I wish the best to you and your people
SADY Hey man, how are things there? I supose you are from Iran right? How are you people holding, all right?
I wish you would've mentioned some of the civilizations of Iran that are older than the Medes, like Elamites and Kassites. The whole Iran section was a bit short imo.
Yeah.
Iran is most likely the oldest country in the world:
In his book " prehistoric Relations of Iran and Egypt", the famous Indian paleontologist Mahrji Bakhaikoka writes: " Group of Iranian immigrants who worshiped the sun, migrated to the banks of the Nile,". In his memoirs, Spiegel writes, " the Iranian civilization is much order than the Egyptian one." the oldest civilization found in Mesopotamia is the Chaldean civilization, which dates back to 4,000 BC. On this issue, renowned paleontologist Dr.Laprier writes: " The original homeland of Chaldeans was Susa (in Iran).
- Read this: www.iranchamber.com/history/articles/older_than_egyptian.php
@@CrackingTechHD lmao- semitic/afro-asiatic people legit are the reason how iranics learned civilisation 😂
just search about the Semitic Kingdoms, Empires BC, iranics came to middle east and took their civilisation culture
But since the author is indian, I believe it was written to make the "aryan race/heritage/history" superior
Wait a miinute..isnt Damascas in Syria the oldest city in the world?
IvoryTrance ikr
I read that Yerevan is oldest city in the world
The oldest city ever documented (and by that I mean that they have found archaeological evidence) is Catal Huyuk in modern day Turkey. The oldest continuously inhabited city is Jericho in modern day Palestine.
Ethiopia: Am I a joke to you..
he forget iraq to
they never conquered ethiopia
@@SupremeLeaderyt that doesn’t mean they aren’t one of the oldest
@@foamy3080 bruh that was a history of the entire world i guess reference
Iran has a civilization of jiroft (جیرفت) in 29000bc and burned city in 4500 bc and nia elamian civilization in 3000 bc and a lot of other civilizations
@Demy Troy it's true it's the oldest civilization ever found
It wan in 3000bc not 29000bc
Yeah the Kurdish areas.
@@EsamforMEMES حتى هنا موجود انته 😂😂😂😂
Iran dates back to 7000 years ago
oldest language next
TheKillerkav I think it might be at the beginning of the humanity (Homo Sapiens) 300000 years ago around the ethiopian land, if you want to know about first human languages.
The earliest reconstructed language we can get to is Proto-Afro-Asiatic which was spoken around 9000 BC.
Sanscrit
Don't use "autistic" like that. That's pretty ableist. Autism is an actual spectrum of neurobiological conditions that affect socialisation and our awareness of folks' expectations of us.
Sanskrith(samskritham) from india
Actually when Egypt was conquered by the arabs, a shift in culture and language took place there, so I dont think you can draw a connection between Egyptians today and the pharaohs on the ancient time
Edit: I dont rly know a lot about this, so take what I said with a pinch of salt
@ϥⲣⲁⲟⲛ exactly ...they think all Egyptians also magically got replaced by Arabians (from Arabia). Sure Egypt and many other nations were under the Islamic conquest but they still share genetic and cultural ties with Ancient Egyptians.
You are one of the stupidest people alive go get education.
@@ahmedmohamedabdelhakemmoha9760 wow that a great attitude. I think you should learn how to communicate with people before trying to give advice
@@alial-fatlawi5565 did you read what the ppl above me said or are you scared to answer them oh and I knew that when I wrote something like that, that you would come and reply that's why I did it.
@@ahmedmohamedabdelhakemmoha9760 I would reply regardless, and no I haven't read what they wrote, enlighten me please.
If one were to consider isolating three often synonymous terms, we can make a better guess. A state is an entity based on a constitution or pact among the society that establishes a form of government. By this, one could consider France to be around since the 1950's. A nation is an area defined by a collective that identifies itself as autonomous. An example would be the various kingdoms in Francia or India. A country on the other hand, is an undefined region based on civilizations that share multiple practices and traditions. Just some food for thought.
"By this, one could consider France to be around since the 1950's". Are you joking?
Australia is the oldest country in the world, because it has had the same shape/borders since 29997983 BC
WinterIce Well why not Iceland? It's had the same borders, government, constitution, culture and ethnic make up for far longer than any of the other countries mentioned. Oh and for all the American scoffers out there, the USA has the second oldest government of the major countries in the world.
Ice age
The majority of the world's governments were formed after the collapse of the colonial era. Do you know the difference between a nation and it's government? Which school did you go to?
Grim Reaper. Doesn't anymore! Ha.
Grim Reaper. Truth hurts, does it?
I'd say that many countries were forgotten. Israel for example existed around 3000 years ago and were even mentioned as a civilization by the ancient Egyptians in 1222BC (not taking the Bible as a source). Furthermore, there's the Armenians and Georgians who also have existed for a very long time.
They didn't forget it, but when it comes to civilizations it's pretty much a given that India and China are the oldest. The debate is on what defines a "country" - is it the nation-state, the ethnic people, the culture?
@@jyashin Iraq has the oldest civilization lmao
You forgot to mention that Napoleonic France conquered Egypt for a time.
The Greek civilization started in 3500 bc and its name was (KIKLADES) at least that's how we call it in greece
LoL just like we Indians think India is 17,000 year old😂🤣😂
Aryan civilization is 5000yrs old but there is a place in southern India called keeladi which is estimated to be more older than Aryan civilization. So the inference is India is older than we expect!
@@chandlerminh6230 No really Minoan civilization means the prehistoric civilization of Crete, distinct from the prehistoric civilization developed in mainland Ancient Greece (Greek civilization) and the Aegean islands (Cycladic civilization). The name Minoan comes from the mythical King Minos and was given by Arthur Evans, the archaeologist who excavated the palace of Knossos. Evans's analysis of the Minoan civilization was completed in 1935, and laid the foundation for the study of processes and transformations that led to the development, consolidation and decline of the Minoan. The earliest installation in Crete has been located in Plakias and Preveli areas. These are paleolithic and mesolithic findings, the oldest ones dating back to 130,000 years before today. The Neolithic habitation, which until 2010 was believed to be the oldest, begins with the Akeramic period, around 7000 BC [4] After this period followed a long period of relative stability, until the beginning of the Bronze Age, around 3000 BC. The chronological parameters that define the Minoan period of the Bronze Age relate mainly to the period 3000 to 1600 B.C. with dominant events the building of Knossos 1900 BC, the eruption of the volcano of Thera circa 1500 BC and the destruction of Knossos 1370 BC. In Crete flourished about 100 Minoan cities.
@@chandlerminh6230 sorry for the big reply-text
proof? none. Go look at the fuking Pyramids for proof !
Very entertaining and interesting video, which, as a fan of history and geography, I loved. You explained the history of those places really well and managed to compact all this information into a 16-minute-long video, without skipping important things or wrong information.
However, as a Greek, I disagree with the conclusion at the end, which states that you think Egypt is the oldest country. It is true that it has been up and running for millennia, but its current form is unbelievably different from the ancient, 'pure' form. They have changed religions, governments, *languages* (which for me is the basic determinant for a nation) etc. too much to be considered a single, unified nation/country. Same goes for Iran, which really has nothing to do with its ancient form, except maybe for the language, which makes it better than Egypt but still, not a livable candidate.
Greece is also pretty different from Ancient Greece, which I can verify wholeheartedly since I'm a Modern Greek. We still have the language and we reverted back to democracy, but our religion is really different, and so is our average way of perceiving things and situations.
So, we're stuck with San Marino, India, China and Japan.
San Marino is too small a country to really be considered the 'oldest' despite having a recorded history going on for millennia. Plus, it really doesn't have its own culture.
India: too big, too ethnically diverse to be considered one specific nation (heck, see just how many languages they speak). Plus a unified India only became a thing in 1947. Its history of being conquered, fragmented and/or administered by other countries is just too big. Just like Greece.
China and Japan. Both really old countries that kept going on for centuries and centuries... But China has been fragmented, plus its current government (the PRC) is radically different than the old empire. Plus, we also have to consider Taiwan (the Republic of China): which is older, the PRC or the ROC? That depends on your view on the One-China policy and the Chinese civil war.
So, in my opinion, the oldest country in the world is Japan: has been going on for centuries, speaks the same language (bonus: uses the same writing system) as its ancient counterpart, its government hasn't changed much, it's never been conquered and/or fragmented... So, to my mind, the winner is *Japan*
Sorry for my broken English, I'm just a random Greek kid randoming around on the Internet
No one's gonna see this comment anyway lol
stamsarger I love funny troll comments (not unfunny ones) but I love serious, intellectual, and relevant comments more.
As a modern day Chinese, I could share some information which I might know better than you probably, about Chinese history. There're basically 3 types of situation of Chinese history before the ROC was founded:
1. Strong, prosperous, highly centralized and unified dynasties like Qin, Han, Tang, Song and Ming;
2. Fragmented period but still all the fragments are in China proper/ the core of China(which expands throughout the history, from the yellow river valley to the modern day 29 provinces where the ethnic Han people are mostly inhabited), speaking Chinese, fully Chinese cultural wise, fighting for the legitimate throne of 天下 (beneath the sky, ancient Chinese concept of the " whole civilized world "). Examples: warring kingdoms period, three kingdom period.
3, "Barbarians" ruled, like Yuan dynasty (Mongolian), Qing dynasty (Manchurian).
Also there're times when 1is mixed with 3, or 2 is mixed with 3.
To me, 1 is definitely pure Chinese periods. 2 is also Chinese despite being fragmented. Even 3 is partly Chinese because even Mongolians or Manchurians ended up speaking Chinese instead of their own language after years of ruling the China proper. Also the length of 3 is way shorter than other situations.
I cannot be objective about this issue by being Chinese, but I personally think China is definitely the oldest continuous civilization(3600 years old with evidence). Greece is the second with 2700 years of history. Iran would be the third with 2500 years. The most important thing for this matter is language and identity from my point of view so although being way older, India, Egypt, Iraq or Syria are just pseudo ancient civilizations. Japan is even younger than Israel to me.
T Taa Cool, you're Chinese. You like communism? I'm Chinese too...
IdiotInc politically speaking it's not very related to China cuz I don't think the communist party of China actually believes communism.
Ideologically or academically, neutral. I know for a fact that communism doesn't work, but it does provide a way to perceive the human society. So it is of some value.
stamsarger + You're analysis of China and Japan is somewhat skewed. Japan's government *has* changed. Traditional Japan is a monarchy, however its no longer a monarchy anymore. Essentially, Japan during World War 2 and Japan after World War 2 are under two totally different governments.
China has indeed been fragmented yes, but you overlook that Japan has also been fragmented numerous times, such as during the Sengoku period for example.
The part about Japan speaking the same language and using the same writing system is irrelevant as China also done the same.
On Japan not being conquered: Japan directly in the aftermath of the war was directly controlled by America. To be more specific, by General MacArthur. The Japanese emperor was the leader of Japan in name only; all Japanese policies in the few years directly after the war was decided by the Americans. Sounds like being conquered to me.
To be fair, if we're talking about the oldest *country,* and not civilisation, in the world, then neither China nor Japan would be the oldest. The CCP and the ROC were only established in 1949 and the modern Japanese government was only established in 1946.
but u failed to mention that the people of China (PRC) are still very much linked to their ancient culture, tradition, festival, language, etc. It has LITERALLY the most continuous culture and tradition in the world! Egypt, Iran, and Greece, saw a very very big shift in terms of culture. Their way of life today is no longer associated with their past. China and India are different, there's a very clear and visible fact, that there's a HUGE INFLUENCE in their culture today, with their ancestor. However, Indian cultures differ greatly with each other, We have the forgotten ancient harappan culture, then the aryan north, and the dravindian south, not to mention the huge impact of the Islamic mughal rule which totally differs from hindu India.
With that, I would say the clear winner is China. China and Japan both, has long continuity, but the Chinese civilization definitely started way earlier than their Japanese counterpart.
*_its the golden age of India_*
WeekendWarriors now I finally know sometging about the beta version of the Greeks
golden age! it was a age of it like golden age of islamic it's when it grew like crazy so golden age of india it means it was a huge empire or kingdom
Information on India is wrong.. yes we had different Kingdoms ruled by different kings, but everyone knew that they belonged to one nation which is Bharath. The boundaries of Bharath as defined in one of the holy Hindu texts reads "Everything which lies to the north of the Indian Ocean and south of the Himalayas is Bharath and the ppl who live there are called Bharathiya". So the concept of one unified India or Bharath goes back thousands of years..
San Marino is the official oldest, thus I choose that country
Any one Greek here?
Ναι. Εγώ και άλλοι πολλοί! 😁😁😁
I Greek sometimes after I drink Ouzo.
I’m armenian
I'm american, but my grand parents were Greeks who immigrated to the united states
I’m aussie
I'm glad you gave a special mention to San Marino :) Great video
There are historical errors in this video.
Before I start the video I'm guessing China, japan, or Egypt