I like how Ted Ed tells these history stories that most people don't know about. This is why the area was so hard to conquer for the Arab invaders because people would just disappear then reappear. It is pretty crazy what humans can do.
@@Shinzon23civilians would hide while the provincial armies would tail the Arabs, then once the Arab army was laden with loot and captives and heading back, the Byzantine army would ambush them
@@errorite6653 Turks began invading Cappadocia in the late 11th century, and they succeeded in conquering it. Arabs began invading in the seventh century, when these underground cities were built, and raided the area regularly for 2-3 centuries
I've always been fascinated by underground cities. They are both cool and sustainable. I even build houses in cliffs if not explicitly underground in Minecraft
If you get the chance, definitely visit Kapadokya and do one of the tours for these underground cities in Goreme. There are still sooo many they havent discovered. Also, many hotels/hostels are the "cave hotels" with modern plumbing. And the locals are some of the nicest, most generous people you will ever meet. They are so happy to welcome tourists, especially if you go there off-season.
@@akirebara Those cities are definitely on my bucket list. Also, cave hotels with modern plumbing is an epic phrase I didn't know how much I truly needed to see
@@eliplayz22 I stayed at a converted cave hotel and it was amazing. It even had a bathtub with jets!!!! but they didnt touch the walls, it's the original cave walls. Most unique hotel I've been to until now (it's called "Castle Inn Cappadocia") but it's on the higher end. Definitely there were more cheaper options with the same deal of being one of the cave lodgings from the byzantine era
@@nebyeelda5862 -Romans could come from anywhere in the empire. Britannia, Greece, Egypt, etc. If they had citizenship, they were considered Roman. -The ‘Byzantine’ Empire was made by Romans as a Roman Government. -The name ‘Byzantine’ wasn’t used until the 1500s, when a German Historian decided he wanted to make West Europe seem better.
@@charliefarmer4365 Saying they were Romans and not Greeks is like saying Russians are not slavs they are European. Because they were Romans in East, they were Greeks, so simple.
OMG!! I was just reading about the Byzantine empire and was thinking if TedEd would make a video it would be great! What a timing!! TedEd never fails to quench the thirst for learning
I trekked it! Wondeful memory, especially because I went there off-season in November. While I was hiking, a bit of snow was still on the ground from a few days ago. Just stunning.
I would love to visit this spectacular place and thanks again Ted-ed for sharing the Byzantine Empire architecture, even though these are animated. I'm curious to see how they look. They are truly majestic in their time.
Been listening to the History of Byzantium podcast but there was no mention of this! I would have liked actual video of these sites, and more maps too.
This should be written into fiction. Legit I’d pay good money for a book about an underground colony of Romans who have been living their lives underground all this time.
@@histguy101 Yeah, the population would move in when the Arabs came raiding, and as soon as they left they'd go back above ground to their homes and farms.
I had so manny re occurring dreams of this place before I even knew it existed when I was a boy. I just stumbled across this 2 days before my 30th birthday.
Very interesting video. I learned something new today. Please Ted-Ed, do make video on Ajanta & Ellora caves in India. These caves are man-made and are carved on mountains. Very interesting engineering.
I'd love to visit these places! An absolute marvel to achieve with only hand tools. Added interest - these designs could help keep the area more habitable with climate change.
You can generalise it and tell the spread of Islam is the biggest human catastrophe. From Egypt and Anatolia in the west to Persia and Punjab in the east - Islam destroyed local cultures, religions and languages.
unlike your tall skyscrapers on surface that touch skies these underground settlements were energy efficient that provided comfort from extreme temperatures outside
Cool fact is that some underground cities were even connected to each other by tunnels so that citizens could trade and connect among them. I went to Derinkuyu a few years ago and even if it’s a bit claustrophobic it’s totally worth visiting them.
I visited them last year, these structures are truly mind-boggling. But our guide told us that the recent research in human psychology has indicated that these underground cities could not have been inhabited contiguously for more than a few days at best.
During the Greek and Armenian Genocides many local Christians fled into these underground cities and churches to try and flee the Ottomans and Kurdish troops trying to kill them all. Even before that during the Hamidian massacres, when news spread of slaughter of Armenians at Adana, many fled into these undergound cities like Derinkuyu.
Greek Genocide isn't a thing. Armenian exile happened and nope, there we no inhabitans of Armenians which escaped to here. Also Hamidian Massacre thing was a revolt supression like all the Europeans did? So are you guys counting 1848 supression as genocide too?
@@turplexx233 Buddy what are you talking about? Armenian, Greek ,and Assyrian Genocides have all been confirmed by historians and recognized by several western countries and that won't change no matter how hard you deny it.
My claustrophobia when I was watching this 😭😭 also I don't care how spacious it gets something about living like that makes me uneasy. Side note I'm not turk but those pronunciations were good.
I haven't even watched the video yet, but reading the comments and seeing people calling the Eastern Roman Empire by its name and having actual knowledge about Anatolian history really has put a lot of faith in me for humanity. To think a few years back there used to exist such little interest about such an influential civilization and this gradually being turned on its head over the last years is really wonderful to see.
Thank you for putting the truth to the origin of these underground cities if capadocia. It’s a part of medieval Greek history, we were always learning about this in history classes. Thought modern Turks, are presenting the sites, as recent surprising archaeological discoveries ( though we always knew about them and why they were abandoned), and are declaring that the hitites (😂), made them. I guess the hitites must have been Christians, in 2000 bc.
This does sound like something out of fiction. Imagine an abandoned city in the desert (I say a desert because living underground would be a way to beat the heat.) This is the old city. The inhabitants are gone (or so people think.) But people report strange occurrences at night. But the inhabitants didn’t move out, but moved down.
Perfect. Before i fall asleep i will learn something today
Their timing is impeccable
lol Fr I always watch these when I’m about to go to bed
I like how Ted Ed tells these history stories that most people don't know about. This is why the area was so hard to conquer for the Arab invaders because people would just disappear then reappear. It is pretty crazy what humans can do.
Well they would disappear and then they would come out to poke people with Spears and other pointy objects if they tried to follow
@@Shinzon23civilians would hide while the provincial armies would tail the Arabs, then once the Arab army was laden with loot and captives and heading back, the Byzantine army would ambush them
arabs ≠ turks lmao
@@errorite6653 Turks began invading Cappadocia in the late 11th century, and they succeeded in conquering it.
Arabs began invading in the seventh century, when these underground cities were built, and raided the area regularly for 2-3 centuries
@@errorite6653 They didn't say arabs = turks...
I went to Turkey with my wife on our honeymoon. We saw these in Cappadocia!! They are even more interesting and beautiful than described.
fun fact: they were inhabited until 1922 by Cappadocian Greeks
SAME!
We went inside all these a few years ago. Really incredible.
samw! it is amazing.
What a shame, now it became Sth the enemy of Byzantine can show off and earn money from.
Once again TED-Ed never misses with their amazing animation
Agreed!
This is in the same vein as one of the more recent art and design movements called “Memphis”
I've always been fascinated by underground cities. They are both cool and sustainable. I even build houses in cliffs if not explicitly underground in Minecraft
If you get the chance, definitely visit Kapadokya and do one of the tours for these underground cities in Goreme. There are still sooo many they havent discovered. Also, many hotels/hostels are the "cave hotels" with modern plumbing. And the locals are some of the nicest, most generous people you will ever meet. They are so happy to welcome tourists, especially if you go there off-season.
@@akirebara Those cities are definitely on my bucket list. Also, cave hotels with modern plumbing is an epic phrase I didn't know how much I truly needed to see
@@eliplayz22 I stayed at a converted cave hotel and it was amazing. It even had a bathtub with jets!!!! but they didnt touch the walls, it's the original cave walls. Most unique hotel I've been to until now (it's called "Castle Inn Cappadocia") but it's on the higher end. Definitely there were more cheaper options with the same deal of being one of the cave lodgings from the byzantine era
@@akirebara 😲
There is one called Matera in southern Italy where part of the movie "Death of the Christ (Mel Gibson) was filmed.
you speak of the byzantines, I will be there to listen :p
@TheAstuteAviaryWe call them Byzantines. They were Romans and Constantinople was the capital in the east.
@@douglaswilkinson5700they spoke Greek and lived in Greek. They probably are Greek.
@@nebyeelda5862
-Romans could come from anywhere in the empire. Britannia, Greece, Egypt, etc. If they had citizenship, they were considered Roman.
-The ‘Byzantine’ Empire was made by Romans as a Roman Government.
-The name ‘Byzantine’ wasn’t used until the 1500s, when a German Historian decided he wanted to make West Europe seem better.
@@charliefarmer4365 Saying they were Romans and not Greeks is like saying Russians are not slavs they are European.
Because they were Romans in East, they were Greeks, so simple.
@@xsfsdsdhen1739 they were turkish because greeks are turkish
OMG!! I was just reading about the Byzantine empire and was thinking if TedEd would make a video it would be great!
What a timing!!
TedEd never fails to quench the thirst for learning
Agreed
Ted Ed’s other video about the Byzantine empire are even better
Ihlara Valley is a beatiful trekking route full of history
I trekked it! Wondeful memory, especially because I went there off-season in November. While I was hiking, a bit of snow was still on the ground from a few days ago. Just stunning.
one of the most spectacular unique dreamy places I ever visited...
The moles are taking notes
So are the Fremen and Vault Tech.
And wild rabbits and hares
one of the most educational channel in yt..glad i subcribed..
Definitely.
What else
What I'm hearing is inspiration for a dwarven city for my next campaign
Literally clicked on this thinking about my next campaign! lol
Same!!!
Every time i think i know everything about byzantium. Something new pops up
Agreed
The animation is amazing!
Agreed!
I would love to visit this spectacular place and thanks again Ted-ed for sharing the Byzantine Empire architecture, even though these are animated. I'm curious to see how they look. They are truly majestic in their time.
Agreed
The music and narration is AMAZING
As always the narration is class,
This is one of my favorite TedEd videos yet! I never would have known about this amazing history otherwise.
there is one of them in my hometown but archeological digs started recently. it is in sarayönü /konya
It’s humbling to think of these ancient generations. People living and existing just like us now long in the past
What a beautiful place these Greeks created, wonderful architecture indeed!
Agreed
They were not greeks they were assyrians
@@melihkaya1461wtf are you taking about, didn't you watch the video
I thank you so much for this video ❤ı feel so happy because i was born in Kaymaklı 😊
The music and narration is AMAZING 😃
Been listening to the History of Byzantium podcast but there was no mention of this!
I would have liked actual video of these sites, and more maps too.
Spent my 2nd anniversary with my wife in one of the fairy chimneys. This place really is magical.
I visited one of those in Turkey... it's crazzzyyyyy
This should be written into fiction. Legit I’d pay good money for a book about an underground colony of Romans who have been living their lives underground all this time.
They never stayed in them permanently, but many of these sites were used up into the 20th century off and on
@@histguy101 Yeah, the population would move in when the Arabs came raiding, and as soon as they left they'd go back above ground to their homes and farms.
(*Thinks back to "The Time Machine" novel*)
Uh... 😮
The city of ember! Very good, with a similar concept.
Silo might help scratch that itch
I love Ted-Ed!!!! I never fail to learn from these videos. Please keep 'em coming. Knowledge is power. Love, A Forever Student
Beautiful graphics
Wow, because of the video, and also because I’m finally early!!!
Very interesting story about Cappadocia. I really want to visit this historic place.
I've been there. It is such a beautiful place.
There are so much to explore in Türkiye. Thanks for the video and shedding light on Anatolian history.
I had so manny re occurring dreams of this place before I even knew it existed when I was a boy. I just stumbled across this 2 days before my 30th birthday.
I've been fascinated by Derinkuyu since I first heardof it. So thanks for making a video about it I've been wanting to learn all I can for weeks now
Assassin's Creed Revelations featured one of these cities!!! It's Logs are where I first learned about these underground cities.
this is so sick i can’t believe i knew basically nothing about these places
Mind. Blown.
Whoah! That's cool 😮😮😮😊
hi there ted congrats for 20 mn soon,1st!
Very interesting video. I learned something new today. Please Ted-Ed, do make video on Ajanta & Ellora caves in India. These caves are man-made and are carved on mountains. Very interesting engineering.
🎶Secret tunnel through the mountain🎶
Reminds me of a guy in Australia who dug his house in abandoned opal mines. It was filmed for Mad Max!
A guy? There are whole towns like that; Coober Pedy and Lightning Ridge for instance.
Great video
Good video ;) i loved old City
Sensacional essas cidades 👏👏👏👏
Must visit Turkey some day. Looks to be a facinating place
I actually did visit turkey and it was definetely a fascinating place!
I love the color. When you visit, its just dark.
I'd love to visit these places! An absolute marvel to achieve with only hand tools.
Added interest - these designs could help keep the area more habitable with climate change.
Amazing.
Turkish rule over asia minor is one of the greatest catastrophe ever made in history
You can generalise it and tell the spread of Islam is the biggest human catastrophe. From Egypt and Anatolia in the west to Persia and Punjab in the east - Islam destroyed local cultures, religions and languages.
@@Indresh2468very true many people where force to abandon there ways to survive the oppression of the Arabs it is very sad event
I can't tell if your sarcastic or just dumb@@Indresh2468
still today they are erasing past cultures. think of hagia sofia
I think and (lament about) the Eastern Roman Empire from time to time 😢
I do the same for the Western part. Let's meet!
@@demirdemirbag3194 🤗
@@demirdemirbag3194I do for both parts 😭
@@eliafeda4429 oh, well, the party is getting out of control!
IM HERE IM HERE
Love the animations, but a picture of the real thing just for context would be nice
This is a very unexpected and interesting discovery. Kinda reminds me of the Crystal Catacombs of old Ba Sing Se, located beneath the real city.
Amazing visual style. Any chance we can get a 4k wallpaper of the scene at 2:24?
So cool wow incredible
How was lighting handled underground?
Cappadocia shows the beauty of the geography of Türkiye.
Phenomenal
Good video.
Byzantium, the gem of Europe.
Ignored and used by Europe, more accurately.
Constantinople*
i will visit one day
i am so proud that the Arabic translation always done first
thank you to all Ted teams especially arabic translators 🌸🌸
But your forefathers tried to destroy these beautiful monuments. Tells a lot about Arab invaders.
Epic 😊
Veronica Kalas sure has a lovely voice
unlike your tall skyscrapers on surface that touch skies these underground settlements were energy efficient that provided comfort from extreme temperatures outside
It was amazing❤
beautiful ❤❤
Ted ed on a win streak rn ngl
Can you guys do a video about Great stupas of Sri Lanka?
Cool fact is that some underground cities were even connected to each other by tunnels so that citizens could trade and connect among them. I went to Derinkuyu a few years ago and even if it’s a bit claustrophobic it’s totally worth visiting them.
This is stuff right out of sci movie movies
It was actually inspiration for the set designers of the first Planet of the Apes
Looks amazing
I think this would be a very cool civilization or society to explore in writing
I liked the title and subject of this video very much. There are good videos on this channel.
hello
I visited them last year, these structures are truly mind-boggling. But our guide told us that the recent research in human psychology has indicated that these underground cities could not have been inhabited contiguously for more than a few days at best.
During the Greek and Armenian Genocides many local Christians fled into these underground cities and churches to try and flee the Ottomans and Kurdish troops trying to kill them all. Even before that during the Hamidian massacres, when news spread of slaughter of Armenians at Adana, many fled into these undergound cities like Derinkuyu.
Greek Genocide isn't a thing. Armenian exile happened and nope, there we no inhabitans of Armenians which escaped to here.
Also Hamidian Massacre thing was a revolt supression like all the Europeans did? So are you guys counting 1848 supression as genocide too?
@@turplexx233 Buddy what are you talking about? Armenian, Greek ,and Assyrian Genocides have all been confirmed by historians and recognized by several western countries and that won't change no matter how hard you deny it.
My claustrophobia when I was watching this 😭😭 also I don't care how spacious it gets something about living like that makes me uneasy. Side note I'm not turk but those pronunciations were good.
so basically irl hobbits
I wish u would do a video about ancient Ethiopia
Do other underground cities!
Please make a video on the Macedonian empire/Macedonian history?
#suggestion #videosuggestion
I haven't even watched the video yet, but reading the comments and seeing people calling the Eastern Roman Empire by its name and having actual knowledge about Anatolian history really has put a lot of faith in me for humanity. To think a few years back there used to exist such little interest about such an influential civilization and this gradually being turned on its head over the last years is really wonderful to see.
How did they light the inside of the cave system?
Looks Cozy
Your voice, Pronunciation is awesome 💯💖
Damn I'm early this time. Just in time for the Byzantines
Can you guys do a video about Greatk stupas of Sri Lanka?
Awesome
Gotta hand it to the Byzantines between these cities and Greek Fire, they were truely remarkable
Please make a video on - why should we always drink water while sitting
Thank you for putting the truth to the origin of these underground cities if capadocia. It’s a part of medieval Greek history, we were always learning about this in history classes. Thought modern Turks, are presenting the sites, as recent surprising archaeological discoveries ( though we always knew about them and why they were abandoned), and are declaring that the hitites (😂), made them. I guess the hitites must have been Christians, in 2000 bc.
This does sound like something out of fiction. Imagine an abandoned city in the desert (I say a desert because living underground would be a way to beat the heat.) This is the old city. The inhabitants are gone (or so people think.) But people report strange occurrences at night. But the inhabitants didn’t move out, but moved down.
How does air circulate? Even having pipes and stuff for air, circulation would be pretty bad, no?
Cool
New TED-Ed video. Must watch. Postpone sleeping.
was there few days ago
I can’t believe that they stole my underground base in Minecraft…
How do you earn money and so amazing animations?
Investors