4 First-Hand Accounts of Civilizations Being Wiped Out

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  • @VoicesofthePast
    @VoicesofthePast  Місяць тому +31

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    • @elvenkind6072
      @elvenkind6072 Місяць тому

      I don't feel much like a game called War Thunder after these heartbreaking stories of the end of civilizations, because of merciless war.
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    • @astroboirap
      @astroboirap Місяць тому +1

      NO, stop putting shitty ads in between the clips

    • @elvenkind6072
      @elvenkind6072 Місяць тому

      @@astroboirap The man have to make a living, if he is to continue his entertainment for us. The War Thunder ad is from him. The rest of the ads you can get rid of with Adblock Plus, that's your job.

    • @slavplaysgames
      @slavplaysgames 24 дні тому

      Bro you made this whole video and yet you miss the point of Jesus and Christianity ... if you repent and give yourself to Christ you are saved we don't care about anything on this earth except bringing more people to Christ and repenting daily.

    • @elvenkind6072
      @elvenkind6072 24 дні тому +1

      @@slavplaysgames But the video is not about Jesus and Christianity...Perhaps you wrote the comment at the wrong place?

  • @matthewboyle2641
    @matthewboyle2641 Місяць тому +231

    The fuck did Pannonians do to Saint Jerome? He sounds particularly offended that they are involved

  • @anyoneattheendoftime4932
    @anyoneattheendoftime4932 Місяць тому +363

    "Now in hunger, this dog of God will devour you."

    • @accidiaet
      @accidiaet Місяць тому +35

      Goes hard ngl

    • @elblack25
      @elblack25 Місяць тому +23

      that was BRUTAL

    • @battenburg6089
      @battenburg6089 Місяць тому +12

      Such a hard line

    • @CnutStolen
      @CnutStolen Місяць тому +13

      Hulagu had BARS

    • @froggystyle642
      @froggystyle642 28 днів тому +11

      Man, this would have been a great line for Dog and God in New Vegas

  • @pebystroll
    @pebystroll 27 днів тому +277

    The scariest one to me by far is the fall of Baghdad, you just read the accounts of what happened and its like reading something out of the old testament
    They destroyed Everything.

    • @here_we_go_again2571
      @here_we_go_again2571 12 днів тому +53

      The caliph refused to surrender.
      They Muslims did the same to
      the non-Muslims of the areas
      that they raided and who did
      not immediately submit to
      the Islamists. Karma?

    • @dolphingoreeaccount7395
      @dolphingoreeaccount7395 11 днів тому +17

      Baghdad *never* recovered

    • @AxmedGurey_Al-Ghazi
      @AxmedGurey_Al-Ghazi 2 дні тому +3

      ​@@here_we_go_again2571clearly you know nothing about history or Islam

    • @here_we_go_again2571
      @here_we_go_again2571 2 дні тому

      @@AxmedGurey_Al-Ghazi
      I know a lot about both Islam and
      history. Muslim armies were brutal
      to those villages, towns and cities
      that did not immediately surrender
      to the Islamist's demands!
      There is absolutely nothing wonderful
      or even peaceful about Islam or its for-profit (20% of the booty) so-called prophet.
      who was a warlord!

    • @ckush928
      @ckush928 2 дні тому +2

      Helugu took it personally.

  • @WandererOfWorlds0
    @WandererOfWorlds0 29 днів тому +248

    "A sword never kills anybody. It is a tool in the killer's hand" -> "Guns don't kill people, people kill people".

    • @klettersteig599
      @klettersteig599 28 днів тому +32

      Nothing new under the sun

    • @curse.dmeme..3399
      @curse.dmeme..3399 25 днів тому +15

      guns don't kill people, i do.

    • @juggyy5429
      @juggyy5429 24 дні тому +8

      Imagine comparing a sword to a machine gun

    • @jaycefiene9566
      @jaycefiene9566 23 дні тому +26

      @@juggyy5429both weapons, one is better at killing

    • @juggyy5429
      @juggyy5429 23 дні тому +3

      @@jaycefiene9566 right, so the same logic shouldn't apply.

  • @ashtonackerman9246
    @ashtonackerman9246 Місяць тому +181

    The Aztec description of smallpox was horrifying. Makes me glad that it has been eradicated.

    • @pete8276
      @pete8276 24 дні тому +21

      The Aztec description of what they did to captives of other tribes was horrifying. Makes me glad that…

    • @HustlerMitch
      @HustlerMitch 23 дні тому +10

      Smallpox is still a thing

    • @nn5410
      @nn5410 21 день тому

      Lol smallpox has not been eradicated. There are also countries actively seeking to weaponize it present-day.

    • @Elpadrino1407
      @Elpadrino1407 20 днів тому +32

      @@pete8276ah yes , the classic sacrifice falacy, only used by the most ignorants of them all

    • @guymundane3807
      @guymundane3807 20 днів тому +14

      ⁠@@Elpadrino1407not really a fallacy if it’s well documented

  • @TacitusKilgore165
    @TacitusKilgore165 Місяць тому +284

    NOT THE PANNONIANS!!! 😱😱😱

  • @OptimusMaximusNero
    @OptimusMaximusNero Місяць тому +194

    Eastern romans: "Could you please try to not invade our territory...FOR FIVE MINUTES!?"
    Persians, ottomans, mongols, huns, barbarians, etc: "What an awesome capital you have, guys!" 😎

    • @tjo6252
      @tjo6252 Місяць тому +30

      You forgot the Arabs. They're the ones who punished the romans the most to the point roman apocalyptic litriture increased in this period because they were so shocked that after ruling Africa and the Mid East with an iron fist for so long, they just got mopped out of the map and were cornered inside their city in a very small period of time. Arabs did all the hard work.The Turks wrote only the last chapter of this empire

    • @anon2427
      @anon2427 Місяць тому

      @@tjo6252the Persians did the hard work by depleting Roman manpower and finances, the Arabs were just opportunists

    • @Alton4
      @Alton4 Місяць тому +35

      @@tjo6252 wtf are u talking about the arab-byzantine wars happened in 8th and 9th century and turks came during the 15th century....do you realise how great of the lifespan that is?????..jesus go read a history book

    • @arpan9937
      @arpan9937 29 днів тому +18

      @@Alton4 he thinks he is the sword of islam lol

    • @Scott-xb1ku
      @Scott-xb1ku 28 днів тому +9

      @@Alton4 Turks came in the 11th century. Don't act smug.

  • @eksbocks9438
    @eksbocks9438 Місяць тому +90

    After reading about Emperor Valentinian I:
    I really think that Rome was having an emerging problem with "Princess Syndrome" in the general public.
    Which explains why they were vulnerable to the Visigoth invasions. Since nobody wanted to do anything responsible.
    The whole talk of "Bread and Circus."

    • @georgeargueta6256
      @georgeargueta6256 Місяць тому +34

      sounds like the modern day West to me.

    • @cw4608
      @cw4608 29 днів тому +4

      In Valentinian’s case it would be Prince Sickness

    • @kalmon6745
      @kalmon6745 26 днів тому

      Happens after a while with every civilization & great power​@@georgeargueta6256

    • @luitbaishya1581
      @luitbaishya1581 День тому

      its widely noted Italians were not interested to serve in the army, had other money making options; forcing the Army to hire goths, huns, sarmatians, etc.

    • @Denny_Boi
      @Denny_Boi 7 годин тому

      It had also grown so fucking big that managing a centralised power became impossible. Didn't help they developed a practice of conquering and erasing the cultures of those they defeated. Things like that leave a mark on the surrounding peoples.

  • @HellAintHalfFull
    @HellAintHalfFull Місяць тому +102

    This channel is brilliant. It has to be one of the most unique history channels on the platform. History told from those who were there.

    • @ThexXxXxOLOxXxXx
      @ThexXxXxOLOxXxXx 14 днів тому

      Last thing i want to hear is European professors interpretation of the events without many sources

  • @RockHolmes
    @RockHolmes Місяць тому +174

    Senators: "CAESAR, THE BARBARIANS HAVE SACKED ROME!"
    Honorius: "OH, NO!!!... I think I ran out of bread for the birds..."
    Jokes Aside, I feel bad for Honorius, to be honest. He was forced to become Emperor since he was a child despite being too young and unprepared for such position. Most of the bad things he did were by fault of the poor advisers he had, who forced him to commit horrible actions like murdering Stilicho. In fact, the docudrama "Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire" depicts Honorius as a cute and sympathetic teenager who doesn't know how manipulated he is. The scene in which he cries after knowing about the sacking of Rome is pretty sad, actually.

    • @Samwise_01
      @Samwise_01 Місяць тому +15

      The murder of stilicho was probably one of the biggest mistakes on the part of the Romans in the late empire yeah. I forget the exact names but ik advisors of both honorius and the eastern emperor really had it out for him no matter how many times he saved their skins. Really disheartening once you start learning about late Rome on the decline and see that a lot of it was due to incompetent and greedy men fighting amongst themselves one after another. Although that narrative could be so different from early imperial and late republican history as a result of bias or romanticization of the 'good ole days', but i like to think that constant civil wars is a pretty good marker for decline and instability lol.

    • @CelticAugur
      @CelticAugur 29 днів тому +1

      I think the fall of Rome is kind of ironic

    • @spacelemming4493
      @spacelemming4493 27 днів тому +5

      @@Samwise_01 the killing of Stilicho, Aetius and Maiorianus were the nails that sealed the western coffin

    • @Pepe-pq3om
      @Pepe-pq3om 26 днів тому +1

      ​@@CelticAugurbarbarus

  • @TheRealBatCave
    @TheRealBatCave Місяць тому +62

    "The sword never kills anybody, its a tool in the killers hand"
    I wonder how many people agree or disagree with that quote

    • @TheSaneHatter
      @TheSaneHatter Місяць тому +10

      The NRA demonstrably agreed: they've used a similar expression as a motto for decades.

    • @reeyees50
      @reeyees50 Місяць тому +3

      Its a tool that only does 1 thing

    • @user-qj6vg8gp3l
      @user-qj6vg8gp3l Місяць тому +9

      @@reeyees50 Ok? And?

    • @Reg_The_Galah
      @Reg_The_Galah Місяць тому +15

      @@reeyees50it cuts things. Like celery and meat

    • @TheRealBatCave
      @TheRealBatCave Місяць тому +3

      @reeyees50 there many tools that only do 1 thing

  • @philsonhtc2871
    @philsonhtc2871 Місяць тому +195

    Imagine being a small child and being caught up in one of these situations. Horrifying to think about.

    • @Yung_Fettuccine
      @Yung_Fettuccine Місяць тому +39

      Yeah and the enemy soldiers were literally going around killing everyone they found including kids. Unthinkable to us now but this wasn’t even that unusual back then

    • @Chillllllbruh
      @Chillllllbruh Місяць тому +1

      Sadly still happens ​@@Yung_Fettuccine

    • @CannibaLouiST
      @CannibaLouiST Місяць тому +16

      @@Yung_Fettuccine they were not gonna just kill. they did every thing

    • @MicaiahBaron
      @MicaiahBaron Місяць тому +26

      ​@@Yung_FettuccineModern soldiers do that as well, we just talk about it less favorably.

    • @davidrozemberg9295
      @davidrozemberg9295 Місяць тому +17

      @@Yung_Fettuccine Actually, killing women and children was a lot less common then simply selling them into slavery

  • @MikesLeague
    @MikesLeague Місяць тому +141

    Think about the countless millions of innocent people throughout time who have been savagedly murdered and violated. So fucking sad.

    • @yutian5884
      @yutian5884 26 днів тому +22

      Sometimes I am fascinated by humanity.
      Able to create both arts and crafts with hands, and at the same time create death and destruction with the same hands like no other.

    • @jacobj3491
      @jacobj3491 26 днів тому +18

      Half of all humans never even made it to adulthood

    • @ryv2484
      @ryv2484 23 дні тому +3

      The way she goes.

    • @silviavalentine3812
      @silviavalentine3812 22 дні тому +4

      Maybe they should've kept their glorious polytheistic religions instead of embracing boring ugly monotheistic ones while shoving it down the throats of others.

    • @verscarii3238
      @verscarii3238 15 днів тому +1

      ​@@silviavalentine3812 LMAO

  • @happymradrian
    @happymradrian 13 днів тому +7

    I am surprised that the account of the final conquering of Constantinople was written by Italians. By this time the Empire was a shell, and Constantinople itself was severely depopulated. The idea that the Emperor had 90,000 soldiers is hugely unlikely, as it is estimated that the city no longer contained even 100,000 people in total.
    This wasn't a clash of mighty empires, this was a final beatdown of a broken rival, much like the Third Punic War. Sultan Mehmet simply sped the death of the Eastern Romans by a century.

  • @WORLDCRUSHER9000
    @WORLDCRUSHER9000 Місяць тому +40

    according to some sources the sacking of constantinople was actually hell come to earth for many of the civilian residents and the details could never be covered on youtube

    • @SoldierOfAlIah
      @SoldierOfAlIah 26 днів тому

      The sources are bullshit as most reliable sources says it was good

    • @langustajableczna
      @langustajableczna 4 дні тому +2

      they most def could be covered on youtube, there are many horrible things covered already. And if it's a historic record, it's obviously fine... So the sources?

    • @Ami-jc2oo
      @Ami-jc2oo 4 дні тому +2

      Could you link some sources? I would love to read.

    • @WORLDCRUSHER9000
      @WORLDCRUSHER9000 4 дні тому

      @@Ami-jc2oo I believe it was the translated letters of Leonard of Chios in Melville-Jones, John R. (1972). The Siege of Constantinople 1453: Seven Contemporary Accounts.

    • @langustajableczna
      @langustajableczna 3 дні тому +2

      @@WORLDCRUSHER9000 that's one of the best sources well known among historians, so why would it be restricted lmfaooo. It's not red room creepypasta

  • @courtneyriley185
    @courtneyriley185 Місяць тому +11

    The slide into the ad is always so smooth! Great job on that writing skill!

  • @capn_shawn
    @capn_shawn 27 днів тому +4

    I have learned so much from these readings. Thank you

  • @North_sea_empire_Viking
    @North_sea_empire_Viking Місяць тому +6

    Quality....keep it coming brother ✊🏻

  • @teddytheodoris6778
    @teddytheodoris6778 Місяць тому +38

    The fall of Constantinople is one of the greatest tragedies in the history of the world.
    So much knowledge, wisdom, and art lost and destroyed. Absolutely devastating.

    • @cw4608
      @cw4608 29 днів тому +11

      The burning of the library of Alexandria

    • @curious_one1156
      @curious_one1156 28 днів тому +23

      Nothing was lost.
      Some libraries continued to be maintained after the city was conquered.
      Mostly religious texts were targeted. Besides, all the knowledge within the walls also existed outside. Remember, the printing press had already been invented.
      Infact it was the least tragic of the 4 events in the video, even in teems of "loss of knowledge".
      Was the Bubonic plague not a greater tragedy ?
      Or, the British occupation of India ? The latter actually led to actual loss of knowledge (eg: Dhaka Muslin).

    • @somerandomperson1221
      @somerandomperson1221 28 днів тому +8

      @@cw4608the destruction of the libraries in baghdad

    • @ahmicqui9396
      @ahmicqui9396 27 днів тому +5

      All 4 of those were great tragedies. It's insane how much we've lost.

    • @figarooobarberofseville8623
      @figarooobarberofseville8623 16 днів тому +8

      ​@@curious_one1156cope 💀

  • @bushit123456
    @bushit123456 26 днів тому +13

    The sultan Suleiman was born many decades latter, Im sure they are mentioning another guy by the same name

  • @mehmetcaglarozgur7679
    @mehmetcaglarozgur7679 23 дні тому +14

    The worst is the Aztecs dying because of smallpox. The others had the chance to fight.

    • @Galletas-my3sv
      @Galletas-my3sv 15 днів тому

      Completely false and reductionist

    • @mehmetcaglarozgur7679
      @mehmetcaglarozgur7679 14 днів тому

      @@Galletas-my3sv That is my opinion. İ choose to fight and die, sword in hand rather than die in bed because of a disease. By the way, that disease came to the Aztec land via the blankets given them by the Spanish as a gift! That was a biological assault just like the Mongols did in Crimea. The difference is that the Genoese were aware of it while the Aztecs were not. Blankets were gifts after all, not heads catapulted through city walls.

  • @anthonyvaleriuskevin8982
    @anthonyvaleriuskevin8982 Місяць тому +45

    Baghdad and Constantinople, such tragedies. What is it with Nomadic horse people.

    • @curious_one1156
      @curious_one1156 28 днів тому +20

      Check again. Constantinople was not taken by Nomads.
      As for Baghdad, its destruction was severe, not comparable to Constantinople.

    • @Freefrost
      @Freefrost 10 днів тому +2

      "Horse need flat land, me destroy all tall building. What is not food for horse is trash"

    • @lordgrunwalder1607
      @lordgrunwalder1607 4 дні тому +3

      @@curious_one1156 exactly!
      it is so funny that most of these people compare the fall of constantinople to a apocalyptic event when in reality... it was mild. the city just changed hand, nothing much changed or destroyed. the soldiers only raided royal treasure for 3 days. whic was pretty short for medieval period and the sultan himself gave safety guarantee to civilians of city. if anyting the sack of constantinople by latins was even worse so much that there a legend about Lucas Notaras saying "ı would prefer to see Turkish turban in city, rather than Latin cone."

    • @Michael_the_Drunkard
      @Michael_the_Drunkard 3 дні тому

      The Ottomans weren't nomadic

    • @CHRB-nn6qp
      @CHRB-nn6qp 2 дні тому

      ​@@lordgrunwalder1607 Yeah in all honesty I think people are so caught up trying to find the good and bad guys in history that they neglect the fact that it is never that simple. Many people absolutely adore the Roman Empire, so anyone who opposed them must be an evil murdering demon sent directly from hell. People really need to learn to control their biases when it comes to history and they may find that there is great beauty on either side of a conflict.

  • @greensoldier2142
    @greensoldier2142 12 днів тому +5

    The entire war between the Spaniards and the Aztecs is an Empire Earth moment

  • @AYVYN
    @AYVYN Місяць тому +33

    I think Honorius had a neurological disorder, not as an internet insult but a genuine birth defect.

    • @PeriodDrama
      @PeriodDrama Місяць тому

      What makes you say that?

    • @AYVYN
      @AYVYN Місяць тому +14

      @@PeriodDrama He was feeding birds while his capital was being invaded

    • @firstlast5454
      @firstlast5454 Місяць тому +13

      He would have loved sonic 😔

    • @blackbartthepoet3820
      @blackbartthepoet3820 18 днів тому

      @@firstlast5454hello this is Barbara Chandler

    • @tomasrocha6139
      @tomasrocha6139 14 днів тому +1

      @@AYVYN The capital was Ravenna not Rome

  • @philsoro491
    @philsoro491 29 днів тому +24

    The fall of the Aztecs is really sad. They didn't stand a chance. The fall of Baghdad was brutal 2. The mongols were vicious

    • @Armored_Ariete
      @Armored_Ariete 28 днів тому +17

      sucks when all the people you conquered were fed up with your human sacrifices

    • @ahmicqui9396
      @ahmicqui9396 27 днів тому +7

      ​@@Armored_ArieteThat's a myth. Hell, the 'Aztecs' adopted human sacrifice from the very people they supposedly "opressed"

    • @Armored_Ariete
      @Armored_Ariete 26 днів тому +7

      @@ahmicqui9396 they still practiced it which made the people they oppressed very happy when they over threw them

    • @ahmicqui9396
      @ahmicqui9396 26 днів тому +9

      @@Armored_Ariete But that had nothing to do with their religious practices. They oppressed their subjects by taxing them, most of them however would not turn against Tenochtitlan until the death of Motecuhzoma and dismantling of the Triple Alliance...

    • @julianhunter324
      @julianhunter324 15 днів тому +1

      ​@Armored_Ariete european Christian is still burning people alive on the steak during the fall of the Aztec and using after the Aztec fell force the native populations into slave labour

  • @jvharbin8337
    @jvharbin8337 Місяць тому +4

    YaY! My favorite channel finally uploaded a new video!

  • @tonybones5
    @tonybones5 Місяць тому +18

    WTF was that "omen" the Aztecs saw above the city?

    • @Qrtuop
      @Qrtuop 23 дні тому +1

      Probably just and eclipse, not a UFO like you're implying

    • @tonybones5
      @tonybones5 22 дні тому +7

      @@Qrtuop how was i implying it was a UFO?

    • @argentinaballxd9046
      @argentinaballxd9046 16 днів тому +10

      It was the god of war Huitzilopochtli going to the bathroom after fail in protect the aztecs

    • @tonybones5
      @tonybones5 14 днів тому

      @@argentinaballxd9046 lol yes!

  • @elvenkind6072
    @elvenkind6072 Місяць тому +67

    I think it was Scipio Africanus that watched the destruction of Carthage, their empire, and the defeat of their greatest general, Hannibal, with a sense of foreboding, imagining that once something similar might happen to Rome. I think they even salted the fields, to prevent another rise of the empire, ever again.

    • @aidan1R
      @aidan1R Місяць тому +32

      That salt part is a lie.
      Salting was done in respect, and wasnt a massive amount, maybe a handful at most. Salt was extremely expensive, and would not have been wasted to "dry the land". Especially considering most of it would be washed away by floods or by rain.

    • @user-qj6vg8gp3l
      @user-qj6vg8gp3l Місяць тому +10

      the salting of the fields is just a myth, they didn't actually do that. Otherwise what you said is accurate (near as can be told).

    • @elvenkind6072
      @elvenkind6072 Місяць тому +6

      @@aidan1R Yes, you must be right about the salt and how it was not tossed around the whole agricultural area of Carthage. The modern word for "salary" is derived from 'salt', I remember from another "salt"-debate I had with someone here on UA-cam. ☺

    • @Donderu
      @Donderu Місяць тому +2

      @@aidan1Rsalt was not particularly expensive, that is also a myth. It was only expensive if one lived far away from the coast or salt mines. It is just a very useful product

    • @aidan1R
      @aidan1R Місяць тому +7

      @@Donderu considering that the sheer amount of salt it would take to do anythign to soil, it would be hyper expensive

  • @SplendidMisanthropy
    @SplendidMisanthropy Місяць тому +42

    „Those cities have fallen to Germany.“ In 409 AD? Seems a bit early to me.

    • @kylirwolffe5614
      @kylirwolffe5614 Місяць тому +56

      Germania was the Latin term for German land, so.... Germany, A corruption of the word in the German's own tongue.

    • @davidrozemberg9295
      @davidrozemberg9295 Місяць тому +11

      @@Dredgionno land belongs to anyone, but colonized is a stretch considering they had granted citizenship to all provinces, shared their culture and their influence didn’t disappear with the fall of rome

    • @randomcamus9445
      @randomcamus9445 Місяць тому

      I don't understand why they feel superior b@rb@ri@ns If those who brought civilization were the Romans who copied the Greeks and the Greeks copied the Egyptians and Persians

    • @rodi8266
      @rodi8266 Місяць тому +6

      @@Dredgioncringe

    • @wesleyfilms
      @wesleyfilms 14 днів тому +1

      Germs are always up to no good.

  • @igormarins1227
    @igormarins1227 Місяць тому +42

    I'm already imagining accounts about the fall of our current civilization.

    • @BeterBorker
      @BeterBorker Місяць тому +14

      and then mcdonalds ran out of nuggets...

    • @desareejones3424
      @desareejones3424 Місяць тому +18

      "In the year of our Lord 2078 New York fell. Carts of glizzies were overturned on Broadway. Men, women, and children alike had their Timberlands burned, none were spared."

    • @igorlopes7589
      @igorlopes7589 Місяць тому

      The difference is that instead of lamentating our fall they will celebrate it. After all they don't have any attachement for the West at all...

  • @alangivre2474
    @alangivre2474 14 днів тому +4

    The mongols were really brutal.

  • @MarioL3173
    @MarioL3173 Місяць тому +9

    13:33 That image represents the Siege of Lisbon in 1147

  • @antoniomoreira5921
    @antoniomoreira5921 Місяць тому +2

    On the topic I strongly recommend Schwerpunkt's videos on 1) Late Antiquity 2) The fall of Constantinople (the Western/Ottoman side too)

  • @poppyA-zh8uz
    @poppyA-zh8uz День тому +1

    How can a history channel have so little content about Persia? Must not be thorough enough

    • @_M_a_r_t_i_n_M
      @_M_a_r_t_i_n_M 13 годин тому

      Maybe because "Palestine" was NEVER A NATION, but a derogatory slang term for Ancient Jews, and a modern umbrella name for a group of semi-recent modern migrant-workers who chose to stay but wished to differentiate themselves from THE NATIVES OF THE LAND aka Israeli People. Persia, aka ancient-modern Mesopotamia, aka Iraq, Iran, is a different story. But since the channel is not ran by a person of Persian descent, it only stands to reason that historical events they grew up hearing of would be the go-to topics. There exist other YT channels. And there is also plenty of online propaganda and invented history/narratives for you to drink the Kool-Aid of as well.

  • @laurelsilberman5705
    @laurelsilberman5705 5 днів тому +1

    When it comes to boats/ships, the word bow (meaning the front) is pronounced like “bow before so-and-so,” like when you say “ow” after you stub your toe. Not as in bow tie. Just a small note. Amazing upload as always. I absolutely adore your channel. But since sometimes you cover naval/nautical battles or accounts of significant crossings, I just figured it is likely to come up again since it just means the front part of the ship, specifically like the outermost layer including the front most part of the deck, and also usually means the front section of the hull. You may have front facing guns, who knows. You might rig the bow of your ship to be an actual weapon to ram other ships! Crazy stuff. Usually it’s like a hot mermaid or a particular themed female protector figure, but sometimes it’s a giant boat-sized dagger attached to the front, meant to spear and ensnare the two boats so crew can board the vessel being attacked.

  • @tjo6252
    @tjo6252 Місяць тому +14

    17:02 Suleman the Magnificent?!! Wtf? This can't be a contemporary source

  • @belyy_rusky
    @belyy_rusky Місяць тому +449

    Fall of Constantinople was so sad

    • @elvenkind6072
      @elvenkind6072 Місяць тому +35

      I've read the book by Roger Crowley perhaps 4 or 5 times. "1453" is a masterful account, that I think gave inspiration for the mediocre Turkish Netflix production.

    • @samadams2203
      @samadams2203 Місяць тому +51

      Never trust the Genoese!

    • @Gerasimos_slava
      @Gerasimos_slava Місяць тому +5

      Real.

    • @chocolatefrenzieya
      @chocolatefrenzieya Місяць тому +26

      Yeah, but they were so evil. The knowledge they destroyed. Gah.

    • @belyy_rusky
      @belyy_rusky Місяць тому +18

      @@samadams2203 Or the Venetians!

  • @tannerdenny5430
    @tannerdenny5430 Місяць тому +13

    Four cavalry men broke up an aztec line and routed the entrenched defenders. Insane

    • @PFirefly06
      @PFirefly06 Місяць тому +15

      Cavalry were the tanks of their day. If you aren't used to fighting them its pretty hard to hold the line against a 1000 lb horse and fully armed rider.
      Four alone worked since the Americas hadn't had any time to adapt to them yet.

    • @Dachnik228
      @Dachnik228 28 днів тому

      A lot of police forces still use them for riot control

    • @ahmicqui9396
      @ahmicqui9396 27 днів тому +2

      The market was big and flat, definitely the worst place to fight a horseman if you're unprepared. The natives DID quickly learn to counter horses and such a charge was extremely risky even on favourable terrain. Some really brave spaniards.

  • @michaelowino228
    @michaelowino228 Місяць тому

    Good video.

  • @luyandzabavukiledlamini4693
    @luyandzabavukiledlamini4693 Місяць тому +1

    Very interesting

  • @SrAlmeidaMedina
    @SrAlmeidaMedina Місяць тому +3

    Last 2 stories differ too much from each other, yet so close chronologically.

  • @wookie-zh7go
    @wookie-zh7go Місяць тому +22

    "A sword doesn't kill"
    I just hear Stan from American dad in a toga.
    "Come on sword kill, go on.. See swords don't kill people. Swords defend people from people with smaller swords"

  • @EchozNation69
    @EchozNation69 25 днів тому +1

    Bad ass channel 🔥

  • @matthewboyle2641
    @matthewboyle2641 Місяць тому +55

    Ah, I see Seneca was the original "guns don't kill people" guy.

    • @philsonhtc2871
      @philsonhtc2871 Місяць тому +48

      They don't

    • @Pink.andahalf
      @Pink.andahalf Місяць тому +31

      Bro had a point.

    • @rogercase9982
      @rogercase9982 Місяць тому +11

      Ah, I see you would have been a plebeian.

    • @sherlockgnomes8971
      @sherlockgnomes8971 Місяць тому

      @@rogercase9982gammon

    • @user-qj6vg8gp3l
      @user-qj6vg8gp3l Місяць тому +10

      Well they don't. Seneca was much, much smarter than you. If you read his works you might know that. But then again you might not, narcissism and Dunning-Kruger effect run rampant in modern society.

  • @iratepirate3896
    @iratepirate3896 Місяць тому +2

    I would have liked some Salvian or Sidonius Apollonaris too!

  • @ThexXxXxOLOxXxXx
    @ThexXxXxOLOxXxXx Місяць тому +5

    Big thumbs up for pronouncing Baghdad correctly 👍
    Also it's sad that the mongols took so many of the asses, no longer did baghdadis have easily accessible asses😢

  • @sahilsingh6048
    @sahilsingh6048 18 днів тому +4

    Why everyone ignores Nalanda University, there were 17 educational centre in india alone , but not a single gets any mention.

    • @Yogi_The_Bitter_Truth_2408
      @Yogi_The_Bitter_Truth_2408 14 днів тому

      Winners of media gang wars and academic gang wars write the history books

    • @kriyato1
      @kriyato1 14 днів тому +3

      Those who documented history in India were too ashamed to reveal the true events, as it conflicted with their narrative of peaceful invaders. The furthest they will go is admitting that Nalanda University was destroyed, but they will never delve into the specifics of who was responsible.

    • @Yogi_The_Bitter_Truth_2408
      @Yogi_The_Bitter_Truth_2408 13 днів тому +1

      @@kriyato1 Bakhtiar khilji Muslim barbarian was his name.

  • @user-in3xs9gn2o
    @user-in3xs9gn2o 15 днів тому

    Great thumbnail. Something refreshing then those shocking Solly faces 😂

  • @milktea_gang
    @milktea_gang 3 дні тому

    “My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings;
    Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!
    Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
    Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare
    The lone and level sands stretch far away.”

  • @figarooobarberofseville8623
    @figarooobarberofseville8623 16 днів тому +7

    15:20 religon of peace ✌️

    • @Huehue-qf1ri
      @Huehue-qf1ri 7 днів тому

      Didnt wait until 20:00, did you ?

    • @Ami-jc2oo
      @Ami-jc2oo 3 дні тому

      Um...conquest is normal? 🤷‍♀️

    • @figarooobarberofseville8623
      @figarooobarberofseville8623 3 дні тому

      @@Ami-jc2oo and religous presecution!?

    • @dogukantopal4809
      @dogukantopal4809 3 дні тому +2

      ​@@figarooobarberofseville8623 Ever heard of the fourth crusade?

    • @Ami-jc2oo
      @Ami-jc2oo 3 дні тому

      @@figarooobarberofseville8623 Um, in those times....yeah? They were?

  • @jmanj3917
    @jmanj3917 Місяць тому +10

    16:44 Is this the same Suleman that is given as an example of a great leader...of a peaceful religion?
    AFAF
    🙂

    • @brumbotrukto223
      @brumbotrukto223 Місяць тому +5

      You should take these descriptions with a grain of salt, this is taken from a western christian source. The dexcription of the conversation between Murad and Mehmed mentioned in the beginning is also very questionable.

    • @jmanj3917
      @jmanj3917 Місяць тому +2

      @@brumbotrukto223 I hear what you're saying. BUT, as with any other legend, there remains a basis in fact. Did Vlad the Impaler REALLY drink the blood of all of those people? Probably not...lol But he certainly wasn't a kind, happy person when it came time for war...lol

    • @curious_one1156
      @curious_one1156 28 днів тому +2

      The account narrated is biased against Suleiman obvio. It is a Byzantine account. We do not really know exactly what happened, although the basic details of the siege have been agreed upon by many historians.
      Also, do not forget what the civilized Spannish did in Tenochtitlan.

    • @jmanj3917
      @jmanj3917 28 днів тому +3

      @@curious_one1156 what the Spanish did, or didn't, do; That is outside the scope of the comment.
      And, biased or not, the winners Always write the history books, or something like that. So it stands to reason that we discount the reports of his actions just as we do the others.
      Which is to say: The stories typically don't originate spontaneously.
      🙂

    • @EM-tx3ly
      @EM-tx3ly 27 днів тому

      Suleiman wasn’t born in era of Mehmet so …..

  • @detectivewiggles
    @detectivewiggles Місяць тому

    Timely.

  • @courtneyriley185
    @courtneyriley185 Місяць тому +4

    Wow. They lived in interesting times ...we also live in interesting times ....

    • @Ravenforce3
      @Ravenforce3 Місяць тому +4

      Every time is interesting if you look hard enough. It sucks to be a regular person no matter what.

  • @youareacoward8459
    @youareacoward8459 26 днів тому

    Do not forget this one.

  • @Golden_glow
    @Golden_glow 16 днів тому +1

    “What shall we do with you?”
    *trying to be tuff* “You can be head me!”
    *without thinking twice* “ok”
    “Wait I was just- “

  • @anthonyjames7532
    @anthonyjames7532 28 днів тому +6

    Um, I don't know about anyone else but WHAT was the object (Omen) that the AZTEC people saw come across the sky, HOVER then go down into the lake????

  • @sanneoi6323
    @sanneoi6323 9 днів тому +1

    This makes Baghdad sound like nothing compared to other places the Mongols destroyed. Take Nishapur for example, where they built pyramids of skulls. Or Xi Xia, where they killed off every last member of the Tangut ethnic group before destroying any semblance of their culture whatsoever. Everything we know about them is through tombs, stone writings and accounts from other civilisations such as us Han.

  • @samuelj2408
    @samuelj2408 21 день тому +4

    The destruction brought upon the world set humanity back 300-500 years, just think of all scrolls and books and scientists in baghdad at the time would have transferred that knowledge to emerging European cities, had they been conquered in the more traditional manner...

  • @280SE
    @280SE Місяць тому +5

    Fall of Civilisations - My most favourite channel to fall asleep to other than this one

  • @bobhunter4676
    @bobhunter4676 Місяць тому +1

    The war thunder ad caught me off guard lmao

  • @hourbee5535
    @hourbee5535 Місяць тому +13

    The country's of today need to learn from these past civilizations mistakes.

  • @Driftking305forlife
    @Driftking305forlife Місяць тому +6

    Damn that was depressing 😂

  • @MysticChronicles712
    @MysticChronicles712 Місяць тому +1

    Strangely, some legends say Emperor Honorius was more concerned about his favorite pigeon "Roma" dying than about Rome being sacked. He didn't mind the city's sacking after he found his bird safe.

  • @cringlator
    @cringlator Місяць тому +6

    Even Pannonians? God Romania really has gone to shit…

  • @Nomadith
    @Nomadith Місяць тому +2

    Another beautiful video, thank you friend.
    As an aside, the Fall of Constantinople definitely has some evident bias we can analyse, as with all historical sources. Just thinking about that makes it all the more enjoyable

  • @katalystc1268
    @katalystc1268 Місяць тому +3

    Was the omen the cannon balls?

    • @ahmicqui9396
      @ahmicqui9396 27 днів тому +1

      Nope, they were familiar with those already. We have no idea what that was lol

  • @mehmetcaglarozgur7679
    @mehmetcaglarozgur7679 23 дні тому +2

    Caliph to Hulagu: You are a dog, a Turk.
    Hulagu to caliph: Now in hunger, the dog of god will devour you.

  • @pete8276
    @pete8276 Місяць тому +2

    The screams of your post are like a thesaurus to my skull

  • @Niiiiith
    @Niiiiith 28 днів тому +11

    Your gods will not save you. The weight and power behind that statement. Incredible.

    • @Qrtuop
      @Qrtuop 23 дні тому +4

      Because gods do not exist. Believing in them makes you vulnerable

    • @Yogi_The_Bitter_Truth_2408
      @Yogi_The_Bitter_Truth_2408 14 днів тому +4

      Gods will not protect you even if they exist. They will not interfere with human karmas balance will be lost. It is your duty to protect yourself. The strongest survives in the food chain. They are behaving practical as reality itself.

    • @Michael_the_Drunkard
      @Michael_the_Drunkard 3 дні тому +1

      ​@@Qrtuopyes, because there can only be 1 true God.

    • @thesanfranciscoseahorse473
      @thesanfranciscoseahorse473 День тому

      ​@@Qrtuop I mean Soviet society was pretty vulnerable. After they embraced atheism as a government enforced belief system that is. Totally abandoned the intrinsic value of human life and ultimately, after tens of millions of civilian deaths, collapsed. Communist China under atheism is another great example of the vulnerability of living without acknowledging God in society. Or any human society that embraces nilhism essentially.

    • @paulmayson3129
      @paulmayson3129 День тому +1

      Jesus never promised peace. He did not come to bring peace, but a sword.

  • @donny_doyle
    @donny_doyle 29 днів тому +2

    Wtf was the Aztecs omen in the sky?

  • @javi4591
    @javi4591 Місяць тому +5

    Im so early, I don't have any clue who all these 4 men are

  • @gostavoadolfos2023
    @gostavoadolfos2023 Місяць тому +16

    The Mongols spared the lives of Christians in Baghdad and Hammat because 2 Houlaco's generals converted to Christianity in modern Northen Iraq. They followed the Nestorian heretic church so the crusaders didn't allie themselves with the at the battle of Ain Jalut.

  • @Elpadrino1407
    @Elpadrino1407 20 днів тому

    You should had used Bernal Diaz del Castillo narrative of the Tenochtitlán siege , he was actually there, not like de Sahagún

  • @SabreB312
    @SabreB312 10 днів тому +3

    I wonder if in the future the same will be said of modern Europe

    • @neimenovani7256
      @neimenovani7256 10 днів тому

      100%

    • @KyoushaPumpItUp
      @KyoushaPumpItUp 9 днів тому +1

      It already is happening, as if God is punishing them for what they did in the past.

    • @SabreB312
      @SabreB312 9 днів тому +4

      @@KyoushaPumpItUp civilising the world and bring infrastructure to people in the stone age, what villains!

    • @neimenovani7256
      @neimenovani7256 9 днів тому

      @@SabreB312 I dont think he means that, I think he means WW2, creating satanism and netflix, like what happened in the last few decades

    • @MinitendoFS
      @MinitendoFS 8 днів тому

      @@neimenovani7256 Dont forget we brought Christianity trough words to all parts of the worlds, we managed to fight of satanism and defend us from the muslim invasions. We did far less to deserve to be punished if compared to the us

  • @MrSomebodyyy
    @MrSomebodyyy 23 дні тому +2

    Are those drawings original?

  • @user-ci2qx2ci1y
    @user-ci2qx2ci1y 12 днів тому +2

    15:27 91.000 men? The defenders only numbered 8 thousand

  • @bigsarge2085
    @bigsarge2085 Місяць тому +2

    Incredible.

  • @igitt426
    @igitt426 20 днів тому +1

    U should add chapters

  • @gusb5867
    @gusb5867 19 днів тому

    What a time to be alive

  • @an.hs.n
    @an.hs.n 13 днів тому +9

    "And every nation has its appointed term; when their term is reached, neither can they delay it nor can they advance it an hour (or a moment)." ~ Quran 7: 34; 10: 49

  • @benquinneyiii7941
    @benquinneyiii7941 13 днів тому +1

    Film festivals?

  • @clintonbaird5465
    @clintonbaird5465 20 днів тому +6

    The fall of Baghdad was so sad, so much knowledge was forever lost and the people were completely massacred

    • @dukeheavens9990
      @dukeheavens9990 3 дні тому

      😂😂😂

    • @clintonbaird5465
      @clintonbaird5465 3 дні тому +1

      @@dukeheavens9990 what’s funny? Have you even heard of the Bayt Al-Hikmah (The House of Knowledge) it was arguably the biggest collection of knowledge in the world at the time

  • @cHFBb
    @cHFBb Місяць тому

    We need quicker uploads! Sorry 😂 I've been waiting ages!!

    • @Chill_Mode_JD
      @Chill_Mode_JD Місяць тому +2

      David and his bro Pete have a ton of other great channels like history of the universe, history of the earth, history of humankind and history time
      That should keep you busy between uploads here 😅

    • @cHFBb
      @cHFBb Місяць тому +2

      @Chill_Mode_JD Thanks mate! I never knew this 😂

  • @qbpdnguyen2844
    @qbpdnguyen2844 19 днів тому

    Others:☠️🔥☠️
    Jerome and Constantine XI: 🗿🗿🗿

  • @darthseagraves
    @darthseagraves 13 днів тому

    Hellish for good reason.

  • @TheCosmicGuy0111
    @TheCosmicGuy0111 Місяць тому

    Woah

  • @Passageofsky
    @Passageofsky Місяць тому +1

    When in rome...

  • @MH-ms1dg
    @MH-ms1dg 4 дні тому

    wait, wasn't the siege of Baghdad the one where they forced all the people in the Caliphate by the point of sword into the city's moat, and then rolled the siege towers right over them?

  • @bradyhedstrom2541
    @bradyhedstrom2541 8 днів тому

    What was the omen over the Aztecs?

    • @thesanfranciscoseahorse473
      @thesanfranciscoseahorse473 День тому

      Right? Like we're just gonna breeze past the fact that they saw something hovering in the sky like it's no big deal. Lol

  • @jerodfarmer165
    @jerodfarmer165 Місяць тому +11

    Isnt it funny Seneca said the same thing we say today to people trying to ban guns. Guns don’t kill people, people kill people.

    • @bonhommierr1501
      @bonhommierr1501 Місяць тому

      yet countries that have banned guns have less people dying from other people. who could have predicted this ? Parents. any parent could have predicted that when you take little Jimmy's baseball bat away, he can't hit little Ronnie with it.

    • @ferretyluv
      @ferretyluv 29 днів тому

      People kill people. With guns. Which is exactly what Seneca said. Swords are a tool used to kill people.

    • @KyoushaPumpItUp
      @KyoushaPumpItUp 9 днів тому

      @@bonhommierr1501 knife crimes in UK skyrocketed because guns are banned there. Also, gun bans don't matter to criminals who can still get them somewhere else.

  • @adalbertoruize
    @adalbertoruize 12 днів тому

    Because the world is changed by love, who is God (constant subconscious truth) not the host, who is man (varying conscience perception)
    I.e the son/truth of the subconscious/father is unconditional/everlasting (holy) love/life (spirit)

  • @dougler500
    @dougler500 26 днів тому

    Thumbnail changed?

  • @IvanTibster
    @IvanTibster Місяць тому

    What about the dogs of Titus and the chosen most righteous of Jerusalem? I get my kicks on Route 66....

  • @kadbenson7540
    @kadbenson7540 Місяць тому

    Ironically got a bunch of rise of kingdom ads watching this. Lol

    • @Notimportant253
      @Notimportant253 Місяць тому

      Glad I pay for UA-cam premium. The ads have gotten more and more insufferable

  • @TheErnieBM
    @TheErnieBM 27 днів тому +5

    Ottoman = Evil[

  • @RonnieG
    @RonnieG Місяць тому

    Not knowing these names and history, it is somewhat hard to follow. I enjoy the content though.

  • @1ofbillions
    @1ofbillions Місяць тому +1

    Correction. Constantinopel was conquered on the 29th of May 1453

  • @dragoblad7803
    @dragoblad7803 13 днів тому

    It’s sad we have lost such eloquence in our speech

  • @pzalterias5154
    @pzalterias5154 Місяць тому

    Not the lament of Ur ? sad :(