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  • @MajoraZ
    @MajoraZ 6 місяців тому +214

    I do posts on Mesoamerican history and archeology, so i want to give some background on what was going on there during the periods you cover, and what possible empires might have been there,, since there's definitely some contenders you miss. Mesoamerican Precolumbian chronology is generally split into 6 periods: The Paleo-Indian/Lithic and Archaic are prehistorical periods which cover initial human habitation to the development of agriculture, sedentarism, Neolithic style tools, etc. The Preclassic, or Formative period, which usually is considered to start around 2000BC, is when you see "civilization": the rise of urbanism, monumental architecture, writing, class systems, etc.
    San Lorenzo is widely considered as the first city or something approaching that in the region, developing into a complex center around 1400BC. It's an Olmec site, the Olmec in turn being widely considered to be Mesoamerica's first major civilization and a "mother culture" later ones developed out of, but the view has been increasingly challenged as of late. Admittedly, the granular specifics in the shift in consensus escape me a bit, but as I understand it, a lot what was previously considered to be signs of Olmec conquest or direct political influence over sites across Mesoamerica such as in Central Mexico and Oaxaca are now considered to not actually be signs of direct political influence, but rather the spread and exchange of Olmec style goods as an art style, due to it being in-vogue among Mesoamerican elites.
    In turn, stuff like city building and kingship was likely simultaneous developing, it's just the Olmec culture (whose direct spread as a culture was likely limited to the "Olmec Heartland" around the Isthmus of Tehuantepec in what's now southern Veracruz and Tabasco, though certainly trade and potentially diplomacy meant they had contact and indirect influences elsewhere, as I mentioned with Olmec style art found farther out) had some of the most notable and earlier sites and their style is what became popular. I think there's some especially recent research suggesting some of what we consider to be "Olmec" was also being driven by Mayas, and Aguada Fenix is an example of a Maya site with a giant ceremonial compound during the Olmec period, but I can't really clarify on that much.
    Were the Olmec an "Empire"? Well, as you say, defining that can be difficult, and Mesoamerica especially is a challenge here because directly managed, unified imperial states where a capital city actually directly adminsteres and controls all of the cities and towns it has dominion over are just rare in general: Even the Aztec Empire which controlled something like 1/5th to 1/4th of all of Mesoamerica and had ~500 subject or vassal states didn't really do that much. I don't think there's really any sort of consensus as far as if sites like San Lorenzo or La Venta had influence over all the surronding Olmec centers, or if there were competing city-states or kingdoms, but even if there was a a singular primate city in the Olmec Heartland all the others toed the line to, it'd guess it's unlikely they directly governed all the other cities and towns or even appointed governors... but if you define "Empire" that strictly, then Mesoamerica will have NO empires aside from 1-2 examples.
    There's also the matter of if the Olmec or Maya etc sites in this 1400-800BC period even were "states", or just chiefdoms. There's a paper called "Primary State Formation in Mesoamerica" which argues that, by the definition it uses for what counts as a bureaucratic state with 4 tiers of administrative complexity, those early Olmec and Maya centers don't make the cut, and the first state in Mesoamerica would have been at Monte Alban, a major Zapotec city in Oaxaca, which achieves that status around 500BC, right around your date cutoff. Monte Alban also, as far as I know, IS largerly considered to have centered most of Zapotec politics around itself: It was actually THE major Zapotec political center for over 1000 years, only declining around 600-700AD.
    Was Monte Alban Is it a "Zapotec Empire"? Again, hard to say. I know that there's evidence it did actually meddle in the demographic and economic activity of other Zapotec cities and towns it had influence over and may have appointed officials or founded colonies (Oaxaca isn't my area and i'm typing this up off the top of my head, so forgive the ambiguity), unlike say the Aztec who mostly just collected taxes and did political marriages but otherwise left subjects alone to self manage almost entirely, so I do think you could argue it meets the definition, though I'd wager that many states and cities it had influence over still retained their own political identity and has some indepedence, and there were probably some other city-states it was enemies with and didn't have control over in the area.
    I don't think there's any notable contenders in West Mexico at the time: The Capacha culture was an Olmec contemprary that did create an influential ceramic style, but we don't really see West Mexico develop big urban states till well into the Classic or arguably even Postclassic period, but West Mexico is also super understudied so who knows. Central Mexico probably had some cities and certainly many towns and villages, some of which probably met the "state" definition I mention, but the main contender I can think of, Cuicuilco which was a city in the Valley of Mexico (later the home of Teotihuacan, the Aztec Political core, etc), really only got sizable AFAIK right after the end of your date cutoff, and it would have only had control over maybe a dozen other population centers: Is that an empire?.
    The Maya probably had stuff comparable to Monte Alban as of 500BC: El Mirador was a big Maya city and would have had influence over maya others between 300-100BC, and recent research has shown that pretty large/complex centers were a thing even earlier in the Preclassic period, as I alluded to before, but off the top of my head I can't name any specific sites, and while there were written scripts in Mesoamerica from 900BC to 500BC, with Olmec, Zapotec, and Maya writing, the Olmec and Zapotec examples are undeciphered, and I think we just know Maya writing existed around then, but actual surviving writing samples/inscriptions only come up a few centuries later, and are mostly just dates rather then large political records like we see in the Classic period.
    So yeah: I'd have mentioned the Olmec here as potential contender like the Maya (and I'd have clarified more on what the Maya were doing), and i'd have outright proposed Monte Alban as a probable "Empire", at least within your loose definition.
    Moving away from Mesoamerica, while it's not my area of expertise, to speak about the Andes: It's my understanding that while monumental centers in the Andes date back to as early as ~3000BC with Caral etc, that those were more ceremonial sites then cities: They didn't have a large permanent population, but a small amount of resident priests and then were visited at certain times of year by other groups. Apparently this changes at 500BC when Chavin de Huantar, one such ceremonial site belonging to the Chavin culture, picks up a permanent group of class specialists and it kicks off Andean urbanism proper. But apparently, large scale empires and kingdoms still aren't a thing till the early/mid 1st millenium AD, where you have Moche sites which were city-states or something close to it, and the kingdom of Tiwanku or and the Wari/Huari Empire (which is repeatedly stressed as an EMPIRE, in the strict imperial sense).
    Lastly Poverty Point would have been a thing in the Southeast US, but it's definitely not an Empire, though later Moundbuilder cultures should probably at least be mentioned in future videos even if their qualifications as full states rather then chiefdoms is debated. Again, though, not my area!

    • @MajoraZ
      @MajoraZ 6 місяців тому +8

      Some additional stuff I wanted to edit in my comment here but can't since it got "Liked" (Thank you, by the way!): I mentioned there being 6 periods, but I meant to say 5 (Palo-Indian/Lithic, Archaic, Preclassic/Formative, Classic, and Postclassic), and I didn't really explain Classic or Postclassic since they come after the 500BC date cutoff the video discusses, but the Classic period starts around 100AD, and is when cities, writing, statehood, etc had become widespread and the norm (aside from some of West Mexico), while the Postclassic (starting around 900AD, though there's a lot of minor variation in the exact cutoff) is less defined by any sort of "advancing" in complexity so much as a key political centers declining and being replaced and a shift to some political models.
      Also, to be clear, while Monte Alban would have achieved state level complexity by 500BC (and probably other cities even earlier, depending your definition), i'm not sure if it fully reached a position of primacy across Zapotec culture that early. My assumption is that it *probably* did to a degree since it's still talked about as the most major site in the area during the period, but that could be researchers retroactively focusing on it earlier on, even if maybe it only became super dominant later on? I'm honestly not sure. So, again, if it should count as an "empire" is debatable.. if not here, though, it really probably should have been mentioned in the next video (which I only realized is already out after I made my initial comment above!)
      Lastly, when I say the Aztec Empire had roughly 500 subject and vassal states, that means states, not cities/towns: Each state would have been anywhere from a few to a many dozen population centers; and when I say directly governed empires are "rare in general", I meant in Mesoamerica: The lack of draft animals and the terrain mostly being jungles/swamps or highland mountain ranges and valleys meant that long distance administration and military force was logistically costly.

    • @sparkysparky999
      @sparkysparky999 6 місяців тому +3

      Thats sick bro

    • @sparkysparky999
      @sparkysparky999 6 місяців тому +1

      ​@@MajoraZthanks

    • @gatorpack5542
      @gatorpack5542 5 місяців тому +3

      finally someone acknowledges west mexican ancient history

    • @barbarianjk2355
      @barbarianjk2355 4 місяці тому +1

      You're spot on on the Andean civilization!
      I think religious sites that also served as pilgrimage locations were the first development in the Andes, since Caral (maybe there are older sites, but it's still uncertain) and during the first period of Chavín (900-500 BC) it was one of such sites. Even having the same U shaped layout.
      But something happened around 500BC (as you mention) that makes Chavín very prominent and prestigious, so much that it influenced and marked the path for most subsequent cultures.
      But pilgrimage sites that were occupied by few priests, and "cities" that were built and undone overnight during said pilgrimages were still a thing, such as Pachacamac... And even today they are, such as during El Cristo Morado, which is a continuation of that same Pachacamac pilgrimage, only Christian nowadays.

  • @rubenrubio6875
    @rubenrubio6875 6 місяців тому +532

    1:30 For those who want to know, that pharaoh was Pepi II, who ruled from 2278 BC to 2184 BC, meaning, if it is true, he ruled 94 years, making him the longest reigning monarch in all of history!

    • @mightyx5441
      @mightyx5441 6 місяців тому +27

      whos the smallist time ruled as monarch like what if someone was a official monarch, not regent, and ruled for like 30 seconds then died

    • @erwannthietart3602
      @erwannthietart3602 6 місяців тому +56

      ​@@mightyx5441not regent as in not a regency?
      Because if it includes child kings theres stuff like Jean I of France ruled 5 days.
      In fact when it comes to how long a monarch has been king relative to the entire life of the monarch, he is a natural first place because he also lived for a grand total of 5 days, yes born as king died as king 100% of his life he was king.

    • @kidnamedpaint
      @kidnamedpaint 6 місяців тому +10

      @@mightyx5441lady jane grey - she ruled england officially as queen for only 9 days before her execution

    • @thescooshinator
      @thescooshinator 6 місяців тому +38

      @@mightyx5441 I've searched it up, and it seems that Vira Bahu I of Polonnaruwa had the shortest reign. He was crowned at night-time and was assassinated by dawn. Though we don't know the exact day he ruled, it was in the year 1196.

    • @winstonzhou4595
      @winstonzhou4595 6 місяців тому +10

      The Crown Prince Luis Filipe of Portugal was technically King of Portugal (Dom Luis III) for approximately 20 minutes on 1 February 1908. His father was shot dead in the streets of Lisbon, Portugal and the Crown Prince was mortally wounded at the same time. This is from Guinness World Records

  • @GigaRoman
    @GigaRoman 6 місяців тому +1040

    Only true Possible History fans know this is a repost

  • @bnw5435
    @bnw5435 6 місяців тому +230

    I was thinking a dive into medieval empires would be cool - as far as I know, it isn't something explored very much on your channel, so I'd certainly be interested to see you cover that time era.
    Great vid as always :)

    • @Wendeta-hq2cp
      @Wendeta-hq2cp 6 місяців тому +8

      From what I know most everyone ignores this history. Not just this channel. Most talks of the Medieval period (from what I've seen) center around a Holy Roman Empire which sruvives, and the Reconquista.

    • @harrisonbarbee5868
      @harrisonbarbee5868 6 місяців тому +2

      He just posted a video about that 👍🏻

  • @JustAnotherGuy-vx4po
    @JustAnotherGuy-vx4po 6 місяців тому +97

    Scenario Idea: What if the Bohemians won the battle of Marchfeld?

  • @chemputer
    @chemputer 6 місяців тому +86

    I especially love how you used the ± symbol before the dates instead of the tilda ~, which means approximately instead of literally "plus or minus 550BC" for instance. I mean, that includes the roman kingdom, republic, and the start of the empire. That's impressive.

  • @eethxnn5037
    @eethxnn5037 6 місяців тому +62

    Such a brilliantly crafted video! You deserve way more views and subscribers, this level of content and depth is exceptional and extremely informative; I’ve never seen a video like this and it thoroughly entertained me. Keep up the great work❤

  • @al3xa723
    @al3xa723 6 місяців тому +9

    Thank you for this new version! Amazing job!

  • @hoagie911
    @hoagie911 6 місяців тому +1

    This was so good really looking forward to the followups thank you bye bye

  • @seansmith7906
    @seansmith7906 4 місяці тому

    I enjoyed this video immensely!!
    I wish this video could be remade with more details, it would be hourd long, but that would be incredible.
    Regardless, excellent run down!

  • @jnusslein6301
    @jnusslein6301 4 місяці тому

    Thank you for your work impressive work

  • @Amadeu.Macedo
    @Amadeu.Macedo 3 місяці тому

    Outstanding! Subscribed.

  • @briangraham3329
    @briangraham3329 16 днів тому +1

    Great video who ever put this together

  • @danielsantiagourtado3430
    @danielsantiagourtado3430 6 місяців тому +2

    This is gonna be great! Love your work 🎉🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤

  • @JustAnotherGuy-vx4po
    @JustAnotherGuy-vx4po 6 місяців тому +81

    Scenario Idea: What if the Treaty of Perpetual Peace between the Byzantine Empire and the Sassanian Empire was kept?

    • @parsarustami774
      @parsarustami774 6 місяців тому +23

      Then world would be peaceful and turban civilization would've stayed in desert.

    • @the3zoooz1
      @the3zoooz1 6 місяців тому +16

      @@parsarustami774 🤡🤡🤡 humans will always fight

    • @ravenouself4181
      @ravenouself4181 6 місяців тому +12

      @@parsarustami774 ok mister "we eat the flesh and drink the blood of our savior"

    • @pandysnufkin
      @pandysnufkin 6 місяців тому +14

      @@ravenouself4181 ok mister "our prophet married a 9 year old"

    • @gustavosauro1882
      @gustavosauro1882 6 місяців тому +4

      I love this thread

  • @floor737
    @floor737 6 місяців тому +67

    Would love to see a What if everything went perfect for Norway scenario (please)

    • @Niklas46364
      @Niklas46364 6 місяців тому

      @@DarkIsToNight Yeah without any hints or notions of nationalism I will respectfully disagree and say that Norway would be more interesting (again, definitely no nationalism involved)

    • @vakistan3508
      @vakistan3508 3 місяці тому

      @@Niklas46364No need to take a look, just look up a video about Sweden 1610-1708 and it would pretty much be the same thing(no nationalism involved). Just don't look at 1709 and afterwards.

  • @ChariTheAlternate
    @ChariTheAlternate 6 місяців тому +2

    Wow, this is a really epic video idea

  • @jessemansfield9992
    @jessemansfield9992 6 днів тому

    Good job mang!!!

  • @Idoexist._.
    @Idoexist._. 6 місяців тому +1

    Nice redo i love this

  • @BiggestCorvid
    @BiggestCorvid 6 місяців тому

    Oh hell ya new series im here for it

  • @death-istic9586
    @death-istic9586 6 місяців тому

    Love your videos!🩶

  • @YourAverageZuruben
    @YourAverageZuruben 6 місяців тому +1

    Great repost it's better than the original video man

  • @LostIntrovert
    @LostIntrovert 4 місяці тому

    Nice work

  • @FlameingSlayer
    @FlameingSlayer 6 місяців тому +1

    This video is really good, keep it up. ❤

  • @SunilDachmann-mg7mm
    @SunilDachmann-mg7mm 6 місяців тому

    Great as always

  • @kaiserwilhelmll6408
    @kaiserwilhelmll6408 6 місяців тому +2

    this looks like a nice video, cant wait to watch it while eating

  • @megachipss
    @megachipss 6 місяців тому +4

    A very interesting and informative video, I quickly grasp information without tons of Wikipedia. More and more interesting is what we will see in history 2 :)

  • @TheRezro
    @TheRezro 6 місяців тому +4

    One of crucial aspects of the Empire is control over several nations. That distinguish strong nation states, from actual Empires. Take a note that Empires usually evolve in three ways:
    1) Fall apart, when centralized rule weaken and all nations separate. Look Rome. Or go through what I call...
    2) Post-Empire State. Where due to forming strong bounds with the subjugated nations, they start supporting central rule as protector of own interests. Even if Empire stop conquering and sometimes even become democratic. Good example here is United States if America. A lot of people do not know that US actually do not have official language. Entire West was French and California and Florida Spanish. Or...
    3) Empire by name. So country calling itself a Empire, what is not a Empire anymore. Like Oman or Morocco.

  • @flashahhasavedeveryoneofus2824
    @flashahhasavedeveryoneofus2824 6 місяців тому

    Loved the king boomie ref avatar 👏 👌

  • @toivokorhonen3158
    @toivokorhonen3158 6 місяців тому

    Yesss more of these please

  • @mateomassucco1111
    @mateomassucco1111 6 місяців тому +1

    I was freaking out because there wasn't a new video
    Pd: Is this a repost?

  • @arefakbarzade3104
    @arefakbarzade3104 3 місяці тому +3

    The largest ancient Achaemenid Empire

  • @geokou7645
    @geokou7645 6 місяців тому

    Pls continue this series

  • @TheCatull
    @TheCatull 8 днів тому +1

    Danke!

  • @huseyinemreeken3024
    @huseyinemreeken3024 6 місяців тому +1

    YAAAAY PB IS NOW 100K SUBS!!!

  • @risingphoenix02
    @risingphoenix02 6 місяців тому +30

    I think the heat map would be better if you did time under controll of an empire rather then amount of empires. Many Roman territories for example now looks to be just as long lived/importand as some of the nomadic empires who only lasted a few decades.

  • @gabingston3430
    @gabingston3430 6 місяців тому +76

    UA-cam is sure to be a fan of the Mauryan symbol. It definitely won't get the video demonetized.

    • @ChatGPT_ChatbotTest
      @ChatGPT_ChatbotTest 6 місяців тому +23

      I like the mauryan symbol, but it's just too complicated. Maybe straighten out the hooks on the cross, and rotate it a bit?

    • @viveka2994
      @viveka2994 6 місяців тому +19

      @@ChatGPT_ChatbotTest remove the dots to clear it up too

    • @ChatGPT_ChatbotTest
      @ChatGPT_ChatbotTest 6 місяців тому +10

      @@viveka2994 true

    • @joaogabrielimperial7777
      @joaogabrielimperial7777 6 місяців тому +13

      @@viveka2994 this yellow and red is weird, it's better to leave the symbol black and leave a white circle behind it to create a contrast

    • @Bambino8888
      @Bambino8888 6 місяців тому +6

      ​@@joaogabrielimperial7777don't forget a dash of red on outsides of that white circle

  • @Rico-Suave_
    @Rico-Suave_ 2 місяці тому

    Great video, thank you very much , note to self(nts) watched all in it 27:46

  • @kuaikuaitinojiang1891
    @kuaikuaitinojiang1891 6 місяців тому

    When are you doing your new history special?

  • @speengu3980
    @speengu3980 6 місяців тому +4

    please do '' what if every thing went perfect for Romania''

  • @ThePanEthiopian
    @ThePanEthiopian 6 місяців тому +2

    9:33 the Solomonic dynasty existed in 1000BC as the kingdom of Damat.

  • @SimpleA
    @SimpleA 6 місяців тому +4

    "France has to many revolution"
    China : "sure, sure, I agree, just don't look at me"

  • @peterwainio2134
    @peterwainio2134 6 місяців тому +6

    Can you make your original video on ancient empires available on the channel? I know you probably aren't proud of it, and that's okay. You don't have to keep it public. Maybe it could be accessed via a playlist. I would just like to compare and contrast your original video to your current video to see where improvements were made.

  • @ElderEagle42
    @ElderEagle42 6 місяців тому +1

    Video idea: What if Denmark won the Swedish war of libetation?

  • @KhomAsian
    @KhomAsian 6 днів тому

    Nice video indeed, greetings from Native Khmer people (Cambodian race) in Mekong delta Vietnam.

  • @joaojonito3764
    @joaojonito3764 6 місяців тому +1

    Please continue it

  • @bobbyokeefe4285
    @bobbyokeefe4285 6 місяців тому +2

    Do "If everything went perfect for Napoleon Bonapart"it would be cool.

    • @Ham42069
      @Ham42069 Місяць тому

      That's easy, The First French Empire would still be there

  • @marsmusicman7612
    @marsmusicman7612 6 місяців тому

    Map of kingdoms would be fun to see.

  • @whatisalifeihavenone4708
    @whatisalifeihavenone4708 6 місяців тому

    Can you make another Tierzoo video, but about America?
    13 Colonies, Revolutionary Army, US (1783s), US (1812), Union and Confederacy, US (1914), US (1936), and US modern to see how the build evolved?

  • @thediaz07
    @thediaz07 2 місяці тому +1

    Hittites were no joke..the new Egyptian kingdom was dope too.

  • @misaelfraga8196
    @misaelfraga8196 Місяць тому +2

    That Maurya symbol looks pretty cool if only they'd make some minor changes it would look even better....

    • @Batman099
      @Batman099 Місяць тому +4

      That's swastika and it's even older than Mauryans.

    • @neurodivtries4101
      @neurodivtries4101 19 днів тому

      It's our Hindu religious symbol just like a Christian Cross.

    • @AbhijeetDayal-et6fq
      @AbhijeetDayal-et6fq 9 днів тому +2

      It is not any design
      It has religious significance

  • @anthonyloia2589
    @anthonyloia2589 6 місяців тому

    Good luck with the algorithm

  • @xijinping4690
    @xijinping4690 6 місяців тому

    What happened to the Chinese warlord era series?

  • @lucianapalmisano918
    @lucianapalmisano918 6 місяців тому +3

    24:50 "WHAT ABOUT ME? POMPEY!"
    *Julius Caesar proceeds to kick his ass*
    Then some dude in Egypt cuts his head off

  • @abrvalg321
    @abrvalg321 6 місяців тому +2

    5:59 missed the joke of "sea men".

  • @unisangalaxystudio
    @unisangalaxystudio 6 місяців тому

    I feel like I seen this but can't wait for medieval empires

  • @noahcrowley2954
    @noahcrowley2954 6 місяців тому

    could you possibly do 1200-1450? i got a test soon...

  • @Lt.Dan42791
    @Lt.Dan42791 6 місяців тому

    This is the perfect video to watch before you start a run at Crusader Kings

  • @TBoneTony
    @TBoneTony 4 місяці тому +1

    Already knew about the Babylonian, Egyptian, Persian, Greek and Roman empires.
    The Egyptians while being around even after the Greeks and Romans invaded them, they still were around during Occupation until the final years of Cleopatra where Egypt civilization ended after the queen's tragic death.

  • @Napolean.Mapping
    @Napolean.Mapping 6 місяців тому

    I thought this video was a few months ago (i saw the old one) and when i saw it was today, i was so confused

  • @Yeoldekingkay
    @Yeoldekingkay 6 місяців тому

    When will you start making history 2.0?

  • @mangolinpangolin7089
    @mangolinpangolin7089 6 місяців тому

    Did the original get taken down?

  • @lljkgktudjlrsmygilug
    @lljkgktudjlrsmygilug 6 місяців тому +1

    Is that the Carolingian empire at 00:30?

  • @FabsterCola
    @FabsterCola 6 місяців тому +1

    Will Axum be part of the next video or do you consider them not an empire?

  • @LongTran-kp3kz
    @LongTran-kp3kz 6 місяців тому

    Oh shit, I laughed way harder than I rightly should have seeing that short blurb under legalism. Ah, so on point.

  • @lljkgktudjlrsmygilug
    @lljkgktudjlrsmygilug 6 місяців тому +1

    Is that the Carolingian Empire at 00:30?

  • @jakobmariano1517
    @jakobmariano1517 6 місяців тому +1

    what map does possible history use?

  • @UnthinkingBoulder1
    @UnthinkingBoulder1 6 місяців тому +1

    Scenario Idea: What if Napoleon died during the charge at the battle of Arcola?

  • @IveSeenSupernatural
    @IveSeenSupernatural Місяць тому

    finally a great video 4 a dummy like me. Ty

  • @nykrev
    @nykrev 6 місяців тому

    Omg i didn’t know I was a fan of this channel when I got this video after I started I got deja vu 😂

  • @Ashie690
    @Ashie690 6 місяців тому +5

    Scenario Idea : What if the Frankish Empire survived?

    • @RA_Productions-pn8qw
      @RA_Productions-pn8qw 6 місяців тому +2

      I’m not a history expert so take this with a grain of salt, but if Charlesmagne didnt split the empire I believe it would end up falling into civil war and we will end up with a much weaker East, Middle, and West Francia making them susceptible to foreign invasion

  • @o5-1-formerlycalvinlucien60
    @o5-1-formerlycalvinlucien60 6 місяців тому +1

    I wonder how many of these early empire's borders are exaggerated and their grandure overstated by the sources we know them from

  • @gedengcuo9260
    @gedengcuo9260 5 місяців тому

    Do Tibetan Empire pls

  • @Grason20
    @Grason20 6 місяців тому +1

    25:55 note that by this time, the Roman empire had lost mesopotamia.

  • @HistoryTwistChronicles
    @HistoryTwistChronicles 6 місяців тому

    when can we expect the history2 videos?

  • @yeeyee5057
    @yeeyee5057 6 місяців тому +11

    Small nitpick but 11:58 the Zhou didnt reallu introduced those three philosophies. It was during the Spring Autumn period when those philosophies became invented.

    • @aftokratory
      @aftokratory 6 місяців тому

      I think Spring and Autumn period is also counted as part of Eastern Zhou 東周

    • @jihadijohn9408
      @jihadijohn9408 6 місяців тому +1

      @@aftokratoryyeah but the eastern zhou didn’t have much power at that point, so saying Zhou introduced them isn’t really accurate

  • @Crazykidgalaxy3773
    @Crazykidgalaxy3773 6 місяців тому

    Do you change the video?

  • @alextan4608
    @alextan4608 6 місяців тому +1

    Why'd you leave out Southeast Asia?

  • @ethanos5442
    @ethanos5442 6 місяців тому +2

    Only OGs remember the original vid

  • @geraldbrefka1145
    @geraldbrefka1145 4 місяці тому +1

    You forgot about the Scythia and their empire coving the entire Steppes from Mongolia to the Carpathians until the Sarmatia took over

  • @Sickness687
    @Sickness687 6 місяців тому +5

    Man Chinese empires are so complicated lol perfect music while explaining it

    • @cyberhawk7274
      @cyberhawk7274 10 днів тому

      They're not at all complicated, they're just spread over 4000 years. They sound complicated to you bc they kept extensive records of it and there were no 'foreign' invaders that tried to wipe their history unlike with Older Arabian, Persian, Elam, tengri, berber, indian, hurriam, edom, etc civilizations (there are like 200).
      Other civilization flourished too but their existence is made to disappear. India lost most of their western areas to Islamic invaders but were key to preserving ancient Chinese culture.

  • @bokay3900
    @bokay3900 4 місяці тому

    I wish you would have discussed the West Afrikan empires

  • @gerafka
    @gerafka 6 місяців тому +9

    Unfortunately, the Possible History did not involve in all of the empires, one i would mention is Urartu/Kingdom of Van and the Artaxiad Dynasty which ruled over the Parthians for 17years and then got conquered by the romans, after which fought many rebelions, some of them lead to victory. And probably they were some empires which i dont know about which were left out.

  • @12345idiotsluggage
    @12345idiotsluggage 6 місяців тому +2

    Please can you apply your Expertise to empires in the Americas (N, C, S)?
    CONUS legacy empires would be super interesting.

  • @therepublic795
    @therepublic795 6 місяців тому

    W Improved Vid

  • @JiggaMan1297
    @JiggaMan1297 4 місяці тому +3

    2:45 threw me off that man doesn’t look Egyptian at all

  • @utprabhgautam7237
    @utprabhgautam7237 6 місяців тому +10

    the magadhas started from taxilla not sindh 20:02 but good video tbh

  • @TheLuigiBrother77
    @TheLuigiBrother77 6 місяців тому

    Not a strict improvement over the original one. A lot of things in this one are more eloquently put, but some things are not explained as well. For example, the explanation of the Scythians in the original video really made me get it, whereas in this one, I don't think it'd have the same effect on a first time viewer. Still a good video as most of your not-too-memey content is

  • @wouldiwas8520
    @wouldiwas8520 4 місяці тому

    the map can be a bit more accurate, since the territory changes from time to time

  • @zabrabalahabra
    @zabrabalahabra 2 місяці тому

    i liked the phoenician empire part. masters of trade

  • @Srinathrkz007
    @Srinathrkz007 3 місяці тому +2

    What happened to the Cholas and Pandya empires from south India? They are among the longest lasting empires in the world with recorded history of 1500+ years. They were a crucial part of the maritime silk trade.

    • @AtheistNationalist
      @AtheistNationalist 2 місяці тому

      Longest but not largest

    • @Chanakya2
      @Chanakya2 Місяць тому

      True bro and it was not about largest if you go with largest than why including early Egyptian

  • @ashrithrao06
    @ashrithrao06 5 місяців тому +20

    20:24 So let me Explain,
    The last Emperor of Mauryan Empire was Brihidatha Maurya. Before we need to get to the 3rd Emperor or Chandragupta’s Grandson Ashoka.
    Ashoka was one of the ~100 princes of his father. Out of the all, he was the most cruelest one. Whenever there were rebellions in other provinces of the empire, Ashoka used to crush them in the most brutal and bloody way. That’s how he took throne overthrowing and killing all of his brothers. If you could see there is a Kingdom called Kalinga on the east coast which was the only Kingdom which didn’t fall under Mauryan Empire, Ashoka went to war with them for few reasons and Ashoka was broken with amount of Violence and lives which were taken in the war. So he became Non-Violent and made his Empire peaceful and preached Buddhism outside India for the first time.
    This is where things go bad. See, India’s greatest empire was built on the foundations of Chanakya’s Principles. Chanakya was one of the ~2000 Aacharyas (Professors) of the oldest university known to man-kind Takshashila University (Greek: Taxila). He was widely known as author of Arthashastra which is a combined text of different subjects like (Geo)-Politics, Warcraft, Economics, Administration, Civic Rules, Philosophy, History etc. One day, the Corrupt and lazy Nanda King insulted Chanakya and Chanakya in return vowed to annihilate his dynasty and replace him with a better Person. In Pataliputra (capital of Magadh) Chanakya found the child Chandragupta Maurya who was role playing as a King in a game with his friends and Chanakya observed it and was impressed so he took the child with him to Takshashila for training.
    The entire Mauryan Empire was made on Chanakya’s Principles and Ashoka broke this principles by adopting peaceful policies. Kshatriya Dharma (King’s duties) says that one King should rule the Kingdom with one of his hands and other hand should hold his weapon. The Peaceful policies led to Rebellions of the Empire’s Provinces soon after Ashoka died. And a new threat was emerging - The Yavanas.
    The Yavanas were Indo-Greeks who settled in North-West region near Punjab. By the time of the last Emperor Brihidatha Maurya, Magadh was surrounded by enemies in all sides. Yavanas to the West and Satavahanas in the South. Yavanas, one day launched invasion against the Magadh Empire and captured few parts of Ganga region including Mathura (which was a cultural hub then). This was the first time when Magadh Kingdom under occupation by enemies (leaving Chandragupta) and the Yavanas wanted to fulfill their King Alexander’s dream to conquer India (Magadh was the Central point).
    So, all the fate of the Empire lied on the hands of Army of the Magadh Empire. Pushyamitra Shunga was the General of the Army and he rebuilt the army which was weakened and became indisciplined by Ashoka’s Peaceful Policies. Mauryan Empire was ~300,000 strong army with 10,000s of Chariots and Elephant and 1,000,000 (Million) forces in reserve under Chandragupta Maurya, but now the Army has just few 10,000s soldiers.
    Senapati (General) Pushyamitra Shunga started taking action against the invasion and beheaded few 100s Greeks and Buddhist Monks who were helping the Greeks. This angered the Mauryan Emperor who was just as peaceful as Ashoka. Now, this frustrated everyone including the Council, People and the Army. Pushyamitra Shunga was actually loyal to the King but the people feared the capturing of Pataliputra (the capital) very soon, so everyone made a plan and killed the last the Mauryan Emperor Brihidatha. Thus, Pushyamitra Shunga became the King of Magadh with no resistance and full support from all sides. He went on to crush the invasion and reoccupy back many territories.
    Few people say Pushyamitra Shunga was a Brahmin so he went on against Buddhist Mauryan King and killed Buddhist people which is utterly false and proven as false by Historians (including leftists). Shunga did actually kill few highly influential Buddhist Monks who supported the enemies of Magadh Empire, because the Monks were unhappy with the Mauryan King. In fact, there are sources which tell Shunga built few Buddhist stupas and continued the tradition of funding Buddhism. The text which quotes this incident is Ashokavadana which was written by some foreign Monk, few 100 years after Shunga Dynasty. Many Historians quote this text as historically false, this text also quotes that Ashoka killed many Jains which again as no evidence.
    P.S:- Even I used to believe Pushyamitra Shunga was actually a traitor who finished the Greatest Empire of India. But, I read by myself and understood Mauryans were responsible for their own decline. The Mauryan Empire was built on the Principles of Chanakya and declined when they left out their Founding Guru’s Principles and teachings.
    And also, the Yavanas (Indo-Greeks) were very much Greek at that time, it took them at least ~300 years to completely mix with the Indian Culture. So, they were very much foreign during the invasion.
    Edit:- There is a story of Chanakya that when he was born, he had teeth and the Astrologer said that if his teeth remains he would become a big King but if it’s removed he would become a Great Guru. His parents of course removed his teeth and he went to become a Great Guru who is still influential in India. Even his Warcraft and Philosophy is taught in the U.S Army and there is a video of that in UA-cam.

    • @anshulsharma1721
      @anshulsharma1721 4 місяці тому +2

      Stop believing everything you read on internet kid 😂

    • @ashrithrao06
      @ashrithrao06 4 місяці тому +8

      @@anshulsharma1721 So, why don’t you tell us Mr. Expert?

    • @thewarlock108
      @thewarlock108 3 дні тому

      Stop barking about ur Fairy tale story.

  • @ChaffyExpert
    @ChaffyExpert 6 місяців тому +1

    Sea peoples:
    Arrive
    Destroy a bunch of civilizations.
    Refuses to elaborate (or leave much evidence about who they even are.)
    Leaves.

  • @paragduhan5120
    @paragduhan5120 Місяць тому

    Also prople need to understand that sizes of empires near equator are much bigger than they appear

  • @Kanabai1871
    @Kanabai1871 6 місяців тому

    When will the WW1 poll video release?

  • @timesmedicaresystemskrisha1218
    @timesmedicaresystemskrisha1218 4 місяці тому

    You should mention the pandya Empire and chola Empire of Bharat the longest living Empires in the world.

  • @hiyukelavie2396
    @hiyukelavie2396 2 місяці тому

    Mistake at 12:45
    Qin was located in modern day Sichuan and Gansu and Shaanxi (different from Shanxi)
    Your map has them based in what looks like modern day Shanxi/Hebei instead

  • @MisterRorschach90
    @MisterRorschach90 2 місяці тому

    I think it would be very interesting if someone decided to conquer that entire area of land which makes up all ancient empires. And then call it something like the ancietan empire.

  • @Techmorus
    @Techmorus 6 місяців тому +1

    Day 3 of asking for what If everything went perfect for the ottomans

  • @dictatorinperpetuity
    @dictatorinperpetuity 6 місяців тому +1

    25:03 what a fine fellow