AoE2 vs History: Wonders

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  • Опубліковано 15 кві 2017
  • A list of all the AoC wonders and the history behind their real life counterparts.
    Aztecs 0:50
    Britons 1:20
    Byzantines 2:00
    Celts 2:35
    Chinese 3:00
    Franks 3:38
    Goths 4:17
    Huns 4:57
    Japanese 5:46
    Koreans 6:45
    Mayans 7:30
    Mongols 8:12
    Persians 8:32
    Saracens 9:05
    Spanish 9:30
    Teutons 10:03
    Turks 10:34
    Vikings 11:03
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  • @ChilledfishStick
    @ChilledfishStick 7 років тому +483

    You killed me with the Byzantine extra building HP bonus :) Well done.

  • @elasiduo108
    @elasiduo108 3 роки тому +118

    Regarding the Hun Wonder, I always thought that the concept behind it was that the huns had actually ransacked and stole the arc from the romans. That's why the arc is in very bad shape. It's a symbol of the plunder and defeat of a rich empire.

  • @cadunkus
    @cadunkus 5 років тому +93

    3:39 "For the Frank wonder you think they might have gone with Notre Dame..."
    *R.I.P.*

  • @9KillBill9
    @9KillBill9 7 років тому +372

    'just not try to get dizzy' - (somebody is jumping down) 9:30
    you are the best AoE2 youtuber and your editing always makes it better :D
    I am glad I subscribed

  • @freaksuyash
    @freaksuyash 7 років тому +1105

    Please do the new civs too!

    • @miguelinileugim
      @miguelinileugim 7 років тому +79

      DON'T TELL OUR GOD WHAT WONDERS SHOULD HE BESTOW US WITH.
      IF HE WISHES TO PLEASE YOUR WHIMS, HE WILL, BUT DON'T YOU EVEN DARE ASK HIM DIRECTLY.
      PLEASE FORGIVE THIS LOST SHEEP, SPIRITOFTHELAW, OUR LORD AND SAVIOR.

    • @thomashuffcutt9414
      @thomashuffcutt9414 7 років тому +14

      Heretic! I shall grasp thine petard and houst thineself on et!

    • @kapstfa
      @kapstfa 7 років тому +29

      Miguel Alberola Cano That esculated quickly.

    • @victorkhan5960
      @victorkhan5960 7 років тому +14

      HelpThe Kap
      Wolololololololooooooo

    • @neil_armstrong
      @neil_armstrong 7 років тому +7

      and please also do the 2 map editor wonders

  • @batuyu988
    @batuyu988 7 років тому +156

    Damn this video is so well done. I see what you did in the editor to have these battles near the wonders!?! It didn't go unnoticed. Very good!

    • @F1fan4eva
      @F1fan4eva Рік тому

      What did he do?

    • @Bahelord
      @Bahelord 10 місяців тому

      ​@@F1fan4evanoone died

  • @IamSLYslyamI
    @IamSLYslyamI 7 років тому +161

    extremely high quality content here again Spirit. The battles going on around the wonders are fantastic.

    • @F1fan4eva
      @F1fan4eva Рік тому

      How come no one is dying in those battles?

  • @kris1775
    @kris1775 7 років тому +141

    Still waiting for the "Supremacy" movie... Only 29 years left

  • @_antares031
    @_antares031 7 років тому +171

    What a wonderful way to finish the weekend. Thanks, Spirit :D

    • @gede786
      @gede786 7 років тому +46

      WONDERful

    • @Gaia74
      @Gaia74 5 років тому +1

      Antares!! :3

  • @deekswap695
    @deekswap695 7 років тому +102

    mongol wonder is genghis khan's tent, to be specific "the golden tent" or "altın orda".
    word "orda" is also homonymous with turkish word "ordu"meaning army or horde. that's why "altın orda" is translated to english as "golden horde" while it actually means "golden tent"

    • @DoAllDogsLikeMarmite
      @DoAllDogsLikeMarmite 7 років тому +4

      Does sound a lot cooler in context, I suppose.

    • @okhan_roudbaraki
      @okhan_roudbaraki 4 роки тому +4

      Interesting, we use the word "ordu" in persian as well I had no idea that it's a turkic/mongolian word but we do have a lot of turkic/mongolian words.

    • @Roneil22
      @Roneil22 4 роки тому +4

      @@okhan_roudbaraki We Turks used to have alot of Persian words back in the Ottoman days, or so they say. However after the republic Turkification of the language was one of the reforms, so I guess they aren't as common as they used to be.

    • @okhan_roudbaraki
      @okhan_roudbaraki 4 роки тому +3

      Berk Bilak I still find lots of Persian words when I hear someone speak in Turkish which is interesting.

    • @cuprous7426
      @cuprous7426 4 роки тому

      Thanks for sharing! I always wondered about that name

  • @eirikmarthinsen3850
    @eirikmarthinsen3850 7 років тому +252

    The Viking wonder is clearly based off dragonsreach in whiterun.

    • @rambard5599
      @rambard5599 6 років тому +5

      Sounds like the sort of time wizardry they'd use, yeah.

    • @ClanWiE
      @ClanWiE 6 років тому +30

      Do you get to the Cloud District very often?

    • @DGARedRaven
      @DGARedRaven 5 років тому +11

      ClanWiE Shad ya mouth, Nazeem.

    • @starguy321
      @starguy321 4 роки тому +4

      ClanWiE what’re you saying? Of course I don’t

  • @LonelyKnightJ
    @LonelyKnightJ 7 років тому +118

    Funnily enough the Portuguese wonder was also made to stop boats from entering the river. It just did that with a fuckton of cannons instead of a silly chain.

    • @jondeoliveira8248
      @jondeoliveira8248 7 років тому +4

      LonelyKnight Cannons, the City Guard's best friend, the Sailor's worst nightmare.

    • @PhotonTrooperGaming
      @PhotonTrooperGaming 7 років тому +9

      It is the "Torre de Belém", right?

    • @jondeoliveira8248
      @jondeoliveira8248 7 років тому +4

      Giovani Camargo yes.

    • @adamjohnsonstudio7910
      @adamjohnsonstudio7910 7 років тому +10

      A chain boom was effectively used in Constantinople as well as by the Americans against the British at West Point

    • @nunorocha3076
      @nunorocha3076 7 років тому +10

      Dude chains are not silly, chains were the thing that prevent several times countless ports of being captured thought a looooooooong timeeeeeeeee although our way is also efective ^_^
      Dude we had a "super boat" that we had from the money from the exploration period that was a HUGE boat and a Christian ltalic nation had to ask us to borrow it beacause they couldnt capture a Turk port, our super boat was the only thing capable of breaking that chain, the other boats would simply break trying to do so, this history that chains prevent ports being capture is just a small example in probably the thousands that hapened

  • @drearyplane8259
    @drearyplane8259 7 років тому +70

    ... Converted the King to Christianity.
    My mind: Wololololo

  • @Kxoe559
    @Kxoe559 7 років тому +13

    The war between tikal and calakmul is actually one of the battles of the forgotten, "Dos Pilas."

  • @Ahmethakanakan1
    @Ahmethakanakan1 7 років тому +204

    11:21 wtf is that viking at the middle of battle doing?

  • @PetalGamesStudios
    @PetalGamesStudios 6 років тому +1

    man, Ive binged so many of your vids. Your part of the reason I got back into AOE recently

  • @ROFLBOB24
    @ROFLBOB24 7 років тому +80

    Obviously you need to do the expansion wonders too.

  • @MrKrill7
    @MrKrill7 7 років тому

    Great video! I love how much effort you spent in between setting up a mock fight for each civilization, and all of the pain-staking research you must have done to put this video together! I especially like the Saracen easter egg at 9:32, nice touch! ;D Keep up the great work! :D

  • @joeykickassery
    @joeykickassery 7 років тому +99

    2:16 😀
    btw in aoe 3, Torre del oro is the military academy building in the Spanish home city

    • @eget4144
      @eget4144 7 років тому +3

      Joey Kickassery nice memory :) . I was thinking the same

    • @pikilic4481
      @pikilic4481 7 років тому +10

      Yes and Temple of Heaven is one of the 5 Chinese wonders

  • @Skaitania
    @Skaitania 7 років тому

    I love your background information videos. Also, I never get tired of the intro music. Never.

  • @chuy27arts
    @chuy27arts 7 років тому +1

    Its amazing how much history you managed to put in a single video.
    Big fan of your work, you must know a lot of stuff about history.

  • @Viddaric
    @Viddaric 6 років тому +32

    2:10 "and is still standing today mostly thanks to the Byzantine's extra building HP bonus"
    yeah I chuckled at that.

  • @derrick8891
    @derrick8891 7 років тому

    Another gorgeous and informative video :) I really appreciate all the effort you put into research here, as well as the beautiful setups you've created with the Wonders.

  • @americantemplar2860
    @americantemplar2860 7 років тому +99

    I "wonder" what this video is about! Great Video SOTL, "KEEP" it up!

  • @brunomerotti3226
    @brunomerotti3226 7 років тому

    This is one of the best videos I've ever saw on youtube, congratulations and thank you, your job is marvelous !

  • @jnb894
    @jnb894 7 років тому +1

    Awesome work once again! Was a real pleasure to watch!!!

  • @EnanoKolosal
    @EnanoKolosal 7 років тому +2

    Very educational video. You must put a lot of hard work into it. Thank for sharing it man, great job :D!

  • @AshiroFlo
    @AshiroFlo 7 років тому

    wonderful to have you back !

  • @TheDolphinTuna
    @TheDolphinTuna 7 років тому

    This video is filled with all sorts of little details that make it very, very good. I loved the battles and the little guy falling off the spiral minaret!

  • @1302AOE
    @1302AOE 7 років тому +71

    The Britons indeed have the Aachen Cathedral as their wonder. The reason for this is that ES first intended to only have 1 wonder per building set like in Age of Empires 1. Later they decided to give every civilization a unique wonder anyway and for some reason (maybe lack of time) the Britons never got their own unique wonder.

    • @hexmaniacciaran
      @hexmaniacciaran 7 років тому +7

      1302AOE yeah seems a bit of a missed opportunity when they could have had the original Palace of Westminster or something like that

    • @RocketHarry865
      @RocketHarry865 6 років тому +6

      I would have gone with Old Saint Paul's Cathedral (the medieval one that got burnt down in the great fire of 1666), Llandaff Cathedral or Cathédrale Saint-Tugdual

    • @carolus5409
      @carolus5409 6 років тому +3

      or maybe the tower of London, don't you think?

    • @MrMarinus18
      @MrMarinus18 6 років тому +3

      I also think they didn't want to waste the cathedral as an asset and they had to give it to someone. It wouldn't make sense for the Toutans though as they mostly were in what is now Brandenburg and north Poland and Aachen is in the Rhineland.

  • @matthewsmith2574
    @matthewsmith2574 7 років тому

    This is a great video! It's super interesting to hear the histories. Great work!
    I would love to see the other civs done at some point :)

  • @ReindeerNavy
    @ReindeerNavy 7 років тому

    Can I just say you honestly make good content that I am always happy to see.

  • @marcgomez8391
    @marcgomez8391 7 років тому

    I've always wanted to know more about the story behind the wonders in AoE2, so thanks for making this video!
    I'd love it if you eventually decided to do the expansion ones.

  • @ThereAre4Lights
    @ThereAre4Lights 7 років тому

    loved this video, so interesting! I always was so curious about the accuracy of all the different wonders

  • @MALEMization
    @MALEMization 7 років тому +263

    Speaking of the Byzantine Wonder, didn't Viper destroy that?!

    • @pCadavez
      @pCadavez 7 років тому +11

      that was the turk one, duh

    • @NightmareMOV
      @NightmareMOV 7 років тому +10

      The Sharku it wasn't a mosque at first the Turks took over and made it a mosque it was a Orthodox Church

    • @loyalsipahi5631
      @loyalsipahi5631 7 років тому +2

      MALEMization its named hagia sophia but fatih the conqueror changed,customized and renamed as blue mosque

    • @pigeoned7323
      @pigeoned7323 7 років тому +6

      nah blue mosque isnt hagia sophia its sultan ahmed mosque's other name bec of its blue tiles ( even he said that in video)

    • @SpiritOfTheLaw
      @SpiritOfTheLaw  7 років тому +22

      They're 2 buildings, and even just down the road from each other :D
      emreonal.homestead.com/files/photomap_1.jpg

  • @lemmonsinmyeyes
    @lemmonsinmyeyes 7 років тому

    I love how indepth you went with this, I had no idea that these buildings were so thought out!

  • @MustardOligarch
    @MustardOligarch 7 років тому +1

    I can safely say you've made a video that I've been wanting ever since I was a little boy, playing Age of Kings on my parent's computer. Thanks so much dude, this was a wonderful video

  • @harryz567
    @harryz567 7 років тому

    It's actually really impressive how long you've kept these videos up! good on you man!

  • @PhotonTrooperGaming
    @PhotonTrooperGaming 7 років тому

    This is a topic that I always wanted to know more about. Thanks for the research! Really interesting!!

  • @joshuaread9366
    @joshuaread9366 7 років тому

    that was really fun to watch. im glad you put this together.

  • @mr.northgaming714
    @mr.northgaming714 7 років тому

    I meant to just put it on in the background and continue cooking but ended up doing nothing but watching the whole video. Seriously interesting stuff! This video reminds me why I got into AoE2 so much as kid.

  • @roachtheable
    @roachtheable 7 років тому

    great and interesting video! this is one of my favorites, keep up the great work! thanks

  • @paulargier
    @paulargier 7 років тому

    Wonderful video! That couldn't have been easy to track all of those down. Well done.

  • @franzluggin398
    @franzluggin398 7 років тому

    Always high quality content, keep it up!
    There's no other channel that could compete with yours if it happened to publish a video at the same time.

  • @poitato3487
    @poitato3487 7 років тому +1

    Love the video SOTW, keep up the good work.

  • @gabriel.casanas
    @gabriel.casanas 7 років тому +50

    You would make an excellent history teacher, i can imagine you teaching your students through AoE, it would be the most interesting class...

    • @rubbishopinions6468
      @rubbishopinions6468 7 років тому +6

      He should teach history in Japan, they'll love him.

    • @MALEMization
      @MALEMization 7 років тому +18

      Imagine him teaching about El Cid: He shows a Red Cobra Car minigunning a Spanish Villager only to be ONE PUNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNCCCCCCCCCCCCHHHHHHHHHEEEEEEEEEEEEEDDDDDDDDDD!

    • @boxheas1
      @boxheas1 4 роки тому

      Gabriel Casanas at school, a friend and I convinced our History teacher to continue the Medieval Age class by showing an Age of Empires 2 game to all the classroom. It was the best school class ever !!

  • @Snoopy.8613
    @Snoopy.8613 7 років тому

    Your AoE and historical jokes are soo good :D

  • @ErickTG
    @ErickTG 7 років тому

    awesome video, please do part 2. and I love your song in the intro!

  • @vilasshahane8404
    @vilasshahane8404 7 років тому

    thanks for bringing the old intro back

  • @PatataMaxtex
    @PatataMaxtex 5 років тому

    I love the details in this Video especially the britons fighting the vikings in the end and the hagia Sofia next to the turkish wonder. Brilliant!

  • @gabrielechini8647
    @gabrielechini8647 7 років тому

    Meraviglioso! nice video spirit as always :D

  • @1256813790
    @1256813790 7 років тому

    this video sums up a lot of research I did like 5 years ago. it was awesome

  • @Merjacevi
    @Merjacevi 7 років тому

    Your videos are absolutely amazing. I'm very happy I subscribed and since doing so I've been going through a lot of what you've uploaded - every single video is great. You truly deserve more subscribers.

  • @moon2schyzo
    @moon2schyzo 7 років тому

    Great video! I love the way you look at AoE!

  • @MrLollereo
    @MrLollereo 7 років тому +5

    I think i'll never play this game. But your vids are awesome man. Love the way you do all of them. Keep being awesome.
    ps: tthe intro song is always so fricking good,never change it

    • @mayankbhatia3620
      @mayankbhatia3620 7 років тому +1

      MrLollereo should play it though. Play the new expansion pack

    • @elduquecaradura1468
      @elduquecaradura1468 6 років тому

      MrLollereo don't play it, you can get attached to it the rest of your life. It's so goddamn fun with it

  • @danielbacon2198
    @danielbacon2198 7 років тому

    Great vid, research, and commentary :)

  • @KTGOZone
    @KTGOZone 7 років тому

    Good stuff, nice research and narrative!

  • @lereff1382
    @lereff1382 7 років тому +49

    the wonder the wonder the-- NOOOO

  • @HostileAmbience
    @HostileAmbience 7 років тому +16

    From what I gathered, in the begining they were planning each architectural style to have one wonder to it. For the Wester European style of the Britons, Teutons, Franks, etc they had the Aachen Cathedral which kind of encompassed all of them. But in the end they went with every civilization having its own wonder, and the Britons got the already made Aachen Cathedral.

  • @Heranara
    @Heranara 7 років тому

    Well a wonderful video i guess i'll have to wonder when the next part comes out.

  • @christianpoulsen4164
    @christianpoulsen4164 7 років тому

    This was strangely interesting, and I would love if you would go over the remaining wonders aswell. Really nice video.

  • @mk_annan22
    @mk_annan22 6 років тому +1

    This video gave me a good educational overview of History regarding ancient monuments and architectures compared to half of the years of studying History back in School. :)

  • @DmytroBogdan
    @DmytroBogdan 5 років тому

    Awesome video and I bet it took you loooong time to compile but its very educational.

  • @sanguineaurora8765
    @sanguineaurora8765 7 років тому +2

    I'd never think that someone could ever keep my attention for hours with Mathematics and History.
    Neither in highschool nor in university my teachers could achieve this,
    Oddly, here you are, my, by far the favorite youtuber (actually only youtuber i ever fallow) did that.
    with science.
    my friends are laughing at me. telling me to get real and just play the game and stop going into its math and detail.
    thank you sir.

  • @geogeo3733
    @geogeo3733 7 років тому

    Am I the only one who LOVES your intro? It's so relaxing

  • @hyggeligt007
    @hyggeligt007 7 років тому +1

    Happy Easter to you Spirit of the Law!

  • @charlotteglatz4821
    @charlotteglatz4821 7 років тому

    The beginning sound at 7:59 sounds so much like 'time is running out' from Muse. Thanks for the catchy tune, now it's haunting me :P

  • @mdsmatheus
    @mdsmatheus 7 років тому

    I love your content! Thanks.

  • @gregoryreinert9629
    @gregoryreinert9629 7 років тому

    Great video I really enjoyed this one

  • @BinnyNair
    @BinnyNair 7 років тому

    Excellent video. Thanks for all the work you put into these.
    Please do an overview of one of the new civs from Rise of the Rajas. The Burmese seem like an interesting one.

  • @jamestipsfedora
    @jamestipsfedora 7 років тому +7

    This video is the greatest Wonder I've ever seen with my own eyes.

  • @nomcognom2332
    @nomcognom2332 7 років тому

    Awesome video! Good job.

  • @dionblaster9960
    @dionblaster9960 7 років тому

    insane quality! keep it up

  • @carrotsporks
    @carrotsporks 7 років тому

    I was kinda hoping this would be a video about the viability of wonders and which civs can best go for them, etc., but this was actually pretty rad as well.

  • @Narkas
    @Narkas 7 років тому

    Ayyy missed your uploads

  • @ArtanisOwns
    @ArtanisOwns 7 років тому

    really nice vid, i like this kind of history stuff. thanks

  • @DaiReith
    @DaiReith 7 років тому

    huh....this was actually well researched and very interesting....a pleasant surprise!

  • @Jolgeable
    @Jolgeable 7 років тому

    Really fine research, nice video! =)

  • @xxzippyzachxx
    @xxzippyzachxx 7 років тому

    That was a WONDERFUL video!!!

  • @JackFroid1
    @JackFroid1 7 років тому

    Hey there, nice video!!
    I think the Franks wonder is more like the Clermont Ferrand Cathedral, but it's hard to guess.
    Keep the good work, and I really hope you'll make African kingdoms civ overviews someday, and maybe upgrade your "what civ is best for you" quizz if you have the time, I'm doing the old one each time I want to try new playstyles ;)

  • @ilkersahin2657
    @ilkersahin2657 5 років тому

    Great video
    I have really enjoyed it. Also ı admire the designs of wonders in aoe.

  • @demonhunter2121
    @demonhunter2121 3 роки тому

    The scenery around each wonder was really well done

  • @julianengel492
    @julianengel492 7 років тому

    that's pretty need thanks for the efford putting this together :)

  • @stephenh9483
    @stephenh9483 4 роки тому

    Wow this is so cool!!!! I remember building a wonder back in the day, wow it was memorable

  • @Banzay27
    @Banzay27 6 років тому +1

    The viking wonder is my favorite also. Looks downright cozy. Runner-up is the britons' german cathedral.

  • @seltin1988
    @seltin1988 7 років тому

    this video was really entertaining and interesting :)

  • @PSPbrtag
    @PSPbrtag 7 років тому

    Can't wait for the rest!

  • @PatrickFournierTheMusicMan
    @PatrickFournierTheMusicMan 7 років тому

    The Civ 5 game reference. You are an awesome person!

  • @The_Missingnumber
    @The_Missingnumber 7 років тому

    Yay, another upload : D

  • @FifinatorKlon
    @FifinatorKlon 7 років тому

    Awesome vid and nice info.

  • @glennchaotic
    @glennchaotic 7 років тому

    I love the units fighting in the background. could watch it all day.

  • @tomasbrtn795
    @tomasbrtn795 6 років тому

    Nice work Spirit of the law. You showed us that you are not just another nerd playing aoe 2, but a cult boy in history and really like how you play with words relating historical facts with game bonuses.

  • @MijnAfspeellijst1234
    @MijnAfspeellijst1234 7 років тому

    I actually don't like playing age of empire, but your videos are very entertaining.
    Keep doing what you are doing :}

  • @pierrez8570
    @pierrez8570 7 років тому +1

    Looking forward to the new civs' wonders as well!

  • @TheReacTT
    @TheReacTT 7 років тому

    That's a great idea for a video! :)

  • @reddyaquaria689
    @reddyaquaria689 7 років тому

    I really didn't expect that video to be so entertaining, this guy can make laundry sound interesting

  • @kcnize
    @kcnize 6 років тому

    So thanks to your amazing video I've made some research about the Frank's wonder and found out interesting stuff:
    While it was never specified by the developers what exactly they were going for with that design, it is interesting to point out that the official guide book for AOE II ''The Age of Kings'' mentions Chartre's Cathedral as an example in it's description for wonders (along with Aachen's cathedral ((which is mentioned as Charlemagne's palace for some reason)) and Hagia Sophia). I only found that in the French edition of the guidebook since I don't possess any other (p.53, Chapter Buildings).
    But as you pointed out the two buildings don't quite look the same and from a historical point of view it would make more sense to use Reims' cathedral as a wonder, since it was the place where every French king's coronation ceremony took place from 1027 to 1825.
    I think your theory about it being just a representation of what a generic French cathedral is right, especially considering that the Gothic architecture was called ''francigenum opus'' during the middle ages which literally translates into ''French art''. This would be a nice homage to the late medieval French architecture style as a whole.
    Thank you very much for the passion and research you put into these videos, it makes them both very interesting and entertaining.

  • @johannkrause3262
    @johannkrause3262 7 років тому

    Wonderfull video. Thank you!

  • @churchofmagic3733
    @churchofmagic3733 7 років тому +1

    I love it when you give this more historical side to AoE2. Granted, it's always been about history, but people these days don't give that much thought. I guess I'll start thinking whenever someone tries to pull a wonder victory ;)

  • @atomicwestlife
    @atomicwestlife 7 років тому

    very interesting video, great job!!!!