Europe's Largest Cities Throughout History: Every Year

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  • čas přidán 5. 06. 2024
  • An animated map of Europe's largest cities over time, from 1600 BCE to modern times.
    0:00 Intro
    0:44 Ancient era
    1:12 Greco-Roman World
    1:59 Middle Ages
    3:54 Early Modern
    5:01 Modern
    6:46 Outro
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    Notes
    • You can view the data and source for this video here:
    docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
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    Music
    • Marten Moses - The Searchers
    • Marten Moses - Public Tragedy
    • Marten Moses - Hitchhike Homicide

Komentáře • 913

  • @OllieBye
    @OllieBye  Před rokem +227

    For those who missed the community post, the HRE video is still in production, and I will be continuing with it over the coming months.
    A quick Q&A for this video:
    Q: "Didn't Rome have 1 million people?"
    A: Not within the area eventually bound by the Aurelian Walls, no, as this requires an implausible population density. It may have had suburbs beyond the walls, which take its population close to 1 million according to some sources. You can read more about this in the notes page of this projects spreadsheet, linked in the description.
    Q: "Why are some estimates in this video different to the 2021 video about world cities?"
    A: I used a different dataset for part of this video, which is more up to date and detailed, but only covers Europe. In most cases the variances are small, but in some cases (such as medieval Paris and Granada) they are more significant.
    Q: "Why do the modern estimates in this video vary from what Google says?"
    If you search for a modern city's population out-of-context on a search engine, you'll probably be given the population within the official city limits. This video's data is entirely based on urban area, which in some cases goes significantly beyond the city limits.

    • @adnan_honest_jihadist5775
      @adnan_honest_jihadist5775 Před rokem +1

      you include cyprus but not türkiye and rest of caucasus how weak from you... this is not all of europe only 90%

    • @gwynedd4023
      @gwynedd4023 Před rokem +19

      @@adnan_honest_jihadist5775 make your own vid then

    • @user-uf2df6zf5w
      @user-uf2df6zf5w Před rokem +9

      One small mistake: in 2022 and 2023 all Ukrainian cities, including Kyiv and Odesa, were in population decline due to the outflow of refugees from the country.

    • @adnan_honest_jihadist5775
      @adnan_honest_jihadist5775 Před rokem +1

      @@gwynedd4023 if i could i would

    • @Sceptonic
      @Sceptonic Před rokem +9

      @@user-uf2df6zf5w hard to track currently

  • @clouds-rb9xt
    @clouds-rb9xt Před rokem +1262

    I find it funny how Constantinople dissapears in the 1800s and then makes a sudden resurgence mid-late 20th century quickly becoming the largest city again

    • @Gorboduc
      @Gorboduc Před rokem +168

      Location, location, location.

    • @jonathanpilcher337
      @jonathanpilcher337 Před rokem +87

      By the 1800s colonization had brought incredible prosperity to north western europe, but as the effects of colonization die down things stabilize back to natural levels

    • @kb-gj9lf
      @kb-gj9lf Před rokem +83

      Call it Istanbul. You don’t see people calling London Londonia now do you?

    • @jackminto7062
      @jackminto7062 Před rokem +252

      ​@@kb-gj9lf the city was literally called constantinople until the end of WW1 when the new turkish state renamed it Istanbul

    • @jonathanpilcher337
      @jonathanpilcher337 Před rokem +81

      @@kb-gj9lf it was still called constantinople back then

  • @KSS-wk9lp
    @KSS-wk9lp Před rokem +507

    most impressive thing is that the first city to ever reach 1.000.000 people was Rome, and it was only surpassed by London more than 1000 years later...

    • @Yora21
      @Yora21 Před rokem +41

      And for a good while inbetween, there were only some 30.000 people living in various villages around the area that used to be Rome and later became Rome again.

    • @colexpert9528
      @colexpert9528 Před rokem +16

      Also Baghdad reached 1m

    • @giorgioandreatini7332
      @giorgioandreatini7332 Před rokem +12

      ​@@Yora21 they were not villages it was actually a huge city for medieval standards. That's why it's on the top tho. You can see lots of medieval architecture in Rome still. Rome is called the Eternal City because it never stopped being one of the biggest and it never stopped being the first or still in the top 3 most important cities of the continent for 1800 years straight, until the middle of the 1500s circa.

    • @oenrn
      @oenrn Před rokem +6

      @Melvil DE CASTRO we're talking about Europe here.

    • @Whoami691
      @Whoami691 Před rokem +2

      It is worth noting that many of those living in Rome were slaves, so population doesn't nessecarily equate to native population.

  • @danialamin252
    @danialamin252 Před rokem +537

    Facinating to see how the core of european population shifts from south to north over the centuries

    • @jonathanpilcher337
      @jonathanpilcher337 Před rokem +42

      The population booms in islamic cities are even more interesting

    • @universetraveler5826
      @universetraveler5826 Před rokem +101

      It’s because places like Italy, Greece, Persia, Egypt, etc. were geographically positioned in a way that resulted in numerous invasions from all sides, making it very difficult for their cities to experience growth post antiquity.

    • @jonathanpilcher337
      @jonathanpilcher337 Před rokem +51

      @@universetraveler5826 that's true for much of the middle ages, but during the early modern period the population of northwestern europe boomed thanks to the prosperity from colonization

    • @croisaor2308
      @croisaor2308 Před rokem +13

      @@jonathanpilcher337
      Ya most trade and transport was done in and among the Mediterranean as that was what technology allowed and it led to a lot of prosperity, but as the Atlantic became accessible due to ship technology the population centres shifted north and west to the Atlantic coast which now had access to the entire world, not just the Mediterranean sea.

    • @jonathanpilcher337
      @jonathanpilcher337 Před rokem +3

      @@croisaor2308 granted in recent years the population has pulled back towards the mediterranean, probably due to the effects of colonization dying down

  • @chichkrogh7092
    @chichkrogh7092 Před 6 měsíci +29

    Rome was the first city in Europe to reach 1m residents and it didn’t happen again until the 19th century. People don’t realize how advanced Rome was

    • @epickzalpha8273
      @epickzalpha8273 Před 5 měsíci +3

      And it blinded them at the same time

    • @BamberdittoPingpong
      @BamberdittoPingpong Před 2 měsíci +1

      The numbers for Rome definitely feel too low, same with some other cities. Rome never surpasses 1m in the video.

    • @gabiironlol
      @gabiironlol Před 11 dny +1

      It was in no way "advanced", simply the centre of a great colonising, destructive and sterilising empire that sucked up all the resources produced by its peripheries.

  • @BlackMamBa-yq5on
    @BlackMamBa-yq5on Před 3 měsíci +14

    Naples is so underrated
    It was representing Italy for most of recent history

  • @ArdaSReal
    @ArdaSReal Před rokem +50

    The boom after the Ottoman Conquest of Constantinople and in the 20th century is so cool to see, history is so much refelcted in demigraphics

    • @cazwalt9013
      @cazwalt9013 Před rokem +9

      The boom in the 20th century was a bad one which was resulted by mass immigration from other Turkish regions plus after 1453 Constantinople was in stable position because before that it was plundered and sacked by crusaders

    • @ArdaSReal
      @ArdaSReal Před rokem +9

      @@cazwalt9013 no it wasnt, turkeys overall population bommed there, you can see it in every single city at that time and even today

    • @kingduck6728
      @kingduck6728 Před rokem +9

      ​@@ArdaSReal adam hakli knk kırsal kesimden istanbul gibi şehirlere fazla göç oldu

    • @wildfire9280
      @wildfire9280 Před 10 měsíci

      @@ArdaSReal How much of that from rural-urban migration? Whatever the amount you’d figure they got a disproportionate amount in the capital and already largest city.

  • @Napoleon_
    @Napoleon_ Před rokem +168

    I really appreciate the effort you put in these videos, and I love the city series.

  • @ProductofWit
    @ProductofWit Před 5 měsíci +2

    Those modern country markers aren't something I'm a fan of, but for the rest awesome video.

  • @CommonSwindler
    @CommonSwindler Před 8 měsíci +8

    The population of Palermo during the Norman era is far, far too low. Donald Matthew in his overview of of the Norman Kingdom of Sicily estimates it’s size at more than 100,000. This easily stands to reason since it was the hub of the Mediterranean.

  • @micahistory
    @micahistory Před rokem +45

    incredible job Ollie. I love how you show the population bubbles, the numbers and the different colours at different times.

  • @endless123487
    @endless123487 Před 15 dny

    Thank you for your nice video:)
    One thing to note though. You sometimes use metropolitan areas and sometimes the city proper. E.g., for Berlin or Paris, as Berlin had a population of around 2.08 million in 1910, and not 2.9 million. Similarly, Paris nowadays has a population of 2.2 million, but the metro area is huge (and densly connected)

  • @biggamer145
    @biggamer145 Před rokem +1

    you came back!

  • @diranbodossian6061
    @diranbodossian6061 Před rokem +65

    The moment where the Black Death hit and everything shrunk gave me chills

  • @iseeyou5061
    @iseeyou5061 Před rokem +57

    I have no beef with Turkish but the spam Nationalist comment are obnoxious

    • @jonathanpilcher337
      @jonathanpilcher337 Před rokem +4

      Very, like we get it the ottoman empire was successful for a time, so were a hundred other large empires throughout history

    • @UEFAfan785
      @UEFAfan785 Před 11 měsíci +9

      ​@@jonathanpilcher337Bro, %90 of the comments are nothing but celebrating Ollie's work. What are you two even talking about? Even scrolling down you can bately see any!

    • @jonathanpilcher337
      @jonathanpilcher337 Před 11 měsíci +4

      @@UEFAfan785 comment sections load different for everyone. I suppose I just got unlucky with a dozen turkish nationalists in a row lol

    • @UEFAfan785
      @UEFAfan785 Před 11 měsíci

      @@jonathanpilcher337 True, these Turkish "nationalists" vote for the worst parties in existence and still think they're feared.

    • @Drobexxx
      @Drobexxx Před 11 měsíci +4

      Turks are Europe's Brazilians

  • @spankymcflych
    @spankymcflych Před 5 měsíci +1

    It's amazing how (relatively) quickly the population levels fluctuate. I wonder if the people just all die when a city halves over a hundred years or if they're migrating somewhere else.

  • @andrefarfan4372
    @andrefarfan4372 Před rokem +2

    Nice

  • @biscolataman
    @biscolataman Před rokem +17

    Istanbul❤

  • @renameduser466
    @renameduser466 Před 10 měsíci +3

    Except for obviously mixing urban areas with city limit figures at will ...

  • @knightarnaud
    @knightarnaud Před 3 měsíci +2

    Crazy how Ghent was once the third biggest city of Europe ...

  • @Flutterzancelight
    @Flutterzancelight Před rokem +1

    where did you find population data for nowaday ?

    • @OllieBye
      @OllieBye  Před rokem +3

      UN Urbanisation Prospects (2018 revision):
      population.un.org/wup/Download/
      You can view it in a more human-friendly format in my Google Sheets spreadsheet, linked in the description.

    • @Flutterzancelight
      @Flutterzancelight Před rokem

      @@OllieBye Thank you. Ah, I see

    • @adnan_honest_jihadist5775
      @adnan_honest_jihadist5775 Před rokem

      @@OllieBye how dyk you can trust UN?

  • @vinifrss
    @vinifrss Před 11 měsíci +33

    Hi from Rio, Brazil. If 350 CE - 1000 CE was displayed slowly too, the importance of Constantinople (Istanbul) would be EVEN greater!! Just WOW... Istanbul is the Eternal City in history, the only phoenix of world History, it never dies, and it's back again.. I don't get why this fact isn't recognized? Why people desperately try to hype Paris, Rome, London?

    • @arberor4597
      @arberor4597 Před 8 měsíci +7

      Constantinople/istanbul is well known as a major city in Europe. But it doesn’t mean other European cities like Rome are less important it’s all subjective
      🔹Rome - the capital of the Roman Empire, and the capital of the Catholic Church being the seat of the pope, and probably the first city to reach 1 million inhabitants, even though in the 11th century after Rome fell the pope in Rome orchestrated the crusade and in a way indirectly reestablished romes rule in the levant.
      🔹Paris. Is was the center of the European enlightenment which was one of the most important event in history. And was a major city as seen in the video as Paris consistently remain amongst the largest Europeans cites for the past 800 years.
      🔹London is the capital of the largest empire in history. And is the first major industrial city. The first truly mega city as it was the first to reach 2, 3, 4 , 5 , million inhabitants. The first city to built a modern sewage system, first metro system, the first power grid system, etc etc etc making London the first truly modern city

    • @emilianofox8202
      @emilianofox8202 Před 8 měsíci

      Roma Caput Mundi

    • @frankhungch
      @frankhungch Před 7 měsíci +1

      sometimes quality is more important than raw numbers.
      China is cosistantly the largest country in the world. What did it acheive other than being invaded and the world's factory though?
      Same thing with Istanbul.

    • @gabs3597
      @gabs3597 Před 6 měsíci

      ​@@arberor4597Constantinople is better and richer historically than the two rubbish French and British

    • @gabs3597
      @gabs3597 Před 6 měsíci +3

      ​@@frankhungchToday China is at the top and Europe is in a practically irreversible decline

  • @AMG_636
    @AMG_636 Před rokem +11

    The best mapper

  • @mses0012
    @mses0012 Před rokem +53

    I love how this map illustrates not only population but also lots of other details, like the color of the circle always represents the most relevant thing in that era. This map is probably one of the best imo.

  • @EuieieIeieieie-ov2gm
    @EuieieIeieieie-ov2gm Před rokem +1

    Super

  • @qKitti
    @qKitti Před rokem +17

    Your visualizations never fail to impress, amazing job Ollie Bye :)

  • @Veriox22
    @Veriox22 Před rokem +19

    Really appreciate your work, I love how you put each city as a circle that grows and declines depending on population and putting them into categories

  • @paolopinko3078
    @paolopinko3078 Před 4 měsíci

    this number are crazy

  • @user-vj3wd3ti3l
    @user-vj3wd3ti3l Před 5 měsíci +2

    Russia moment author mistaken by putting Veliky Novgorog (Great new city in russian 220 000 peoples) instead Nizhniy Novgorod (Lower new city in russian 1 200 000 peoples)

  • @noahkidd3359
    @noahkidd3359 Před rokem +12

    What an awesome and informative video. Thanks!!

    • @purrroudbeauty
      @purrroudbeauty Před rokem +1

      Indeed, this is a true brain-starter, in particular when you change the perspective.
      Thank you Ollie!

  • @redneckraconteur
    @redneckraconteur Před rokem +6

    I've been watching you for years, and you cintinue getting better every video! Your productions are a quick overveiw that ties together many historical events.

  • @filipkarol2455
    @filipkarol2455 Před rokem

    This tutorial before proper content i amazing idea

  • @mr.purple1779
    @mr.purple1779 Před 4 měsíci +1

    There is no Volga Bulgar on the map. City of Bilyar. The total area of ​ ​ the Bilyarsky settlement, along with fortifications, is 6,202,000 m ². (without fortifications - 4,901,000 m ².).
    Taking into account the posad, the area of ​ ​ the complex is about 8,000,000 m ², which makes it possible to classify it as the largest cities in the medieval world.
    There are various estimates of the number of inhabitants of the settlement, up to 100 thousand people... Monument to the UNESCO civilization of nomads..
    czcams.com/video/IZ1lS2m-o24/video.html
    In the XIII-XIV centuries, Kazan experienced growth, became an important trade and political center within the Golden Horde.

  • @tech_red4277
    @tech_red4277 Před rokem +4

    6:09 The Spanish Miracle

  • @Alu_xander
    @Alu_xander Před 11 měsíci +4

    You forgot adding Nizhny Novgorod with population 1,2m (2023)

  • @josewagnerballseszedong4157
    @josewagnerballseszedong4157 Před 3 měsíci +1

    If anyone wants to learn what Europe is, they have to start with Istanbul and Rome.

  • @scoobyrds
    @scoobyrds Před rokem

    I gasped when the black death came lol

  • @fuwadsmirror5614
    @fuwadsmirror5614 Před 8 měsíci +8

    Love Istanbul and turkey from Bangladesh ❤

  • @sempersper
    @sempersper Před rokem +4

    holy cow thats nice

    • @wrowe_
      @wrowe_ Před rokem

      His manners are immaculate

  • @Brslld
    @Brslld Před rokem

    Sarai on its way to beating venice:
    The black death:

  • @taboretPL
    @taboretPL Před rokem

    3:23 you can see how black death influenced so many countries and their population.

  • @dragonlukasmapping805
    @dragonlukasmapping805 Před rokem +7

    Great work
    3:42 but wasn't in your older video, Prague in 15th century 3th biggest city in europe, with 90 thousands population?

    • @bigozimak
      @bigozimak Před rokem +2

      Yes, this isn't very accurate. In the 9th-10th century OHRID was the centre of Slavic literacy and religion and was one of the largest cities of the time yet it doesn't get a mention.

  • @Sonicboom363
    @Sonicboom363 Před rokem +3

    Amazing work. Your content just keeps getting better and better, and I love it!
    I like the visuals as well. Keep up the great work man!

  • @Flamesiii
    @Flamesiii Před rokem +2

    I dont get it. Where is Agartha, the ancient aryans and hyperborea

  • @bob_0146
    @bob_0146 Před 5 měsíci

    London’s population is 8.9 million as of 2023. 9 million at most.

  • @bryaninvictus9530
    @bryaninvictus9530 Před rokem +3

    Do someone know what happened to Cordoba during the years 1000-1030 ?

    • @bryaninvictus9530
      @bryaninvictus9530 Před rokem +3

      @@alpayakay5454 Crusades in 1000 ? And Cordoba was pretty far from the "frontline"

    • @alpayakay5454
      @alpayakay5454 Před rokem +1

      @@bryaninvictus9530 Reconquista (718-1492), which I know as crusade, for 800 years, Europe had a work to kill in Europe Muslims. Divide and rule policy is used in accordance with the complete Christianization strategy of Europe, they cause a civil war in Cordoba and cause division in an event known as the The Fitna of al-Andalus (1009-1031).

    • @bryaninvictus9530
      @bryaninvictus9530 Před rokem +2

      @@alpayakay5454but the reconquista had not reach Cordoba at all in 1000 AD

    • @acusticamenteconvusional9936
      @acusticamenteconvusional9936 Před rokem +1

      @@alpayakay5454 You obviously don't know what you are talking about

    • @acusticamenteconvusional9936
      @acusticamenteconvusional9936 Před rokem +6

      The fitna of Al-Andalus, basically a civil war that ended the Caliphate of Cordoba and started the kingdoms of Taifas until the Almoravid invasion from North Africa.
      From most of the biggest cities of Al Andalus the governors declared themselves caliphs and Cordoba was sacked at some moments

  • @hadadezer8047
    @hadadezer8047 Před rokem +8

    Oh boy that Black Death population collapse at 3:21, terrifying.

  • @MaxScooterfan
    @MaxScooterfan Před rokem +1

    Constantinople is again in first place. Everything is like 1000 years ago! )))

  • @Faolan03
    @Faolan03 Před rokem +2

    The modern flags in this vid are a pain in the ass for every history nerd.....

  • @youtubedlaccount9331
    @youtubedlaccount9331 Před rokem +50

    St. Petersburg was only called "Leningrad" in 1924, not 1917.

    • @professionaldriver77878
      @professionaldriver77878 Před rokem +43

      Petrograd from 1914 to 1924
      Leningrad from 1924 to 1991 or 1993
      And it reverted to St. Petersburg since then

    • @scarymonster5541
      @scarymonster5541 Před rokem

      Why changing names?

    • @sodinc
      @sodinc Před rokem +14

      @@scarymonster5541 politics, of course

    • @professionaldriver77878
      @professionaldriver77878 Před rokem +27

      @@scarymonster5541 In 1914 it was changed from Sankt Petersburg (meaning Saint Peter's City in German/Dutch) to Petrograd (City of Peter in Russian) because Russia was in war with Germany.
      In 1924, Soviets wanted to deal with everything associated with ,,old ways" so they changed it to Leningrad, in honor of Soviet leader Vladimir Ilich Ulyanov (a.k.a. Lenin)
      [There were plans to rename Moscow to Stalinodar (meaning gift of Stalin), but thank God, that failed, even Stalin himself rejected the proposal.]
      In 1991 or 1993, I'm not sure which year it was, it reverted to it's original name, Sankt Petersburg, or Sankt Peterburg, I'm not exactly sure how Russians spell it nowdays. When USSR and communism fell, there was absolutely no reason to keep Soviet name of the city.

    • @scarymonster5541
      @scarymonster5541 Před rokem +1

      @@professionaldriver77878 oh alright

  • @13nathrezim
    @13nathrezim Před rokem +3

    1.5 thousand-year-old Kyiv was not even marked with a small dot. The capital of the largest medieval state in Europe.

    • @shwabb1
      @shwabb1 Před rokem +1

      It was shown though

  • @baltulielkungsgunarsmiezis9714

    Cyprus is Middle East not Europe tho. Other than that very good video, will have to like.

  • @AhmetYasak
    @AhmetYasak Před rokem +2

    Istanbul

  • @gamerep2585
    @gamerep2585 Před rokem +4

    Very good-looking Video! But i have one question: in the modern era, which City is the one in eastern France/southwestern Germany or northern Switzerland?

    • @TheZestyCar
      @TheZestyCar Před rokem +2

      Could be Strasbourg. Also could be Geneva or Lyon.

    • @plumebrise4801
      @plumebrise4801 Před rokem +6

      @@TheZestyCar It's Zurich .

    • @gamerep2585
      @gamerep2585 Před rokem +2

      ​@@TheZestyCar it cant be Geneva. Geneva is a bit more south. From what it looks like, i would assume that it is Bern, Basel, Freiburg, Zürich or Strasbourg. Zürich seems the most likely, but than i dont know why Stuttgart (which has more inhabitans than Zürich) is not shown.

    • @lynxcato3327
      @lynxcato3327 Před rokem +1

      It's Strasbourg (France).

  • @atruv2089
    @atruv2089 Před rokem +8

    Oh, that black death hit hard

  • @raembes
    @raembes Před rokem +1

    3:23 Black Plague enters the Chat

  • @gabs3597
    @gabs3597 Před 6 měsíci

    Edirne was more populated 500 years ago than it is now, what happened?

    • @geomapper
      @geomapper Před 6 měsíci

      Османская империя пала)

    • @ismailakkoyun856
      @ismailakkoyun856 Před 5 měsíci +1

      İt was otoman empire's capital before conquest of istanbul so after we took control of istanbul we made it our capital so edirne lost its importance

  • @Moiaija
    @Moiaija Před rokem +3

    This was an interesting video. Loved it!

  • @beniu1305
    @beniu1305 Před rokem +2

    Just realized Ollie came back after 4 months

    • @OllieBye
      @OllieBye  Před rokem +5

      Yeah, I spent a lot of that time working on the yet-to-be-released HRE video. This video was more of a side-project.

    • @beniu1305
      @beniu1305 Před rokem +2

      @@OllieBye hope the HRE project goes well, and have a nice day

  • @Eigilhedemann
    @Eigilhedemann Před rokem

    03:22 plauge go hard

  • @camponotusinflatus9920
    @camponotusinflatus9920 Před rokem +3

    Modern nation flags in older periods, are the stupidest failure an experienced maper could make.👎👎👎

    • @user-uj2tk2tv3z
      @user-uj2tk2tv3z Před rokem +1

      Nope

    • @ramirosotto
      @ramirosotto Před rokem +1

      Give the guy a break. Look at all the work here. Adding the accurate flag for each moment would be a pain in the a**

    • @camponotusinflatus9920
      @camponotusinflatus9920 Před rokem +2

      @@ramirosotto Population data is harder to collect.

    • @a.d.t.mapping8792
      @a.d.t.mapping8792 Před rokem +1

      ​@@camponotusinflatus9920atleast its not impossible, unlike historical flags because they literally dont exist for half the video

  • @biscolataman
    @biscolataman Před rokem +35

    The Battle of Manzikert paved way for the Turkification of Anatolia which laid the seeds of the Ottoman empire which conquered Constantinople ending Rome and triggering the Age of Discovery which shaped much of the modern world,... A battle can only be this impactful

    • @GreenArt4
      @GreenArt4 Před rokem +7

      Manzikert itself didn't cause that. If the Byzantines didn't have civil wars every 2 weeks then the Komenians would've restored the empire's rule.

    • @Letnistonwandif
      @Letnistonwandif Před rokem +2

      The Crusaders conquered byzantiniun before t*rks.

    • @adnan_honest_jihadist5775
      @adnan_honest_jihadist5775 Před rokem

      @@Letnistonwandif why dont you like turks

    • @berkantelgin
      @berkantelgin Před rokem +2

      We will come once again wait and see and this time the Balkans will also want us to come again. Just as their ancestors wanted our ancestors to come instead of the Cardinals...

    • @selimgehayev8766
      @selimgehayev8766 Před rokem +2

      @@berkantelgin cringe

  • @asokov857
    @asokov857 Před rokem +1

    the post.. the post is real!

  • @felixmiles4909
    @felixmiles4909 Před rokem

    Europe as a Petri dish used by microbiologists.

  • @sano2734
    @sano2734 Před rokem +6

    4:53 Lwów should be catholic not orthodox

  • @Perebynis
    @Perebynis Před rokem +43

    So Istanbul has grown by almost 6 million residents in just twenty years? That´s crazy. And highly problematic, I´m sure. For example if another earthquake strikes. Don´t want to think about it.

    • @yasonra
      @yasonra Před rokem +10

      you are so right 😢

    • @alioshax7797
      @alioshax7797 Před rokem +1

      Combo high demographic growth + very strong rural exode

    • @oguzhanduvar
      @oguzhanduvar Před rokem +1

      If there is an earthquake and there will be, be sure there will be no more Türkiye for long years due to earthquake bringing a lot of economical issues. İstanbul is the heart of Türkiye. I am not even talking about people dying not because I don't care because I don't even wanna think about how many deaths there will be...

    • @adapazarli54
      @adapazarli54 Před rokem

      And not only "if" Experts says that there will be a big earthquake in Istanbul in the next 10 years for sure. We are just waiting for the doom day.

    • @bolumuz
      @bolumuz Před 11 měsíci +1

      Türkiye is in the world's second most active earthquake belt. Turkey's largest fault line passes through Istanbul. In 1999, a 7.4 magnitude earthquake occurred in the city of Izmit, only 50-100 km away from Istanbul. Three months after this earthquake, another 7.2 magnitude earthquake occurred in the city of Düzce, 300 km away from Istanbul. In these earthquakes, which took place 3 months apart, there were not many problems in the buildings in Istanbul. There was great destruction in the cities of Izmit, Adapazarı and Düzce. I experienced these 2 great earthquakes in the city of Bolu. Since I live in the village, our house was not damaged. But I felt the earthquake very strongly.
      The population of Istanbul is now more than 16 million. There are approximately 1.2 million buildings and around 5 million flats (independent sections). 300 thousand of 5 million independent sections are very risky structures. It is planned to build new independent sections instead of 300 thousand independent sections within 5 years.
      While Turkey was waiting for a big earthquake in Istanbul for years, the biggest earthquake happened in another region. On the same day, there were 2 earthquakes of 7.8 and 7.7 in a row. I think there has never been an earthquake of this magnitude in succession in the world. More than 50,000 people died. There was great destruction in 5 big cities with a population of more than 500 thousand. The population affected by this earthquake is as much as the total population of the city of Istanbul.
      In a possible earthquake in Istanbul, similar results may occur as in the Maraş-centered earthquakes in 2023. Tens of thousands of people may lose their lives in an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.5 and above.
      The reason for the high number of deaths in earthquakes in Turkey is the high number of buildings before 2000. Most of the buildings before 2000 are not resistant to severe earthquakes above 7. The quality of the buildings is insufficient.
      After 2000, earthquake regulations related to buildings were issued 3 times. Most of the buildings that are built properly with the current regulation can withstand an 8-magnitude earthquake.
      In the two major earthquakes in 2023, none of the approximately 300 thousand buildings built under the leadership of the state's Mass Housing Administration (TOKİ) institution, according to the new regulations, were destroyed or even damaged. More than 95% of the buildings destroyed in these earthquakes were buildings built before 2000. Unfortunately, 5% of it was destroyed due to human error and material problems. Those responsible for the buildings were arrested.
      Especially for the last 10 years, Turkey has been trying to make very large earthquake regulations and neighborhood-based urban transformation. However, some people in the neighborhoods and some non-governmental organizations opposed this urban transformation, that is, the demolition of old buildings and the construction of new ones, either financially or for political and other reasons. After this last earthquake, it became clear that the first priority of people is not money, but human life. The state decided to provide 50% contribution to those who want to replace their old buildings with new ones. That also had an effect. The demand for urban transformation is very high.
      Within a year, approximately 300 thousand new buildings will be built in the cities where the earthquake took place. 3-4 months after the earthquake, some buildings were built and started to be delivered.
      In 5 years, approximately 300 thousand old buildings in Istanbul will be renewed with urban transformation.
      If there is no earthquake in Istanbul in 5-10 years, most of the buildings in Istanbul will become resistant to an earthquake of magnitude 8 in accordance with the new regulations.
      I

  • @hufturbul9083
    @hufturbul9083 Před rokem +1

    Everyone gangsta until he makes an Asian version

  • @francocejas7529
    @francocejas7529 Před 8 měsíci

    Constantinopla osea Istambul no se bajaba del top 6 hasta casi el 1900, 1600 añoa siendo una de las 6 ciudades europeas mas pobladas... i.presionante

  • @Jaga_Imba
    @Jaga_Imba Před rokem +14

    Surprisingly, in Christian Europe, Muslim cities were in the lead so many times.

    • @fyyfnyyn
      @fyyfnyyn Před rokem +2

      so...Muslim Europe?

    • @Pawn2e4
      @Pawn2e4 Před rokem +1

      Same is true in the modern era, looking at the state of London and Paris...

    • @MW_Asura
      @MW_Asura Před rokem +2

      Only Constantinople

    • @MW_Asura
      @MW_Asura Před rokem

      @@Pawn2e4 Oh no, a few million immigrants in a country with tens of millions. Whatever are the French and Brits gonna do...

    • @Jaga_Imba
      @Jaga_Imba Před rokem +1

      ​@@MW_Asura No, more Cordova

  • @deklanmadhen3091
    @deklanmadhen3091 Před rokem +28

    The size of Naples was a shock for me

    • @PinoSancris.
      @PinoSancris. Před rokem +10

      The most underrated city ever

    • @marcomontella7785
      @marcomontella7785 Před 5 měsíci +1

      Even in Italy people don't realize how big Naples has been for centuries...

    • @marcomontella7785
      @marcomontella7785 Před 5 měsíci +1

      And it has been also the biggest city of the Spanish empire

  • @noahkidd3359
    @noahkidd3359 Před rokem +1

    Oooohh hell yes!

  • @maskaras1228
    @maskaras1228 Před 11 měsíci +1

    I live near knossos palace

  • @JY-pl2nc
    @JY-pl2nc Před 10 měsíci +3

    Respect to Constantinople/Istanbul

  • @excho
    @excho Před rokem +16

    4:12 as a Lithuanian, I was not aware Vilnius was ever majority protestant. Could you perhaps share your sources? I'm intrigued.

    • @compatriot852
      @compatriot852 Před rokem +2

      Yeah, I know the city has a notable jewish population. Not sure about Protestant though

    • @sodinc
      @sodinc Před rokem +9

      I don`t think he displayed a majority religion here, just the official religion of the government or something like that. Constantinople was mostly greek and orthodox for a significant amount of time after conquest for example

    • @forgottenmusic1
      @forgottenmusic1 Před rokem +12

      There are more issues, like in 17th century, Riga (not marked) was bigger than Stockholm (marked), or Novgorod shown as one of the largest cities in the USSR (perhaps, messed with Gorkiy/Nizni Novgorod). So, I wouldn't take that as granted...

    • @slimebeingslimey8266
      @slimebeingslimey8266 Před rokem

      ​@@compatriot852 cry catholic

    • @dsss5945
      @dsss5945 Před rokem

      Вільня❤

  • @jaif7327
    @jaif7327 Před 9 měsíci

    how is granada not shown here? it was a massive city due to refugees from other parts of iberia

    • @OllieBye
      @OllieBye  Před 9 měsíci +2

      That issue is discussed in the research notes, which can be found in the description.

  • @jaexiusnem1267
    @jaexiusnem1267 Před měsícem

    Go on Manchester and Birmingham!!! Aw shit. Even London went down to 4th.

  • @SnapplyPie
    @SnapplyPie Před rokem +21

    I never realized how big Edirne became under the Ottomans!

    • @professionaldriver77878
      @professionaldriver77878 Před rokem +5

      It was their capital before conquest of Constantinopole

    • @SnapplyPie
      @SnapplyPie Před rokem +4

      @@professionaldriver77878 I knew that, but I always assumed it was smaller.

    • @legendaryboxer9769
      @legendaryboxer9769 Před rokem

      As a Turkish I still think Edirne is a very impressive city. It has good cultural&historical aura.

    • @professionaldriver77878
      @professionaldriver77878 Před rokem

      @@legendaryboxer9769 Indeed, Adrianopole is beautiful city.

    • @SnapplyPie
      @SnapplyPie Před rokem +1

      @@legendaryboxer9769 Selimiye Camii is breathtaking, along with the rest of the city!

  • @nenenindonu
    @nenenindonu Před rokem +8

    3:45 Mehmed the Conqueror has joined the chat

  • @aarengraves9962
    @aarengraves9962 Před 10 měsíci +1

    I like the fact that you separated Location with Culture (Color).

  • @kenanhasan9784
    @kenanhasan9784 Před rokem +1

    Great work 👍👍👍

  • @panoskrs968
    @panoskrs968 Před rokem +6

    It seams so strange to see Constantinople with a Turkish flag

    • @asdfghdhkdfkkffn3167
      @asdfghdhkdfkkffn3167 Před rokem +1

      Even after 600 years omg what they teaching you guys very well propoganda

    • @deanticocombar7529
      @deanticocombar7529 Před rokem

      So it is also strange to see Cordoba in Spainish flag before 1240 AD

  • @GreenArt4
    @GreenArt4 Před rokem +16

    Great work on the video, but in my opinion putting modern states instead of the contemporary ones is a bit weird.

    • @ValeriusMagni
      @ValeriusMagni Před rokem +2

      ?

    • @StetoGuy
      @StetoGuy Před rokem +12

      Yeah I agree, historical flags would be much more useful in providing historical context. For instance its a bit confusing when you see that Cordoba is the largest city when its got the Spanish flag to it, rather it would be more clear it being shown under the caliphate.

    • @bigozimak
      @bigozimak Před rokem +1

      I agree, it's simply not historically accurate.

  • @user-bf1yq6oj8z
    @user-bf1yq6oj8z Před rokem

    Music is difficult to support

  • @vollerernst6365
    @vollerernst6365 Před rokem

    03:22 Big oof when black death kicks in...

  • @peterthesneakybastar
    @peterthesneakybastar Před rokem +16

    Turkish nationalists in the comments incoming!

    • @Gorboduc
      @Gorboduc Před rokem +3

      Yeah I noticed a bit of a theme lol.

    • @Letnistonwandif
      @Letnistonwandif Před rokem

      Yeah I noticed it too. They are annoying as fk. They have been ruled by Chinese/mongols/Slavs/iranics during 2000 years and they cope with that.

    • @adnan_honest_jihadist5775
      @adnan_honest_jihadist5775 Před rokem

      wdym nationalist?

    • @user-uj2tk2tv3z
      @user-uj2tk2tv3z Před rokem +1

      They have nothing to be proud of except for spreading their own Turkic bs theory lol

  • @biscolataman
    @biscolataman Před rokem +43

    Turks indeed had a decisive role in triggering historical major events like the Migration Period, Crusades, shaping the history of Balkans, Islamization of Northern India, Age of Discovery as well as ending the Middle Ages with the conquest of Constantinople, fall of the Roman Empire.

    • @vagabond57097
      @vagabond57097 Před rokem +6

      Essentially the whole reason the Europeans discovered the new world and began colonizing was because of the Ottomans taxing everything that comes through Asia. The Ottomans had a direct impact on pretty much the most important events in recent history

    • @stsk1061
      @stsk1061 Před rokem +9

      @@vagabond57097 It's not due to Ottomans, but due to Venice. Venice was the major center for trade from the east and Portugal was looking for another route.

    • @kamakiller1145
      @kamakiller1145 Před rokem +3

      ​@@stsk1061 the Ottomans made deals with the venetians

    • @vagabond57097
      @vagabond57097 Před rokem +5

      @@stsk1061 No it was mainly the Ottomans taxing everything coming through the Silk Road from Asia. Constantinople was the most important city to control if you wanted to tax Europe and get rich basically. The Europeans (Portuguese) found a way to cut out the middlemen, the Ottomans, and establish trade routes themselves by sailing around Africa which kicked off the age of discovery by Europeans sailing further west

    • @stsk1061
      @stsk1061 Před rokem +6

      @@vagabond57097 The Portuguese had already started sailing to West Africa before the Ottomans took Constantinople.

  • @janmantsch6675
    @janmantsch6675 Před rokem

    1ce Rome just won the custody case against greece

  • @teshmario
    @teshmario Před 3 měsíci

    Growth: Kyiv, Odessa
    Decline: Kharkiv

  • @victortisme
    @victortisme Před rokem +4

    Is the history of the HRE still a project?

  • @edwardendo2155
    @edwardendo2155 Před rokem +4

    In 1993 Ukraine had 5 cities with population over 1m - kiyv, harkiv, donetsk, dnepropetrovsk, odessa. In your map it's only 3. So how can I trust about all the other information?

  • @elvastan
    @elvastan Před rokem +1

    What the fuck happened to Istanbul in the 1970's to the 1990's

    • @bowser3017
      @bowser3017 Před měsícem

      demographic transition and migration

  • @omerteoman
    @omerteoman Před 5 měsíci

    Something happened in Istanbul after the 70s 😂

  • @Padredre
    @Padredre Před rokem +5

    There are some mistakes with aglomerations. In last list(2023) population of some cities with aglomeration and some without. 11,2m of Paris is with aglomeration, without is less then 3m. 12,6 - is Moscow without aglomeration, with aglomeration is 17,3m. Same thing with Saint Petersburg. Moscow for now larger in population than Istanbul.

    • @brixtonfc
      @brixtonfc Před rokem +1

      U r wrong. Istanbul is larger Moscow.

    • @Iv4Bez
      @Iv4Bez Před 8 měsíci +1

      @@brixtonfc he was talking about agglomeration.

  • @dopamine-boost
    @dopamine-boost Před rokem +25

    Europe has to be the most interesting continent out there. Small yet rich with history.

    • @mahfuzannan8270
      @mahfuzannan8270 Před rokem +26

      Nah, just overrated by the western people who are ignorant about Eastern history. Asian history is even more fascinating. The most interesting part of European history only came after Renaissance. And some part of Greek and Roman history probably. Pre modern India & China have more rich history than than pre modern Europe. Just the world is so eurocentric that they overglorify it.

    • @dopamine-boost
      @dopamine-boost Před rokem +23

      @@mahfuzannan8270 It is a matter of opinion.

    • @MW_Asura
      @MW_Asura Před rokem +24

      @@mahfuzannan8270 Europe is the most interesting continent and has the best history for me. And yes, I'm biased because I'm European, just like you're biased towards Asia because you're Asian. Ancient and Medieval European history are one of the best parts of European history

    • @mahfuzannan8270
      @mahfuzannan8270 Před rokem +11

      @@MW_Asura there is nothing "best" in history. You can't say this region has better history than that region. History is just "collection of stories and events." Yes, interest is a subjective thing. But when you say it's "best" it just shows that your perspective on history is just wrong. History can be "rich" not "best." Someone who says that Europe's history is richer than the Middle East, India and China (ignoring other regions of Asia) combined is either delusional or outright ignorant.

    • @professionaldriver77878
      @professionaldriver77878 Před rokem +2

      ​@@mahfuzannan8270World is eurocentric. Deal with it.

  • @Poseidon_43
    @Poseidon_43 Před rokem +1

    The population drop of Berlin in 1945 was scary

  • @masoud4783
    @masoud4783 Před rokem

    Interesting video.

  • @Yora21
    @Yora21 Před rokem +10

    Interesting to see Hamburg appear so much later than Bremen and Lübeck, but then quickly completely dwarfing the other two.

  • @plc20100
    @plc20100 Před rokem +4

    90 % of comments come from Turks hating on everybody ! Still they ask for help !

    • @cazwalt9013
      @cazwalt9013 Před rokem

      They either have superiority complex or inferiorety complex which just shows how insecure they are. One commentator just wrote that istanbul has more population than Greece for no reason which just shows their obsession

  • @aurorapazviruet4289
    @aurorapazviruet4289 Před rokem

    Uf, 1348 and the Black Plague...

  • @jaif7327
    @jaif7327 Před 9 měsíci

    buen video hermano