What was Byzantine Constantinople like? | Byzantine Empire, Hagia Sophia, Constantinople History
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This is part of a larger video that should be out soon. The next in this series - czcams.com/play/PLBEKXGSEj3wzG38rsKeoRUptOwycPiqQG.html
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Mongolian here. Had the pleasure of going to good old Constantinople 5 times. Imagine my surprise when I saw that there was a church called "the Church of St. Mary of the Mongols". Nice little place in a beautiful, chill neighborhood.
bro im a fan of culture... being the beasts to tame the monsters
@@doorller358 No they weren't. The Turks were called Turks. The Turko-Mongol Timurids were called Mughals due to the Mongolian heritage of the ruling dynasty but the Turks as a whole were not.
At the risk of pissing off some Greeks. It's Istanbul. You can't go back... to constantinople. No.... No you cant, you can't go back to Constantinople. Now it's Istanbul and it's NOBODIES business but the Turks. Remember this well. There's a study guide put to music if you need it.
@@myrddinemrys1332 But they never called themselves as Mughals
@@papazataklaattiranimam They called themselves the Gurkani/Gurkaniya, the Sons-in-Law. Referring to their descent from Genghis Khan.
This really puts into perspective the damage the Crusader’s sack of the city. Constantinople truly was a shell of itself after that.
Team Latin ftw
@@theletterw3875 🤓
The Roman Empire ended 1204
Then the Ottomans just served the final death blow to this corpse of an empire
Fake news. There is no proof that happened besides some writings that are unverifiable.
I like how you show these ancient cities at the tail end of their power rather than at the height. It really gives it a much more nuanced perspective hearing about how they recover from such devastating catastrophes
Or in the case of London the beginning of their power.
Can I just say I love all your videos, but "day in the life" videos such as these are my absolute favourites.
appreciate the effort for this style of video. Definitely a step-up from your older travel videos when you traveled from east to west.
You should do a part 2 during Constantinople mid years.
in it's prime times
it's here now
This video is nothing short of awe inspiring! Thanks a lot for all the work you put into it, I really dig the style
So great thanks!
Love these videos, so happy you made a new one.
Excellent work *Jabzy* =)
Yes! Please keep making these.
Absolutely love this stuff
YESSSS
Jabzy, please make more of this content, we love it! Maybe something like Ming china would be cool if you did this to it!
These videos are always so interesting.
Great video.
4th crusade was such a disaster. The empire could have lasted so much longer
Lol nah
Lol the empire was already well in decline without the sack or not
@@noobsaibot7006still would have lasted Komnene could have taken back the throne
This is gonna be great!
Great video
I love this style of video
Lovin the art style
In my opinion your videos like this are your best work, same with the tudor england video. Please do more like this they are awesome.
bro this is incredible
Loving the battle graphics, great work guys ❣❣💕💕
Love these videos
Thanks!
Love these pixel tour videos.
Your videos are awesome. Not only do you have a great script with your storytelling ability. But the animation is terrific! Always look forward to you new videos
This video is AWESOME! I love the pixel art graphics and I love your character as a genie. Super well done! Love this. Please more like this
Very big fan I really appreciate your content it helps me out a lot
Amazing
Really like the style of video. Keep it up!
6:16 The Basilica System after years of restoration reopened just two weeks ago and it doesn't have one but two Medusa heads both of whom are brilliant examples of Roman era architecture, garnering a lot of attention.
Aftermath of being sacked in the fourth Crusade tho 😩
I wanted to do sooner, but there's literally no sources on salaries and the likes.
Love the pixel art, super cool
Gonna give this a view and like early since youtube doesn't seem to like these ones in the algorithm
Same here!!
I really like this new animation style , pixel style , Amazing video, you should do tour of Athen in this animation style too
Easily one of the most underrated channels! Legit has thousands of videos and not enough subs!
Kickass. Really dig it, would love a similar video of the city through the ages. Either way, you have gained an avid subscriber.
This new art style is great.
Congrats on 200k it seems so short when i first saw your videos a few yeara ago about the iran iraq war
I really like these types of videos please do more maybe ancient China next
I really love the animation..
damn someone got a new artist. holy shit. nice!
1-i love the authentic jabzy gestures.
2-how are you mostly British as a finlandr?
3-ive been to almost all the places you listed and the cistern is actually the most awesome by far
It's finlander not finlandr
And I'm British
@@JabzyJoe r u Irish?
What was your reply to me because it was deleted
Im going there next month!
keep the survival guides! they are the best !!!
Dropping a comment for the algorithm
Cool!
CKIII needs a focus on institutions like this, namely things like poor houses where people may be trained up into roles, and other buildings that add benefits for the holder/realm
You should do a video on a list of what you think wars that could be considered world wars. This could include the Islamic conquests, Mongol conquests, 7 years war and napoleonic wars
You need to make a game with this seriously
Man did you do the city yourself? Love the artstyle, how did you do it?
Absolute fire but wish you could extend it a little like the Rome essay (economics and currency)
That's coming out very soon
I live in what was known as Constantinople and what is today ''Fatih municipality'' in Istanbul. I live right next to the Theodosian walls, these walls and many Roman era artifacts are true masterpieces.
Amazing video showing the authentic Constantinople before it was destroyed by the Ottomans, however after it was already destroyed by the backstabbing Crusaders!
As a Greek this was weirdly emotional
You should do one during the komnenian restoration before the 4th crusade
I wanted to. But when making the larger vid, I include salaries, expenses etc. There are no resources really for anything between like the late roman empire and this period. Little bits and bobs, but not enough to paint a complete picture.
@@JabzyJoe wow I didn’t imagine I’d get a response much less one from you. I believe I’d be fine without knowing the salaries and expenses of things within the city and it would be more of a tour guide type of video, but now thinking about it now that would probably be a slightly redundant video as you’ve already explained many of the landmarks that used to be in the city in this video.
These "day in the life" series where you walk through the avatar across the streets are the best
I really wish this was a series of video games we could play now
Pls make video about persian empire :)
dude the old school rpg animation is just sooo great
How's about one for Cleopatra's Alexandria or Louis XIV's Paris, please?
Very fascinating video, thanks for putting it together! It's always fun to get a glimpse of what life could have been like in these places. It's easy to see why this city was so highly regarded. Constantinople was an absolute wonder. Istanbul still is, of course, but in its heyday it was leagues ahead of the vast majority of the world.
also why u do constantinople dirty, crusaders >=((((
Jabsy the game when? ;)
I love that you show how Constantinople was highly culturally diverse, with a flood of influences from the east. One correction I have to state is that the ships would have triangular Lateen sails and not the rectangular sails of ancient Rome.
Just like how the Northmen that settled in Normandy had a complete cultural evolution from viking Norse men, infantry using longboats ,round shields to form shield wall formations and secaking monnastaries to Norman Knights on horseback wielding kite shields that went on crusade for Chritendom , so to did the Eastren Roman Empire Evolve into the Byzantine Empire.
The Early Roman Empire had a distinct culture , Helinistic architecture ,tunic wearing nobility, legionaries fitted with Lorica segmentata, a Gladius and a scutum. At the split of the Empire into west and east, the separate governing bodies went about doing so in differing manners. The west still relying on the regular legionaries but faltering, thus using more and more mercenaries and adopting their shields, swords and armour such as Gothic armour and such at the end of the day the western Empire fell and this severely expedited the evolution of Eastern Rome into Byzantium.
With all connection to Rome in the west lost, the Eastern Empire utilized more and more soldiers from the region in their Empire. Soldiers from Greece, Anatolia, the Levant, some western parts of Mesopotamia and all across North Africa.
Thus their building material, their architecture and even their army was vastly different from the West because they adopted the effective practices and cultures of the people whom were subject to the Empire.
Thus the Eastern Roman army evolved into the Byzantine Army using lamellar armour coats of scale mail , cuirasses, casques and greaves of steel adopted from Persia.
Ther shields evolved from oval auxiliary shields to enlarged round shields and then it evolved further into kyte shields that were highly effective on foot as well as horseback.
Similarly their Swords evolved from the Gladius, to the Spatha and when they encountered the effectiveness of the shamshir of the Persians and kilij of other ME armies, they adopted this eloquent design into their swords thus the spatha gave way to the curved Paramerion sword.
You can see this clear evolution in their navy as well, the rectangular sailed Greco-Roman triremes were replaced by galleys , these galleys were revolutionized by the Byzantine invention of the Lateen sail.
A triangular sail set on a long yard mounted at an angle on the mast, and running in a fore-and-aft direction. This being the sail that most people to this day see as Middeleastern sails. These sails were so revolutionary and effective because it allows a boat to tack "against the wind".
The Byzantine Empire consisting of the ME and North Africa caused this knowledge to be adopted by the Arabs and other ME + African kingdoms such as the Swahili. This sail was also later adopted by the Portuguese as seen on their Caravelles, this enabled the commencement of the age of discovery.
The Byzantines were ‘’Roman’’ in name alone, the one part of the Roman empire that the Byzantines retained were their brilliant administrative qualities and their professional army organization and logistics.
Thinking of the Byzantines as ‘’Romans’’ is like calling the armies of Richard the Lionhearted ‘’Norsemen’’.
The Byzantines were ‘’Roman’’ in name alone , just like how the Germanic kings called themselves Rome as well as the Rus, whom would later also refer to themselves as the rightful successors to Rome. Culturally, all of these Empires were vastly different to the culture of the Old Roman Empire.
Thank you for this nice read
Roman till 1453
Someone needs to create Constantinople Simulator This looks so cool
Byzantine? Weird way of saying Roman but alright
The Byzantine Empire was distinct and different to what historians call the Roman Empire.
It was a Greek-centered, Christian empire, with its capital in Constantinople, not Rome.
@@johngurlides9157 Uhm, the Empire was still called Rome/ Imperium Romanum. It citizens were called Romans. The "Byzantine" name is a modern one for sure.
@@johngurlides9157 Bruh, everything that you wrote is just Greek national selling points that were begun by the Vatican about 1300 years ago in order to deny that the Roman Empire and its culture survived after 476 AD. Literally nothing that you wrote was historically truthful. Constantinople was always considered Rome by the Romans because the Roman government was headquartered there indefinitely since 323 AD. As the old saying goes, wherever the Roman emperor exists is where Rome stands also. Since Constantinople was the residence of the Roman emperors, the literal copy of Rome itself in the East, Constantinople was Rome. The official name of the city was not actually Constantine's City, it was New Rome. It's totally normal also Greek culture was important to the empire.
For the Roman Empire always was always centered on Greek culture since its very beginning. So, what exactly is the difference between the Greek-speaking Roman Empire of Augustus Caesar in 27 BC versus the Greek-speaking Roman Empire of Basil II in the 10th century AD? Not much, a Julius Caesar could have a normal converstation in Greek with Basil II about the latest developments of the Roman world. Latin and Greek were the languages of the Roman state. Greek culture was also very important to the Romans, but at the end of the day the Romans were in charge and made big alterations to Greek culture. The Romans saw themselves as protectors and managers of the Greek world. The end of Olympian religion and Greek entertainment was the decision of the Roman Christian masters who governed the Greek cultural parts, after all.
After the establishment of Constantinople, or New Rome, in 323 AD, the Roman Empire does start leaning towards a Christian character. On that, I do agree with you.
Overall, no two centuries of Roman history are ever culturally equivalent to one another. Diocletian's Tetrarchy would have seemed so odd to Scipio Africanus or Cicero. Augustus Caesar and Tiberius would have found Constantinople to be a weird twist in Roman history. All of this was Roman history, the continuation of the Roman Empire and by no means do Greeks get to solely claim ownership over this period of Roman history.
@@atomicpower8227 The difference between the late Roman empire is that the romans are not italian romans anymore but Greek romans. As Italy wasnt even a part of the Roman empire anymore. Also it gets more clear when you look at the ethnonym for the Hellenic peoples, which was literally "romans" from the medieval age on. My greek great grandfather for sure considered himself roman. We are the greeks, the last romans
Is the animation style inspired by a video game? If so wich one?
Better than current Istanbul for one obvious reason because of who occupies it now.......
Cars and Traffic Jams....
Is that makes New York and Beijing awful cities? 😂
@@OguzhanCirit_ YES
@@rt_huxley9205 ok mr. Europen style lover everybody have diffrent tastes so leave it to be to "occupiers"
@@OguzhanCirit_ By all means! Enjoy angry people honking at you! Also, you should know that Istanbul has Greek and Roman influences in architecture. So you can never get rid of us! 😁
@@rt_huxley9205 I am asking you a very honest question I dont know where you live in but you think your people are more Civilized and Good sided than ours? Answer would be No because nowadays everybody is same.
About Roman architecture there should be Roman influnce in İstanbul cause were not here till 1453 But you can see our influnce in Iran Eastern Anatolia and Central Asia.
I think i got that kind of life down, stay up straight for five days get all my sleep on the sixth and on the seventh I awaken!!!
why did you choose to do this virtual tour of Constantinople in a period where the city was so run down?
Please provide link for the game?
Can you one during its ottoman era? alot of people did make videos of constantinople during byzantium but why not one during the ottomans? Especially during their prime
Probably because Constantinople was more prosperous than the ottoman version and more relatable to Europeans as most of the knowledge from Byzantine Constantinople went to into European countries and developed them
History of Constantinopole ends in 1453, ottomans shoud't be associated with Eastern Rome, because it just wasn't same city after they took over, they kicked out and killed most of original citizens and settled turks, converted all major churces into mosques, ruined greco roman and ortodox character of the city, so if you are not muslim, ottoman(and modernd turkish) era is dark age for constantinople and there is nothing to glorify there
@@filipninkovic9058 Ottomans actually making Constantinople their capital again actually did bring the city back to health. Something which Eurotards and Christian fanatic cant admit.
Without the Ottomans, Constantinople would have withered away like Baghdad.
@@filipninkovic9058most normal Orthodox Comment lol
Peoples pray god for Muslims to rule themself Catholics ruined and pillaged whole city While after Ottomans took the city they make a Global Center of Europe and Asia and Becomes most devoloped city in World for 3 centuries
Jabzy should just make a game where people can just do all this in a computer game lol
I would rather visit before 1204 thank you
What game is this
The thing about the hot iron rod is If the wound geht's infected or not. Bassicaly its a medieval version of russian Roulette 😆
Οἱ ἄνθρωποι τῆς τῶν Ῥωμαῖων Πολιτείας (Roman Republic) ἐκάλουν τὸ κράτος αὐτῶν Ῥωμαῖων Ἀρχῆ ἢ καὶ Βασιλεία τῶν Ῥωμαῖων (Roman Empire). Ἐν τῇ καθομιλουμὲνῃ λαλίᾳ ἐκαλέσθη καὶ Ῥωμανία (τοῦτ' ἐστιν, Γῆ τῶν Ῥωμαῖων). Οὐδέποτε ὑπήρχε τί κράτος ἐν τῇ ἱστορίᾳ ἣ ἐλέγετο Βυζαντινὴ Αὐτορκατορία. Ταῦτα καὶ ἄλλα πολλᾶ γερμανοφραγκικὴ προπαγάνδα τοῦ Καρλομάγνου φαίνονται εἶναι. Ὡς πρὸς τοὺς ἑαυτούς, ἀπεκάλουν ἑαυτούς Ῥωμαῖους (Romans).
How the fuck does this only get 25k
You should do a video on the top 20 mass muderers by total deaths and also percentage of country and world population . Many people lie about the numbers and its hard to get a good picture
This request triggers my American exceptionalism
I'm a little bit perplexed of why Jabzy specifically chose an in media res opening to discuss Constantinople during the Byzantine Empire but specifically only after the Crusaders sacked it? It's a bit disorienting.
Your MS paint of actual photos is much better then 2D
4:02 the Byzantine educational system was the *paideia* a firmly Hellenistic institution.
The Roman educational system was namely Greek paideia. It became something like a mainstay for all ancient peoples. People from as far away as India or Nubia would travel to the Roman Empire so that they could be taught in this manner. The popularity of Greek education should not be taken to mean that the Roman Empire was a Greek state. As a matter of fact, many western states have modeled their educational system on ancient Greece. Does not mean that they are Greek.
@@atomicpower8227 True, but it would also be good to recognize that not only was the educational system employed, Byzantium took this to a new level by moving every central Roman thought and institution to a Greek or Hellenistic one or interpretation thereof.
Here's a quick description: Crushing taxes and no security....unless you are rich.
Turk:
"Why is Hagia Sophia ☪ and not ✝?"
Balkans: *dies*
Lol
pls make a rome total war pixel game on mobile
What country/area do you think has had the worst history and i mean constant suffering for 200 years or more. All I think is haiti or the drc
Liberia
Sierra Leone
Balkans
Most places that were once colonies of a European power
@@ethanking9003 LOL. What is that suppossed to mean?
The reason why Byzantium was a very civilized nation the fact that it has laws that allow citizen to defend themselves. But aside from no religious freedom. I think Byzantium is relevant empire.
like a 8 bit edit
The real title:
"What was Byzantine Constantinople like, after the Latin invaded ?"
Constantinople was one of the most beautiful cities to ever exist.
what do you mean was? it's still there
is*
Its still here
Istanbul is on its place
While Constantinople was a beautiful city it can never truly compare to the city of wonder and beauty, Detroit.
I wonder what Constantinople looks like dring the byzantines dring the 800s
Or 600s
I like this format but it this is slightly stepping on Maiorianus's toes, he's doing several of these late roman tours and has a smaller channel than Jabzy.
Yes but this doesn’t wank off to paganism like Majoran does and actually appreciates the Byzantine part of Constantinople
A wild bull made it into the Hagia Sophia? Holy cow.
the loss of constantinople would be like the west using London, Paris, Berlin, Madrid, or Moscow nowadays.
I think Constantinople was much more important than any of those singular cities..
SO, if Christianity was together as a fist,
they would had conquered the world and even further,
no mongol/turkish neaderthals, no arabs, no Putin or Boris or Napoleon, nothing , and then the Stars...
(warhammer 40.000 vibrations....)
Ah for you Europe is most civilized land in World right? What a shame for yiy😮
@@OguzhanCirit_ there was a time in some places in middle east that muslims were more civilized that North Europe Barbarians that believed in witches, and fought each other. But here we are talking of the Roman Empire, the keepers of ancient Greek knowledge, the same knowledge that the Arabs took but did not expand on it, that is why Europeans supassed them.
The Physician book shows the golden age of the muslims in certain places.
Greek Constantinople>> Turkish Constantinople
8:45 - 8:57 Now it's IstanNYAAN~ not CATstantinople! :)
It was Roman, not Byzantine.