Malta - History, Geography, Economy and Culture
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- 🇲🇹 Malta - the island fortress at the heart of the Mediterranean. It has witnessed occupation by so many of history's great empires. And yet today it stands, finally as an independent nation in the modern world. In this history and geography documentary I take a close look at the events in Malta's past that shaped the nation of today, Malta's geography, its economy and cultural impact around the world.
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👉0:00 Intro and Titles
👉1:44 Overview of Malta
👉2:56 Ancient History of Malta
👉4:47 Medieval and Renaissance History of Malta
👉6:21 Modern History of Malta
👉10:08 State Structure and Symbols of Malta
👉11:30 Physical Geography of Malta
👉13:22 Human Geography of Malta
👉14:48 Economy of Malta
👉16:02 Culture of Malta
👉18:22 Summary and Outro
🇲🇹 Malta has been ruled by Phoenicians, Carthage, the Romans, the Vandals, the Arabs, various European dynasties and the British. But the most notable were the Knights Hospitaller, who were gifted the islands in the 16th century. Under the Knights of Malta (as they became known) they repulsed the Ottomans at the Siege of Malta under their Grand Master Jean Parisot de Valette, who the capital Valletta was later named after. After the Napoleonic Wars Britain gained control of Malta and held it for the allies despite six years of bombing by the surrounding Axis powers in World War II (WW2). After thousands of years of foreign domination, the Maltese people finally became self-governing when Malta became Independent in 1964.
🇲🇹 The geography of Malta consists of three main islands - Malta, Gozo and Comini. Sitting within the Mediterranean climate of hot, dry summers and mild wet winters, and with 3000+ hours of sunshine per year, Malta's economy is boosted by millions of tourists, here to visit the unique historical sites and architecture, as well as many fine beaches and cliff-dominated coastal views.
🇲🇹 Maltese culture is influenced mostly by European dominance in history, although the Semitic Maltese language is a Middle Eastern hangover from the time it was occupied by the Arabs. The Maltese Cross, though not native to Malta, bears its name through its long association of the Knights of Malta, who would wear the Maltese Cross into battle.
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Narrated, Written and Produced by
B.J.Ranson
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I was in the Royal Navy and injured in an explosion onboard HMS Indomitable in February 1953. I spent most of the next four months in Bighi Hospital. What I remember most about Malta was the kindness and friendliness of the Maltese people.
Was an honor to have visited this fascinating country
Everything Geodiode produces is nothing short of extraordinary.
Thank you so much! :)
I loved Malta! I spent 10 days there this past June. It's one of the best places I've been.
I'm a local Maltese.. and the video you uploaded is one of the best explained. You should said that Saint Paul shipwrecked on the island of Malta and was bitten by a venomous snake, the locals though he gonna die but nothing happened. He preached about Jesus Christ for months.. a eventually the locals became Christians.. 😊
Thanks glad you liked the video. I knew about St Paul, but I had so much to fit in, I decided to leave him out, sorry!
Here we go: The book of Acts 27:27 through 28:11 tells the story of Paul’s shipwreck and three-month winter stay in Malta. As a prisoner, he was transported to Rome, where he would be brought before Caesar for trial. "28:1 Once safely on shore, we found out that the island was called Malta. 2 The islanders showed us unusual kindness. They built a fire and welcomed us all because it was raining and cold. 3 Paul gathered a pile of brushwood and, as he put it on the fire, a viper, driven out by the heat, fastened itself on his hand. 4 When the islanders saw the snake hanging from his hand, they said to each other, “This man must be a murderer; for though he escaped from the sea, the goddess Justice has not allowed him to live.” 5 But Paul shook the snake off into the fire and suffered no ill effects. 6 The people expected him to swell up or suddenly fall dead; but after waiting a long time and seeing nothing unusual happen to him, they changed their minds and said he was a god.7 There was an estate nearby that belonged to Publius, the chief official of the island. He welcomed us to his home and showed us generous hospitality for three days. 8 His father was sick in bed, suffering from fever and dysentery. Paul went in to see him and, after prayer, placed his hands on him and healed him. 9 When this had happened, the rest of the sick on the island came and were cured. 10 They honored us in many ways; and when we were ready to sail, they furnished us with the supplies we needed."
I thought that was Crete.
@@Pfsif The bible says Malta. Check out Acts 27:27 through 28:11
Malta was beautiful! It's got such a surprisingly rich history. I went there for three days foolishly thinking it was small, three days ought to do it. Boy was I wrong! This reminded me that I definitely need to go back
im maltese from valletta im proud well done we love to see tourist visit us some i talked to them they love it and they tell me they are coming back again thank you for this video well done
Thank you and nice to hear from the city of Jean de Valette! :)
Malta is a very beautiful country and its my dream to be there once in my life. Because I love Malta ❤🎉❤
Thank you so much for doing a video on Malta!!!!! I am half Maltese but born in Canada and I have had the chance to visit once and it was phenomenal! I recommend everyone sees this island at least once!
Glad you enjoyed it! Nice to hear from people of Malta!
Excellent, well-presented, thank you
You're very welcome!
I am not Maltija, I am Hungarian and living in the island the last ten months and I love it. Your presentation was well thought out well presented and enjoyable.I am mostly studying the time of the Great Siege that connects me with the Malti people because we had the same Ottoman power and even the same Sultan who after Malta came to Hungary to die outside one of our fortification at Szigetvár. The heroic fight of Maltese touched my heart it really strikes a chord because Hungarians did the same. I live in Bormla just outside of Birgu in the famous Three Cities and I love it. I have been searching every spot I could for the remarkable events of the Siege.
How could one find a job and settle in Malta?
Nice to hear from you. Yes! Malta and Hungary have that peculiar connection of being massively assaulted by the same Ottoman Sultan! Glad you're enjoying life there now.
No shots of the ugly flats sprouting up everywhere,broken pavements,crowds everywhere,in summer people walking about without shirts,in bikinis, in urban areas ,with no respect for the People who live there.Youhave shown only the nice bits.
How wonderful to have you in Malta.
@@rosemallia5252 thank you, how kind of you. 😊
I was born in Malta but emigrated to Canada in my youth. Never realized the history of this beautiful island.
Lots of history for Tiny island
Malta! I would love to go! . Excellent, well-presented, thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it! Hope you get to visit soon!
Eu quero muito cpnhecer Malta. Amei o documentário. Parabéns 👏👏👏👏👏†
Obrigado!
I'm half Maltese half English, and currently living in Floriana. Malta however is currently over populated and construction everywhere. Oh and today Robbie Williams will be singing right next to my flat. Any hoo, very nice video 🎉. I was in Valletta last night and had a wonderful time and too much to drink 🍻🍷😅
Thanks for sharing! Yes, it is a place that I'd love to visit, but I couldn't live in such a crowded place. I like my space!
@@LisaBryan-oj6ep . Hello there. I'm doing great thank you very much, and you? So you would like to be my friend, that's very intriguing. Could you kindly tell me a little about yourself, you know, where you are from, what do you do, and why would you like to be my friend ? Please don't keep me waiting, for the anticipation is killing me here 🤗. Could this be a fortuitous moment for the both of us I wonder 🤔.The ball is in your court, as they say.
Not only Robbie Williams, also Christina Aguilera and OneRepublic this year
My family and I are looking forward to this. Thank you for making it.
Excellent presentation! The more am excited to visit my daughter in Malta. 🙏🙏🙏
Glad you liked it. Great excuse to go visit!
Finally going there in november. Very exited.
Excellent presentation about my country ❤
Thank you! 😃
Malta! I would love to go! 😍
これまで、見たこともない動画です。
今後も、参考にしたいともいます。
ありがとうございます。
This is a video I have never seen before.
I would like to use it as a reference in the future.
thank you.
A very informative video and a delight to watch. It made me very homesick.
Superb. As always, this video makes me feel like I've travelled to this country.
Thank you, glad you enjoyed and yes definitely worth a visit.
We are enjoying all your videos so well presented. Well done.
Thanks so much - glad you're enjoying it.
Am a Ghanaian, Malta has always been my dream country.....I have read and watched alot about Malta...Am yet to relocate to Malta with my family to explore the beautiful island country
Thanks for a great video!
Glad you liked it!
Great footage and amazing aerial view. Thanks for sharing. 👍👍👍 Subbed and Liked. 👍👍👍
Glad you enjoyed, and thanks for the sub!
Excellent presentation!
Thank you! Cheers!
Simply excellent
Wow can't wait to watch it!! I like Malta, one of the unique countries❤❤❤
Another great video! It’s really amazing how a place’s geography will shape its history in such interesting ways!
Exactly! And thanks for the compliment.
Excellent presentation 🎉🎉 as usual!!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Thanks again!
Great short video. I'm from Malta and it was a good overview of the island.
I lived in Malta for almost three years whilst working in Libya, many years ago. I have many mixed memories but I have never been back in 40 years. Thanks for a great video.
You're welcome!
Please do Finland soon! I love your videos, keep the good work up!
Thanks, yes I will cover Finland in a future video, but such a long queue!
Wow what a wonderful and informative presentation!!!!! 😍😍 excellent job! I had no idea that Maltese is a semitic language. It's geographic location really gives it such a fascinating and unique history. And crazy how densely populated it is.
Thanks so much! ❤🤍❤🤍🇲🇹🇲🇹🇲🇹🇲🇹🇲🇹
Glad you liked it Yiorgos!
Thanks for making these
Glad you like them!
I am Maltese and live in USA but Malta lives in me. The food is not Italian it is Maltese I cook everyday we eat healthy and enough for many. I loved watching Thankyou.
You made great geography videos. Please make more videos of every independent sovereign countries from A-Z.
Thank you!
Great video! Keep these up please !
Thanks, will do!
thank you for the video
País maravilho, rico em história!
Wow nice place
Another wonderfully broad yet succinct video. You’ll never please everyone but this is as close as one could get. Keep it up.
Much appreciated!
so beautiful amazing place
Very informative. Thanks!
You're welcome!
Great video, bravo! :)
Lovely viedo have loved Malta since visiting in the 1970 ,s with the R F A and one of best friends is Maltese
Thank you! Glad to hear of your connection to the islands.
great video
Wow great video and very informative!! The size of it's country is very small but this is one of the most interesting and beautiful country to visit!! ❤❤❤
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks!
30 yrs ago I spent a month on Malta ,I walked the whole island,I loved it
Would love to go back. Went to all the goddess megalith ruins. Very interesting and beautiful beautiful
Nice job! it is easy to become interested in Malta, and you provide multiple reasons.
Welcome!
Bonjour Géodiode ! Je regarde tes vidéos de France (un pays qui n'a d'ailleurs toujours pas été passé en revue malgré notre présence sur tous les continents exception faite de l'Asie, c'est-à-dire que la partie sur les climats en France serait passionnante a regarder sachant que beaucoup y sont représentés ! ^^). Je tenais à te remercier pour ton contenu que l'on ne trouve que trop peu sur la plateforme CZcams. En effet, je crois qu'AtlasPro parle quelques fois de l'impact de la géographie et du climat sur les sociétés mais dans une bien moindre mesure.
C'est un sujet qui me passionne et qui n'est absolument pas abordé par des chaînes francophones, c'st pourquoi je salue également ton initiative de traduction de tes vidéos en de multiples langues, bien que la version en anglais me convienne parfaitement à titre personnel :)
Bref, belle journée à toi et très bonne continuation !
(Here's the translation) Hello Geodiode! I watch your videos from France (a country which has still not been reviewed despite our presence on all continents except Asia, that is to say that the part on the climates in France would be fascinating to watch knowing that many are represented there! ^^). I wanted to thank you for your content that we find too little on the CZcams platform. Indeed, I believe that AtlasPro sometimes talks about the impact of geography and climate on societies, but to a much lesser extent.
This is a subject that fascinates me and which is absolutely not addressed by French-speaking channels, which is why I also welcome your initiative to translate your videos into multiple languages, although the English version suits me perfectly as far as I'm concerned :)
Have a nice day and keep up the good work!
Glad you're enjoying the content. I don't get a lot of fan mail from France, and thought is it something to do with us being old enemies?! haha Anyway, I will get to France as a series of videos, but because it's such a big subject, I may split it into 3 videos. We'll see...
@@Geodiode Can't wait for that! I recently visited France and I fell in love 😍
Growing up in Libya until I was 17, I attended St Edward's College from 1954 until 1958. Unfortunately I have never been back to either Malta or Libya. Perhaps it is time now to make a plan!
Sounds like you've led an eventful life!
Excellent
Thank you so much 😀
Very enjoyable video.
Many thanks!
Brilliant video ❤❤
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks!
i just find this chanel,and watch on myday off.and alerned alot of thing.
I definitely want to visit Malta one day.
Well explained ❤
Thanks!
Good presentation. Regard from Indonesia 🇮🇩
Thanks!
The Architecture there is way more beautiful then the west.
and thats from a few small islands too. wow. tradition never fails to be better.
Intresting and informative
Glad you enjoyed it
Loved this! Hope you cover Sardinia one day :)
Thank you!
this vid just earned you a subscriber in me. Keep it up❤
Welcome aboard!
Excellent video 😊
Thank you very much!
Great video! Thanks for the effort! Please make one about Argentina
Thanks! I will do Argentina, don't worry, because it has a fascinating story.
Love to visit there ❤ from India
Very Interesting I liked it ❤
Thanks!
Lugar lindo
I visited Malta as a speaker at a Global Peace Conference a couple of years ago. It was one of the high points of my life despite only having two days to tour. The other three days were given over to presentations and meeting academics from all over the world who were involved in peace actions and teaching..
How can someone get to malta from Nigeria
Very well-made video! Your next one should be on France!
Yes! We'll be making that soon.
1:45: 🏰 Malta, a small island nation with a rich history, is now a prosperous and independent fortress in the heart of the Mediterranean.
4:52: 🏰 Malta's history took a unique turn when it was given to the Catholic religious military order of the Knights Hospitaller by Charles Quint in 1530, and successfully defended against a siege by the Ottoman Turks in 1565.
9:15: 🇲🇹 Malta's bravery during WWII led to them receiving the George Cross and they continue to proudly display it on their flag and coat of arms.
12:12: 🏰 The island of Malta is known for its beautiful cliffs and fortress-like geography, with a Mediterranean climate and a lack of water supply.
15:46: 🏝 Malta is a small island nation with a diverse manufacturing sector, a European-influenced culture, and a rich architectural heritage.
Recap by Tammy AI
I think you underplayed the significance and longevity of the catholic faith since the first century. A key to the people and their resilience through all the changes😊
Would love one on Switzerland
Sure I'll go next Winter... Expecially now that we have cipest fly from Perugia (central Italy). But I'm going to get the Knight Cross like Caravaggio (alias Michelangelo Merisi; as a Painter (dreaming)... 🙂
Thanks a lot for sharing. New subber...
Have a great trip, in the footsteps of the tortured artist ;) - thanks for the sub!
Hello that is so excellent 👏 doing great so wonderful bless you all 💕 ❤️ ❤🎉🎉🎉🎉
Thanks!
bllllaapp buhh buhh lets go!
Really good video most accurate video I’ve watched about Malta 🇲🇹. Only negative I would say is Filfla didn’t get a mention
Thanks for the info!
Great video! As for Maltese dogs you missed Kelb tal-Fenek or Pharaoh hound, which is indigenous to Malta (I dont think Maltese terrier is at all).
Thanks! Yes the Pharoah hound is Maltese. We'll never get to know the true origins of the Maltese terrier (I had no idea the breed went back to antiquity).
I lived in Malta for 3 years. Even although it was during the Mintoff years, Malta was as close as possible to Paradise. Maybe not so great for the native inhabitants but, for me, it was superb. The people were friendly and accepting of all (but not for the opposing political party). Much has been changed since those years. Malta is now prosperous, with a large population of Russian oligarchs, the usual assortment of mafia, and membership of the European Union.
Best comment, real
"the usual assortment of mafia" LOL
Ja estive neste lugar.
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MALTA THANKS FOR YOUR HELP THE REFUGEE .COMES TO ALL OF THE WORLD ...
I’m Hispanic and I love Malta , the drink 😮makes a good breakfast drink 😅
Please tell more about culture.
The goddess culture very interesting, no war for 5000 yrs!
please do canada if you ever feel inspired!
Some part of a Hindi/Bollywood movie, "Charas"shot there. Especially, a romantic song between the Hero/Heroin of that movie.
what is the name of the music in the intro please tell me
You can make a video for Cyprus, an amazing and divided island in east mediterranean with interesting geography, the most characterestic mediterranean climate and natural environments and for sure interesting history
It is always helpful to know, when you review a country - there position on gay rights and whether it is safe for the broader gay community is welcome or if they should avoid the country, otherwise, quite informative. Well done.
I love the aerial photos of the island. Saying that it was the Iberian who brought Christianity to the Island is not a real assessment. You failed to mention that St Paul was shipwrecked there and baptized all. My parents are Maltese and came to the USA, one in 1920 and the other in 1929. I went to Malta in 1997 and loved it.
There was no comment about Pauls ship wreck on the island of militia or the location of where it took place, Bob Carnuke who lives in the state of California went to Malta and using the Bible for directions was able to locate the site where this took place a local resident told him they retrieved four anchors from the mouth of a river where this happened very interesting
12:38 - Malta, the only European country that rarely get snow than the rest (because it's a islands that separate from the mainlands).
We never get snow...sometimes it hails but never snow
Nice! But no mention of the Maltese falcon. 😉
ALBANIAN : Mjalta for Honey ;) 🇽🇰🇽🇰🇦🇱🇦🇱 proud to speak this old and unique language.
cheers from Republic of Kosovo , 🇽🇰❤️
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