4 First-Hand Accounts of Civilizations Being Wiped Out

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  • @VoicesofthePast
    @VoicesofthePast  Před měsícem +32

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    • @elvenkind6072
      @elvenkind6072 Před měsícem

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    • @astroboirap
      @astroboirap Před měsícem +1

      NO, stop putting shitty ads in between the clips

    • @elvenkind6072
      @elvenkind6072 Před měsícem

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    • @slavplaysgames
      @slavplaysgames Před měsícem

      Bro you made this whole video and yet you miss the point of Jesus and Christianity ... if you repent and give yourself to Christ you are saved we don't care about anything on this earth except bringing more people to Christ and repenting daily.

    • @elvenkind6072
      @elvenkind6072 Před měsícem +1

      @@slavplaysgames But the video is not about Jesus and Christianity...Perhaps you wrote the comment at the wrong place?

  • @matthewboyle2641
    @matthewboyle2641 Před měsícem +307

    The fuck did Pannonians do to Saint Jerome? He sounds particularly offended that they are involved

    • @iratepirate3896
      @iratepirate3896 Před měsícem +142

      Pannonians were Roman citizens

    • @JoeSmith-sl9bq
      @JoeSmith-sl9bq Před měsícem +134

      They betrayed the Empire.

    • @poutinedream5066
      @poutinedream5066 Před 2 dny +1

      Im listening with my brother and mom. We were like "oh no, not the Pannonians😬- hide the silver- there goes the neighborhood..." 😂

  • @anyoneattheendoftime4932
    @anyoneattheendoftime4932 Před měsícem +451

    "Now in hunger, this dog of God will devour you."

  • @pebystroll
    @pebystroll Před měsícem +357

    The scariest one to me by far is the fall of Baghdad, you just read the accounts of what happened and its like reading something out of the old testament
    They destroyed Everything.

    • @here_we_go_again2571
      @here_we_go_again2571 Před 22 dny +68

      The caliph refused to surrender.
      They Muslims did the same to
      the non-Muslims of the areas
      that they raided and who did
      not immediately submit to
      the Islamists. Karma?

    • @dolphingoreeaccount7395
      @dolphingoreeaccount7395 Před 20 dny +24

      Baghdad *never* recovered

    • @AxmedGurey_Al-Ghazi
      @AxmedGurey_Al-Ghazi Před 11 dny +17

      ​@@here_we_go_again2571clearly you know nothing about history or Islam

    • @here_we_go_again2571
      @here_we_go_again2571 Před 11 dny

      @@AxmedGurey_Al-Ghazi
      I know a lot about both Islam and
      history. Muslim armies were brutal
      to those villages, towns and cities
      that did not immediately surrender
      to the Islamist's demands!
      There is absolutely nothing wonderful
      or even peaceful about Islam or its for-profit (20% of the booty) so-called prophet.
      who was a warlord!

    • @ckush928
      @ckush928 Před 11 dny +3

      Helugu took it personally.

  • @TacitusKilgore165
    @TacitusKilgore165 Před měsícem +325

    NOT THE PANNONIANS!!! 😱😱😱

  • @ashtonackerman9246
    @ashtonackerman9246 Před měsícem +250

    The Aztec description of smallpox was horrifying. Makes me glad that it has been eradicated.

    • @pete8276
      @pete8276 Před měsícem +28

      The Aztec description of what they did to captives of other tribes was horrifying. Makes me glad that…

    • @HustlerMitch
      @HustlerMitch Před měsícem +12

      Smallpox is still a thing

    • @nn5410
      @nn5410 Před měsícem

      Lol smallpox has not been eradicated. There are also countries actively seeking to weaponize it present-day.

    • @Elpadrino1407
      @Elpadrino1407 Před 29 dny +50

      @@pete8276ah yes , the classic sacrifice falacy, only used by the most ignorants of them all

    • @guymundane3807
      @guymundane3807 Před 29 dny +18

      ⁠@@Elpadrino1407not really a fallacy if it’s well documented

  • @eksbocks9438
    @eksbocks9438 Před měsícem +106

    After reading about Emperor Valentinian I:
    I really think that Rome was having an emerging problem with "Princess Syndrome" in the general public.
    Which explains why they were vulnerable to the Visigoth invasions. Since nobody wanted to do anything responsible.
    The whole talk of "Bread and Circus."

    • @georgeargueta6256
      @georgeargueta6256 Před měsícem +40

      sounds like the modern day West to me.

    • @cw4608
      @cw4608 Před měsícem +4

      In Valentinian’s case it would be Prince Sickness

    • @kalmon6745
      @kalmon6745 Před měsícem

      Happens after a while with every civilization & great power​@@georgeargueta6256

    • @luitbaishya1581
      @luitbaishya1581 Před 11 dny

      its widely noted Italians were not interested to serve in the army, had other money making options; forcing the Army to hire goths, huns, sarmatians, etc.

    • @Denny_Boi
      @Denny_Boi Před 9 dny

      It had also grown so fucking big that managing a centralised power became impossible. Didn't help they developed a practice of conquering and erasing the cultures of those they defeated. Things like that leave a mark on the surrounding peoples.

  • @WandererOfWorlds0
    @WandererOfWorlds0 Před měsícem +311

    "A sword never kills anybody. It is a tool in the killer's hand" -> "Guns don't kill people, people kill people".

    • @klettersteig599
      @klettersteig599 Před měsícem +37

      Nothing new under the sun

    • @curse.dmeme..3399
      @curse.dmeme..3399 Před měsícem +21

      guns don't kill people, i do.

    • @juggyy5429
      @juggyy5429 Před měsícem +9

      Imagine comparing a sword to a machine gun

    • @jaycefiene9566
      @jaycefiene9566 Před měsícem +33

      @@juggyy5429both weapons, one is better at killing

    • @juggyy5429
      @juggyy5429 Před měsícem +3

      @@jaycefiene9566 right, so the same logic shouldn't apply.

  • @philsonhtc2871
    @philsonhtc2871 Před měsícem +223

    Imagine being a small child and being caught up in one of these situations. Horrifying to think about.

    • @Yung_Fettuccine
      @Yung_Fettuccine Před měsícem +43

      Yeah and the enemy soldiers were literally going around killing everyone they found including kids. Unthinkable to us now but this wasn’t even that unusual back then

    • @Chillllllbruh
      @Chillllllbruh Před měsícem +1

      Sadly still happens ​@@Yung_Fettuccine

    • @CannibaLouiST
      @CannibaLouiST Před měsícem +17

      @@Yung_Fettuccine they were not gonna just kill. they did every thing

    • @MicaiahBaron
      @MicaiahBaron Před měsícem +30

      ​@@Yung_FettuccineModern soldiers do that as well, we just talk about it less favorably.

    • @davidrozemberg9295
      @davidrozemberg9295 Před měsícem +20

      @@Yung_Fettuccine Actually, killing women and children was a lot less common then simply selling them into slavery

  • @happymradrian
    @happymradrian Před 22 dny +27

    I am surprised that the account of the final conquering of Constantinople was written by Italians. By this time the Empire was a shell, and Constantinople itself was severely depopulated. The idea that the Emperor had 90,000 soldiers is hugely unlikely, as it is estimated that the city no longer contained even 100,000 people in total.
    This wasn't a clash of mighty empires, this was a final beatdown of a broken rival, much like the Third Punic War. Sultan Mehmet simply sped the death of the Eastern Romans by a century.

    • @hmldjr
      @hmldjr Před 6 dny +4

      The population of Constantinople was about 40000. It was a shell of itself the troops inside with the mercenaries was about 7000. The Turks won a bankrupt and ruined city

  • @HellAintHalfFull
    @HellAintHalfFull Před měsícem +112

    This channel is brilliant. It has to be one of the most unique history channels on the platform. History told from those who were there.

    • @ThexXxXxOLOxXxXx
      @ThexXxXxOLOxXxXx Před 24 dny

      Last thing i want to hear is European professors interpretation of the events without many sources

  • @WORLDCRUSHER9000
    @WORLDCRUSHER9000 Před měsícem +53

    according to some sources the sacking of constantinople was actually hell come to earth for many of the civilian residents and the details could never be covered on youtube

    • @SoldierOfAlIah
      @SoldierOfAlIah Před měsícem

      The sources are bullshit as most reliable sources says it was good

    • @langustajableczna
      @langustajableczna Před 14 dny +3

      they most def could be covered on youtube, there are many horrible things covered already. And if it's a historic record, it's obviously fine... So the sources?

    • @Ami-jc2oo
      @Ami-jc2oo Před 13 dny +3

      Could you link some sources? I would love to read.

    • @WORLDCRUSHER9000
      @WORLDCRUSHER9000 Před 13 dny +1

      @@Ami-jc2oo I believe it was the translated letters of Leonard of Chios in Melville-Jones, John R. (1972). The Siege of Constantinople 1453: Seven Contemporary Accounts.

    • @langustajableczna
      @langustajableczna Před 13 dny +3

      @@WORLDCRUSHER9000 that's one of the best sources well known among historians, so why would it be restricted lmfaooo. It's not red room creepypasta

  • @ButchererofRussia
    @ButchererofRussia Před měsícem +190

    Senators: "CAESAR, THE BARBARIANS HAVE SACKED ROME!"
    Honorius: "OH, NO!!!... I think I ran out of bread for the birds..."
    Jokes Aside, I feel bad for Honorius, to be honest. He was forced to become Emperor since he was a child despite being too young and unprepared for such position. Most of the bad things he did were by fault of the poor advisers he had, who forced him to commit horrible actions like murdering Stilicho. In fact, the docudrama "Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire" depicts Honorius as a cute and sympathetic teenager who doesn't know how manipulated he is. The scene in which he cries after knowing about the sacking of Rome is pretty sad, actually.

    • @Samwise_01
      @Samwise_01 Před měsícem +16

      The murder of stilicho was probably one of the biggest mistakes on the part of the Romans in the late empire yeah. I forget the exact names but ik advisors of both honorius and the eastern emperor really had it out for him no matter how many times he saved their skins. Really disheartening once you start learning about late Rome on the decline and see that a lot of it was due to incompetent and greedy men fighting amongst themselves one after another. Although that narrative could be so different from early imperial and late republican history as a result of bias or romanticization of the 'good ole days', but i like to think that constant civil wars is a pretty good marker for decline and instability lol.

    • @CelticAugur
      @CelticAugur Před měsícem +1

      I think the fall of Rome is kind of ironic

    • @spacelemming4493
      @spacelemming4493 Před měsícem +5

      @@Samwise_01 the killing of Stilicho, Aetius and Maiorianus were the nails that sealed the western coffin

    • @Pepe-pq3om
      @Pepe-pq3om Před měsícem +1

      ​@@CelticAugurbarbarus

  • @bushit123456
    @bushit123456 Před měsícem +24

    The sultan Suleiman was born many decades latter, Im sure they are mentioning another guy by the same name

  • @MikesLeague
    @MikesLeague Před měsícem +165

    Think about the countless millions of innocent people throughout time who have been savagedly murdered and violated. So fucking sad.

    • @yutian5884
      @yutian5884 Před měsícem +29

      Sometimes I am fascinated by humanity.
      Able to create both arts and crafts with hands, and at the same time create death and destruction with the same hands like no other.

    • @jacobj3491
      @jacobj3491 Před měsícem +23

      Half of all humans never even made it to adulthood

    • @ryv2484
      @ryv2484 Před měsícem +4

      The way she goes.

    • @silviavalentine3812
      @silviavalentine3812 Před měsícem +10

      Maybe they should've kept their glorious polytheistic religions instead of embracing boring ugly monotheistic ones while shoving it down the throats of others.

    • @verscarii3238
      @verscarii3238 Před 25 dny +1

      ​@@silviavalentine3812 LMAO

  • @TheRealBatCave
    @TheRealBatCave Před měsícem +74

    "The sword never kills anybody, its a tool in the killers hand"
    I wonder how many people agree or disagree with that quote

    • @TheSaneHatter
      @TheSaneHatter Před měsícem +12

      The NRA demonstrably agreed: they've used a similar expression as a motto for decades.

    • @reeyees50
      @reeyees50 Před měsícem +3

      Its a tool that only does 1 thing

    • @user-qj6vg8gp3l
      @user-qj6vg8gp3l Před měsícem +9

      @@reeyees50 Ok? And?

    • @Reg_The_Galah
      @Reg_The_Galah Před měsícem +17

      @@reeyees50it cuts things. Like celery and meat

    • @TheRealBatCave
      @TheRealBatCave Před měsícem +5

      @reeyees50 there many tools that only do 1 thing

  • @OptimusMaximusNero
    @OptimusMaximusNero Před měsícem +225

    Eastern romans: "Could you please try to not invade our territory...FOR FIVE MINUTES!?"
    Persians, ottomans, mongols, huns, barbarians, etc: "What an awesome capital you have, guys!" 😎

    • @tjo6252
      @tjo6252 Před měsícem +31

      You forgot the Arabs. They're the ones who punished the romans the most to the point roman apocalyptic litriture increased in this period because they were so shocked that after ruling Africa and the Mid East with an iron fist for so long, they just got mopped out of the map and were cornered inside their city in a very small period of time. Arabs did all the hard work.The Turks wrote only the last chapter of this empire

    • @anon2427
      @anon2427 Před měsícem

      @@tjo6252the Persians did the hard work by depleting Roman manpower and finances, the Arabs were just opportunists

    • @Alton4
      @Alton4 Před měsícem +38

      @@tjo6252 wtf are u talking about the arab-byzantine wars happened in 8th and 9th century and turks came during the 15th century....do you realise how great of the lifespan that is?????..jesus go read a history book

    • @arpan9937
      @arpan9937 Před měsícem +21

      @@Alton4 he thinks he is the sword of islam lol

    • @Scott-xb1ku
      @Scott-xb1ku Před měsícem +11

      @@Alton4 Turks came in the 11th century. Don't act smug.

  • @tonybones5
    @tonybones5 Před měsícem +27

    WTF was that "omen" the Aztecs saw above the city?

    • @Qrtuop
      @Qrtuop Před měsícem +1

      Probably just and eclipse, not a UFO like you're implying

    • @tonybones5
      @tonybones5 Před měsícem +13

      @@Qrtuop how was i implying it was a UFO?

    • @argentinaballxd9046
      @argentinaballxd9046 Před 25 dny +14

      It was the god of war Huitzilopochtli going to the bathroom after fail in protect the aztecs

    • @tonybones5
      @tonybones5 Před 24 dny

      @@argentinaballxd9046 lol yes!

  • @anthonyvaleriuskevin8982
    @anthonyvaleriuskevin8982 Před měsícem +57

    Baghdad and Constantinople, such tragedies. What is it with Nomadic horse people.

    • @curious_one1156
      @curious_one1156 Před měsícem +21

      Check again. Constantinople was not taken by Nomads.
      As for Baghdad, its destruction was severe, not comparable to Constantinople.

    • @Freefrost
      @Freefrost Před 20 dny +3

      "Horse need flat land, me destroy all tall building. What is not food for horse is trash"

    • @lordgrunwalder1607
      @lordgrunwalder1607 Před 13 dny +7

      @@curious_one1156 exactly!
      it is so funny that most of these people compare the fall of constantinople to a apocalyptic event when in reality... it was mild. the city just changed hand, nothing much changed or destroyed. the soldiers only raided royal treasure for 3 days. whic was pretty short for medieval period and the sultan himself gave safety guarantee to civilians of city. if anyting the sack of constantinople by latins was even worse so much that there a legend about Lucas Notaras saying "ı would prefer to see Turkish turban in city, rather than Latin cone."

    • @Michael_the_Drunkard
      @Michael_the_Drunkard Před 12 dny

      The Ottomans weren't nomadic

    • @CHRB-nn6qp
      @CHRB-nn6qp Před 11 dny

      ​@@lordgrunwalder1607 Yeah in all honesty I think people are so caught up trying to find the good and bad guys in history that they neglect the fact that it is never that simple. Many people absolutely adore the Roman Empire, so anyone who opposed them must be an evil murdering demon sent directly from hell. People really need to learn to control their biases when it comes to history and they may find that there is great beauty on either side of a conflict.

  • @greensoldier2142
    @greensoldier2142 Před 21 dnem +9

    The entire war between the Spaniards and the Aztecs is an Empire Earth moment

  • @tannerdenny5430
    @tannerdenny5430 Před měsícem +16

    Four cavalry men broke up an aztec line and routed the entrenched defenders. Insane

    • @PFirefly06
      @PFirefly06 Před měsícem +16

      Cavalry were the tanks of their day. If you aren't used to fighting them its pretty hard to hold the line against a 1000 lb horse and fully armed rider.
      Four alone worked since the Americas hadn't had any time to adapt to them yet.

    • @Dachnik228
      @Dachnik228 Před měsícem

      A lot of police forces still use them for riot control

    • @ahmicqui9396
      @ahmicqui9396 Před měsícem +3

      The market was big and flat, definitely the worst place to fight a horseman if you're unprepared. The natives DID quickly learn to counter horses and such a charge was extremely risky even on favourable terrain. Some really brave spaniards.

  • @AYVYN
    @AYVYN Před měsícem +37

    I think Honorius had a neurological disorder, not as an internet insult but a genuine birth defect.

    • @PeriodDrama
      @PeriodDrama Před měsícem

      What makes you say that?

    • @AYVYN
      @AYVYN Před měsícem +16

      @@PeriodDrama He was feeding birds while his capital was being invaded

    • @firstlast5454
      @firstlast5454 Před měsícem +18

      He would have loved sonic 😔

    • @blackbartthepoet3820
      @blackbartthepoet3820 Před 28 dny

      @@firstlast5454hello this is Barbara Chandler

    • @tomasrocha6139
      @tomasrocha6139 Před 23 dny +2

      @@AYVYN The capital was Ravenna not Rome

  • @capn_shawn
    @capn_shawn Před měsícem +6

    I have learned so much from these readings. Thank you

  • @North_sea_empire_Viking
    @North_sea_empire_Viking Před měsícem +7

    Quality....keep it coming brother ✊🏻

  • @igormarins1227
    @igormarins1227 Před měsícem +45

    I'm already imagining accounts about the fall of our current civilization.

    • @BeterBorker
      @BeterBorker Před měsícem +16

      and then mcdonalds ran out of nuggets...

    • @desareejones3424
      @desareejones3424 Před měsícem +21

      "In the year of our Lord 2078 New York fell. Carts of glizzies were overturned on Broadway. Men, women, and children alike had their Timberlands burned, none were spared."

    • @igorlopes7589
      @igorlopes7589 Před měsícem

      The difference is that instead of lamentating our fall they will celebrate it. After all they don't have any attachement for the West at all...

  • @MarioL3173
    @MarioL3173 Před měsícem +12

    13:33 That image represents the Siege of Lisbon in 1147

  • @courtneyriley185
    @courtneyriley185 Před měsícem +13

    The slide into the ad is always so smooth! Great job on that writing skill!

  • @philsoro491
    @philsoro491 Před měsícem +29

    The fall of the Aztecs is really sad. They didn't stand a chance. The fall of Baghdad was brutal 2. The mongols were vicious

    • @Armored_Ariete
      @Armored_Ariete Před měsícem +19

      sucks when all the people you conquered were fed up with your human sacrifices

    • @ahmicqui9396
      @ahmicqui9396 Před měsícem +9

      ​@@Armored_ArieteThat's a myth. Hell, the 'Aztecs' adopted human sacrifice from the very people they supposedly "opressed"

    • @Armored_Ariete
      @Armored_Ariete Před měsícem +9

      @@ahmicqui9396 they still practiced it which made the people they oppressed very happy when they over threw them

    • @ahmicqui9396
      @ahmicqui9396 Před měsícem +9

      @@Armored_Ariete But that had nothing to do with their religious practices. They oppressed their subjects by taxing them, most of them however would not turn against Tenochtitlan until the death of Motecuhzoma and dismantling of the Triple Alliance...

    • @julianhunter324
      @julianhunter324 Před 24 dny +1

      ​@Armored_Ariete european Christian is still burning people alive on the steak during the fall of the Aztec and using after the Aztec fell force the native populations into slave labour

  • @elvenkind6072
    @elvenkind6072 Před měsícem +72

    I think it was Scipio Africanus that watched the destruction of Carthage, their empire, and the defeat of their greatest general, Hannibal, with a sense of foreboding, imagining that once something similar might happen to Rome. I think they even salted the fields, to prevent another rise of the empire, ever again.

    • @aidan1R
      @aidan1R Před měsícem +35

      That salt part is a lie.
      Salting was done in respect, and wasnt a massive amount, maybe a handful at most. Salt was extremely expensive, and would not have been wasted to "dry the land". Especially considering most of it would be washed away by floods or by rain.

    • @user-qj6vg8gp3l
      @user-qj6vg8gp3l Před měsícem +11

      the salting of the fields is just a myth, they didn't actually do that. Otherwise what you said is accurate (near as can be told).

    • @elvenkind6072
      @elvenkind6072 Před měsícem +7

      @@aidan1R Yes, you must be right about the salt and how it was not tossed around the whole agricultural area of Carthage. The modern word for "salary" is derived from 'salt', I remember from another "salt"-debate I had with someone here on CZcams. ☺

    • @Donderu
      @Donderu Před měsícem +2

      @@aidan1Rsalt was not particularly expensive, that is also a myth. It was only expensive if one lived far away from the coast or salt mines. It is just a very useful product

    • @aidan1R
      @aidan1R Před měsícem +8

      @@Donderu considering that the sheer amount of salt it would take to do anythign to soil, it would be hyper expensive

  • @alangivre2474
    @alangivre2474 Před 24 dny +6

    The mongols were really brutal.

  • @jvharbin8337
    @jvharbin8337 Před měsícem +5

    YaY! My favorite channel finally uploaded a new video!

  • @laurelsilberman5705
    @laurelsilberman5705 Před 14 dny +2

    When it comes to boats/ships, the word bow (meaning the front) is pronounced like “bow before so-and-so,” like when you say “ow” after you stub your toe. Not as in bow tie. Just a small note. Amazing upload as always. I absolutely adore your channel. But since sometimes you cover naval/nautical battles or accounts of significant crossings, I just figured it is likely to come up again since it just means the front part of the ship, specifically like the outermost layer including the front most part of the deck, and also usually means the front section of the hull. You may have front facing guns, who knows. You might rig the bow of your ship to be an actual weapon to ram other ships! Crazy stuff. Usually it’s like a hot mermaid or a particular themed female protector figure, but sometimes it’s a giant boat-sized dagger attached to the front, meant to spear and ensnare the two boats so crew can board the vessel being attacked.

  • @mehmetcaglarozgur7679
    @mehmetcaglarozgur7679 Před měsícem +18

    The worst is the Aztecs dying because of smallpox. The others had the chance to fight.

    • @Galletas-my3sv
      @Galletas-my3sv Před 24 dny +1

      Completely false and reductionist

    • @mehmetcaglarozgur7679
      @mehmetcaglarozgur7679 Před 24 dny +1

      @@Galletas-my3sv That is my opinion. İ choose to fight and die, sword in hand rather than die in bed because of a disease. By the way, that disease came to the Aztec land via the blankets given them by the Spanish as a gift! That was a biological assault just like the Mongols did in Crimea. The difference is that the Genoese were aware of it while the Aztecs were not. Blankets were gifts after all, not heads catapulted through city walls.

    • @1YCARADOFACAO
      @1YCARADOFACAO Před 8 dny

      ​@@Galletas-my3svCan you fight smallpox?

    • @Prettywhite4awhiteguy
      @Prettywhite4awhiteguy Před 8 dny

      The Aztecs had been killing and enslaving the nearby tribes for centuries before the Spanish showed up, tired of people who want them out as harmless victims, yet another group of men killing a different group, there's a reason it's mentioned super early in the Bible and many other religious text, war and sex is what our society and species is built upon

    • @GooseGumlizzard
      @GooseGumlizzard Před 7 dny +2

      what chance did the civilians of Baghdad have against the fucking Mongols lol

  • @samuelj2408
    @samuelj2408 Před měsícem +6

    The destruction brought upon the world set humanity back 300-500 years, just think of all scrolls and books and scientists in baghdad at the time would have transferred that knowledge to emerging European cities, had they been conquered in the more traditional manner...

  • @SrAlmeidaMedina
    @SrAlmeidaMedina Před měsícem +4

    Last 2 stories differ too much from each other, yet so close chronologically.

  • @antoniomoreira5921
    @antoniomoreira5921 Před měsícem +2

    On the topic I strongly recommend Schwerpunkt's videos on 1) Late Antiquity 2) The fall of Constantinople (the Western/Ottoman side too)

  • @anthonyjames7532
    @anthonyjames7532 Před měsícem +6

    Um, I don't know about anyone else but WHAT was the object (Omen) that the AZTEC people saw come across the sky, HOVER then go down into the lake????

  • @tjo6252
    @tjo6252 Před měsícem +14

    17:02 Suleman the Magnificent?!! Wtf? This can't be a contemporary source

  • @SplendidMisanthropy
    @SplendidMisanthropy Před měsícem +44

    „Those cities have fallen to Germany.“ In 409 AD? Seems a bit early to me.

    • @kylirwolffe5614
      @kylirwolffe5614 Před měsícem +58

      Germania was the Latin term for German land, so.... Germany, A corruption of the word in the German's own tongue.

    • @davidrozemberg9295
      @davidrozemberg9295 Před měsícem +11

      @@Dredgionno land belongs to anyone, but colonized is a stretch considering they had granted citizenship to all provinces, shared their culture and their influence didn’t disappear with the fall of rome

    • @randomcamus9445
      @randomcamus9445 Před měsícem

      I don't understand why they feel superior b@rb@ri@ns If those who brought civilization were the Romans who copied the Greeks and the Greeks copied the Egyptians and Persians

    • @rodi8266
      @rodi8266 Před měsícem +7

      @@Dredgioncringe

    • @wesleyfilms
      @wesleyfilms Před 23 dny +2

      Germs are always up to no good.

  • @wookie-zh7go
    @wookie-zh7go Před měsícem +24

    "A sword doesn't kill"
    I just hear Stan from American dad in a toga.
    "Come on sword kill, go on.. See swords don't kill people. Swords defend people from people with smaller swords"

  • @belyy_rusky
    @belyy_rusky Před měsícem +534

    Fall of Constantinople was so sad

    • @elvenkind6072
      @elvenkind6072 Před měsícem +41

      I've read the book by Roger Crowley perhaps 4 or 5 times. "1453" is a masterful account, that I think gave inspiration for the mediocre Turkish Netflix production.

    • @samadams2203
      @samadams2203 Před měsícem +63

      Never trust the Genoese!

    • @Gerasimos_slava
      @Gerasimos_slava Před měsícem +5

      Real.

    • @chocolatefrenzieya
      @chocolatefrenzieya Před měsícem +29

      Yeah, but they were so evil. The knowledge they destroyed. Gah.

    • @belyy_rusky
      @belyy_rusky Před měsícem +23

      @@samadams2203 Or the Venetians!

  • @matthewboyle2641
    @matthewboyle2641 Před měsícem +58

    Ah, I see Seneca was the original "guns don't kill people" guy.

    • @philsonhtc2871
      @philsonhtc2871 Před měsícem +50

      They don't

    • @Pink.andahalf
      @Pink.andahalf Před měsícem +34

      Bro had a point.

    • @rogercase9982
      @rogercase9982 Před měsícem +11

      Ah, I see you would have been a plebeian.

    • @sherlockgnomes8971
      @sherlockgnomes8971 Před měsícem

      @@rogercase9982gammon

    • @user-qj6vg8gp3l
      @user-qj6vg8gp3l Před měsícem +10

      Well they don't. Seneca was much, much smarter than you. If you read his works you might know that. But then again you might not, narcissism and Dunning-Kruger effect run rampant in modern society.

  • @ThexXxXxOLOxXxXx
    @ThexXxXxOLOxXxXx Před měsícem +7

    Big thumbs up for pronouncing Baghdad correctly 👍
    Also it's sad that the mongols took so many of the asses, no longer did baghdadis have easily accessible asses😢

  • @charlesthedeadlifter4376

    I have studied dozens of Old World maps from various centuries and some portray Genghis Khan but he looks nothing like he is portrayed in today's textbooks. The maps were done by different cartographers throughout the years and they all portray him the same way. He actually looks Russian, medium build, and fair skin. Not chubby or of asian decent. On those same maps, shows the mongols were part of The Tartarian Empire. Throughout the years of researching, the dates don't add up with what we've been taught. 🤔

  • @youareacoward8459
    @youareacoward8459 Před měsícem

    Do not forget this one.

  • @michaelowino228
    @michaelowino228 Před měsícem

    Good video.

  • @luyandzabavukiledlamini4693
    @luyandzabavukiledlamini4693 Před měsícem +1

    Very interesting

  • @iratepirate3896
    @iratepirate3896 Před měsícem +2

    I would have liked some Salvian or Sidonius Apollonaris too!

  • @280SE
    @280SE Před měsícem +5

    Fall of Civilisations - My most favourite channel to fall asleep to other than this one

  • @MysticChronicles712
    @MysticChronicles712 Před měsícem +2

    Strangely, some legends say Emperor Honorius was more concerned about his favorite pigeon "Roma" dying than about Rome being sacked. He didn't mind the city's sacking after he found his bird safe.

  • @teddytheodoris6778
    @teddytheodoris6778 Před měsícem +43

    The fall of Constantinople is one of the greatest tragedies in the history of the world.
    So much knowledge, wisdom, and art lost and destroyed. Absolutely devastating.

    • @cw4608
      @cw4608 Před měsícem +12

      The burning of the library of Alexandria

    • @curious_one1156
      @curious_one1156 Před měsícem +23

      Nothing was lost.
      Some libraries continued to be maintained after the city was conquered.
      Mostly religious texts were targeted. Besides, all the knowledge within the walls also existed outside. Remember, the printing press had already been invented.
      Infact it was the least tragic of the 4 events in the video, even in teems of "loss of knowledge".
      Was the Bubonic plague not a greater tragedy ?
      Or, the British occupation of India ? The latter actually led to actual loss of knowledge (eg: Dhaka Muslin).

    • @somerandomperson1221
      @somerandomperson1221 Před měsícem +8

      @@cw4608the destruction of the libraries in baghdad

    • @ahmicqui9396
      @ahmicqui9396 Před měsícem +5

      All 4 of those were great tragedies. It's insane how much we've lost.

    • @figarooobarberofseville8623
      @figarooobarberofseville8623 Před 26 dny +8

      ​@@curious_one1156cope 💀

  • @courtneyriley185
    @courtneyriley185 Před měsícem +4

    Wow. They lived in interesting times ...we also live in interesting times ....

    • @Ravenforce3
      @Ravenforce3 Před měsícem +4

      Every time is interesting if you look hard enough. It sucks to be a regular person no matter what.

  • @Sabre312
    @Sabre312 Před 19 dny +5

    I wonder if in the future the same will be said of modern Europe

    • @neimenovani7256
      @neimenovani7256 Před 19 dny

      100%

    • @KyoushaPumpItUp
      @KyoushaPumpItUp Před 18 dny +1

      It already is happening, as if God is punishing them for what they did in the past.

    • @Sabre312
      @Sabre312 Před 18 dny +6

      @@KyoushaPumpItUp civilising the world and bring infrastructure to people in the stone age, what villains!

    • @neimenovani7256
      @neimenovani7256 Před 18 dny

      @@Sabre312 I dont think he means that, I think he means WW2, creating satanism and netflix, like what happened in the last few decades

    • @MinitendoFS
      @MinitendoFS Před 18 dny

      @@neimenovani7256 Dont forget we brought Christianity trough words to all parts of the worlds, we managed to fight of satanism and defend us from the muslim invasions. We did far less to deserve to be punished if compared to the us

  • @clintonbaird5465
    @clintonbaird5465 Před měsícem +9

    The fall of Baghdad was so sad, so much knowledge was forever lost and the people were completely massacred

    • @dukeheavens9990
      @dukeheavens9990 Před 12 dny

      😂😂😂

    • @clintonbaird5465
      @clintonbaird5465 Před 12 dny +4

      @@dukeheavens9990 what’s funny? Have you even heard of the Bayt Al-Hikmah (The House of Knowledge) it was arguably the biggest collection of knowledge in the world at the time

  • @bobhunter4676
    @bobhunter4676 Před měsícem +1

    The war thunder ad caught me off guard lmao

  • @EchozNation69
    @EchozNation69 Před měsícem +1

    Bad ass channel 🔥

  • @user-in3xs9gn2o
    @user-in3xs9gn2o Před 25 dny

    Great thumbnail. Something refreshing then those shocking Solly faces 😂

  • @cringlator
    @cringlator Před měsícem +6

    Even Pannonians? God Romania really has gone to shit…

  • @mehmetcaglarozgur7679
    @mehmetcaglarozgur7679 Před měsícem +3

    Caliph to Hulagu: You are a dog, a Turk.
    Hulagu to caliph: Now in hunger, the dog of god will devour you.

  • @Golden_glow
    @Golden_glow Před 26 dny +1

    “What shall we do with you?”
    *trying to be tuff* “You can be head me!”
    *without thinking twice* “ok”
    “Wait I was just- “

  • @jmanj3917
    @jmanj3917 Před měsícem +11

    16:44 Is this the same Suleman that is given as an example of a great leader...of a peaceful religion?
    AFAF
    🙂

    • @brumbotrukto223
      @brumbotrukto223 Před měsícem +7

      You should take these descriptions with a grain of salt, this is taken from a western christian source. The dexcription of the conversation between Murad and Mehmed mentioned in the beginning is also very questionable.

    • @jmanj3917
      @jmanj3917 Před měsícem +2

      @@brumbotrukto223 I hear what you're saying. BUT, as with any other legend, there remains a basis in fact. Did Vlad the Impaler REALLY drink the blood of all of those people? Probably not...lol But he certainly wasn't a kind, happy person when it came time for war...lol

    • @curious_one1156
      @curious_one1156 Před měsícem +4

      The account narrated is biased against Suleiman obvio. It is a Byzantine account. We do not really know exactly what happened, although the basic details of the siege have been agreed upon by many historians.
      Also, do not forget what the civilized Spannish did in Tenochtitlan.

    • @jmanj3917
      @jmanj3917 Před měsícem +3

      @@curious_one1156 what the Spanish did, or didn't, do; That is outside the scope of the comment.
      And, biased or not, the winners Always write the history books, or something like that. So it stands to reason that we discount the reports of his actions just as we do the others.
      Which is to say: The stories typically don't originate spontaneously.
      🙂

    • @EM-tx3ly
      @EM-tx3ly Před měsícem +1

      Suleiman wasn’t born in era of Mehmet so …..

  • @Wheatbreadsauce
    @Wheatbreadsauce Před 4 dny

    “God knows what he does” is an incredible line from Helugu

    • @guilhermecastro9893
      @guilhermecastro9893 Před 3 dny +1

      hulagu telling the caliph "now in hunger the dog of god shall devour you" is chilling

  • @detectivewiggles
    @detectivewiggles Před měsícem

    Timely.

  • @Niiiiith
    @Niiiiith Před měsícem +11

    Your gods will not save you. The weight and power behind that statement. Incredible.

    • @Qrtuop
      @Qrtuop Před měsícem +5

      Because gods do not exist. Believing in them makes you vulnerable

    • @Yogi_The_Bitter_Truth_2408
      @Yogi_The_Bitter_Truth_2408 Před 23 dny +5

      Gods will not protect you even if they exist. They will not interfere with human karmas balance will be lost. It is your duty to protect yourself. The strongest survives in the food chain. They are behaving practical as reality itself.

    • @Michael_the_Drunkard
      @Michael_the_Drunkard Před 12 dny +1

      ​@@Qrtuopyes, because there can only be 1 true God.

    • @thesanfranciscoseahorse473
      @thesanfranciscoseahorse473 Před 11 dny

      ​@@Qrtuop I mean Soviet society was pretty vulnerable. After they embraced atheism as a government enforced belief system that is. Totally abandoned the intrinsic value of human life and ultimately, after tens of millions of civilian deaths, collapsed. Communist China under atheism is another great example of the vulnerability of living without acknowledging God in society. Or any human society that embraces nilhism essentially.

    • @paulmayson3129
      @paulmayson3129 Před 10 dny +1

      Jesus never promised peace. He did not come to bring peace, but a sword.

  • @javi4591
    @javi4591 Před měsícem +5

    Im so early, I don't have any clue who all these 4 men are

  • @pete8276
    @pete8276 Před měsícem +2

    The screams of your post are like a thesaurus to my skull

  • @donny_doyle
    @donny_doyle Před měsícem +2

    Wtf was the Aztecs omen in the sky?

  • @user-fl7zn2tn9q
    @user-fl7zn2tn9q Před 8 dny

    Hulago's line are like Spartan one liners tho

  • @afrikasmith1049
    @afrikasmith1049 Před 6 dny

    You know your enemy is ruthless when he doesn't even care about his dying father's peace treaties.

  • @gusb5867
    @gusb5867 Před 29 dny

    What a time to be alive

  • @Nomadith
    @Nomadith Před měsícem +2

    Another beautiful video, thank you friend.
    As an aside, the Fall of Constantinople definitely has some evident bias we can analyse, as with all historical sources. Just thinking about that makes it all the more enjoyable

  • @katalystc1268
    @katalystc1268 Před měsícem +3

    Was the omen the cannon balls?

    • @ahmicqui9396
      @ahmicqui9396 Před měsícem +1

      Nope, they were familiar with those already. We have no idea what that was lol

  • @hourbee5535
    @hourbee5535 Před měsícem +13

    The country's of today need to learn from these past civilizations mistakes.

    • @supremecaffeine2633
      @supremecaffeine2633 Před 20 dny +1

      That islam with pillage civilization?

    • @Ami-jc2oo
      @Ami-jc2oo Před 13 dny

      ​@supremecaffeine2633 WTF

    • @Sandmouse6942
      @Sandmouse6942 Před 2 dny

      the rulers of today are the descendants of the old rulers and tyrants. same bloodlines, and they do not see raping and conquering as a mistake, it got them to where they are. Tyrants vs people. this cruelty is only a mistake from the losing side, being regular people always in the middle, always radicalized to fear one and excuse another, or the tyrants themselves when they fall to another. Blind greed, willful evil, to the detriment of their own corrupt victories.

  • @MrSomebodyyy
    @MrSomebodyyy Před měsícem +3

    Are those drawings original?

  • @Driftking305forlife
    @Driftking305forlife Před měsícem +6

    Damn that was depressing 😂

  • @qbpdnguyen2844
    @qbpdnguyen2844 Před 29 dny

    Others:☠️🔥☠️
    Jerome and Constantine XI: 🗿🗿🗿

  • @-NovaRoma.
    @-NovaRoma. Před 21 dnem +4

    15:27 91.000 men? The defenders only numbered 8 thousand

    • @Sandmouse6942
      @Sandmouse6942 Před 2 dny

      tells you something about reliability of sources and people who interpret them, especially when they are for-profit social entertainment platforms, who can hardly be taken as serious scholars sometimes

    • @octavian7637
      @octavian7637 Před 2 dny

      it's not a contemporary source
      he said prince Suleiman converted hagia sophia when even his father wasn't born yet

  • @bigsarge2085
    @bigsarge2085 Před měsícem +2

    Incredible.

  • @Elpadrino1407
    @Elpadrino1407 Před 29 dny

    You should had used Bernal Diaz del Castillo narrative of the Tenochtitlán siege , he was actually there, not like de Sahagún

  • @an.hs.n
    @an.hs.n Před 22 dny +11

    "And every nation has its appointed term; when their term is reached, neither can they delay it nor can they advance it an hour (or a moment)." ~ Quran 7: 34; 10: 49

  • @milktea_gang
    @milktea_gang Před 13 dny

    “My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings;
    Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!
    Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
    Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare
    The lone and level sands stretch far away.”

  • @cHFBb
    @cHFBb Před měsícem

    We need quicker uploads! Sorry 😂 I've been waiting ages!!

    • @Chill_Mode_JD
      @Chill_Mode_JD Před měsícem +2

      David and his bro Pete have a ton of other great channels like history of the universe, history of the earth, history of humankind and history time
      That should keep you busy between uploads here 😅

    • @cHFBb
      @cHFBb Před měsícem +2

      @Chill_Mode_JD Thanks mate! I never knew this 😂

  • @Passageofsky
    @Passageofsky Před měsícem +1

    When in rome...

  • @igitt426
    @igitt426 Před 29 dny +1

    U should add chapters

  • @adalbertoruize
    @adalbertoruize Před 21 dnem +1

    Because the world is changed by love, who is God (constant subconscious truth) not the host, who is man (varying conscience perception)
    I.e the son/truth of the subconscious/father is unconditional/everlasting (holy) love/life (spirit)

  • @dragoblad7803
    @dragoblad7803 Před 23 dny

    It’s sad we have lost such eloquence in our speech

  • @KohanKilletz
    @KohanKilletz Před 17 dny

    Quite a chilling account of three horrible, horrible people.

  • @TheCosmicGuy0111
    @TheCosmicGuy0111 Před měsícem

    Woah

  • @cpuwizard9225
    @cpuwizard9225 Před 20 hodinami

    2:45 Fuck, we've been having this argument for over 2000 years?

  • @emiliospowerballer1441
    @emiliospowerballer1441 Před 20 dny +1

    Hulagu had no chill. Killed approximately a million with no remorse. Baghdad has not recovered since. Islam was never the same ever since.

  • @ColbyBlack
    @ColbyBlack Před 15 hodinami

    A literal UAP in the story lol

  • @kadbenson7540
    @kadbenson7540 Před měsícem

    Ironically got a bunch of rise of kingdom ads watching this. Lol

    • @Notimportant253
      @Notimportant253 Před měsícem

      Glad I pay for CZcams premium. The ads have gotten more and more insufferable

  • @BILLYC0DE
    @BILLYC0DE Před dnem

    I believe Memed II fortress about 2 German miles is a little over 10 miles

  • @adriankoh4859
    @adriankoh4859 Před 7 dny +1

    AH yes... There was no internet 🙏

  • @darthseagraves
    @darthseagraves Před 23 dny

    Hellish for good reason.

  • @gostavoadolfos2023
    @gostavoadolfos2023 Před měsícem +16

    The Mongols spared the lives of Christians in Baghdad and Hammat because 2 Houlaco's generals converted to Christianity in modern Northen Iraq. They followed the Nestorian heretic church so the crusaders didn't allie themselves with the at the battle of Ain Jalut.

  • @jerodfarmer165
    @jerodfarmer165 Před měsícem +12

    Isnt it funny Seneca said the same thing we say today to people trying to ban guns. Guns don’t kill people, people kill people.

    • @bonhommierr1501
      @bonhommierr1501 Před měsícem

      yet countries that have banned guns have less people dying from other people. who could have predicted this ? Parents. any parent could have predicted that when you take little Jimmy's baseball bat away, he can't hit little Ronnie with it.

    • @ferretyluv
      @ferretyluv Před měsícem

      People kill people. With guns. Which is exactly what Seneca said. Swords are a tool used to kill people.

    • @KyoushaPumpItUp
      @KyoushaPumpItUp Před 18 dny +1

      @@bonhommierr1501 knife crimes in UK skyrocketed because guns are banned there. Also, gun bans don't matter to criminals who can still get them somewhere else.

    • @uningenieromas
      @uningenieromas Před dnem

      ​@@KyoushaPumpItUp Here in Chile, the leftards are trying to ban guns for good. And in my country it is veeeeery difficult to own a gun legally. Also, the deaths by guns, 80% of them are by illegal guns. It is just plain stupidity.

  • @orionbarnes1733
    @orionbarnes1733 Před 8 dny

    22:04 "bow" when talking to a ship isn't pronounced like "boe", it's said the same way the action of "bowing" is (looking at the ground briefly as show of respect)

  • @benquinneyiii7941
    @benquinneyiii7941 Před 22 dny +1

    Film festivals?

  • @poppyA-zh8uz
    @poppyA-zh8uz Před 10 dny +3

    How can a history channel have so little content about Persia? Must not be thorough enough

    • @_M_a_r_t_i_n_M
      @_M_a_r_t_i_n_M Před 9 dny

      Maybe because "Palestine" was NEVER A NATION, but a derogatory slang term for Ancient Jews, and a modern umbrella name for a group of semi-recent modern migrant-workers who chose to stay but wished to differentiate themselves from THE NATIVES OF THE LAND aka Israeli People. Persia, aka ancient-modern Mesopotamia, aka Iraq, Iran, is a different story. But since the channel is not ran by a person of Persian descent, it only stands to reason that historical events they grew up hearing of would be the go-to topics. There exist other YT channels. And there is also plenty of online propaganda and invented history/narratives for you to drink the Kool-Aid of as well.

    • @guilhermecastro9893
      @guilhermecastro9893 Před 3 dny

      @@_M_a_r_t_i_n_M my dude he said PERSIA!! not even in the same region as palestine

    • @octavian7637
      @octavian7637 Před 2 dny

      @@_M_a_r_t_i_n_M 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂