4 First-Hand Accounts of Civilizations Being Wiped Out
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I don't feel much like a game called War Thunder after these heartbreaking stories of the end of civilizations, because of merciless war.
I do subscribe, click like and even watch the commercials though. Superb content, as always.
NO, stop putting shitty ads in between the clips
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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.
@@slavplaysgames But the video is not about Jesus and Christianity...Perhaps you wrote the comment at the wrong place?
"Now in hunger, this dog of God will devour you."
Goes hard ngl
that was BRUTAL
Such a hard line
Hulagu had BARS
Man, this would have been a great line for Dog and God in New Vegas
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.
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?
Baghdad *never* recovered
The fuck did Pannonians do to Saint Jerome? He sounds particularly offended that they are involved
Pannonians were Roman citizens
They betrayed the Empire.
"A sword never kills anybody. It is a tool in the killer's hand" -> "Guns don't kill people, people kill people".
Nothing new under the sun
guns don't kill people, i do.
Imagine comparing a sword to a machine gun
@@juggyy5429both weapons, one is better at killing
@@jaycefiene9566 right, so the same logic shouldn't apply.
The Aztec description of smallpox was horrifying. Makes me glad that it has been eradicated.
The Aztec description of what they did to captives of other tribes was horrifying. Makes me glad that…
Smallpox is still a thing
Lol smallpox has not been eradicated. There are also countries actively seeking to weaponize it present-day.
@@pete8276ah yes , the classic sacrifice falacy, only used by the most ignorants of them all
@@Elpadrino1407not really a fallacy if it’s well documented
NOT THE PANNONIANS!!! 😱😱😱
Roman citizens
@iratepirate3896 No, those are Paninians
Alas!!!
Sounds like at that point you've hit rock bottom, lol.
Tacitus Kilgore 😂😂
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."
sounds like the modern day West to me.
In Valentinian’s case it would be Prince Sickness
Happens after a while with every civilization & great power@@georgeargueta6256
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.
Last thing i want to hear is European professors interpretation of the events without many sources
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!" 😎
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
@@tjo6252the Persians did the hard work by depleting Roman manpower and finances, the Arabs were just opportunists
@@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
@@Alton4 he thinks he is the sword of islam lol
@@Alton4 Turks came in the 11th century. Don't act smug.
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.
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.
I think the fall of Rome is kind of ironic
@@Samwise_01 the killing of Stilicho, Aetius and Maiorianus were the nails that sealed the western coffin
@@CelticAugurbarbarus
@@Samwise_01 Sounds exactly like the current fall of the west and America.... we are living through right now
"The sword never kills anybody, its a tool in the killers hand"
I wonder how many people agree or disagree with that quote
The NRA demonstrably agreed: they've used a similar expression as a motto for decades.
Its a tool that only does 1 thing
@@reeyees50 Ok? And?
@@reeyees50it cuts things. Like celery and meat
@reeyees50 there many tools that only do 1 thing
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
The sources are bullshit as most reliable sources says it was good
Think about the countless millions of innocent people throughout time who have been savagedly murdered and violated. So fucking sad.
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.
Half of all humans never even made it to adulthood
The way she goes.
Maybe they should've kept their glorious polytheistic religions instead of embracing boring ugly monotheistic ones while shoving it down the throats of others.
@@silviavalentine3812 LMAO
Imagine being a small child and being caught up in one of these situations. Horrifying to think about.
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
Sadly still happens @@Yung_Fettuccine
@@Yung_Fettuccine they were not gonna just kill. they did every thing
@@Yung_FettuccineModern soldiers do that as well, we just talk about it less favorably.
@@Yung_Fettuccine Actually, killing women and children was a lot less common then simply selling them into slavery
"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
The slide into the ad is always so smooth! Great job on that writing skill!
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
sucks when all the people you conquered were fed up with your human sacrifices
@@Armored_ArieteThat's a myth. Hell, the 'Aztecs' adopted human sacrifice from the very people they supposedly "opressed"
@@ahmicqui9396 they still practiced it which made the people they oppressed very happy when they over threw them
@@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...
@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
The entire war between the Spaniards and the Aztecs is an Empire Earth moment
Quality....keep it coming brother ✊🏻
I have learned so much from these readings. Thank you
I think Honorius had a neurological disorder, not as an internet insult but a genuine birth defect.
What makes you say that?
@@PeriodDrama He was feeding birds while his capital was being invaded
He would have loved sonic 😔
@@firstlast5454hello this is Barbara Chandler
@@AYVYN The capital was Ravenna not Rome
Your gods will not save you. The weight and power behind that statement. Incredible.
Because gods do not exist. Believing in them makes you vulnerable
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.
YaY! My favorite channel finally uploaded a new video!
Baghdad and Constantinople, such tragedies. What is it with Nomadic horse people.
Check again. Constantinople was not taken by Nomads.
As for Baghdad, its destruction was severe, not comparable to Constantinople.
"Horse need flat land, me destroy all tall building. What is not food for horse is trash"
Fall of Constantinople was so sad
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.
Never trust the Genoese!
Real.
Yeah, but they were so evil. The knowledge they destroyed. Gah.
@@samadams2203 Or the Venetians!
The worst is the Aztecs dying because of smallpox. The others had the chance to fight.
Completely false and reductionist
@@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.
„Those cities have fallen to Germany.“ In 409 AD? Seems a bit early to me.
Germania was the Latin term for German land, so.... Germany, A corruption of the word in the German's own tongue.
@@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
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
@@Dredgioncringe
Germs are always up to no good.
WTF was that "omen" the Aztecs saw above the city?
Probably just and eclipse, not a UFO like you're implying
@@Qrtuop how was i implying it was a UFO?
It was the god of war Huitzilopochtli going to the bathroom after fail in protect the aztecs
@@argentinaballxd9046 lol yes!
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.
The burning of the library of Alexandria
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).
@@cw4608the destruction of the libraries in baghdad
All 4 of those were great tragedies. It's insane how much we've lost.
@@curious_one1156cope 💀
I'm already imagining accounts about the fall of our current civilization.
and then mcdonalds ran out of nuggets...
"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."
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...
The sultan Suleiman was born many decades latter, Im sure they are mentioning another guy by the same name
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????
13:33 That image represents the Siege of Lisbon in 1147
On the topic I strongly recommend Schwerpunkt's videos on 1) Late Antiquity 2) The fall of Constantinople (the Western/Ottoman side too)
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.
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.
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).
@@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. ☺
@@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
@@Donderu considering that the sheer amount of salt it would take to do anythign to soil, it would be hyper expensive
Four cavalry men broke up an aztec line and routed the entrenched defenders. Insane
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.
A lot of police forces still use them for riot control
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.
15:20 religon of peace ✌️
17:02 Suleman the Magnificent?!! Wtf? This can't be a contemporary source
Good video.
"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"
Great thumbnail. Something refreshing then those shocking Solly faces 😂
Last 2 stories differ too much from each other, yet so close chronologically.
Very interesting
Bad ass channel 🔥
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😢
Not the asses😢
I would have liked some Salvian or Sidonius Apollonaris too!
Why everyone ignores Nalanda University, there were 17 educational centre in india alone , but not a single gets any mention.
Winners of media gang wars and academic gang wars write the history books
Those who documented history in India were too ashamed to reveal the true events, as it conflicted with their narrative of peaceful invaders. The furthest they will go is admitting that Nalanda University was destroyed, but they will never delve into the specifics of who was responsible.
@@kriyato1 Bakhtiar khilji Muslim barbarian was his name.
I feel bad for the suffering of uyghurs today but whenever I remember what happened to Hagia Sophia I don't feel bad anymore.
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.
Wow. They lived in interesting times ...we also live in interesting times ....
Every time is interesting if you look hard enough. It sucks to be a regular person no matter what.
“Emperor of Constantinople” he was the ROMAN emperor
No. No more. Just Byzantine.
Yeah Western European propaganda calling the Eastern Romans “Byzantine”
@@curious_one1156they were the Roman Empire. Byzantine is a false nomenclature
Christians corrupted and defeated Roman empire from within when they couldn't defeat it head on.
Frederick III was the Roman emperor at the time.
Fall of Civilisations - My most favourite channel to fall asleep to other than this one
Even Pannonians? God Romania really has gone to shit…
The mongols were really brutal.
The war thunder ad caught me off guard lmao
16:44 Is this the same Suleman that is given as an example of a great leader...of a peaceful religion?
AFAF
🙂
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.
@@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
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.
@@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.
🙂
Suleiman wasn’t born in era of Mehmet so …..
Do not forget this one.
Ah, I see Seneca was the original "guns don't kill people" guy.
They don't
Bro had a point.
Ah, I see you would have been a plebeian.
@@rogercase9982gammon
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.
The country's of today need to learn from these past civilizations mistakes.
That islam with pillage civilization?
Im so early, I don't have any clue who all these 4 men are
The screams of your post are like a thesaurus to my skull
wat
@@JaegerMatthias You wouldn’t get it
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
Timely.
“What shall we do with you?”
*trying to be tuff* “You can be head me!”
*without thinking twice* “ok”
“Wait I was just- “
Damn that was depressing 😂
Caliph to Hulagu: You are a dog, a Turk.
Hulagu to caliph: Now in hunger, the dog of god will devour you.
The fall of Baghdad was so sad, so much knowledge was forever lost and the people were completely massacred
You should had used Bernal Diaz del Castillo narrative of the Tenochtitlán siege , he was actually there, not like de Sahagún
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.
could just be propaganda ... people like to spread rumors to this day.. doesn't make it true
Was the omen the cannon balls?
Nope, they were familiar with those already. We have no idea what that was lol
We need quicker uploads! Sorry 😂 I've been waiting ages!!
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 😅
@Chill_Mode_JD Thanks mate! I never knew this 😂
What a time to be alive
Others:☠️🔥☠️
Jerome and Constantine XI: 🗿🗿🗿
Incredible.
This makes Baghdad sound like nothing compared to other places the Mongols destroyed. Take Nishapur for example, where they built pyramids of skulls. Or Xi Xia, where they killed off every last member of the Tangut ethnic group before destroying any semblance of their culture whatsoever. Everything we know about them is through tombs, stone writings and accounts from other civilisations such as us Han.
Wtf was the Aztecs omen in the sky?
U should add chapters
Are those drawings original?
15:27 91.000 men? The defenders only numbered 8 thousand
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.
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.
People kill people. With guns. Which is exactly what Seneca said. Swords are a tool used to kill people.
@@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.
It’s sad we have lost such eloquence in our speech
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.
Ironically got a bunch of rise of kingdom ads watching this. Lol
Glad I pay for CZcams premium. The ads have gotten more and more insufferable
Spaniards are so good they stopped Aztecs' human sacrifices so Spaniards themselves can unlive them
Based
Not knowing these names and history, it is somewhat hard to follow. I enjoy the content though.
When in rome...
Lmao that spanish man in the thumbnail has a mood
I feel heart broken for Rome and Constantinople….
The Glorious Roman Empire, cornerstone of the West, ravaged by savages
Correction. Constantinopel was conquered on the 29th of May 1453
Film festivals?
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)
What about the dogs of Titus and the chosen most righteous of Jerusalem? I get my kicks on Route 66....
Bruhh who drew the tlatoani xihuitzolli as a hat for your thumbnail 💀 its a turquoise diadem
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...
Hellish for good reason.
Woah
Please post more happy videos. I LOVE YOUR CONTENT ! I watch your stuff literally every day, but often it’s so sad and gruesome that I have to turn it off and I can never fall asleep to it. Pleeeeaaaaseeee post happier ones and make a playlist of happy ones
Grow up
@@Someone-by6jm I can’t put into words how happy I am to not be you
I agree with you. I wish he would post more travelogues and narratives of everyday lives instead of war and stuff
@@Brunaa00098 yeah right ! I just want to hear some happy stories about people traveling and seeing other parts of the world and finding it fascinating. Stuff like that. I’m glad at least one person agrees
Which evil Baghdad wrought??? Other than not expand more to the East and bringing more Muslims to the World.
Those same Mongols later were defeated at Ain Jaloot.
How little memory Christendom seems to have.
that document was written by an Armenian so it’s definitely biased even though Armenians lived peacefully during the abbasid caliphate
Am I the only one who watch this video to hear about different gods?