4 First-Hand Accounts of Civilizations Being Wiped Out

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  • @VoicesofthePast
    @VoicesofthePastАй бұрын

    Play War Thunder now with my link, and get a massive, free bonus pack including vehicles, boosters and more: playwt.link/voicesofthepast2024

  • @elvenkind6072

    @elvenkind6072

    Ай бұрын

    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.

  • @astroboirap

    @astroboirap

    Ай бұрын

    NO, stop putting shitty ads in between the clips

  • @elvenkind6072

    @elvenkind6072

    Ай бұрын

    @@astroboirap The man have to make a living, if he is to continue his entertainment for us. The War Thunder ad is from him. The rest of the ads you can get rid of with Adblock Plus, that's your job.

  • @slavplaysgames

    @slavplaysgames

    21 күн бұрын

    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

    21 күн бұрын

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

  • @pebystroll
    @pebystroll24 күн бұрын

    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

    9 күн бұрын

    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

    8 күн бұрын

    Baghdad *never* recovered

  • @anyoneattheendoftime4932
    @anyoneattheendoftime4932Ай бұрын

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

  • @accidiaet

    @accidiaet

    29 күн бұрын

    Goes hard ngl

  • @elblack25

    @elblack25

    28 күн бұрын

    that was BRUTAL

  • @battenburg6089

    @battenburg6089

    28 күн бұрын

    Such a hard line

  • @CnutStolen

    @CnutStolen

    27 күн бұрын

    Hulagu had BARS

  • @froggystyle642

    @froggystyle642

    25 күн бұрын

    Man, this would have been a great line for Dog and God in New Vegas

  • @ashtonackerman9246
    @ashtonackerman924628 күн бұрын

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

  • @pete8276

    @pete8276

    21 күн бұрын

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

  • @HustlerMitch

    @HustlerMitch

    20 күн бұрын

    Smallpox is still a thing

  • @nn5410

    @nn5410

    18 күн бұрын

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

  • @Elpadrino1407

    @Elpadrino1407

    17 күн бұрын

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

  • @guymundane3807

    @guymundane3807

    17 күн бұрын

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

  • @matthewboyle2641
    @matthewboyle2641Ай бұрын

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

  • @iratepirate3896

    @iratepirate3896

    Ай бұрын

    Pannonians were Roman citizens

  • @JoeSmith-sl9bq

    @JoeSmith-sl9bq

    Ай бұрын

    They betrayed the Empire.

  • @WandererOfWorlds0
    @WandererOfWorlds026 күн бұрын

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

  • @klettersteig599

    @klettersteig599

    25 күн бұрын

    Nothing new under the sun

  • @curse.dmeme..3399

    @curse.dmeme..3399

    22 күн бұрын

    guns don't kill people, i do.

  • @juggyy5429

    @juggyy5429

    21 күн бұрын

    Imagine comparing a sword to a machine gun

  • @jaycefiene9566

    @jaycefiene9566

    20 күн бұрын

    @@juggyy5429both weapons, one is better at killing

  • @juggyy5429

    @juggyy5429

    20 күн бұрын

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

  • @TacitusKilgore165
    @TacitusKilgore165Ай бұрын

    NOT THE PANNONIANS!!! 😱😱😱

  • @iratepirate3896

    @iratepirate3896

    Ай бұрын

    Roman citizens

  • @JohnRNewAccountNumber3

    @JohnRNewAccountNumber3

    Ай бұрын

    ​@iratepirate3896 No, those are Paninians

  • @androidhammer5307

    @androidhammer5307

    27 күн бұрын

    Alas!!!

  • @OspreyFlyer

    @OspreyFlyer

    27 күн бұрын

    Sounds like at that point you've hit rock bottom, lol.

  • @sasinator6918

    @sasinator6918

    20 күн бұрын

    Tacitus Kilgore 😂😂

  • @eksbocks9438
    @eksbocks9438Ай бұрын

    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

    28 күн бұрын

    sounds like the modern day West to me.

  • @cw4608

    @cw4608

    26 күн бұрын

    In Valentinian’s case it would be Prince Sickness

  • @kalmon6745

    @kalmon6745

    23 күн бұрын

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

  • @OptimusMaximusNero
    @OptimusMaximusNeroАй бұрын

    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

    Ай бұрын

    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

    Ай бұрын

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

  • @Alton4

    @Alton4

    29 күн бұрын

    @@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

    26 күн бұрын

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

  • @Scott-xb1ku

    @Scott-xb1ku

    25 күн бұрын

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

  • @HellAintHalfFull
    @HellAintHalfFullАй бұрын

    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

    11 күн бұрын

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

  • @RockHolmes
    @RockHolmesАй бұрын

    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

    Ай бұрын

    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

    26 күн бұрын

    I think the fall of Rome is kind of ironic

  • @spacelemming4493

    @spacelemming4493

    24 күн бұрын

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

  • @Pepe-pq3om

    @Pepe-pq3om

    23 күн бұрын

    ​@@CelticAugurbarbarus

  • @rodtack8420

    @rodtack8420

    9 күн бұрын

    @@Samwise_01 Sounds exactly like the current fall of the west and America.... we are living through right now

  • @MikesLeague
    @MikesLeague29 күн бұрын

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

  • @yutian5884

    @yutian5884

    23 күн бұрын

    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

    23 күн бұрын

    Half of all humans never even made it to adulthood

  • @ryv2484

    @ryv2484

    20 күн бұрын

    The way she goes.

  • @silviavalentine3812

    @silviavalentine3812

    19 күн бұрын

    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

    13 күн бұрын

    ​@@silviavalentine3812 LMAO

  • @TheRealBatCave
    @TheRealBatCaveАй бұрын

    "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

    Ай бұрын

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

  • @reeyees50

    @reeyees50

    Ай бұрын

    Its a tool that only does 1 thing

  • @user-qj6vg8gp3l

    @user-qj6vg8gp3l

    Ай бұрын

    @@reeyees50 Ok? And?

  • @Reg_The_Galah

    @Reg_The_Galah

    Ай бұрын

    @@reeyees50it cuts things. Like celery and meat

  • @TheRealBatCave

    @TheRealBatCave

    Ай бұрын

    @reeyees50 there many tools that only do 1 thing

  • @philsoro491
    @philsoro49126 күн бұрын

    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

    25 күн бұрын

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

  • @ahmicqui9396

    @ahmicqui9396

    24 күн бұрын

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

  • @Armored_Ariete

    @Armored_Ariete

    23 күн бұрын

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

  • @ahmicqui9396

    @ahmicqui9396

    23 күн бұрын

    @@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

    12 күн бұрын

    ​@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

  • @philsonhtc2871
    @philsonhtc2871Ай бұрын

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

  • @Yung_Fettuccine

    @Yung_Fettuccine

    Ай бұрын

    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

    Ай бұрын

    Sadly still happens ​@@Yung_Fettuccine

  • @CannibaLouiST

    @CannibaLouiST

    Ай бұрын

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

  • @MicaiahBaron

    @MicaiahBaron

    Ай бұрын

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

  • @davidrozemberg9295

    @davidrozemberg9295

    Ай бұрын

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

  • @an.hs.n
    @an.hs.n10 күн бұрын

    "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

  • @WORLDCRUSHER9000
    @WORLDCRUSHER9000Ай бұрын

    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

    23 күн бұрын

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

  • @langustajableczna

    @langustajableczna

    2 күн бұрын

    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

    Күн бұрын

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

  • @WORLDCRUSHER9000

    @WORLDCRUSHER9000

    Күн бұрын

    @@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

    Күн бұрын

    @@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

  • @courtneyriley185
    @courtneyriley185Ай бұрын

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

  • @belyy_rusky
    @belyy_ruskyАй бұрын

    Fall of Constantinople was so sad

  • @elvenkind6072

    @elvenkind6072

    Ай бұрын

    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

    Ай бұрын

    Never trust the Genoese!

  • @Gerasimos_slava

    @Gerasimos_slava

    Ай бұрын

    Real.

  • @chocolatefrenzieya

    @chocolatefrenzieya

    Ай бұрын

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

  • @belyy_rusky

    @belyy_rusky

    Ай бұрын

    @@samadams2203 Or the Venetians!

  • @anthonyvaleriuskevin8982
    @anthonyvaleriuskevin8982Ай бұрын

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

  • @curious_one1156

    @curious_one1156

    25 күн бұрын

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

  • @Freefrost

    @Freefrost

    7 күн бұрын

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

  • @lordgrunwalder1607

    @lordgrunwalder1607

    Күн бұрын

    @@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

    3 сағат бұрын

    The Ottomans weren't nomadic

  • @North_sea_empire_Viking
    @North_sea_empire_VikingАй бұрын

    Quality....keep it coming brother ✊🏻

  • @capn_shawn
    @capn_shawn24 күн бұрын

    I have learned so much from these readings. Thank you

  • @mehmetcaglarozgur7679
    @mehmetcaglarozgur767920 күн бұрын

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

  • @Galletas-my3sv

    @Galletas-my3sv

    12 күн бұрын

    Completely false and reductionist

  • @mehmetcaglarozgur7679

    @mehmetcaglarozgur7679

    11 күн бұрын

    @@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.

  • @teddytheodoris6778
    @teddytheodoris677828 күн бұрын

    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

    26 күн бұрын

    The burning of the library of Alexandria

  • @curious_one1156

    @curious_one1156

    25 күн бұрын

    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

    25 күн бұрын

    @@cw4608the destruction of the libraries in baghdad

  • @ahmicqui9396

    @ahmicqui9396

    24 күн бұрын

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

  • @figarooobarberofseville8623

    @figarooobarberofseville8623

    14 күн бұрын

    ​@@curious_one1156cope 💀

  • @bushit123456
    @bushit12345623 күн бұрын

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

  • @AYVYN
    @AYVYNАй бұрын

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

  • @PeriodDrama

    @PeriodDrama

    28 күн бұрын

    What makes you say that?

  • @AYVYN

    @AYVYN

    28 күн бұрын

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

  • @firstlast5454

    @firstlast5454

    28 күн бұрын

    He would have loved sonic 😔

  • @blackbartthepoet3820

    @blackbartthepoet3820

    15 күн бұрын

    @@firstlast5454hello this is Barbara Chandler

  • @tomasrocha6139

    @tomasrocha6139

    11 күн бұрын

    @@AYVYN The capital was Ravenna not Rome

  • @greensoldier2142
    @greensoldier21429 күн бұрын

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

  • @jvharbin8337
    @jvharbin8337Ай бұрын

    YaY! My favorite channel finally uploaded a new video!

  • @SplendidMisanthropy
    @SplendidMisanthropyАй бұрын

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

  • @kylirwolffe5614

    @kylirwolffe5614

    Ай бұрын

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

  • @davidrozemberg9295

    @davidrozemberg9295

    Ай бұрын

    @@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

    Ай бұрын

    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

    28 күн бұрын

    @@Dredgioncringe

  • @wesleyfilms

    @wesleyfilms

    11 күн бұрын

    Germs are always up to no good.

  • @igormarins1227
    @igormarins1227Ай бұрын

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

  • @BeterBorker

    @BeterBorker

    28 күн бұрын

    and then mcdonalds ran out of nuggets...

  • @desareejones3424

    @desareejones3424

    28 күн бұрын

    "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

    27 күн бұрын

    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...

  • @tonybones5
    @tonybones527 күн бұрын

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

  • @Qrtuop

    @Qrtuop

    20 күн бұрын

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

  • @tonybones5

    @tonybones5

    19 күн бұрын

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

  • @argentinaballxd9046

    @argentinaballxd9046

    13 күн бұрын

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

  • @tonybones5

    @tonybones5

    11 күн бұрын

    @@argentinaballxd9046 lol yes!

  • @elvenkind6072
    @elvenkind6072Ай бұрын

    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

    Ай бұрын

    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

    Ай бұрын

    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

    Ай бұрын

    @@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 KZread. ☺

  • @Donderu

    @Donderu

    Ай бұрын

    @@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

    29 күн бұрын

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

  • @happymradrian
    @happymradrian10 күн бұрын

    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.

  • @anthonyjames7532
    @anthonyjames753225 күн бұрын

    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????

  • @laurelsilberman5705
    @laurelsilberman57052 күн бұрын

    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.

  • @antoniomoreira5921
    @antoniomoreira5921Ай бұрын

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

  • @MarioL3173
    @MarioL3173Ай бұрын

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

  • @tannerdenny5430
    @tannerdenny5430Ай бұрын

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

  • @PFirefly06

    @PFirefly06

    28 күн бұрын

    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

    25 күн бұрын

    A lot of police forces still use them for riot control

  • @ahmicqui9396

    @ahmicqui9396

    24 күн бұрын

    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.

  • @alangivre2474
    @alangivre247411 күн бұрын

    The mongols were really brutal.

  • @tjo6252
    @tjo6252Ай бұрын

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

  • @wookie-zh7go
    @wookie-zh7goАй бұрын

    "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"

  • @SrAlmeidaMedina
    @SrAlmeidaMedina29 күн бұрын

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

  • @gostavoadolfos2023
    @gostavoadolfos2023Ай бұрын

    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.

  • @Rdu0101
    @Rdu0101Ай бұрын

    “Emperor of Constantinople” he was the ROMAN emperor

  • @curious_one1156

    @curious_one1156

    25 күн бұрын

    No. No more. Just Byzantine.

  • @Muramasa1794

    @Muramasa1794

    21 күн бұрын

    Yeah Western European propaganda calling the Eastern Romans “Byzantine”

  • @Muramasa1794

    @Muramasa1794

    21 күн бұрын

    @@curious_one1156they were the Roman Empire. Byzantine is a false nomenclature

  • @Yogi_The_Bitter_Truth_2408

    @Yogi_The_Bitter_Truth_2408

    11 күн бұрын

    Christians corrupted and defeated Roman empire from within when they couldn't defeat it head on.

  • @Troopertroll

    @Troopertroll

    6 күн бұрын

    Frederick III was the Roman emperor at the time.

  • @sanneoi6323
    @sanneoi63236 күн бұрын

    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.

  • @milktea_gang
    @milktea_gang22 сағат бұрын

    “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.”

  • @matthewboyle2641
    @matthewboyle2641Ай бұрын

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

  • @philsonhtc2871

    @philsonhtc2871

    Ай бұрын

    They don't

  • @Pink.andahalf

    @Pink.andahalf

    Ай бұрын

    Bro had a point.

  • @rogercase9982

    @rogercase9982

    Ай бұрын

    Ah, I see you would have been a plebeian.

  • @sherlockgnomes8971

    @sherlockgnomes8971

    Ай бұрын

    @@rogercase9982gammon

  • @user-qj6vg8gp3l

    @user-qj6vg8gp3l

    Ай бұрын

    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.

  • @michaelowino228
    @michaelowino228Ай бұрын

    Good video.

  • @user-in3xs9gn2o
    @user-in3xs9gn2o12 күн бұрын

    Great thumbnail. Something refreshing then those shocking Solly faces 😂

  • @luyandzabavukiledlamini4693
    @luyandzabavukiledlamini4693Ай бұрын

    Very interesting

  • @Niiiiith
    @Niiiiith25 күн бұрын

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

  • @Qrtuop

    @Qrtuop

    20 күн бұрын

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

  • @Yogi_The_Bitter_Truth_2408

    @Yogi_The_Bitter_Truth_2408

    11 күн бұрын

    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

    3 сағат бұрын

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

  • @iratepirate3896
    @iratepirate3896Ай бұрын

    I would have liked some Salvian or Sidonius Apollonaris too!

  • @sahilsingh6048
    @sahilsingh604815 күн бұрын

    Why everyone ignores Nalanda University, there were 17 educational centre in india alone , but not a single gets any mention.

  • @Yogi_The_Bitter_Truth_2408

    @Yogi_The_Bitter_Truth_2408

    11 күн бұрын

    Winners of media gang wars and academic gang wars write the history books

  • @kriyato1

    @kriyato1

    11 күн бұрын

    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.

  • @Yogi_The_Bitter_Truth_2408

    @Yogi_The_Bitter_Truth_2408

    10 күн бұрын

    @@kriyato1 Bakhtiar khilji Muslim barbarian was his name.

  • @280SE
    @280SEАй бұрын

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

  • @EchozNation69
    @EchozNation6922 күн бұрын

    Bad ass channel 🔥

  • @bobhunter4676
    @bobhunter467628 күн бұрын

    The war thunder ad caught me off guard lmao

  • @ThexXxXxOLOxXxXx
    @ThexXxXxOLOxXxXx29 күн бұрын

    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😢

  • @wafiqnasna4638

    @wafiqnasna4638

    12 күн бұрын

    Not the asses😢

  • @Ami-jc2oo

    @Ami-jc2oo

    Күн бұрын

    Nnnooooo the asses!

  • @cringlator
    @cringlatorАй бұрын

    Even Pannonians? God Romania really has gone to shit…

  • @courtneyriley185
    @courtneyriley185Ай бұрын

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

  • @Ravenforce3

    @Ravenforce3

    29 күн бұрын

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

  • @youareacoward8459
    @youareacoward845924 күн бұрын

    Do not forget this one.

  • @jmanj3917
    @jmanj3917Ай бұрын

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

  • @brumbotrukto223

    @brumbotrukto223

    29 күн бұрын

    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

    29 күн бұрын

    @@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

    25 күн бұрын

    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

    25 күн бұрын

    @@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

    24 күн бұрын

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

  • @javi4591
    @javi4591Ай бұрын

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

  • @Golden_glow
    @Golden_glow13 күн бұрын

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

  • @mehmetcaglarozgur7679
    @mehmetcaglarozgur767920 күн бұрын

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

  • @pete8276
    @pete8276Ай бұрын

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

  • @JaegerMatthias

    @JaegerMatthias

    21 күн бұрын

    wat

  • @pete8276

    @pete8276

    21 күн бұрын

    @@JaegerMatthias You wouldn’t get it

  • @MysticChronicles712
    @MysticChronicles712Ай бұрын

    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.

  • @rodtack8420

    @rodtack8420

    9 күн бұрын

    could just be propaganda ... people like to spread rumors to this day.. doesn't make it true

  • @hourbee5535
    @hourbee5535Ай бұрын

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

  • @supremecaffeine2633

    @supremecaffeine2633

    7 күн бұрын

    That islam with pillage civilization?

  • @Ami-jc2oo

    @Ami-jc2oo

    Күн бұрын

    ​@supremecaffeine2633 WTF

  • @detectivewiggles
    @detectivewiggles29 күн бұрын

    Timely.

  • @Nomadith
    @NomadithАй бұрын

    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

  • @figarooobarberofseville8623
    @figarooobarberofseville862314 күн бұрын

    15:20 religon of peace ✌️

  • @Huehue-qf1ri

    @Huehue-qf1ri

    4 күн бұрын

    Didnt wait until 20:00, did you ?

  • @Ami-jc2oo

    @Ami-jc2oo

    Күн бұрын

    Um...conquest is normal? 🤷‍♀️

  • @figarooobarberofseville8623

    @figarooobarberofseville8623

    Күн бұрын

    @@Ami-jc2oo and religous presecution!?

  • @dogukantopal4809

    @dogukantopal4809

    Күн бұрын

    ​@@figarooobarberofseville8623 Ever heard of the fourth crusade?

  • @Ami-jc2oo

    @Ami-jc2oo

    19 сағат бұрын

    @@figarooobarberofseville8623 Um, in those times....yeah? They were?

  • @Driftking305forlife
    @Driftking305forlife29 күн бұрын

    Damn that was depressing 😂

  • @bradyhedstrom2541
    @bradyhedstrom25415 күн бұрын

    What was the omen over the Aztecs?

  • @katalystc1268
    @katalystc126828 күн бұрын

    Was the omen the cannon balls?

  • @ahmicqui9396

    @ahmicqui9396

    24 күн бұрын

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

  • @MrSomebodyyy
    @MrSomebodyyy20 күн бұрын

    Are those drawings original?

  • @qbpdnguyen2844
    @qbpdnguyen284416 күн бұрын

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

  • @donny_doyle
    @donny_doyle26 күн бұрын

    Wtf was the Aztecs omen in the sky?

  • @user-ci2qx2ci1y
    @user-ci2qx2ci1y9 күн бұрын

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

  • @Elpadrino1407
    @Elpadrino140717 күн бұрын

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

  • @cHFBb
    @cHFBbАй бұрын

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

  • @Chill_Mode_JD

    @Chill_Mode_JD

    Ай бұрын

    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

    Ай бұрын

    @Chill_Mode_JD Thanks mate! I never knew this 😂

  • @kadbenson7540
    @kadbenson7540Ай бұрын

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

  • @Notimportant253

    @Notimportant253

    Ай бұрын

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

  • @MH-ms1dg
    @MH-ms1dgКүн бұрын

    wait, wasn't the siege of Baghdad the one where they forced all the people in the Caliphate by the point of sword into the city's moat, and then rolled the siege towers right over them?

  • @KohanKilletz
    @KohanKilletz5 күн бұрын

    Quite a chilling account of three horrible, horrible people.

  • @gusb5867
    @gusb586716 күн бұрын

    What a time to be alive

  • @bigsarge2085
    @bigsarge2085Ай бұрын

    Incredible.

  • @IvanTibster
    @IvanTibster27 күн бұрын

    What about the dogs of Titus and the chosen most righteous of Jerusalem? I get my kicks on Route 66....

  • @Passageofsky
    @PassageofskyАй бұрын

    When in rome...

  • @jerodfarmer165
    @jerodfarmer165Ай бұрын

    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

    29 күн бұрын

    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

    26 күн бұрын

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

  • @KyoushaPumpItUp

    @KyoushaPumpItUp

    6 күн бұрын

    @@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.

  • @igitt426
    @igitt42617 күн бұрын

    U should add chapters

  • @clintonbaird5465
    @clintonbaird546517 күн бұрын

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

  • @dukeheavens9990

    @dukeheavens9990

    5 сағат бұрын

    😂😂😂

  • @clintonbaird5465

    @clintonbaird5465

    3 сағат бұрын

    @@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

  • @JohnRNewAccountNumber3
    @JohnRNewAccountNumber3Ай бұрын

    Doomed ruler: "God will protect me!" Ron Howard: "He didn't."

  • @dougler500
    @dougler50023 күн бұрын

    Thumbnail changed?

  • @darthseagraves
    @darthseagraves10 күн бұрын

    Hellish for good reason.

  • @axolitoo
    @axolitoo24 күн бұрын

    Bruhh who drew the tlatoani xihuitzolli as a hat for your thumbnail 💀 its a turquoise diadem

  • @benquinneyiii7941
    @benquinneyiii794110 күн бұрын

    Film festivals?

  • @unigaming9921
    @unigaming992125 күн бұрын

    Lmao that spanish man in the thumbnail has a mood

  • @dragoblad7803
    @dragoblad780311 күн бұрын

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

  • @1ofbillions
    @1ofbillionsАй бұрын

    Correction. Constantinopel was conquered on the 29th of May 1453

  • @adalbertoruize
    @adalbertoruize9 күн бұрын

    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)

  • @antonfredricson9205
    @antonfredricson9205Ай бұрын

    Am I the only one who watch this video to hear about different gods?

  • @TheCosmicGuy0111
    @TheCosmicGuy0111Ай бұрын

    Woah