We've got plenty more planned for October on the channel - including a new miniseries; plus, in continuing Wallachia's story, we'll take an in-depth look into the reign of Vlad III, otherwise known as the Vlad the Imapler!

@danielmaxter1928

2 жыл бұрын

Here in Romania we never used such term "Wallachia". We called it "Tara Romaneasca" which translates as "Romanian country" and we never called ourselves "Vlachs". We always called ourselves "Rumani". This Wallachia term is like the entire planet calling Deutschaland "Germany" but they never call themselves "Germans" they call themselves "Deutsche Volk". It would be great if foreigners called Wallachia by its true name "Romanian country". Us Romans called the Deutsche "Germans" and in revenge they called us Wallachians as the term derives from German word: "Walhaz" which translates as "Latin speakers" so this is where our nickname comes from. Germans nicknamed us Wallachians because we nicknamed them Germans.

@iAMaSOUTHpARK

Жыл бұрын

@@danielmaxter1928 Valahia was formed by kazar kumans Jews and Roma gypsy turco iranienii Avars from kazar khagane army house of Basarab Drăculești clans 1200

@GeoGamer6969

10 ай бұрын

​@@danielmaxter1928tara romaneasca is also know as valahia in romana

Im romanian and i cannot express how good this video is. The quality was way better than expected and it had all the important details explained in a very accurate way.

@GhostCountries

Жыл бұрын

Oh, thank you so much BaffledWaffle; we've got a second part to this video and will be revisiting Romania's history in future videos too!

@baffledwaffle6319

Жыл бұрын

@@GhostCountries saw a part of the video. It was really cool

@SorinVertigo-yv6nf

8 ай бұрын

@@GhostCountries kumans was khazars kipcak and numerous tribe bolgars maghiars serbian ..not vlachii ilrii rumunii or arumunii albanese migrated witj sheeps in.kumania today bucharest

@maxpower252

2 ай бұрын

Do you drink blood 🩸?

Really enjoyed this I love early European History

@GhostCountries

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much kirbyward2001; we've got plenty more like this + a new miniseries planned for this month!

@iAMaSOUTHpARK

Жыл бұрын

@@GhostCountries Heii they was cumans kazar and Roma gypsy turcic iranic Avars from same stock kazar army khagane Vlad impaler house of Basarab they was not rumanians blahs

Pretty good stuff man - this is coming from a true Geto-Valaho(Wallachian)-Rumanian who knows more than the official story, especially the western version. You got it right. Cheers!

@GhostCountries

2 жыл бұрын

Oh, thank you so much! We’re planning more videos in the region; plus, maybe a special on Michael the Brave at some point.

Another great episode! I'm looking forward to the continuation and hope it will not end on Vlad Tepesh. We have to at least get to Michel (Mihai) the Brave. Also, nice pronunciation of Wallachia! At least, that's how we would say it in Poland. I assume that the actual Romanian pronunciation is similar.

@GhostCountries

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Artur and yeah 😅, I tried making sure my pronunciation in-video was as close to the Romanian version as possible! Interesting to know it's basically the same over in Poland. Okay; we debated exactly what to do here, because there's quite a lot to Wallachia's story - including the exploits of Michael the Brave, like you point out - probably could (and we just might...hahaha) make an entire video on the Battle of Calugareni! However, we decided to end it (more or less) when Wallachia's "true independence" came to an end. Now, that being said, we have plans to do either a "Ghost Biography" about Michael the Brave - going into his story, which goes beyond just Wallachia - and/or a Wallachia Part III, if these episodes are well-received.

@GhostCountries

2 жыл бұрын

We almost certainly (in time) will use these episodes to springboard into the United Principalities and Kingdom of Romania, among others - so, there's plenty more still to come!

@dacvs301

9 ай бұрын

romanians never called themselves vlahs/valahi/volohi. There is only evidence of calling themselves ruman and/or roman or at plural rumani/romani.Also "Dac(i)" who can mean wolf people or "d'aci" which means "from here/from this/these land(s). So we dont have an actual correct spelling for valahia once this word was invented and used only by non romanians.The country name in our records was called Tara Romaneasca/Terra Romanorum - Romanian Land(s). We have Tara as Terra , we have Tarina as earth dust but never reffered to it as Valahia or valahians among ourselves. Relating to the Dracul/ea name, the House of Basarab who ruled/founded "Valahia" had two heir branches , the Danesti and Draculesti Clans. Dracu(l) means Devil , devilish but also have positive mean "al dracu" means to have ambition/to never give up.Vlad Tepes/Vlad Draculea the 3rd father name has nothing to do with the order of the dragon. The order in official papers (very rare) is named simply "societa". Others call it unoficially societa draconica or draco brotherhood.The symbol used for this brotherhood was the uroborus, a snake eating his own tale and other symbol is the dragon killed by saint george but the clan/familly name was there before Vlads father joined the Order.

Never thought about Wallachia as a Ghost Country! Very interesting though and not limited to Vlad the Impaler, as most channels do :D

@GhostCountries

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, and kind of in the same vein as the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, it's truly one of those ghost countries that - even though not here anymore - has a perceptible legacy, even today! We'll be covering Vlad the Impaler in part II of Wallachia's story, but we've had some viewer recommend going beyond that and, if these videos do well, we definitely plan a video for Michael the Brave.

Very interesting as always!

Really interesting topic! Can't wait for the video about Vlad III.

@GhostCountries

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked the video John! In part II, we'll be covering Vlad III and his reign over Wallachia in-depth.

@BlueBuckJS

2 жыл бұрын

@@GhostCountries 👍

Another good video, you deserve more fans!

@GhostCountries

2 жыл бұрын

Oh, thank you so much! The channel is growing - slowly, but surely; that being said, every like, comment, and/or share helps!

Such great quality for such a small channel! I hope you‘ll soon get the glory you deserve and will come out on eye level with the other more known history channels!

@GhostCountries

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for your comment TheViktory 🙌; it really is always nice hearing that our viewers/subscribers enjoy the channel - we're always trying to improve content quality - and we've had some pretty nice growth lately too!

It's pretty cool to see how your videos have evolved since the channel started! 👍 Also, like a lot of other viewers have said, I'm looking forward to the part about Vlad the Impaler - rather apropos with Halloween coming up.

@GhostCountries

2 жыл бұрын

Oh, thank you so much Nomad and yeah, we've got a Halloween theme going on this month - especially with the next couple of episodes. 🎃

@iAMaSOUTHpARK

Жыл бұрын

@@GhostCountries they was kazar dummye kazar kumans and Roma gypsy turco iranici .and pecenegă tatars house of Basarab they was not vlah ilirians shepherd

Heading to Instagram now to follow your fascinating work!

@GhostCountries

2 жыл бұрын

Awesome; thank you so much Tina! Hope you like our infographics and other stuff over on Instagram. Once we have access to the community tab on KZread itself, we'll share some of those here as well.

Very saintly, many thanks.

Your content is good man 👍 you deserve more subscribers

@GhostCountries

8 ай бұрын

I appreciate that!

Good Video! I Love the Retro Style

@GhostCountries

Жыл бұрын

Oh, thank you so much!

Cool video! 👍

@GhostCountries

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Garrett!

this video teached me so many things about my country of origin :')) the quality is amazing!!

@GhostCountries

Жыл бұрын

Oh, thank you so much! We're actually talking about doing a part III, since we didn't cover Michael the Brave. We initially put part III on hold, since there didn't seem to be a lot of interest on the part of our viewers, but we've received so many comments lately. So, honestly, I'm excited to revisit another chapter of Wallachian / Romanian history again!

@minafm6.145

Жыл бұрын

@@GhostCountries Oh yes, Mihai Viteazul is a real legend among romanians!! Cannot wait to watch part III 🥰

@GhostCountries

Жыл бұрын

@@minafm6.145 Oh, that's great to know! All this digging into Romanian history really makes me want to visit the country. I was supposed to back in 2019 or 2020, but that never happened.

Good job!

@GhostCountries

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Historical_Events! I'm pretty sure you'll like the other content - new miniseries premieres next week - that we're putting out this month as well. 😉

Good stuff.

first one! as good as always!

@GhostCountries

2 жыл бұрын

You are 😆; thanks as always Jiayi!

Fascinating!

@GhostCountries

2 жыл бұрын

Oh, thanks Matt; be sure to check out Wallachia Part II when it's out, which deals with Vlad the Impaler...plus, we've got a new miniseries premiering on the channel next week!

At @03:40 you say Transilvanian Alps, but it's actually Carpathians :) Thanks for the video!

Im from Serbia and SOME people that live around Romanian borders like me are called Wallachs or "Власи"

@GhostCountries

Жыл бұрын

Hey, that’s really interesting man; we definitely are planning to explore the region more in future episodes and that includes stuff relating to Serbia’s history too!

@nikobelllik3231

Жыл бұрын

Vlach we are ROMANIANS from Banatul sarbesc..Vlach is real original ROMANIANS Banat dialect is old real Romanian vlach dialect...Romanians in Bucharest over there in muntenia don't speak real Romanian there all mixed with 10 different races

@Catalin06

Жыл бұрын

South of Romania was called in the past by slavs and greeks Wallachia, those people that live in Timoc Valley that region was part of South of Romania(Wallachia aka Țara Românească-Terra Romanum) during Mircea The Elder rule. They are daco-romans just like romanians, in ancient times that region was called Tribalia.

@dacvs301

9 ай бұрын

​@@nikobelllik3231ti'e belita rau caciula, iti sade anapoda si te face sa gandesti cam strambeanu. Aduna'te traco-romanule sau mori dezbinat.

@cllaudiusd521

8 ай бұрын

@@nikobelllik3231 Nonsense... No, mixed with 7 different races...:)) A bulshit.

Thank you for the video very interesting many greetings from Romania, one note if i may , the country was called TARA ROMANESCA meaning the LAND OF THE ROMANIANS not Wallachia and local people called themselves ruman roman rumanj rumani and not walach or vlach, Wallachia was called by the people bordering the country such as hungarians turks germans , Wallachia is just like Wallonia in belgium just a german word to mean a romance people.

@GhostCountries

2 жыл бұрын

Hey, thank you so much Tomy and the history behind the name Wallachia is actually quite interesting - I did a little bit of research after seeing your comment! Also, just saying, it's really neat hearing from someone in Romania 🇷🇴 itself; we're planning to do more videos about Romanian (and southeast European) history in the not too distant future, such as an episode about the United Principalities, etc.

@tomytoma6287

2 жыл бұрын

@@GhostCountries your welcome, your video was very interesting, the roman name is not unique in the region as all the balkans population were romans at some point in history ,Greeks have 100 years Since they stop calling themselves romaioi ,we were just former romans living on both sides of the danube, in the south majoity got assimilated some still live south called aromanians and meglo-romanians, as a a modern day romanian see myself as beeing part of the former eastern Roman byzantine empire ,we are orthodox and we are Roman, the people who ruled Wallachia after Michel the brave were byzantine greeks from constantinople called phanariots who also called themselves Romaioi, we still have now in 2022 families such as canatacuzino and paleologu some are men of culture some politicians.

@tomytoma6287

2 жыл бұрын

@@GhostCountries thank you for beeing interested in my country, i enjoyed your despotate of epirus was very nice ,i hope you do more about byzantine history in the future such as empire of nicaea or the Vlacho-Bulgarian empire, or anyother video about the eastern roman empire, greetings from Constanta on the black sea cost of Romania.

@GhostCountries

2 жыл бұрын

@@tomytoma6287 That's really interesting, there's so much to regional history once you begin to dig into it and it often takes you to some unexpected places. Oh, and just letting you know, we have actually gotten quite a few requests for a ghost biography episode on Michael the Brave and that almost certainly is going to happen at some point...hopefully sooner than later!

@GhostCountries

2 жыл бұрын

@@tomytoma6287 Definitely; we've still got a bit more planned before wrapping up Epirus' story, but then we'll moving on to other Byzantine successor states (Nicaea, Trebizond, etc.) in time, alongside other ghost countries in the region. And, since you mentioned the Bulgarian Empire, I can almost guarantee we'll be covering that state; working on the Epirus episodes and others showed just how much of a role it played in regional history and that's something we just can't ignore / want to explore further in a proper episode.

Basarab's father, Radu Negru originally born name Tok Temür (Tochomerius) was the (illegitim) son of king Ladislaus IV. the Cuman and Édua/Aydoya, daughter of Möngke Temür khan. After the assasination of Ladislaus IV., Nicholaus Cumanus, the brother of Édua out of revenge wrote out the entire family of the king killers in 1290 AD. In that year Édua and the minor Tok Temür went to the future Wallachia, called Terra Transalpini (Havasalföld in hungarian language), and under his uncles, khan Tokta (possible identic with Nicholaus Cumanus) protection, and his mother's regency founded the new state called "Terra Transalpini", later "Ungrovlahia". So Bassarab I. was the grandson of Ladislaus IV., and after the death of king Andreas III. of Hungary had the right, as an Árpád dinasty descent to the thron of Hungary. In 1324 AD Basarab conquered the Szörényi bánság, on the 17 April 1330 Zách Felicián tried to kill king Charles of Hungary with his two sons, but the king's bodyguards cut him down. In the winter of 1330 Basarab conquered more hungarian territory, and Charles I. led an army into Havasalföld to defeat Basarab, but Basarab defeated him on the 9 th. December 1330. After that Ungrovlachia became suveran state, and Charles I. remains Hungary's king, Basarab did not succeed in obtaining the Hungarian throne.

@thieph

2 ай бұрын

Delusional hungarian delirium

11:22 dracul means devil, not dragon?

@vicu_negru

6 ай бұрын

The order was the order of the dragon.

I'm distantly related to the Basarabs of Wallachia so this is great to know. thank you.

@GhostCountries

Жыл бұрын

That's very cool man! Also, glad you liked the video. 🙌

@Tallborn5

Жыл бұрын

Don't want to be a party pooper but probably half of the Eastern Europe maybe even more are related to them.

@albertojmek

Жыл бұрын

@@Tallborn5 yeah if ur a romanian

❤

Realy nice video but Mircea did not die in an Ottoman counter attack. He died in his sleep at Curtea de Arges

@GhostCountries

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much and really; I was just double checking and for whatever reason English-language sources are extremely vague regarding his death. If you know of anything that would be useful, feel free to let me know, since we'll actually be revisiting Wallachia in an episode about Michael the Brave sometime.

👍👍👍

@GhostCountries

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Joyce!

...besides the weird, off putting and not necessary Casper ghost being constantly on the screen, this is a good quality video. But ending it without Michael the Brave is like talking about The Roman Empire and ending before Caesar. Bruh...

😎

@GhostCountries

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Eugen!

Dracul meant Dragon, as in a fictional creature noting to do with the devil. Also Draculea is pronounced something like Druh ku leah

@GhostCountries

2 жыл бұрын

Hey, thanks for commenting; yeah, I tried getting my pronunciation as close as possible for "Draculea," but if it still sounded off...sorry about that! And regarding "dracul," we tried saying it meant "dragon" or "son of the dragon" - via the Latin "draco" - but later also gained the meaning of devil, largely owing to Vlad III's legacy. But, retrospectively, we could've worded that differently in the script/video.

@corruptsoul7867

2 жыл бұрын

@@GhostCountries Afterwards yes, it gained that meaning. Great effort! I enjoyed it nevertheless 10/10.

@GhostCountries

2 жыл бұрын

@@corruptsoul7867 Oh, glad to hear it!

@jesseleeward2359

Жыл бұрын

I heard that the word changed to mean Devil after Vlad III

It's Dobrogea not Dobruja

Nogay Khan isn't great great grandson of Ghenghis Khan he is believed to be related to Ghengis Khan even so there wouldn't be that much of a generation difference as grand grand grandson.I guess it is impossible i cuz Ghengiz Han was born in 1227 and Nogay Khan was born in 1230 .As shown in history books what you claim seems to be impossible.

@GhostCountries

2 жыл бұрын

Oh, really 🤔; at least from the sources we found online that was the relationship given, but if you have a link or another source, we’ll definitely check it out!

Huh the flag looks very familiar

@GhostCountries

Жыл бұрын

Feel like I might've seen it somewhere before. 😉

85% true

Vlad III is Vip, but grandpa` Mircea the Elder (or the Wise) was eventually more successful as ruler.

1. Is Basarab a descendant of Genghis Khan?

@GhostCountries

2 жыл бұрын

It's difficult to say; I know there's a theory the House of Basarab may have a Cuman or Pecheneg origin, but we didn't come across anything definitive while doing research for this episode.

@_____Shadow_____

Жыл бұрын

Probably not

@Tallborn5

Жыл бұрын

@@GhostCountries There are various studies of y-chromosome of males that had the Basarab name and they have no corellation with the Asian chromosomes ones.Most likely by the time Basarab the first became ruler of Wallachia he was only Cuman in name.

@GhostCountries

Жыл бұрын

@@Tallborn5 Oh, that's really interesting to know and kind of fits with most of what I came across too.

@valevisa8429

10 ай бұрын

Most likely Basarab was of Cuman origin.The name and the unusual dark hair of his descendants shows Turkic traits.

bathory was just another copycat

Ne scriu străinii istoria....O fi de bine? Eu unul nu prea cred..

ILIRIANS WLLAHIA BIZANTINE ARE ONE

@valentinovidiucornea4525

7 ай бұрын

Wrong, the Romanians (Wallachians) have nothing to do with the Illyrians. Only with the Vlachs from Albania.

I thought walanchia is just fiction from castlevania but it's idk it was exist