Good video that you should watch, like and share: kzread.info/dash/bejne/loSe19BxmLPLoM4.html

@samburdge9948

2 жыл бұрын

why is the aral sea shrunken.....it was full back then

@ajithsidhu7183

2 жыл бұрын

Sikh empire please

@superm530

2 жыл бұрын

Improve that Xix Century map, please Tibet was part of China, the uzbek khanates are wrong, Afghanistan is todo great, the kazakh khanate still existed. It also lacked many states like Herat, Balkh,Bahawalpur, Makran, the turkmens,

@Surtur1x

2 жыл бұрын

THXS MAN

@jteto2911

2 жыл бұрын

Why no Arabic translate

i like how 90% of modern wars are caused by the British drawing funny lines in the 19th century

@KashmirEmpireof5000years

2 жыл бұрын

@@Gabriel-fr3sd agree with you

@illerac84

2 жыл бұрын

@@Gabriel-fr3sd Well, yes, but with the intent of controlling the areas in question more easily. The goal wasn't to shake a hornet's nest and then leave.

@illerac84

2 жыл бұрын

@@Gabriel-fr3sd As the colonial master, correct.

@GIBBO4182

2 жыл бұрын

I’d say the biggest % of all wars is mainly people fighting over who’s god is real? Hint…neither!

@vivekgupta4030

2 жыл бұрын

They sow the seeds of unrest and war in the whole world and then act as the peacekeepers😂

As a history teacher, I can't express how helpful it is to use Kings and Generals in the classroom. Unparalleled mapping!

@opuntian

2 жыл бұрын

Kindly include the book 'Return of a King' by William Dalrymple in your syllabus.

@nxgamervi7772

2 жыл бұрын

Wish my schools teachers also did this

@superm530

2 жыл бұрын

Nah, the map un this vídeo is horrible. So many things wrong.

@sampeeps3371

2 жыл бұрын

Just wack on a kings and generals video in class and put your feet up

@hannubal4976

2 жыл бұрын

I love that you use this channel. Wish more teachers would do this type of thing.

From what I can tell there isn't much on youtube about the historical figure of F.M. Bailey who was a British agent trapped in Tashkent during the Bolshevik revolution. His survival and escape through disguise and spy-craft make him a James Bond in the 1920s. He was so good at his craft that the Soviet Cheka unknowingly hired him to capture himself. He eventually escaped to Persia. A great read on this subject is called Mission to Tashkent by Peter Hopkirk.

Thanks for all your great work over the years. I've been a fan since this channel started. It's hard for me to pick a topic there are so many. I love it especially when you cover uncommon topics like eastern europe or go more in depth on popular stuff like with the Byzantine empire.

@joebailey3401

2 жыл бұрын

@@joshuapena4684 it’s the just name of the Eastern Roman Empire after the west fell. Named after the fact, citizens of the empire would’ve still called themselves Roman

@joshuapena4684

2 жыл бұрын

@@joebailey3401 cool, thanks man

@heanvisalseyhak9487

2 жыл бұрын

You should suggest him to continue Alexander the great

I am from Afghanistan 🇦🇫 and thanks for this video please do more about our country... people needs to know more about the brave souls and great sacrifices of this graveyard...

Its my experiance from studying the history of Afghanistan that Whenever tyrants reache its peak , God simply sends them to Afghanistan to teach them a lesson of humility.

@zyanego3170

2 жыл бұрын

When was Hitler in Afghanistan?

@twomp5613

2 жыл бұрын

Your experience of studying afghan history is wrong then multiple empires have ruled Afghanistan for hundreds of years at a time with no real problem. It’s only really America and the USSR that had problems subduing the region.

@nanusingh2278

2 жыл бұрын

@@zyanego3170 he got Russians!!!!

@twomp5613

2 жыл бұрын

@asahi toki Alexander conquered Afghanistan in three years and then his generals ruled it for three hundred after his death. Tamerlane also conquered it and Cyrus the great as well as genghis khan.

@nanusingh2278

2 жыл бұрын

@@twomp5613 it's part of history not limited to Alexander or etc. As been said in Rajasthan never takes quotes seriously. Do your Karma ✌️🙏

Great game was a cold war between British and Russian Empire

the art team is absolutely killing it

England conquers land: «God save the queen!» Russia conquers land: «Barbarians!» I mean yeah, makes sense…

@user-cf4ew4ec1z

Жыл бұрын

The Doctrine of Goebbels from London, Paris, Warsaw has been constantly denigrating Russia with its own atrocities for 5 centuries

@hayzaaay

8 ай бұрын

Yep makes perfect sense actually

If you're interested in this time period of Central Asia, I recommend reading the manga Otoyomegatari by Kaoru Mori. It follows many characters, but primarily through the eyes of an eccentric British explorer as he journeyed through Central Asia during the time of the Great Game. You can get quite the in-depth look into the diverse cultures of the region stretching from Turkestan to Persia and Anatolia. Latest chapters hints at exploring the British Raj as well.

@matheuscerqueira7952

2 жыл бұрын

The updates are so slow tho, but the art...

@spellbrand477

2 жыл бұрын

I'm currently reading it, it's cool that manga about Central Asia exist)

@game_boyd1644

Жыл бұрын

Read the first 20 chapters a few years ago. Phenomenal read, and the art was just gorgeous

@SkyDogDaddy

3 ай бұрын

I knew a week would show up sooner or later.

@rinkadink66

5 күн бұрын

try "Flashman".. you will really get a good understanding of the "cock up" the army made of it..

Small typo: The Aral sea looks like it did in modern times, and not how it would have looked pre-Soviet times.

@drg.naufal

2 жыл бұрын

Soviet is jerk who destroyed it

@robtoe10

2 жыл бұрын

I'd always thought 'typo' just referred to text, not graphical mistakes - if it can include any error, then I've learnt something new today!

@daveroberts9288

2 жыл бұрын

@@robtoe10 This is the part you reevaluate your life.

@ebonymaw8457

2 жыл бұрын

typo but as a drawing

@keyvanmehr

2 жыл бұрын

@@drg.naufal Soviets were a creation of the Zio-nist gang that tried their best to destroy Russian culture, Orthodox Christianity and Islam

Loved this video, it made me weep because I'm a pashtun from Peshawar, kpk. I just pray that one day we can remove the border of "Durand line *and InshaAllah reunite and become a part of Afghanistan no matter how war-torn or poor it is. 😢

@honoredhawkgaming416

2 жыл бұрын

@@vaibhavsingh4200 We are pashtuns and so are taliban. We are Muslims and so are taliban. You should be concerned about them

@yusufdaoud5491

2 жыл бұрын

@@vaibhavsingh4200 anything is better than being with Hindus

@smartdevilevil

2 жыл бұрын

An Afghan Pashtun here, you are welcome to join your fatherland anytime

@abdullahnasir2882

2 жыл бұрын

Most Pathans on this side of Hindukush are migrants. You're free to go to your fatherland anytime, and live a peaceful life there.

@jhonshephard921

2 жыл бұрын

so you would rather live under the oppressive pieces of shit Taliban instead of Pakistan. Look at the healthcare differences, the telecom differences, the electric grid, the fact that you are able to go (semi)freely on KZread and comment this bullshit without the Taliban or the ISI or IB coming to your house. You want to live with the Taliban? to ja ullo ke pathe jahil aur kabhi Karachi, Larhore ya Islamabad main kadam rakhne ke himit nahi karna. and just to piss you off: MQM Zindabad.

I've been waiting for this content for months. Thank you Kings and Generals for covering this fascinating topic.

I love this video, sometimes I get burnt out on videos about battles, so having one about espionage and political maneuvering is really cool!

What an outstanding work once again delivered by Kings and Generals! Thank you so much for your hard work!

You guys just keep getting better and better.

Man, I just found out you guys are Canadian and that makes me so happy to be a follower since the beginning!

@VSP4591

2 жыл бұрын

Canada as India was a colony of the British Empire. I see no difference from the Russian empire. The same logic.

@The-Plaguefellow

2 жыл бұрын

Only part of their crew is. IIRC at least one of the producers/writers is a Frenchman, one other is from the Balkans. What I do know for absolute certain, because I follow him on various sites, is that OfficiallyDevin, the narrator, is an Englishman

@Thuglife1000

2 жыл бұрын

@@The-Plaguefellow Oh that makes it even more fascinating! Basically a global effort

Your making amazing content and the fact your Canadian makes me feel so proud.

@dominicguye8058

2 жыл бұрын

Sorry WHO is Canadian?

Thanks for this Kings and Generals.

Outstanding work as always! ☺️

Thank you for your videos. You've been around for so many years making excellent content. I would say K&G is one of the best sources to provide a broad view on cultural historical information. Information provided in K&G videos have often been a spark for me to dive deeper into the various subjects. I'm also a fan of the narrators voice.

Love your graphics. Didn't know Russia used such sophisticated tactics to expand its empire.

Greatful for your great videos !

Once again brilliance was exemplified with your amazing video, I find this such a fascinating part of history. Thanks for bringing it to light the way you guys always do, the best!

Less known political and cultural wrestle in that part of the world. Long waited someone to touch it .Thank you, KaG!

I am glad you said that Britain had the desire to conquer Afghanistan and add it to their empire when most deny it. After the disastrous defeat of the first Anglo-Afghan war, England made it look like they had no desire to conquer Afghanistan but to stop Russian influence from reaching their borders. I would make lies too, to cover my hide. We are the Graveyard of Empires after all!

@theawesomeman9821

2 жыл бұрын

I mean, I get why Britain deny's ever ruling Afghanistan. There isn't much of anything value to extract and ruling the country is just a liability.

@BossaliniFiveO

2 жыл бұрын

Afghanistan has almost $10 trillion in resoures chickenshit its one of the top 10 richest nations accordingly.

@jpvanden1

2 жыл бұрын

@@BossaliniFiveO Afghanistan is a shitpan of a country and nowhere near the top 10 in any resource other than opium. It's not top 10 in anything, except the export of drugs and terrorism.

@theawesomeman9821

2 жыл бұрын

@@BossaliniFiveO if its so rich why hasn't anyone extracted any valuable resources from it?

@irpmedia6600

2 жыл бұрын

Graveyard of Empire, hard to fight the Afghans? Pakistan Army (+ Khyber Rifles): say no more Just check the Bajaur Campaign, how Pakistan Army with Tribal militias and Paramilitary Khyber Rifles massacred the Afghans in 1950's or 1960's.

without a doubt kings and generals is favourite historical youtube channel

I'm fascinated by this period of history and have thoroughly enjoyed playing the board game Pax Pamir, which presents The Great Game in such an accessible way for anyone willing to sink their teeth into it. Thoroughly enjoyed the video, which provides well-summarised historical context for a decades-long conflict that is oft forgotten but draws continuous parallels to global conflict (past and present).

Excellent. Read about this few years back.

You know pertaining to their defeat third Anglo Afghan War um the Brits built a church in Mumbai called the Afghan Church.

More Central Asian history on the way? Finally some coverage to one of the most underrated areas of the globe.

@diollinebranderson6553

2 жыл бұрын

how the fck is it underrated? literally everyone knows about. the afghan war and heck, its where the persian empire came out. stop using the word underrated so loosely

@hkiller57

2 жыл бұрын

@@diollinebranderson6553 litterally everyone? I think most people know that Britain conquered Afghanistan and then got booted out of there, outside of that it is not at all well known, especially not by "everyone"

@GreaterAfghanistanMovement

2 жыл бұрын

@@hkiller57 Britian never conquered Afghanistan.

@hkiller57

2 жыл бұрын

@@GreaterAfghanistanMovement i guess that reinforces the point about it not being well known

@diollinebranderson6553

2 жыл бұрын

@@hkiller57 the fck you mean? everyone knows about afghanistan. i juest gave you my explanation. not my fckn problem you cant read it

The Pamir Mountains are hundreds of miles to the east of where they’re shown.

Thank you for the video

Great job super informative

Great video. A niche of history not nearly discussed enough!

Great videos as always. I love your documentary on Sir Thomas Cochrane. Please can we have a video on Sir Sidney Smith. A good KZread video about sir Sidney Smith has been created by lindybaige.(I think thats how you spell it),Please can you cover this topic? Many thanks

Hey K&G, did you guys use the Peter Hopkirk book as a source for the video?

The MMKay novel Far Pavilions deals in part with the second Afghan war. Her novel Shadow of the Moon deals with aspects of how this Great Game affected the 1857 rebellion as well.

Very unique narration/voice

Great work Sir thank you

The Players may change but "The Game" never ends.

Very well done, with appropriate criticism.

As an Afghan 🇦🇫 , thank you for this video!🙏🏽

@pesking99

2 жыл бұрын

Narayet takbir Allahu Akber

@sushidope1701

2 жыл бұрын

Hope everything turns out well for you and the Afghan people m8👍🏻

@Throwthatassback737

2 жыл бұрын

@@khalildz1552 That white one in your avatar is charmin toilet paper.

@GreaterAfghanistanMovement

2 жыл бұрын

@@khalildz1552 That is the flag of the Taliban not Afghanistan.

@almaskhan3049

2 жыл бұрын

@@Throwthatassback737 I dont agree with the taliban but astaghfirallah this is the flag of Islam.

My first approach to the Great Game were the Flashman novels. I love the topic and I thank you for this great video.

@VSP4591

2 жыл бұрын

There are some important mistakes as Durand line.

Nicely done.

This was awesome, especially the bit about British espionage and exploration in Tibet. Thanks for sharing this!

Good video 👍🏻

Hey do you have a community Discord? And if you don’t could you make one? A place to talk to other history enthusiasts

Great episode!

the music in this video was better than usual

Thanks for making this video. Ive been waiting for this classic cold war for a while.

Mind blowing video

Great video! wish you guys had interacted with various theories about the Great Game suchas Peter Frankopan's theory that Anglo-Russian tension had an indirect effect on the outbreak of the First World War (mentioned in his book The Silk Roads)

@stephenheath8465

Жыл бұрын

They were allies in WW 1 though

Currently reading Hopkirk's "The Great Game," this couldn't have come at a better time!

Fantastic video keep it up your doing amazing job

Brilliant as usual !

So good!

Plz do a video on indus river civilisation

This was awesome

It is truly hard to believe that one area of land has been fought over so often by the great empires of the world throughout time.

The question is: does this Great Game have any DLC?

@usamamasud9353

2 жыл бұрын

it did. actually 2. 1st: USSR 2nd: NATO

@mahmad8528

2 жыл бұрын

@@usamamasud9353 lmao

@AB8511

2 жыл бұрын

@@usamamasud9353 Chinese expansion pack is in development, soon to be released...

@ToastieBRRRN

2 жыл бұрын

Recommend checking out the Joseph Wolff spin off. A Jewish-Christian missionary who tries to save British spies and marries a person who is related to the first Prime minister to the UK, Robert Walpole.

@theawesomeman9821

2 жыл бұрын

Of course! An expansion pact where Americans fight the Taliban for twenty years straight.

Nicely informative video. On a subject that most probably don't know about today (I mean the average person on the street). My compliments to all those who made this video a reality,

Yet another solid video coming from *Kings and Generals*. These people just never fail to amaze...

if these videos could be made into games they would be really popular pls consider this

The monetising advert ends after 2:24 Love the videos, hate the ads.

Hey, I really appreciate the hard work you put into this. I love your channel and the content you create. I would please ask that your team please keep the modern interpretation of historical records to a minimum? It's starting to feel like your team is judging the sources you use instead of presenting them. I thank you for all the hard work that you do, and hope you find continued success in the future

I always said that Afghanistan isn't the Graveyard of empires. Its the Crossroads of them. Everyone seems to want it due to its strategic location but no matter if its Indians, Persians, Chinese, Greek or whatever it always remains backwater.

@alimoh8589

2 жыл бұрын

@علي ياسر we are not from iran just afghanistan and iran was one country

@user-so7bg6cp6w

Ай бұрын

❤

Thanks for solving the mystery to me of the strange afgan border to the north east

your quailty of content second to none, be awesome if do the life story of ahmed durrani

At minutes 11:43 when you talk about the Pamir mountains you mistakenly indicate the Aladagh Mountains of Iran about 1000 kilometres to the west of the Pamirs.

I feel heard by this video's title

Pax Pamir is an excellent board game that simulates the great game, for anyone interested in exploring this topic further

Wonderful

Can you do a video on the Anglo-Venezuelan crisis of 1895 including the origins of Britain's dispute with Venezuela in the 1840s? It would be interesting to learn more about one of the longest standing land disputes in the world.

No mention of the great Harry Flashman VC here.

Nice video although I was surprised that the Iranian point of view wasn’t included

Thanks bro 👏🙋🏻‍♂️🇦🇫🤝

Tashkent was not part of Bukhara, it was part of Kokand!!!

I did this as my A-level history coursework, really interesting time and a good summary. Something to consider on this is whilst the Great Game in Central Asia stabilized and came to and end, the Great Game continued on, moving Eastwars with British and Russian competition via the Russians in Manchuria and the British via supporting Japan in a quasi-proxy war. Would love to see a followup to this video exploring that aspect of the Russo-Japanese war

Please make a video on the Revolt of 1857.

No British 🇬🇧 No Russia 🇷🇺 No America 🇺🇸 From Algeria 🇩🇿 I love Afghan people

The great game of the imperial powers is showing its ramifications till date in form of regional unrest in central asia and military extremism in Afghanistan.

The many parallels to our current events are so chilling.

Please video Battle of Goekdepe!!! The Russian shock loss in central asia!!

Can you make a video on the Haitian revolution?

My Dear Friend Khalid Stanikzai's grand father were part of the great game they fought in Third Anglo Afghan War as well, his father told us that We (Pashtuns) love war and that is our biggest problem which is being used by foreign powers since the time of greeks and will be used in a future.

@ggripen

2 жыл бұрын

Love war so much you became the talibans and is-k. My ancestors have told that the pashtuns are the most fooled and dumbfounded tribe that exists in Afghanistan that only brings misery upon itself and others with war. Which can be seen by looking at modern day Afghanistan in ruins thanks to pashtun rule

@GreaterAfghanistanMovement

2 жыл бұрын

We don't love war, we actually loathe it, but we are forced to fight because we keep getting invaded.

@naeemullah6976

2 жыл бұрын

There are two types of Pashtuns. Tribal and non-tribal. You are talking about tribal one. The non tribal ones which are city dwellers and whose numbers were very little in 1900 but exceed many times the tribal Pashtuns today. They have to compete economically for influence in Pakistan and Afghanistan. The business of war(from which few khans, mullahs and foreign powers benefited the most. poor which were more than 99% of population suffered) is all time low. We should scientifically advance and beware of those who encourage Pashtuns to take arms.

@MohamedRamadan-qi4hl

2 жыл бұрын

Alexander had nothing to do with pashtuns and during the medival times the pashtuns were not more or less violent than any one else

@GreaterAfghanistanMovement

2 жыл бұрын

@@naeemullah6976 Well said bro!

Please continue the series on crime syndicates

Could you do the history of South Africa

Will Kings & Generals, ever cover the 20 year American-Afghan war?

@christophvonpezold4699

2 жыл бұрын

They might not feel comfortable discussing a topic that is so fresh in the minds of people - a year ago that war was still being fought

@zainimtiaz6684

2 жыл бұрын

@@christophvonpezold4699 They are not comfortable because it was the worst humiliation of the WEST 😂😂

@christophvonpezold4699

2 жыл бұрын

@@zainimtiaz6684 …or maybe because thousands of people _fucking died_ ?

@theawesomeman9821

2 жыл бұрын

@@christophvonpezold4699 true, perhaps in 10 years

@mizrahiwithattitude2733

2 жыл бұрын

@@zainimtiaz6684 dude stop they did videos on almost all the great islamic battles from mohamed to the ottomans thy wont have a problem doing an afghanistan videos its history now just like the rest of the battles and wars

And the game continues

Try covering British conquest of India too, it was a 100 year process

Glad that France never tried permanently stayed in the quagmire.

@rosiehawtrey

2 жыл бұрын

Vietnam, Laos and others would would like a word..

A overview video about European colonial empires/age of colonialism would be good. showing start and extent.

Reference everyone who needs a history lesson to you first. You have increased my historical knowledge more than any other source. A well of knowledge

Rory Stewart says Hi! :D

RARELY COVERED LIKE TO SEE MORE

Still waiting on the American Civil War series

The Graveyard of Empires🇦🇫👑

HEAR HEAR! I here by declare that I lost THE GAME! It is also my wish to say my condolences to my fellow players.