This video is a remake of my old(er) colonialism video. This video does NOT seek to glorify, justify or advance colonialism or colonialist principles/worldviews. It is solely meant as historical documentation. Any hateful comments will be deleted. I also feel like I need to point something out about how to read the map If a nation simply claims a land, then it is shown in the palest color. If a country claims some land, those boundaries are recognized 'internationally' and it is treated as a province rather than a claim, but the native peoples do not recognize that claim/have not ceded that land/have not been subdued, then the region will be shown with colored borders. That means that the European nation in question considers that her land and that claim is recognized in a strictly legal sense, but is not actually colonized (or, in the case of Canada and the US, ceded). The reason this is important is because we often treat tribal lands as completely occupied, rather than simply claimed.

@eksiarvamus

7 ай бұрын

You should have shown the USSR as a colonial empire - the different parts definitely did not want to be part of that evil shithole of a country.

@user-lk7bj1nx5e

5 ай бұрын

Tibet, Xinjiang, Cachemire, Western Sahara, Golan...

This is well done, best video on the topic for sure

incredible video man

Really cool video!

Really well done. But I wish you would have put the viceroyalties of Spain and crown colonies of britian with responsible government in the colonies with large autonomy section

does pink show commonwealth members regardless of if they have the British monarch as their own or not? In that case, Cyprus should be coloured as wel. Other than that, great video!

I think you could also have included Chile and Argentina (as for the Desert Campaigns), China, or even the Ottoman Empire. Other than that, this was a very complete video.

Great Video, very interesting to see colonialism unfold on a world scale!

Great work, thanks for uploading this. However the video tells the history of European colonialism between the 15th and 20th centuries, not the history of colonialism since the dawn of times. Colonizations happened long before the Renaissance in Europe. I would recommend to change the title as it is slightly missleading (something such as 'History of European Colonial Empires').

You kinda forgot the ancient Greek and Carthaginian colonies, probably a lot more pre-1400s as well

@sagagis

8 ай бұрын

and Vikings

@animalpolitic6925

8 ай бұрын

First of all, thank you for the feedback! Second of all, I did not forget about those, I chose not to represent them. Sure, colonies existed in many places and technically they would fit as 'colonial empires'(as in empires whose most territory is made up of colonies). Look past the technicalities and labels and you'll realize that Athenian colonies in Ionia were very different from New Spain. Colonial empires specifically are a thing associated with the modern era. Ancient colonies were a totally different breed from modern colonies. ColonialISM is a tricky term to define(and could be understood as an ideology which the ancient era did not have) and there are debates about where to draw the line. However, everyone can agree that European overseas empires between 1500-1945 were colonial first and foremost. I feel like including ancient colonies would obfuscate the larger point, which is representing the expansion of colonial empires as understood in the modern era. Equating ancient empires to modern ones would also paint a dishonest picture.

@guilepesto

5 ай бұрын

​@@sagagisVikings didnt have collonial empires. The vikings just had one empire (North Sea Empire), but it was not a colonial empire

its hearting my eyes, seeing portugal isnt green or blue

I know the maker probably isn't implying this but the common wealth of nations isn't comparable to the French Afrique. The French Afrique is basically France's network of vassal states while the common wealth is basically Britain creating a smaller UN. Countries don't join the French Afrique willingly while countries like rwanda have joint the common wealth of nations of their own accord.

@animalpolitic6925

8 ай бұрын

Completely true. The label is simply 'colonial legacy'. It simply talks about institutions that were born from a colonial structure. What you're saying is true, the Commonwealth is indeed way more democratic than the French Afrique

@mint8648

4 ай бұрын

“Countries don’t join the French Afrique willingly” like Equatorial Guinea and Guinea-Bissau? These are two former non-French colonies using the CFA franc

Spain and Portugal have no colonies today, i dont think they should be levelled as if they have them. Still, pretty good video!

Technically, Denmark had the first colonial empire starting around the year 1000. Starting with colonizing Iceland, then Greenland, then Vinland (Canada)

@adge5182

7 ай бұрын

The first colonial empires were the Phoenician and greek city-states

@guilepesto

5 ай бұрын

Stop talking shit. People of Norway discovered America, not Denmark. And these people were outlaws of Norway (skogamor), they were not working for the Monarchy of Norway. Study before talking in internet

you showed ireland being partially free in 1611 when it was only until 1607, also you didnt list the caucusus rebels as enemies of colonization

I’m glad you didn’t show China and other Islamic empires as colonial because they made no such distinctions between mother country and colony. Either you were a province of an empire, or a vassal under local governance.

Missing pre 1400 and colors were confusing, like us x france and spain x portugal.

Imo the Soviet Union and Russian federation should be added as colonial powers

@user-lk7bj1nx5e

5 ай бұрын

And china with Tibet

@kirilll7806

2 ай бұрын

not really

@FF-le3ps

2 ай бұрын

@@kirilll7806 kids named occupational of non russian minorities

@kirilll7806

2 ай бұрын

@@FF-le3ps russia literally has entire republics for those, russian federation is not a country that opresses the minorities

@creeperboy6453

2 ай бұрын

​@@kirilll7806Their frontlines in Ukraine are entirely composed by minoritied and many have hatred towards Chechnyans.

Those state boundaries

A fast correction: The Tairona People live in the North of the current Republic of Colombia, near to the Guajira Peninsula, the territory you used to posisionate Tairona People actually is for the Calima people, and other etnicithies, as Yalcon People, and this people, as the Tairona, resisted in their territories for a hundred years in a guerrilla war, similar what the Mayas did.

Really every year? 7 centuries Arab colonialism in Iberian peninsula and 5 centuries otoman in Eastern Europe are missing.

Aha, so instead of a British Empire they have a Commonwealth now. Clever ...

Colonialism still going?

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This should've started with the vikings in north america

@yacin5590

Ай бұрын

No Vikings were not colonialists

Spain didnt colonize, this is just propaganda.

@adritroy3348

Ай бұрын

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@spanishmapper671

Ай бұрын

@@adritroy3348 its facts tho

@adritroy3348

Ай бұрын

@@spanishmapper671 Did you sleep during history class?

@mint8648

Ай бұрын

Its like saying France didn’t colonize Algeria

@spanishmapper671

Ай бұрын

@@adritroy3348 Nah i was the teacher

Great work but the Ottoman and Soviet Empires should have been included.

@mint8648

Ай бұрын

They committed many atrocities, but werent colonial

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This video is missing the largest ongoing settler colonial project, Israel.

Colonialism started way before 1433! You can go back to Ancient Egypt at least.

You only did European colonialism despite the Arab world and East Asia did it?

@animalpolitic6925

8 ай бұрын

This video shows the progression of colonialism as understood in the modern era. I am not too sure what you mean. Japan was included and it is part of East Asia. The Arab world was more similar to the colonized rather than the colonizers. The only Arab country which would come close to a colonizing power was the Ottoman Empire. But the Ottomans did not engage in colonialism in the way we understand it

@mintviper5213

8 ай бұрын

@animalpolitic6925 Oman had colonies in Africa (Zanzibar etc), research the Yarubid dynasty. You could indeed interpret Ottoman possessions outside of Anatolia as colonies, although the Ottoman empire is a Turkic country not Arab. Outside of the 1400's start date you could view the Arab expansions of the 600-700s as a colonial expansion with a lasting arabization effort. Also the ancient world was rife with colonialism but they are not directly comparable to the early modern colonial empires.

@Matt-fs9tg

8 ай бұрын

That’s right, at no point did muslims sweep through Africa, Anatolia and the balkans imposing their religion, law and authority.

@animalpolitic6925

8 ай бұрын

@@mintviper5213 I do agree with your point about the ancient world, as I explained in another reply. However, if you stretch a definition far enough, you could make it say anything. If you interpret things in a certain way, you can argue that Alexander's empire, New Kingdom of Egypt, Holy Roman Empire, Kingdom of Hungary, Barbarian Kingdoms and post-independence Brazil were all colonial empires. Ethnocentrism is a feature of all empires(sometimes just for practical reasons, as cynical as that sounds). The Ottoman Empire ruled over many peoples and had a Turkic elite, but this does not mean colonialism automatically. Similarly, maritime empires are not necessarily always colonial. I am not sure if Oman counts as a colonial state. I might be wrong, but to me it seems more like a feudal society(for the lack of a better term), Omani Zanzibar being a vassal state. The same reason for which I did not include ancient empires(I explained it in more detail in another reply) applies here.

@British_monarchist

7 ай бұрын

Ew

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