Husband: "My dad would've been a better emperor than your dad." Wife: _writes 500 page biography about her dad to explain why her husband is wrong_

@uwuuwu9104

4 жыл бұрын

This is the kinda marriage I strive for

@justadeadlittlebean7833

4 жыл бұрын

lol 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣🤣😂🤣😂😂🤣😂

@adititakale5790

4 жыл бұрын

It was his grandfather actually, not his dad.

@pikamonketchumlol1237

3 жыл бұрын

Thou has written thy story as if the blazing sun itself had burne- *I can't handle writing like this anymore*

@erislenebrito2791

3 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

This is so sad, Alexios play despacito

@amritas2400

5 жыл бұрын

Bahahahahaha! Good one.

@georgehughes6615

5 жыл бұрын

I kid you not, my Alexa kept responding every time she said Alexios

@jugemudane

5 жыл бұрын

this is epic

@youdeservetobehappynow7584

5 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

@krisa6975

5 жыл бұрын

Ahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahhahahahah

"Why let a stab in the buttock get in the way of a good crusade?"

@farhanahmed2508

5 жыл бұрын

I see, you are a man of high culture too *cough cough* Extra History *cough*

@tec-jones5445

5 жыл бұрын

@@farhanahmed2508 Why let high culture get in the way of a good meme?

@CDexie

5 жыл бұрын

(It wasn't a crusade technically though, crusades were carried out by Latins and Franks)

@hauthehermit3839

5 жыл бұрын

I see your are a man of culture as well

@HerodotusVon

5 жыл бұрын

Cosmas Dexie why let a minor historical inaccuracy get in the way of a good crusade?

*This animation is impeccable, your Majesty*

@anjusingh5510

5 жыл бұрын

Have this man gone made

@blabla-rg7ky

3 жыл бұрын

@@IvanDePivan I did. And she's beautiful :)

@pikamonketchumlol1237

3 жыл бұрын

Excuse me sire, shall I punish these foreigners for not speaking thy language in the accent thou has been taught?

With all due respect, no histories are unbiased. And all histories possess imperfections. Anna even admitted of memory loss due to old age and some of the accounts she wrote down were based from unsubstantiated accounts, like rumors or second-hand information. But credit is due for she was the only one who gave us an elitist-Byzantine/Roman perspective about her time and importantly, the finer details of everyday life.

@Ead2410

5 жыл бұрын

Almost all history is biased. You should read the subcontinents history

@neurofiedyamato8763

5 жыл бұрын

No historical analysis is 100%. That's why you look at multiple sources. But her work is still very important and she did try to remain objective and back up any claims she made. Considering the availability of information of the time, she did rather well.

@koreanmochi9954

5 жыл бұрын

“History is Written by the victors”

@antoninoskomnenos1022

5 жыл бұрын

More importantly, she gave us one of the few histories of the Crusades not written by crusaders.

@powerist209

4 жыл бұрын

Well, there's an issue since she did try to overthrow her brother, John, who also co-ruled with his father Alex and a designated heir. He even refer her husband--happily married and a General to boot--as "weak-willed" for not conspiring with her but instead snitched out on John. Either a Game of Thrones, John's account being biased, or sibling rivalry got out of hand? But I want to know the context on how that issue happened despite John's reign being legitimate in Byzantine rule of law.

I think you failed to mention that Anna in fact attempted to usurp her brother, but when she failed, she was exiled to a monastery, which is where she wrote the Alexiad

@aaliyah4798

4 жыл бұрын

What does usurp mean

@spleens4200

4 жыл бұрын

Aaliyah over throw or take his throne

@dreamsteddybearsmaster

4 жыл бұрын

Plot twist

@Skadi609

4 жыл бұрын

@@aaliyah4798 Taking somebody's place in an illegitimate manner.

@yello7392

3 жыл бұрын

She went to a monastery after so ppl change

The animations are mind-boggling!

@mismerryy

5 жыл бұрын

Oooh 9do naz

@iamilibitirenbetter3266

2 жыл бұрын

Yes they’re very good

I love Ted-Ed. I learn so much here. Thank you to the authors, illustrators, animators, and narrators for this wonderful channel.

@orionwesley

5 жыл бұрын

Also: I need those "bushes" for my front yard!

@rishimajaju7650

5 жыл бұрын

If you love this like me then you should try science insider

@theearth__9146

4 жыл бұрын

And researchers

@sunnyithink420

4 жыл бұрын

Ryan Wesley I agree Ryan :P

@isabelleho2171

4 жыл бұрын

@@rishimajaju7650 science insider is pretty good but personally, i'm into the history and mythology side of TED-Ed.

Man, this princess's parentd are more supportive than most parents you see today and in history.

@staceytetzlaff2822

Жыл бұрын

I suggest you try to find the novel Anna of Byzantium, you'll learn that wasn't quite the case...

@BOZ_11

11 ай бұрын

@@staceytetzlaff2822 "parents you see today"

@kingace6186

2 ай бұрын

For real!

*Disney’s taking notes of dis*

@giwrgos_perdi

5 жыл бұрын

*P L E A S E*

@amp-le4699

5 жыл бұрын

hopefully

@pikamonketchumlol1237

3 жыл бұрын

Does thou ask his majesty Lord Mickey Mouse, Duke of Hotdogrum Hills what activities in which he is in pursuit?

@anikau7877

3 жыл бұрын

Please no🥲

@olbiomoiros

3 жыл бұрын

How about no.

Looks like the Princess has Principles

@franzocampo4516

5 жыл бұрын

Knight Slasher you could say she had PRINCESSIPLES ... no? okay, I'll just go

@PilotLunaTerra

5 жыл бұрын

You have got to be kidding me...

@engineergaming5989

5 жыл бұрын

Says the guy who lives in a pineapple under the sea

@pikamonketchumlol1237

3 жыл бұрын

@@engineergaming5989 Why do you speak of the great Sponge Robert S., Earl of Bikini Bottom?

The Story, the animation style its exemplary,, Your Majesty.

@justanotherhappyhumanist8832

4 жыл бұрын

You should watch their Salem Witch Trials one. I now really want to see an animated movie based on the Salem Witch Trials with that style of animation! All their animation is really good. I can’t stop watching their videos.

I don’t know why but a line of dialogue from Game of Thrones 7x1 between Arya Stark and a Lannister soldier came to mind when watching this video. “I hope it’s a girl.” “Why?” “Girls take care of their papas when their papas grow old...” Anna took care of her father when he grew old and even when she herself grew old, she protected his legacy- his story- and that’s more than any father could ask for.

@kevin080592

5 жыл бұрын

if ever I will have children I will have two. one boy one girl.. one boy to carry on my last name.. one girl that would probably take care of me when I grow old.. hopefully lol

@connorgolden4

4 жыл бұрын

Datu Bangkas She also wanted to overthrow her brother.

@maglor2414

4 жыл бұрын

Kevin 080592, girls can carry their last names too. Boys can care about their parents as well

@lalesta6611

4 жыл бұрын

you mean ed sheeran

@muhammadgbadegesin8043

2 жыл бұрын

@@kevin080592 That's a plan alright!

My sister She scribbled our her history notebook and made it so that she was descended from royalty

@abouttime837

5 жыл бұрын

that’s an interesting accusation what’s it based on

@cyncynshop

5 жыл бұрын

I made all our founding fathers rock stars

@neurofiedyamato8763

5 жыл бұрын

I hate when i open a school textbook and see it all ruined. It's not cheap replacing these books.

@atikahrostam5778

5 жыл бұрын

She has great imagination

It's a bird it's a plane *It's The Seljuk Turks*

@tec-jones5445

5 жыл бұрын

CRUSADE!

@tec-jones5445

5 жыл бұрын

Hello Toltecs, Hello Mississippi...

@thesteadfastduelist6258

5 жыл бұрын

*I knew someone was going to write that.*

@G12eem

5 жыл бұрын

What is even the Seljuk Turks lol I never heard of it (asking this as a turk myself)

@tec-jones5445

5 жыл бұрын

@@G12eem in short, they were a group of Turks that essentially took nearly all of Anatolia from the Byzantines, inciting the emperor, Alexius, to support the first crusade.

I have her book the Alexiad. Her accounts anf details of the Eastern Roman empire and her father's reign are precise. Glad that we're gonna giving the Byzantine Romans more shine. :D But lovely animation.

@hazzmati

5 жыл бұрын

To be precise they never called themselves byzantine or ''eastern'' roman. Back then everyone pretty much considered the successor of the roman empire hence they were just called romans. Byzantine is a more modern term which was not used before the fall of Constantinople;e

@3452te

5 жыл бұрын

@@hazzmati i know. I just gotten use to saying eastern Roman.

@wanderingbufoon

5 жыл бұрын

Byzantine romans? Eastern roman empire? Thats like calling the reich northern roman empire. Or germanic roman.

@davidb5205

5 жыл бұрын

How do we know they are precise?

@DoctorOctobrist

5 жыл бұрын

I believe it was sometimes referred to as the "Empire of the Greeks", but "Romans" was the most commonly used term.

The greatest showmen: _What if we rewrite the Stars?_ Princess Anna: *I already rewrote history*

@yellowstarproductions6743

2 ай бұрын

Cool

knowledge + animation=Ted-Ed

@daniyalshah1503

5 жыл бұрын

What?

@laurenswan8097

5 жыл бұрын

Daniyal Shah Ted-Ed gives you _educational_ information, and distributes it using visuals like -computerised- hand drawn *animations*

It is interesting to feature Anna in a 'popular' history, but this is an oversimplification and white washing of Anna's career. She was a historian only by circumstance, due to her being imprisoned in a monastery for plotting to have her brother killed. She was raised to be empress as Alexis's first born, but list her place in the succession when her brother John was born. Anna could never reconcile her loss of position and constantly plotted to seize the throne. John eventually had her imprisoned in a monastery where she could do no more damage. There she began writing her history idolizing her father. She did a lot of whitewashing of Alexis reign (John is virtually erased from the history). Bryennius' history was a military history of the civil was period, which he did not publish during his lifetime. His grandfather had been an unsuccessful claimant to the throne. Anna's Alexiad is a masterful piece of mediaeval literature with exceptional detail and personal thoughts and descriptions (Anna's descriptions of the crusader leaders visit to the imperial Court is particularly good). It does however tell too good a tale about Alexis's reign.

@amethyst1932

3 жыл бұрын

All historise are a little biased so is this one but it is good

@marcelogoncalvesdocouto4080

3 жыл бұрын

Why are you calling it white washing? Aren't they all byzantine people of greek heritage? What are they supposed to look like?

@iaz-

3 жыл бұрын

@@marcelogoncalvesdocouto4080 white washing in the term of making something "worse" look "better"

@user-bw8yn3zr1s

2 жыл бұрын

As the first-born, she should have reigned anyway.

@marissafremista9285

2 жыл бұрын

She could have been a better leader than John in my honest opinion.

Must be nice to have a daughter write a five- hundred page biography about a father’s life.

I'd like to learn more about the Eastern Roman Empire, since they don't teach that much about it at school. So thanks for making these beautiful videos, Ted ED!

@hafsa7951

5 жыл бұрын

cramer floro check out this podcast called the history of Rome by Mike Duncan, it has all the history of Rome and even cover the eastern Roman empire. It's a must listen to podcast

@hafsa7951

5 жыл бұрын

cramer floro and you could also check out the podcast 'history of Byzantium', as well as another one called '12 byzantine rulers'

@cramerfloro5936

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! I'll check them out

@CDexie

5 жыл бұрын

As a student in Greece, a good portion of our History lessons are dedicated to Byzantium. Events in Western Europe are even seen through the reactions of the Byzantines, such as Charlemagne's Empire and the formation of the Holy Roman Empire

@aokiaoki4238

4 жыл бұрын

Read original don't believe the rest they recycle Mediaval propaganda

the animation tho

@yellowstarproductions6743

2 ай бұрын

I agree.

I’m homeschooled and my mom makes me watch you guys, at first I didn’t want to but now I watch you in my free time too!!! The animations are great too

@rubalasuresh04

Жыл бұрын

Your mom is cool 😎

Anna will not be forgotten, and a part of it is thanks to Ted-Ed

@yellowstarproductions6743

2 ай бұрын

I agree.

My uncle did the same thing (almost) he spend 7 years to make a family tree and include all members of my family he traveled from country to country to know all the members and he did it he have gotten almost all of them (he got members from 200+ years of my family and he got a backstory)

@yellowstarproductions6743

2 ай бұрын

That is amazing

the animations are so smooth and on point!! Really, a well done lesson!!!

That's really amazing her parents were so supportive for her and gave her what she needed to do what she enjoyed doing.

@Abk367

2 жыл бұрын

Eastern romans valued education .infact both boys and girls even in a village were educated to a certain degree.The university of Constantinople was established in 5th century to train beurocrats

love these videos it helps me so much in my history projects

Mary's Veil stuck in that Bush all these years: 🎶I am Lost...🎶

Thank you, TED-Ed, for this wonderful video.

The animations are

@yellowstarproductions6743

2 ай бұрын

I agree.

Ted-Ed never stops good contents. Keep up the good work... Only few channels does this.

Lovely animation as always.Really commendable!

Thank you ted-ed, made me enjoy my english learning😁

The animation damn freaking awesome keep the work alive ted ed

I really hope TedEd starts a school because this was just magnificent!!!. You never fail to amaze me! Thank you TedEd 🙏💕

This illustrator and animation are the bomb! I rewatched the video just for that. Please use ‘em again.

I’m a big fan of your channel ted Ed thanks for all those great videos very educational

The Alexiad documents the Byzantine Empire's interaction with the First Crusade and highlights the conflicting perceptions of the East and West in the early 12th century.

@vlasisv3415

5 жыл бұрын

What is "Byzantine" ?

@talyorgreen9342

5 жыл бұрын

The Eastern Roman empire

Thank you your majesty for the video and th e animation

she studied history when she was a child... now she became the history itself. amazing

@t.vinters3128

5 жыл бұрын

Kind of like all of us, in a sense. History isn't the sum of battles, kings/presidents and nobel prize winners.

Thanks for sharing! ♥

Thanks, Ted-Ed! This is so refreshing!

I first learned of Anna in _Count Robert of Paris_ by Sir Walter Scott, and am now reading _The Alexiad_ and find it wonderful.

Ultimate animation and story,loved it❤

It was about time there was a video on Anna Kommena on a popular educational channel. Certainly an underrated yet instrumental figure. Thank you Ted-Ed :)

@yellowstarproductions6743

2 ай бұрын

Agreed

This is so inspiring to me. She was definately embodying the Queen goddess archetype.

thanks Ted-Ed. u help me in this pandemic to always learning something new 💛

Thank you. This is so good.

I really enjoyed this Kind of animation, you did a great job!

She deserves a movie 😊

@crusaderwarrio3242

3 жыл бұрын

She does, add me on discord: Proletariado#4420

I FREAKING LOVE THE ANIMATION. THANKS,TED ED

Tha way that you are conveying the content has no words to say

This was incredible to learn about and incredible modest-seeming animation!

I realy like this episode . I watch this every time . Thank you ted ed ,i learn so math á this

What a great story, and told so well.

Thank you ❤️ you make learning so much fun ❤️

Awesome and informative video

The Animation is awesome!!

Thank you, Anna, for giving us such a good primary source.

Love this channel

The animation faithful to the historical and it forms artwork.

Thats really interesting! Ive never heard about Anna!! How great she was😍😍😍

Amazing, I thought this was one of those student animations and (while I love those) I'm glad I was wrong! I love history, thanks for sharing!

I really love Ted-Ed. I get to learn many things here

Probably the best animation I've ever seen !

Thank you Ted Ed

the animation lookss really nice and cool and lovely

I learnt so much more!

Oh my gosh, these ted videos make researching for school more fun.... even our teachers use them lol they r amazing

Amazing animations

serotonin machine broke Leonora Neville's narration of Anna Komnena will make it better

Awesome animation

this is amazing! never studied this in school, what a pity

Thank you

The animation makes me excited to learn about everything.

I like how NOBODY has ever bothered to narrate Anna Komnene's book to be listened to. People will praise her but not respect her enough to make that work avaliable online 🍻

@lettuceman9439

6 күн бұрын

?.. The alexiad is literally translated in 50 languages and free in most academic website. It is a historic and academic piece so audiobook doesnt really have any claim to it

Didn't she try to depose her brother from the throne?

@daniyalshah1503

5 жыл бұрын

Did she?

@CDexie

5 жыл бұрын

Yep. She spent her last years in exile, while writing the Alexiad. Suprised the video skipped out on that part.

@ulfgustavsson4919

5 жыл бұрын

I think they were right to skip that part. If you put that into a video about her role as a historian it will be the only thing people remember. Though on the other hand Britannica.com claims that it was after her failed coup attempt that she was forcibly retired and started writing the Alexiad.

@TheMauerbauer

5 жыл бұрын

The video is about anna being a historian, not a figure in politics. Also it's not sure to which extend she really challenged her brother as emperor

@Znwarp

5 жыл бұрын

+Ulf I think it's pretty relevant- who she was politically and her exile might've affected how she presented her historical records.

I never thought this was gonna be a literal case

Splendid!

#request Could you please make a video on russian revolution

@gudrathasanli3329

5 жыл бұрын

There's a Lenin vs History video on this channel.

@hiddens2346

5 жыл бұрын

Walther von der Vogelweide #7thnovemberisoctoberrevolutionday

would have been great if u gave credit to the people who made this video worth watching. and as always, great content! loved the animation!!

A perfect animation😍👏👍

Lovely! There should be more of ted ed history and ted ed myths!!!

**when you realise you just did that in history** *:00*

Thank You Leonora👍

Awesome story

Amazing! A history of histories. :D

I was at 4minutes of video launch. But preferred to watch the video first , instead of commenting first.. second... 😊 . . Amazing video btw... Loved it. 😍

I wish to read Alexiad of Anna Komene someday.

I saw this in my profile, just hoped instantly it would be about Anna Comnena, and lo, it was. One of the more well-remembered 'forgotten' figures of medieval history, great advocate for the role of history in stemming the forgetfulness of memory, also one of the great users of history as propaganda thus by definition an ironist, AND a fine example of filial piety in a royal daughter. What more to ask? Oh, right, staged a putsch like a true Eastern Roman princess. Truly I love her across the ages.

I'm addicted to this channel now! 😳

The challenge she faced of balancing her own biases with the truth reminds me of Lady Hyegyeong

Please make a video on Porus and alexander

YES YES YES!! I love Anna Komnene

THe topic was quite interesting, even the narration was quite good

anna actually tried to make a coup against her brother John, but she failed and was sent to a monastery where she made the alexiad

The animation is the best but when will you upload what is time . And yeah remember biggest fan of you’ll

I like the intro song to TedEd, is it part of a longer version?

Incroyable. Anna chu need some credit for your journalism.