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@samburdge9948

2 жыл бұрын

have you covered the exploratores and speculatores......are there any super elite mongol forces.....werewolves of wwii germany....any ancient barely known scythian, (india)n, or chinese units......I heard or read only once that the Qin units that conquered and solidified China had giant polearms and used them like teeth but I can not find that anywhere else

@NodDisciple1

2 жыл бұрын

28:34 The units from I think Ivan The Terrible's Era. I forget under which king, but some of the troops used Bardiches or a similar weapon to prop up rifles when firing.

@tanegurnick5071

2 жыл бұрын

What about a documentary about polynesians?

@LilShakkas

2 жыл бұрын

@@NodDisciple1 streltsy

@LJPMotorsports

2 жыл бұрын

Soldiers involved in the Reconquista of Iberia

Love that Slavic armor aesthetic. Cool blend of viking, turcomongol and byzantine

@_Lumiere_

2 жыл бұрын

The face masks are hella cool

@BrainDancer

2 жыл бұрын

@@_Lumiere_ I do feel like they are intimidating.

@user-jm6kq9cn3c

2 жыл бұрын

Россия- это регион смешения многих культур. Мы вобрали в себя и традиции Запада, и традиции Византии, и тюркских и монгольских народов. Но у нас достаточно и своего)

@user-jm6kq9cn3c

2 жыл бұрын

Россия- это наследница Киевской Руси, Римской Империи, Империи Чингисхана Москва- Третий Рим, а четвёртому не бывать!

@Markov092

2 жыл бұрын

Makes sense, where one language ends, another similar starts. Same goes to cultures, customs and even equipment.

I really enjoyed this documentary about Vaegir Knights, everyone always wants to talk about the Swadians but Vaegirs have knights too. Also the theme from Viking Conquest was a nice touch. If I had to offer a critique I would say next time less talking and more raiding.

@BrainDancer

2 жыл бұрын

Loool

@ArghastOfTheAlliance

2 жыл бұрын

That's a nice head you have on your shoulders.

@cjclark2002

2 жыл бұрын

*Spicy Salami*

@TheMrFu

2 жыл бұрын

Less talking, more raiding!

@mortache

2 жыл бұрын

This is more about Sturgians from Bannerlord than anything in Warband. Though sadly Sturgia is super underpowered compared to their rivals. The Druzhina for example have great shields but tiny lances

Druzhina is pronounced with a "ž" sound, like "je (suis)" in French. Being a native Serbo-croatian speaker, no translation of any of original terms needed. "Družina" or its synonym "družba" is still a word in Serbo-croatian, Slovenian (and, most likely, other Slavic languages) meaning a group or a band of friends. At least the word retained its original meaning - though a battle unit is gone.

@magussimon7221

2 жыл бұрын

Yep!

@piotrnogas8448

2 жыл бұрын

don't know aby any other slavic language, but in Polish "drużyna" has several meanings and one of them is equivalent of English 'squad' (small military unit)

@EvilSmonker

2 жыл бұрын

Can confirm as Bulgarian and self proclaimed representative of Slavonic language bpam Moi

@user-jm6kq9cn3c

2 жыл бұрын

Ты прав, мы до сих пор говорим "друг"

@user-jm6kq9cn3c

2 жыл бұрын

Например: "ты мне очень хороший друг!"

Speaking a slavic tongue, it is an odd, but very satisfying feeling to fully understand every single Rus' word mentioned (despite pronounciation).

@fridericusrex6289

5 ай бұрын

Its kinda funny that they do such video on "druzhina", yet do not even bother spending 10 seconds to check how the word is pronounced... Not to mention the rather general meaning of the word which just means "retinue" or "company" in most Slavic languages, so they arent any specific unit, rather "druzhynas" in different Slavic lands would be completely different (ranging from horse archers to heavy infantry).

@skin4700

Ай бұрын

@@fridericusrex6289 yes we all wagged war differently. Western slavs were more footmen and southern and eastern were more horse men. With the middle ground in poland. Mainly were there was more iranic influence you have more horse men, and were germanic influence is more prevelant you have footmen.

@fridericusrex6289

Ай бұрын

@@skin4700 Western Slavs were footmen? The most legendary Slavic cavalry, if not European cavalry were winged hussars From Poland. Western Slavic country.

@skin4700

Ай бұрын

@@fridericusrex6289 thats 1000 years after the period I was talking about. And yes hussars are op

Interesting how Voevodo was a title of a general in some times/places and the title of a region’s ruler in others. Kind of like how the Roman Dux was basically a general, but later evolved into Dukes who were powerful landed noblemen. (same goes for Comes becoming Counts; once officers underneath a Dux but later became landed nobles of a lower rank than a Duke)

@user-jm6kq9cn3c

2 жыл бұрын

Воевода- это человек, исполняющий должности и правителя, и воинского начальника

@user-jm6kq9cn3c

2 жыл бұрын

Например воеводой мог быть наместник князя в городе

@bashmash8605

2 жыл бұрын

It turned into Vojvoda, and was still commonly used much thru Slavic history. Not so much anymore.

@Leo-yr5jb

2 жыл бұрын

The fact is that the governors interim manager ruled only in the colonies, but not in Rus itself. It's like a governor general. In the Rus it voivode itself, this is literally how it is written "voi- military vode- leads" The joke is that the colonies were lawless and the local ruler basically also had no connection with his subjects, unlike ancient cities where the inhabitants could expel the prince. Actually Kyiv was ruined in 1169 by Andey Bogolyubsky, he temporarily ruled the city of Vyshgorod near Kyiv, but because of the complaints of the townspeople that he was an idiot, he was expelled by the prince of Kyiv. When in the next war he captured Kyiv, he burned it because he understood that he would not be able to manage it and he would be expelled again. It is much easier to rule people without rights than to balance between your own interests and the interests of the people. This 1169 is considered by many as the reason why Kyiv did not resist the attack of the Mongols.

@krakendragonslayer1909

2 жыл бұрын

Your instinct is quite good, since: *"VoyeVod"* would be literally translated into Latin as *"Dux Militorum",* into German as *"HerZog",* into English as *"Warriors' Leader"*

Drużyna (in Polish) was also a formation of the army of the first Piasts - the dynasty that created and Christianized Poland in the 10th century!🇵🇱

@Eglador

2 жыл бұрын

Yes

@Artur_M.

2 жыл бұрын

As the contemporary traveller from Al-Andalus, Ibrahim ibn Yaqub has described it: "Mesko has three thousand armoured soldiers [divided into] detachments, and a hundred is as powerful as dozens of other [warriors]. He gives these men clothes, horses, weaponry, and everything they need."

@huntclanhunt9697

2 жыл бұрын

Did the Poles have a lot of norse influence, like the Rus did?

@ancientsitesgirl

2 жыл бұрын

@@huntclanhunt9697 The Piasts were a native Slavic dynasty

@huntclanhunt9697

2 жыл бұрын

@@ancientsitesgirl Ok. But what about the rest of them? Did their culture have norse influence? Did they have a lot of norsemen living in their land? Just because the leaders weren't norse doesn't mean they aren't culturally affected.

Amazing as always. Thank you for making such great historical content!

I approve of the background music in the intro. For those that don't know it, it's the main theme for the Viking Conquest expansion for Mount & Blade: Warband.

@velikan2916

Жыл бұрын

hey do you know what is the music from 14:42 to 17:17? I can't find anything and idk if its from Mount & Blade at all

@jonathannilsson8482

Жыл бұрын

@@velikan2916 Don't know it, that specific section is not from Mount & Blade as far as I know.

@velikan2916

Жыл бұрын

@@jonathannilsson8482 okay thank you tho

As a Bulgarian, I like what have happened with the north-east Brothers; and hear/see terms/words that are common. Great job Invicta!

@yuotube.comAlpha

Жыл бұрын

this is nonsense, not a story! Rus is Ukraine! and no Muscovy, no Novgorod, and even more bastard Rurik have nothing to do with Rus! and the tales that the Rusyns invited the Nords to rule themselves are generally crazy nonsense! all the nonsense you voiced is a falsification of history carried out by Catherine after the destruction of the Cossack Sich! between Rus and Russia is the same difference as between the original ADIDAS and the Chinese ABIBAS!

I would really love to see a video on the Irish Gallowglass

Love this series, great job mate

Another awesome video, Invicta!

I recommended this topic a while back, thanks a lot! :) Amazing artwork as always!

@InvictaHistory

2 жыл бұрын

thanks for the suggestion, it was a great vessel for understanding the history of the region

@ajithsidhu7183

2 жыл бұрын

@@InvictaHistory please do on the sikh empirw

@ajithsidhu7183

2 жыл бұрын

@@InvictaHistory sikh empire

@tsriftsal3581

2 жыл бұрын

Have avoided studying this "group" for a while. It's tempting to think it may answer many questions to boost a robust model of how we happen to have arrived here. /Without dividing by zero, logically!

Great video, it’s awesome to see you guys expanding from usually doing Rome videos

Thank you SO MUCH for this video, i was trying so hard to find a video where they would show POSSIBLE choices of clothing, for everyday purposes, as well as war/combat. And you did exactly that, and on top of that mentioned all the different weapons. I love it. Also now i rest assured that my recent purchases of gear are indeed historically correct :) You have helped me alot sir, thank you.

Loved the documentary, stellar work as always! I'd love an episode on either the English Longbowmen or Genoese Crossbowmen, some of my favorite units in history

@yuotube.comAlpha

Жыл бұрын

this is nonsense, not a story! Rus is Ukraine! and no Muscovy, no Novgorod, and even more bastard Rurik have nothing to do with Rus! and the tales that the Rusyns invited the Nords to rule themselves are generally crazy nonsense! all the nonsense you voiced is a falsification of history carried out by Catherine after the destruction of the Cossack Sich! between Rus and Russia is the same difference as between the original ADIDAS and the Chinese ABIBAS!

I really love how you describe history repeating itself as "They often Rhyme" and "Historical Rhythms" - I think that there's no other phrasing that can accurately describe the phenomenon. Good one!

@yuotube.comAlpha

Жыл бұрын

this is nonsense, not a story! Rus is Ukraine! and no Muscovy, no Novgorod, and even more bastard Rurik have nothing to do with Rus! and the tales that the Rusyns invited the Nords to rule themselves are generally crazy nonsense! all the nonsense you voiced is a falsification of history carried out by Catherine after the destruction of the Cossack Sich! between Rus and Russia is the same difference as between the original ADIDAS and the Chinese ABIBAS!

@miomio6890

Жыл бұрын

It's a quote from Mark Twain

Historical armor looks so cool. Put these is more games, devs!

@juliusrosengrensrensen5456

2 жыл бұрын

True. AC Valhalla really fucked this up

@dand7763

2 жыл бұрын

Mount and blade 2 Bannerlords - Sturgia faction (Druzzhinic Champion unit)

Most certainly the best quality historical content on KZread. Thank you for the brilliant work.

Great video! Thank you for your work

I love your videos! Good work to your team! But would you mind making a video about knights of Europe.

Awesome content as always! Would love to learn more about the Spanish Tercios.

@rogelioalonzo2911

2 жыл бұрын

This

@yuotube.comAlpha

Жыл бұрын

this is nonsense, not a story! Rus is Ukraine! and no Muscovy, no Novgorod, and even more bastard Rurik have nothing to do with Rus! and the tales that the Rusyns invited the Nords to rule themselves are generally crazy nonsense! all the nonsense you voiced is a falsification of history carried out by Catherine after the destruction of the Cossack Sich! between Rus and Russia is the same difference as between the original ADIDAS and the Chinese ABIBAS!

This was such a great video!

Great work 🥳 Thank you 💜

Bravo! I have been fascinated with the old Rus' for years and you really did their warriors justice in this video. 10/10!

@user-jm6kq9cn3c

2 жыл бұрын

Мы гордимся своей историей) Правда последние 8 лет нас пытаются убедить, что русские- не славяне. Например украинцы

@anastasiyagavrylenko672

2 жыл бұрын

@@user-jm6kq9cn3c ну ты точно русский, судя по имени

@user-jm6kq9cn3c

2 жыл бұрын

@@anastasiyagavrylenko672 родился и вырос в Москве. Кроме русского никакого другого родного у меня нет, внешность славянская (голубые глаза, русые волосы, светлая кожа), чего тебе ещё надо? Будешь к имени прикапываться?

@yuotube.comAlpha

Жыл бұрын

this is nonsense, not a story! Rus is Ukraine! and no Muscovy, no Novgorod, and even more bastard Rurik have nothing to do with Rus! and the tales that the Rusyns invited the Nords to rule themselves are generally crazy nonsense! all the nonsense you voiced is a falsification of history carried out by Catherine after the destruction of the Cossack Sich! between Rus and Russia is the same difference as between the original ADIDAS and the Chinese ABIBAS!

@Hello-xh3rx

Жыл бұрын

@@user-jm6kq9cn3c Да я сам только наполовину русский, даже не похож на славянина, но генетика славян у меня есть, и вырос как русский, так что это и наша история

The clash of the Rus Druzhina and the Byzantine Immortals was, in my opinion, the most epic clash of elite armored warriors in Medieval history

@BEPrimAnim

11 ай бұрын

Rus!

@TheSturgian

11 ай бұрын

Empire vs Sturgia

This is awesome. I've been playing CK3 and have always been curious about this unit.

This brings back memories of my pre-WW I Russian history class. Well done!

@user-ob1qm6cs1q

10 ай бұрын

Єто не история Росиии

Loved it! Keep up the great work! Perhaps a video on the Polish Winged Hussars in the future??

@mirekchance

2 жыл бұрын

Ya they were great. As a Czech I am greatful, to Husars and that they showed up at Viena. As, that was at least one obvious time that Slavs saved Europe and even the Germanic folk.

That description of Prince Igor’s retinue is like something straight from a legend. What a quote

@avreliyfivas265

5 ай бұрын

Because this is a quote from a literary work: "A word about Igor's regiment"

good work guys keep this up

Very interesting. Brilliant Video!

Ive always wanted a video about the druzhina since medieval 2

I love this series and how its done. As for units I would like to see I would of course love to see some Irish units (Gallowglass, Kern, Ostman, Hobblears, Ridiere, etc) or African units like the Tuareg, Mali, Ethiopian, etc. forces.

@NihilIslands

2 жыл бұрын

Here is the M&B warband c-rpg fan

@ThorOdinson167

2 жыл бұрын

@Floron because it is hot there + more mobility )))

@peppiping

2 жыл бұрын

@@NihilIslands video games are a great way of fostering interest in history

@feragamosalvatore6085

2 жыл бұрын

Nah fam u weak we slavs crush all

@yuotube.comAlpha

Жыл бұрын

this is nonsense, not a story! Rus is Ukraine! and no Muscovy, no Novgorod, and even more bastard Rurik have nothing to do with Rus! and the tales that the Rusyns invited the Nords to rule themselves are generally crazy nonsense! all the nonsense you voiced is a falsification of history carried out by Catherine after the destruction of the Cossack Sich! between Rus and Russia is the same difference as between the original ADIDAS and the Chinese ABIBAS!

Great vid!

Great video druže

**At a round table** “Ok.... you all know what knights are?” “Of course” “And vikings too?” “Yes.... why do you ask?” “Ok hear me out”

Druzina is just a slavic name for a group of fighters that stayed together. It literally translates as "friends group". At first it was not any kind of standardized unit, just group of fighters around a leader(prince, chief, or whatever). Later it evolved into a proper retinue of more powerful Princes.

@lyubomirangelkov5803

2 жыл бұрын

"Druzina" is common word for almost all Slavic languages and have the same meaning- group of man.

@M167A1

2 жыл бұрын

Language nerd comment. I think the best translation is "companions" in the classical sense.

@BlackQback

2 жыл бұрын

@@lyubomirangelkov5803 Well, not just any group of men, but men (sometimes even mixed with women) bonded in some way, be it friendship or common cause. Say, a random group of men waiting to cross a road at a traffic light are not referred to as "družina".

@Porabany

2 жыл бұрын

For most of the slavic languages it would roughly translate as the *"squad"* or *"team"* .

@Dopelganger-jg2jq

2 жыл бұрын

I guess great things have humble beginnings

Superb video!

Good video 👍🏻

Despite current political situation i think its important to know that Kievan Rus is not "Ancient Ukraine" or something. This is not even a national state, it was a bunch of fragmented feodal territories.

@vexillonerd

2 жыл бұрын

Indeed. But later was formed Kingdom of Rus' - First Ukrainian state. It uses the term Rus' 4 ages before Moscovy started to appropriate it.

@gibbon8827

2 жыл бұрын

@@vexillonerd I would be surprised if, under such a comment, the Ukrainians did not begin to appropriate the history of Rus to themselves

@adamthetired9319

2 жыл бұрын

That's what I hate about both Russian and Ukrainian hooray-patriots. Can't just accept that they are separate nations with same origin/core. Like Germans and Dutch.

@gibbon8827

2 жыл бұрын

@@adamthetired9319 all questions to the Ukrainians, they like to exalt themselves and say that only they were Rus

@Igor66966

Жыл бұрын

@@adamthetired9319 это не отдельные нации к сожалению

Great video, thank you! There are many units of light engineers that have gained fame. For example the sappers of the FFL gained legendary status in one of their battles in North Africa. But light engineers have gained fame since the early modern age. Maybe one of those? Another unit is the Drabants of Charles XII of Sweden. Every soldier in the 200 strong regiment was considered of officers rank and they were lead by a captain liutenant who was considered the rank of major general. They were a combination of officer school in the field and shock troops where the captain. They were a reorganization of the Swedish life guard that was originally formed by the first 21 soldiers that the yeomen of the Dalarna province assigned to guard Gustav Eriksson (Vasa) in 1521 when he rebelled against Denmark and created modern Sweden.

@yuotube.comAlpha

Жыл бұрын

this is nonsense, not a story! Rus is Ukraine! and no Muscovy, no Novgorod, and even more bastard Rurik have nothing to do with Rus! and the tales that the Rusyns invited the Nords to rule themselves are generally crazy nonsense! all the nonsense you voiced is a falsification of history carried out by Catherine after the destruction of the Cossack Sich! between Rus and Russia is the same difference as between the original ADIDAS and the Chinese ABIBAS!

Great vid

Awesome stuff.

The Mexica (aztec as you guys know it) military structure, it was very complex and had specialised units, they had universities for the warriors and other crafts; the Calmecac was were all the warriors went to learn how to subdue their enemies, and the Telpochcalli were all the population had to go in order to learn crafts and skills from the elder, this were more abundant, and that's only the system of the mexica, there were other tribes in the valley of Mexico that were older like the acolhua, if you guys ever want to make a video about prehispanic mexico I'd love to help you with references and history.

@stephenkenney8290

2 жыл бұрын

Invicta has already done several videos on the Mexica. Check them out, they're pretty good.

@luiscastaneda5250

2 жыл бұрын

Purepecha here. Never got beat by Mexica lol.

@sportsfisher9677

Жыл бұрын

Can I just say as a Subricer I look forward to that when/if you all make it? Wow.

Would love an episode on the galloglass

Love listening to music I recognize and vibing while I lean about history.

Отличное видео

I want to noticed point, that rota system of power inside dynasty makes druzhina single true loyal force to prince power. Princes often change city where they rule. And the boyars was a local nobles who more often was opposition to a prince. And the princes compete with the local boyars for loyalty of average city members. In different parts of Kievan Rus this process evolve in different directions.

As someone who really has no formal education in history I seriously love the KZread history community. It’s by far the wealthiest source of information and different perspectives of said information. I was a kid who loved to watch the history channel back when it wasn’t just pawn stars lol but I can never get enough

The best narrator out there. I'd hear anything from him.

Nice video

I would like to see an episode on the Late Roman Liminati border guards, And the Comitotansis field troops. Maybe the Palatini?

Hi invicta. Here you have some warriors to make videos on .The Lombards Arimannus .The Ireland/Viking/Scottish Gallowglass . the swiss pikemen

Best history Channel

Would love a soundtrack reference list from y’all’s videos!

At the beginning of the Polish state there was also an armed formation called „drużyna” (team). And today in poland scouts groups are organized in „drużyna harcerska”.

Good video, thanks! The only thing you missed that not only Novgorod survived more or less untouched by Mongols. The Halyts'ko-Volyns'ke kniazivstvo stayed in power with some degrees of vassality from Mongols. And even Kingdom of Rus' (or Ruthenia) was established that existed until half of 14th century and keeped tradition of druzhyna-knights.

@Uncle_Smallett

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, Novgorod just surrendered into Horde rule as sattelite at once. Like Belarus for Russia nowadays.

Great piece 👏. Would like to know more if possible about batavian horseman. Early roman empire. Thank you.

narrator's voice is majestic, it sets the atmosphere amazingly!

Unexpectedly not bad, really. I mean there is some kind of cartoon/game style, but as a whole, this job well done. Almost everything is correct. Only specialists will find small mistakes. Perfect video for acquaintance with ancient rus designs.

There is only one nuance. The Teutonic Order opposed the Mongol invasion, while Alexander Nevsky fought on the side of the Mongols. Moreover, Alexander Nevsky was the prince of a principality separate from Rus and opposed the legitimate king of Rus, Danylo Romanovych, who called on the Pope and the Teutonic Order for help against the Mongols.

Another excellent historical animation. One day we will make a video revealing the evidence i promise

These units gave inspiration to the Sturgian Druzhinnik Champion from Bannerlord. They were actually the best cavalry unit for a while but got nerfed to death.

I would like to see Trenck's Pandurs or Hungarian/Croatian Hussars, that way you can give south slavs a bit of love in your videos as well.

Will consider doing 2 videos on the following? 1) Campaigns of Bellisarius. 2) Why the Byzantines lost their war to the Rashidun armies but won them against the Ummayyads?

@ryanvouche254

2 жыл бұрын

Go to epic history tv they just released the final bellisarius video in their series if you haven’t already.

You should do a unit profile on the Aztec jaguar warrior

What music did you use for this it’s really good

wait! aren't the rus also Vikings? and didn't the Druzhina also served as Varangian Guardsmen.

@InvictaHistory

2 жыл бұрын

Lots of mixing going on in the region. Druzhina were the personal companions of Kievan-Rus princes so they wouldnt have been Varangian Guardsmen whilst in that position. However some men could have fulfilled both roles at different times in their lives.

@3452te

2 жыл бұрын

@@InvictaHistory ah i see now.i was wondering about this.

@davidjoelsson4929

2 жыл бұрын

yes they were in oirign vikings

@_Lumiere_

2 жыл бұрын

@@InvictaHistory "druzhina" is also just a general slavic word for "band of companions", being cognate with the word for "friendship". So this word would have been widespread throughout regions where slavic languages were spoken.

@blugaledoh2669

2 жыл бұрын

@@_Lumiere_ you mean sharing the same meaning. Friendship and druzhina are not cognate

Druzina can be literally translated in english to "team", but at the beggining it was meant as a group of companions/friends, so more fitting term would be "warband". These were a formal standing force of warriors in a tribe, while during war time every able bodied man could join or be called to arms by local prince.

Nice documentary as always can you make a documentary about the Silahdar units of The Ottoman Empire

Cool, the cossack armoured wagons of the 16th century would be nice too

Finally: we have some description of what the armies of, say, Alexandr Nevsky *might* have looked like, besides referencing the movie!

12:30 The mace has always been considered a premium weapon here in Ukraine, by the way. Even today if one to become the President, they receive the mace which symbolizes the role of the warlord.

@user-nk3eo8bl6j

Жыл бұрын

..кто из запорожцев называл себя украинцем?..))))))))))))никто!!!)))

@007ShaolinMonk

Жыл бұрын

@@user-nk3eo8bl6j чурка з Азії розповідає як живеться в Україні. Дякую, було цікаво.

@bolie.limenie

Жыл бұрын

@@007ShaolinMonk чел, хватит срать не снимая штанов 😂

@dmytrodelen

Жыл бұрын

@@007ShaolinMonk не ображайте корінні народи Азії порівнюючи їх з московитами 😏

@007ShaolinMonk

Жыл бұрын

@@dmytrodelen я своїм коментарем гірше нічого вже не зроблю, від того, як буряти вже себе показали. Як там папа римський казав, "буряти та (кадирівські) чеченці - самі кровожерливі народи росії". Не треба відбілювати всю ту білєбєрду.

Mount and Blade Warand Viking mod music in background ! one of the greatest Games in human history!

Wow it’s so cool 😎

Hey can u do a video on Mauryan empire

@InvictaHistory

2 жыл бұрын

Anything specifically?

@user-dw4ty9wx7w

2 жыл бұрын

@@InvictaHistory u replied thank u so much.. please start from Chandragupta to life of Ashoka please 🥰🥰..

@user-dw4ty9wx7w

2 жыл бұрын

@@InvictaHistory also the Seleucid Mauryan war.. please..

@InvictaHistory

2 жыл бұрын

@@user-dw4ty9wx7w I'll see if we can do the Seleucid Mauryan war as it will coincide with some Seleucid Roman content we have planned.

@user-dw4ty9wx7w

2 жыл бұрын

@@InvictaHistory thank you very much

12:00 The 'Byzantine' style kite shield is actually of Norman origin and wasn't widely adopted by the Byzantines until the early 12th century by Emperor Alexios Komnenos. So it's probable that said kite shield wasn't adopted by the Druzhina until even later.

@__mindflayer__

2 жыл бұрын

Yes but the Kievan Rus were handed the Byzantine Shield. Like he said before the Byzantines had a lot of trade going on with the Rus especially when it came to armor and weapons. That’s what he meant when he said the “Byzantine style” kite shield.

@Solon1581

2 жыл бұрын

@@__mindflayer__ yes, the Rus got the kite shield from the Byzantines, but where do you think the Byzantines got it from?

@__mindflayer__

2 жыл бұрын

@@Solon1581 Yes I get that but they were BYZANTINE “STYLED” SHIELDS. Clearly implying they were Byzantine shields. I don’t see why you don’t seem to understand the differences between Byzantine Styled and Norman Styled. Both look very different from each other.

@andrerobinson3233

2 жыл бұрын

@@__mindflayer__ I think Stormwind is trying to say that the Byzantine version of the kite shield was result of the Byzantines adopting the Norman version and then modifying the design into their version over time.

@__mindflayer__

2 жыл бұрын

@@andrerobinson3233 I understand that part but they still were Byzantine designed. Making it Byzintinian.

Nice

Can we get a video on the military of the great Mali Empire by any chance?

Есть конечно до чего докопаться (например 40000 воинов Ярослава, серьезно? представляете себе как материально обеспечить такую толпу в те времена, а как управлять, держать дисциплину, да не реально, бред короче, 4000 воинов - вот это уже реальные цифры для периода Киевской Руси). Но в целом вменяемый источник по истории древней Руси и не только.

@user-dw6ux8rw4d

Жыл бұрын

@@Sktarium Это разве что во влажных мечтах) Давайте серьезно - такое войско в то время в том регионе собрать просто невозможно, что говорить об обеспечении. Преувеличения многократные - это нормально для того времени, там любая заварушка казалась неимоверной войной.

Wait, is this a re-upload? Haven't I watched this before? I have a strong case of deja vu... Edit: It was a short. Nevermind.

I would love to see a Units of History: Knights Templar

You guys are answering my prayers while playing medieval 2 teutonic campaign

Družina in slovenian means family

@Aeg0r

Жыл бұрын

In ukrainian it means "wife", in Russian it's the same meaning like in this video, so guards or army, something like that.

Knights: Lol, imagine using spears in a charge. What can they possibly do against our superior lances? Druzhina: *Pulls out axes.... Knights: Hol up..............

@MarfSantangelo

2 жыл бұрын

Druzhina: Allow us to introduce you to the Weapon Triangle.

@loowick4074

2 жыл бұрын

@@MarfSantangelo knight- "axereaver Lance" Druz- "pulls out sword" Knight- "switched back to Lance" Druzhina- "pulls out axe" Mongol- "drowns them both in arrows"

@MarfSantangelo

2 жыл бұрын

@@loowick4074 And when the survivors try and chase the mongols, the broken fuckers just Canto the hell away.

@YuriiTemnikov

Жыл бұрын

There is an old Russian joke. Ilya Muromets, Dobrynya Nikitich and Alyosha Popovich are riding across the field. And three musketeers meet them. Ilya Murovets accidentally touches D'Artagnan with his shoulder, and he falls off the horse. He immediately jumps up and shouts: You insulted me, I challenge you to a duel. Then he draws a small dot with chalk on the chest of Ilya Muromets. He asks what the hell is this? - I will pierce you in this place - the musketeer says - defend yourself!! Ilya Takes out his mace and says - Alyosha, sprinkle him all over with chalk.

I did not expect the Viking Conquest OST in this

A question out of sheer interest. Where do you get the background music for this video? The music is very relaxing and I like the style.

Drużyna (in Poland that we call it) was a private army in countries without feudalism law. All slavic and some others countries have smone kind of drużyna. In Poland when Kazimierz odnowieciel (restorater?) return to Poland he realized that he have no money to equipt drużyna or even give there paid so he start giving lands and that was a begining of feudalism in Poland. When emperor Otton III went to gnizno in 1000 polish prince Bolesław Chrobry going to impress the ruler of roman empire (he have tried to get king crown) so when emperor was raiding across the Poland lands Bolesław order drużyna to stand by road when emporer arrive to Poland and when emperor pass them they quickly must go to other road when Otto will riding. This looks for Otton like the coutry of Bolesław was very strong becouse on every road he seen a elite warrriors xd

It's really funny that they call Rus "Kievan", while at Byzantine' times the place was called Samvatas, under the Golden Horde the town was called Mankerkan which is in turcan languages has meaning something like “appraised town”, and the name Kuyaba / Kiyaba this town has received much later of the beginning of the Rus from Kiyan (Kiyat) Mamai (Mamay) who was a powerful military commander of the Golden Horde, thousand-man beklyarbek, temnik. The Russian united squads under the leadership of the Moscow Prince Dmitry Donskoy has defeated Mamai's Horde under command of Kiyan Mamai at the Kulikovo field. That was a start of Golden Horde to fell apart and come to an end

@Crucio2317

Жыл бұрын

what does donskoy and moscow have to do with it? Kyiv as a city was founded long before the existence of moscovites who are actually a dirty mix of pechenegs and polovets

@user-nk3eo8bl6j

Жыл бұрын

@@Crucio2317 ...)))))) При чём здесь Украина???????))))))).. откуда пришли Рюриковичи?!..не с Новгорода?!...)))))

@Crucio2317

Жыл бұрын

@@user-nk3eo8bl6j no capito, sorry

@Crucio2317

Жыл бұрын

@@user-nk3eo8bl6j ​ you should better learn other languages. nobody in the world do not want to have nothing common with your tribe, red scum

@tatianayegovtseva9737

Жыл бұрын

@@Crucio2317 What actually “kyiv” has to do with Rus? For this lands it is just short period of time ) when Russian Princes/ knights/ dukes reigned ruled there over local tribes between turcan (Khazars) and turcan ( Golden Horde). Also “kyev” is at the north boarder and close to RUSsian BeloRUSsian boarder and the rest of the "jumping crowd" territory never being even close to be under european civilization and was acquired by Rus-sia after Ekaterina the Great win war against Ottoman Turkey Empire Sultanate. This “Ukrainian” steppe land was taken from the turks by Russians with remaining of all kind of Hordes such cherkass/ cossaks, nogay etc. - all turkan ethnicity. Even mentioned names of the Khazarian tatars fort on Dnieper ( turcan name of the river was Uzi) are different. Etc .As concern of date when “kyev” was established there is massive inconsistency of Kyevan fairly tales and reality. Kykyev’s “historian” even claim that ukrainins dig out Black sea and that Adam and Jesus Christ were “ukrainins”. (Bugaga...) Who would take seriously those schizophrenic mad outbursts?... __ About Moscow we can find well established written information. In the existing historical texts that survived the time historian have found the first mention of town name “Moscow” in regard of the even that Suzdals’ Prince/ Duke/ knight Jurij Dolgorukij has founded NEW Moscow Kremlin at Borodinskij Hill in 1141 - Kremlin was then moved from the water to the hills. And because Moscow name was first mentioned as in 1141 it is celebrated as foundation of the City. One can guess that there might be some documents mentioned the town at earlier times that have not survived the times. Also at the time town could be renamed as existing archeological founds have artifact from the center of Moscow from the bronze age!... Apparently Suzdal’s Prince Jurij Dolgorukij in two years after he has founded new Moscow Kremlin, After that Jurij Dolgorukij went to be the ruler at “Kiev” to become “kievan” Prince. Russian Princes ruled there in kievan area at some kind of fixed terms changing each other fairly often while keeping titles to another Rus’ lands in Original (Northern Varagrian) Russia. That were not dynasty of the monarch as such in other countries. But all russian Princes have in common despondence to the first ruler of Rus Initial/ Original - Rurik, Prince of Novgorod/ Novgard/ Holmgad, who has founded Rus at Vargarian lands near Ladoga Lake. Under Rurikids Rus has extended its original territories lower to the sought - alone Dnieper river to secure trade from Vargaria/ Rus to Greeks/ Byzanthin… “Kievans” have never had own Princes/ Dukes or noble society neither before there to “kievan” area before Russian druzhins from Novgorod have conquered the territory from khazars nor after “kyev” has fallen to Golden Horde…

Mount and blade music. Nice.

Pleaseeee do a units of history of the Mamluks

Yeah in Bulgaria drujina literally translates to comradery - a group of drugari (comrades). Drujinas here were a thing during our Liberation from the Ottomans during the late 19-th century. Drujinas led by Voyvodas, waging guerilla warfare from the plenty mountains of the Balkans.

great, now i have to go and waste another 1000 hours in mount and blade: viking conquest. that song always gets me in the mood for pillaging monestaries and cracking skulls

@cognitivedisability9864

2 жыл бұрын

I WILL DRINK FROM YOUR SKULL!

Would love to see a video on the Polish Winged Hussars.

I feel like the original Rome: Total War Gallic intro soundtrack would have been amazing for the intro of this video, that is what I was hearing over whatever soundtrack you used

@gabrielinostroza4989

2 жыл бұрын

That'd be the Mount & Blade: Viking Conquest soundtrack, an amazing game on its own

Nice 100 times better than the recent episode from Kings and Generals with little to do with history and more to do with Larping on "the current thing"

@dytiscusmarginalis8443

2 жыл бұрын

Lol cope harder russian bot

@phobos2077_

2 жыл бұрын

Чем лучше? Тем что они тегнули видео про Киевскую русь - Ukraine, тем самым как-бы пытаясь присвоить нашу общую историю к современной Украине. Они не понимают что делают ровно тоже самое что тот против кого они "борятся"...

@IVAN-zm8pz

2 жыл бұрын

@@phobos2077_ okay but would it be a bad History video in a parallel universe where the current thing was not going on?

@phobos2077_

2 жыл бұрын

@@IVAN-zm8pz I guess not. But I have questions about the Ukrainian flag on the map :)

I'm sure both sides today are going to dispute them as their ancestors🧐

@colonelarmfeldt8572

2 жыл бұрын

Well, they are the ancestors of both Russians and Ukrainians. I guess both just like to claim that they were the ''original'' Kievan Rus, but the whole idea of that existing is inaccurate.

@vikey1764

2 жыл бұрын

Well, the fact that certain minor territories of Kyivan Rus these days are part of Russia does not give them the right to contest and/or lay a claim of the direct lineage and cultural heritage of the Kyivan Rus. Moscovy grew and developed on the very different values compared to those of Kyivan Rus. The geography, climate, how fertile the soil is, the level of development of local tribes/people - tons of factors that effected the development of people over the course of centuries in modern day Ukraine and Russia. Ukraine is in moderate climate, fertile soil, historically closer to the Europe (the information/ideas/trade/technologies would naturally travel to Ukraine quicker than to Moscovy). A typical Ukrainian is an individualist with the respect to a personal space/order/private property, hates it’s politicians, always open to the pluralism of thoughts and ideas. A typical Russian (well, a Moscovite to be very accurate) has a collectivist mind set up, totally obeying it’s political leaders (check out how they all bow to Putin and it’s been like this more or less through their entire history), does not have a deep respect to a private property, the expansionist minded which leads to an ignorance and disrespect of other cultures. Hates other opinions, no pluralism of thoughts. Of course we cannot generalize but these are some typical characteristics you may notice a lot. Russia is called Russia only from early XVIII century, when they rebranded Moscovy and by doing so could have a more noble and respectful image in XVIII century Europe who they tried to copy in everything at that time. Bottom line - calling Moscovy the Russia causes a lot of confusion. Russia is a Greek spelling of Rus. Moscovy is a distant relative of Rus

@davidjoelsson4929

2 жыл бұрын

@@vikey1764 And the word rus comes in oirign roslagen from Ros vikings from that area.

@davidjoelsson4929

2 жыл бұрын

@@vikey1764 Just cope, Russia is russia

@vikey1764

2 жыл бұрын

@@davidjoelsson4929 so what is Moscovy to do with Rus or Ukraine? Why don’t you call yourself something else - like Tartaria, Golden Horde, Vanuatu (sorry, Vanuatu - giving your name as a random example) or whatever else. Moscovy is Moscovy, accept it

Please do Viking berserkers next for your units of history video.