lesson: never let the British draw borders

@caim3465

11 ай бұрын

or never get colonized by Western Europe (unless it's Netherlands)

@GintaPPE1000

11 ай бұрын

I mean, it was the Turks getting anal about ceding their eastern territories to an independent Armenia and Kurdistan that resulted in that half of Turkey being a complete mess today, and made the ethnic tensions in the rest of the Middle East much worse. Had Armenia and Kurdistan been formed, then the Kurds and Armenians that ended up in modern Iraq and Syria would at least have a place to move to instead of being forced to fight for independence, like how Jews and Christians rapidly concentrated in Israel after WWII. You could argue the British should've tried harder to force the Turkish government to agree to their original plan, but that would've likely just resulted in Turkey being even more expansionist and likely turning out as a Soviet rather than NATO ally. Those tensions would've existed regardless of British intervention too: it's not like the Turks suddenly did a 180 on their tolerance of minorities only after the Ottoman Empire fell.

@dindin8753

11 ай бұрын

@@theblindwall3207 that's actually not true the Muslims ottomans never have a major massacre event until the western influence nationalistic young Turks rebel against the sultan and expelled the sultan into exile while installed the puppet sultan so that the nationalist western influence young Turks have powers and they become nationalistic and massacre all of the Armenians plus there's no major war in the middle east ever since the ottomans rule the middle east, they didn't divide them if they do there'll be a lot of war in there but no there's no war same with the balkans the fact that there's still a lot of Europeans after the first Balkan war just show that the ottomans didn't massacre them same with middle east, while we massacre a lot of native Americans so much that we never see them ever again same with Africans, Oceania, Asia, etc, and also we shouldn't ignore the religious thirty years war and major wars in Europe including WW2 and even today in France there's a lot of protest and riots everywhere.

@theblindwall3207

11 ай бұрын

@@dindin8753 your informations are wrong, please read more about them and you will find what they truly were

@dindin8753

11 ай бұрын

@@theblindwall3207 I have read a lot about it since I'm a history nerd I'm sorry if I hurt your feeling by saying the truth but truth don't care about your feeling.

I think the most concise way to convey the difficulties in the area are to overlay maps of geography, ethnicity, culture, historical claims, and natural resources. Doing this reveals there is no combination that doesn't leave a very large number of people very angry about something.

@Mukation

11 ай бұрын

Exactly the same shit we saw with the wars in the balkans in the 90s. Kosovo, Bosnia etc All people there can lay "historic" claims to all those lands, because shit like ethnic cleansing etc was done by the Ottomans there too over the centuries.

@kosmosXcannon

11 ай бұрын

I am convinced that if someone made a wish to solve every issue people have in the world. We would immediately start making up new issues.

@ishansharma1920

11 ай бұрын

then why do those western countries take refugees from middle east who first come in their countries then do a lot of crime, terror attacks and later start separatist movements?

@jensenraylight8011

11 ай бұрын

then just restore the ottoman empire, if they can rule over that vast land over there, then, just let them rule the whole clusterf*ck. the war between them are there to stay but at least they can be grouped into one single country, and not dozen of country making mess around

@michaelscott5653

11 ай бұрын

And religious belief keeps the middle east at war.

People in the West aren't usually very familiar with the 1916 Sykes-Picot Agreement, but I remember being shocked at hearing it mentioned by some ISIS fighters during their period of territorial conquest (c. 2014). A bunch of them had just crossed from Iraq into Syria and one of them said something like "F- the Sykes-Picot Agreement, this is just a line they drew in the sand". The West might not remember, but for some in the region the resentment is so deep that even 100+ years later these arbitrary choices still have major consequences. *edit:* I found it! It's from Ben Anderson for VICE News, titled "Bulldozing the Border Between Iraq and Syria" and posted on August 13, 2014. Two mentions start at 2:50 in that video: "We don't believe in the Sykes-Picot agreement" and "We've broken Sykes-Picot" as they bulldoze the border (not _exactly_ what I remembered, but same idea).

@syd5604

5 ай бұрын

the craziest part about isis is, their leader was kicked out of al qaeda for being too barbaric. i think it’s important to learn about how the boarders were drawn because a lot of it was just stupid. a lot of people in that area are still in their own tribes rather than being under a national identity. i think there are tribes in the hindu kush between afganistan and pakistan, they dont recognize themselves as being afgani or pakistani, they’re just part of their tribe. that’s just one i know of but that’s how it is for a lot of groups of people. there are tribes like that in the amazon too.

@llllll8144

4 ай бұрын

I hope you don't think the British drew the borders by accident? Wherever an Englishman touches, expect trouble! Peace will not come until the Anglo-Saxons are expelled from Eurasia.I hope you don't think the British drew the borders by accident? Wherever an Englishman touches, expect trouble! Peace will not come until the Anglo-Saxons are expelled from Eurasia.

@dianapennepacker6854

4 ай бұрын

No you see that is what you call a scape goat. Some radicals called ISIS who killed mostly fellow Muslims used that as an excuse for their slaughter. Men who flat out stated they goals were to kill every non Muslim, and rule the world no less. No, the Middle East, Africa, and other countries are using history as an excuse for their own behavior. Why is the Falklands better off than Argentina? Why are so many ex colonies sometimes worse? People need to take responsibility for what they do TODAY, and work for a better tomorrow. Yet they don't... They steal, rape, and kill each other. Look at Africa now? Many Muslims are killing non Muslims or were. Some cultures are just worse off. Anyone who thinks the Ottoman Empire was somehow peaceful is insane too. They slaughtered and converted everything that didn't fight back. Some cultures are just more violent. What is even extra silly about the Middle East is that they should be the happiest, and richest mofos in the planet due to wealth from fossil fuels.

@IvanPlayStation4LiFe

2 ай бұрын

ISIS was a USA and Israel group dress in black ​@@syd5604

@KrGsMrNKusinagi0

2 ай бұрын

This region has been at war since modern humanity existed LMAO to say its new is EFFING hillarious

You have provided one of THE most concise and ethno-graphically accurate depictions of both the static and dynamic socio/geo-political drivers in this tangled region! The mention of the adaptation of Sykes-Picot geopolitical borders from that of the Ottomans and the fact that the Ottoman's version had already disregarded the ethnic diversities in their calculations makes it so much more comprehendible to today's observer! Everyone uses something that's already there rather than taking the adequate time to put something together from scratch! Kudos to your good work!

@RIZFERD

6 ай бұрын

As I always state: Anything called religion is superficial including abrahamic judaism/christianity/islam full of scam. Nothing surprising whole Europe, USA, Western world, Middle East and surrounding were and will always be forever real third world, the poorest nature in the world. Real Rich will never colonize other. Thus not a complete multiracial not multilingual never been living around the world all alone since childhood are just the same never evolved dumb apes stuck inside your tiny boxes your entire life and not learning from the past to evolve better. Indonesia was not, is not and will never be Islamic country. World map is inaccurate since Mercator projection 1569. In reality Indonesia is huge as Russia including our ocean and even much richer than the rest of the world. Even much bigger before West and Middle East came took our former Australia, Singapore, Malaysia+Brunei, South Thailand, The Philippines, Vietnam even Madagascar Africa. Actually countries in Europe are just regencies and provinces in Indonesia. And they're so amateurs because they're just very basic animals. Egypt isn't the oldest, even Egypt is very poor, very dry, far off the center of the Equator line. Most highest humidity on Earth: Indonesia, meaning many much older artifacts has decayed much faster than just few thousands years Egypt. And Judaism/Christianity/Islam are just the same dumb. Even most of people know nothing about much older ancient modern civilization here in Indonesia before mega eruption of Toba supervolcano of Sumatra 75,000 years ago. Including 25,000 years old Gunung Padang pyramid in Indonesia. Hindu isn't from India either. Original Hindu is Indonesia not in India. Hindu in India and in Bali are totally different Indus, Indo, Hindia, Hindu = Indus Islands = Indo Nesos = Indonesia. The same with Astrology came from Indonesia not by the Greeks, Egyptians nor Aramaic/Arabs/Jews. Judaism, Christianity and Islam are just frauds branches of modified Hinduism in India. Real Hindu came from Indonesia not India. Hindu, Hindia, Indus, Indo, etc = Indo Nesos, Indus islands, Indonesia over 17000 islands, exactly on the center of the equator line, the center of all civilization, all Indo around the world came from here especially because of eruption of Toba supervolcano Sumatra 75000 years ago bigger than Yellowstone USA, resulted today world's largest volcanic lake Toba Sumatra. Yet, world map is wrong since Mercator projection 1569, real Indonesia is Huge as Russia and even much richer than the rest of the world. Dutch VOC was much richer than any present day world's richest company. Whole Europe, USA, etc western world in general were built with Indonesia's limitless wealth. Coffee is native in Indonesia not brought by the Dutch. Too many lies they wrote about Indonesia even at formal school books! The fact is whole Europe, USA, western world in general has been built with Indonesia's limitless wealth for centuries long but mentally and intellectually they hasn't changed a bit. But inner the same mediaeval.

@dindin8753

2 ай бұрын

There's no way you believe in this bs just Google ottoman empire political divisions then you will know just how different those borders are from the modern borders.

@dindin8753

2 ай бұрын

This is a misinformation just Google ottoman empire political divisions than you will know just how different their borders are from the modern borders.

@dindin8753

2 ай бұрын

Google ottoman empire administrative divisions that's the actual borders. It looks nothing compare to the modern borders that's created by the British and french.

@HistoricalAnalysis12

2 ай бұрын

ALL @@dindin8753

I'm Syrian-Lebanese on my father's side, I remember first being told that we were Syrian, and then being told we were Lebanese, the answer kept changing depending on the family member I asked. I was very confused why there wasn't a consistent answer and would wonder "are we Lebanese or Syrian?". As I got older and learned more about the Sykes-Picot borders I realized why the inconsistency was there and the answer to which heritage we were was "yes".

@CastellazziTal

11 ай бұрын

Syrian, Lebanese and Iraqi. You guys are one people and you needed to unite long time ago. For centuries all this land was Babylon and Assyria. Because of your ego you are Divided and are a playground for Iran, Turkey, Israel and the west and russia.

@vffa

11 ай бұрын

Then again, it makes you wonder wether it even matters. I mean, can you live without the knowledge what name to attach to your heritage? If all of a sudden you were told "you are definitely Syrian" - does that change your position on someone who says they are Lebanese (assuming they have the same background)? I think these heritage and origin and 'historical claim' things are stupid and overrated. It creates nothing but conflict. We're you were born, that's where you are from. Nothing more, nothing less.

@CastellazziTal

11 ай бұрын

@@vffa you are a typical cosmopolite. Tell me are you supporter of LHBTIQ and BLM movements? Of course you are! You do not Veluwe the importance of culture and heritage. Just because you don’t know your origin, your gender and your religion, does not mean the rest of the world are wrong. For us this is important. Shame on you.

@sreebuszeebus1343

11 ай бұрын

As a Lebanese-Syrian I have come to accept that we are one people and we should be united as one state. So yes Lebanon is Syria. Edit: challenge: white people try not to seethe about an Arab man’s opinion on his own country (impossible) I as a citizen can have an opinion of my country. You all are Europeans and have nothing to do with us. Go fuck yourselves with Costco donuts or something idk what u fat Americans do

@CRneu

11 ай бұрын

We're all human. Anything other than that exists solely to divide us. You can be proud of where you come from but that pride is often weaponized so it's best to leave that kind of stuff behind.

You can tell this video isn’t gonna be controversial because it has 0 dislikes on it!

@SmartSalamander

11 ай бұрын

See this is the type of guy anyone can agree with!

@mnm5165

11 ай бұрын

Bot comment

@WaleedBinKamran

11 ай бұрын

Most peaceful region of the World

@cheeksfadays6322

11 ай бұрын

I really mis the Dislike counter. It always helped me check my own bias. Haven’t watched the video yet but I might agree with all his reasoning. Afterwards notice that it has a 50/50 like to dislike ratio and realize that A lot of people say he got it wrong. And that’s the que to check out the other side/other reasoning.

@TranAvia_Tranex

11 ай бұрын

39 dislikes

This is a great presentation dude 👍Thank you

In general an excellent video. They should be used in all schools to educate people.

It’s hard to believe they were all part of a single empire at one time or another. The Persian Empire, The Byzantine Empire, The Ottoman Empire.

@jonjohns8145

11 ай бұрын

that's kind of the point. the ME is such a patchwork of incredibly complex ethnicities and religious traditions that the European idea of a Nation state is anathema to that world. They function best as provinces under over all imperial rule where each are left to live their lives as they see fit. Nationalism is one of the worst ideas to come out of Europe, a place known for its bad ideas.

@ASLUHLUHCE

11 ай бұрын

What nationalism does to a MF

@steyn1775

11 ай бұрын

You misspelled Eastern Roman Empire

@zenkrypt6577

11 ай бұрын

​@@jonjohns8145how is Europe a place of bad ideas?

@pinkboy1181

11 ай бұрын

@@jonjohns8145Europe has invented most things

If aliens land and tell humanity that Earth is their “protectorate” - the British have shown us what that means.

@Spoopy_man

11 ай бұрын

Chocolate rain

@Levo_D_Angelo

11 ай бұрын

Dude the Aliens have allready sent one ship, they brought the religions in like a ruse for us to wipe each other out. I think they come from far away and the transport time is several thousand years so they try to wipe us out with a ruse. (LoOoOoLLLlll)

@jeffo7799

11 ай бұрын

@@Levo_D_Angelowtf

@rohankishibe8259

11 ай бұрын

​@@Levo_D_Angelo a physical virus would be much more efficient for your imaginary take, if philosophical creeds are you cup of tea, I'd say the aliens empowered the Europeans so these barbarians spread their poisonous ideals and demonic way of life, inhumane way of life, or else, how come such a boring region that even it's people hated with no resources become prominent? Alien help of course, they chose the most loser faction and gave them power so everyone becomes losers as well, that's how you destroy humanity, and would you look at that, extreme capitalism or extreme communism, Fascism, social degeneracy like public sex and same sex, animal sexual abuse, incest, and many demonic shit exported by the Europeans and the Europe 2.0 (USA)

@angryyoungman66

11 ай бұрын

Not saying British empire is innocent , but middelesterns have been cutting eachothers throats for religious and political purposes long before Britain even existed , just right after jesus dies, Christians are killed by Romans, jews are killed by Romans, then byzantean splits away becomes christian, and start fighting jews, jews killing christians , christians killing jews then Persians killing jews & christians, then the Arabs muslim killing and getting killed from jews christians and Persians 😂, then Arabs turn on them selves sunnis killing shiyates , then Turks appear killing all of those groups its just a huge mess where every single group is fighting the other 20 groups , when British came this place was already a mess

Well, you've convinced me to join Nebula. This video has been one of the clearest explanations about "how we all got into this mess" in the Middle East that I've read, and I've been trying to understand this my entire 72 year old life. I look forward to watching Part 2.

Very good presentation and history of the geo politics of the area. Thank you !

As a Syrian, it's nice to see this all explained objectively and with no bias. They did teach us some of this in school, but it had bias, and mainly focused on Syria. Keep it up RLL!

@edgykoala1732

6 ай бұрын

So sorry your are Syrian.

@sterlingmarshel6299

6 ай бұрын

bias is only created by religious beliefs

@AyanKhan-ge4fp

6 ай бұрын

​@@sterlingmarshel6299I disagree. It's created by bias in other humans and a basic tendency of humans rather. Plus everyone experiencing different things also makes them all have positive and negative bias against things depending on their things they experienced. It's possible what was positive experience to some be negative to others.

@MrCollinGabriel

6 ай бұрын

This video has a strong western and imperialist bias.

@ArtisticDove

6 ай бұрын

@@MrCollinGabriel exactly 💯

As a person who lives in the Middle-East, this is very reassuring! In all seriousness though, politics here are so confusing that even though I've been living here my entire life, I still didn't fully understand it so thanks for the video!

@ABAddonfromHeLL

11 ай бұрын

I hope you guys can find peace brothers🤞

@Andy-mt9pl

11 ай бұрын

@@ABAddonfromHeLL Thank you brother

@bikinglikebecker

11 ай бұрын

Politics there is the "Golden Rule".. The Guy with the Gold Makes all the Rules...

@oldflipgamer

10 ай бұрын

@@bikinglikebeckerthat’s pretty much politics in every country. In one form or another it comes down to money.

@louiekidd251

10 ай бұрын

The US government has instigated many of these wars

Holy wow. So much clarity

Brilliant explanation Video

I learned more about the history of the Middle East in this single 37-minute video than I did in all my years at school! Crazy how easy this actually is to learn and understand once you include visuals alongside the words.

@badnewofficial

9 ай бұрын

School is BS.

@pavelimani

9 ай бұрын

Public schools are just a waste of time because the teachers don't want to be there. They don't give a fuck.

@tadabbor.quran.tanabboaat2029

9 ай бұрын

The most important thing is to learn Islam and not to learn the politics of people who follow the devil and want money and power and spread weapons on the poor and weak of faith and spread debauchery and corruption looting

@guus5504

9 ай бұрын

Yea, everyone likes to bash on school. If this was in school you probably wouldnt even pay attention to it.

@charlesellis3710

9 ай бұрын

@@guus5504Maybe maybe not, but I can say 100% this was not taught to me in school… We were never taught why the Middle East is so war torn

I think a video about the Balkans geography and how that influenced the history and politics of that region would be very interesting.

@ivaneurope

11 ай бұрын

Especially after another conflict is on the horizon between Serbia and the partialy recognized state of Kosovo. And this potential conflict could also influence the much larger conflict in Ukraine given the parties involved - Russia (supporting Serbia) and NATO (supporting Kosovo). And for one Vladimir Putin a distraction for NATO in the Balkans would be perfect as NATO may divert weapons from Ukraine to Kosovo if the conflict there escalates

@dieauferstehung

10 ай бұрын

this video proves that multiculturalism is not good for stability so Europe will fall soon too :)

@munjarez1721

10 ай бұрын

@@ivaneurope dobra poenta, obrnuto je isto moguce - ukoliko NATOu zafali sredstava, ljudstva i municije, mozda ce ih preusmeriti ka Ukrajini, ili se cak potpuno povuci sa Kosova ukoliko shvate da trace resurse tamo kao sto su se povukli iz Avganistana (mada sumnjam da ce se to dogoditi jer imaju vec dobro ustanovljeno uporiste i vojnu bazu Bondstil)

@AndrewEvenstar

10 ай бұрын

been travelling the Balkans for a couple months now. been to a bunch of museums and yours, learned a ton. you can learn so much but still there's yet so much you don't know

@Sam-lj9vj

10 ай бұрын

At the end of the day it comes down to religion. We all know who is to blame for that.

I have been watching quite a few of explanations on the conflicts in the Middle East This one is the most comprehensive and unbiased I've watched ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 👍🏽👍🏽 🙏🏽 Thanks. Subscribed to see if you have more good stuff

Great geopolitical lesson explaind with very convincing graphical style and coherence: this explains the 3.9 million views to date!

I am blown away by the quality of this mini documentary. It’s amazing how much valuable information is weaved together in just over 37 minutes under a coherent narrative without overwhelming the audience with details. Respect!

@umutselimbayr7837

7 ай бұрын

Ve bu karmakarışık toprakları 400 yıl kadar bir süre karmaşadan uzak bir şekilde yönetebilen Türkler de büyük saygıyı hak ediyor. İngilizler gittikleri her coğrafyayı mahvettiler.

@feministba

7 ай бұрын

Yeah to much information 😂

@ibrahimkucuk9842

7 ай бұрын

yeah my head was aching after the video.

@jamierose4088

7 ай бұрын

Many areas around world have awkward borders. Only one area has Islamic controlled states. 90% of wars today evolve Muslims. Islam is not compatible with democracy or civilized societies. It never will be.

@SanataniHindu81

7 ай бұрын

he is not right,,, you may see my comment

I love how RLL is such a good creator he makes even the sex comment bots break character and compliment his vids

@boas_

11 ай бұрын

They copy other comments

@MorrocanDarijaArab

11 ай бұрын

Lmao

@pxndaa

11 ай бұрын

They are bots that copy other comments and they are programmed to like each others comments so they get the top comment.

@LuisSierra42

11 ай бұрын

They always compliment videos

@ailediablo79

11 ай бұрын

Corrections: Iran is no true Muslim power. They are not Shia at the top and ideology. They are not like Fatimad for example. They are neo-Savid and a neo-Persian Empire. The government is not Muslim. That is their lie. Iraq is majority Suni by a little because most kurds are Suni too. So it is 5050. Saddam invaded Kuwait after it was funny at the least. Also in addition to the funny oile problem they requested Iraq to must right after the war to pay the money. Which it didn't have too. Not to mention they are ones that said the payment is a gift. Iraq could easily pay but Saddam has a nuclear program and it needs funding. It is either one or the other. Especially with Israeli air attacks on nuclear facilities. Kuwaiti was doing what USA wanted because they know Saddam will invade. To use as an excuse to destroy the Iraq military and capabilities to prepare for a proper invation after a siege to remove the will of the people and to change the state of the population. Iran-Iraq war was attacking to defend. It was a must. Iran would have attacked when they get ready anyway. There was problems between Iraq and Iran since 50s. No it wasn't obvious. Infact it was obvious Saddam doesn't want to invade into beyond Kuwait, where he should but he is stuip. Those unites where as a defense after USA words. It took USA forces 6 months to get ready. That is more than enough time for Iraq to take all the land left on Arab west side of the gulf easily in less than a month at min if not faster. Which would make USA mission near impossible. But he didn't. ISIS are like the type of people know as Khwarg. No scholar support them. Also most of their soldiers didn't agree or believe in what they said but moved along for many different reasons. A big chunk of them whom joined later are hidden criminals. Most of the beheading was fake they filmed to scare people. The entire organization is all fake it until you make it type of thing. The suprise attack Isreal did on Egypt was detected by Egyptian intelligence agencies. However, the president didn't inform the military about it and keept a securit. Why? So he can blame airforce commonders whom don't support him and execute them all. Which he did. You forgot to mention those dictators don't represent the people really. The kings are much better overall and represent more but also they don't get it fully. The solution is Islam. Especially for the arabs. Arabs are almost nothing without Islam. Islam is what made the arabs and if mainplated or removed it will destroy them. Same to Muslim world but especially the Arabs. What you see is as arabs Islam believe and knowledge go down the more they be like the arabs before Islam. Divided into hundreds of trabes fighting eachothers over resources like settling nomads and others become nomads. Islam what fixes arabs problems and Islam what makes arabs strong and united. Why despite sharing same language and history? Because that is how the arabs thing. It is a double edged sword. Islam is the balance for that and only balance. Such as there is a higher % of psychopaths intelligent individuals in Arab world are born and middle east, but especially arabs, than other places. The world average is 1%, in Arab it is naturally 10%+. With wars and problems/pressures this goes up to 20%-30% of the population amongst mailes especially. Being a psychopath is not a problem in itself but can be a problem. In Arab world natural leaders are 80% of the population and 75%+ of the conversation is from your words not body language in Arab world. The arab body language sings are mostly for speaking fast in scaret or from long distances. But any real conversation it all go down to your tone and words. Everyone/most wants to be the leader and at the top. Before Saddam there was thousands of leaser Saddam. There is tooooo many Alphas. Because of that language and history that is shared doesn't matter and Islamic brotherhood what only can unite. Otherwise each city provenance can become a city state government of their own and they will go into a threekingdoms like era. Arab world in manythings is like pre-Qing China. Even more like, the 7 waring state period before Qin unification war ending 7 warring state period of the greater Spring and Otom wars era. But of course even far more complicated due to haveing more internal elements and due to foreign interventions and influence. Due to many reasons: most notably are oile/gas and geopolitical location on world map. However, there is another solution. Re-change what is an arab or remove it is importance. That will influence Islam but not much. So arabs no longer arabs. That will after sometime fix things but possibly much harder and meet with alot of resistance. Also NO. That is what west intlgance is trying to do. Remove the word arab from the future. (They are also trying to destroy Islam or liberalized it which is a form of destruction too.) To give u example: Can't we say ISIS is a form of a modern example of a nomadic invention? If it wasn't for USA airforce and intervention against ISIS they would have 100% win and took control over Iraq and Syria + Lebanon. Arabs as they leave Islam they becoming going back to the nomadic division before Islam. We need another desert revolution that is not like 1916 or Spring or 1979 or ISIS/Al-Qaeda, but accurately more like Ottomans or Suljk or Saladin or Morocco against Caseal or Abasised ,or most importantly like the prophet and his combines. 1916 and before that 1908 are the resones for this. In 1908 if Abd-Hamed II wasn't taken down, Ottomans wouldn't have joined WW1 and would be no nationalism in Turks or Arabs and no Arab revolut. Also would have expanded into Persia too and took back Yemen, Oman and Kuwait eventually. Perusing UK in Egypt and India. Joining Japan. Very likely tonplay a significant rule in Russia too. Possibly making Russia a puppet and no Soviet/communist and Marxist (at least in Russian area as a power). Also taking Lybia back from Italy. I don't know though they would join WW2 or not. But very unlikely to join Hitler. Infact this might result in a different Hitler that Ottoman can join.

Incredible breakdown of the history and the meddling 👌

Absolutely love your videos, but in this particular video, the music sounds garbled and warped. It really distracted me. Thanks so much for all your content. I've learned a lot because of it. You are an excellent communicator.

Italy did not get the Dodecanese (the islands in the video) from the treaty of Sevres, it got them in the Italo-Turkish war of 1911. What Italy was supposed to get was part of southwestern Anatolia, but it ended up making a deal with Turkey who recognised Italian sovereignty over the Dodecanese in exchange for Italy withdrawing its claim on southwestern Anatolia, which went through and then Italy started to sell Turkey weapons which they needed to fight the British, French and Greeks

@saguntum-iberian-greekkons7014

11 ай бұрын

Along with the soviet union, italy greatly helped the turkish nationalists, because felt cheated by the british

@tk5gqj514

11 ай бұрын

They were angry that UK decided to give İzmir to Greece, which was actually promised to be in the İtalian zone. British did so thus they could use and greatly support Greece to indirectly fight the Turkish nationalist govt.

@susamekmek3101

11 ай бұрын

​@@tk5gqj514Also, British thought that they can control Greece more easily then Italy.

@kingace6186

11 ай бұрын

The "Rump State" that was originally left for the Turks was a much smaller area, south of the Black Sea, and with no Mediterranean coastlines.

@Tethloach1

11 ай бұрын

Imagine: (how history would be different) All nations agree to not sell guns All nations agree to respect intellectual property All people agree to settle things peacefully

As empires carved up territories, they didn't just split the land; they fragmented cultures, histories, and the lives of countless families, friends, and neighbors. This division sowed chaos and destruction beyond their borders, all in pursuit of influence and economic gain. A pattern that continues to this day.

@feministba

7 ай бұрын

Very true ...but it is sad despite of knowing history we still chose to live in the chaos than in peace. They can become a single country and accept all ethnicities. But know each ethnicity want to eradicate the other. And you have a handful of then in the region. Ottoman empire had all cultures and ethnicities to flourish....atleast even if you arenot allowed into the palace. Atleast they were part of the empire. Cant middle east bece a place where all the ethnic values survive. They all originated in the same land so they should.learn to coexist.

@afriedrich1452

7 ай бұрын

They should have formed borders by mutual agreement, like they did in India with Pakistan. India and Pakistan don't have any border disputes, just nuclear wars, which is far better. (OK, there was one border dispute between East Pakistan and West Pakistan, but that's been settled.) (OK, there is still a problem with Kashmir and China and Nepal, etc..)

@fahrettinshaneirkilata7678

7 ай бұрын

Terorist usa UK and EU teror in the face of world. Oil money

@knighterrant882

7 ай бұрын

No Diversity is their strength 😁

@DARIO_S

7 ай бұрын

Yeah, like there was never wars before that?? It's not the empires that pick the lines - it's local chiefs that see the opportunity to finaly overpower their neighbours WITH THE HELP of the empires. It has always been that way.

Omg the quality is soooo good

Thank you. For explaining the history of the area.

Being born in Middle East is like starting the life in very hard mode. If you can survive it, you can survive anywhere.

@ai.manipulator

11 ай бұрын

Would they survive a drag show? 🤣

@lglstc13

11 ай бұрын

@@ai.manipulator Well, they would but not sure about the other people present together.

@theoriginaltroll388

11 ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂 their life is very easy if they actually follow the Quran like they say they do....they are so filled with Negativity they cant even tell you exactly what they are mad about

@GemayelDaniel

11 ай бұрын

Can confirm From lebanon for 30 years to france. I am now in easy mode

@murattyngo

11 ай бұрын

​@@theoriginaltroll388 well, which way of quran? Our way is the best you have to die! they are all muslims but kill each other for minimal differencies.

As someone from South American, specifically from Paraguay. It's amazing how ignorant we are related to Middle East and islamic story. In schools youngsters learn about american history, the history of our country ( from the prehistory to the last dictatorship era "1989") and some of european history. So after this extensive introduction, all I wanted to say it's thanks to this video I have learnt more from this region's history than in my entire school years. 😮

@murtadhaalkenani3876

10 ай бұрын

So sad to hear that , middle east has rich history with sad parts like siege of baghdad all the way to happy parts like the golden age of babylon , persia and Abbasids and if you love religion then all three Abrahamic religions originated there.

@omerfaruka136

10 ай бұрын

İslam'ı araştırmanızı tavsiye ediyorum, herşey rayına oturacaktır.

@meralEdwtDawlatly

10 ай бұрын

In American schools They only learn french and UK and US history together that's the only European parts even though they don't tell them the fact that indian Americans and African Americans are the only natives Americans and the others where just English Scottish Irish Australian and Dutch and french coumminty who came to the US land And they learn the Soviet union Russian history which is not Europe

@stephenjenkins7971

10 ай бұрын

@@meralEdwtDawlatly Uh, African Americans are in no way shape or form "native" to what can be considered the US. Indigenous people were, but they were not the founders of the US either, but were prior owners before being conquered by US settlers.

@stephenjenkins7971

10 ай бұрын

@@alejandroldavidlagos Try reading my comment again.

I return to this video because of the actual situation in Jemen. It‘s because this video explains every conflict in the middle east. The content of knowledge in this video is very big.

What I always think about is whether this level of regional conflict can realistically continue to exist. Pragmatically speaking, it has to eventually come to an end. Wondering what that entails. My hunch is that eventually (which can take decades), the magnitude of conflict that has unfolded over the past 100 years will subside.

I was deployed to Iraq for a total of three years and I did spend a ton of time chatting with locals. This was by far the best summary of the instability in the region and why. Thank you for this information. 💜

@garyshan7239

7 ай бұрын

boil it down modern arab nations have bad borders and those nations operate on a tribal basis usually with one or an alliance of them running the nation which means the tribes not in power are mistreated by those in power-stop imposing a rule of law by an outside power they implode esp when the nation has oil wealth to battle over

@alphanightfury1416

7 ай бұрын

Thank you for supporting genocides❤❤

@Uneldo7

7 ай бұрын

Dang do you feel it was worth your time?

@therinwhitten

7 ай бұрын

Yes. I don't regret spending time over there. @@Uneldo7 People are people, regardless of the country or culture. I can't explain it very well here. But the kids were happy, and the families worked hard to provide for their communities. But you could tell there was very deep-seated grudges across the country. Blood feuds. Lots of deep-seated anger as well. You could tell that atrocities were committed on both sides (Shia and Sunni) and the Kurds not even having a country to call their own. I don't agree with their views. But... I can't judge them. They are dealing with the hands they are dealt. I see deep seated blood feuds across Palestine and Israel. And it was further complicated by borders put down that made no sense. The women and children suffer, and the men think they are in the right. Wrong is wrong, and the people that commit the crimes should pay for them. That goes without being said. A bit of understanding could improve things though.

@POPS417

7 ай бұрын

You ignore Islam. Islam is the reason, all others are empty rationalizations

I would argue that the partitions were not even based on the Ottoman provinces. Even if you look at the map you see they are not. France and the UK negotiated and picked a border between each other. From there, Britain basically took the region with oil for themselves and said the rest would become autonomous (because they were mostly deserts to them anyway). France took all the important cities in its region and left the rest to become autonomous.

@OshinAttari

11 ай бұрын

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@TAKE_BACK_BRITAIN

11 ай бұрын

Mmmmm dessert

@dunnowhattoputhere7742

11 ай бұрын

Didn't he say that oil wasn't discovered until after the division?

@Erfanh1995

11 ай бұрын

@@dunnowhattoputhere7742 this happened after WW1 and oil was discovered and used at that point. I am not claiming that oil was found in current day Iraq and Kuwait at that point but it was discovered in that region (persian gulf) so obviously there was a high chance of finding oil in the surrounding areas.

@derrickthewhite1

11 ай бұрын

Honestly the "Random Lines in the Sand" argument always looks weird when applied to this area, and especially in this video. The various lines things are supposed to be based on and the lines themselves don't match. There are places in Africa where the problem is much much worse, and the original plan even had a Kurdish state in it.

This video is very informative. Thank you. I am from India. I didn't know that there exist a mountain range called Zagros in that region. It is new info for me.

@mamasimmerplays4702

3 ай бұрын

It must draw comparison with the English partition of India and Pakistan.

Very educational. Thank you.

One point about the Sykes and Pico borders. They used the same reasoning of the Ottoman Empire. A region in conflict with itself can never be at war with the overlords.

@splintercell5551

11 ай бұрын

Divide and conquer

@DegnaDings

11 ай бұрын

@@splintercell5551 damn 25 seconds ago

@barittos5585

11 ай бұрын

fkt bring back the caliphate

@cqpp

11 ай бұрын

​@@barittos5585 that would stabilise the region, outside powers can't have that.

@mathnerd97

11 ай бұрын

Where do you find out about that? It's presented here as "they just plagiarized the Ottomans", but I'm willing to consider that it might be a fair bit more complicated.

As a middle eastern, i appreciate informative videos like this that have no bias. The rest of the world views us in a hostile way and what they teach us where i live is always the glorified and sugarcoated part of history (aka lies) so objective telling of events is always helpful and appreciated.

@rbanerjee605

7 ай бұрын

oh, so what kind of history do you learn? I honestly think its pretty much the same everywhere, even in places like the USA, the UK, Japan, and Russia

@avoxxtea

7 ай бұрын

As an American, I got no problem with you folks. I am pissed that we went to war for 20yrs there didn't do much but hurt you guys then Biden pulled all our troops out just like that... what was it all for?

@teexo394

7 ай бұрын

@@rbanerjee605 well i’m omani so they teach us that the omanis went to zanzibar and they spread islam there which made it a better place and that we helped their economy and so on. But they fail to mention that they also took their homes and enslaved them

@sair9850

7 ай бұрын

@@teexo394 not like the british do that to us

@watup3494

7 ай бұрын

Baghdad was a kurdish city. Bagdad in Kurdish means land of lords. Bags were lords and my family are Bags and many Kurds! If you search in Arabic there is no meaning for Bagdad and just says online city of peace which should be مدینە السلام(madina alsalam) so why don't they say madina alsalam? Because Bag dad are both Kurdish words again! Arabs, Pars/fars and Mongols/Turks stole our land, history and language.They stole everything from us Sumerians/Kurds for over a 1000 years with the help of some western countries like Britian and France! Kerbela also was a kurdish city Ker=donkey lol Kurds used donkeys to move goods around and one time the donkeys got sick and became problem so they named the place ker=donkey bela=problem. Ker is bela! Donkey is problem! Get it Kurds?Wake up please. Kerkuk anyone? Ker+kuk. There is a story behind every city name! The Arabs came up from Arabia and took our land!😢😢😢😢

Great job in this video! Subscribed. Thank you.

Shutting down the Suez Canal for 8 years is a key detail thats never mentioned during any talks/discussions of the 6-Day War (I wonder how many history books go into details about it, And the impact of it? ). Even in this video he mentions it quickly, but this video is about the whole region and goes over years of history & major events in the region, not about the 6-Day War (plenty other videos on that). That 8 year closure of the Canal impacted economies among many other things for countries in the region and worldwide.

Oof. Mideast politics and history makes my head swim. I've taken a few good runs at it too. There's just SO much to keep track of. The backstories of the backstories have disputed backstories. Every twist another rabbit hole. Thanks for a great video. This was really concise.

@heichiro091

11 ай бұрын

ffdlll

@vffa

11 ай бұрын

Precisely. And I bet more than 80% of the people there who fuel the conflicts and wars, have as much if not less of an understanding of the whole thing, as you do. Tale as old as time, people fighting conflicts they neither fully understand nor fully support. Yet they die for it.

@soundscape26

11 ай бұрын

@@IraqieGirl541 Then again you probably know most of it.

@azaz20244

11 ай бұрын

@@vffa it also doesnt help that a bunch of people are unemployed and have never known a stable and predictable life. people who have more to lose usually dont make rash decisions and throw their life away

Wow, this is incredible. You managed to fill in so many gaps in my knowledge about the region and its history. Growing up, you pick up all of these random factoids from news and school and various media, but never a more complete picture.

@nagillim7915

6 ай бұрын

If you want to get a fuller picture, a youtuber called Jabzy has been doing a series on Middle Eastern history. At the minute he's covered the period from 1600 to 1800 during Ottoman 'rule' which maked the laat 70 years seem peaceful.

@simonsadler9360

4 ай бұрын

Yes Britain did make enormous mistakes viz India , Canada ,Australia , New Zealand & the USA . During ww2 Churchill had secret meetings with Hitler who in 1941 wanted a fair division of Europe ie Germany kept the East Britan the west , not having that said Churchill , would have been the formation of the E. U & saved many lives . Poor Afghanistan always a killing ground !

Crazy how I watched this exact video minutes before October 7th hit the clock at 12:00 AM

@billiamj737

Ай бұрын

A lot has changed…….if we all had a different approach then what it is now…

Europe fought many wars and lost many lives before it stabilized and prospered, and the same applies to the Middle East

The production quality of this video is excellent. As a history major, it really helped to give a very broad view of the entire conflict

@ssh1487

6 ай бұрын

I learnt more about modern British history in this short video than I did with 8+ years of schooling (up to age 18, never studied it at uni) and I’m British. The sheer skew in favour of the Brits was astounding. Pretty sure one of my teacher’s was wistful when talking about how the British Empire used to encompass a quarter of the globe as if that was a good thing

This video is a ray of light in a dark, confusing world. Thanks for laying out the occurrences and drawing connections objectively. You did a great job with this!

@watup3494

7 ай бұрын

Baghdad was a kurdish city. Bagdad in Kurdish means land of lords. Bags were lords and my family are Bags and many Kurds! If you search in Arabic there is no meaning for Bagdad and just says online city of peace which should be مدینە السلام(madina alsalam) so why don't they say madina alsalam? Because Bag dad are both Kurdish words again! Arabs, Pars/fars and Mongols/Turks stole our land, history and language.They stole everything from us Sumerians/Kurds for over a 1000 years with the help of some western countries like Britian and France! Kerbela also was a kurdish city Ker=donkey lol Kurds used donkeys to move goods around and one time the donkeys got sick and became problem so they named the place ker=donkey bela=problem. Ker is bela! Donkey is problem! Get it Kurds?Wake up please. Kerkuk anyone? Ker+kuk. There is a story behind every city name! The Arabs came up from Arabia and took our land!😢😢😢😢

@RIZFERD

6 ай бұрын

As I always state: Anything called religion is superficial including abrahamic judaism/christianity/islam full of scam. Nothing surprising whole Europe, USA, Western world, Middle East and surrounding were and will always be forever real third world, the poorest nature in the world. Real Rich will never colonize other. Thus not a complete multiracial not multilingual never been living around the world all alone since childhood are just the same never evolved dumb apes stuck inside your tiny boxes your entire life and not learning from the past to evolve better. Indonesia was not, is not and will never be Islamic country. World map is inaccurate since Mercator projection 1569. In reality Indonesia is huge as Russia including our ocean and even much richer than the rest of the world. Even much bigger before West and Middle East came took our former Australia, Singapore, Malaysia+Brunei, South Thailand, The Philippines, Vietnam even Madagascar Africa. Actually countries in Europe are just regencies and provinces in Indonesia. And they're so amateurs because they're just very basic animals. Egypt isn't the oldest, even Egypt is very poor, very dry, far off the center of the Equator line. Most highest humidity on Earth: Indonesia, meaning many much older artifacts has decayed much faster than just few thousands years Egypt. And Judaism/Christianity/Islam are just the same dumb. Even most of people know nothing about much older ancient modern civilization here in Indonesia before mega eruption of Toba supervolcano of Sumatra 75,000 years ago. Including 25,000 years old Gunung Padang pyramid in Indonesia. Hindu isn't from India either. Original Hindu is Indonesia not in India. Hindu in India and in Bali are totally different Indus, Indo, Hindia, Hindu = Indus Islands = Indo Nesos = Indonesia. The same with Astrology came from Indonesia not by the Greeks, Egyptians nor Aramaic/Arabs/Jews. Judaism, Christianity and Islam are just frauds branches of modified Hinduism in India. Real Hindu came from Indonesia not India. Hindu, Hindia, Indus, Indo, etc = Indo Nesos, Indus islands, Indonesia over 17000 islands, exactly on the center of the equator line, the center of all civilization, all Indo around the world came from here especially because of eruption of Toba supervolcano Sumatra 75000 years ago bigger than Yellowstone USA, resulted today world's largest volcanic lake Toba Sumatra. Yet, world map is wrong since Mercator projection 1569, real Indonesia is Huge as Russia and even much richer than the rest of the world. Dutch VOC was much richer than any present day world's richest company. Whole Europe, USA, etc western world in general were built with Indonesia's limitless wealth. Coffee is native in Indonesia not brought by the Dutch. Too many lies they wrote about Indonesia even at formal school books! The fact is whole Europe, USA, western world in general has been built with Indonesia's limitless wealth for centuries long but mentally and intellectually they hasn't changed a bit. But inner the same mediaeval.

I'm an Israeli. It's a really good video. I was suprised to understand the dinamics between Egypt and the arab monarchies in the gulf. We Israelis tend to focus on our own middle eastern issues, and rarely give attention to those of other countries. We do only when it matters to us (e.g. when the Houthis fired balistic missiles towards the UAE while our president visited). I did notice 2 inaccuracies: The video fails to address the fact that the British Empire limited Jews migration to Palestine, or aliya. Additionally, the relations between Israel and the US began to foster after 1967, as France withdrew its weapons support after Israel striked first.

@xanshen9011

Ай бұрын

isntreali

@Core-Frisk

Ай бұрын

@@xanshen9011asshole

Thank you. Very interesting.

I think I learned more in this 30+ mins than 5 years of polotical science. Respect to you for encompassing all the conflicts & battles from the past to modern era in a single video.

@skippedbail

10 ай бұрын

same, but he got one thing wrong. When he highlights the Muslim world in yellow at 34:07 he includes India which isn't remotely muslim.

@pablomelana-dayton9221

10 ай бұрын

@@skippedbail14% of India is Muslim

@aaaa-cc9jk

10 ай бұрын

​@@skippedbail And many other lands and countries, like Ethiopia which is Christian majority, the map is not based on Muslim majority lands or countries, but the lands that these jihadist and extremist Muslims believe are the rightful and historical lands of Muslims, which is basically almost any lands and countris that was under rule of Muslims at some point in history.

@MasterGamer6000

10 ай бұрын

@@skippedbail There are plenty of Muslims there, around 200 million (Even though the majority are Hindus). And I think he was just highlighting the population of Muslims around the world, otherwise he wouldn't have included the Uyghurs of China.

@ibrahimmahadfarah7510

10 ай бұрын

Same

Just pointing out that the majority of the territory of the ottoman empire was composed by mixed ethnicities and religions even within the cities itself, making impossible to divide 100% of this land in any kind of boundaries that compose of an homogeneous country for each group. In any point in history, once the nationalism reached this area, this conflicts would emerge anyway regardless of what would be done and massive rearrangement of populations would happen the same way.

@darkhorse381

6 ай бұрын

That's why ethnostates and theocracies are generally bad ideas that inherently oppress minorities within them. Honestly I like the idea of a secular, democratic Arab super state. It makes it less likely that Western powers can easily bully the fragmented region and take oil when they want. It also threatens Israel as a a British/American colony and military base in the region. Which is why the West would never allow it to happen

@sor3999

4 ай бұрын

Thank you! Almost felt alone in realizing he's casually advocating for ethnostates as a solution which would be impossible anyway since all the groups dot the land. The whole video is bunk since it's his entire argument lol.

Honestly just give the Kurds there own state

@hope_security

Ай бұрын

I bet its so easy to say that when its not your own country.

@biteof83

16 күн бұрын

get them to your country and give from your territories or you can proceed to talk nonsense without actualy evaluating the situation with underperforming brain which is badly affected by youtube if you wish

@AI-uk1ct

5 күн бұрын

@user-hu7vm2lg4d Not just the Kurds, the international community should help the heavily oppressed Assyrians and Yezidis achieve self determination too.

An excellent demonstration

Brilliant. Thank you for such a comprehensive and compelling to watch summation of very complex history

Wait, you mean to tell me that the conflicts of middle east, an ancient land with a long history with many different ethnicities, nationalisties, religions, is more complicated than simply saying that USA is responsible for it? Imagine my shock.

@osheridan

11 ай бұрын

The USA has played a major role in destabilising it further, but it's of course much more complex

@sabishiihito

11 ай бұрын

Heck the US was late to the party.

@flamingmanure

11 ай бұрын

@@osheridan not really, not in the big picture, middle eastern nations always tried to destabilize others(saudi vs yemen war as a small and cute example), but nice try regurgitating the same old delusional narrative to avoid saying that its basically has been the norm in middle eastern countries for over a thousand years if not much more.

@jonjohns8145

11 ай бұрын

Depends on your definition of "responsible" .. They've certainly messed up the region with their Alliances, political maneuvering and outright invasion(S) plural.

@jonjohns8145

11 ай бұрын

@@sabishiihito You can be late to the party and yet still rip shit up.

It is sad and bleak when most of the commenters here only seem to talk of the past that they themselves never lived in...but never would they talk about making the future better for everyone including themselves....

This is one nebulla im subscribing to

It seems that you underestimated the Colonial Empires, masters of divide and conquer. These lines were not made by accident; they were specifically designed to breed perpetual conflict, ensuring that struggling regions never rose up to compete with their empire.

@traybell9392

7 ай бұрын

He highlights this aspect in other videos about these conflicts.

@jimbrown4086

7 ай бұрын

🛑 deliberately set up so can use ethnicities to cause conflicts

@divyansh3266

7 ай бұрын

exactly this is what the European colonialism did to Southeast Asia and to Middle East.

@rayz6307

7 ай бұрын

It's smart if you look at it purely from a grand chess board perspective

@alp2ccc138

7 ай бұрын

@@rayz6307 And since humans can't possibly keep doing that, they are screaming FREE PALESTINE now.

One of the most effective and important videos I've seen on KZread; it imparts so much knowledge of a vast (geopolitical) scape with no bias.

@micz322

3 ай бұрын

Agreed entirely

Well the answer is simple (Westerners).

Dang - best Nebula cliffhanger

Balkans : We are the most ethnically and religiously complicated area. Middle east : Hold my beer.

@XY-uc1tw

9 ай бұрын

Both of them were stolen lands from the Ottomans. Minorities are still arguing for these lands.

Crazy (but shockingly unsurprising) that this came out BEFORE the most recent massive ramp-up/conflict. Just proves how true it is.

As a Lebanese, i grew up studying our history and the way our region was formed. But you managed to explain it so well without bias to the point where this makes more sense than what I’ve studied for 6-7 years in school. Great work RLL!

this documentary has a lot of valuable information, i love it

Excellent video, I can see that allot of research and effort was put in making it!! This should be played in all schools' history classes!

This video was just EXCELLENT. Summarizes everything to the point and makes you understand the big picture. I have been a long time sub and all your videos and my readings combined made more sense in the light ot this.

Another masterfully made video ❤

Wow. Great job

Wow! The biggest kudos ever to this video and your work. How long did it take you to create this video including all the research and summarizing? You’re amazing! But seriously, after 20 min my brain couldn’t take anymore of it in. But I think the main points were clear by then already :) thank you!

Incredible how you described the complexity of the region. Thank you!

@theoriginaltroll388

11 ай бұрын

And it is 1,000,000x more complex....it goes down to the tribal level and this video only explains the regions

@edus.8987

10 ай бұрын

@@theoriginaltroll388 how can i learn more about it?

@HardCore_Islamist

9 ай бұрын

​@@theoriginaltroll388making it look complex serves the benefits if western intervention. Bulshit

But Americans are constantly told that diversity is our greatest strength.

Thanks!

People forget that Europe was in a ‘forever war’ over its borders and imperial legacy until the EU made conflict between constituent nations obsolete. If the Middle East wants peace, it will need internal cooperation after war kills enough to make it seem like a necessity rather than a convenience

@Telopead

7 ай бұрын

Don’t be naive. Unlike Europe, Middle East is a chessboard for people within AND without. Internal or external consensus alone means nothing if the real players won’t stop. Eastern Europe, or specifically Ukraine is an recent example. It’s NOT just about Ukraine and Russia, and what they think. Sometimes the real games is not played on the chessboard you think. And the next is going to be China. If the communist gov collapses, it’s gonna be Middle East all over again. It’s geopolitics. Nothing is easy.

@allred6505

7 ай бұрын

@@Telopead I’m not trying to say it’s easy or simple. For europe it took two world wars and a holocaust- and there’s nothing simple or settled about the EU. Eastern Europe in the early 1900s was just as much of an ethnic checkerboard as the Middle East is today. You’re correct that peace in Europe hasn’t really been reached but war in Europe is now an exception instead of the rule.

@KJ-yises

6 ай бұрын

Middle East is still 200 years behind when it comes to war.

@vanman266

6 ай бұрын

It's the people, not the borders to blame.

@allred6505

6 ай бұрын

@@vanman266 I agree and disagree with that statement. Of course borders never killed anyone but its people usually kill because they want different or new national borders. Better people might not fight but better borders (or lack thereof) might give its current people less to fight about.

Love the use of maps in this video alongside the video footage and narration! Really helps comprehend it better - thanks! 🙏

to sum it up: israel existing US foreign policy

@ThatRandomCyndaquiI

Ай бұрын

forgot 1 thing dont let the British make country borders

What a wonderful video! A small correction, if I may, It's called the Lebanese War rather than the Lebanese civil war. The war was only "civil" during its three first years than shifted into a geopolitical conflict.

I love maps and history! This is delightful! ❤

Middle East has a lot of history. Respect to you for summarising it in just 30 minutes

Iraqi guy here hi everyone please don’t trust anything the media tells you , iraq is now much safer than before everybody’s is more than welcome to visit and experience the history and the culture and we would be so happy to see anyone from around the globe ❤️

@grunt7555

2 ай бұрын

How are the Kurdish people viewed there?

@mrnorthz9373

2 ай бұрын

​@@grunt7555like people. Dont you think the info presented to you from thousands of miles away might be a bit untrue?

@grunt7555

2 ай бұрын

@@mrnorthz9373 what’s not untrue is the Iraqi gov using their chemical arsenal to gas Kurds in the 80’s

@editmasta4233

Ай бұрын

@@grunt7555can I just say I’m Kurdish and there is peace between the two in Iraq and iraqi Kurdistan. There are racists on both sides, I know I have met a lot of Arab and Kurdish racists and extremists but the majority of people in the country and state get along perfectly bc they views each other as people

Great video

as an Iranian we tell these stories about our current state constantly, and I'm so sick of it if after centuries we can't get our shit together and we are still struggling its on us, not on Brits or anyone else great video btw but we really need to take some responsibility for our current state

@dustybrave2540

10 ай бұрын

I think that's why the west has such a negative opinion of the governments of that area. Yes the brits f*cked you guys up, they f*cked most the world up. But countries such as Canada, NZ, and Australia are slowly starting to work the marginalized Native populations to try and find them more representing. Whilst the middle east seems happy to just shoot instead of talk. Still that being said sorry your in this situation and I hope you and your family stay safe.

@Mcbignuts

10 ай бұрын

What about the sanctions placed on Iran by the west on behalf of israel? Accountability is a good trait, but don't own up stuff that was done to u

@alirezaeftekhary9980

10 ай бұрын

@@Mcbignuts yes the sanctions are terribl, but in our schools, in our rallies, every year we shout out death to usa death to isreal and death to any other country that we dont like and our leaders would make speechs about how we like to completely destroy those countries and wipe them off the map not that i like usa or isreal but when you publicly announce you want death to a whole nation i expect nothing less than hostility from them the problem with sanctions are that they are hurting normal people much more than hurting those in charge

@MetalGear1

10 ай бұрын

@@Mcbignutswhat about Iran’s terror proxies in Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, Yemen and all over the Middle East? What about Iran’s funding of Hizbollah, Hamas and the Islamic Jihad. Iran has been contributing to the destabilization of the middle east for many years. It’s a shock to me that sanctions is the only measure being exacted against them.

@yarsaz4347

10 ай бұрын

@@MetalGear1 What's your definition of a "terror proxy"? Iran funds the legitimate Syrian government, it's the Saudis and even the US who funded Islamist terror groups against the government. Also you mention Hizbollah as if they weren't the ones who helped end the Israeli occupation of Lebanese territory.

I like how Oman, during all the conflicts around them, was (as far as I know) mostly neutral and peaceful as they just chilled in their corner of Arabia

@abhattab

9 ай бұрын

Because the sultanate of Oman was independent at the time of the ottomans , significantly lost a lot of land but did not made a fuzz about it ( Zanzibar , UAE , Madagascar, Suqatra …. Etc ) but basically remained the same under the same rule .

@sa-dr8xy

8 ай бұрын

they’re not neutral and peaceful. theres multiple evidence of them aiding and supporting terror ist organizations like houthis (they were caught smuggling weapons from their border to yemen) and having a relationship with israel. they’re just secretive and discrete about it

@user-fj5bb2fr5y

8 ай бұрын

They have their own sect of Islam which is Ibadism.

This is one of the best overall outlines of the area history that I have come across. It provides a great chronological timeline that can be written down and then looked into deeper. So many treaties and one-sided declarations....just an "unholy mess" no matter which religion you profess. I thought this was just an oil money problem, but it is much deeper ,and even sharing the wealth may not have worked to stabilize this . Would going back to the Ottoman Empire , for all land east of Turkey proper, restore order to the Middle East ? Was internal conflict this out of control under the Ottomans ?

Being Kuwaiti myself, you don’t know how happy I am to have my country, history, culture, and general region explained so beautifully and in depth, I’d like to think I have a good grasp of the history of my area, but I realize there’s so many details from differing viewpoints that change the perception of things. Hopefully we can all learn from the past for a better future.

@tughluq8324

9 ай бұрын

Kuwait and history? Lol😂

@Altair-221

9 ай бұрын

لا احد يهتم فيك ياصديقي

@AhmadMuath-xn2es

8 ай бұрын

​@@tughluq8324?

@Dungeonus

8 ай бұрын

​@@tughluq8324this comment shows us why we can't have nice things. How could you possible say that after watching this vid. The entire region is thrown into chaos, human rights violations and numerous wars because of the colonial past & chauvinism as well as religious intolerance. Gosh.

@canberk9972

8 ай бұрын

@@Dungeonus No the only thing quwait has is a king and his fellows draining all the resources. Nothing else, dont think that can be deemed as a nice thing. Really dont get how you can act like citizens have all the human rights and have a say in the nation.

People who didn't watch the video or read the title will claim he "predicted" the war in Israel 3 months early, when he explains how its been non-stop war for like 5000 years there in this very video

@Moody.Smiruai

7 ай бұрын

He didn't predict it true , not when the specific "war" happening right now has been happening for decades. Also war is generous if you factually talk about what's going on. Mass extinction of a countrys people is more accurate.

@MediumDSpeaks

7 ай бұрын

@@Moody.Smiruai I. Don't. Actually. Care.

what a massive titanic work to summarize all the event of the last 100 years! thank you!

This video was doing great. They did a great job of explaining the history of the region. And also the reasons behind the gulf war one in 1990. But then for some reason it just jumped ahead all the way to 2015. ???? With no mention of gulf war two at all? Weird!!!

A great watch--even if you know history and geography well. 200 years of Middle Eastern history well summarized in 35 minutes

What an outstanding piece. Such an immense amount of work, thank you very much for all of your effort. This was very informative!

From the Netherlands: The basic reasons for the volatility of the region are its geography (e.g. mainly deserts), and lack of basic necessities like water and food. These factors were already causing conflict centuries ago as tribal groups had to fight for their survival. Furthermore, as a consequence of these factors their cultures and religions (Judaism, Islam, and Christianity) became rather strict and exclusive, thereby adding another layer of conflict. As these tribes were forced into "countries" (e.g. fixed borders) it added only more reason for conflict.

Can you please do a video next about the Lebanese civil war. It is by far one of the most complex wars fought in the areas with nearly every single factor mentioned in this video playing a role. Thank you keep it up

@GemayelDaniel

11 ай бұрын

Try casual historian 3 hour long video. It is very good

Extremely disturbed by the reality we’re facing today. My family are Jews who came from two corners of the Ottoman Empire, one Balkan and the other Syria and Iraq. The fall of the empire and rise of colonialism, nazism, zionism, and Arab nationalism made it pretty impossible for them to exist where they had for generations, whether they wanted to leave, were religious, weee nationalists, or Zionists. Here I am two generations later, I’ve lost family and friends to this endless conflict, I’m not religious but had to unlearn so much racism nationalism and hate mongering and understand that me and my families existence is at the whim of layers of interest local and foreign, who only care if we survive for demographic purposes and shame us for not fighting to the death to defend something that wasn’t our choice to create.

I always get a chuckle out of the sykes-picot agreement. I always imagine the people who decided the borders deliberately designing them to keep them in perpetual conflict as a fail safe if they ever got kicked out. A if we can't have it no one can, it's so amusingly petty.

I wonder what will happen, if and when, an alternate source of energy is obtained and oil loses it's importance in the region.

This video is great! I always wanted to know at least in basics what was happening in the middle east, but I was too lazy to find and search myself. Anyway what I want to say is... Thanks for this!

What I love is that Oman is permanently just minding it's own business 😂

@ehabl8816

5 ай бұрын

Lol always has been

Thanks :)

some corrections: 15:00 The eastern region is not only a home for Shia, it's like 60/40 sunni/shia

As someone who lived and still lives in this region, this is nicely done. those war memories never left me. just now i head loud noise outside and my brain is ready to take cover in case it's a bomb. what a sad reality we live in

@Kolektifcs

11 ай бұрын

Bro that's PTSD and if you are able, seek psychotherapy.

@MAFiA303

11 ай бұрын

@@Kolektifcs i dont think it's that bad, normal life is harder XD

This channel is a perfect balance between accessibility and intellectual rigor