1000 years in 5 minutes (Europe and near east)

[Rusty Shackleford]

I thought this was an interesting video. shows how Europe has basically constantly been at war.


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i kinda wish there was a video of the political evolution of Africa and Asia though too.


and thought it doesnt show date or label wars, some pretty obvious ones are
Reconquista(Spain kicking out Moors)
Mongolian invasion (Russia Erased from map, Crimean Khanate and Kazan and all that come into being)
30 years war (Sweden all over Poland)
Napoleonic Wars (France all up in Spain, Poland and a sliver into Russia)
Prusso-Danish War
Prusso-Austrian war
Franco-Prussian War (3 wars that very of 'German Unification')
WWI
WW2
End of USSR (CIS)

[Nox]

It really gives you a sense of how powerful and huge the Mongol Empire was, it just steamrolls across half of Europe, kinda reminds me of the Soviet counterattack on Nazi Germany :thumbup1:

It's also interesting to see how divided Germany was for such a long time.

What is that brown spike thrusting into Russia at roughly 4:03?

[PhoenixAsh]

Though your original statement that Europe was almost always hosting at least one war or another is not disputed...really a lot of those little or not so little changes you see are marriages, treaty negotiations, inherritance or disintegration and gifts. Not all of them were caused by war or results of conquest or annexation.

[Rusty Shackleford]

Though your original statement that Europe was almost always hosting at least one war or another is not disputed...really a lot of those little or not so little changes you see are marriages, treaty negotiations, inherritance or disintegration and gifts. Not all of them were caused by war or results of conquest or annexation.
true. like some of the border shifts between poland-lithuania and the russian empire were treaty changes. for a while i think they were allies or one was a protectorate of another.


But, what was going on in the HRE was mostly political like you were saying. Not to mention political and military rivalires of the hapsburgs and the valois'

[Teacher]

I thought it was neat how you can see the patchwork of groups that eventually form modern nation states in Italy and Germany.

[Iron Felix]

Patriotic War of 1812. That's Napoleon invading Russia with about 650,000 men. About 70,000 survived.

[Tommy4ever]

It really gives you a sense of how powerful and huge the Mongol Empire was, it just steamrolls across half of Europe, kinda reminds me of the Soviet counterattack on Nazi Germany :thumbup1:

It's also interesting to see how divided Germany was for such a long time.

What is that brown spike thrusting into Russia at roughly 4:03?

That's Napoleon and Le Grand Armee marching into Russia.

This video made me want to play some EUIII. :D

[Rusty Shackleford]

Notice the french invasion of Russia was TOTALLY different from the German invasions.

France went in with a sliver straight to moscow. War wasnt 'total' then either. it was 'enlightened' most fighting in fields. Now, compare that to hundreds of miles wide fronts being pushed from coast to coast to sevastopol to leningrad.


i never really thought that france just went straight in.

[CHE with an AK]

I found it interesting how fragmented Germany has been historically ...

and it was nice to see how quick that "thousand year reich" got stamped out :)

[Wanted Man]

Fun fact: this was made in Centennia Historical Atlas (http://www.clockwk.com/), which was also used in the ending credits of the legendary adventure game "The Last Express". Just throwing that out there. Watching the changing maps is pretty cool.

[ColonelCossack]

I wonder, if humans are still around, what the version of this video for this coming millennium will look like?

[Kamos]

I wonder, if humans are still around, what the version of this video for this coming millennium will look like?

Well, it should probably turn to uniform red at some point.

Also, yeah, I recognised most of what has happened on the video, but seeing it all together in quick succession was still a new experience. History is fun.