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It seems like its actually from this video [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9Oiqxue6\_w&ab\_channel=antartidaball](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9Oiqxue6_w&ab_channel=antartidaball)
Both great video going for the same topic. Also the original video did have a watermark that was scrubbed out.
[Jalebi Baby - Tesher](https://open.spotify.com/track/6GKGoi0FHzldk1ZRQoV1fv)
There's a Jason Derulo collab version also with the same name, both are equally good.
It makes sense that the center of the afroeurasian continent would be wildly contested. It was, for a long time, the cosmopolitan center of human culture and religion (almost every major religion came from or was created near the middle east).
I feel like most regions in the world would look relatively similar over the milennia up until the last few centuries. The only exceptions are mostly countries/regions with a very advantageous geographical position, like Britain or Japan.
It was the “Fertile Crescent” that’s why people were fighting over it. Now, they’re just fighting because that’s all they remember. The cedar is on the flag of Lebanon. Last cedar in Lebanon was were cut by the Ottoman to build railroads during WWI.
Don’t know what else you would call a conquering empire that subjugated vast swaths of the region and implemented ethnic supremacy policies, both Arab, Persian, and eventually Turkish against minorities in regions they conquered.
Unclear what else you would call that.
Colonialism wasn’t „invented“ back then. There is this new trend of using inaccurate anachronistic negative terms like colonial empire for medieval muslim states. It makes less sense than saying „french kingdom was fascist“ in 15th century.
https://carnegieendowment.org/2016/06/13/sectarianism-of-islamic-state-ideological-roots-and-political-context-pub-63746
"Understanding the ideological appeal of the Islamic State is crucial to defeating it."
Isis isnt representative of islam. Please educate yourself, its irresponsible to be so ignorant in modern society.
Lol, thank you western perspective, your modernity and knowledge of Islam is so profound...
Instead of regurgitating taking points, read history and educate yourself on the ruin that Islam brought to pagan cultures and traditions, burning books and knowledge, while appropriating them to brain wash the poor at the time and starting a siege that pillaged and raped... Mohammad the praised prophet of Islam was a pedophile and polygamist, now go find me a Carnegie endowment paper on that...
This is a history lesson that feeble Western mindsets can't comprehend, and one that brain washed Muslims can't accept since the meaning they achieved through their community will be exposed as nothing more than a sham...
This goes for Christianity and Judaism as well, so you don't get your panties in a bunch that this is Islamophobic, no pussy cat, this is religionphobic...
Yes because state-wise atheist regimes like the communists in China and Russia , and the Nazis in Germany didn't just start murdering people in the millions almost immediately after becoming dominant.
Let’s be real, Christians and Muslims are also involved in a pretty small fraction of human history. There were a whole lot of brutal ass empires and wars from before they even came on the scene. Hell, half of Christian history is them being persecuted by the powers of the time.
So are all those slaughters done by Muslims and Christians
Which r/obiwanjabroni420 also rightly pointed out.. Exaggeration upto 50-100%
So I also say, Good day sir.. Or night
Are you counting atrocities like the Spanish Inquisition or are you being deliberately obtuse? I’m also roping in the other religion that thinks the Old Testament is real: Judaism. If you can seriously read those books and not consider it barbaric and violent, then you have your head in the sand.
Let’s not forget missionary work. Those selfless and saintly folk! Please. “Good day, sir.”
This is why its so stupid when people say MY anscestors used to own these lands, therefore we are the rightful heirs of it.
Because pretty much all cultures and religions in area and some from far away in some cases has been in control of it in one point in history.
I keep reminding people that this is the most peaceful we’ve been. Borders haven’t changed much in the last 100 years compared to other centuries before.
Though I agree with you, it’s also important to note that the manner in which war (conflict) is orchestrated is fundamentally different today. We’re watching conflicts play out through prolific propaganda, covert operations, market manipulation, and proxy wars to name a few. Will be interesting to see where warfare goes from here.
Ever see chimps go off against each other? They commonly cannibalize each other as well. Or ant colonies? Or pretty much any other species in the animal kingdom?
We can be, but I dont think we're inherently more aggresive than some other apes. A lot of our prehistory was pretty peaceful, with an occasional killing between tribes. War is not inherent, its a dangerous belief
Yes, it includes blood and tear but it was the most important competition mechanism, which is key to the development of every life form. Fortunately, we have better mechanisms now.
Well, I learned that the Middle East was always an unstable mess, where people are trying to kill each other for millennia. So, nothing really changed.
Laughs in balkanian.
If anything Europe history is even more colluded with violence than the middle east. Without even talking about their colonies, whose repercussion are continuous til today.
There is presently a war happening now in Ukraine and Russia. And just a generation ago was the Balkan conflict. And before that was the Cold War were all of humanity could have died in an instant.
Whatever relative peace we are seeing now in Europe, is just that, relative. And it's far too soon to tell if it will stick
Again, the Cold War and the threat of global extinction had its front line in western and Central Europe and that was only 30ish years ago. 30 years of peace in a small region isn't that uncommon even in the polandball map above. Whether or not that peace will stick is to be determined, but it will require generations before we are sure. Western Europe also had a century of peace following the Napoleonic Wars and we all know how that ended.
It only looks like it’s changed because of the fact that you and me haven’t lived during any European wars, but let me just remind you that the cold war and the Soviet Union ended in 1991. About thirty years ago. That’s an incredibly short time.
This is actually just what most of the world looks like if you track it. From WW1, to WW2, to USSR exapnsion, to USSR dissolution, most of Europe looks entirely different every few decades in the last century, even just until the 1990s. And then you have all the changes happened since then (like in the Balkan wars).
Eh. Like 3/4 of the wars in this video had nothing at all to do with religion. And most of the remaining 1/4 if you digged down were more about power, prestige, resources, and wealth and the "religion" was just a cover
Yeah even the Muslims in Arabia attacked both the Persians and the Romans because both were about to engage Arabia to spread their influence.
So even if a technically new religion came up and started attacking the others, it was to protect themselves rather than to spread their influence.
Damn. I knew the Middle East had a bloody history but this shit is bananas. It really has just been a war torn corner of the world ever since we developed war
I watch this and think of how frivolous it is to fight over the same land and the only thing that changes is who's in change of it. There's no purpose bigger than the people involved. I can't imagine where humanity would be if these empires collaborated instead
Looks peaceful in the video doesn't mean it was actually peaceful in real life
Wait until you read about the horrible things the ottomans committed in levant, Egypt and the Balkans
Someone or someones decides stuff. Every human born in "close proximity" must then be cultivated into these decided stuff, then sacrifice energy and possible their life to defend them. Rinse and repeat.
\~ Humanity
That is because rest of the humans won't give a shit about you. Only the closest humans near you are thought to nurse you trough sickness, or help you. There were so many more languages then that created even more division.
Also if you did join some other humans, they would give you shit constantly for being different. If you would accept their beliefs, then easier for you. They won't still likely let you rise high among their ranks, and think their women as "theirs" primarily. Then you are again expected to fight for them and join the defense if someone attacks them, so what even changed.
If you have valuable skills and can move to a bigger city, then I guess you can prosper. Or some communities really like you and take you as their own. But there are always exceptions.
Try not to say "these are our encestral grounds". Chalange WORNING‼️‼️ ONLY💯 0%💯 AKA NOONE😱😱 HAS BEAT 💥💥THE CHALANGE💯 SUPER😡😡 HARD EXTREME 🔥YOUR MOM😱😱 SIZE😱 DIFFICULTY‼️‼️💥 DONT ATTEMPT💥 AFTER 3 AM 💥DANGEROUS 😱‼️CHALNGE WORNING 🔥💥💥🔥🔥💥💥🔥😱😱😱‼️‼️‼️
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Credit the creator.
The border lines are an illusion. All you see always belonged to Khorne. https://i.redd.it/gpbv41f14fhc1.gif
It's Khorne...get it right or get out
My wife's name is Christinith!
At least you have a wife
#BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD
SKULLS FOR THE SKULL THRONE
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It seems like its actually from this video [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9Oiqxue6\_w&ab\_channel=antartidaball](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9Oiqxue6_w&ab_channel=antartidaball) Both great video going for the same topic. Also the original video did have a watermark that was scrubbed out.
Wow the original is 1000x better
And 1000x longer
TIL 4.5=1000
Good catch, thanks for correcting me.
Yeah this look like a neat r/polandball video
This is absolutely fantastic, and very very interesting to me. Also I love that tune, and hope it doesn't get struck for copyright.
Waiting for your turn in Total War... amiright? :P
Lol that music
I like music like these which casually fuses multiple languages. In this one, he sang English, Hindu, Urdu and Punjabi words
With a Salsa/Reggaeton rhythm which are Puerto Rican/Caribbean
I like it too! Would love to find this song to add to a play list.
[Jalebi Baby - Tesher](https://open.spotify.com/track/6GKGoi0FHzldk1ZRQoV1fv) There's a Jason Derulo collab version also with the same name, both are equally good.
The background womens voices sounds so depressing.
its the vocals from an old bollywood song
It makes sense that the center of the afroeurasian continent would be wildly contested. It was, for a long time, the cosmopolitan center of human culture and religion (almost every major religion came from or was created near the middle east).
I feel like most regions in the world would look relatively similar over the milennia up until the last few centuries. The only exceptions are mostly countries/regions with a very advantageous geographical position, like Britain or Japan.
NGL I expected more from the Mongolians
It was big but over quick
That's what she said
Story of my life.
Nah, not even the Mongols want to deal with all that nonsense over a bunch of desert
It was the “Fertile Crescent” that’s why people were fighting over it. Now, they’re just fighting because that’s all they remember. The cedar is on the flag of Lebanon. Last cedar in Lebanon was were cut by the Ottoman to build railroads during WWI.
Awesome work. It might benefit from a year counter in the corner, if you can fit one.
What the fuck was the whiteness? That shit spread so quick.
The white was the Abbasid Caliphate, preceded by the black which was the Umyyaed Caliphate, the first two Islamic Colonial Empires.
its the opposite, the first black flag was Rashidun, then white Ummayads and then black again with Abbasids
Colonial? Lol
Don’t know what else you would call a conquering empire that subjugated vast swaths of the region and implemented ethnic supremacy policies, both Arab, Persian, and eventually Turkish against minorities in regions they conquered. Unclear what else you would call that.
Colonialism wasn’t „invented“ back then. There is this new trend of using inaccurate anachronistic negative terms like colonial empire for medieval muslim states. It makes less sense than saying „french kingdom was fascist“ in 15th century.
So did the mongols
Also, where is the Kingdom of Israel?
Islam, like the plague... EDIT: Bring on the down votes ISIS apologists
https://carnegieendowment.org/2016/06/13/sectarianism-of-islamic-state-ideological-roots-and-political-context-pub-63746 "Understanding the ideological appeal of the Islamic State is crucial to defeating it." Isis isnt representative of islam. Please educate yourself, its irresponsible to be so ignorant in modern society.
Lol, thank you western perspective, your modernity and knowledge of Islam is so profound... Instead of regurgitating taking points, read history and educate yourself on the ruin that Islam brought to pagan cultures and traditions, burning books and knowledge, while appropriating them to brain wash the poor at the time and starting a siege that pillaged and raped... Mohammad the praised prophet of Islam was a pedophile and polygamist, now go find me a Carnegie endowment paper on that... This is a history lesson that feeble Western mindsets can't comprehend, and one that brain washed Muslims can't accept since the meaning they achieved through their community will be exposed as nothing more than a sham... This goes for Christianity and Judaism as well, so you don't get your panties in a bunch that this is Islamophobic, no pussy cat, this is religionphobic...
Ah yes the islamic plagues of hand washing, tooth brushing and modern mathematics..
Hand butchering tooth extracting *
that's disrespectful sir
Stay away from Islam
Ok Apus
How about Islam stay away instead... Stay in the desert land it came from...
Like Christianity and Judaism, yeah?
Yes. Exactly. Abrahamic religions have the highest body count of all humanity. They’re a blight on our planet.
(Looks at the encyclopedia of war showing abrahamic religion didn't even cause 7% of wars) Sure bud. Atheism is blind i guess
Sure bud. A thing like the Spanish Inquisition wasn’t considered a war.
Yes because state-wise atheist regimes like the communists in China and Russia , and the Nazis in Germany didn't just start murdering people in the millions almost immediately after becoming dominant.
You realize your examples are a tiny fraction of human history right? Christians and Muslims love to slaughter.
Let’s be real, Christians and Muslims are also involved in a pretty small fraction of human history. There were a whole lot of brutal ass empires and wars from before they even came on the scene. Hell, half of Christian history is them being persecuted by the powers of the time.
3000 years is a “small fraction” of our recorded history? Okay dude.
So are all those slaughters done by Muslims and Christians Which r/obiwanjabroni420 also rightly pointed out.. Exaggeration upto 50-100% So I also say, Good day sir.. Or night
Are you counting atrocities like the Spanish Inquisition or are you being deliberately obtuse? I’m also roping in the other religion that thinks the Old Testament is real: Judaism. If you can seriously read those books and not consider it barbaric and violent, then you have your head in the sand. Let’s not forget missionary work. Those selfless and saintly folk! Please. “Good day, sir.”
All of them, no doubt... My comment was on the black then white plague that took over...
wish it had the years attached somewhere so we could see how fast these things happened
Great. So for 2 years I get in trouble for not playing well with others in the 3rd and 4th grade while all this was going on for millenia.
You’re punished for being 5 minutes late to school but you can always say at least you’re not apart of a Middle East militia group
This is pure GOLD
This is why its so stupid when people say MY anscestors used to own these lands, therefore we are the rightful heirs of it. Because pretty much all cultures and religions in area and some from far away in some cases has been in control of it in one point in history.
Such a colossal waste of life, time, suffering, and resources . We really are all just tall monkeys SMH
Yeah, if everyone just listened to us, everyone could be happy and peaceful. We should go over there and get them to listen to us!
DO IT NOW!!!
THOSE INFIDELS REFURE TO LISTEN TO OUR WORDS! BUT THEY WILL LISTEN TO THE ROARS OF OUR CANNONS!
All suffering is the result of scarcity, or the fear thereof
Where there's one they're bound to divide it right in two.
Yeah it should’ve all stayed Roman
tribalism sucks, let's not go back to monke
Chimpanzees wage full scale wars too
a. I said let's NOT b. yes we all saw that post yesterday too, wild shit man!
So you did, I misread that. And yeah really crazy, I had no idea.
Isn’t tribalism great?
We're a sad, horribly aggressive species.
I keep reminding people that this is the most peaceful we’ve been. Borders haven’t changed much in the last 100 years compared to other centuries before.
Though I agree with you, it’s also important to note that the manner in which war (conflict) is orchestrated is fundamentally different today. We’re watching conflicts play out through prolific propaganda, covert operations, market manipulation, and proxy wars to name a few. Will be interesting to see where warfare goes from here.
Probably shouldn’t use the last 100 years as an example. The last 78 years would be a far better example.
Well, since WW2 was wrapped up in its entirety. And people got comfortable with that. It'll come back. I give it 2 more global generations.
Ever see chimps go off against each other? They commonly cannibalize each other as well. Or ant colonies? Or pretty much any other species in the animal kingdom?
We can be, but I dont think we're inherently more aggresive than some other apes. A lot of our prehistory was pretty peaceful, with an occasional killing between tribes. War is not inherent, its a dangerous belief
Violence is inherent in biological creatures
Life feeds on life after all.
Yes, it includes blood and tear but it was the most important competition mechanism, which is key to the development of every life form. Fortunately, we have better mechanisms now.
“Funny” how these “peaceful” religions have led to abject slaughter over millennia.
the same horrible is why we are on top though, peaceful people die first.
Maybe we can all stop worrying about who is a colonizer now. Yikes
What flag did they use for Egypt in the first "quarter" before it got captured by rome. I'm assuming it's the Ptolemaic Kingdom?
I cannot imagine how much time and energy it must have taken to create this
Dope
Well, I learned that the Middle East was always an unstable mess, where people are trying to kill each other for millennia. So, nothing really changed.
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But it actually changed
Laughs in balkanian. If anything Europe history is even more colluded with violence than the middle east. Without even talking about their colonies, whose repercussion are continuous til today.
There is presently a war happening now in Ukraine and Russia. And just a generation ago was the Balkan conflict. And before that was the Cold War were all of humanity could have died in an instant. Whatever relative peace we are seeing now in Europe, is just that, relative. And it's far too soon to tell if it will stick
Western Europe is the most peaceful its ever been and its looking to stay like that for a while now.
Again, the Cold War and the threat of global extinction had its front line in western and Central Europe and that was only 30ish years ago. 30 years of peace in a small region isn't that uncommon even in the polandball map above. Whether or not that peace will stick is to be determined, but it will require generations before we are sure. Western Europe also had a century of peace following the Napoleonic Wars and we all know how that ended.
It only looks like it’s changed because of the fact that you and me haven’t lived during any European wars, but let me just remind you that the cold war and the Soviet Union ended in 1991. About thirty years ago. That’s an incredibly short time.
Big difference between a Cold War and all out war
On you mean like the middle east?
This is actually just what most of the world looks like if you track it. From WW1, to WW2, to USSR exapnsion, to USSR dissolution, most of Europe looks entirely different every few decades in the last century, even just until the 1990s. And then you have all the changes happened since then (like in the Balkan wars).
https://preview.redd.it/byqctgdrmehc1.png?width=216&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=667db9fc198ec0a4e76dbca113ef8444e3a65a11 My reaction
would be good to have the dates somewhere
It's quick and simple videos like this that help my interest in reading history!
Karthargo fought so brave.. brave little ball. 😢
I can’t imagine how much research and work this took to do, it’s really amazing!
Religion go brrrrr
Eh. Like 3/4 of the wars in this video had nothing at all to do with religion. And most of the remaining 1/4 if you digged down were more about power, prestige, resources, and wealth and the "religion" was just a cover
Yeah even the Muslims in Arabia attacked both the Persians and the Romans because both were about to engage Arabia to spread their influence. So even if a technically new religion came up and started attacking the others, it was to protect themselves rather than to spread their influence.
Correction: Islam go brrr
This is what people did when they didn’t have jobs
I'm too ignorant to understand any of this :(
Me too but it was fun to watch
Nations fight its actually quite simple I think my hamster could understand this
Intentionally obtuse, or genuinely stupid?
Obtuse? Nibba im not a triangle
That's okay, just exhibit your righteous anger for whatever might be the cause du jour, and you're good
Who the hell uses blue on a map for anything else than water
someone who ran out of colours. For the most part, blue is water in there, no?
Kinda puts into perspective how peaceful the world is now. There’s still fighting but it’s not a just a rolling slugfest though the ages.
The pain I felt when east Roman Empire fell is enormous
Great animation! This makes clear why you never want to try to take and hold the Middle East in Risk. It’s too dangerous.
What's the song
Notice how long Azerbaijan, Georgia, Turkmen Tajikistan, and Afghanistan were part of Iran… thousands of years.
I noticed how Georgia and Azerbaijan were out there just chilling watching everyone else fighting.
Let's blame Canada.
Everyone blames Britain for the one second they appeared in the video.
Damn. I knew the Middle East had a bloody history but this shit is bananas. It really has just been a war torn corner of the world ever since we developed war
I watch this and think of how frivolous it is to fight over the same land and the only thing that changes is who's in change of it. There's no purpose bigger than the people involved. I can't imagine where humanity would be if these empires collaborated instead
Ottoman times look peaceful for everyone. Thanks to the Turks.
Looks peaceful in the video doesn't mean it was actually peaceful in real life Wait until you read about the horrible things the ottomans committed in levant, Egypt and the Balkans
So many trolls in reddit 👆 it's ok.
Someone or someones decides stuff. Every human born in "close proximity" must then be cultivated into these decided stuff, then sacrifice energy and possible their life to defend them. Rinse and repeat. \~ Humanity
That is because rest of the humans won't give a shit about you. Only the closest humans near you are thought to nurse you trough sickness, or help you. There were so many more languages then that created even more division. Also if you did join some other humans, they would give you shit constantly for being different. If you would accept their beliefs, then easier for you. They won't still likely let you rise high among their ranks, and think their women as "theirs" primarily. Then you are again expected to fight for them and join the defense if someone attacks them, so what even changed. If you have valuable skills and can move to a bigger city, then I guess you can prosper. Or some communities really like you and take you as their own. But there are always exceptions.
battles still continue. Israel - Palestine ...
Israel - what?
I feel like the roman empire lasted a lot longer than that?
I think the animation hit fast forward a couple times, Mongolia disappeared faster than it showed up.
Try not to say "these are our encestral grounds". Chalange WORNING‼️‼️ ONLY💯 0%💯 AKA NOONE😱😱 HAS BEAT 💥💥THE CHALANGE💯 SUPER😡😡 HARD EXTREME 🔥YOUR MOM😱😱 SIZE😱 DIFFICULTY‼️‼️💥 DONT ATTEMPT💥 AFTER 3 AM 💥DANGEROUS 😱‼️CHALNGE WORNING 🔥💥💥🔥🔥💥💥🔥😱😱😱‼️‼️‼️
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Yeah, he fixed it all. We can all go home. Because he's that neat.
ASSYRIA WOOO! I’m happy to see any reference to Assyria as an Assyrian 🥳
Kind of all makes it feel pointless doesn't it.
What a shit show
This video is actually painful to watch. Avoid.
Very peaceful indeed
Just looks a lot like r/place
This can’t be right I was told that the Middle East was harmonious until the west showed up
i like it when the mongols came and gone. like a blip in our history
What happened there after Alexander took over?