The History Of Europe Part 1 (Ancient History)

[Hoshep22]

How can you say Egypt and Libya are countries in Europe when they are clearly countries in Africa?

[frfkgbjnjkbfdfdgbngf]

Major mistakes.

[xXxWolverinexXx666]

Dude learn the history first then make this video

it wasn't Greece !

Philip the second of Macedonia ( the father of Alexander the Great ) is the conqueror of Greece so Greece was fighting for Macedonia

Even in the film you can see that

Macedonia > Persia

[trumpetdude341]

i like yo music selection can you tell me all the songs you put on this video?

[MASAKRROT]

THAT IS NOT GREECE ITS MACEDONIA YOU JERK

[SoldierOfShadowSOS]

what did you use to make this/!?!?!?!? and record

[hakkematforf]

lol, you have no idea what you're doing, right ? :P

[MrZura123456]

this is not true!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[nikolamakedonecot]

macedonia was first kingdom in europe

[MervueMeringue]

@nikolamakedonecot Well... alright, technically it was lots of city states, wasn't it? And technically Alexander was a Macedonian... But to lump it all up as Greek is one of the more minor errors in this video, in my opinion.

[GiannicTheGod]

@MervueMeringue sorry but alexander the great was a greek.. i wasn't sure but many professors who teach in famous universities support that it was greek. every ancient macedonian inscription is written in greek an even the names of macedons were greek. don't forget that alexander believed in greek gods and built greek theaters in asia that still exist. please watch this youtube video: /watch?v=RlwicMXGROE

[SoldierOfShadowSOS]

@MervueMeringue and to record? xD

[MrSelianos]

@nikolamakedonecot thats fucking bullshit and you destoyed my day.ALEXANDER was GREEK you stupid poor fyrim or smthing like tat people how dare to call you selfs macedonian.The slavs appeared near the byzantium time and phillips and alexanter;s names are greek and phillips name was found in GREECE .What are you going to say next that pythagoras was TURKISH?? WTF

[nikolamakedonecot]

greece never existed as a country in ancient and medieval time

[GiannicTheGod]

@nikolamakedonecot of course it existed.. Homer the author of Iliad and Odyssey was the first to write the word "Greece" in his books. He wrote it approximately in 1100 B.C. Very very old. But yes Greeks always had fights with each other because every Greek city wanted to be the best in Greece. But ALL the Greeks spoke Greek, had greek names, had greek culture and Believed in Greek Gods. You have to go to school again or go to a good University in America (Yale, Harvard) and you will learn a lot

[roddy76to86]

Over 16,000 views, that's awesome for this subject. You're getting a lot of Europe (and elsewhere) debating real history with, um, not so real history. That can only be a good a thing.

I haven't been paying attention !

[MervueMeringue]

@roddy76to86 Wow, nor had I!

[ChristopherMedia]

This is so not boring than the other videos! :D

[Murtezahasan1]

It was the Macedonian empire, not the Greek empire. Just, next time, change the name/.

[necronhuman]

3:38 grece :THIS IS SPARTA!

[Skin828]

not bad just wanted to point out that the first civilizations that we know about are Babylon and before that there was the Sumerian. Now an even older civilization as been discovered in southern Iran... Guess we are far from knowing the real first civilization on earth...

[MervueMeringue]

@Skin828 As another youtuber pointed out, I think Mesopotamia was the first one.

[Skin828]

@MervueMeringue yes but Mesopotamia is a region and both Babylon and Sumer(Shumer) are in that region...But like I said an older civilization was just discovered in southern Iran and some Indian temples date back some 12'000 - 25'000 years ago. So we just keep discovering older stuff every year! I hope we keep finding things and that the truth be revealed about who we are and where we really come from!

[LordFabius11]

I know it is hard to look to a map but Egypt is in Africa not in Europe.

[MervueMeringue]

@LordFabius11 Thanks for the sympathy. My map looking skills have come on leaps and bounds since then, I can even identify different colours now!

[MervueMeringue]

@Besus30 That's a good thing? Or do you find it funny?

[FinMilkku]

umm The middle east and northern Africa are not Europe...

[impulse9999pl]

@FinMilkku but if he made it only europe he would have to start in roman times, not ancient times.

[FinMilkku]

@impulse9999pl umm why? there were nations in Europe before the romans. Like the Macedonian empire, other Greeks, Dacians.. Plus some of the African/Asian empires stretched to Europe..

[impulse9999pl]

@FinMilkku Well, maybe it was the closest he could get to europe, this is the map of european empires, which means that the empires of europe stretched to africa etc. or like u sad, they ca into europe.

[MervueMeringue]

@impulse9999pl I love how people are discussing my decisions

[MervueMeringue]

@FinMilkku Practically speaking, it'd be difficult to not show Africa and the Middle East on this map. Artistically speaking, leaving out the Middle East and Africa would be a problem with nations such as the Roman Empire or the Ottoman Empire - which owned parts of Europe but also extended beyond it.

I suppose you could make the argument that colonial empires aren't been shown properly without America/South Africa/etc, but including them would take the focus away from Europe too much.

[FinMilkku]

@MervueMeringue Well yes indeed. But what bothered me most, was when you called Egypt European, and stuff .. but what ever ;D

[OmenLXVI]

You, sir. are awesome. You managed to keep a 12 year old entertained! I love your work <3

[RixPixable]

DUDE! YOU FUCKING FORGOT THE ALIEN INVASION OF 1435!

[MervueMeringue]

@RixPixable WHAT? HOW COULD I FORGET??!!!!

In other news, you win the best comment on one of my videos. Ever.

[Mittrandil]

Gaul and celts are the same people.

[brammatie2]

Verry original!

[RedheadDane]

I kinda like this. Egypt's answer, when Libya declared The First Ever European War, should have been "BUT WE AREN'T EVEN IN EUROPE!!!"

[wesmatron]

How can Libya v Egypt be the first European war when they aren't on the European continent? They are in Africa.

[TheGoldenChile]

this is fun

[MervueMeringue]

@TheGoldenChile Weeee!

[SuzLa1]

I can't read the writing. 

[MervueMeringue]

@SuzLa1 Sorry.

[coulthard1984]

utter crap

[045454kgg]

@coulthard1984 just like your face, JEEZ!!! WHY CANT YOU JUST ENJOY IT!!!!!!!!

[MervueMeringue]

@045454kgg I'm sure (s)he has a more than adequate face.

[MervueMeringue]

@coulthard1984 Thank you.

[lakas50]

MACEDONIA IS GREECE ALEXANDER THE GRAT SPOKE GREEK HOW CAN YOU SAY THAT HE WAS FROM FYROM??????? READ HISTORY FIRST

[MultiGoldone]

@lakas50 No Macedonia was not considered Greek by the Greeks, in fact that term of Greek is a newer term, not in use at the time of classical Greece. They considered Macedonians barbarians, uncooth, "country" , it was through military might of Philip that Mycenea became united (except the Spartan city-state).

[lakas50]

@MultiGoldone Yes thats true but that doesnt mean that macedonia wasnt greek because the slavs came to this area at 500 ad so for the time that alexander was in power slavs were not even in the map!!!!they came to the area that is called macedonia that doesnt mean they became macedonians....THATS SOMETHING YOU SHOULD THINK ABOUT

[TheMonkeyPoke]

I love this, totally into it! "In your face, Persia!" lol.

[Bjowolf2]

Good one - made me giggle ;-)

Empires come and go.

[MervueMeringue]

@Bjowolf2 Yup, the status quo won't last forever.

[xCookieDamagex]

Egypt was not the first civilization ever. Mesopotamia was. MOST LIKELY was, for that matter.

[MervueMeringue]

@xCookieDamagex Well... yeah. But Egypt was the most interesting.

[xCookieDamagex]

@MervueMeringue Oh well. I love your stories anyway. With the music you put into them it seems like a play.

[MervueMeringue]

@xCookieDamagex Thanks

[xCookieDamagex]

@MervueMeringue Yeah I guess you're right. Egypt seemed more colorful and cultured, at the time.

[MervueMeringue]

@MervueMeringue My apologies, I appear to have replied to you twice. With the exact same comment. Embarrassing...

[MervueMeringue]

@xCookieDamagex What Egypt meant was that they were the first *interesting* civilisation ever! ("Mesopotamia was interesting!" I hear you shout? Well... humph).

[xCookieDamagex]

@MervueMeringue I get it, as Mesopotamia was the first, but they were simple and beginner civs. right?

[MervueMeringue]

@xCookieDamagex Yeah. I guess they were extremely interesting for that fact, but they didn't really do enough to make this style of video interesting. As far as I know there weren't any wars involving them or exciting stuff.

[MontChevalier]

@xCookieDamagex You have it wrong. Civilization was created when, idk, since man was created. What you mean to say is that either Egypt or Mesopotamia was the first CIVILIZED civilization. Big difference.

[xCookieDamagex]

@MontChevalier Ok, but you don't have to get that technical.

[MontChevalier]

@xCookieDamagex I just think it should be pointed out. You know, a lot of people can misuse the word and we need to ensure that doesn't happen. Don't you agree?

[xCookieDamagex]

@MontChevalier well, the common use of the word CIVILization refers to any set of people who have written history and laws, and there weren't any before mesopotamia, so there's no point to refering to a civilization before them. There were small farming communities elsewhere, but they were simple and prehistoric.

[MontChevalier]

@xCookieDamagex The dictionary states: The most advanced stage of human social development and organization. But since that's moot, you simply cannot know when such a thing might be appropriate.

[xCookieDamagex]

@MontChevalier Then why did you say civilization was created when man was created?

[MontChevalier]

@xCookieDamagex Because to my understanding, civilization is but a group of people; whether a tribe, country, state, nation, whichever, they all mean the same to me. It is viable to understand that civilization of, say whichever people, only proves their existence. It is through this existence that we acknowledge they are a civilization.

[xCookieDamagex]

@MontChevalier I see how you think, and I agree somewhat. But I think that a civilization is any group of people that WRITES, and if they don't, they're a prehistoric group of people.

[MontChevalier]

@xCookieDamagex Does writing have to necessarily be the only way? The Vikings used runes, it wasn't writing, but it was a form of communication. And what about the various groups whom used their own forms of communication? Like the Incans and Aztecs? It wasn't necessarily writing, but it was a form of communication. Would you then say that they were prehistoric aswell?

[xCookieDamagex]

@MontChevalier when i say writing, I mean a universal way of communication. The vikings and aztecs all used something physical that is comparable to writing, and not just grunts or physical movements.

[MontChevalier]

@xCookieDamagex Well, then, I believe we can agree my term for civilization should be correct.

[TheLewisburgess]

@xCookieDamagex Mesopotamia was the first civilization but Egypt was the first in Europe (or within the map area.)

[bb6f44]

Very nice. I just wish you could include a year/date somewhere in the corner with each change.

[MervueMeringue]

@bb6f44 So do I, but imagine the response I'd get then!

[paulerate]

Perhaps you could try history of Asia...?

[MervueMeringue]

@paulerate Perhaps

[MrEuropeDude]

really awesome

[MervueMeringue]

@MrEuropeDude Yay!

[hankock1015]

i love how every country has their own personality.

[MervueMeringue]

@hankock1015 I'm really glad that's noticeable.

[WatchMan140]

haha! XD aren't you worried about how huge I am??

[trppmdm]

And in fact the reason why greece *won* is because of it's organised formations.

[trppmdm]

Mervue, I told my history teacher about your videos :P. Just please work on making it even more accurate please!

[MervueMeringue]

@trppmdm Really? Wow, thank you! Though yeah, I wouldn't recommend playing them in any classes.

[radoslav980]

you forgeting macedonia

[MervueMeringue]

@radoslav980 I kinda just bundled all the Greek countries together.

[radoslav980]

@MervueMeringue that is not posible the greeks are etiopians

[TheMADHOUSE68]

whats the song at the start of the video?

[juliusengel]

@TheMADHOUSE68 The Carrionites Swarm

[TheMADHOUSE68]

@juliusengel no, thats all the way through the song, i mean at the start when egypt is saying we are the first civilization ect.

[juliusengel]

@TheMADHOUSE68 I don't know.  I love it!

[MervueMeringue]

@juliusengel *6 months later*, it's from the Torchwood soundtrack, I can't remember which.

[harishetty4]

europeans are descendants of an alien civilization who were given the responsibility to bring the light of knowledge to the world through science..instead they brought upon war and despair due to their acquisitive nature..

[MervueMeringue]

@harishetty4 Wow! I'd missed that bit.

[harishetty4]

@MervueMeringue you must be new to the tube,,

[harishetty4]

@harishetty4 ok..its a bit harsh,,but things could have been much better without capitalism all ova the world..

[rq6715]

inaccurate but still fun to watch

[MervueMeringue]

@Slavko961234 You're quite a charming fellow.

[L1qu1dN1trog3n]

love this vid tomorow goin yo watch others :)

[MervueMeringue]

@L1qu1dN1trog3n Have fun! I'd stay away from the internet though - you might read spoilers!

[RoyalPrussian]

lol arabia join me or ill destory u

WOW THATS KIND TOWARDS ANOTHER NATION! XP

[TheSarenarass]

6:06 Quite a good strategy indeed.

[TheSarenarass]

Egypt and the Hittites were actually big enemies, pretty funny though in this video. xD

[MervueMeringue]

@TheSarenarass Oh, were they? This period is quite difficult, since everyone were enemies at some point or another!

[TheSarenarass]

@MervueMeringue Yeah, they were fighting each other for a long time, then the Assyrians entered but they pretty much defeated Egypt. Then Assyria was defeated about 100 years later. To the best of my knowledge, the Hittites stopped resisting all attacks about 500 years before the Assyrian Empire fell. So it is assumed they collapsed internally by then.

[666T3mplar]

Interesting. Idk when I think of white I always thought of European. Didn't know that the original ancient Egyptians were white. How about the Mesopotamians? What were they?

[MervueMeringue]

@666T3mplar Where has race been mentioned in this video? I thought I'd kept it away from such things!

[Kunibuler]

If only history lessons in school had been this entertaining.....

[MervueMeringue]

@Kunibuler Thank you! That means a lot! (Assuming you meant that in a good way - I'm getting synical after a few comments I've been getting).

[Kunibuler]

@MervueMeringue

Yeah i mean that in a good way. The thing is, that all my history teachers were boring as fuck, and I just hated learning facts without a "good story" that explained historic events. My grades were never good. I had only one excellent teacher, he had a very unique style. He taught me so much about history, none of my previous teachers got even close. Due to him I'm still interested in history and I enjoy reading books & watching docus. And I just finished watching your videos :)

[ChiefTall]

It's RISK !!  ahahaha...

[673patrick]

well done

[tarnationstation]

i missed the part where Alexander died and his empire got divided

[tourvillain]

Lol, is it everyone invades the Hittite's day? Yes.

[RixPixable]

Are you British? Because I'm probably the only American in the world who recognizes this music as Dr. Who music.

[MervueMeringue]

@RixPixable Yeah, I am.

[fedelede2]

I love it!

[love4flutes]

Everything looks nice until the Punic wars/wars of the Daodochoi. Still a nice vid to pass the time.

[Vocaloidict]

Youtube needs more funny history like this! I support!

[TheMegaScampi]

This is the only video in the world that could possibly do this. THANK YOU!

[MervueMeringue]

@TheMegaScampi Wow, thank you, too!

[victorman15]

Nice vid

[MervueMeringue]

@victorman15 Thanks.

[UnclePutte]

Bahaha! This is brilliant! Everything can benefit from a bit of a laugh, even the history of human bellicosity.

[MervueMeringue]

@UnclePutte I agree! And, thanks for making me look up the word bellicosity, I love learning new words!

[UnclePutte]

@MervueMeringue

Wow, What an interesting turn of events, considering English is only my third language! Still, even in the face of a firing squad, I'd rather vouch for the humorous history than the ideologically influenced one.

... as futile as perceived neutrality may be...

[MervueMeringue]

@UnclePutte There's this quote on our French room at school, which goes something like "I you know nothing of our languages, you know nothing of your own", which I suppose can be reversed to say that the more languages you know, the more you know of language in general.

Yeah, I like funny history, though it does risk angering people who feel very strongly about some subjects.

[jenny15067]

rome caput mundi

[virdafjell]

This is really good! looks like it took alot of work, finally youve done a video! hehe

[MervueMeringue]

@virdafjell Thanks! And yeah, I thought that I aught to make more than one video this year. You haven't made a video for a while either?