Every change on the map in China since the 8th century BCE. Contains event cards describing significant events and written commentary on each and every era. All original soundtrack composed by Sean Kim/The Dragon Historian.
The on cards are definitely a great addition. Finally it’s here, without seeming like a brown nose lol, I have nothing but praise for this video, awesome-sauciness is the only word to adequately describe this production! Everything fits together so well.
I can't tell how much I appreciate this video. There is so much stuff happening here, I like those 'achivement pop up' when China progresses to next era, it's so cool. I fact I was pausing every two seconds to take a look at the map and checking some stuff on Wikipedia. I've read every note you placed here, and watched every detail. It occured that I was watching a 15 minutes video for approximately an hour. Gosh, this is crazy how much effort you had to make. Also, the music is one of its kind, truly amazing. This masterpiece is underrated. I wish you million views.
Correction: Tang was not decisively defeated by the Arabs in the battle of Talas, in fact the 2 power clashed several more times around the same area during the following years. It was Anlushan rebellion 5 years later that pushed Tang towards a state of total collapse and they were forced to withdraw from central Asia, never to return
In China, we Chinese people believe that the Qin Dynasty was the greatest. He forcefully annexed six large countries and some small countries, abolished their language, writing, and culture different from the Qin Dynasty, enslaved opponents as laborers, established isolation zones, slaughtered them, and then implemented dictatorship. The country was colored black. Black was the lucky color of the Qin Dynasty. If there were a country like the Qin Dynasty in Europe, Europe would not be divided because this sacred dictator has unified our Chinese nation and is qualified to be as great as Jesus秦❤❤❤
Our whole family loves this! We are learning about China and this is my go-to video. My favorite part is the music and transition when there is a new dynasty. I also love the information about each. You did an incredible job, BRAVO!!!
You need to be more precise about Southern China; the region wasn't a no-man's land before Qin's conquest, it had various Neolithic and Early Bronze Age cultures. For instance, the earliest would be Hoabinhian (40,000 to 10,000 BP), followed by Zengpiyan (8,000 BC), Dingshishan (7,000 BC), Liyudun (5,000 BC), Tanshishan, Hedang, etc.
Mr. Kim, hello! I am an ethnic Korean living in Almaty, Kazakhstan. My name is Cheol Yeon (정철연). I'm 14 years old, I'm in the eighth grade, learning Korean. Mr. Kim, it would be very cool if you made a video about us, the Koreans of the Soviet Union. We have our own dialect, which is very different from Seoul. We have our own kitchen, and even many Korean surnames we pronounce in our own way. Please remove the video about foreign compatriots with Russian subtitles, and then I use a translator to write this comment) *갑사합니다 미스터 김 🙏🏻*
You should come back to Korea to undo what Stalin has done. These has been a new change in the law so you can gain citizenship. Don't let this opportunity go to waste.
Your ancestry was far eastern korean living in the area conquored by russia, then ussr. Stalin ordered moving koreans to northern and central asia to dilute korean concentration at the far eastern region.
Great, detailed summary of China's history - Interesting idea for the future could be a timeline of China's Tributary System and it's influence? Been looking for a video about this topic...
The tributary system is actually highly exaggerated by the western scholars. From a native point of view, I think the system can be compared as an ancient version of international trade but highly under the control of centeral government.
Great video! I want to point out a minor problem BTW. The capital of Southern Sòng dynasty is actually in Hángzhōu ( Línān) but not Nánjīng. It's a common misconception coz capitals of most southern dynasties were in Nánjīng.
The "minor Chinese state" that occupied Yangtze River Delta at the same time as Shang dynasty was not a Sinitic state. Sniticization of that region only took place much later during Zhou dynasty, and even during Zhou, Wu and Yue (peoples that inhabited that region) were recorded as distinct from Sinitic peoples, having distinctive language, custom and appearance (such as tattoo and cut hair). The complete sinicization of the region would not complete until early medieval times. Before that, people there spoke some kind of Kra-dai language, or perhaps, some language related to Austronesian at an even earlier point. It's fascinating history
Chinese culture itself should not be considered a single-source culture, even though today's Chinese is classified as Sino-Tibetan, but this is as comical as discussing that the British belonged to the Germanic people (which in fact they did).
I agree! I’m from along Yangtze River. Actually the word river “jiang” in Chinese is from Austroasiatic language. And you can find many traces of ancient non-sinitic culture in my hometown
Chinese culture is the general name of all ethnic cultures in Chinese Mainland. The Han Dynasty was very brilliant, so everyone called themselves Han people
@@nehhui nope that’s not how it works many culture and people living in modern Chinese territory don’t really recognise themselves as Chinese in the ancient times or maybe even modern times
i think OP r just listing all the possible culture group living on the land of current china. it doesnt mean they represent china. chinese are mixed of all kinds of culture and races in the region. personally i think chinese history really starts after Qin united all region with same written character, currency, measurement etc. (altho ppl still speak different dialets) after that first Qin unification, all culture groups who forced to join or intentionally wanna join this culture group through out the years, got a mindset of unification. (it might only work for upper scholar/ruling classes) but that mindset continues to bring the land under one central government no matter how many times it breaks apart.
Han Dynasity History 202BCE~8CE : Western Han Dynasity 154BCE : Rebellision of the Seven States 133BCE~89CE : Han - Xiongnu War 110BCE : Han conquested Southern Vietnam ( Nanyue ) 109BCE~108BCE : Han conquested Gojosen. 8CE~23CE : Xin Dynasity 25CE~200CE : Eastern Han Dynasity 184CE~205CE : Yellow Turban Rebellision 189CE : Dong Zhuo seizes control of capital 220CE : Han falled
thanks very much for the awesome work! However, I really think Tibet is very important that you should not miss it or you cannot tell clearly the story of Tang at all
In China, we Chinese people believe that the Qin Dynasty was the greatest. He forcefully annexed six large countries and some small countries, abolished their language, writing, and culture different from the Qin Dynasty, enslaved opponents as laborers, established isolation zones, slaughtered them, and then implemented dictatorship. The country was colored black. Black was the lucky color of the Qin Dynasty. If there were a country like the Qin Dynasty in Europe, Europe would not be divided because this sacred dictator has unified our Chinese nation and is qualified to be as great as Jesus秦❤❤❤
@@Lucoski77 No, he killed citizens of other countries, who were already defined as inferior. The Qin Emperor successfully killed them all and seized living space for his citizens. Remember, inferior people have no right to survival, which is why China now exists.
The whole "New Era Unlocked" thing is hilarious, makes it seem like a videogame or something I really think you (and other people doing maps like this) need to SLOW DOWN THE TIME MOVEMENT when you reach more modern era, since SO MANY THINGS HAPPEN MUCH MORE QUICKLY THAN BEFORE. You had VERY little commentary going during massive events (1900s).
Actually I rather to say it's part of Sino-Anglo conflict, the competition between China, UK and Tsar Russia is far more earlier before Opium war as cliche. As the Nepal invaded Tibet and defeated the war between Qing dynasty and Myanmar， is also a tentative attack supported by UK to China. The successed defense made UK delay the invasion plan to China till 1840. otherwise they will start it at 17 century. Also the Qing army attacked into Myanmar but it actually was revenge to the Myanmar invasion.
You can see the location of the Xia and Shang dynasties, which are the earliest dynasties in China. This place is the only vast and warm plain in East Asia, so it will give birth to the earliest civilization and the most powerful country. The meaning of China in Chinese is the central country, which initially referred to this plain. In fact, the ancestors of the Chinese people came from the western edge of this plain, while the ancestors of the Korean people were located on the northeast side of this plain. We are almost equally close to this plain , but eventually it was the ancestors of the Chinese people who occupied this plain, which has made China today
@@hwasiaqhan8923 Xinjiang was a protectorate during Han dynasty, not an integral part of China but vassals garrisoned with Chinese troops to control the silk road. Gansu was conquered by the Han but it did not fully integrate into Chinese culture and civilization until the Xixia Tanguts were genocided by the Mongols. Still today, people in Gansu are most closely related to Hui people and Amdo Tibetans. Gansu was ''yours'' since Ming dynasty if anything.
@@dou_june0v037 wow that's interesting. I never knew that, thank you for sharing this info with me. I think I meant to say most Chinese people identify as Han chinease.
Very interesting video, but one thing to be corrected is that the Ming didn't put much effort into driving out the attempted conquest of Punggseong Sookyi（丰臣秀吉） in Korea, the Ming defense was focused on the Mongols to the north, and driving out the Japanese was considered a normal military settlement by the Ming government as a suzerain. Therefore, it is not accurate to say that the War caused the Ming dynasty to spend too much money. The direct cause of the Ming's demise was the domestic popular uprising（李自成造反） and the unpreparedness of the Manchurian Jurchen（建州女真）
Vietnam is a country that has been around since 700BCE. The Vietnamese have formed a wet rice civilization for a long time, peaceful and peaceful. However , the Chinese with expansionist ambitions , cruelty and cunning have invaded Vietnam . The Chinese invaded Vietnam from 179 BCE to 938 CE. During this period, the Chinese tried their best to assimilate the Vietnamese culture, forcing the Vietnamese to speak Chinese and follow the Chinese culture in order to turn the Vietnamese into Chinese so that they could rule. The Chinese have exploited and severely tortured the Vietnamese. During more than 1000 years of invasion (179BCE - 938 CE), the Vietnamese did not submit, many uprisings, uprisings and struggles for independence. The Chinese were unable to rule Vietnam. have not lost their mother tongue and culture despite being invaded by China for over 1000 years
It's not as scary as you said. At that time, Vietnam, as an affiliated country of China, did not have its own character, so it absorbed Chinese culture and used Chinese characters. After "independence" in the Song Dynasty, they all used Chinese characters, but the pronunciation was somewhat different from that in the Central Plains of China. China also provided help to Vietnam. Until the modern French colonization, Vietnamese characters lost their original culture. Even now Vietnamese characters are very similar to the Pinyin of Chinese characters, Some can be understood.The dialects in southern China are difficult to learn,maybe they are of the same origin as Vietnam. But if you insist that China injures Vietnam, I can't help it.By the way,I am from guangdong province,south China.
@@user-le2it8xy8e In 1407, when the Ho Dynasty in Vietnam was weak. The Chinese Ming Dynasty invaded Vietnam, they burned all Vietnamese books and assimilated Vietnamese people, causing many crimes. In 1418, Le Loi rebelled against the Ming invaders. About the language, only 45% of the language was spoken. Viet is derived from Han Chinese. Vietnamese belongs to the Austroasiatic language family along with Khmer and Mon languages. Not in the same language family as Han
The Ming Dynasty inherited most of the land from the Yuan Dynasty, and its rule over Tibet was more stable than that of the Yuan Dynasty. This map is inaccurate, including its rule over the Northeast.
The Qing was the thickest China. And yes, the Qing/Manchus are Chinese since being Chinese is not limited to being Han (China is multiethnic) and the Manchus (or previous Jin) became Sinicised just as the German tribes of Angles, Saxons, and Jutes became Latinized (adopting Latin alphabet, religion, cultural influence), and with it, became "civilised" (however you define it/encultured).
@@nachokat4710 I’m saying China is the size of Europe and has (or had) the same amount of ethnic diversity which is still seen through genetic diversity.
