AoE2 Expansion Wonders

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Ever wonder about the wonders in Age of Empire 2? This video will cover the real-life counterparts, along with the reasons why each was historically significant enough for inclusion.
Berbers- Hassan Tower
Burmese - Shwezigon Pagoda
Ethiopians - Bet Amanuel
Incas - Machu Picchu
Italians - Cathedral of Sir Lawrence
Khmer - Angkor Wat
Magyar - Corvin Castle
Malay - Candi Kalasan
Malians - Great Mosque of Djenne
Portuguese - Belem tower
Slavs - Kizhi Pogost
Vietnamese -Nhan Thap Temple
Wonders Part 1: • AoE2 vs History: Wonders
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AoE2 wiki (wonder page): ageofempires.wikia.com/wiki/Wo...)
Ethiopians - Hassan Tower
www.moroccoworldnews.com/2012...
Burmese - Shwezigon Pagoda
www.orientalarchitecture.com/s...
www.sundaytimes.lk/150726/plus...
Ethiopia - Bet Amanuel
www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/lal...
Incas - Machu Picchu
whc.unesco.org/en/list/274
www.machupicchu.org/ruins/the...
www.ancient.eu/Inca_Architect...
www.ancient-origins.net/ancien...
Italians - Cathedral of Sir Lawrence
www.visitgenoa.it/en/cattedral...
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obitu...
Khmer - Angkor Wat
whc.unesco.org/en/list/668
www.lonelyplanet.com/cambodia...
www.livescience.com/23841-ang...
www.archdaily.com/101004/ad-c...
Magyar - Corvin Castle
www.atlasobscura.com/places/c...
Malay - Kalasan
www.britannica.com/art/Southe...
candi.pnri.go.id/temples_en/de...
Malians - Great Mosque of Djenne
www.khanacademy.org/humanitie...
www.unesco.org/archives/multim...
www.nytimes.com/2012/04/19/art...
Portuguese - Belem tower
www.torrebelem.gov.pt/en/index...
www.lisbon.net/belem-tower
www.golisbon.com/sight-seeing/...
www.lisbonlux.com/culture/arc...
www.revolvy.com/main/index.ph...
Slav - Kizhi Pogost
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/artic...
www.amusingplanet.com/2012/02/...
www.wmf.org/project/kizhi-pogost
Vietnam -Nhan Thap Temple
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www.vietravel.com/en/vietnam-...
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Game: Age of Empires 2 HD with Forgotten Empires, African Kingdoms, and Rise the Rajas expansions

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@filthydelphiacreations1619 6 лет назад

Hey Spirit of the Law, one of the campaign designers on the Forgotten Empires team here again. Here's a little trivia that most fans don't notice. The Portuguese also have an older 'draft' Wonder in the rotations of the Palace object. This is also a Belem Tower, but an earlier rendition of it that looks more primitive, with wooden plank roofs and less ornate designs. Why do these older Wonder versions appear in the Palace object? Would you believe it is because of a 12th century Spanish cathedral? For the first scenario of the Almeida campaign, I wanted to approximate the Zamora Cathedral, a Romanesque church. Because of the cathedral's dome and arches, it looks very vaguely like the Byzantine Wonder if you squint and look sideways. The problem of course is that putting the Byzantines in a scenario set in 15th century Spain didn't make any sense so the workaround was to create a single building that contained all Wonders. At the time, the African Kingdoms' Wonders were not yet completed so the old versions went into the Palace object. As you can imagine, the team goes through many different ideas during the design process and many never make the final release. Go figure that a 12th century Spanish cathedral would be the only reason why the Sankore Madrasah and the Bet Giyorgis made it into the game!

@UnimpressedGoose 5 лет назад

Thank you for helping making one of the best games of my childhood n helping me escape reality for a lil while.

@MrNimtiz 4 года назад

@@UnimpressedGoose I agree with Mr.CU NT. The designers are absolutely brilliant and made my childhood special :)

@user-ho5ef8gm9i 4 года назад

Hello, I am here just to thank you for making an amazing part of my childhood. 😊

@LebronJahumes 2 года назад

@matthewsenechal6192 6 лет назад

Damn, ethiopians were hardcore, carving into the stone itself to make buildings

@AnujAgrawal08 6 лет назад

If you got some more time to kill, youtube 'Kailasa Temple Aliens'. Thank me later. ;)

@HAHA4625 6 лет назад

Google the Leshan Buddha. It's a 71 ft tall statue carved out of the side of a cliff

@Paws.of.Justice 6 лет назад

Tian Soon Lim. One that destroy by Taliban ?

@lionzion619 6 лет назад

Matthew Senechal The main buildings of the city of Petra is almost entirelly carved from stone

@lionzion619 6 лет назад

Humanity somitmes so wonderful :D

@tvremote9394 6 лет назад

Fun fact: there's one phrase that can strike terror in the hearts of all aoe2 player "9 minutes to saracen attack"

@delaimo13 6 лет назад

"Mangudai in our trade"

@Elite_Kamayuk 6 лет назад

Help! The crusaders are attacking our trade routes!

@itzmatos 5 лет назад

I used to laugh my ass off in the learning campaign when the announcer shouted "GOOD!" whenever you completed a task

@The_Room_2_Doggys_Revenge 5 лет назад

their archers are gonna destroy all our buildings

@Toblerown_ch 5 лет назад

THE ENGLISH ARE ATTACKING AGAIN

@MardinUzeri 6 лет назад

Please do one on the history behind the special units! Some units like throwing axe men and chu ko nu seem really weird and interesting 😁👌

@SomethingEls 6 лет назад

I second this!

@richardvlasek2445 5 лет назад

throwing axemen exist because the developers found out about the francisca, which is a type of a throwing axe the franks and other germanic people used during the early middle ages, "dramaticized" it and gave them to a unit

@FluffyFractalshard 5 лет назад

i third this!!

@UltramanII 5 лет назад

Chu Ko Nu exist in real history as well, but it's a pretty weak crossbow that can shoot like only 20 meters far. It's good as a weapon against unarmored peasants army probably. In Chinese TV shows I've seen several attempts by people to reconstruct it. It is possible to make the draw power to be stronger, but the reloading will take much more effort as well, to the point that it just become like a regular crossbow and no longer "repeating". It's a trade-off. As long as you make the reloading lever easy to pull by hand, it has to be weak.

@MotivatedPony 4 года назад

They got called the franks from the romans because of their favourite weapon, the francisca or the other way around, at least these things are heavily connected.

@alistairsmith6961 6 лет назад

The 8th wonder of the modern world is this channel

@GoldfishLiberty 6 лет назад

This was actually very educational

@scottmcewan6612 6 лет назад

After watching your videos I often catch myself narrating menial tasks in my head with your voice... "I'm going to use the long phone charger instead of the short one even though the short one is more powerful because my goal here isn't charging my phone, I just want to lay in bed without the phone dying." All in Spirit of the Law voice.

@fafofafin 6 лет назад

You win all the comment awards with this one.

@ryonaivy7200 5 лет назад

Ow no! It infect my brain too

@thomasvrielink299 6 лет назад

Koreans fighting Incas in Arabia... Everyone knows the Koreans never fought a Mesoamerican civ after getting destroyed by the Mayans in Texas, right?!

@anshula2955 3 года назад

Ya they were, the lived in Central America.

@mr.spider6859 3 года назад

@@anshula2955 No.

@JoelDiez 3 года назад

@@anshula2955 No.

@matthewsenechal6192 6 лет назад

I love how Spirit recreates scenarios and landscapes from real life with the wonders. It really makes the wonders come alive.

@mausolus8466 Год назад

Please Spirit, make a sequel. Many new civs came out since you uploaded this video, and this series was excelent!

@Flavourius 6 лет назад

What's the matter? Of course the Incas and Koreans fought against each other in Arabia and in Scandinavia (ghost Lake) at the same time! You can't be more historically accurate than this. Also vikings invaded the Aztec, not the Spanish, I learned so much from AoE 2 it's amazing!

@clonator5097 6 лет назад

Have you ever heard the tale of the vietnamese fighting the malians in texas??

@Srymak 6 лет назад

Clonator It's not a story history teachers would tell you.

@tacitron 6 лет назад

I remember when the Mongols fought the Aztecs in Black Forest, Germany. Tales tell of a distinguished general only known as "The Viper" ...

@hrogarfyrninga3238 6 лет назад

Though a general called MBL was more commonly seen there, acting as a mercenary for several different civilisations.

@90hijacked 6 лет назад

I've learnt that spanish are the racial supremacists, not germans ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

@LetsbeHonestOfficial 6 лет назад

Ah! I see my math/history teacher has put out a new video

@UnimpressedGoose 5 лет назад

Is he legit your math/history teacher?

@adityapermana9651 5 лет назад

It's a joke because SotL always using math in his analysis about AOE2 and of course it's a history lesson too when you talking about AOE2

@UnimpressedGoose 5 лет назад

Aditya Permana I was lowkey hoping that he was an actual history teacher the OP was one of his students

@Ayy_Doll_Fiddler 6 лет назад

Actually, it's not pronounced 'candy', but rather 'chan-di', because in the Malay language, the letter C is always pronounced as 'ch'.

@Volcano4981 6 лет назад

This is so... Wonder-ful! Another vid about wonders. Lots of love

@GameArchiver 6 лет назад

I want him to do a video about mazes so I can say that it is 'amazing'.

@Volcano4981 6 лет назад

lemonny3663 I'm going to give you a like so I can say I likey-like it. :)

@Kevin-wx7wu 6 лет назад

Aquaman for Frank hero

@TheNubifier 6 лет назад

Please tell me I am not the only one whose soul hurts every time you see all those trebuchets get crushed by demo ships in the intro. Great Video, Spirit.

@michaelpothoven1041 6 лет назад

Max Schauffler For me, it's so satisfying...

@TheNubifier 6 лет назад

Michael Pothoven I can see that too, if you are watching an enemies resources melt away for nothing. But I seem to imagine they are my poor trebuchets vanishing.

@coachrenaldo 6 лет назад

Fun fact about the Hassan Tower: part of the construction plan of the minaret had no stairs whatsoever, but instead a ramp to the top. This was intended so that the caliph could ride his horse to the top and initiate Islamic prayer on horseback.

@TheArklyte 6 лет назад

Coach Renaldo how was scared to death horse with a man on it's back supposed to turn around afterwards?0_o

@yahyagannour8486 6 лет назад

Coach Renaldo who said so?

@TheArklyte 6 лет назад

Yahya Gannour probably him, 18 hours ago...

@Toast_94 6 лет назад

It's simple; push the horse off the roof, walk down, and bring a new horse for the next ceremony.

@coachrenaldo 6 лет назад

TheArklyte considering the fact that the tower wasn't fully built, I guess it's safe to assume that they may not have thought that far ahead...

@TheEmpireDabsBack 6 лет назад

Nowadays and especially as an American with our young buildings the thought of starting a building that not even your grandchildrens' grandchildren would finish is a crazy thought

@The-jy3yq 2 года назад

Hoover Dam

@prasannakumar9894 6 лет назад

Well...that aquaman reference is on point 😂

@shizukousapostle1stapostle710 6 лет назад

2:17 I see the relic... 😂😂

@Ekair42 6 лет назад

I saw the relic!!!!! I think I'm Buddhist now

@cedrikullrich4298 6 лет назад

Simon torres osorio *Converts elephant*

@0hn0haha 6 лет назад

The Slavs should have the Dormition cathedral in Vladimir as the wonder. It's a 13th/14th century building, firstly, and is basically a bigger version of the Slav monastery building. Super pretty. Gorgeous.

@TheArklyte 6 лет назад

0hn0haha well, probably because it haven't looked distinctive enough. IMHO Slavs should be separated into more civs so that we can brutally crush Moscow as Novgorod and Tver as we do in EU4:D

@TheArklyte 6 лет назад

Not to mention separate Lithuania from Poland...

@agihammerthief8953 6 лет назад

Poland, Novgorod and Kiev would probably make the most sense for the Middle ages, with Poland being focused on cavalry, Kiev - on infantry and farming and Novgorod - gold and trade.

@TheArklyte 6 лет назад

Agi Hammerthief You're doing the same mistake. Poland was a MINOR nation compared to Grand Duchy of *Lithuania.* Same goes for Commonwealth that wasn't _just_ Poland. It is nowadays that poles use propaganda to claim all the past glory and territories as if they were polish only.

@TheArklyte 6 лет назад

Agi Hammerthief But yeah, Kiev would be great too. However I thought it already was ingame. Must have mistaken it for something else.

@hedgehog3180 4 года назад

I think the Incan wonder was probably also meant to capture the location of their famous cities, by elevating it like this it kinda looks like it's on top of a mountain which of course is part of what makes Machu Picu so famous and impressive.

@miklossomogyi2283 4 года назад

It is so weird that we are called Magyars in the game. Only a handful of languages use it, most use some version of Hungarian.

@alnoso Год назад

It is a bit weird, and I'm 3 years late to reply, but I think the devs wanted to distance civs from their modern equivalents by name wherever possible. That's why we have "Franks" instead of "French", "Britons" instead of "British/English", etc. Only civs from the game that still exist today and are named by their modern name don't really have a convincing alternative to name them, like in the case of Spanish, Italians, Portuguese, etc., all of these don't really have another word you can call them. With Hungarians, in English at least, you can just say Magyars and it sounds like you're reffering to the times before Austro-Hungary.

@ThePalacios123 6 лет назад

WOW, I love the medieval/renaissance architecture

@Morbacounet 6 лет назад

The relic under the pagoda XD

@TheErickssonz 6 лет назад

That cheeky relic

@conde.nao.com.d 6 лет назад

Spirit's videos as always simply of outstanding quality. A simple like is certainly not enough to praise the work you put into these, man.

@asdffasd3582 6 лет назад

Never finished my hw so fast. #Motivation

@Jimsydonk 6 лет назад

Never procrastinated so fast #Notivation

@asdffasd3582 6 лет назад

*Notivation to motavaition. Good job using words!

@Player-st4hn 4 года назад

7:07 Luckily it was an AP shell meaning its meant to go through thick armour and doesnt do its damage from exploding, if it had been a HE shell though it would have gone through the building, detonated and the majority if not the entire building would have been anhialated

@anSealgair 4 года назад

Best video in a long time. The research, the humour, the fun, the attention to detail, the pacing with just the right amount of coverage, the wondering at historical events, it has everything.

@MrAdam6468 6 лет назад

Liked before the start of the video because I know it will be good content

@lutfunpervin2889 4 года назад

Why is everyone fighting beside the wonders? Can't they just sit and watch?

@harrissravan 3 года назад

Did you mean sit and wonder?

@roachtheable 6 лет назад

What a well done video in all aspects.. really top notch! Thanks, this is my favorite vid of yours so far. Keep up the good work!

@gabriel.casanas 6 лет назад

7:16 RIP paladin

@alian6965 6 лет назад

Lucky Seven and i thought these units are unvulnerable

@kherossilverlight8400 6 лет назад

Spirit, I believe the Inca's Wonder is actually Ollantaytambo.Its not 100% percent accurate, of course, but I believe is the closest one.

@XempireX18 4 года назад

the attention to detail in buildings and the beautiful scenery in campaign is one of the reason why i love this game so much

@vanders4198 6 лет назад

Awww, I love the little scenes you put together to accompany each wonder.

@cccpredarmy 6 лет назад

Being a scholar of russian traditional wood architecture restoration myself I can assure you that the story about a man throwing his axe into a lake/river nearby is present almost on every "bigger" or beautiful ancient wooden structure in Russia. So don't pay it to much attention besides if the story is present you can be sure that it was "one of the best" available in time and certain period. Also from my experience it's simply impossible to build such a huge structure like Kizhi alone. The wooden roof tiles (called "Lemekh") alone will take him so much time that when he finishes the roof on one end he should have been replacing the first ones on the other already due to becoming to old ^^

@Hanfgurkenhasser 5 лет назад

How does one come to the conclusion of "I'm gonna study traditional Russian wooden architecture!"? Genuinely curious, it's so oddly specific.

@granddaddygrenademan 4 года назад

Are you Russian by any chance?

@Dirtsoap 6 лет назад

That channel is blessed, the content is always on point!

@pmvtl1 6 лет назад

Your videos keep getting better and better. Quality content. Keep up the good work.

@felipeuseche332 2 года назад

The info in SOTL videos is so good that I sometimes forget he has also an amazing sense of humor.

@ced2011 4 года назад

Dude, I can't believe the amount of work and research you put into every single one of your videos. 👏👏👏

@saniviersapphire5395 6 лет назад

The amount of effort on these videos is amazing. Thank you!

@mr.distinguished3575 6 лет назад

I love how your videos are so meticulously researched.

@monaxt 6 лет назад

I love that moon walk elephant in the intro

@cardox6402 6 лет назад

woah dude i watched the HD wonders yesterday and today you come out with this! amazing

@Amoth_oth_ras_shash 5 лет назад

honestly ,it gets a small bonus star for including the 'alternatives' as a 'editor only' building..neat.

@t-rex2645 6 лет назад

i was expecting this vid to be about like the expansion changes the wonders or something, but honestly this was a lot more fascinating.

@bencevarga3508 6 лет назад

A *wonderful* new Spirit Of The Law video as always :) You are the reason I started playing AoE2HD (I played the original game back when it came out).

@MorleyGames1 6 лет назад

There was a relic after the last delete of the Buddha temple

@shatzinorris1417 6 лет назад

The small humour touches are absolutly delightful

@davidpaul8647 5 лет назад

"Great plan idiot, arm the fish people with the greatest axe known to mankind" I almost choked to death from laughter XD

@sharky2x2 5 лет назад

it is so impressive how these old people build architects in this amazing shapes in every old ages

@Kolmaryn 6 лет назад

yay! a new video! thank you for uploading!

@wolfgangbr1576 6 лет назад

Dude, you're simply the best. THANK YOU for what you are doing to the AOE community

@mrperson1324 6 лет назад

I really enjoy the humor in your videos man. :)

@stephenh9483 4 года назад

Absolutely fantastic! I love this so much. Thank you!!!!

@darkuser9992 5 лет назад

Travelled to about 30 countries and have yet to see many of these....Machu Picchu, Angkor and Java were absolutely stunning!

@zuhayrc 6 лет назад

Heh, I’ve actually been to the shwedagon pagoda before.

@syz88 6 лет назад

Oddly enough, this made me want to travel and see those buildings myself :P Great as always!!

@bbcmotd 6 лет назад

Kizhi pogost is absolutely spectacular when you see it. But I've always wondered if St Basil Cathedral would be more suitable of a wonder for Slavs.

@TheAiskie 6 лет назад

That sir was a very good and informative video. Thank you very much for that an keep up the good work!

@Gottii92 6 лет назад

boiis the relic!! your vids are amazing :D

@oyuyuy 6 лет назад

Thanks, I always wondered about this!

@joedalton155 6 лет назад

High quality and instructive content we got there

@AntonioZL 6 лет назад

What's wrong with Koreans vs. Incas in Arabia? That's totally accurate.

@omnaysayer 6 лет назад

dude, excellent work. would you accept a challenge? Talk about every unit in the game. man at arms, arbalests, jaguar warriors. They all deserve a thorough video like this, and you're the guy!

@oom-3262 6 лет назад

Why so much fighting around the wonders? I find your lack of peace very aggresive. And got distracted by the guys. Damn I have a hard time while trying to focus. But fantastic video as always.

@michaelpothoven1041 6 лет назад

OOM- 32 Because aoe2 is basically all about fighting. Also, when you build one of these, expect to have enemies trying to destroy it.

@gr8siddhesh 4 года назад

Happy to see they changed Indian wonder to something architecturally beautiful always a fan of southern Indian architecture

@adwans1491 4 года назад

Cant wait for wonder analyse when aoe 2 definitive Drops

@MTZ12345 6 лет назад

your videos are so relaxing to watch

@kinghumanity 6 лет назад

SOTL can you make a video or two about some of the most commonly played maps in AOE and their different strategies? I notice there are very few videos dedicated to different maps, only mentioned in-passing like Black Forest.

@WiscoDrinks 6 лет назад

havent watched it yet, but im stoked.

@krigsgaldr7603 6 лет назад

This is definitely my favourite type of video

@traz4038 6 лет назад

another WONDERFUL video

@doomkitty8386 6 лет назад

I was thinking, "It's Thursday. Those are slow, but maybe Spirit will upload a video." And here it is! Thank you SotL.

@THEYEAR2143 6 лет назад

The moving troops is a cool detail.

@abhinavsharma3304 2 года назад

great video bro, lots of information.

@kyrionbookshield2205 6 лет назад

Humor, good information, good quality. I'm staying!

@deafponi 6 лет назад

Love your humor Spirit. Makes me smile :)

@LuckeWent 6 лет назад

Awesome video!

@genevievew.5837 6 лет назад

You're great, Spirit! 😃

@Joker-yw9hl 6 лет назад

Love this channel :)

@reistje 6 лет назад

I wish that the wonders had a different use in games were wonder-victory is disabled. Because its so satisfying to build them!

@Jonouchi5 6 лет назад

Great Video, You should have been a History Teacher. Keep on the good work! :)

@jamestipsfedora 6 лет назад

Spirit of the Law videos are so highly educational that they should show them to elementary / junior high school children during history class!

@biveksuwal7023 6 лет назад

Such a wonder-ful vid!

@lavitzthejadedragoon 6 лет назад

I have seen the relic, it was there for one frame! Nice

@fermerino1331 6 лет назад

amazing video and great research! Just wanted to add my two cents: the feature at the top of the inca civ seems to me like a "chullpa", which are cilyndric stone buildings all over the inca empire. The use is still unclear but were probably tombs.

@alxzett7582 6 лет назад

holy shit dood your videos are incredible, how can you do this better than i do homework, i can see you really like to do this, you really Go deep researching, your videos are gold.

@guycrew728 6 лет назад

Cool video! How did you pull off the shots for the video? Did you hand-place units and freeze their position and give them infinite health? I don't own AoE2 so I'm just curious.