Countries That Were DESTROYED 

*Which other countries were destroyed throughout history?*

Gregor MacGregor is possibly the most Scottish name ever

Destroyed countries that resulted in the extinction of their core ethnos would've been a better concept, for instance Western Xia (Tanguts), Later Zhao (Jie people),...

Circassia would be a very interesting one to hear about. Also the tragic history of Hawaii.

Considering where you started, the list could be endless. Why not the Hittite Empire? But some big ones from Europe are the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, The Venetian Republic and Yugoslavia. Each one has a specific, known, date when they just stopped being.

For everyone interested in gone and forgotten, but also small odd countries and places, I can highly recommend the book 'An Atlas of Extinct Countries' by Gideon Defoe. A informative and funny read for any geography- and historynerds!

I would be very interested in a video done on the Hanseatic League.

If you care about it, check out Principality of the Pindus. It was an Aromanian state during 1941-1943, founded by Alcibiade Diamandi. The Aromanians tried to proclaim their first state during WW1, an attempt by the same Diamandi, during the so-called Samarina Republic which lasted about 10 days. Both times the Aromanians had the backing of Italians and Romanians. Italians helped them militarily since both attempts were made during Italian occupations and the Romanians have tried to helped Aromanian, Megleno-Romanian and Istro-Romanians ever since the foundation of the Romanian state. Diamandi even tried to get recognition from Romania by asking the Principality to get under the Romanian Crown's tutelage but Antonescu didn't support him in this.

Yes! 😍 Please do a video about the Hanseatic League. I'm from Lübeck, the "Queen of the Hanse" and former inofficial capital of this commercial confederation. 😊

Some other little known countries that vanished: 1. Empire of Trebizon. The last remnant of Byzantine Empire, it survived the Fall of Constantinople by several years. 2. Alt Clut, a.k.a. Kingdom of Strathclyde. A kingdom of Britons in today's southern Scotland, which survived Anglo-Saxon conquest and only was ultimately defeated several centuries later. 3. Arelat, a.k.a. Kingdom of Burgundy. Located in today's southeastern France it was one of the kingdoms that emerged from the dissolution of the Carolingian Empire. It was eventually incorporated into the Holy Roman Empire. 4. Kingom of Brittany. Founded by the Britons who left Great Britain to avoid being conquerred by Anglo-Saxons, it lasted for centuries until it was incorporated into France. 5. Songhay. An empire in western Africa. It replaced better-known Mali Empire as the most critical state in West Africa. It collapsed after it was defeated by Morocco. 6. Vandal Kingdom. Created by Vandals in Northern Africa during the Fall of the Western Roman Empire, it lasted until the times of Eastern Roman Emperor Justinian and general Belisarius. 7. Khazar Khaganate. An empire centered on Pontic-Caspian Steppe, which was the only major state between the antiquity and modern times that had Judaism as their state religion. And there are also more better known: the Roman Empire itself, Carthage and many other states that Romans conquered, the Mayan, Aztec and Inca empires, Al-Andalus, or Golden Horde.

Part 2 please!! This video is so interesting

Definately the Hanseatic league!! I have read about it but putting it in map form with your research would be excellent!

This was fantastic, please do more 👋👋👋👋

A Video aboug the hanseativc league would be awesome!

Great video. Congrats

Finally I can learn about Poyais Obrigado

Funny how you have information on the fante and Ashanti they don't teach us in our Ghanaian schools. Keep up the work 👏

No mention of Carthage / Punic empire? Really odd, they are the first example I thought of here

Im an Indian but didnt knew about the vajjika league although i did knew about the magadha empire. Thanks for the informative video as always.

I would love to see a video about the Hanseatic league!

How about Ming dynasty, Ottoman Empire, Khwarezmian Empire, Kush Kingdom, Ancient Egypt, Hittites, Hattians, Circassia, Nubia, Naiman Khanate, Qara Khitai, Cumania, Volga Bulgaria, Makuria…

I don't know if British Togoland was a country or not but in 1957 through the independence act it was merged with Ghana (then gold coast) in order to achieve independence alongside Ghana

It would be interesting to see a video about the Hanseatic League.

Thanks for mentioning about vajjika league .

This list mostly covered countries that were either ideas for countries, or propaganda money-making schemes than nations that were actually destroyed. Other than a few examples like the Fante confederacy, I'm thinking about countries that are actually destroyed much like the Mayan Empire, or even the traditional Maori tribes on the north island (it's not a (recognized) country, but a comparable example).

Friesland i think was a country but its now a Province in the Netherlands

A video on the Hanze would be a great idea indeed

Definitely make one about hen Hanseatic league it was one of the most developed op league for some time. Very rich

A video about Die Hanse would be very interesting!

Never knew about the Sedang Kingdom and I love it

My ancestors used to live in the Kingdom of Pangasinan in the northern part of The Philippine Islands. When the Spaniards conquered the whole Philippine Islands, they integrated the newly independent Kingdom of Pangasinan back into The Philippine Islands. :3

I would really like a video on the Hanseatic League

You should do a video on countries that were destroyed and then later reformed

Gregor MacGregor? The Infographics Show also have a video about the topic.

To people who enjoyed this video, I suggest the book the atlas of extinct countries it has a chapter on a lot of different countries that don’t exist anymore, and I have this book and I would recommend it to anyone willing to read it

french here : the corsican nationalist like to pretend that their republic was so much more modern than backward france because they allowed women to vote, but that is kind of a stretch. basically it was a sort of clanic society, and women could only vote if they were widowed or something, the gist being that if you need and adult to talk on behalf on your household and no man is around, yeah a woman can vote instead. That's not bad, but not nearly as advanced as they pretend nor as uncommon.

I really hoped you would mention Tawantinsuyo, the empire that was ruled by the Incas and destroyed and annexed by the Spanish conquistadors, or at least Tenochtitlan, the Aztec empire

How about the Republic of the Rio Grande...a short lived nation consisting of Texas, and the Northern Mexican States of Nuevo Leon and Tamaulippas for a few months in 1820s. Capital was in Laredo. There is a museum in Laredo dedicated to it.

Make the Hanseatic league video please

11:27 wow a +10.000 years dinasty 😮

Can you make one of countries that would be on this list but have since started existing again like Poland or Ireland

Hey, the vajjika league is in Nepal. Malla and licchaavi were some of the most famous dynasties.

Please take a look at Champa, a kingdom that once controlled maritime trade in the Southeast Asia region.

# 5 Islands of Refreshment I like their flag very much !

The story of Seborga is interesting because it wasn't destroyed as much as it was forgotten. Another country that was destroyed was Sikkim.

Make a video about the Hanseatic League please.

Frisia/Magna Frisia would be fun. It was a bufferstate between Viking ruled Denmark and Charmlemains France

Wondering why you left out the GDR?

Poland : those are rookie numbers you gotta pump these up !

11:27 Looks like the Yuan Dynasty lasted for 12,089 years. Now THAT'S impressive.

Carthage is a good example of a nation that was DESTROYED

You can't really say Poyais was a country that was destroyed when it never existed in the first place.

what was the music used at the beginning?

What was music like in the Song Empire?

Where is Prussia? Is he safe? Is he all right?

Hey bro can tell you something well I want to start a country when I’m 20 I’m 10 btw and it’s located on a small island I need to learn how to expand so you know a lot about country’s you can help right?

ah yes, the Yuan dynasty (1279-13368)

you should talk about the heavenly kingdom of great peace, its so cool. it was a chinese christian absolute monarchy that tried to overthrow the qing dynasty, its king claimed to be the younger brother of jesus

Napoleon (Genovese roots) born at Corsica in 1769, while Corsica stopped being a Republic in 1769, what a coincidence.

Do the "provisional government of western thrace" and "republic of kars"

There are many. Republic of the Rio Grande, Republic of West Florida, and the never quite real Kimgdom of Breckenridge (in Colorado).

Recommendations: Palmares and Counani, both were in what is today Brasil.

Corsica lives!

I had a bad day, then a chad with 800k subscribers made a video with corsica. Thanks dude

Hello!

Caption translates "Fante Confederacy" as "Phantom Confederacy" which sounds cooler.

Please make a video about the Golden Horde and it’s successor Khanates.

You forgot to mention Champa

In zanzibar also popolation composition was change after the unification by estermination of arabs end emigration from the continet

There should be a song about Song

I would've added Western Sahara, Somaliland and Biafra, but I guess I would've "messed" with your algorithm ;) ... There could also be a "many times" discussion about Poland before 1991.

cool

The Iroquois Confederacy would be a good one for a future episode, especially considering how much of their administrative structure was later adopted by the burgeoning U.S. government Also Carpatho-Ukraine, which existed for literally one day The Kingdom of Hawai'i would be good, considering so many people aren't aware how it was illegally annexed

Off the top of my head there's also Assyria Mitanni and Urartu.

Countries can't be Destroyer but the Capital Market can be changed by violently eradicating competitors

hanseatic please!

Another question: which countries do you hope will be added to this list soon?

Have you ever researched the Kingdom of Hanover?

I clicked on this videoand got a Corsica ad?!?!

As an American, watching this video makes me depressed that I have never got to learn about the history of the world because my country has always been focused on our own local geography, history, and accomplishments, and it's all just lies, lies, lies. Keep making false narratives about the rest of the world, too. The focus has changed on our education. It isn't about educating students, it's always teaching them how to think critically, and more about universal standards, conforming, and discipline. Besides, I love learning new things about the world and I find them useful. I am thankful for this channel and it helps me keep learning and learning. Never give up!

In the word Veche, the e in the end is pronounced. But you should read it as é.

The Brigantian Federation and the Kingdom of Northumbria are two countries that were destroyed which held approximately the same territory in the Iron Age and the Early Medieval Period respectively.

Do a video on if Italy breaks up

TANganyika and ZANzibar is for me very similar to CZECHoSLOVAKIA in Europe

@General.Knowledge I love your series on flags. In addition to flags, paper bills and coins often provide interesting topics, if you have not already covered this. First of interest is countries that have similar or matching names for currency. Many countries with common currency are related to a common history. Some countries had ulterior motives for the materials used in their coins, such as Germany between the wars. They were limited on the use of metals that could be used for weapons. By flooding the country with coinage made of these materials allowed an easy source of metal when coins were collected and melted down to make weapons and bullets as the country returned to war. The images on currency often reflect rulers, historic events (sometimes seen in commemorative coins), and even propaganda. Katanga minted coins as an argument that their rebellion was performing activities of a legitimate government. Their rebellion did not last, so this is an example of an orphan currency. I learned a great deal of history from collecting coins (and some bills and stamps as well) from the age of 8. (Unfortunately the large collection was lost when our home was one of the 14,000 burned in the Paradise Camp Fire.) Keep up with the good videos.

If you want to do the 2nd part, you'll find that the list is so long 10 videos can't cover all of them.

One more month and my school is finished!

It was actually the Grðmzanic who invented gunpowder

The unification of Tanganyika and Zanzibar in 1964 shouldn't be on tle list. It wasn't a country destruction but a peaceful merge of two political entities.

You can say Something about Dacia or Wallackya

There is still and Ashanti king in Ghana~ He and his wife were actually at the recent coronation of King Charles III as was the King of Tonga! I wish in the US, we would have learned to live alongside the Royal Family in Hawaii so they were still figureheads in that State.

Hatay State was another country that vanished. It was under French Mandate of Syria, later transformed into Hatay Province of Turkey.

Being from Florida, I knew Amerlia Island called itself the "Isle of 8 flags" and I never could find out what the last flag was, and you did! Thank you for discovering the Republic of the Floridas!

how about the Mamluk Sultinate, destroyed by the Ottoman empire.

Shouldn´t the Independent Republic of Texas (1836-1846) be mentioned here?

2:27 North East South-Asia

If you are on an Island of Refreshement reach for a Fanta confederacy. 🥤

Yugoslavia, would be intresting

Fun fact about Zanzibar: That’s where Freddie Mercury was born and raised. He left in 1964 just before the country ceased to exist. So his country of birth is Zanzibar.

Also, the Mongols literally destroyed the foundations of the Song by killing millions and destroying their infrastructure. The same applies for the Khwaresmian Empire and the Abbasid Caliphate.