My comment was definitely a joke, and I’m glad it was taken that way. Thanks for liking my comment. I love your channel. I appreciate you being objective in general but especially about the US. I’m American and I know we have our issues but I’m glad you haven’t bought into the “let’s hate America” trendy attitude so many Europeans have. We all dislike our government here and hate Trump even more. Plus half of Americans hate the direction we are going in, maybe you can do a video on how divided the US really is... anyway... I’m looking forward to future videos, keep up the good work. Also I just want to say the last time I went to Europe, I went to five countries and loved them all. British people are the easiest to relate to (we speak the same language) but I really love the Netherlands and especially France a lot. : )
David Forster at least he's dealing with things that really matter like Obama never made any progress with north Korea in 2 terms but Trump hasn't even served half a term and peace talks are already coming about
Egypt was the first 'country' on the planet with almost the exact same borders through its entire history. So basically, Egypt existed as it is way before the British Empire ever existed.
yes, on a sphere all straight lines are lying on greater circles. so lines of longitude are straight but line of latitude (except of the equator) are not.
When I was at Taba, Sinai peninsula, Egypt, my mobile operator was recognizing me in 3 different countries (Egypt, Israel and Saudi Arabia) during my walk inside rooms of my hotel number. I recieved tons of SMS with greeting me in new country few dozens time per day
Jason Fischer egypt and...? sudan or libya? btw fun story ibx2camp forgoy: israel once claimed taba because the peace deal wasn't clear about what they should do with it. egypt asked hauge, hauge decided egypt and israel just sold all the hotels to egyptian owners and left.
ibx2cat so when you talk about Israel don't call it a country and when you talk about Jordan you do. It avoids you being perceived as bias or of political opinion.
Over 70% of full UN member countries recognise Palestine. And since we are talking about it, we both agree what it's borders are, we both agree what people are "Palestinian" and we both agree what government runs Palestine, Palestine is real.
Actually there is a border crossing called Qastal opened between Egypt and Sudan . And there is a lot of crossing between us but definitely not man made like Darb Al-Arba'ien a very famous ancient road linking Egyptian Asyut to Sudanese Al-fashir . Plus there are few crossings at Hala'ieb but the roads are not in Asphalt and mainly used by camel trade .
Egypt and Israel do not get along very well. Hmmm. Well, they have not been shooting each other since 1979 so, compared to times prior to 1979 they are doing very well now. Don't rock that boat!!!!
@@Amghannam some population still hate Israel, but not many. There are no problems of Israelis to go and travel in Egypt, and a lot of them do that an go to Sinai
You actually can’t claim Bir Tawill. No one claims it, but it isn’t Terra Nullis. It’s basically like Egypt and Sudan both agree it belongs to one of them and won’t let anyone claim it
America is such an anomaly in a lot of ways, especially when it comes to history of land/boarders. I once saw a book that had a title called something along the lines of "Americas history of land" or something, IDR. But when I read the back, it talked about how America never really had anyone to oppose their acquisition of land or any border to have disputes with or fights (Other than native americans and mexico, but they were heavily outmatched IIRC). So while Europeans were fighting each other over land, America was struggling to just populate it. The fairly straight border with Canada is quite odd, but we are so close culturally and all that it's never been an issue and is unlikely to ever be. Also, this was very fascinating because my gf had told me once that a guy went to some unclaimed land in the Sahara Desert to make a kingdom so his daughter could be a princess. My initial reaction was "What? There's no unclaimed land left on earth" and now I see, I was wrong... lol
ΛΉMΣD MΛΉΣЯ No i speak in behalf of all Egyptians,,,, they do not love Israel ,,,, so they do not want to live in it ,,,,, that is the truth ,,,, sorry
hi I'm from sudan and there is actually a border crossing between sudan and egypt it's in a small town called Argeen I think there are other crossings but I'm not sure :)
1 - there's also the Nitzana border crossing but I think now it's mostly used by lorries carrying goods. 2- the Taba border crossing is actually very friendly and even has a tiny duty free shop :) If you visit Eilat in Israel but want to save some money and stay in a luxury hotel for very little, you cross over to Hilton Taba. 3 mins taxi ride. Then you can also continue further south with a nice Beduin taxi driver who will drop you off on some nice beach. Recommended 3- btw the fence was built to stop illegal immigrants from Sudan entering Israel. I think about 100,000 Sudanese managed to enter Israel in a duration of just a few years. Israel can't send them back because a - there's no peace agreement between the countries and b - if they will send them back, the Sudanese army will kill them... Looks like it cost a fortune to build though. For a small country of 8 million it's probably worth it BUT It still doesn't make it humanitarian.
You actually don't need international recognition to be a country, just a territory, permanent population, government and the ability to communicate with other governments. Articles 1 and 3 of the Montevideo Convention on the rights and duties of states of 1933.
We are talking about "technically", not about "practically". Obviously, if I founded a country down there and Egypt decided it would send me its first diplomatic message in the form of a mortar round, then there'd be that :P (I really just wanted to be that guy)
Lin Gu That is precisely my point: You CAN start your own country even without being willing to fight a war... you just can't expect it to survive for long or be recognized in the first place.
2:20 Egypt may straddle two continents geographically. Geologically however, the Sinai Peninsula's on the African Plate, the Jordan Valley separating Asia.
Actually Bir Tawil has technically been claimed by some American. He calls it "The Kingdom of North Sudan" and Disney bought the movie rights to the story. You heard it here first, Disney's first African Disney Princess might be white. I think this deserves its own video
He toycat, do a video on the Iran/Turkey/Iraq border. It's the oldest border in the Middle East. It virtually hasn't changed since the 1639 Treaty of Zuhab between the Persians and the Ottomans.
Belgium and the netherlands have some weird enclave stuff going on I believe the area is called baarle- nassau ( Im sure this is not the correct spelling! ) apparently there are some highly contested borders between them , so much so that one house has the border running straight through the middle of it!. you can watch tv in the lounge in Belgium then pop into the kitchen next door and cook dinner in the netherlands!
Just to shed light on the border between Egypt & Israel, by my own experince, it's very easy to be crossed by foot. No problems with any of the sides. It's a piece of cake.
Saying that egypt flooded those villages intentionally is either disingenuous or completely ignorant. The villages got flooded because of a dam that was built to stop the nile from flooding every year.
Don't disrespect the Indigenous Nubian people, they were ORIGINALLY there first since Ancient times, Sudanese people people didn't move there, they were originally there, Sudanese Arab government is shit for doing nothing about it, after all the government is Arab so why would they care if a bunch of black folks lose their land
What if I become a politician and claim the land for my country? We could build a military air base or a gigantic refugee camp. Or a nuclear waste deposit.
@@levoGAMES Both Egypt and Sudan. I'm Egyptian. If you as a third oarty try to claim Bir Tawil, next day you'll have the Egyptian army knocking at your door, as it is technically still administered by Egypt, just not officially, nor on maps.
Could some international treaty not be devised so that, whichever side gets the Hala'ib triangle (I'm presuming Sudan as the people identify as Sudanese) also gets Bir Tawil, so that it isn't terra nullius?
No. Also Bir Tawil is NOT terra nullis. It belongs to either Egypt or Sudan, but none officially claims it. No third part can claim it though, only Egypt and Sudan can.
the part you talked about at the beginning that no one owns is now actually a new country in the making its called the yellow mountain kingdom they aim to build it with refugees so it's a win-win I hope they actually succeed
isnt egyp technically a trans continental country? its mostly in africa but the sinai pennensiula is considered a part of the middle east is it not? and the ME is in Asia
For Bir Tawil.... What if i owned a coorporation and payed Sudan to use it's side of that Nubian Village lake and pump water to Bir Tawil using a paid for Libya Like water system. Then, using the water i start irrigation on the surface while underground i start excavating a city into the rock for people. I dont know what the country would export for gdp. I guess stone, industrial goods, and Excess agriculture but it wont do much to get the country out of debt from paying for the water pumping unless it gets really succesful
