History of Walls - Summary on a Map 

Hi everyone, Here is a summary of the walls that are mentioned in the video: 00:16 Ancient Mesopotamia Walls 01:26 The Qin and Han Wall 02:52 Hadrian's Wall and Antonine Wall 04:38 The Great Wall of China 05:49 The Atlantic Wall 06:17 The Iron Curtain 06:58 The Korean Demilitarized Zone 07:40 The Berlin Wall 08:14 The Peace Walls in Belfast 08:38 The Green line in Cyprus 09:11 The Moroccan Western Sahara Wall 10:22 The Kashmir LoC 10:49 The Israeli West Bank Barrier and Gaza Wall 12:03 The Trump Wall 13:12 The Japanese sea Wall to stop Tsunami 13:28 Manhattan floodwall Enjoy it !

WALL-E better be included.

A common misconception is that the german “Atlantikwall” translates to “Atlantic wall”. But that is not the case. A german “Wall” is rather a lose, strategicly placed “rampart”, so the terminology in german is pretty accurate. It was rather never intended to be a wall

I'm surprised you didn't mention the green wall in Africa that's supposed to prevent the Sahara's expansion into the Sahel zone.

The earliest reference to the Mongols classifies them as a Tang dynasty tribe of Shiwei during the eighth century. It was only after the fall of the Liao dynasty in 1125 that they became an important tribe on the Central Asian steppe, but tribal wars weakened their power over the ensuing century. During the thirteenth century, the term Mongol was used to refer to the Mongolic and Turkic tribes who fell under the control of Genghis Khan. The Mongols are primarily a shamanist society; their central deity is the sky god Tenger.

The video we never asked for but needed

How original is this! Geohistory never disappoints and the quality stays super high

Another great wall based in the Caucasus includes the Wall of Derbent it was raised by the Sassanid empire to prevent Hunnic-Khazar invasions and really deserved a mention

In Croatia there is "The Walls of Ston", built in 14th century and is thought to be the longest preserved medieval stone fortification system in Europe, and one of the longest such walls in the world, the world’s second-longest preserved fortification system today. Build by city of Ragusa (Dubrovnik), "only" 5.5km (originally 7km) long, but well preserved, you can walk the whole length of it.

Amazing video and I love the new addition of the little pieces of art to illustrate what it looks like, like the Normandy bunker coast and the West Sahara walls etc

I just have to give appreciation for this narrator. His cadence goes perfectly with the music. I wish I could pay for more of these videos!

I still, to this day, think it's funny the most militarized place in the world is the *De*militarized Zone.

The channel is very good, the events happening are shown on the map very intuitive and easy to understand. Thank you.

Great video ! Keep up the good work!

You mentioned the atlantic wall, but im surprised you didnt mention the maginot line. its also not a wall per-se, but definitely more of a wall than the atlantic wall

Finally, another video from GeoHistory!!

Wasn't expecting the Irish peace walls to appear. Appreciate the mention

That first wall sounds like a barrier to stop animals from migrating into the cultivated area and munching on the crops.

Notable exclusions: Majinot Line, Zigfried Line, and the 3,488 mile long Dingo Fence (an environmental barrier).

another great video, never disappoints.

nice to mention that Roman walls weren't as defensive as they were for movement control between the line

Your videos are incredible! You have great map visuals and interesting topics. I get that they take time to make, but I wish you posted more often.

Extremely Educational- thank you!

If we include walls against water, I would expect some Dutch walls as well. Afsluitdijk and Westerscheldekering for sure.

I was so obsed, thank you so much for link my thouts to other issues....

Your channel is in a disparate need of an upgrade of its map my friend I really love how understandable things get on a map, but the different topographical and environmental differences really do make a change to the story telling

there is also Kelasuri wall in Abkhazia, Georgia. wall is built in 15-16 centuries by prince of one of western georgian principalities to defend from northern semi nomad Circassian raiders raiding Georgian lands. this wall is main proof of theory which says that modern abkhazians are ones who came after fall of united Georgia and assimilated local Georgians there. alongside with the fact that medieval abkhazian aristocracy had georgian dynastic names and spoke/wrote in georgian language.

I'm pretty sure the wall of Jericho, now known as the city of Tell es-Sultan is around 8000-10000bce. Not to mention all the structures found in turkey and surrounding areas which are dated to similar times, which include walls.

Great Video! I never knew so much about walls till now :) One thing: why did you leave out the Maginot Line? That would have been another example of "going around the wall"

Geo History is always informative and unbias to all the parties involved. Love from Indonesia

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@GeoHistory hi! Firstly, I want to say that you really have a nice channel where you tell chronological facts in the world and i like it. So i just wish you continue this video and that everything is fine with you. Secondly, I want to ask you to do video about evolution of culture, please.🙏🙏🙏 Thank you!

I liked very much. I really appreciate this kind of history, related to architecture. But unfortunately there are few quality videos of this kind

Completly bias! Would love a video on the history of ireland 🇮🇪 your content is class

Exelent investigation and presentation ! De un polemico, importante y triste tema a la vez. 👏🏼😃

*Finally more knowledge this video will teach me more then my school ever could.*

You guys doing great job, I really appreciate it, please can you make a video about history of Uzbekistan

Best channel ever

Stoked for this one

Great lakes on this map. Includes Volta reservoir in Ghana, I see you!

I like the topic!

Im surprised you didn't mention the fences in slovakia, those are pretty much 2m tall concrete walls

Could've cited the walls along the spanish exclaves in morroco

Very good

I gotta say you forgot to mention one of the most important walls of human history and arguably a proper wonder! The Theodossian wall which kept Constantinople firmly greek for several centuries and withstood unending barrages from enourmous Ottoman cannon fire for an entire month! Arguably the greatest City wall in Human history

Pretty good. The only other wall I could think of was the maginot wall

Honourable mention would be the Dingo Fence in Australia! even though it’s not a wall (or is it?) (is a fence a wall) (I feel like the Dingo fence is similar to a wall because it’s a physical barrier and pretty sturdy. It isn’t temporary as we would consider a fence to be)

For context the Qin weren't the first to build the wall in northern china, there were already parts of the wall built by other states, Qin simply used them to create one long wall. There is a story how on one military campaign the Qin soldiers were suprised and terrified when they came across a giant wall, part of what is now the great wall of China

It would have interesting to show what were some of the first ancient cities to have walls were.

I feel u missed out on Walls on Rome, Walls of babylon, Maginot line and the most important of them all, Justinians walls who kept out non romans for hundreds of years

What about walled cities? Great stuff nevertheless

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I've seen one years ago, need to travel more

you should make a tutorial on how you make your vids, im sure lots would love to animate like none other than the legend himself

Having lived in Carlisle (in the north of England) for 25 years now, feel pretty damn lucky to have Hadrian's Wall on my doorstep!

Damn the Narrator voice is so familliar!!! It's driving me crazy where i have heard his voice before.

In 1848 'King Kamehameha III' had walls built all over the Hawaiian Islands 'The Great Mahele' (the great 'divide') to end territorial conflict. (A lot of which still stand today!) Just thought I'd throw that in since I'm from Hawaii🤙

There are no walls in the sea. A pirate's life for me.

The art in the circles looks great!

thank you. i love the narrator's voice.

I was expecting to see some city walls as well like the Theodosian Walls in Istanbul, wonderful video nevertheless

12:01 nice details

In Istanbul, There was the Theodosian Walls, which first had a moat, the 1st wall, the paratechion, the 2nd wall, the peribolo, and the thick wall. They protected Istanbul (Constantinople) from even Attila the Hun, The Avars, Turkish (Pre-Ottomans) and The Arabs. The Ottomans took a long time, before the wall is breached. Today, many of the walls stand.

Don't forget Australia's Rabbit Proof Fence!

The Gaoju (高車 lit. "High Cart"), also known as Tiele,[90] were early Turkic speakers related to the earlier Dingling,[91][92] who were once conquered by the Xiongnu.[93][94] Weishu also mentioned the linguistic and ethnic proximity between the Gaoju and the Xiongnu.[95] de la Vaissière proposes that the Hephthalites had originally been one Oghuric-speaking tribe who belonged the Gaoju/Tiele confederation.[82][96][97]

There is also the city wall of Taroudant in Morocco, which is the third greatest wall in the world.

7:30 It's also the most heavily protected nature preserve in the world.

Please do a video on the Celts and Anglo saxons

Humans can be incredibly stupid (making wars and building walls) or completely brilliant (like the person responsible for this channel). I love your videos.

Tbh I watched this video mostly for that sick hip-hop beat in the background

I'm looking forward to the Japanese version too.

Another notable wall in history is the Hadrian's Wall in northern England, which was built by the Romans to mark the northern boundary of their empire and protect against invasions by tribes from Scotland. The wall stretched over 70 miles and was a testament to the Roman's military strategy and engineering capabilities. In medieval Europe, walls were commonly built around cities and towns to protect against enemy invasions and raiders. These walls were often constructed of stone and were fortified with towers, gates, and other defensive structures. Walls have also been used for political purposes, such as the Berlin Wall which was erected by the Soviet Union in 1961 to separate East and West Berlin. The wall became a symbol of the Cold War and the division between capitalist and communist ideologies. In recent years, walls have become a controversial topic, with some arguing for their use as a means of border control and others opposing them on humanitarian and practical grounds. The history of walls is a complex one, reflecting the changing needs and priorities of societies throughout history.

I would like to see video like : Geopolitics in the Balkans and the security in the balkan region

Such a tease. Gotta wait 3 whole days...whhaaaat!?

6:00 Slovakia had different border back in WW2. Also Hungary isn't accurate. "Jugoslavia"/SCSK was divided by Axis powers like France.

You could name Dannevirke. The wall build by Danes in 10th century to hold of the German empire. It is situated in the south of Jutland peninsula.

Finally a video that briefly shows suicide and isn't age-restricted.

Offa's Dyke was a semi wall drawing a border between Wales and England

I would’ve loved if you had mentioned the walls of Benin the second largest walls built before the Industrial Revolution

Can you do a video about Ibn Fadhlan who travel to Volga Bulgaria to fulfill the request of the king of the Volga Bulgars?

Great video!! But should've included the green wall that is planned in the Sahara and the Thar desert

John is my favorite sport.

The Philippine archipelago is also a huge wall for other SEA countries during typhoon season. Thank us later.

NAH THIS MANS VOICE IS EVERYWHERE

6:30 The "Iron Curtain" did NOT run through Austria, it went AROUND it.

The western wall in Jerusalem is pretty famous too

Baby wake up. It’s a geo history premiere

Can you do a video about the discovery of australia?

Constantinople wall: "You might longer than me, but not better than me"

I never expected to be seeing a video about the history of walls

I am surprised the Maginot line didn't make the list

Slightly disappointed they did not include the wall keeping the sea from the Netherlands

Can't wait for the premiere to start! Any plans on a Portuguese channel?

"I need to take actions in my life. Where do I begin?" Geo History: We begin in the 3rd Millenium BC

the thing about walls made of small stone, it that its a convenient source of building material

In addition to the Atlantic Wall, Nazi Germany also designated the Westwall (aka Siegfried line) and the Ostwall (aka Panther-Wotan line). The former was built in the 1930s, and slowed the allies down somewhat in 1944. The latter was only devised as an emergency strategy in 1943, and was mostly overcome by the Red Army on the move.

What about the three concentric walls in Madagascar

The iron curtain DID NOT divide Austria.

Rememba, walls keep bad feng-shui out and good feng-shui in.

Wow this guy voices a lot of RU-vid channels doesn’t he first time I herd his voice was on the channel riddle but that’s as far as I remember I might have heard it before that but idk