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The imaginary king who changed the real world - Matteo Salvadore 

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Get to know the legend of the king known as Prester John, whose myth would impact the decisions of European leaders for 400 years.
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In 1165, copies of a strange letter began to circulate throughout Europe. It spoke of a fantastical realm, containing the Tower of Babel and the Fountain of Youth- all ruled over by the letter’s mysterious author: Prester John. Who was this powerful ruler, and was he even real? Matteo Salvadore shares the legend of a mythical king who impacted the decisions of European leaders for 400 years.
Lesson by Matteo Salvadore, directed by Anna Nowakowska.
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@jengz96
@jengz96 4 года назад
The medieval version of click bait
@spiralingspiral72
@spiralingspiral72 4 года назад
Lmao
@Nietabs
@Nietabs 4 года назад
Lmao
@krisg5078
@krisg5078 4 года назад
laughing mine own rampallian off
@sua8638
@sua8638 4 года назад
I giggled at this Thx
@goodquestion-shrek4435
@goodquestion-shrek4435 4 года назад
I actually laughed
@SMAT-gc3yl
@SMAT-gc3yl 4 года назад
The author of the letter trolled an entire empire😂
@SMAT-gc3yl
@SMAT-gc3yl 4 года назад
Fae Trick yeah if it’s too good to be true ,it probably is🤷‍♂️
@akinoreh
@akinoreh 4 года назад
Rumor has it that Ken M is a descendent of the author.
@gobzanuff5078
@gobzanuff5078 4 года назад
Well, its medieval time... There still no common sense, people believes in anything.. The brightest person during medieval time are those who can read... and that brightest person in medieval time are equivalent to 10 years old modern kid...
@vato6884
@vato6884 4 года назад
@@gobzanuff5078 i don't think this makes sense
@andralfoo
@andralfoo 4 года назад
@@vato6884 it doesnt, he's wrong
@TheHiroClaw123
@TheHiroClaw123 4 года назад
"he's over there!" "where?!" *continues to look for 350 years*
@Ffsdevgj
@Ffsdevgj 4 года назад
HiroClaw well we’ve been looking for 2000 years now.
@edensolomon23
@edensolomon23 4 года назад
@klfmc rjn no, I think maybe like 1000 to 500 because I heard the whole imagery king started somewhere between then ten thousands to sixteen hindreds
@BataBatibot08
@BataBatibot08 4 года назад
I admire your humor
@soulbakin
@soulbakin 4 года назад
People looking in africa and europe as if he was from there . I dont believe he was
@yevheniishyshko7961
@yevheniishyshko7961 4 года назад
@@Ffsdevgj Some people just don't get who you're talking about.
@zenthronex8176
@zenthronex8176 4 года назад
Ah, yes. John Cena's ancestor; Prester John. They can't see him.
@absolutelypitiful.600
@absolutelypitiful.600 4 года назад
Highly underrated comment here
@NawidN
@NawidN 4 года назад
His time was then.
@aqueento
@aqueento 4 года назад
hahahahaha
@MisterOrange1
@MisterOrange1 4 года назад
W
@bludshedt2647
@bludshedt2647 4 года назад
That's a good one.
@Alkalus
@Alkalus 4 года назад
*Imagine being so bored, that you write a fake letter that caused a civil war...*
@joshh158
@joshh158 3 года назад
1st comment
@tanvikhare9710
@tanvikhare9710 3 года назад
Oops
@jacksu43-65
@jacksu43-65 3 года назад
350 years after you write it...
@detectivemarkseven
@detectivemarkseven 3 года назад
"Just a prank bro"
@nevergonnagiveuup3744
@nevergonnagiveuup3744 3 года назад
That’s seem like something a American would do.
@millennialmatt7
@millennialmatt7 4 года назад
"If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it."
@user-lm5hl7pl9f
@user-lm5hl7pl9f 4 года назад
how about “humans flying ”?
@randomrise1st72
@randomrise1st72 4 года назад
- Joseph Goebbels
@manolomartinez5033
@manolomartinez5033 4 года назад
Religion in a nutshell
@frostyblade8842
@frostyblade8842 4 года назад
@@manolomartinez5033 atheists in a nut shell
@venuszee
@venuszee 4 года назад
That’s what Shakespeare told me in Egypt in 2076 AD.
@TheEvilDatsuTube
@TheEvilDatsuTube 4 года назад
The very first Nigerian Prince Email!
@lockkeythetrickstar5359
@lockkeythetrickstar5359 4 года назад
I suppose he must have millions to give away. What a shame we never found him
@theemirofjaffa2266
@theemirofjaffa2266 4 года назад
🤣😂😅
@NiaPgn
@NiaPgn 4 года назад
And look at that it was likely a white guy
@jennifervan75
@jennifervan75 4 года назад
Bruh
@osagiemcanthony1592
@osagiemcanthony1592 4 года назад
😄😄😄
@cameronhoglan
@cameronhoglan 4 года назад
Ah. So it all makes sense now. Prester John was obviously the ruler of Wakanda.
@ioftenarguewithidiots.3811
@ioftenarguewithidiots.3811 3 года назад
Or was he john cena's great-great grandfather
@1dollarlambo
@1dollarlambo 3 года назад
I argue with Idiots. Cause you can’t see him👋
@ioftenarguewithidiots.3811
@ioftenarguewithidiots.3811 3 года назад
@@1dollarlambo yes👏👏
@molybdaen11
@molybdaen11 3 года назад
This may be the inspiration for it.
@geniusjones4234
@geniusjones4234 3 года назад
Exactly Calalus!
@OneReallyGrumpyJill
@OneReallyGrumpyJill 4 года назад
*Prester John, chilling on his throne with his thicc babes bathing in a fountain of youth, somewhere in Antarctica:* "Man, I wonder when they will finally find me. I've been itching for another holy crusade.
@steampunkastronaut7081
@steampunkastronaut7081 4 года назад
Antarctica! loool
@omeraraskaplan1519
@omeraraskaplan1519 4 года назад
Sorry, the fountain of youth was in America and it was destroyed by a templar knight, a spanish pirate and an ottoman commander
@JonatasAdoM
@JonatasAdoM 4 года назад
@@omeraraskaplan1519 Sounds like a Star Trek episode, but in the past.
@rafaelcanovas3921
@rafaelcanovas3921 4 года назад
Aras Kaplan age of empires 3
@hellothere4858
@hellothere4858 4 года назад
@@omeraraskaplan1519 British pirate and scottish knight
@duchi882
@duchi882 4 года назад
This is what happens when the game of "Pass the Message" fails miserably
@veryberry39
@veryberry39 4 года назад
The original message was "Tell my pal John that we're out of eggs."
@theemirofjaffa2266
@theemirofjaffa2266 4 года назад
@@veryberry39 you sure about that? 🤣😂😅
@simonschnedl
@simonschnedl 2 года назад
Or the most successful, depending on how you look at it.
@z.a.y.n-5053
@z.a.y.n-5053 2 года назад
Chinese whispers?
@nahomefiseha2416
@nahomefiseha2416 2 месяца назад
What about the book of Enoch what do u say is it a fiction or not
@shootie1158
@shootie1158 3 года назад
to be honest, looking for him about 350 years after the letter isnt copmpletely insane considering they believed he ruled over the fountain of youth
@yellowstarproductions6743
@yellowstarproductions6743 Год назад
Agreed.
@theshlauf
@theshlauf 11 месяцев назад
Might not have even been that. People have searched for Atlantis for centuries even though Plato clearly stated it was an allegory.
@bradleyogilvie8869
@bradleyogilvie8869 4 года назад
Europe seems to have a habit of exploring and mapping large areas while looking for fictional places
@AlexLangerak
@AlexLangerak 4 года назад
Because it happened before, Who would have thought about China and it's silk robes and palaces ? What about the infinite goldmines of the musas ?
@detachsoup6061
@detachsoup6061 4 года назад
To be faire when you have the remains of 2 gaint empire in youre backyard, youll start to seek them everywhere
@thegoodlydragon7452
@thegoodlydragon7452 4 года назад
No, Europe had a habit of exploring places in general. What makes you think if Africans had the ships to sail to Europe and the desire to do so that they would have been better? Europeans just had more interest in exploration and were working with the information they had. There was no internet back then, no Google Earth, no archives of footage from abroad or very reliable travel books. They looked for fictional places because that’s the best in terms of sources they had. Stop being so anti-white.
@erenyeager5480
@erenyeager5480 4 года назад
The only reason Europeans were more interested in exploration was China. Europe wanted to find another way to China so they went around Africa then to India then China. Christopher Colombus wanted to find another way to India and found 2 new continents.
@jinjunliu2401
@jinjunliu2401 4 года назад
@@thegoodlydragon7452 What does exploration have to do with anti whiteness?? Africans did have the ships to go to Europe and they did (have you not watched the video?), same with China, they went all the way to Africa. The difference is that they didn't have the need to colonize those places
@lordycostelo9096
@lordycostelo9096 4 года назад
The narrator's voice makes these stories more interesting and welcoming
@__umbra
@__umbra 4 года назад
True...really.
@maeyrhonamissabea7772
@maeyrhonamissabea7772 4 года назад
Agreed!
@musiclover5767
@musiclover5767 4 года назад
True⛩️
@blabla-rg7ky
@blabla-rg7ky 4 года назад
yep. Whenever I click on a ted-ed videoclip whose topic really interests me but hear a different narrator I immediately stop watching and look for another one of this guy's clips. So soothing to listen to his voice...
@brentmorilla2167
@brentmorilla2167 3 года назад
777th
@scriibles
@scriibles 4 года назад
This is the only fanfic that will change the world
@thegreatgatsby2635
@thegreatgatsby2635 4 года назад
Wicked? Paradise lost? Dante's inferno? Hamilton? Fifty shades of grey? The book of mormon?
@ironicdivinemandatestan4262
@ironicdivinemandatestan4262 4 года назад
Dante's Divine Comedy is just a self-insert fanfic with his senpai Virgil.
@varunshah7205
@varunshah7205 4 года назад
What about all the religious texts?
@scriibles
@scriibles 4 года назад
varun shah Oh yeah the Bible was totally a self-insert fanfic
@scriibles
@scriibles 4 года назад
The Great Gatsby Who tf reads fifty shades of grey???
@rumg5220
@rumg5220 3 года назад
From Ethiopia, thank you for using Ethiopian imagery and styling when depicting the Ethiopian, this is one of the most monumental phases of the country's history.
@zestypantsyeah
@zestypantsyeah 4 года назад
I wonder what Prester John was thinking through all of this
@swirlandtwirl5417
@swirlandtwirl5417 4 года назад
I bet he wasn't expecting 😅😂
@emrahyalcin
@emrahyalcin 4 года назад
zestypantsyeah probably a social experience made by a postman or a king. Cuz, writing many letters must be expensive back then.
@christianali5431
@christianali5431 4 года назад
zestypantsyeah well, considering he was the ideal Christian, probably something along the lines of “thank God they never found me. They’ve killed Kingdom after kingdom in Jesus name, when Jesus told us to love one another, and they’ve got the nerve to call themselves Christians. So glad I never went into all of that.“
@valhatan3907
@valhatan3907 3 года назад
@@christianali5431 lol, ironic.
@PastInNumbers
@PastInNumbers 2 года назад
The irony of the situation is ALMOST as ironic as the irony of someone named ¡@@christianali5431 ! 🧐
@uiop2k7
@uiop2k7 4 года назад
"Prankster John" fixed that for you🤣
@theemirofjaffa2266
@theemirofjaffa2266 4 года назад
Thanks mate
@kyyay2283
@kyyay2283 4 года назад
jester john
@steampunkastronaut7081
@steampunkastronaut7081 4 года назад
Prester Joker
@chidubememma-ugwuoke9660
@chidubememma-ugwuoke9660 23 дня назад
“Prank’em John *!!”* 😆
@InfansDeAter
@InfansDeAter 4 года назад
When you're a medieval scribe and your practical joke gets way out of hand.
@gsjdndnndns1818
@gsjdndnndns1818 3 года назад
oof
@simonschnedl
@simonschnedl 2 года назад
@@gsjdndnndns1818 I love it when Google translates words that definitely need translation.
@KangaPanda
@KangaPanda 4 года назад
Maybe someone played Chinese whispers with Genghis Khan and the last person heard it as Prester John
@hansolowe19
@hansolowe19 3 года назад
Hardcore history mentions something about that.
@loop5720
@loop5720 2 года назад
@@hansolowe19 What such thing is hardcore as hardcore history?
@hansolowe19
@hansolowe19 2 года назад
@@loop5720 it is a podcast 👍
@bluesdealer
@bluesdealer Год назад
But Genghis Khan was never a Christian. He did have children and relatives who became Christians, however.
@KangaPanda
@KangaPanda Год назад
@@bluesdealer Yeah but he fought Muslims during the time of the Crusades
@mkchills
@mkchills 4 года назад
Can we take a moment to appreciate how Ted-Ed colors everything so that we don’t get bored.
@chadd990
@chadd990 4 года назад
oh, I think we're a bit different. I play the video and read the comments simultaneously. That is pretty dope of them to do that though.
@deepstariaenigmatica2601
@deepstariaenigmatica2601 4 года назад
their animations are always so captivating
@dragonofepics7324
@dragonofepics7324 4 года назад
Ethiopia seems to have a fascinating history with europe(and on its own of course). The ancient Greeks mention Ethiopia in their myths. Andromeda was specified to be an Ethiopian princess(as was mother, Cassiopeia, and her father, Cepheus, the queen and king of Ethiopia).
@bluesdealer
@bluesdealer Год назад
Well, yeah. They were a long-standing kingdom who traded with the Egyptians, who were Mediterraneans, hence connected to Greece, hence connected to Rome and eventually the rest of Europe. Although, to some ancient Greeks, the term "Ethiopia" was a blanket term used for all of sub-Saharan Africa.
@Hypernefelos
@Hypernefelos Год назад
@@bluesdealer Ethiopia is a term that took a while to solidify into one place. Initially, to ancient Greeks, it was thought to be somewhere in the distant east, where the sun rose and, being close to the ground, burned the inhabitants' skin to a dark colour. In the context of the myth of Andromeda, I think it was initially assumed to be somewhere in the Middle East. In later centuries, when Greeks came out of their dark age isolation and started to travel again, it became apparent that certain characteristics associated with Ethiopians (specifically their very dark skin) weren't found in the east but in the south, on the other side of Egypt. So they associated Ethiopia with either all of Sub-Saharan Africa or specifically Nubia, in today's Sudan. At some (I think much later) later point the name migrated to what we now know as Ethiopia, after its kingdom of Axum conquered Nubia.
@ZaldunUrdina
@ZaldunUrdina 4 года назад
Prester John: Tells tales of foreign lands full of wonders and unique societies which inspired people on travels around the world. John Titor: Tells tales of future times full of conflicts and fractured societies which inspired people on time travels. These Johns man.
@shosty575
@shosty575 4 года назад
Lol 😂😂😂
@kinyeelisaoneoh16
@kinyeelisaoneoh16 4 года назад
I wonder if Prester John inspired John Titor later on in time, or maybe its just a coincidence
@shosty575
@shosty575 4 года назад
@Hoàng Nguyên um, what? 😂😂
@AveGoddess
@AveGoddess 4 года назад
A Letter from an alternate timeline, the mail man crossed over dimensions👅
@none5349
@none5349 2 года назад
Prestee John is an isekai man who transported in the medieval times. Okay, thats a joke.
@Mikey-uu8fi
@Mikey-uu8fi 4 года назад
When you just want to prank one king but ended pranking an entire empire
@Max-Blast_Media
@Max-Blast_Media 2 года назад
...and which empire is that exactly...?
@mrtrollnator123
@mrtrollnator123 Год назад
@@Max-Blast_Media ethiopia
@giannemarie972
@giannemarie972 4 года назад
I've never been this early. "It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness." -Leo Tolstoy
@zur137
@zur137 4 года назад
The power of fanfic continues to baffle me.
@honzapansky440
@honzapansky440 2 года назад
"Through an Action, a Man becomes a Hero.Through Death, a Hero becomes Legend.Through Time, a Legend becomes Myth.Through hearing a Myth, a Man takes an Action...."
@kendallstark4302
@kendallstark4302 4 года назад
I've been reading books on maps lately, and one of them mentioned a "Preste Juan" (the books are in Spanish), and the connection between him and Paradise. How timely, how you published this video now!
@arc.7904
@arc.7904 4 года назад
*If an apocalypse ever happens ted ed was one of my survival guide.*
@christianali5431
@christianali5431 4 года назад
European Christendom: we’ve all been looking in the wrong place. Where is Prester John? Does Prester John even exist. Panther John: Wakanda forever!
@brain2728
@brain2728 4 года назад
The battle wasn't a lie . The lie was that the Mongols were christians.
@ramisamman5674
@ramisamman5674 4 года назад
Ps: the Christians helped the Mongols even on of the khan's wife was Christian
@morgothbauglir3609
@morgothbauglir3609 4 года назад
Nah some Mongols converted to Christianity while some to Islam ..... The Mughals who invaded India were Muslims the remains of the illkhanate and the temurid empire .....
@morgothbauglir3609
@morgothbauglir3609 4 года назад
@@emuemujin5906 some Mongols were Christian
@boiiii9042
@boiiii9042 4 года назад
Mongols practiced religious tolerance. That's why their religions are diverse.
@rashmipriya8527
@rashmipriya8527 4 года назад
@@morgothbauglir3609 The Mughals were descendants of Genghis Khan and Timur.
@yeetcoral639
@yeetcoral639 4 года назад
Ted Ed is the only channel that conveys such deep messages in small 4-5 minute videos Beautiful
@isemmanjhonesarrojo2575
@isemmanjhonesarrojo2575 4 года назад
So the so-called "Mandela Effect was supposed to be "Prester John Effect"
@steampunkastronaut7081
@steampunkastronaut7081 4 года назад
Hehehe, you are right!
@--Paws--
@--Paws-- 4 года назад
The game of "Telephone" played out in epic proportions.
@miguelrafael9247
@miguelrafael9247 4 года назад
Always been wondering who he was. Nice vid, Ted-Ed!
@user-jh3kz7dp2z
@user-jh3kz7dp2z 4 года назад
I guess now you know who he wasn't.
@steampunkastronaut7081
@steampunkastronaut7081 4 года назад
@@user-jh3kz7dp2z lol
@wriantapastashindwoa4522
@wriantapastashindwoa4522 2 года назад
treating every day as an image of a moment that's passed
@WiloPolis03
@WiloPolis03 2 года назад
PRESTER JOHN IS BREAKING DOWNNNNN
@lanak3674
@lanak3674 4 года назад
I've never been this early! Binge-watching TED-Ed videos during the coronavirus quarantine is perfect. ;)
@redlock1815
@redlock1815 4 года назад
In the future their gonna talk about the corona probly
@bertrubini1910
@bertrubini1910 4 года назад
Does anyone remember the Marvel Comics character named Prester John, based on this legend? He appeared in Fantastic Four and Thor comics, and (I think?) the Inhumans in the 1960s and 1970s. In the comics he was the original King from the legends, had become immortal (somehow), and had traveled the world for hundreds of years following the fall of his Kingdom. That was the first time I ever heard of the legend of Prester John.
@JustADioWhosAHeroForFun
@JustADioWhosAHeroForFun 4 года назад
I used to rule the world... Chunks would load when I gave the word...
@marafortune3713
@marafortune3713 4 года назад
Now every night I go stow away... Hide from the mobs I used to slay...
@acyllia5311
@acyllia5311 4 года назад
Eveytime I looked into their eyes Villagers would cheer my way For a hero I was, that’s what they’d say
@BluEyedBrunetteGaming
@BluEyedBrunetteGaming 4 года назад
I cried after watching the parody... it hit me really hard
@kevin080592
@kevin080592 4 года назад
lol.. stop it.. just stop #coldplayfanoverhere
@exudeku
@exudeku 4 года назад
@@kevin080592 let them be, they will know Coldplay's great songs later on
@ValensRenvhaggel
@ValensRenvhaggel 4 года назад
+ ...and this was the legend of Prester John! - Woa! great history! i'm gonna tell the king about it! + Mmm... that's not necessary... - It is! if he wants to know more i will summon u to court! + (writes fake letter to avoid being hanged for lying)
@NoName-hg6cc
@NoName-hg6cc 3 года назад
LOL
@bigboi2334
@bigboi2334 3 года назад
That moment that you realize that a made up king has done more in 5 years of “existence” has done more than me and you combined ever will do in our lives
@ChristopherDanner
@ChristopherDanner 2 года назад
I heard that Prester John is breaking down
@WiloPolis03
@WiloPolis03 2 года назад
Was looking for this comment
@darthmortus5702
@darthmortus5702 4 года назад
And now I will google Ethiopian icons and religious art.
@warrenkeystone5195
@warrenkeystone5195 4 года назад
Imagine if Prester John was just dared to do that as a joke
@anandtajane8753
@anandtajane8753 4 года назад
What if he actually existed somewhere else, and we are declaring he didn't.
@masonarmand8988
@masonarmand8988 2 года назад
because the west wins lol
@yellowstarproductions6743
@yellowstarproductions6743 Год назад
Makes sense
@tiffanimai8317
@tiffanimai8317 4 года назад
The animation from 0:57 to 1:00 is AMAZING
@deepstariaenigmatica2601
@deepstariaenigmatica2601 4 года назад
your videos are always so informational & the animations are so captivating. thank you so much for these videos!
@ahmedhazem7553
@ahmedhazem7553 4 года назад
Another perfect video from ted-Ed,thank your😀😀
@kengillespie7797
@kengillespie7797 Год назад
The fantasy series "Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn" by Tad Williams takes place in a kingdom called Osten Ard that is ruled by Prester John. If you love fantasy, especially the Game of Thrones novels, you'd like these books. The first one is titled "The Dragonbone Chair".
@danielm.8853
@danielm.8853 4 года назад
Yo, I'm from Ethiopia, and I have never heard of this before
@minoawad5563
@minoawad5563 4 года назад
Your animation is wonderful as usual!
@user-xq5og9lt8p
@user-xq5og9lt8p 4 года назад
I had no idea about this legend! Thank you!
@nicolosaia6725
@nicolosaia6725 4 года назад
A book (also) about this is "Baudolino" by Umberto eco, a wonderful novel about legends of Middle age
@eucalipto042
@eucalipto042 4 года назад
As a Portuguese I already knew this story, and even today there are Portuguese marks in Ethiopia. Just a curiosity: was Portugal that started the civil war after converted the emperor Susenyos I to Catholicism (yes we also did it in Japan)
@Zeyede_Seyum
@Zeyede_Seyum 3 года назад
Yes, thanks for your help.
@vikramsrikanth2492
@vikramsrikanth2492 4 года назад
This is a treasure trove of information. Thank you for providing us with such great myths and facts
@Chongmolangma
@Chongmolangma Год назад
Some members of royal of family of Qara Khitai converted to Christian faith of Nestorian rites around 1150s. Nestorian Christians had considerable influence in that Khanate. So it was possible that the Khan and the inner circle of the Khanate elites wanting to establish diplomatic ties with Christendoms in Europe.
@Spoon80085
@Spoon80085 4 года назад
1:05 You left out the part that they were called in responses to the Muslim jihads by the Byzantine emperor.
@arawn1061
@arawn1061 3 года назад
Well it wasnt really jihad seeing as what caused the Romans to lose anatolia was expansionist seljuk turk vassals after the defeat at manzikert and assassination of Emperor Romanos
@delcampos.
@delcampos. 4 года назад
Parabéns pelo excelente trabalho realizado.
@nadira7111
@nadira7111 4 года назад
take a moment to appreciate this beautiful animation,,, and the team behind this video!!
@lawmsiamahlawndo4651
@lawmsiamahlawndo4651 4 года назад
Amazing animation as ever!
@hanneshorner3033
@hanneshorner3033 2 года назад
I really like your animation style and the beautiful medieval maps :)
@WiloPolis03
@WiloPolis03 2 года назад
Yeah it's very stylish and not just clipart-y corporate, I literally just found this because I was searching for the song Prester John lol but this is great
@popn6189
@popn6189 4 года назад
The people who disliked this are Prester Johns hidden army and yes, they are alive and well....
@LongDogg0
@LongDogg0 4 года назад
How do you know.......... ⚠️👁
@humanbeing1429
@humanbeing1429 4 года назад
@@LongDogg0 yo, Luka Jayaseelan is right. I know cos he and I are in the king's squad. We rollin' we smokin' and we gonna be hittin' soon enuffin'
@darexinfinity
@darexinfinity 2 года назад
So it doesn't exist?
@nathaliasilva2166
@nathaliasilva2166 4 года назад
So elegant! Always amazing content.
@Pratyushdoesanything
@Pratyushdoesanything 4 года назад
A big thanks to Ted Ed for this free treasure trove of knowledge 💜💜💜
@carlosgeonzon7499
@carlosgeonzon7499 4 года назад
Imagination creates wonders.
@KootFloris
@KootFloris 4 года назад
The same goes for King Arthur, who inspired noble ideals, or more cynically, did great PR to sell the noble robbers as higher beings to the populace.
@aniketchowdhury1827
@aniketchowdhury1827 4 года назад
Robber?Arthur?Do u mean robin hood
@raspberrycrowns9494
@raspberrycrowns9494 4 года назад
But wasn't that the guy who solved mysteries with his sidekick doctor in London
@markjamesmelendres3322
@markjamesmelendres3322 4 года назад
I'll rewatch most your videos to survive this quarantine.
@f.a.santiago1053
@f.a.santiago1053 2 года назад
The music in this video is SO DARN GOOD!!
@colinjustice4452
@colinjustice4452 3 года назад
I just want so say thank you to the animators who included the Assassins Creed symbol and who wrote “Assassins” next to the crusade map.
@Cuntstantine
@Cuntstantine 3 года назад
2:17 the face of Western Forgery is priceless
@shoai1bb
@shoai1bb 4 года назад
I just love this channel!
@mmg8830
@mmg8830 4 года назад
Amazing, as always
@stung39
@stung39 3 года назад
Is nobody gonna talk about how those Ethiopians managed to play that game Wisely
@yellowstarproductions6743
@yellowstarproductions6743 Год назад
I know right
@miketacos9034
@miketacos9034 4 года назад
"No, son, I didn't walk out on you and your mother, I went to go find Prester John!"
@Hamispeople
@Hamispeople 2 года назад
That cross to sword transition was really cool
@MrFlame709
@MrFlame709 4 года назад
1000s of European explorers, scholars, and historians spanned over centuries vs One Ethopian boi
@millionlondon
@millionlondon 4 года назад
The 'ethiopian boi' would win. Ethiopians have never been colonised, created some of the oldest scriptures in the world and have even invented coffee. We have been mentioned in the Bible 60 times, and is one of the first countries mentioned in the Bible. We too have many scholars and intellectual so don't go judging.
@kimbokermit984
@kimbokermit984 3 года назад
@@mri127 ethiopia was occupied by italy and even though they have problems now they are still independant.
@gemyellow
@gemyellow 4 года назад
This can be translated into 2020: The entire nation traveled through the galaxy to find the decedent of 69jesusBoi420
@SuperTushar14
@SuperTushar14 4 года назад
Oh, so this is why Italy wanted to invade Abyssinia
@siddharthjain7751
@siddharthjain7751 4 года назад
who has such a mystic , authentic to listen, mysterious voice.
@nivedyadav3755
@nivedyadav3755 4 года назад
Ted Ed is the best knowledge channel on any social media platform
@TheDouglasTrevino
@TheDouglasTrevino 3 года назад
Prester John had a cousin who traveled to uncharted lands far to the west, beyond the Atlantic, and helped found a new nation. His name was John Deere.
@guilherme832
@guilherme832 Год назад
There is a Wikipedia page in Portuguese about this Prester John, I read about it and was so interested, I remember at the time I was procrastinating instead of studying. It's funny cause the page treats the king as a non fictional, and I didn't know it was not
@binglegaming1048
@binglegaming1048 4 года назад
God I love this guy's voice, I listen to these while doing homework and it's great.
@lostfaerie9570
@lostfaerie9570 4 года назад
His voice is so soothing
@NotTheAbhi
@NotTheAbhi 4 года назад
It could be possible there was a Pester John but he acted like wakandan kings and hid from the world.
@Ayayron_e3
@Ayayron_e3 4 года назад
Such an amazing narrator.
@ThePsycoDolphin
@ThePsycoDolphin Год назад
I literally cannot convince of how the letter forgeror must have felt when he died. He must have been laughing his utter balls off seeing how much it was taken seriously
@leburiktarsa2518
@leburiktarsa2518 Год назад
oh my Ethiopia, I love listening your name in history. thank you for mentioning my country
@thestranger4894
@thestranger4894 4 года назад
Meanwhile, the real Preston John is wondering when the Europeans will arrive.
@okthatscrazy
@okthatscrazy Год назад
This is so oversimplified that scares me. Portugal sailed around africa to get to India and start the spice trade not to find prester John. Portugal helped Ethiopia against Adal not only bc of the comon Christian faith and the prester John mith but algo because it was during the Portuguese ottoman war and Portugal wanted more friendly ports in the area. With adal conquering the coast of Ethiopia Portugal felt the need to help them, not only bc of religion but much more importantly bc of power in the area. They could not let the ottomans through Adal take control of those ports and an African Christian friend in that region would be much appreciated.
@RainierKine
@RainierKine 4 года назад
It seems so often that it is actually life that mimics art.
@keren.icehand
@keren.icehand 4 года назад
Very intresting! Thank you👍👏👏👏
@redlock1815
@redlock1815 4 года назад
So it seems at around 11:00pm my time, most contents air
@redlock1815
@redlock1815 4 года назад
@mushroom cream soup Malaysia, to be exact
@zypher2137
@zypher2137 4 года назад
I feel you.
@befree4052
@befree4052 4 года назад
Prester John did exist...His name may not have really been Prester John but many ancient writers wrote about him including Marco Polo. Funny Marco Polo described other people/animals in his travel and modern researchers thought his writings were just tales until hundreds of years later when they found the origins of his stories to be true.
@lorenzagarza4240
@lorenzagarza4240 2 года назад
The graphic of the cross turning into a sword is excellent 0:59
@levanmagnus3499
@levanmagnus3499 2 года назад
1:20 yes, his name is 'Hulagu'
@luna.aurelius
@luna.aurelius 4 года назад
Who came here after noticing the similarity between Salvatore and Salvadore
@javidmuhammad7327
@javidmuhammad7327 4 года назад
Was this the first whatsapp forward ever recorded then?
@sharonkaczorowski8690
@sharonkaczorowski8690 8 месяцев назад
The human capacity for self deception never ceases to amaze!
@janpiologuiao1625
@janpiologuiao1625 4 года назад
I love your videos How about a video about determining how people determins the descendants of a particular person
@syn_crazyy
@syn_crazyy 4 года назад
I, an introvert, have been watching TED-ED because i have nothing else to do in the quarantine for COVID-19 And because i don’t want to move
@uglee6433
@uglee6433 4 года назад
same lol
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