Why Monarchies disappeared II: Asia, Africa and Oceania
2017 ж. 30 Қаз.
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Asia and Africa were historically ruled by different dynasties, but by now most of them have lost their power. This video answers the question why did the political structure change and why some of the monarchs have kept their position.
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02:27 - screenshot of Civilization VI difficulty menu
“All countries in Europe are monarchies except those that” *proceeds to exclude almost every European country*
What about Liechtenstein?
@@bobbilder8793 A principality, which is a form of monarchy.
Woosh
Lolllll
I think he just wanted to suprise people
I love that the main reason Great Britain and France didn't ever bother colonizing Siam is that they were, essentially, too busy arguing over who had dibs.
Timothy McLean Well, Siam lost her colonies(Laos, Cambodia) to France
Timothy McLean lol true
It is also wrong and a handwave of one of the most interesting and obscure histories covering the last 500 years.
Siam was also able to play the British and the French off against each other.
Better to loose your colonies then loosing your own independence.
Can the last surviving monarch proclaim himself emperor of Earth?
Merecir Not if nobody recognizes him as one. A King without a people is no King.
The King of Spain is rightfully the king of large parts of Europe including France thanks to the inbred nature of monarchies and that there's no current king in those lands.
@@mickmickymick6927 France is actually the rightful domain of the British crown. The old English claim is older, and the fact that they've stopped claiming it would disqualify the Spanish monarch as well, as the Spanish ruling family had to give up any future claims to the French crown as part of the settlement that happened after the Spanish War of Succession.
Mick Mickymick actually Habsburgs are the rightfull rulers of most of europe. And why? Because Habsburgs were fucking everywhere!
Gaming User I know :)
I'm from Mongolia and during the time when i stayed there everyone was litteraly worshipping Roman von Sternberg. We like him so much for his war and battle for our Independence
Here in Indonesia there is still a monarchy that holds power. Whereas other other provinces are headed by a governor, the Sultanate of Jogjakarta is it's own province and the Sultan carries out the functions of a governor. There's a story I've heard, that the authoritarian president Soeharto once requested to be buried in the Royal Cemetery in Jogjakarta when he dies. The Sultan refused, reminding Soeharto, even though he is the all powerful President of the Republic of Indonesia, he is no more than a peasant
bjir. Sultan savage benar broh
Emperor of China = Sad and unsure. Shah of Persia = Neutral, but content yet worried/a little bit sad. Pharaoh of Egypt = Happy, Content and Relaxed.
Indian pussy = Suck england monster cock
@@sengayahutta4397 hopefully, it will be =the opposite, L.O.L.??
Emperor of Japan = Super angry hello kitty!
"Mine is longer"
xD
lol
Wow
No u
@Rafael Ramirez (' - ')🔫
5:16 Interesting how pre-WWI and pre-WWII colonial territories are shown at the same time. Italy didn’t control Ethiopia until 1936. Also, loving the HOI4 colorings. Feels good to see how many people play it
William Nuno I can’t watch a video about geography unless it has Hoi 4 colouring
@@thelordofforeheads2839 *Y E L L O W P R U S S I A*
back up *shudders*
There are actually countries in the americas that are still part of the kingdom of the Netherlands.
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Yes,but they aren’t proper monarchies. And they rule themselves mostly.
+Darth1nsidious7 the Wise More proper monarchies than Canada. Since Bonaire is officially part of the Netherlands (just like Guyane and Thaiti are Officially part of France) while Canada and Jamaica are just former colonies.
Why are then not 'proper' monarchies? They're constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, headed by the House of Orange-Nassau. They're monarchies in every sense of the word, the Dutch royal family visits the Caribbean parts of their kingdom quite often as well.
Ward Huyskes France still owns a chunk of South America
You forgot about the Dutch constituent countries: Aruba, Curaçao and St. Maarten ;) We still have the Dutch Queen as our head of state.
You must mean the Dutch king*
Sorry, I mean King
Heh I guess it was Beatrix for so long you got kind of used to it! It'll be the same for us in the UK when Elizabeth II dies. It'll take a long while to get used to having a King again.
Eyy Caribbean! (We're technically in the Atlantic but Trinidad and Jamaica say we can stay)
André Luis Marín thank god Indonesia is not part of that thing
Pro tip: Deal with pesky anti-monarchist protesters by crushing them under a pile of money 4:42
Medieval problems require medieval solutions
Wow, this was amazing. I watch a lot of history channels on youtube but most of them focus on very similar or very commonly known periods or events. These videos however has thought me some new things after a long time on youtube. Thanks man, keep it up!
2:03 Well it's not a 100% right that Thailand wasn't colonized they basically had to surrender 1/4 of the country to Britain and France.
Loooooool. Imperial Hello Kitty taking over Asia. :D
Invading all other nations with her strongry worded retters.
Soon Imperial Hello Kitty would be replaced by Imperial Pikachu in a bloody civil war.
Hilarious drawings and well put together videos. You are now my favourite chanel.
"In Europe all countries are monarchries, except for nearly all of them."
Excellent video. I love the humour inserted in parts!!
love how you focused on the much lesser known and less covered history! teiesti äge! :)
Very good.I'm interested in seeing what you will make in the future
1:58 Nepal wasn't left alone by the British because of its remoteness. only the mountain region was/is hard to access - the kingdom was ruled from the hills and the plains. Nepal (the Gorkha empire at that time) was rapidly expanding and came into conflict with the British when the Brits refused to let the region north of the river Ganges come under the domain of the Gorkhalis. War ensued (Anglo-Nepalese war 1814 to 16) but wasn't conclusive in itself but the king of Nepal was forced to sign a treaty in which we lost 1/3 of our territory to the British, which included regions like Darjeeling, Sikkim, Dehradun etc (which were never returned to us even after the Brits left despite having good diplomatic relations, and is under Indian control today). the treaty also allowed the British voluntary enlistment of Nepalese men into their army since they were impressed by the fighting prowess of the Gorkhalis. the gorkha regiment still stands today in both the UK and the Indian army.
Sakar Thapa As far as I remember the Gorkhas were used in the Falklands War, though most arrived too late to combat and didn't see any action.
And are still considered some of the best soldiers in the world. The regiment has accumulated an unusally high numer of Victoria Crosses.
thanks Nepal
Dude, your channel is just so cool!
Aruba, Curaçao, and Sint Maarten are all countries in the new world that are still ruled as constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
You are so good! I'm proud to be your 437th subscriber!
Mongolia declared independence from China in 1911 during the Chinese civil war of 1911 not because of russian civil war.
What we tried to say was, that although Mongolia did indeed gain independence form China after the revolution of 1911, the Communist intervention of 1921 was the cause that prevented its reintegration into the Republic of China, unlike other regions of the former Qing Empire. In the years prior to the Communist intervention the Chinese were in the process of reintegrating Mongolia and had deployed troops to the country.
yeah but people like the story of Ungern-Sternberg, the crazy guy who thought he was Genghis Khan
*D I R E C T R U L E F R O M U L A A N B A T A R*
T H E R U S S I A N S A R E N T W A T C H I N G
Lapland Is this referance to Kaisereich mod on HOI4?
you just got a LIKE from Mongolia :)
@3:43: *Vietnam* should actually have *two separate years* labelled: *1945 / 1954.* Because *1945* was when *Ho Chi Minh declared the Democratic Republic of Vietnam* and independence from France ; but *the French still kept the local puppet government* within the *French Union* under the name of the *State of Vietnam* , which was nominally ruled by *Emperor Bao Dai of the Nguyen* up *until 1954.*
Nice video!
Man, Your videos are some of the very few examples how to tackle even the worst histories with humor. Rage Comix must have been a great inspiration =)
Very informative, thank you
Hey! I just went through your videos, and they're awesome. However, I have a point of criticism to make: I think you should be a tiny bit more careful with the spelling mistakes in your videos. Besides that point, I enjoy your content very much! Keep it up!
GREAT VIDEO!
Malaysian here. We used to have a lot of cooperation. Back then our demand for independence was simply ignored. Our late leaders reckon their demands would have more impact if they actually went to London. No money though. This was long ago when travel isnt cheap. So they asked for donations and the people pooled money. They got to London, and was finally listened to. To be strong we need to be big, but the kings still exist and has their own states under them. So we share. Every few years, the king from another state gets their turn to become the Agong (Emperor). Theres like a queue. And then another story of accountable leaders. After independence lots land are still owned by companies, more specifically British companies. So werent really independent. In 1981 that was corrected. We pooled resources again to buy just enough stocks in one quick move. This was 1980s. Possible to do one swoop so reaction can be avoided and the prices dont go up. Goal was to buy enough to have 51% in Guthrie Ltd. Deal done in a couple of hours. Overnight, Malaysia owns the majority of the shares in the company and now owns the land in its own country. That was a long time ago. The politicians we have today, I wont entrust with a single cent. And our 1 cent is like a third of the US cent
Superb! Can you do more?
SwissCheese true, these videos are very good
There's an audio problem, part 1's audio was perfect
There is strong support for the restoration of the monarchy in Georgia.
no, because another candidate can be chosen.
Love the Sid Meier's Civilisation references
Very interesting video, and I love your jokes in the drawings. One important cirticism though: in much of Africa, 'traditional autorities' and their chiefs and kings still play a critical role alongside modern governments. If you want to do business, work with an NGO, build any kind of building or settle and live in, say, rural Malawi, you will need the blessing of the local chief, as well as papers from the government.
7 videos and 29k subs.... Now that's what I call quality content
So many people ranting about things that you didn't mention. Can we just appreciate this video for a moment?
I love how the concept of power is represented as a shirt with a lightning bolt on it.
"In Europe, all countries are monarchies, except for [every country in Europe]." Wow, such thought, brilliant understanding.
sad to see you didnt mention constitutional monarchies. but very good video nonetheless.
That clock at 0:46 could make a nice revolutionary t-shirt.
1:33 Baron Roman Nicolaus Maximilian von Ungern-Sternberg. My favourite character in Kaiserreich. 2:47 One princely-state (Hyderabad) tried to declare independence but was quickly and forcibly annexed by the newly formed Republic of India in 1948. 4:48 Afghanistan was actually the last state ruled by the descendants of Genghis Khan.
Good video
Thanks
Eastory your welcolm
Do you draw the maps yourself ?
Fun fact, altho Indonesia is Republic, we still have kings, Special Region of Yogyakarta in Java is the only province in Indonesia that rule by the King/Sultan. Sultan Hamengkubuwono But actually we have many kings, but they don't rule the area. Mine is Sultan Iskandar Mahmud Badaruddin from Keraton of Palembang, and if Palembang is a Kingdom, I'm one of the Royals, coz my Grandparents are Raden and Raden Ayu aka royals I love Palembang, but I also love Indonesia!! That's my country and my homeland! I'm proud to be republican and Indonesian! UNITY IN DIVERSITY!!
Europe: All countries here are monarchies, besides nearly every country
You've forgotten Liechtenstein on the map.
What's started yer for the first map plz?
The supreme ruler graphic gives me life.
I would like to let you know that Thailand independence is due to Siam(Thailand old name) sacrifice big amount of land mass(Laos Cambodia Malaysia and Burma)whice Thailand have a hold at that time to europian power to keep the independence at least that what i learn in my country history class anyway Great video you earn my subs man.
Wasan Chinsuk well Malaysia,Cambodia and Burma are not Thai Land
Wasan Chinsuk Thai just invade those countries
Well we at war and you know what ancient king would like to do when they win annex the loss countrr so guess you right .
*Britain Cries in background*
Brilliant..😎
There where 565 monarchies in india itself but within 2 years all of them dissapeared except Sikkim which also lost its king
3:21 When all monarchs finally decided to unite..
Australia gained independence in 1901 and because a constitutional monarchy and a republic. Then in 1975 Australia allowed Papua New Guinea to become a monarchy. Finally, In 1977 Australia gained complete independence from the UK and the Queen of Australia was made separate to the Queen of England, meaning Australia may one day have a Catholic monarch.
while Australia has its own monarchy like all the Commonwealth realms it has the exact same succession laws as the UK and as the UK monarch is also head of the church of England there can not be a catholic or any other religion except C of E also the UK parliament had powers in Australia until 1986.
Map of african Kingdoms at 5:38 seems to be incorrect the area labeled zulu kingdom is a bit to far north and the area resembles Great Zimbabwe more
I think you missed an important facet of European colonialism, especially the French and British. When they 'colonized' a region, they would never ally themselves with the most powerful local faction, but instead choose one that was weaker. This weaker group could never keep power by themselves, so.... they'd need to keep the Brits and the French. This still has repercussions long afterwards: The Rwandan genocide being notable.
4:50 Note: Kingdom of jordan wasnt with the arabian peninsula nor it did have oil.
Those that were ruled by communists: many of them (including Estonia itself) are republics due to becoming independent in the end of World War I, not because they were ruled by communists...
wouldn't really make a difference anyway it's not because they were independent after ww1 but because there are no legitimate kings of these countries.
+ Hugh There is also the fact that the entente would not allow the newly formed nations to form monarchies after WW1, forcing them to become republics. During the course of the long 19th centuries as European nations gained independence, chiefly in the Balkans but also elsewhere, it was very common for these countries to invite foreign monarchs to become kings, bringing prestige and international connections to their new countries. After gaining independence in 1917, the rulers of Finland wanted to invite a German prince to become their king, but Britain and France did not allow it.
Smygskytt #1. I am Finnish and we were taught in school that the German guy chosen to be the king of Finland just never came here and refused the offer. So, the Finnish politicians were like: "Ehh. I guess we could become a republic then". And it wasn't really a large majority who supported the idea of making Finland monarchy in the first place.
Communism is precisely the reason Romania and Bulgaria are republics and communism is the reason all former ussr states aren t monarchies
+Jami Rahkonen The reason that "that German guy" never showed up is the German surrender in WW1. When the German leadership were told by France and Britain that they were ill pleased to see the influence of Germany expand, they were in no position to refuse.
We need to bring the monarchies back to their old glory!
A good couple of videos filled with loadds of facts I wasn't aware of. However I thought I saw Brunei in blue there, doesn't the Sultan of Brunei count as a monarch? OR is there something about Brunei that I don't know? I'm no expert on Brunei by the way. I'm not even sure how to spell it :/ .
Brunei is an Absolute Monarchy.
4:25 so your saying maps that show the UK controlling almost all of the Arabian peninsula except Saudi Arabia are incorrect?
your voice is different from ur previous part 1 of this video
All very cool
5:29 I love this guys face
Note: in Indonesia there is monarchies but only in regions such as Surakarta and Yogjakarta
You forgot about jogja in indonesia wich is still monarchist till now
We need to bring back a Kaiserin or Kaiser
Great video, though I have to say the section on India is somewhat inaccurate. By independence about 60% of the land area and the vast majority of the population was directly administered by the British Raj. With the bulk of India already being inherited by the civilian government, there was really no way for the Princes to seize power even if they could all come to an agreement, and there was nothing really forcing the Federal Government to have to integrate their Monarchies and Powers into the new government. The Princely States and India were effectively separate entities right after independence, but due to the efforts of Sadar Patel and V.P. Menon, most of the rulers were convinced to peacefully fully integrate into India in exchange for some concessions, and only Sikkim was able to stay largely independent. At first most rulers did retain a sort of monarchical governor status of India, similar how it was detailed in the video, but only after a few years this system was abolished as the Indian states were reorganized, completely ending rule by the Princes. Additionally, 1971 all other special privileges such as their pensions were also abolished. Today the royal families do technically retain their titles as long as it does not grant them any special powers or privileges, and most do remain pretty wealthy and have a good deal of community prestige due to their history. However, at least officially and often politically they are no more powerful than a regular citizen, and thus the Monarchies aren't "really there" in any legal capacity anymore. There is an exception to this, those being the 5 Dangs. Due to some legal complications with the British the Indian Government continues to recognize their right to rule over some land, and even continues to give them their pensions. However, they effectively rule a few tiny villages each in a remote part of Gujarat, and thus are pretty irrelevant in Federal Politics, and even in Gujarati politics outside of their small district. I hope I didn't sound too critical, as this was a really good video, but the section on India I feel left out a lot of key info.
Fun Fact : Some of the kings in Asia managed to retain their power well into this day and become Kings inside a republic. Just like my homeland - google Yogyakarta. Yes the leader is the SULTAN of Yogyakarta and the position is passed down just as a monarchy does.
But he has no power right?
He has no power since he has to swear an alegiance to the republic (Indonesia)
The last time Banten has monarch, at 18th AD
what about the nomarchies of antartica? :V the penguins dinasty must be known.
Philippines has Its own Regional Sultanate the Sultanate of Sulu but the last official Sultan died on 1986 the time when the Government is having a Political Instability thus his Successors became unrecognized
Tonga has a King. Also Te Arikinui Kiingi Tūheitia, is the current Māori King in New Zealand. He is the eldest son of the previous Māori monarch.
japan hello kitty soldier. i died. you win, oh great meme/video maker *bows*
Just to make a point HM Queen Elizabeth is only the British Queen when talking about Britain, in every other case she is a completely separate Queen and legal entity.
Map error at 6:53 . West Guinea is part of Indonesia.
Brazil was a monarchy after the independence. Only after two emperors, we became a republic.
Ave Imperio!
Did Brazilians demand to abolish monarch or was it them (the monarch) willingly to turn Brazil to be a republic?
Ok, this might just be me, but I’m sensing some odd wistfulness to the ‘grand age’ of empires. This concerns me.
"Say Hello-Kitty to my lil friend!"
Karl Marx's best seller... That phrase has so much irony to it... I'm going to be laughing for a while over that.... very nice.
The video omits an essencial instituition to understand the Oriental, south asia, near east and the polinesian monarchies: the paramountship or overlordship. The Emperor of China was the paramount monarch of all Far East Asia, except Japan. The Confusian Budist Monarchies of Indo China, Incluing Burma, Sian, Tonking & Annan, Lais and Cambodja were tributary states of The Emperor of China, as well the Living Buddha States of Tibet and Mongolia, so was Korea. Technically all States of the World were tributary to China in the vision of the Chinese of course. In Indian Subcontinent the Paramountship was of the Moghul Emperor, a hibrid institutional paramountcy because the Great Moghul was the conqueror that came from Mongolia of the Great Khan ascendency but was islanmised in Persia and stabilished The Mogul Empire in north India amd soread the Islam to the Insulindia and Malayisia, as its overlordship on the islamic lords of that regions, except the Nizan of Hyderabad wich oficially was vassal of the Sultan of Turkey,who was Caliph all Islan to the sunni. The Parsmountship of Turkey was impose by the over the Qediva of the Egipt, that was technically a viceroi, as well the Emir of Argel, Tripolitania and Cirenaica or Lybia, and all Emirs of the Levant, Mesopotamia, Arabia and South Arabia, as well the Gulf States & South East Arabia, the Sheriffs of Mecca and Medina as well Lebanon and Palestine were under protection of the Sultan, who imposed vassal states in christian countries of the Balcanic Peninsula. The Islamic Persia Overlordship was on the shiia islamic lordships and khanates to the Caucasus till Afeganistan and the Indus Valley, under the Ismaeli Shia of the today's Pakistan, and over the Moghul Empire, of couse do not accepted by this. The Paramountship in Indian Subcontinent was taken by the british crown, as India becameThe British Empire of India, an idea who was imposed ovee all Hindi Buddist Princely States and the Himalian Kingdons of Nepal, Nuthan and Sikkin, The instituition of the british protection and client states extent to the Persian Gulf to begin a conquest of the Caliph vassals in the 19th century, but it was the essence of the british paramountcy in India, and reproduced in the British Oceania and Australasia, with protection and paramountsip over the chieftanship and kings, and by the Dutch iivee Indonesia's little sultanates, as the British has done in Malayisia and North Borneo. The same modus operanti were used by the Spanish over the chiefs of the Philipines and Spanish New Guenea, after sold to the German, but Spanish experience came from the Conquista of the Asthec and Incaican Empires in America. In Subsaarian Africa, the model came from the Otoman Supremacy in the east and the stabilishment of european protectorates of the tribes and tribal kingdoms since the 17th century. The idea of the Paramountship explains the eastern monarchies, its evolution and destruction.
Well are you Turkish because I saw wrong word hindi you say mostly turk refer india
in the map you showed iran and syria as republics..now i know the technicality but shure,republics...yeah that
Republic/dictatorship and republic/theocrasy, there you go.
No mention of Hawaii?
Ah yes being Switzerland is a natural reason to be a republic.
0:54 There was the Empire of China from 1914-1915 and the Manchu Restoration of 1917 after that
You should really do a video on Malaysia, due to the precentce of several Sultans/tuankus (kings) the political land scape is relatively unique. Although the kings of malaysia don't inherently have political power (apart from the agong).members of the many royal families of malaysia often have high ranking jobs in the government. Agood example would be the head of the malaysian military ,whom is a member of the Terengganu royal family. However, due to the sultans being the original rulers of thier respective states, they often have the support of the people who live in those states and own large amounts of land .This means that political parties that run for government often try fo befriend sultans, which is what the current ruling party Barisan National has done ( become friends many royal familes). Love your work btw
you didnt know that one monarch rule a province as governor in indonesia, the 3rd largest democratic country right? yes it is in special province of Yogyakarta
In different part of Philippines they have sultans(like kings) even before Spanish arrived.
I like how the India map is taken directly from eu4
2:37 Omg its the eu4 map
;)
India had PAN INDIAN Empies like Maurya,Gupta,Mughal, Maratha this EMPIRES. British took control of India after defeating Maratha Empire.
And the Delhi Sultanate, plus there were many times when India was ruled only by two empires
Well, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, and many more post soviet countries are almost monarchy countries.
5:38 before colonizations, kingdoms like Africa (Tunis) and Mauritania (Morocco) had much more territories as opposed to what your map was portraying, for instance, Africa stretched from present-day Bejaia to Tripolitania, and Mauritania stretched to the borders of Senegal.
ThePunisher014 it wasn't called Mauritania it was Morocco unless u mean in the roman times Morocco was called Mauritania
Nassim Atif Yes i know that and i meant the roman names, Carthage once destroyed was called Africa and Morocco was called Mauritania, the names Tunis and Maghreb came with the Arabs.
ThePunisher014 yeeeeee
Thumbnail makes it look like Germany colonised the entire world
when everybody try to conquer africa so you conquer the rest of the world
The Dutch Antilles are also monarchies in the Caribbean!
In the Americas you forgot to include Aruba and Curaçao which are under the Dutch monarchy, and Greenland under the Danish Monarchy
WHY DO I KEEP WATCHING THIS
Wasn’t Brunei part of British Malaya?