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  1. Thank you for making these videos on early medieval christian history! They're usually focused on the viking raids or the byzantines, which are both interesting, however this is the type of fundamental knowledge that most don't know. Most people don't know how feudalism came to supplant the roman provincial system.
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  2. Finally, been waiting for this to drop
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  3. Your channel is criminally underrated, should have atleast 10 times as many subscribers.
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  4. Sitting here in Raqqa Syria this evening, by the banks of the majestic Euphrates/Firat river. I'm fascinated by the amount of history everywhere here...
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  5. Knocked it out of the park with this one. Always happy to see one of your uploads!
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  6. Dear Empire-Builders, You have very quickly become one of those channels that, when they post new content, I actually plan a chill-time that evening watching your video. For anyone else reading, another such other channel to me is North02 . Go see his stuff! Cheers.
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  7. The Hussite wars are fascinating. Multiple crusades thrown back by farmers with guns and wagons, hell yeah
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  8. bro, best history channel not named oversimplified and weird history, just found out about this channel, subscribed!
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  9. Came for the history lesson, subscribed for the Sopranos references A' salud!
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  10. An amazing video! Fun fact about the battle of Německý Brod: a famous Polish knight, Zawisza Czarny (the Black) of Garbów, took part in it on Sigismund's side and was taken prisoner by the Hussites (later released). Interestingly, Zawisza fought on the same side as Jan Žižka in the battle of Grunwald. He was also a member of the Polish delegation to the Council of Constance, where he defended Jan Hus and strongly opposed his condemnation and execution. Also, when the Hussaties reached the Baltic Sea in 1433, they did so as Polish allies/mercenaries in a Polish-Teutonic war. The Hussites generally had a rather complex and multidimensional relationship with the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Dutchy of Lithuania. You could make a whole video just about the Lithuanian prince Sigismund Korybut (another Sigismund in this story) and his entanglement in the Hussite Revolution.
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  11. I will hold off on giving my opinion on this before the Hawk Tuah Girl, but rest assured once she does I'll be back.
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  12. i'm a simple woman, i hear KCD music = i subscribe. What a great video!
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  13. A WHOLE TWO HOURS! LET'S FREAKING GOOOOOOO!
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  14. Greg Roy on Tacitus. 😂 This is why I love this channel.
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  15. Guys all I can say is watch War and Peace trilogy (1956) and Waterloo (1970) both directed by Sergei Bondarchuk, don’t be dismayed we will get a good Napoleon movie again one day
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  16. The production quality is excellent!
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  17. The ancient Chinese called themselves The Headed Ones too.
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  18. I remember Burgundy best from it's role in the wars of the roses that I was reading. A peripheral moment.
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  19. Not sure it's the right niche but if anyone's radically obsessed with HRE history in-depth I strongly recommend Schwerpunkt. I actually would love a coop between these two channels
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  20. I’m so happy I caught onto this channel before it blows up. Great work!
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  21. I like the HRE. Yeah it was a shell of itself after 1648 (hell you can argue it was done after Augsburg since religious unity, the thing mainly tying all the states, was now gone) but its disappointing how people dismiss its entire history; be it the Salians and their clashes with the popes over investitures, spats with the Eastern Romans, Barbarossa, the wild reign of Frederick II (crusading while excommunicated), the rise of the Habsburgs, Charles V, and the Reformation; because Voltaire made a quip that was only applicable to the last ~160 years of its existence.
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  22. just got home from work and this popped up, awesome timing.
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  23. Another great video. Just came back from football and going to watch this. Nothing is better than learning about the Carolingians. Love this series and your other work. Keep up the great work. Love from the UK
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  24. that crusader kings needle drop was cold 🥶🥶💯 very fascinating to see the complex and twisting beginning of what we would later call the medieval age also love the bookending of No Country for Old Men!
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  25. Video after video my love for this channel grows. Greetings from Argentina (a country named in latin btw😎).
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  26. Well this was an interesting one, as a Spengler fan I very much enjoyed it!
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  27. Seriously my favorite channel out there, and your output is crazy consistent. Your uploads are often in line with my current obsessions. Love your stuff!
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  28. Quality channel. What a life he had. People were the same then as now. It's all politics in the end.
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  29. As a Czech... Thank you for making this. Beautiful documentary. Your channel is criminally underrated.
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  30. This a super well put together video! Cant believe you don’t have more subs and views. Looking forward to the next one!
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  31. Awesome video, there aren’t enough videos on the always interesting medieval papacy
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  32. I am certain Kubrick got the required funds to make Napoleon movie for God to enjoy in heaven
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  33. Damn, last time I was this early the carolingian dynasty was still whole.
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  34. Putting aside the historial merit of the video, you've got really good editing skills. Nice to watch a long historical video that isn't more or less a podcast with a slideshow
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  35. Dude, I really mean it when I say I feel so lucky to have found your channel so early on, and have been keeping up with your stuff for a while now. Keep up the amazing work man, you’ve got success coming your way I’m sure!
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  36. I just love that when you published one of your first videos I pointed out how you were not citing your sources and now you take the time to cite everything, you are one of the best history youtubers out there cheers from another history major
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  37. He was asked by one person to do a video and than he did ❤
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  38. Great presentation. I'm pretty familiar with most of this, so I was a bit impressed at how you held my attention. You're a great writer. I just wonder how Scott is going to ignore the fact that he turned the empire into a republic again after the first "Gladiator". I guess he'll just ignore it, lol
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  39. You have the best small history YT channel. Please continue making videos and don't sell out when you get big!
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  40. LETS FUCKING GO just made my fucking day, Empire Builders truly is the GOAT.
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  41. I'm loving the new visual style!
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  42. I'm glad I've stumbled upon your absolute unit of a channel, your work is awesome!
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  43. It’s so cool that you also talk about the lesser known people in history
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  44. Gladiator 2: Glad-He-Ate-Her
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  45. I am really enjoying learning about all the great empires of the past, don't stop Edit: what a wonder ending 😂
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  46. Many a bored school day I read about the Salian Emperors and the Investiture Controversy, I never imagined there would be a video such as this on the subject. Thank you again for the erudition, I haven’t finished the video yet but I am excited for it.
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  47. i ADORE CK3s soundtrack so much so that i struggle to listen to what you say and i'm instead transported by those musics
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  48. This is such an understudied part of history, and I'm glad it's getting some representation. Charlemagne is not lauded enough for his accomplishments, even though I'm sure most people vaguely know who he is. Regarding the most important rulers in Western civilisation, in my view he's up there with Augustus as someone who didn't just conquer, but also made many accomplishments in terms of bureaucracy, societal institutions and economic developments. Amazing documentary. The future looks bright for this channel and I'm looking forward to what you bring out next.
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  49. Always a good idea to reference Adrian Goldsworthy 👍
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  50. Its funny that this popped up. Because as a history nut my friends and cowerkers would come to me about this new trend/meme about thinking about the Roman Empire, because I obviously thought about it more than anyone else. And my response is always "no" I probably think about it less than all you guys. Because I have so many other grand empires that Im always thinking about. Imperial Germany, The Glorious Brittish Empire, the Persians, The Ottomans, The Hapsburgs when they ruled both Spain and the HRE, The Assyrians, the Franks, Imperial Japan, etc etc etc
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