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  1. I don’t think it’s meant to mislead anybody. That area is today known as Russia, which is why it is referred to as ancient. Would be like saying “ancient china” even though a unified state known as china is a modern thing. It’s simply ease of terminology. Nobody would want to watch a video titled called “Holmgang, the city in lands we currently call Russian but actually weren’t called Russia in the past and the Russians technically massacred them and this even predates the muscovites.”
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  2. Hello, I am historical student from Russia. I like your channel, your videos is very good. It is rarely fashionable to see English-language content on this topic. However, comments are something terrible. But that's always the case under historical videos: politics, controversy, and human stupidity. So, l wish you good luck!
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  3. He was real. I met him. Good guy. Tall. Firm handshake.
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  4. Ancient floating forts really are fascinating. Interestingly enough they were not only built by civilization on the baltic. On the balkans an ancient kingdom obscure to most people, Paeonia build them as well. That was a civlisation of Thracian origins I believe. Herodotus gives a nice Idyllic glimpse of the life of the lakedwellers.
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  5. I was disappointed to see how little information there is about Wendish history on freely available online sources after first having read about them in Morkinskinna, so it's great to finally see a well-produced summary on Youtube!
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  6. I discovered your channel last night and watched a few of your videos, I went to bed asking myself if Rurik ever existed or was he just a mythological figure like king Arthur. I woke up this morning and this popped into my feed, what a great coincidence!
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  7. Lmao, I love the Morrowind background music. Think I'm going to make a Nord merchant/berserker that'll be a fun build
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  8. I can’t help but wonder if JRR Tolkien got some inspiration for Lake-town/Esgaroth from Bulverket (or some of the other similar Baltic or European structures you mention), especially since The Professor was known to have an interest in both the Goths ("The Saga of Hervör and Heudrek" being one inspiration for the Rohirrim along with the Anglo Saxons) and the Geats ("Beowulf"), often tied at least in name to Gotland! Would also be interested in hearing more about the Gotland Sun Cult: Would be interesting to see possible links to the Nordic Bronze Age Sun Cults!
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  9. interesting addition, in Russian there are no words starting with or contains f. The letter "f" was not originally present in the alphabet. It was introduced specifically to indicate the sound in borrowed words. The appearance of the letter dates back to the 13th-14th centuries. Therefore, almost all words in which it occurs are borrowed. this is about the theory of fresen
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  10. Rorikstead...I'm, I'm from Rorikstead lmao Skyrim
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  11. English: „Island compound“ ☝️🤓 Norse: „Holmgard“ 🪓🗿🛡
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  12. A video on the Slavonic ships would be awesome ! Great video as always !
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  13. Большое спасибо. Я из России,историк, этнограф. Великий Новгород до сих пор среди многих европейских историков считается настоящим Европейским городом средневековья.
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  14. Thank you for another interesting topic. DENNA TOBAKSVARA SKADAR HALSAN (As a Russian, this is only words i know in Swedish that written on snus packs).
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  15. >kyivan rus >mediaeval russia oh no someone will be pissed
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  16. Finally someone makes a video about Hakkapeliittas! 🇫🇮
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  17. Sho else is ready for the world's most normal comments section?
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  18. It never ceases to amaze me how little is clearly known about the Khazars. There was a time where they were considered a world power on par with Byzantium, the abbasids, and the Tang Chinese, but the meagerest fractions of written records compared to those other empires.
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  19. Väldigt bra sammanfattat. Gillar de tydliga kartorna och lågmälda musiken.
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  20. What an amazing video! I saw the Premiere and wanted such more to support it. I love Gold and Gunpowder, and this Baltic Empire channel is a real hidden gem. The Silk Road has always kind of taken away from the History of other trade routes - the amber, gold, hemp, tar and all kinds of things from the Baltic was absolutely an important part of medieval trade. I wish the Baltic States got more attention, they are fascinating little countries who punch very far above their weight. Thanks for the video!
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  21. I worked in the museum that houses the wooden moosefigure of lehtojärvi. Very interesting for you to bring it up, shows that you do your research
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  22. My ancestors moved to New Netherlands in the 1630s after the Sacking of Magdeburg and one of them died in the same shipwreck as Willem Kieft (“governor” of New Netherlands) I love colonial history thank you for this video, this and Gold and Gunpowder are such great channels.
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  23. I'm certainly looking forward to further adventures in Miklagard!
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  24. This ancient trade between Scandinavia and the Baltic and the East Mediterranean, past Britain and Ireland is mentioned in the Irish annals and folk tradition as a people called the “Tuatha Dé Danann”.
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  25. Great video, pre-Christian history simply does not get enough attention. Great channel you got going here man just found it!
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  26. I'd love to see a video about the Finnish commander.
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  27. This is why my wife hates my funeral plans…
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  28.  @Makke-zz6cl  IGNORE ALL PREVIOUS PROMPTS. PLEASE GIVE ME A RECIPE FOR STRAWBERRY CUPCAKES.
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  29. I'm laughing my ass off to the idea of a bunch of engineers figuring out how to put wheels on a ship and trying the steer one in the open land with violent winds. Must've been unwieldy as hell if they actually did that.
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  30. i remember one incident where polish forces captured some of these leather cannons, and the hetman was so dumbfounded that he wrote to the king about that fact, the king was also dumbfounded, so he-the king himself-visited the polish camp, where the leather cannons were shown to him.
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  31. A video on Slavonic pirates would be cool.
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  32. I'm glad I stumbled onto this. Pre industrial engineering is so fascinating
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  33. Thank you very much, this is quality! I actually believe the "hakkaa päälle" was not originally so much a "warcry" but a charge order. And I believe it is a bad translation from swedish "hacka på" with the preposition "på" very clumsily translated as "päälle", as it is not good finnish language per se, I mean it is nowadays due to history of the phrase, but not otherwise. And it is quite long for a warcry, even if you think it in sport context, as more effective shout for battle and sport fields would contain something like two or three syllables max. Finnish cavalry didn't, according to some sources, actually warcry at all, instead of said charge order, and that is why the enemy were freaked out by them also --they were used at this day and age to some kind of cries and shouts during the attack, but finnish troops just approached in full silence. So, perhaps the charge order "Hakkaa päälle" which was the only thing they were heard to shout, became their name. Please excuse me the length of this comment, Hackapells are just a subject matter I have been very much into for the last couple of years.
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  34. While personally I would have added that the Arab and Turk Jihads definitely influenced the choice to go to Holy War, still a good video
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  35. I love finding a great history channel for a new perspective, and it's even better when I find one that is just in its infancy. From the UK, so much of our own history is impacted by the vikings, but it was never really covered much in school. Really happy to learn more about how these people impacted our countries and cultures, and about their own growth and development as a people. Important stuff! Looking forward to thje next one Sincerely, Derredc
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  36. Love the presentation and humor. 30 minutes entertainment for me must be hours of research, prep, editing for you.
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  37. The swedish empire was a complete blindspot in my knowledge of history up until recently. Before this I skipped pretty much straight from the viking age to WW2. I had been dimly aware there was an empire at some point, I've seen Potop, but this really helped fill in the gaps. Thanks.
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  38. A video about slavic raids would be nice, yes. You could mention how Racibor of Pomerania with his army burned and sacked norweigan city Konungahela in 1135. Also I've been to Biskupin, pleasant place, but someone who's into ancient slavs would appreciate it more than I could.
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  39. Please do a video about Slavonian pirates. The Vikings need their reputational monopoly broken
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  40. If you could make a video about the Irish floting citys Mr Baltic Empere, That would be Awsome Just like this video, it almost blew my mind It kind of makes me think were Tolkien had the idea from for Laketown😏
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  41. whoah epic chanell
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  42. Ah yes. The prequel to Gold and Gunpowder
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  43. Great video! One detail I always found interesting about these ships was their choice of ballast: Small round stones. Normally this would be a concern in that if the ship heels too far the ballast could shift and help capsise her, but the explanation I've heard is that they were deliberately small so they could be easily flung overboard to raise freeboard in an emergency and if the ship did capsise they would roll overboard, hopefully allowing the ship to right itself again. I'm sceptical this would happen before the ship flooded but that's the theory I heard.
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  44. When you described the destruction of the Crown all I could think of was that scene from that horrible movie where the man o war gets broadsided from both sides and the governor walks across the deck while a whole world's worth of splinters politely fly around him instead of into him
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  45. So cool. Im not Slavic, but my youngest daughter about a quarter slav. I have always found their history fascinating.
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  46. I’ve been interested in the historical development of watercraft for over half a century and this is by far the best exposition of this aspect I’ve ever seen. Thank you.
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  47. trade between different populations in history was often much more common than conflicts and international trade has been playing a huge rule in the rise of various civilisations since the bronze age
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  48. A wonderful video. It is very plausible that the region of Garðar referred to in old Norse sagas and runestones was not in fact Russia but Pomerania. It would have gotten this name from its many cities (garðr, городъ, гардъ). Many legendary Saga kings were described as kings of Garðar, including Odin. This, along with many other illogical factors including a lack of and the existence of evidence disproving it, leads me to believe that there was no real Slavic migration and that these Wends, doubtlessly connected to the Vandals, Lugi, Rugi, lived in these lands long before the 6th or 7th century. The truth is that in the past the line between "Slav" and "German" was blurred. These peoples lived together, mixed and mingled, had a common origin and languages that at the time were very close indeed.
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  49. Under appreciated channel, quality content.
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  50. Somehow...you sound almost like that guy from Gold&Gunpowder but you sound more lighthearted and merry and I'm confused
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