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What Happened After The Collapse Of 10 Major Historical Powers

What Happened After The Collapse Of 10 Major Historical Powers

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Throughout history, great powers have risen and fallen. Some vanish suddenly, while others decline slowly over centuries. But while the collapse of one rule usually provides a vacuum for another to fill, the immediate period after the fall of an empire is one of chaos, drama, and intrigue. So today we're going to take a look at what happened immediately after the collapse of some major historical powers. But before we get started, be sure to subscribe to the Weird History channel. After that, leave a comment and let us know what other powerful topics you would like to hear about. Sorry to the empires on this list. You ain't striking back. Alexander may have been great, but he wasn't smart enough to leave a will. So before his body was even cold, his generals were squabbling over his empire. Hey, we just did an episode about that. With no chosen successor and an unborn heir, his newly won empire was pretty much up for grabs to whoever was strong enough to seize it. But as it turned out, nobody was. Alexander's careful management of power meant he showed no favor to any of his generals, lest any gain the influence to challenge his own rule. As a mechanism for consolidating his own power, it worked as intended. As a clear description of the line of succession, it worked less so. The parity between the generals meant that they'd never accept the rule of another. Alexander's successors, historically known as the Diadochi, established splinter kingdoms. This led to the Wars of the Diadochi, in which a lot of people died, including Alexander's son. 2,300-year-old spoiler alert. the two biggest winners were Ptolemaeus and Seleucus Nicator, who both established great empires in their own right. But Ptolemaeus' dynasty ruled Egypt for 300 years. The Seleucids, meanwhile, reigned over a vast domain in the Near East. Both states, however, ultimately fell to the Romans. And speaking of which. They say when in Rome, you should do as the Romans do. But they probably stopped meaning it literally in 476 CE, when the last Roman emperor was deposed by the barbarian King Odoacer. When in Rome, do like the barbarian King Odoacer just doesn't have the same ring to it. Sayings should fit on a T-shirt without having to get cute with the font. What caused the once-mighty Roman Empire to fall is one of the most debated questions in history. The post-Roman era is often called the Dark Ages because it was once widely believed that without the guiding light of Roman civilization, the lands once under Roman rule regressed toward barbarism and mysticism. That interpretation, however, is largely a characterization of later writers, who saw the Romans as the pinnacle of civilization. The truth isn't quite so simple. While it's true that a few key innovations were lost to the ages with the fall of Rome, the so-called dark ages weren't actually all that dark. And Rome didn't exactly fall for too long. It regained its status as Europe's key city relatively quickly, only this time, as the seat of the Catholic Church. At the same time, innovations in agriculture and more agreeable climate meant that even less fertile regions of Northern Europe significantly increased their food production. Islamic scholars greatly advanced the studies of engineering, mathematics, and science, while the reign of Charlemagne the Great had a profound impact on European art, culture, and literature. Maybe the new saying should be, when in Rome, get that ego in check because it ain't all about you, sweetie. And that's why you should always try to be on the right side of a world war. So what do you think? Which of these world powers suffered the biggest fall? .
Date: 2024-02-03

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. Why did you show the HRE coat of arms when referring to the Roman 'Empire' that conquered the Diadochi It was the Roman Republic that conquered the Diadochi. Actually, funnily enough.
The last to fall was the Ptolemic Kingdom of Egypt to Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus. Who because of his conquest of Egypt and defeat of Marcus Antonius. Was awarded the title of Augustus and Princeps. Which is generally accepted as him taking the throne as the first Roman Emperor.
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I am going to watch the Weird History videos:
x What Actually Happened Right After The Soviet Union Collapsed (First recommendation, second time watching)
x 12 of the Most Important Cities in History - And Why They Fell From the Top (Second recommendation, second time watching)
x How the Civilization On Easter Island Collapsed (Second Time watching)
x How an Artificial Sweetener May Have Destroyed the Roman Empire
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Eating ANOTHER Weird History meal!
Eating LUNCHABLES PEPPERONI PIZZA FUN PACK. while watching this Weird History video!
From the Weird History Food video Facts About 80s Snacks
Inside the Fun Pack is a Capri Sun, which is from the Weird History food video Facts About 90s Lunch Box Items That Make Us Kinda Miss School
Note: I have never had the Lunchables Pepperoni Pizza before.
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This country is definitely on the decline. Corrupt politicians who are more greedy than ever. Their ineptness has pushed our national debt to an unpayable level. Not much better in the the rest of the Western World where rich power brokers are pulling the strings as they are in this country, pretty much destroying everything. with zero ability to stop them.
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2: 22 That same friend, who talked about Alexander The Great, and I made our own t-shirts.
He bought the equipment so we could create them by hand (instead of having a company make them).
They had sayings like Stop Illegal Dinosaur Fights with a picture of a T-Rex behind two knives crossing each other.
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4: 37 Ohio was won by Trump by a margin of 8. 07 points.
Prior to the election, most news organizations considered Ohio as leaning Republican, due to Trump's appeal to blue-collar voters in the Rust Belt.
Ohio kept its streak of voting for the winner as a bellwether state since 1964. (wikipedia)
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10: 16 The dissolution of the Soviet Union was the most important event of the entire world over the past 50 years.
It's spectre was present in the world for close to 50 years after WW2.
Actually almost 80% of the Soviet Union voted to continue it at a referendum in 1991, which is unbelievable!
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The freemasons completely destroyed thru thier proxies and sycophants the Spanish empire. The sworn enemies of the HRCC made sure that Spain would never have a support from thier Catholic colonies. Masons and Protestants came to the Grand Colombia and subverted many including Simon Bolivar.
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The transfer of Hong Kong to China on 1 July 1997 symbolised for many the end of the British Empire. (wikipedia)
That was on the 30th birthday of centennial baby Pamela Anderson.
My cat Lisa is named after her character Lisa on the tv series Home Improvement (1991-1999.
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Love hearing your weird history take on things! I was a kid in the '90s and '00s, so it would be fun to get a video from you guys about Pizza Hut and the pan pizza program. Otherwise, keep it up with the top notch vids.
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Huh, I was taught in school that Kyiv was the 3rd Rome and always remembered that factoid because of never heard it anywhere else until here (except you had it as Moscow, but the same movement North from Constantinople.
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The Roman Empire was mighty and amazing but the pinnacle of civilization was a hell of an overstatement, a society that wipes their ass with a communal sponge is far from the pinnacle lol
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I cannot say this enough: I really admire and appreciate the narrator's effort to pronounce non-English names and terms as closely as possible, and often being pretty decent at it too imo!
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Why didn't you mention Turkey's descent back into a muslem nation lead by a dictator after he threw away the constitution and ejected all the generals that were its protectors
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okay, now do a segment about the United States secret empire. because let's face it: they're TRYING to be its own empire, but we're left in the dark because of course.
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5: 32 I remember my history teacher in Spain saying that the Spanish Empire fell as quickly as it rose.
That was when I spent a semester in Spain.
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Thanks for acknowledging that the Dark Ages were not the whole of the Middle Ages, and they weren't as dark as many people believe.
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1: 00 One of my friends, while talking about Alexander The Great, said he was better at being a conquerer than an actual ruler.
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Rome. Georgia can't reach your desired ststus. there's too many shiny happy people there who are too busy night swimming.
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Honestly, if the Ottomans had managed to survive, we'd probably have a much more stable situation in the middle east rn
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