History Teacher Reacts to Drew Durnil's World Empires Tier List

Drew Durnil put together a tier list of world empires. What will Mr. Terry think? Will there be drama???

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[sigurdsd]

Bit late for this but I'll say it anyway. Sad to hear a history teacher repeating the lies about Spanish Empire being genocidal etc. Yet again there is no surprise since it was the British who spread that tale in the first place. You might want to deepen in the way both Empires aproached their taking of the New World.

[Bluejay]

We all know the greatest world empire is Principality of Sealand

[TheNeonParadox]

I'm confused why there's even a "Viking Empire" on the list. The closest thing they had to any kind of central power was the Danelaw, but its leadership was constantly contested. You could maybe group in the Normans, but that would be reaching in my opinion.

[sethaniel]

It's time for Mr Terry to make an empire tier list like the rest of the cool kids

[Rocket]

If you watch more of Drew's videos, consider each of the entries on his list as a player from Civilization. More than likely how he rated them.

[Honyakusha]

I also think Ottoman Empire should be a tier or so higher. I might be wrong but they're pretty high at one of the long-lasted empires in history, right? Around 600-ish years or so?

[MonCappy]

Terry, you should make your own tier list.

[ChickenLandOfTheforest]

ok, now we need you to do this and compare it to Drew's tier list (because I need thick Persia to be higher)

[ivanrenic]

It is true that geographically the German Empire was not that impressive, but their economy and influence considering their size was MAD!

[BHSRugby]

I am loving these. I want to see the Mr. Terry tier list. Not just speaking through it but put it together.

[jeidelbergin]

Average anglo history teacher talking about the black legend of Spain as if it was true lmao.
The inquisition killed 10 times more people in Germany, the English genocided 100 times more people in America and ON purpose but hey Spanish empire bad just because 😂

[TheLibermania]

16:40 If we take out the attrocities (like we did with the Japanese Empire with an S) i think the "No No Germans" should be higher. They brought Germany out of the Great Depression.

[Blownapart]

Imperial Japan should’ve been lower. I would give the French empire under Napoleon an S tier ranking. I also think these tier list should rank by how interesting these empires are to study as well as power and influence

[moritz_pilz]

ngl as a german I have very mixed feelings on the SS tier, just sounds a lot worse in our language considering our history

[theyregr-r-reat]

Funny of Mr Terry to say: yep (your opinion) better be exactly the same as mine or we're gonna have drama.
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[Vuosta]

The Incans weren't on the list which is just criminal. The fact that they managed to build the Machu Picchu and we still don't understand how is amazing. They also controlled a massive area. I'm not sure how they did on development because i don't know if they built those incredible road networks throughout the empire.

I also think the Achaemnids should be SS tier honestly. The satrap system is just genius and essentially an ancient version of a president and a governor. The fact that they were very kind compared to say the Babylonians and Assyrians that had ruled there before gives big bonus points for me too. The empire was also really well managed with a robust postal system and road network AFAIK.

[maysonoye]

I think you were kind of missing the point of the tier list. This isn't about what nations did the best, this is just about what nations Drew found to be his favorite. Like obviously the Ottoman Empire may be my favorite, doesn't mean I support them and would care to have them around in the current world. Either way still a really cool video, nice job

[thalesbatista]

Underestimated British, Spanish and Portuguese

[Ahalaya]

Honestly, I had pretty much the exact same reaction to him doing my Aztecs dirty like that as you did.

[vergil]

The North Sea Empire was kind of a thing with Canute the Great holding Britain and Scandinavia. Thats a powerhouse at the time.