Imperial Legacies | From the Tomb of Alexander

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This video is a starting point. Sort of to kick us off into a series. I would like to make several videos discussing and presenting how Imperialism throughout the ages and various Empires affected the political and economic developments of various societies across the world. And what better place to start, than with one of the first Empires, that of Alexander the Great, and how his idea of a universal Empire endured beyond his death throughout the ages.

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[Kraut_the_Parrot]

And thank you sbnt for reaching out to me, I am happy to give an Indie developer a helping hand.

[thepopulationofkazakhstan]

The answer is so simple, to be an empire you just need to have at least 1000 development and 50 prestige

[kevincronk]

I'm always so excited when a new Kraut video comes out, cant wait for when you can afford to go back to the big projects. Just don't overwork yourself, you're making these amazing videos available for free you have no obligation to us

[papazataklaattiranimam]

Fun Fact: The legacy of Alexander the Great was also kept by Muslim emperors. Many great Islamic warriors like Nader Shah, Alauddin Khalji and Selim the Grim were known as Sikandar-i Sani which simply means Second/New Alexander .

[jimwu]

2:03 "... And you may as well all bow before the Canadian Empire, which is one of the greatest empires of our time and history..." - Kraut
We made it, comrades! Hail, hail Canada!

[ExtraInExile]

Even for rulers like Genghis Khan whose burial site hasn't been found yet, khans in Central-Asia often claimed to be the rightful ruler of their khanate because they were a descendant of Genghis. If you weren't one of his descendants, you either had to marry your way into being one (Timurids), or give up the title of khan altogether (Emirate of Bukhara). I wonder if the Mongol Empire is gonna get an episode in this series.

[lahire]

One important point: you could certainly find many atrocities done by the French as by any other people on the planet but it was not French troops who burned the Summer Palace of China. The commander of the French troops, Charles Cousin-Montauban, was opposed to it, and so the burning of the Summer Palace, carried out by the British on the orders of Lord Elgin, happened without the French.

[FengLengshun]

When you said "Akbar the Great, " I had to pause the video and search if that's real. I thought, "no way they call someone like that." Lo and behold, it is true and real. They really do call someone "Great the Great." I swear, some histories just comes with built-in humor.

[gutfriedvonguttenberg]

Palpatine was very fond of defining an empire by himself

[zedek_]

My history professor defined an empire as an entity or society with a central core, that effectively projects a powerful, and _effective_ sphere of influence to the periphery. A society become an empire because it is able to dominate other societies for its own benefit.
Like the USA - an empire doesn't need to conquer land; it can just exert overwhelming financial and military power --- do something they don't like, and what do you know, suddenly there is a coup by a newly enriched and well-equipped faction.

[Stoneworks]

I am absolutely fascinated by institutions of power and what gives them legitimacy and psychological weight. This video was a blessing to my day, thank you for making it! I shall also take a look at AlexanderBall because it looks really cool.

[bradenmayer]

When Kraut releases, it's a good day.

[Alias_Anybody]

So you are telling me that to become your merciful god-emperor I'd just need to visit all of those graves?

[martytu]

“A great day in Canada, and thus the world.”

“As is tradition”

Little did the meme creators realized, they have made Canada an imperialistic presence on the internet.

[AyubuKK]

Alexander really did manage to make himself a god.

[aaronfire]

I’m gonna go out on a limb here and say that Empires are a natural political development for all human civilization. They are as natural as any other policy or government. From the very primitive empires of tribal supremacy over close neighbors, to very sophisticated continent spanning or global empires. It’s always been with us and it will always be with us.

The definition of empire I like most is: A polity, culture, or country that grows beyond its historic birth place to conquer or incorporate other countries and peoples of various religious, cultural, or ethnic backgrounds; forming a multicultural, or multiethnic, or cosmopolitan civilization.

We should also remember that empires change even those who are the imperialists, that country which creates the empire is itself changed by it.

[lionheart]

i often use your videos to help me come up with lore for fictional nations i sometimes make. i am glad i am not alone

[canbakr]

Happy to support this channel! I'd love to see more!

[olefredrikskjegstad]

6:55 "founds a new city, known as Alexandria"

Fun fact: modern-day Egyptian Alexandria is just one of many cities that Alexander the Great founded and named Alexandria. Some others were Alexandria-on-the-Indus and Alexandria Eschatae, "Alexandria the Furthest"

[quintiax]

Tbh it makes me wonder why Belgium in the 19th century, whilst searching for its own soul of the nation, never claimed to be the ancestral state of the Charlemagne empire. Well now that I think of it, pissing off two powerful neighbours might not have been a good idea.