What Is The World's Oldest Country?

Of the roughly 190 countries in the world today, fewer than ­30% existed in their current form 100 years ago.

Most historical nations, kingdoms, and empires have vanished and others have arisen in their place. But some have stood the test of time.

So what is the world's oldest country, how have they survived, and what does it have to do with Satanically possessed Dalmatians?

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Sources and Further Reading:

China
China - John Keay John King Fairbank, Merle Goldman - China_ A New History-The Belknap Press (2006)
Patricia Buckley Ebrey, Kwang-ching Liu - The Cambridge Illustrated History of China-Cambridge University Press (1999)
M.Loewe , E.L.Shaughnessy - The Cambridge History of Ancient China-Cambridge University Press (1999)

Iran
The Cambridge History of Iran, Volume 2: The Median and Achaemean Periods
by I. Gershevitch (Editor), Stanley I. Grossman (Editor), H.S. Darke (Editor)
The History of Early Iran by George G. Cameron
Iran in History by Bernard Lewis
Xavier de Planhol, “IRAN i. LANDS OF IRAN,” Encyclopædia Iranica, XIII/2, pp. 204-212
Iran A Modern History (Abbas Amanat)
Shahnameh The Persian Book of Kings (Abolqasem Ferdowsi Davis (trans.))

Armenia
A History of Armenia by Vahan M. Kurkjian
Armenia, Cradle Of Civilization by David Marshall Lang
The Armenians by Anne Elizabeth Redgate

Greece
Creators, Conquerors, and Citizens: A History of Ancient Greece by Robin Waterfield
A Brief History of Ancient Greece: Politics, Society, and Culture by Sarah B. Pomeroy, Stanley M. Burstein, Walter Donlan, Jennifer Tolbert Roberts. Oxford University Press
Daniel Ogden - The Blackwell Companion to Greek Religion

San Marino
The Republic of San Marino. Author(s): William Miller. Source: The American Historical Review , Jul., 1901, Vol. 6, No. 4 (Jul., 1901), pp. 633-649. Published by: Oxford University Press on behalf of the American Historical Association.
San Marino World Bibliographical Series; V. 188 by Edwards, Adrian.; Michaelides, Chris.

Egypt
The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt by Ian Shaw
Ancient Egypt: From Prehistory to the Islamic Conquest (The Britannica Guide to Ancient Civilizations) by Kathleen Kuiper (Editor)

India
A History of Ancient and Early Medieval India: From the Stone Age to the 12th Century by Upinder Singh
India’s Ancient Past by R.S. Sharma
The Penguin History of Early India from the origins to AD 1300 by Romila Thapar

Ethiopia
The History of Ethiopia by Saheed A. Adejumobi
A History of Ethiopia by Harold G. Marcus
Foundations of an African Civilisation, Aksum & the northern Horn 1000 BC - AD 1300
by David W. Phillipson

Other
Nationalism A Very Short Introduction (Steven Grosby)
Nationalism, Colonialism, and Literature (Terry Eagleton, Fredric Jameson, Edward W. Said)
Nations and Nationalism since 1780 Programme, Myth, Reality (Eric J. Hobsbawm)
Imagined Communities Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism (Benedict Anderson)
Nations and States (Hugh Seton-Watson)

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[prajrumbhsumukh]

It's unfair to not point out to india if u are mentioning Greece...Greece too was more of a civilization and collection of states than a unified country....india meanwhile Was also United in a large part by mauryas etc but the scripts, language, religion, cultural self awareness has been there since centuries...even our ancient scripts mentions the extent of bharata or india

[Vivek-ibst]

India was never a country. India was always a cultural nation. Not completely united under any single king but stayed together in cultural sense for most part of history. Not under a single culture though but mix of autonomous cultures and mutual respect of each other. That's why India still have more languages, cultures, tribes, cuisines and people than most of the world. My polity teacher called India salad bowl of cultures instead of melting pot because we were/are still together but we still have our cultures intact. India will never become a single country in terms of language, culture, cuisine, race or even religion.

[aarav]

You didn't mentioned the holy penguin empire of antarctic. With almost 20 million citizens/militia they can put up a good fight with Australians + who knows how long they have been living there or how much advanced their tech is....

[aliazarmehralparslan]

Iran's history is way older than Achaemenids, it dates back to the Medes, and the Median king Deioces who founded Iran and Achaemenids just took over and made it larger. The best thing about Iran is that ever since it's existence, it has been multicultural, no matter if we're Turk, Arab, Persian, Kurd, we are Iranians because our culture is Iranian.

[ronnychristenjoyer]

This is really historical throughout but you mentioned something called "Belgium" and I don't think that exists.

[PakBallandSami]

i have so much apperction for how much the animation and editing have improved over time video look so great who every animate this need a raise and love

[adweetiyamohapatra]

For all the indians out there as an Indian let me clarify that this video is not about oldest/advance civilization but oldest country. Most will agree that India did not remain united for most of time in history and thus our country is included in honorable mention.

[kalsamson]

As an Ethiopian, this is a well researched and narrated video. I enjoyed every moment of it.

[thenovicenovelist]

I just started watching your channel recently. A person who loves to explore cultures, sings poorly to prevent getting sued by the LOTR film studio, and ranks things on a Chihuahua-based system is awesome in my book. Life can be hard sometimes, but videos like yours are pretty awesome. Thank you.

[The-Plaguefellow]

Ah, homoerotic artistry and pottery, usually featuring big buff dudes and twunks alike.

A proud and ancient tradition, indeed.

[the-human-being]

Came for the history, stayed for the unicorn the light-saber wielding platypus and the jet-ski lama !!!

[jjump]

I didn't know "0 - 5 historically accurate chihuahuas" was a rating system that existed until now.

[jraj]

This is what India would look like if it made it to the list imo.

Language - 4/5 (India as a country doesn't have a singular state language but still uses languages officially that are very very old)
Religion - 5/5 (Quiet self explanatory)
Territory - 2.5 /5 (Although ruled by different kingdoms, the geographical idea of India/Bharat is very old)
Cultural self awareness - 2.5/5 (This is tricky cuz it was high during vedic period but under the rule of outsiders, it dropped)

Total - 14

[JonPRuff]

The main thing I took away from this video: People it is ok to slap:
1. Finger-wagging historians trying to ruin people's fun
2. Hitler

[cjslippin]

I would love a video on the Persian empire that part of the vid was awesome!! Great work man

[spongeboblover]

ngl it's refreshing to see historical content on youtube being subjective and embracing it :p

[hpsauce]

Surprised Japan didn't get at least a shout out, they have the oldest conception of continuous statehood represented in the emperor (the oldest royal dynasty, not the oldest practical governing system), it is nearly completely culturally and linguistically homogenous, hasn't undergone any invasions that brought the islands under long term foreign rule, speaks the same language that they were speaking thousands of years ago (albiet with a newer Japanese script), still have a generally Shinto based society that is thousands of years old, the only issue is cultural conception of themselves where due to their isolation Japanese didn't really start concieving of themselves as consciously Japanese until perhaps the early modern era.

[indiafirst]

Name : India
Derived from : Indus River
First Unified : Maurya Empire 322 BCE
Civilization : Indus Valley Civilization 3300 BCE
Language : Sanskrit, Tamil ( /5 )
Religion : Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism ( /5 )
Territory : IVC, Vedic Mahajanapadas, Maurya, Kushan, Satavahana, Pallava, Gupta, Harsha, Chalukya, Pala, Rashtrakuta, Pratihara, Chola, Vijayanagara, Mughal, Maratha, Sikh, Republic of India ( /5 )
Cultural Self Awareness : Diwali, Ashoka Chakra ( /5 )

Decide on your own 🇮🇳

[bhargavchaudhary]

Great video, however India indeed have been a united country for centuries, Guptas, Cholas, Chalukyas and many more empires ruled India, and similar to Greeks where there were various independent state/city states, India also had many kingdoms which were all collectively Indian and had an Indian identity in their population

[lerneanlion]

When Iran popped up, I was expecting the Safavid to be brought in. But to my surprise, it did not. And I felt sad by this. By I read the other comment about it and I understand. So I will be looking forward for the video about Safavid Iran in the future!