Early Western Slavic History

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0:21 Borders during this time changed almost monthly on occasion and there for the borders I will draw in this video are a snapshot of the borders of a kingdom only at one point and aren't representative of the borders during the whole kingdoms existence. I also draw all the borders my self according to the best sources at my disposable and there for I apologies for any border mistakes I may have done.

0:47 The map is suppose to represent Slavic settlements not any political entities. As the Slavic people often times then not settled in already existing political entities.

0:56 It was given by Jordanes not Procopius.

1:40 The golden jug medallion picture I used to represent the Avars is still disputed whether it was Avar's or Bulgar's or Khazar's.

1:39 The arrow symbolizes the movement of Lombards a Germanic tribe that lived in the lands settled by the Slavs and then pushed out by the invasion of the Avars.

2:02 Here I describe and show the Franks as one entity however that wasn't always the case. Franks had a complicated set of dominions with varies amounts of autonomy (like Bavaria) and most succession resulted in varies break ups, wars and reforms, etc.

3:10 Here I am showing the map of the most outer reaches of the Samo's kingdom/sphere of influence and as always it just represents a snapshot of the kingdom at its peak.

6:08 Here I am talking about the title surviving till 1918 not necessarily the hereditary Slavic line surviving.

9:14 It is usually said that Rastislav called for the priests because he wanted to convert the Moravian population however this has been disproved as Christian churches have been found dating decades earlier to Cyril and Methodist arrival.

9:16 Weather the brothers where native Slavic speakers or learned it later on in their lives is unknown.

9:30 I was trying to pronounce the English name for the alphabet which is Glagolitic. However I found it impossible to do the rest of the video pronouncing such a hard word so I reverted to the Czechoslovak name of the alphabet which is Hlaholika. (in Czech Hlaholice)

9:30 The Alphabet was based off of the Greek alphabet and modified to fit certain Slavic sounds that didn't exist in Greek.

11:40 The extend of Moravia was the largest under Svatopluk's reign however it's still debated how large Moravia really was. Here I am showing the largest possible extend of Moravia.

12:20 There are more reasons then just this to why the Western Slavs use Latin alphabet and there for I specified this was partly not fully the reason. There will still be remnants of Glagolitic reinstatement in the Western Slavic lands but they will never last for long.

13:00 We are jumping back here to explain how Hungarians became more known on the European political stage. As such please understand that the Moravian lands at this point still weren't the size as portrayed on the map.

13:41 This is very oversimplified and the Franks and Moravians didn't necessarily see eye to eye during this time but over all they did fight against the Hungarians.

13:59 It would take a while for the German (Bohemian) and Hungarian control to fully solidify in the areas but from now they where largely under their control.

14:49 Correction: Piast dynasty, not Mieszko dynasty

15:09 Dobrawa bore two children to Miesko. First, Boleslaw I a successor to the Polish throne even though his reign would be very short but more interestingly a daughter. This daughter is still debated to this day and depending on what source you believe she was either Swietoslawa the wife of Eric the Victorious, king of Sweden and then later on (because he died) Sweyn Forkbeard the king of Denmark and their son will later on become Cnut the Great king of Denmark, England and Norway. Or she was Gunhilda not born to Dobrawa but to Miesko’s second Saxon wife. Gunhilda was then the one who got married to Sweyn Forkbeard and became mother of Cnut. If that’s confusing don’t worry no one really knows for sure which version is accurate. Or whether any of them are.

15:15 Here I show the largest extend of Miesko's power however this will not last long.

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#History #Slavic #WesternSlavs

[jacquesfrancois]

So Samo was essentially a real life mount & blade character?

[HistoryTime]

Good work man. Thoroughly enjoyed this. Great visuals in particular.

[lubliner]

Great that you mentioned Slavs living on east German territories like Polabians or Sorbs because they tend to be often forgotten by many. Great video 👍

[Chelsea]

West Slavs! 🇵🇱💗🇨🇿💗🇸🇰 Pozdrawiam z Polski! 🇵🇱🇵🇱🇵🇱

[sandortiborvalaczkai]

Poland(best friend) Czech and Slovak. Visegrad 4 Best Unio!

[HaaraaldEriksson]

6:44 "Sorbs managed to survive to this day."

Yes we did - Sorb here. If you have any questions about our people feel free to ask me. :)

[patrikcath]

The Adidas logo stands for the three types of Slavic tribes.

[Aztec_Tajger]

Pozdrawiam wszystkich przyjaciół i braci z Czech i Słowacji 🇵🇱❤️🇨🇿🇸🇰

[scottwilson]

I just love west slavs, they're the most patriotic and peaceful out of all the slavs, love from uk 🇬🇧❤🇵🇱🇨🇿🇸🇰

[Zygfryd_z_Toussaint]

Czterech braci - Polacy, Czesi, Słowacy, Serbołużyczanie. Budujmy razem lepszą przyszłość i Europę!

[zoltanivanyos]

I am Hungarian but I can say that Slavic people are cool! I like them!

[yamnayaseed]

Europe: Total
Poland: Let's party *disco polo intensifies*
Europe: We have peace!
Poland: Time to move in!

[lordyaromir]

8:22 he was Konstatin, not Cyril. He got his name Cyril, when he was in Rome arguing about their action in Great Moravia. :)

[annas]

Today, you can still find many Slavic names of villages and towns in Northeast Germany. Some names and places have been changed to more German, but some are still Slavic. It was similar, among others, in Eastern Pomerania, which was gradually conquered by the Germans.
There, they usually added the suffix (-ow-) to the names of Slavic places. In addition, the German settler assumed the name of the place of settlement as his surname. For example: slavic
Łopianowo has been changed to Loppnow / Loppenow. The ancestral seat of the von Loppenow family became the village of Loppnow / Łopianów and its surrounding lands ("..Joachim von Loppenow was settled in 1463 in the Loppenow / Łopianów estate in Prussian Pomerania .."). Currently, again Łopianów (German: Loppnow) - a village in north-western Poland, located in the Zachodniopomorskie Province, in the Gryfice County, in the Gryfice Commune.
German colonization in Central Europe proceeded in two ways. Within the borders of countries that accepted Christianity and were recognized by Rome, it was usually a peace process, as often Czech, Polish and Hungarian rulers encouraged Germans to establish settlements in underdeveloped or sparsely populated areas.
However, the German colonization in the areas inhabited by pagan Polabian Slavs was of a different nature. It was related to the military conquest of these areas and the imposition of one's faith and culture by force. The persecution of the Polabian Slavs by the Germans had both religious and economic grounds. They used the Christian faith as a pretext for the partitions of the Slavic lands.

[zvaramartin]

Dobre spravené toto :D Máš odo mňa odber a like. Pokračuj v super tvorbe :D
Zdraví ťa Slovák žijúci v Srbsku :D

[JackRackam]

This was so cool. Filled an Early Medieval Western Slavic hole in my heart I didn't know I had. Samo's Kingdom is especially neat

[Aggoenix]

If all Slavs would live as Poles, Czechs and Slovaks, they would be much more advanced, richer, relaxed and respected. Every time we have some dispute, it is usually pretty fast and peacefully resolved and solution is usually compromise, or at least not totally destructive for either side. Slavs have interesting culture and long European heritage. Bohemia (Czech Rep) and Poland are one of the oldest countries of Europe. Czechs ruled their first kingdom in 870 and Poles in 966. The main problem of other Slavs is inability to respect the interests of other nation. We like ourselves and consider ourselves cousins but we are also often nationalistic and consider our nations interests superior to the other nation. That causes bad blood and low respect of the others (Germanic, Latins or Anglo-saxons). By winning a war you maybe gain some land or resource, but you loose good relations for centuries. And relations are above gold or land.

[green.fish.]

I am legit embarrassed of what my country has become, but its still good knowing we used to kick ass back in the day, even if for just a brief moment. Greetings from Slovakia! 🇸🇰🇸🇰

[itsbeauty]

Proud to be of Polish ancestory! 🇵🇱🇵🇱❤️❤️

[TamasH.]

Polak-Weiger dwa bratanki!
Lengyel-Magyar két jó barát!

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