There's more to France than simple than the land between Spain and Germany. While this certainly the largest and most recognizable part of the country, there are also less well-known parts of the country, in all corners of the world, from the Caribbean, to South America, to the Indian Ocean and beyond. VIDEO CLIPS (copyright information): French flag (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylxa199F6x4) oldstuff4all, Creative Commons Tahiti (https://www.youtube.com/user/JeunesseGlobal) Jeunesse, Creative Commons Bora Bora (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frTOl_nxjYg) Aspyn + Parker, Creative Commons Plane Landing (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wertH16rSI) Jon5700, used with permission MUSIC: French National Anthem - "La Marseillaise"
Why did Yugoslavia split up? In this video, I attempt to look at the complex situation of the former Yugoslav republics and what led to their breakup. Free audiobook and a 30-day free trial at: http://www.audible.com/wonderwhy Thanks to Audible for sponsoring this video! MUSIC Satiate Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ All images/footage used in this video are either public domain, CC or free use. Fair use as this is a transformative work for educational proposes.
A video in which I attempt to explain Brexit: the UK's referendum and its EU membership. In this video, I look at: the history of the EU, the process of the UK joining the ECC, some possible reason people wanted to leave, the results of the referendum itself, as well as what the future of the UK may hold.. (copyright info coming soon)
A look at the complex political situation on the island of Taiwan. The island of Taiwan is administered by the Republic of China, which lost the Chinese Civil War to the Communists which control the mainland to this day, proclaiming the People's Republic of China in 1949. Both the ROC and the PRC claim to be the legitimate government of China. Taiwan is a de facto independent country but is not a member of the United Nations since being replaced in 1971 by the PRC. The current situation is stuck in a stalemate with the two ways of resolving the dispute (unification and independence) both seeming very unlikely to happen any time soon. MUSIC: Ishikari Lore - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Part of 3 of the series in which I look at some of the changes that have happened since parts 1 and 2, then talk about new complex borders including: the panhandle of Namibia, the Caprivi Strip; the new international border of Sudan and South Sudan; the Chile-Argentina border dispute which came from ambiguous language in a boundary treaty. Watch parts 1 and 2 of this series here: Part 1 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtLxZiiuaXs&t Part 2 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZdkqqjosCM Music: Five Card Shuffle Kevin MacLeod http://www.incompetech.com Thanks to Kenneth Schultz and his helpful lecture "The World’s Strangest Borders and How They Got That Way": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjkZ6dHpvWg&t
An attempt to answer the question "What's the oldest country in the world?". This question has no correct answer, but I try to suggest some potential candidates and then finally give my opinion as to which is the oldest. I hope you enjoy the video, feel free to leave your opinion as to the world's oldest country! Music: 'Silver Flame' - Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Catalonia is an autonomous community of Spain that has been in the news recently after it held an independence referendum on the 1st of October, despite being ruled illegal by the Spanish courts. 4 weeks later, Catalan unilaterally declared their independence from Spain. In this video I attempt to explain the situation, by first looking at the history of Catalonia and how it became part of Spain, including its modern history and independence movement, right up until the present day. I look at what would an independent Catalonia look like. WONDERWHY t-shirts now available! https://teespring.com/stores/wonderwhy Music: Kevin MacLeod - Truth in the Stones http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/music.html Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Video sponsor - http://squarespace.com/wonderwhy Make your next move with Squarespace! Get 10% off you first purchase with offer code "wonderwhy" After 3 long years, episode 3 of Winners and Losers is finally here with Episode 3: Planets. In this episode I look in great detail at the sizes of the planets, compared to each other, and what Earth would be like if it were the size of the largest and smallest planets in the Solar System. I also go on to look at mass, rotation/orbital periods, moons, and axial tilt. I look at some of the odd things about the Solar Systems, like why Venus has a day longer than its year, and why the planets actually spins backwards relative to Earth. Episode 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4whvUxeG88 Episode 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4whvUxeG88 Music: Frozen Waltz - Kevin MacLeod http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/ Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
This video is sponsored by Squarespace! Get 10% off your first purchase at: https://www.squarespace.com/wonderwhy In this video I attempted to explain the incredibly complex and surprisingly controversial topic of the naming dispute between Greece, and the country that wished to call itself the "Republic of Macedonia", claiming that the name implies territorial ambitions upon its region, also called Macedonia. I look at the ancient kingdom of Macedonia, where the name comes from and briefly look at the history of the Balkans and how we arrived at this situation, which became an issue in 1991 when the country declared its independence. More than a quarter of a century later and this dispute remains unsolved. MUSIC: River Fire - Kevin MacLeod http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/
A short video explaining why there are two countries with very similar names. The Democratic Republic of the Congo and its neighbour, the Republic of the Congo. I also talk about some similar naming issues, as well as briefly looking at many African nations that share the same colour scheme. In this video, I briefly touch on the European colonisation of Africa. This is a topic which I plan on doing an entire video on some day in the not too distant future. MUSIC: Kumasi Groove Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
A lot has happened in Germany's recent history. From a collection of independent states, German became a unified country in 1871, was divided by the Allied Powers in the aftermath of WWII, and then finally, after the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, Germany became the country that it is today. VIDEO SPONSOR: Squarespace -- https://www.squarespace.com/wonderwhy Get a free 14 day trial and 10% off your first purchase with offer code WONDERWHY.
This video is sponsored by Audible! Sign up for a free 30-day trial and get your first audiobook is free - http://audible.com/wonderwhy Members get one free audiobook per month, and credits roll over if you forget to use them. Not liking your audiobook? You can exchange it, no questions asked! All audiobooks are yours to keep even if you cancel your membership. Sign up now at http://audible.com/wonderwhy or text WONDERWHY to 500500 (This is a great way to support this channel if you feel like helping me out!) Attempting to cover the history country of France in just one video! Starting with the tribal Frankish kingdoms, the rivalry with the England and the Habsburgs, the various wars France has fought, the reign of the famous Louis XIV, to the iconic French Revolution and the Napoleon, all the way to the World Wars and road to becoming the French Fifth Republic, the country that France is today. Obviously I had to cut a LOT out, and oversimplify at times. That's a necessity for a video like this, which has been a very daunting! This could potentially be the beginning of a new series, so I would love for some feedback on this video, and maybe even your suggestion for a future episode!
First 500 people to sign-up get TWO months of Skillshare completely free: https://skl.sh/wonderwhy Did you know that Great Britain have invaded 90% of the countries all the world that exist today at some point in their history? Amazing, right? Or is it...? I look at the claim that Britain have invaded 90% of the countries in the world in more detail to find out to what extent this is really true. The fact originates from a book entitled "All the countries we've ever invaded and the few we never got round to", released in 2012 by Stuart Laycock. Here's a link of you're interested: https://www.amazon.co.uk/All-Countries-Weve-Ever-Invaded/dp/0752479695 Even though the book quite a bit sensationalised, and I disagree with a lot of countries that have been "invaded", I still really enjoyed the book and would recommend it to anyone who has an interest in British history. Music: https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/ Brittle Rille - Kevin MacLeod Map that I made for the video: https://imgur.com/dyun0Et
Looking at the origins and history of the Holy Roman Empire, assessing the claim by Voltaire that it was not holy, nor Roman, nor an empire, and finally looking at the complex hierarchical political structure of the empire. Have you ever wondered what the world would be like if the Holy Roman Empire existed today? This video is a collaboration was RealLifeLore, who looked at that very question. Link here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIwNRwPR0K0 MUSIC: Kevin MacLeod - Suonatore di Liuto https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/
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This video is brought to you by Squarespace: http://squarespace.com/wonderwhy Start your free trial today, and when get 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using the offer code WONDERWHY. Music by Epidemic Sound: http://epidemicsound.com/creator Mediterranian Mix 1 - Stefan Netsman Archive footage courtesy of the Associated Press: http://www.aparchive.com/ A huge thank you to AP for permission to use their archive footage for free for this video. Cyprus, NATO's unsinkable aircraft carrier. In this video I look at how the island of Cyprus became divided through ethnic conflict and Western intervention. Starting as far back as 1571 when the Ottoman conquest changed the demographics of the island, all the way up until the 1974 invasion the Greeks and the Turks of the island never quite managed to live together in harmony. This ethnic tension was made worse by the Cold War, and Cyprus became caught up in the world of geopolitics, in which it occupies an incredibly strategic position. A United Nations peacekeeping force has been operating in Cyprus for over 50 years - the longest running UN force of all time. Nicosia is the last divided capital city in the world. As of yet, all attempts and negotiations to solve the dispute have failed. One can only hope that the situation is solved sooner rather than later, and without any further violence.
This video is brought to you by Squarespace. Get a free trial and save 10% off you first purchase at: http://squarespace.com/wonderwhy. November 11, 2018 marks the 100 year anniversary since the end of the first world war. In this video I attempt to show how the map has changed in those hundred year! Music by Epidemic Sound: http://epidemicsound.com/creator Another Path - Johan Hynynen Yet again a huge thank you to the Associated Press (and especially to the super helpful Jenny) for their continued use of their archive footage.
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This video is sponsored by Dashlane: go to https://www.dashlane.com/wonderwhy download for free, and you can get 10% off Premium with the offer code "WONDERWHY" Much of the stock footage in this video was provided by Bigstock: http://bit.ly/bigstock-videofreetrial. Lots of great stock for a very resonable price. Go get a free trial now! In this video, I look at the question: "Do we really need time zones?". Time zones cause a lot of problems, and in the last few years, some have called for them to be completely abolished, suggesting instead that the entire world shold just use the eact same time. I start this video by very briefly talking about how time zones came to be, before outlining some of the potential upside to a world without time zones... I finish the video off by looking at some of the difficulties of ditching time zones, arguing that actually, it's less complicated with time zones.
https://curiositystream.com/wonderwhy This video is sponsored by CuriosityStream! Get a 30-day free trail by using the promo code "wonderwhy" during the sign-up process In this video I look the the controversy surrounding the two dating notations of BC/AD and BCE/CE. BC/AD is the traditionally Christian termonoloy, whereas BCE/CE is the more modern, "politically correct" termonology. I look breifly at the history of how these both came to be and try to view some of the criticisms are the newer system. I try to raise valid points from both sides of the argument. As I non-Christian myself, I don't really feel the need for the change. I think BC/AD works just fine. But that's just my opinoin, I'd love to hear yours. Lindybeige video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Unaq2x_ZqC4&t=446s Music by Epidemic Sound: http://epidemicsound.com/creator
In this video, I look at why countries might want to change their names. I look at the specific cases of North Macedonia, Eswatini, Burma/Myanmar, Iran, Czech Republic, and more. This video was made in collaboration with Atlas Pro, check out his related video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07vPaWKzpCI Music by Epidemic Sound: http://epidemicsound.com/creator
This video is brought to you by CuriosityStream. Start your free trial now at https://curiositystream.com/wonderwhy In this video, I look at an unseen cornerstone of our ecosystems: fungi. Fungi are the reason why life on land exists, as they helped plants move from the ocean onto land via symbiosis. Even to this day, fungi is an incredibly important part of nature, and also has so many different uses to human. Although the word "fungus" may conjure up negativity in some, fungus has been the driving force for evolution, and life as we know it would be possible without them. Music by Epidemic Sound: http://epidemicsound.com/creator Huge thank you to CuriosityStream for letting me use footage from their awesome documentary, The Kingdom: How Fungi Made Our World. Watch it free right now! https://curiositystream.com/wonderwhy
This video is Sponsored by CuriosityStream: https://curiositystream.com/wonderwhy Sign up now for a 31-day free trial using promo code "wonderwhy" In this 4th episode of Winners and Losers, I look the some of the most iconic landmarks and naturally beautiful places on the planet. From the Great Wall of China, to Blue Mountains of Australia, and everything inbetween. UNESCO official list: http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/?& Music by Epidemic Sound: http://epidemicsound.com/creator Notre-Dame footage curtiousy of AP archive.
Get a 30-day free trial with Audible at http://audible.com/wonderwhy or text wonderwhy to 500 500; choose 1 audiobook and 2 Audible originals per month. I highly recommend Prisoners of Geography, great for anyone interested in geopolitics. In this video I look at some of the world's oldest international borders. While the oldest border itself is actually fairly easy, I look at some other old borders, and consider the possibility that some border may be even older than maps themselves, forged by natures long before the modern-day countries formed. Music by Epidemic Sound: http://epidemicsound.com/creator Reddit post that inspired this video: https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comments/7ndxz9/i_tried_to_find_the_date_of_origin_for_every/
This video is sponsored by Audible: http://audible.com/wonderwhy Get 3 months of Audible for just $6.95 per month - limited offer. In this video, I look at some of the most interesting facts about the flags of the world. Vexilollogy is a passion of mine and this is a video that I have wanted to make for a while now, so I really hope you enjoy it! Music by Epidemic Sound: http://epidemicsound.com/creator Flags on beach: https://www.videvo.net/stock-video-footage/
Fascinating Flag Facts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAwx_fclgHE Make your own tier list: https://tiermaker.com/create/country-flags-218642 My tier list - https://tiermaker.com/list/politics/country-flags-218642/329522 Imgur link: https://imgur.com/a/QyCqO5R For a limited time, get 3 months of Audible for $6.99 per months: http://audible.com/wonderwhy Time stamps - 0:42 - Afghanistan 2:07 - Antigua and Barbuda 3:20 - Australia 6:17 - Belize 8:16 - Brazil 10:17 - Canada 11:57 - China 15:22 - Denmark 18:42 - Estonia 22:20 - Germany 31:20 - Jamaica 46:21 - Nepal 46:46 - Netherlands 52:12 - Portugal 56:55 - Seychelles 58:56 - South Africa 1:06:37 - United Kingdom 1:07:05 - United States 1:10:22 - Zimbabwe 1:10:45 - S-tier flags summary 1:10:59 - F-tier summary Thanks for watching!
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Thousands of educational documentaries for just $2.99 per month: https://curiositystream.com/wonderwhy (You'll also get access to Nebula! Be sure to watch my Working Titles episode on Friends) A Geopolitical Tour of the World Some of the topics I discuss I already have entire videos on: Macedonia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWgq48jPgP8 Catalonia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMZXeLbl6eA Cyprus: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHlHnCwFp5c Taiwan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQTtwh2GRME Western Sahara: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SakRNO_SMY Music by Epidemic Sound: http://epidemicsound.com/creator
Link to Part 2: https://youtu.be/c9rRK8AzrdI Title says it all: a fun fact about every country in the world. This is Part 1 in which we look at countries from A to L. Part 2 is already in works and shouldnt be too long until it's out. Sorry for how long it's been since my last video. 2020 was a weird year. After 7 years on YouTube I finally decided to start a Patreon, so if you'd like to help me out by supporting this channel, it would be greatly appreciated. https://www.patreon.com/wonderwhy I also started a Discord to engage more with my viewers, and get more direct feedback and help with my videos. Come join here: https://discord.gg/eshPYMhMTw Music by Epidemic Sound: http://epidemicsound.com/creator Select images/videos by Getty Images Archive footage AP archive
Part 2 of my fun fact about every country in the world seriers! In this video it's the countries from M to Z. Part 1: https://youtu.be/ZPZnTAAGKvs For my next video, I'll be doing a BONUS VIDEO featuring all the great facts that didn't make it into the main video, since I was only able to include 1 fact per video. Leave you comments down below! Help support this channel: https://www.patreon.com/wonderwhy Join the new Discord server: https://discord.gg/DpZ2Z2RuDE Music by Epidemic Sound: http://epidemicsound.com/creator Video/images by Getty Netherlands bridges footage by Tom Scott: https://youtu.be/S9E1wsxOSzM Toilet Restaurant in Taiwan video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62gtBbS5bXw You can watch Parts 1 and 2 as a FULL video on Nebula: https://watchnebula.com/videos/wonderwhy-fun-fact-about-every-country-in-the-world-full-video-from-az
The President of France is Prince of Andorra - but why? In this video I look at the rather unique country of Andorra and its history to becoming a co-principality. Help support the channel: https://www.patreon.com/wonderwhy Join the Discord: https://discord.gg/gmyD5VyKMB Music by Epidemic Sound: http://epidemicsound.com/creator Select images by Getty Images
Original Title: The Country That Became Independent Against Its Will