Why does The Gambia exist? (Short Animated Documentary)
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10 ай бұрынThe Gambia is a tiny country in West Africa that is entirely surrounded by Senegal which is has much in common with. Despite the fact The Gambia is a nation which came about as a result of colonial partitions, why didn't it join Senegal and why does it exist as in independent country? To find out watch this short and simple animated history documentary.
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@ElysiumCreator 10 ай бұрын
If it’s Napoleons fault, I’m going to lose it
@SigmaLarper27 10 ай бұрын
Beat me to it
@crumblingmasonry8961 10 ай бұрын
It kind of was. Because of him France lost most of their colonial holdings, which made the Bourbons really keen on acquiring land in Africa to make themselves feel better.
@Longshanks1690 10 ай бұрын
You’d think so but fun fact: No.
@lokensicarius9347 10 ай бұрын
Kinda, does Napoleon III getting baited by prussia count?
@lewatoaofair2522 10 ай бұрын
But it was the fault of one Napoleon, not many Napoleons.
@ChessedGamon 10 ай бұрын
If the Gambia didn't exist a story with a modern country built almost entirely around a river of the same name would be mocked as unrealistic.
@yochaiwyss3843 10 ай бұрын
Like Egypt, if we ignore the Nile's name for a second
@ssl3546 10 ай бұрын
@@yochaiwyss3843 Ancient Egypt was but modern Egypt is a proper British rectangle
@wenterinfaer1656 10 ай бұрын
@@ssl3546what's British rectangle?
@orsaz924 10 ай бұрын
@@wenterinfaer1656 it refers to the way the British drew the borders of their former colonies
@user-ds8rj2vc4v 10 ай бұрын
@@wenterinfaer1656 I'm assuming it's a joke about how when the colonial powers (France, UK etc) withdraw from other countries throughout the 20th century, they often divided up territory with nice neat straight lines on a map. Which is why half the the world looks the way it does. The problem is that much of the time it was fairly arbitrary. Nothing to do with geography or cultures etc. So has create lots of issues since.
@breaderikthegreat3224 10 ай бұрын
Short answer:Senegal was french, Gambia was british
@TheBandit025Nova 10 ай бұрын
U.S and Canada: We are both French and British
@BrancovdBoomen 10 ай бұрын
He was a French, she was a brit. Can i make it anymore obvious?~~
@nestoreleuteriopaivabendo5415 10 ай бұрын
@@BrancovdBoomen Eu referi a intendência.
@DerToasti 10 ай бұрын
uff that never works out. always leads to a linguistic berlin wall around any french part.
@erickonami1 10 ай бұрын
That doesn't answer anything
@bodilsoldeberg5412 10 ай бұрын
As a Gambian, I ask myself this very same question every single day.
@barakato 10 ай бұрын
Can you see the river from your backyard?
@danidejaneiro8378 10 ай бұрын
In your opinion, what are the advantages and disadvantages of unification with Senegal?
@alsyrriad 10 ай бұрын
Lmfao
@saulchapnick1566 10 ай бұрын
@@barakatohe can see Russia from his backyard
@guywiththebottle 10 ай бұрын
Do you want the countries to be unified?
@snowfloofcathug 10 ай бұрын
“It follows the river of Gambia and not much else” The name would be too unwieldy if it followed other rivers too
@juanjuri6127 10 ай бұрын
"The Gambia and The Gambia accesories", or "The Gambia and friends" for short
@ebnertra0004 10 ай бұрын
"The Gambia and Company"
@EebstertheGreat 10 ай бұрын
The Gambiand
@makarabaduk1754 10 ай бұрын
The Gambian Basin and the Kitchen Sink?
@Safwan.Hossain Ай бұрын
Gambia: Into the Gambi-verse
@smilingearth5181 10 ай бұрын
I love how History Matters has basically revealed every important global event or situation today can, within a few degrees of separation, be tied to Napoleon Bonaparte.
@-haclong2366 10 ай бұрын
This time it was actually Napoleon III.
@pyrex-fission 10 ай бұрын
@@-haclong2366 If only there was some way to tie him to the other Napoleon 😐
@cagdas135 10 ай бұрын
@@pyrex-fission They are both French.
@4realm8rusirius 10 ай бұрын
It's either the fault of the British or the French or both
@Alex-it7ms 10 ай бұрын
Corsica
@joshuacarre06 10 ай бұрын
There is no greater reason to do something than to annoy France
@brandonlyon730 10 ай бұрын
To be fair France also takes any opportunity to annoy Britain as well. That was mostly what their involvement in American Revolutionary War was all about.
@FlameRiflex 10 ай бұрын
@@brandonlyon730the great irony of that is America came back to tower over both France and Britain and replace their role as the leading powers lol
@-Benedict 10 ай бұрын
@@FlameRiflex What's America? Never heard of it.
@MrAlsachti 10 ай бұрын
We love being annoyed because it means someone cares about us. 🥲❤
@HHSGDFootballJPD 10 ай бұрын
So can that be my excuse to have a flat muffin vs an omelet tomorrow too?
@InRealTime769 10 ай бұрын
The most unbelievable part of this video was that anyone would think that 19th century Britain would give support to France
@jmantime 10 ай бұрын
Fun Fact: The Gambia has a larger military than some NATO countries like Montenegro, Iceland and Luxembourg with over 4,000 Gambian troops, sailors and air men.
@nfthaver3487 10 ай бұрын
Not very impressive given said European countries but still respectable
@caseclosed9342 10 ай бұрын
If I recall some of their generals have had leadership roles in the UN peacekeeping forces as well
@FluteboxFan 10 ай бұрын
Fun fact: Luxembourg is a little sh*t stain on the a*s of Belgium
@Labyrinth6000 10 ай бұрын
Some nations like Iceland have no military, so basically the US and European nations fight in their behalf.
@eou0 10 ай бұрын
montenergin military is just bed section in IKEA
@tomm9963 10 ай бұрын
My late grandad always told me the borders were decided by sailing a boat up the river, firing cannons and marking where they landed. Great story but very unlikely to be true!
@jeremykraenzlein5975 10 ай бұрын
It makes much more sense than the true history of many borders.
@Chris-ut6eq 10 ай бұрын
Alot of history is settled this way so while not true, it feels realistic.
@schmoemi3386 10 ай бұрын
I doubt that firing a cannon makes it land somewhere... 🤔😅
@bigblue6917 10 ай бұрын
Sailing up rivers and firing guns did become quiet popular for awhile there.
@Stamboul 10 ай бұрын
Quite possibly true, just not as described. You already know what range your cannons have, so there's no need to fire them. Unless you're into potentially killing people and destroying property and definitely wasting ammo.
@carmi7042 10 ай бұрын
0:50 Nice mention of the Courlandian attempt to colonize The Gambia. Your attention to dettails is great as always
@Yora21 10 ай бұрын
As in Latvia, Courland?
@Laotzu.Goldbug 10 ай бұрын
@@Yora21yes
@streamlinedengine 10 ай бұрын
Bro did a whole video about the Latvia (Courlandian) Colonial Empire. He’s a chad he is.
@slyasleep 10 ай бұрын
@@streamlinedengine😁
@damien1993 10 ай бұрын
@@streamlinedengineit was the vassal of the Polish Commonwealth!
@aldotorres1983 10 ай бұрын
Gambia exists to make Senegalese commutes more interesting
@franciscoacevedo3036 10 ай бұрын
I doubt it's a modern problem they're both part of ECOWAS, Which is a regional more functional version of the AfrUnion (like East AfrUnion) and they have free travel
@victorradu9645 10 ай бұрын
@@franciscoacevedo3036 there are still border check points there with long lineups
@aaronmarks9366 10 ай бұрын
GPS: "Current route: 2 hours to destination. Alternative: 15 hours slower to avoid other countries en route"
@ethank5059 10 ай бұрын
@@franciscoacevedo3036 The Gambia exists to give the ECOWAS military intervention someone to practice on
@Fyreflier 10 ай бұрын
"It seemed like the only reason for keeping The Gambia would be to annoy France" well that sounds like a perfectly good reason for keeping it to me!
@privatename5788 10 ай бұрын
I love how it's name is The Gambia instead of just Gambia, because it isn't so much a country as an independent river.
@johnladuke6475 10 ай бұрын
They don't want to get mistaken for just being _a gambia._
@ChaffyExpert 10 ай бұрын
The Gambia sounds like the final boss. Putting The in front of your countries name makes it more badass. Petition to change Chad's name to The Chad
@jbrown8601 9 ай бұрын
@@ChaffyExpert 💯🤣
@RedBaron44 5 ай бұрын
I've read somewhere that THE was officially added because their mail kept getting sent to Zambia
@seeyouchump 10 ай бұрын
France: *being beaten badly by Germany, the capital is being encircled and starved to death + a revolution breaks out* England: So France, about Gambia I suggest...
@gtaquizmaster 9 ай бұрын
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
@tomquirk9411 10 ай бұрын
Great video! In terms of the theme of “why does X exist”, a video on San Marino, a teeny tiny European microstate located entirely within Italy and which somehow was never absorbed into Italy during its unification would be quite interesting.
@lucacoccioli9244 10 ай бұрын
Check out his 10 minute video about the unification of Italy ;+)
@WaterPercy 10 ай бұрын
He covered that in the 10 minute history video on Italy's unification
@patrickrowan6001 10 ай бұрын
Yeah I think he has a 10 minute video on Italy? why is nobody talking about this
@antoniooliveira139 10 ай бұрын
Hello there, Portuguese historian here! I know you did it for brevity and hilarity's sake, but Portugal was not conquered by Spain nor did it stop existing; it was simply ruled by the same monarch as the rest of Spain, whilst mainting its autonomy.
@KARKATELCESARENVIADODESA-pv4yd 10 ай бұрын
¡Exactamente! ¡Gracias por decir LA VERDAD! .... no como OTROS que nos han mantenido divididos por 1000 años. Unión NO significa totalitarismo.
@anthonybarcellos2206 10 ай бұрын
Thanks for clarifying the fact that the joining of the crowns was not a "conquest." It took only three Spanish Philips as king before the Portuguese decided to unjoin the crowns and go their own way.
@XcUtiOn96 10 ай бұрын
To be even more precise, Spain didn't even exist when the Iberian Union took place: the "Spanish Empire" was more like the Habsburg Empire, since Castile, Aragon, Flanders, Milan, etc shared the same king, but they didn't form an unified state.
@-haclong2366 10 ай бұрын
Literally the same as the rest of Spain, "Spain" was a concept not a country, Aragon was also separate from Léon & Castile during this period and Navarre was also kind of separate. They simply shared the same monarch, Spain didn't actually become a country until the Bourbon reforms.
@KARKATELCESARENVIADODESA-pv4yd 10 ай бұрын
@@XcUtiOn96 Mentira. España existió en el momento de la unificación de las dos coronas y no era el "imperio habsburgo" porque estaba dirigido DESDE España por Habsburgo ESPAÑOL. Como siempre contando mentiras ustedes para descreditar a España, ya aburren. Incluso con Carlos I y su unificación del Imperio Germánico y el Hispano, Carlos I se identificaba plenamente como Hispano y aun asi las dos partes tenían autonomia tal como España y Portugal en su momento. Ya luego de la trágica división, ahi si que fue el imperio Habsburgo austriaco otra vez.
@HelloimthisguyYT 10 ай бұрын
Apparently the borders between the gambia and senegal were decided by someone shooting cannons out of a ship down the river
@treatyofwindsor 10 ай бұрын
The best way to draw boarders I believe
@HelloimthisguyYT 10 ай бұрын
@@treatyofwindsor when Europeans do gunship diplomacy
@nikel- 10 ай бұрын
It was UK was it?
@HelloimthisguyYT 10 ай бұрын
@@nikel- yh
@jaimepujol5507 10 ай бұрын
Turns out a very good way of drawing borders is "how far away can I shoot you"
@Croz89 10 ай бұрын
I'm honestly shocked that "annoying France" wasnt seen as a legitimate reason for keeping the territory by the British.
@zackkelley2940 10 ай бұрын
I'm sure it WAS.... They just couldn't use it as an OFFICIAL legitimate reason.^^ See also France and 'annoying Britain'.
@thesmithersy 9 ай бұрын
That's been English and British foreign policy for the last 1,000 years.
@fabvz5436 10 ай бұрын
It's nice to have a video about history outside of europe every now and then, great work
@jwnomad 10 ай бұрын
If it's not europe, it's european colonies
@fabvz5436 10 ай бұрын
@@jwnomad everywhere was a european colony..
@jwnomad 10 ай бұрын
@@fabvz5436 everwhere was an african colony first
@ameyd3728 10 ай бұрын
I'm a Gambian and I ask myself this everyday
@trollinape2697 10 ай бұрын
tbf there are some minor cultural and major linguistic differences between the 2 of us. My family for example is pretty much just soninke, many being able to speak mandinka. I do not think even a tenth of the senegalese population speaks a mande language natively or as a 2nd language. Then again these differences exist within and outside our borders. The vast majority of senegal for example is wolof, just like how there are many wolofs in gambia. Same with the southern bit of senegal, mali and like half of guinea have mande speakers. In conclusion: I personally believe there is neither a strong reason to why gambia should exist, nor to cease to exist
@salemsuwareh1643 4 ай бұрын
@@trollinape2697 Yeah. To outsiders, joining gambia with senegal looks like it makes sense because of geography. But if the borders in our region would change based on language or ethnicity, it would make more sense to take most of gambia, northeastern guinea bissau, and southern senegal and join them with mali, than to join gambia with senegal. For the reasons you mention. Then other mande areas like eastern guinea and northwestern ivory coast could join the new mande country too. Our tribe and its dialects are scattered across many countries right now.
@timgibson2444 10 ай бұрын
My wife asked me what I was going do tonight. I told her I had to figure out why Gambia exists. She looks me dead in the eye so confused and asks why I’m doing that. Obviously, because history matters.
@pauldietrich6790 10 ай бұрын
To annoy the French...
@Gaeilgeoir 10 ай бұрын
The Gambia remains an independent nation because James Bissonette and Kelly Moneymaker teamed up to fully fund the country's war effort and bolster its self-defense. 😌 Fair play, all! 😎👍🏻
@oenrn 10 ай бұрын
The 1950s have called, they want their joke back.
@Gaeilgeoir 10 ай бұрын
@@oenrn You would know, Boomer. 🙄
@olivertyson7947 10 ай бұрын
“The only reason to keep The Gambia would be to annoy France”. Sounds like a good reason to me.
@bustavonnutz 10 ай бұрын
Basically, there was just nothing really to be gained by joining Senegal in the eyes of the ruling class. They knew they would be marginalized in the confederation so the aristocracy of the Gambia ultimately turned it down, against popular support.
@spinusportugal1086 10 ай бұрын
Fun fact, Portugal was never conquered by Spain! For a while the rightful king of Spain was also the rightful king of Portugal. He was the king of both nations but Portugal was not conquered!
@cloudynguyen6527 10 ай бұрын
Still feel like being conquered to me
@souoriomondego 10 ай бұрын
@@cloudynguyen6527 Well the difference is that the spanish king had to rule Portugal as a kingdom separate from Spain, being restricted by many laws and having to appoint portuguese to many governing places. The first spanish king of Portugal actually respected the treaties, keeping both countries separate, but the 2 next kings tried to integrate Portugal into Spain which led to resistance in Portugal culminating in a war won by the Portuguese
@seneca983 10 ай бұрын
@@souoriomondego Technically the "Spanish king" wasn't really the king of Spain either. He was the king of Castille and totally coincidentally also the king of Aragon.
@lluis9650 10 ай бұрын
yes it was, the king of portugal died invading morocco and since the spanish king had a legitimate claim to the throne he sent an army under the duke of alba which won the battle of Alcántara and other minor skirmishes securing the throne for the king of Spain. It may not have been a bloody destructive invasion and spain gave portugal a great deal of autonomy but if it weren't for the spanish sending an army Portugal would likely have remained independent. It's funny that this is so not well known in both countries today and instead it is seen as a rather voluntary union, in spain because they feel better saying portugal wanted to integrate with them and in Portugal because they feel better saying their much bigger neighbour never managed to invade them.
@spinusportugal1086 10 ай бұрын
Between the death of D. Sebastião in 1578 and the reign of Philip II of Spain (and I of Portugal), 1580, we had King D. Henrique who...was a Cardinal and therefore could not marry. When he died, the 2 grandchildren of D. Manuel I faced each other: D.António Prior do Crato (supported by the people) and D. Filipe II of Spain (supported by the Portuguese clergy and nobility). Therefore, we did not have a conquest but rather a battle between factions of legitimate successors to the throne. In fact, Portugal was never part of Spain, it was never annexed. What happened was a personal union in which a king reigned over two different countries
@MustacheCashStash125 10 ай бұрын
Because James Bissonnette loved swimming in the river so much, he decided to make it his personal property all to himself
@SilverFang2789 10 ай бұрын
Senegal: Let's merge into one country The Gambia: Yeah that's not gonna work for me, love.
@Ajet_ 10 ай бұрын
Im sure James Bisonette could unite Gambia and Senegal once and for all!
@TheDethBringer666 10 ай бұрын
maybe, but Kelly Moneymaker can just bribe everyone
@WaterShowsProd 10 ай бұрын
Kelly Moneymaker won't budge on the free trade, so he'll have to work out a special economic zone with Senegal which eventually could lead to a separatist movement resulting in a war of independence led by Spinning Three Plates.
@reddykilowatt 10 ай бұрын
@@WaterShowsProdBoogly Woogly could broker a deal between them
@ArthurCSchaperMR 10 ай бұрын
Please do a video on the following subjects: 1. Why did the Revolutions of 1848 fail in Spain and the German states? 2. Why do people drive on different sides of the road in different countries?
@theshlauf 10 ай бұрын
2. Left side because Rome. Right side because Napoleon.
@KARKATELCESARENVIADODESA-pv4yd 10 ай бұрын
1: Because we respect our faith unlike OTHERS.
@HTS123RK 10 ай бұрын
@@theshlaufalways knew British listened to the better empire
@TheMixCurator 10 ай бұрын
@@theshlauf Thought left side was from the days of horse riding and jousting, where they'd ride from the left to attack? Similar reasons as to why shirts open a certain way. Thought that was due to right handed people being able to reach into their shirts to draw guns.
@ChaffyExpert 10 ай бұрын
I would imagine it's because of the way nationalism and liberalism took route, not sure about Spain, but Germany was fractured into a bunch of states, same as Italy, so the revolutionary ideas were less liberalism democratic, and more nationalistic. Thus both Italy and Germany were dominated by more right wing politics until the cold war. You could even think of fascism as just the natural conclusion from the nationalism that formed Germany and Italy respectively after their government's were replaced briefly with more democratic ones after WW1 until reverting back to nationalism. Same with Japan too, as a disunited nation, nationalism dominated their politics, instead of liberalism. As for Spain, who knows why Spain does anything really. They did have quite a bit of nationalistic fever after Napoleon essentially invaded to install a puppet. So maybe that's why they were split between left wing and right wing politics.
@DannoC355AC 10 ай бұрын
The best part of your channel is listening to the very end of your patron list. Boogely-woogely, Calling Dr. Curly, Dr. Larry & Dr. Moe, YOU CRACK ME UP!!!!😂😂
@thebanana4263 10 ай бұрын
James Bisonnet is probably the reason the Gambia exist
@meme-potentialsearch8010 10 ай бұрын
The rivalry between James Bisonnet and Kelly the Moneymayker over Africa really shaped the continent
@jamesbissonette8002 10 ай бұрын
Nope
@thebanana4263 10 ай бұрын
@@jamesbissonette8002🗿
@Steeyuv 10 ай бұрын
@@thebanana4263 NB that probably isn't the real JB
@thebanana4263 10 ай бұрын
@@Steeyuv I know. The names are spelled differently
@trevordeke 10 ай бұрын
I would love it if you'd do a whole series on Africa, like you've done with Europe. I've found your other videos to be not just informative, but tons of fun, and I don't know much about Africa. Seems like a win/win!
@davidbonilla840 10 ай бұрын
This man does not miss. Every video he makes answers the burning questions I never knew I needed answers to.
@streamlinedengine 10 ай бұрын
Hooray, the “Why does Country Exist” series is back! 🎉
@paleoph6168 10 ай бұрын
Nice, more frequent uploads!
@jasonpost913 10 ай бұрын
The fact that "keeping it would annoy France." wasn't reason enough for the Brits to hold onto it is somewhat of a surprise.
@Technobabylon 10 ай бұрын
"The only reason to keep it would be to annoy the French" Yes, that sounds like a decent enough reason.
@herisruns 10 ай бұрын
it's incredible how much information you're able to clearly communicate in only a few minutes. i've seen a video on this same topic that's over 10 minutes long, and it still didn't cover all of the same historical factors you mentioned
@shubhanjalshukla3879 10 ай бұрын
Yo this new upload speed is amazing!
@meeRock897 10 ай бұрын
i think i speak for all us viewers when i say please bring back the ten minute history series
@fransbuijs808 10 ай бұрын
No, these short ones are fine.
@johnmccrossan9376 10 ай бұрын
I'm surprised "to annoy France" wasn't a good enough reason
@multimandan 10 ай бұрын
This is one of my favourite KZfaq channels!
@WikiPeraX 10 ай бұрын
I’ve been waiting for this one since I found the channel
@willlewis6622 10 ай бұрын
Every time I see a video like this, it reminds me of what an insanely impressive achievement it was for Bismarck to unite (almost) all of the Germanic world
@Unmannedperson 10 ай бұрын
TL;DW: The Gambia was colonized by James Bissonette whereas Senegal was colonized by Kenny Moneymaker.
@Random-hl2uq 10 ай бұрын
Dang 2 videos in a week? I hope u manage to keep this up so I can keep watching these great videos
@oliversherman2414 8 ай бұрын
Interesting video as always 👍🏻
@dragonsword2253 10 ай бұрын
This channel has turned me into the guy from Ancient Aliens but instead of aliens it's Napoleon
@luisitobardajibenitez8013 10 ай бұрын
I was a teacher there for seven week. It's an interesting country and the people are very laid back. Recommended.
@muhammadhabibieamiro3639 10 ай бұрын
Another amazing video
@roach81cmg 10 ай бұрын
Glad I was glued to my phone for the drop of this video. ❤
@breadcat0469 10 ай бұрын
Gambia: exists History matters:but WHY
@joesomebody3365 10 ай бұрын
It's interesting that they didn't merge after independence, I'm kinda surprised a country that consists mostly of just the river territory has the power to stay unentangled of it's much larger neighbor.
@nightsinfinite 10 ай бұрын
I simply love this channel
@AyeAyeRawnn 10 ай бұрын
I love your content keep it up!
@skeetrix5577 10 ай бұрын
it's james bisonettes fault
@Tiago.Rezende 10 ай бұрын
Portugal was not conquered by Spain, we were under a crown union (Iberian Union)
@luket.9113 10 ай бұрын
That is an extended of one of my requests for another African video I made months ago. Thanks, @HistoryMatters
@Apoorvathegreat 10 ай бұрын
Thanks because of you ik about this country i was so confused while playing RON
@ryanscott33 10 ай бұрын
Loved this video! feel like we never see stories about Africa; would love to see a video on why the French did not colonize any parts of Southern Africa (beyond Madagascar) or how South Africa gained control over German Southwest Africa following WWI
@geoffreyherrick298 10 ай бұрын
I believe it had something to do with Cecil B. Rhodes' dream of an empire that stretched from Cape Town to Cairo.
@mynameisntpatrick1476 10 ай бұрын
Ah yes. The famous reason for nations not unifying. Deciding who gets to be in charge.
@prettypuff1 10 ай бұрын
1:21 “ this feels wrong” I appreciate this very much
@sufthegoat 10 ай бұрын
You asking the real questions my man
@HeisenbergFam 10 ай бұрын
Bro asks questions I never knew I needed answers for
@jeremykraenzlein5975 10 ай бұрын
Even better: he then answers them!
@TTToba 10 ай бұрын
I would like to offer a video suggestion: “How did Mexico, and the world, react to the assassination of Trotsky?”
@samdoorley6101 10 ай бұрын
As always, fun succinct video. Have you ever thought of doing an audio bloopers reel?
@gushterell7989 10 ай бұрын
I always stay and listen to the funny patreon names.
@maxjohansen9475 10 ай бұрын
One of the most fascinating features of the continuum of English accents is the additional rhoticity between an terminal and initial vowel. “Why does the Gambia exist?” Becomes “why does the Gambierexist?”
@rosiefay7283 10 ай бұрын
How else would you say it and still sound natural? Say the two words connected and you make a strange diphthong; make a gap between them and it sounds a bit stilted.
@TheoEvian 10 ай бұрын
it's called "the intrusive r". It's one of the best kept secrets for mastering nice pronunciation in those dialects.
@maxjohansen9475 10 ай бұрын
@@rosiefay7283 honestly as an American English speaker I elide (or the vowel equivalent) the sounds, so it comes out like “why does the Gam byexist” but if I were speaking to camera I would put a quarter second pause between them to give myself time to enunciate clearly like “why does the Gambia__exist?”
@maxjohansen9475 10 ай бұрын
@@TheoEvian cool! Thanks for the info.
@TheoEvian 10 ай бұрын
@@rosiefay7283 some languages make big pauses between words (for example Slavic languages that also devoice final consonants so my students pronounce "dog" and "dock" identically) and others connect them a lot (English and French would be in that camp). There are different strategies how to do this and actually English in many dialects started to put bigger gaps between words using glottal stops which is called "hard attack".
@EpicgamerwinXD6669 10 ай бұрын
You should do a video on Eritrea.
@mcgoo721 29 күн бұрын
Why'd i click this video to just immediately minimize it and look for something to watch. Why am i like this.
@Kameeho 10 ай бұрын
Man I havent seen History Matter videos for almost a year (Thanks youtube Algoritm for not putting him on my feed until now!). Great to see Jamez Bizanette still being the loyal supported after all this time.
@jomarba2 10 ай бұрын
Portugal wasnt conquered by spain. It was annexed via personal union, due to the death of its king D. Sebastiao, and a sucession crisis.
@Longshanks1690 10 ай бұрын
So, to summarise, “This is too difficult to deal with, we’ll sort it out later,” and repeat for circa 300 years?
@graveperil2169 10 ай бұрын
once roads were invented people kicked cans down them
@jake178 10 ай бұрын
you know is a good day when history matters uploads
@Ethan7s 10 ай бұрын
The best part of your video is you reading out names of Patrons with funny names.
@charlesthefirst8352 10 ай бұрын
I agree 😂
@lucianoosorio5942 10 ай бұрын
“This enraged Senegal, who punished Gambia severely.”
@Numba003 10 ай бұрын
This was one I was excited to see! The Gambia is definitely one of the more obscure yet interesting countries to note on modern maps lol. Thank you. God be with you out there everybody. ✝️ :)
@siddxartxa 10 ай бұрын
FINALLY a video on question Ive been asking myself so many times 😅 Unexpected form you, HM
@mimirovitch2792 10 ай бұрын
Thank you, interesting !
@grondhero 10 ай бұрын
Yes! A return to the *"Why hasn't this small country been conquered?"* series. 😉
@davidmehling4310 10 ай бұрын
Only heard of The Gambia because it was the homeland of Alex Hayley's ancestor Kunta Kinte in the book and tv mini series Roots
@zimriel 10 ай бұрын
you really believed all that shit?
@matthewbrotman2907 10 ай бұрын
“Welcome to The Gambia. Home of The Gambia.” Please tell me that’s a “Good Burger” reference.
@j7cc 10 ай бұрын
I enjoy this channel.
@_Ben___ 10 ай бұрын
I think the bigger question is why is it called "the" Gambia and not just Gambia?
@r8rgtrs 10 ай бұрын
Basically because the country is named after a river, and names of rivers require the definite article in English. The Thames, the Mississippi, the Gambia. The uppercase T is because the article is a legitimate part of the name, like in The Hague.
@geoffreyherrick298 10 ай бұрын
@@r8rgtrsThe Hague, The Netherlands
@r8rgtrs 10 ай бұрын
@@geoffreyherrick298 Those have articles for reasons different from the one why The Gambia has one
@wiggluededgessnatched 3 ай бұрын
the israel
@Lusitanean 10 ай бұрын
Portugal wasn't conquered. It was a dynastic union!
@myysterio2 10 ай бұрын
I'm glad we're back to asking why and now how or where
@nathanngumi8467 10 ай бұрын
Very interesting!
@_Zof 10 ай бұрын
Kelly moneymaker
@kellymoneymaker3922 10 ай бұрын
👋
@alexjv1370 10 ай бұрын
Where’s Gambia? Africa you say? Oh, then it’s just the British doing British things.
@juanjuri6127 10 ай бұрын
i was gonna say "hey cut them some slack, at least they didn't bring out the ruler this time" but... no, they did bring out the ruler. cut them no slack
@sydhenderson6753 10 ай бұрын
Somewhere in Senegal.
@theonetheonlyjoey 10 ай бұрын
Another perfect example of a question I never know I cared about, until I saw this video pop up
@StoryFireRecruiter 10 ай бұрын
Would love to see your videos on StoryFire
@EpicgamerwinXD6669 10 ай бұрын
Funny how the British Cameroons weren’t allowed independence, but the Gambia was.
@HTS123RK 10 ай бұрын
France owned Cameroon or do u mean something else
@-haclong2366 10 ай бұрын
They voted to join the French Cameroons.
@-haclong2366 10 ай бұрын
@@HTS123RKFrance only owned 90% of it, 10% belonged to Nigeria before it joined the country. Officially Cameroon is bilingual today, though the Francophones try to oppress the usage of English. Both areas were mandates taken from Germany.
@EpicgamerwinXD6669 10 ай бұрын
@@HTS123RK actually they didn’t. The German’s owned Cameroon and the French got most of it after WW1, but the British got three portions of German Cameroon. Upon “independence”, all three British Cameroons were given the option of either A)Joining Nigeria, or B)Joining the now French portion of the former German colony of Cameroon. Anyway, the two northern British Cameroons were majority Muslim and voted to join Nigeria, while the southern most British Cameroon was majority Christian and voted to join the now country of Cameroon. There’s actually an independence movement for the southern formally British Cameroon to to leave the country of Cameroon, look up “Ambazonia” if your interested in learning more.
@HTS123RK 10 ай бұрын
@@EpicgamerwinXD6669 thanks I didn’t know about that I look it up
@Draxis32 10 ай бұрын
Portugal didn't ceased to exists. There was a throne vacancy that was claimed by the King of Spain, therefore uniting both Kingdoms for what was called the "Iberian Union" That "union" caused much ruckus around the globe since Spain was an enemy of it's former colony, The Netherlands, and Portugal was an ally.
@AG-ni8jm 10 ай бұрын
🎉🎉🎉 a new video!
@Loyal_Kaiser 10 ай бұрын
Nice video
@PurooRoy 10 ай бұрын
We all knew what the answer would be, we just wanted to know in exactly which year were the British responsible for it.
@Dacian_mapping 10 ай бұрын
Napoleon basically made all of modern history, who knew short French people were so important
@alioshax7797 10 ай бұрын
He wasn't specifically short, though. I mean, I've never heard Churchill being refered as the short englishman, yet they were more or less the same height (well, okay, Churchill was taller by 1 cm).
@Dacian_mapping 10 ай бұрын
@@alioshax7797 it was a joke, I know Napoleon was 5"2 French inches which translates to 5"7 British inches which was avarage back then
@alioshax7797 10 ай бұрын
@@Dacian_mapping Ok ok. Sorry for being the boring guy then
@Dacian_mapping 10 ай бұрын
@@alioshax7797 it's ok, I would probably say the same thing tbh
@georgeblavo9755 10 ай бұрын
Really nice to see Africa make an appearance!
@timesnewlogan2032 10 ай бұрын
I could’ve sworn you already did this one.
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