A Super Quick History of Sri Lanka

Worth mentioning that the Sinhala kingdoms won most of their encounters with the Portuguese (see the Battle of Mulleriyawa, Battle of Randeniwala, Battle of Gannoruwa, Campaign of Danture). Sinhala attempts to capture the forts of Colombo and Kotte were however repulsed. The Kingdom of Sitawaka only collapsed after King Rajasinghe I was felled by a poisonous thorn. Also worth noting the British couldn't conquer the Kingdom of Kandy militarily, trying (and failing) twice. Instead they colluded with disgruntled and power-hungry Kandyan ministers to finally conquer the island.

British did not conqure the kingdom of Kandy militarily , in fact they tried and failed twice. But with a coup and a treaty with politicians back then they were able to get it .

Great video on the story of Sri Lanka. Next is Sudan. A country that, like Egypt, had a booming civilization. It wasn’t as well known, but Nubia was as impressive. 🇸🇩

Yes, this is very interesting and I appreciate this newly acquired knowledge.

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nice! really informative in a quick manner!

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can't get enough of Mr History thank you sir for another teaching, keep it up yr great work , thank you .

great vid :)

We take huge pride in fighting against portugeese and british in battle and winning. Not a lot of other countries could say that... For some reason we liked the dutch, not much hostility is recorded from that time..

my partner says your next video will be on Taiwan, so when can we expect Thailand?

That last person Gotabaya Rajapakse wasn't the prime minister, he was the president (source: I'm Sri Lankan)

Did you know that Ceylon is the place where a European army was defeated by an Asian army for the very first time? This occurred during the Mulleriyawa Battle in 1559, which was fought between the Portuguese and the Kingdom of Sitawaka.

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English transalated- As a person from sri lanka, you somehow Pronounced the names of the great people of sri lanka in a correct way Sinhala(english)- Mama sri lankawe inna wita, oya kohoma hari ape rate vadagath pudgalayange nam Okkoma hariyata kiwwa

Can you do Trinidad and Tobago in the Caribbean ? 🇹🇹

Tamil Tigers sound like a professional sports team. Epic! 😂