The Last Day of 12 Empires: How History's Greatest Powers Fell

Every fallen empire had a last day. In this video, we have gathered 12 of those days, from the greatest powers of their time. 00:00 - Intro 00:29 - The Western Roman Empire, 476 02:10 - The Byzantine Empire, 1453 04:26 - The Aztec Empire, 1521 06:34 - The Inca Empire, 1572 08:13 - The Ming Dynasty, 1644 10:15 - The Mughal Empire, 1858 11:58 - The Qing Dynasty, 1912 13:27 - The Russian Empire, 1917 15:29 - Austria-Hungary, 1918 17:09 - The Ottoman Empire, 1922 18:42 - The Soviet Union, 1991 20:48 - The British Empire, 1997