If your very interested in this time period and looking for an excellent academic/yet entertaining book dense with knowledge, I would recommend "A history of the ancient near east 3000-323 BC" by Marc Van De Mieroop. I have had this book for years and always find reading a chapter of a specific time period very enlightening. Thank you guys for all the great comments too. If you are able to support my channel on Patereon I would Super-Duper appreciate it, as it will lower the stress of the bills etc I have :) www.patreon.com/Epimetheus1776

@nathanaelsallhageriksson1719

6 жыл бұрын

Epimetheus is Babylon what would become Ctessiphon?

@EpimetheusHistory

6 жыл бұрын

Ctesiphon is located very close to the site of Babylon but it is on the opposite banks of the Tigris river (a little north) instead of Euphrates....I would not be surprised if they used the ruins of Babylon to build parts of Ctesiphon because it is very close...so in a way, I would say it is very likely parts of Babylon became Ctesiphon... also Seleucia probably quarried materials from Babylon as well

@vincentsantos8114

6 жыл бұрын

You're*

@vikasahlawat01

6 жыл бұрын

Epimetheus hey please put timeline at the bottom all throughout the video. It gives better idea to retain

@averdadeeumaso4003

6 жыл бұрын

Why did you not include the 12 tribes of Israel, the judges period territory and of the kingdom, on the map? It was a massive event BIGGER than the Hyksos overthrowing egyptian rule, and don't say it is fake because there is mountains of evidence that it happened, examples: The existence of a statue of Joseph in Egypt, his tomb is empty conforming what is written in Exodus that they carried his remains to the promised land, the hole in egyptian history at the rule of Thutmoses the third, the man that was initially friend with Moses and was pharaoh at the time of the 10 plagues because he did not free the Hebrew people, the massive displacement of former people inhabiting the territory between the jordan river, example: the siege of Jericho, massive fights between the hebrews and amalekites with the sun stopping for 1 day, meteors from the sky, there is massive archeological evidence for this, for example the city of David, the royal sigils and golden bells from the archpriests of the temple, the temple of Jerusalem remains, the existence of Midianite and Ishmaelites living on the same place Moses was at refuge at Jethro's camp, etc, the evidence is gigantic and can not be ignored.

I've always thought it was odd that they'd teach Greek, Roman and Egyptian history but completely skip Babylon.

@s117an

5 жыл бұрын

Politically taboo to do so.

@hassanbassim4007

5 жыл бұрын

they cant teach too much Bbaylonian or Mesopotamian history or culture , because it will reveal the truth that Jews took most of their stories and myths from Mesopotamia , same did Christians and Muslims who took alot of their religious stories from the Jews .

@devvv4616

4 жыл бұрын

Persian history as well is largely a mystery. The West today glorify Greek and Rome as their cultural, intellectual ancestors and downplay most of the middle-eastern empires like the Persian, Mesopotamian, Islamic, Turkic empires who were their ancient rivals.

@devvv4616

4 жыл бұрын

@@hassanbassim4007 Wasn't Abraham from the city Ur? The Abrahamic religions are mostly about monotheism and prophets, were their similar stories in Mesopotamia?

@yseson_

4 жыл бұрын

@@devvv4616 Abraham wasn't really a monotheist his god El was apart of the semetic pantheon (look up Phoenecian gods, his descendants and followers took up his practice and over time it became monotheism.

Babylon: a kingdom that experienced a Golden Age, a Silver Age, a Bronze Age, an Iron Age, and a Baked Clay Age all before a metaphorical stone struck it, causing it to fall and crumble and fade into the pages of history and the Bible.

@Mia-sss

4 жыл бұрын

The golden age signified babylon's reign. The silver age - the Medes and the Persians, the bronze age - Greece, the iron age: the Romans. The mixed clay and iron- military and religious Rome (could not mix), and finally the metaphorical striking stone- the end of the world where all the kingdoms are forgotten.

@newswithdcruz4277

4 жыл бұрын

The metaphorical stone hasnt come yet

@draviddecoteau

3 жыл бұрын

Mia Sirena2 the feet religious-political Rome. The clay is Protestant Churches

@slft47

3 жыл бұрын

@@draviddecoteau no the feet represents rome and the 10 toes represent different nations

@HonorIsrael168

2 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣😆 I love this definition!

I would give anything to see the ancient city Babylon at it's height. It must have been a beautiful sight.

@frankkongossa3117

6 жыл бұрын

Sam Lemont but fill with everything God did not like. Visit jw.org for more info.

@konradvonschnitzeldorf6506

6 жыл бұрын

@Sam Lemont Not long ago I was in the "Old Museum" in Berlin were the giant Ishtar Gate of Babylon is recreated. Walking through it really is awe inspiring.

@salamalibadi4281

6 жыл бұрын

You can come to iraq & see it your self

@sansut141

5 жыл бұрын

great Iraq

@TheCsel

5 жыл бұрын

They didn’t have plumbing and modern sanitation, so maybe not that beautiful. (I’m joking)

I’m Assyrian, and would love a video on specifically Assyria. I think we are the last peoples of Mesopotamia who have survived and kept our ancient identity throughout the ages.

@EpimetheusHistory

6 жыл бұрын

I can say there is a great chance you'll see a video or two on Assyria in the coming months on my Channel :)

@moonk7043

6 жыл бұрын

@Epimetheus, thanks from France!

@jarjeesdr2734

6 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately you are right about the identity part

@John-je1if

6 жыл бұрын

Ddaoud2 modern Assyrians are actually an amalgamation of all the Mesopotamian peoples (sumerians, akkadians, Babylonians AND Assyrians)

@jarjeesdr2734

6 жыл бұрын

where is the Babylonian people? No Babylonians in Babylon city now?they just vanished and replaced? where is the Mesopotamian people? all iraqi people are migrant and foreigners except the christian population!!? it doesn't make sense to me. I GUESS ASSYRIANS ARE THE ONLY PPL IN IRAQ KEPT THE ANCIENT IDENTITY.. BUT NOT THE ONLY PEOPLE MESOPOTAMIAN PEOPLE WHO HAVE SURVIVED.

I had my first exposure to a lot of these civilizations from the ancient near east thanks to playing the original Age of Empires as a kid. Peoples like the Greeks, Persians, Egyptians etc. I could recognize those guys, but groups like the Babylonians, Hittites, Assyrians, Sumerians, Phoenicians, those were a lot more obscure. It's only later in life I've gotten to hear about these ancient peoples, through the work of channels like yours. Thanks, Epimetheus.

@hikeoganessian9729

2 жыл бұрын

If interested...Rothman, quoted said...''All that was known in Mesopotamia came from Armenia and that Armenia is the absent fragment in the entire mosaic of the ancient world's civilization's construction. according to Anthropologist Mitchell S. Rothman regarding the extent of discoveries and specially on the quality of horse bones proved, According to him, that it was from the Shangavit Armenian 6000 years ago that the culture of that area spread around to the ancient world... Professor Jensen also says. ‘For almost everything that is known in the Hittite language is Old Armenian in form..Historian Sayce 1845-1933) also consider Hittite and Armenian to be one and the same’. what some historians say...H.V. Hilprecht(1859-1925) a Clark research professor of Assyriology and scientific director Babylonian expedition at the University of Penn. argue that the Hittite tongue is Armenian and the Hittites themselves were of Armenian stock...according to Ellis (1861) through language analysis we observe that under the names of Phrygians, Thracians,Pelasgians and Etruscans spread westward from Armenia to Italy and Elis claimed that the closest affinities of the Aryan element are the Armenians ..other historians that agree are..Hellenthal, Busgy, Brand, Wilson, Myers and Falush...let me quote Merrick (2012) All religions are descended from and ancient Vedic cosmology described in the Rib - Veda, originating in Armenia near Mt. Ararat at least 6800 ys ago and the basic concepts of a transcendental mountain extending into space and populated planet Star-gods were developed...he further says...This Astrotheology then migrated with Armenian Aryans to found the Sumerian Ethiopian/Egyptian and Indian civilizations and religions...from Language as a fingerprint Setyan..

@babyloniq9237

2 жыл бұрын

you are so stupeid because all people dont knnow any thing about persian and egypt😂😂

@babyloniq9237

2 жыл бұрын

All people in world know babylon😂😂🇮🇶🇮🇶🇮🇶🇮🇶

Man, I have a research project on Babylon, and your video is by far the best explanation I've seen so far. Thanks

Went through 7 other similar videos on Babylon to find this one. Your voice, visuals, and presentation are well above the mark. Thank you.

Just as well conposed as your other videos, and also so-o-o-o cool to watch! Again, thank you!

Thanks so much for your time and work on the videos

EPIMETHIUS, YOU ARE THE BESTEST KZread CONTENT CREATOR.... ...PERIOD!! SUPER VISUALS! SUPERB CONTENT! CLEAR, CONCISE CONTENT! TRIM & CLEAN!!

I love the music in the background and your voice. It gives the video such a dramatic feel

@parthianwarrior1901

4 жыл бұрын

What's the name of that music in the background?

What song did you use in the video? BTW love your videos! This might be my favorite video of yours. It's both epic and informative!

Amazing ty so much for the vid

Love this history lesson. I always wondered what happened with Babylon outside of what is told in my Bible. Thanks for the lesson...

@yaruqadishi8326

11 ай бұрын

Bible has a very false and unholy view about babylon and disgusting abomination false view.

You nailed it man. Thanks, great video. 😊👍

Never realised that babylonian history was so...rich, thanks for educating me.

@hassanbassim4007

6 жыл бұрын

What did you expect from the most long-lived city in the Human History (3000-220 BC) ?

@theodosioskantasmd7388

6 жыл бұрын

lol most long lived heh? How about athens, greece (c.1250 bce-2018 ce)

@hassanbassim4007

6 жыл бұрын

theodosis kantas Athens never existed before the sea people . And actually babylon still exist but with another name 5 km near the ancient city due to river changes .

@theodosioskantasmd7388

6 жыл бұрын

babylon does not exist today. its ruins are next to saddams palace. and i didnt say athens existed before the sea people although there are signs of habitation from the 3rd cent. bce. i just said that athens is a longer lived continuous city than babylon is or ever was.

@theodosioskantasmd7388

6 жыл бұрын

''Athens Ancient Greek: Ἀθῆναι, Athênai [a.tʰɛ̂ː.nai̯]) is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, with its recorded history spanning over 3,400 years[4] and its earliest human presence starting somewhere between the 11th and 7th millennium BC''-Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Great work 😍

@epimetheus ive watched alot of your videos and what i can conclude, you are indeed a knowlegable indivisual and are a trustworthy source of information. I dont agree on some things but for the most part you are a good sorce of info

Thank you Epimetheus !!!

Thank you. I enjoyed learning more about the history of this region.

@EpimetheusHistory

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you

Cool...I liked the texture look of the maps! I saw some of the Babylon statues in museums!

Love going through your channel and checking out your old content. You're presentation and narration has really leveled up but even this is still great. On a side note: Godamn those old silent epics were a sight for sore eyes. The fuzziness of the film stock makes it hard to tell what is camera trickery too; looks better than a giant pile of obvious CG.

Thank you for this!

Well, it seems that almost everybody, whether it was kingdoms or empires conquering Babylon or foreign people invading trough migration, was falling in love with Babylon, adopting it's culture and furthering it's glory. This going on for almost 2000 years ...

Babylon at it's height would have been a sight (just like Rome), especially during those ancient times where most of the world was still centuries behind ...

@kingmaker2603

8 ай бұрын

Rome was not ahead of it's time to be honest. Alexandria in Egypt and Ctesiphon in Iraq were just as advanced and great although a little shorter in size.

MY MAN! Seriously, how can you even keep up with all of this content? Keep up the good work!! much subscribed and looking to keep on supporting you in the future. RESPECT

@dianejonny2228

2 жыл бұрын

Nice

Great coverage!

These videos are great for Pastors to know the Backgrounds of Bible Events.

@mubzplay

2 жыл бұрын

Event of Old testament,new are written by Paul and his friends

@joeroganstrtshots881

2 жыл бұрын

@@mubzplay the Old Testament affirms the new one

@mubzplay

2 жыл бұрын

@@joeroganstrtshots881 it is rewrited the actual old testament is from jews (beleive it from moses)but it have many curpution.new testament is actualy from Jesus but it is also curropted and rewrited many times for the politics during early time by the issue of paul

@yaruqadishi8326

11 ай бұрын

Pastors are all liars like your Satan and Jesus and false Yahweh god are liars and fraud.

Good job a lot of history revealed in a short time.

A big thank you for this great educational video. I knew a few things about the pre-bronze, bronze and iron-age civilisations, but couldn´t arrange them chronologically up to Alexander, was always a bit blurry for me. You made it much clearer for me. Thumbs up

You’re unbelievable! Love your videos. Can you please do one on: - the Semitic people and their branches - the Hebrews - the cannonites - filiatens

@yaruqadishi8326

11 ай бұрын

Philistines are canaanites. But Hebrews are Babylon descendants.

BUILD THAT WALL! BUILD THAT WALL! oh.... they walked around it

@mofleh177

4 жыл бұрын

lol I was thinking about it, like the French Maginot line that was supposed to stop the Germans from invading France again oops

@user-re3zu1yj3z

4 жыл бұрын

ברוך הבא לבית שלי, עכשיו אני הולך לישון

@MasterDeanarius

4 жыл бұрын

@@mofleh177 The Maginot line didn't work because Belgium opposed it just before the war. It worked in WW1, so why do people think the French just forgot about Belgium when WW2 came around?

@mofleh177

4 жыл бұрын

@@MasterDeanarius There were no Maginot line in WWI but many lines of trenches after Germany went deep in French territory, the Maginot was built after the war based on their experience. I don't know exactly what happened to the border with Belgium but I read that they thought the terrain is rough and unlikely place to be attacked from plus Germany would have to invade the Netherlands and Belgium which would give them plenty of time to prepare but in any case it failed because it was a costly project that didn't serve its purpose.

@MasterDeanarius

4 жыл бұрын

@@mofleh177 The Maginot line was based on the frontline in WW1, It was supposed to connect through most of Belgium's rivers. People keep repeating this stupid notion the French didn't expect the Germans to go through Belgium even tho they did in WW1. I'm bad at phrasing it but the maginot line never came to be, it was supposed to be strongest in Belgium where they knew they would come. But Belgium thought they could be neutral in the coming war, so they opposed the Maginot line months before Hitler invaded. That's why Belgium had to capitulate in less than 48 hours and Rommel was free to walk all over the French.

Liked the video thank you for doing iraq history can't wait for Assyria history

@EMan-cf8lv

5 жыл бұрын

Al-Jumaeyli Al-Qaysi Al-Dawseri الدوسر were still here. Btw check out the church at jubail, Saudi Arabia. It’s a gift from my people, lol

@EMan-cf8lv

5 жыл бұрын

Al-Jumaeyli Al-Qaysi Al-Dawseri الدوسر that is false. And it’s Built. This is just the beginning of the Wiki page “Jubail Church is a 4th-century church building near Jubail, Saudi Arabia, discovered in 1986. It originally belonged to the Assyrian Church of the East, an ancient Nestorian branch of Eastern Christianity in the Middle East.” So you can see that it’s an Assyrian built church.

@tacotaco8863

5 жыл бұрын

@Son of Mountain *Kurds are a terrorist state

@tacotaco8863

5 жыл бұрын

@Son of Mountain Wtf are you talking about? We werent terrorist either, we just had to survive

@tacotaco8863

5 жыл бұрын

@Son of Mountain Jeans?

Great work bro

Excellent work. Thank you.

This isn't related to the video but if the Sumerian civilization collapsed because irrigation led to salination of their fields, how come that hasn't happened to Egypt? They've been irrigating their fields for 5000 years now.

@EpimetheusHistory

6 жыл бұрын

Hmmm... interesting question....just off the top of my head it might be that the coast of southern Iraq has been sitting up for thousands of years moving further out to sea, especially the cities of Ur, Uruk Eridu, Larsa, and Lagash were all coastal cities the silting affected their crops more as the coast moved out...the major Egyptian metropolis where further south from the Mediterranean coast Memphis Thebes etc would not be affected by coastal silting or the changes in the courses of the delta rivers to the north. Compared to the Sumerians they had a much more predictable river to deal with that irrigation and new fertile topsoil from the yearly floodings could be more effectively managed... I could be wrong....but that is the off the top of my head hypothesis :)

@EpimetheusHistory

6 жыл бұрын

...and is sorta related in a roundabout way :)

@usaisraelukaresourceofallp8650

6 жыл бұрын

Feynstein 100 Because their fields was located next to the Nile river and every year Nile river helps the fields to recover.

@feynstein1004

6 жыл бұрын

+wz That sounds interesting. Would you mind elaborating?

@food4money

6 жыл бұрын

Feynstein 100 watch the bronze age collapse by extra credits

fantastic video

Well presented video, I suggest a time dating + or - the chronological year that the events took place. Because there were thousands of years described in 10 minutes video.

GOD BLESS YOUR EFFORT. IT'S A HIGHLY APPRECIATED ONE

Thank your for this video 💕 I'm an Iraqi from the region of Ur I'm always deeply interested in my Babylonian and Sumerian ancestry 😍 May Babylon and Ur rise once more 💕

@rezaq5951

5 жыл бұрын

Not happening champ

@vanessahurst6916

5 жыл бұрын

@Son of Mountain well not in a literal sense, LOL. I'm well aware that it's impossible but I mean as regions. The region of Babylon and of Ur. I hope these areas prosper and rise.

@vanessahurst6916

5 жыл бұрын

@@rezaq5951 ((same as to what I said to mountain boy)) well not in a literal sense, LOL. I'm well aware that it's impossible but I mean as regions. the region of Babylon and of Ur. I hope these areas prosper and rise.

@vanessahurst6916

5 жыл бұрын

@Son of Mountain I will also never forget their blood. Iraq still has a long way to go. and yes, I agree, Iraq is currently a really shit nation. It's disgusting and has allot of issues. that doesn't mean I should give up on it. It is my home. It is the only place I belong to. Iraq needs all of us to work together. we need to unite and fix our nation. Iraq is nothing without Kurds. also, there are many mixed Kurdish and Arab communities. It's hard to separate them.. (yup, I'm from Dhi Qar) and you? :3

@vanessahurst6916

5 жыл бұрын

@Son of Mountain then you're lucky because Duhok is very beautiful (well, all of Kurdistan region is ♥) yep, I agree Iran and Turkey don't care about Iraq. but the biggest thing that is destroying Iraq is.. Iraqi society.. it's so disgusting.. especially southern Iraq. it's like daesh.. I don't want to hate Iraqis but sadly this is the truth. maybe I'm just lying to myself.. maybe Iraq will never be perfect.. I wish Arabs in the south can learn from the Kurds in the north. Kurds have a much more beautiful and open-minded society. people live more freely and can dress and be however they want.. *also, it's not my real name :P wishing you all the best bro, stay safe ♥

I love ancient history.. I wish I had the luxury of time.. You would make a good teacher.. I would love to learn much more

@parthianwarrior1901

4 жыл бұрын

What's the name of the music in the beginning of the video?

This was extremely interesting..thanks

Thank you for your deligience, passion of history and time to research this.. I learnt a lot. Appreciated

First time watching something like this, very cool! You described Nebuchadnezzar's dream and Daniel 8:20

@mrkakoulides

3 жыл бұрын

Daniel 2

@yaruqadishi8326

11 ай бұрын

Except Daniel is so inaccurate and post Nebuchadnezzar just like genesis.

Do Assyria next!

@philregaz599

5 жыл бұрын

Jason the rock blaha Nebuchadnezzar didn't destroy assyria, his father was the one who destroyed it along with cyaxares. I'm pretty sure assyria as an empire was much greater than babylonia and chaldea combined since they accomplished much more and lasted longer as a military power. Babylonia was a more superior than assyria when it came to culture tho.

@BinaryTechnique

5 жыл бұрын

@Jason Blaha Assyria was a greater idiots like you have no knowledge of historical events 🤦🏼‍♂️

@user-re3zu1yj3z

4 жыл бұрын

ברוך הבא לבית שלי, עכשיו אני הולך לישון

Thank You !!

Nice one Epi - as always I love your drawings. . . boy sure wish I knew some one who could draw me a convincing Scipio and Hannibal for their climatic meeting at Zama ;)

I like your narrative voice. It sounds so Hollywood. Thanks for making this amazing video. I always wanted to know about ancient Persia. After they were also conquered by Alexander The Great, how and when did they get their independence from the Roman Empire? I also like hearing about Ancient Babylon too because I like hearing about Nebakuneezer and King Cyrus. Also, this explains everything about the reason that Western Europe is having a hard time in places like Iran and Iraq when it comes to the War on Terrorism. They are telling the West to "stay away from our country's and to never return with the rhetoric of destroy and conquer."

Babylon has some how really fascinated me, especially during the emperial rise in the bible........now I see it played a lot of rolls in history

Great work! What is the name of the movie that you are using in the bigining of the video?

great job, mate.

...and we think we have it rough!😕 Thank you very much for all your work.

Cool, a quickie before I hit the hay

Finally! Context for who Nebuchadnezzar II is from Civ V :p Great video, you nailed getting 2k years into a digestible, well-paced format.

Do you ever just watch the entire story of Babylon at midnight

@REIVAXMEELAS

2 жыл бұрын

I do

@gentlegingie

2 жыл бұрын

@@REIVAXMEELAS you did

After the death of Nebuchadnezzar II, his son Amil-Marduk practically handed the throne over to exiled king of Judah Jehoiachin. Is there any good historical material detailing the details of the final years of Nebuchadnezzar's life, and the subsequent degradation of Babylon after his death? From what bit of information I have found, Jehoiachin was king of Judah for only a year before Nebuchadnezzar raided Judah. He was also young and apparently disinterested in being a good king, and instead "partied" a lot. Seems, during his imprisonment in Babylon, he would talk with Amil-Marduk often, and had influence over the Babylonian prince. Upon Nebuchadnezzar's death, and Amil-Marduk's ascension to the throne, Amil-Marduk, sometimes called "Evil"-Marduk, let Jehoiachin sit upon the Babylonian throne. What I am looking for is details surrounding the specifics of the span of time from the second sacking of Judah, and the 6 years following Nebuchadnezzar's death. This other king, the non-Chaldean, where was his line from? Also, was it the Assyrian influence that gave rise to the influence of Ishtar in the city?

You should do a video about the Median empire there’s not a lot of history I can find on them

what is the source of the footage used at the beginning of the video ?

I love the addition of background music

@aerozopher

5 жыл бұрын

I found the musice to not be fitting at all

@adarshmurugan3848

5 жыл бұрын

Farhan Tbs any idea what’s the name of this music?

I live in south iraq were Babylon was mainly founded still I don't feel I'm babylonian

@eliasfrahat7074

6 жыл бұрын

Luis Luis thank you I might do that in the near future

@hazzmati

6 жыл бұрын

Ofc you don't feel babylonian your old culture was entirely stamped out by the invading arab muslims from the south

@hazzmati

6 жыл бұрын

Well Alex Y afaik semetic is a language family just like indo european so it doesn't mean they are the same people. Jews and arabs are ''semites'' but you wouldn't ever think of them being similar people or having positive relations with each other. Heck the yugoslav peoples couldn't live together even tough they were all similar people and all south slavs.

@eliasfrahat7074

6 жыл бұрын

Alex Y we aren't the same people and don't have a good relationship

@eliasfrahat7074

6 жыл бұрын

King Wiwuz IV true

Hi Epimetheus . I'm an Muay thai fighter and I love to just watch your videos as I go running please keep em coming. I can't wait to learn some more!

@EpimetheusHistory

6 жыл бұрын

That's awesome man, Glad you like them :)

@moguldamongrel3054

5 жыл бұрын

how are you watching videos... running....

@moguldamongrel3054

4 жыл бұрын

Lord Voldemort i mean unless you got google glass or something watching videos will running is stupidly dangerous. Listening perhaps. I listen to quite a few of these videos will walking... just curious.

best history chanell ever!!

Cool! Thank you!

Please do a video on Elam!

What’s that old film footage from at the beginning called ?

@yseson_

4 жыл бұрын

That set was impressive

@MrRevelation2012

4 жыл бұрын

It's in Hollywood. Part of it still there

@nycronin

4 жыл бұрын

It's a very old film directed by D. W. Griffith (popular/infamous for also filming Birth of a Nation) called "Intolerance: Loves struggle throughout the ages".

@TheDrunkHamster

3 жыл бұрын

It was real leaked footage from 800BC

Great video! Also what is the name of the movie you used?

What movie is that footage you keep showing of Babylon from?

Hey, great video! I would really like to learn either Akkadian or Sumerian, currently my interest in both is really big but I don't know which to choose... I already speak a Semitic language so I tend towards Akkadian but I cuneiform and the Epic of Gilgamesh are Sumerian (cuneiform works nicer in Sumerian). I'm definitely going to learn one of them but not both... which would you advise me?

@sorayacatfriend

6 жыл бұрын

We know much more about the akkadian language than the sumerian language, so it might be easier to learn it.

@EpimetheusHistory

6 жыл бұрын

That would be really cool to be able to read either, but I would pick whichever one had more undeciphered tablets and/or total surviving tablets....which I think might be Akkadian because that was used all the way up until Aramaic replaced it. But reading Gilgamesh in its original language would be pretty epic :D I think I read (or saw in a documentary) somewhere that universities, museums or something posted the images of undeciphered tablets so that people could help translate...if you could find something like that would be awesome to be the first person to have read it in thousands of years.

@hikeoganessian9729

2 жыл бұрын

If interested...Rothman, quoted said...''All that was known in Mesopotamia came from Armenia and that Armenia is the absent fragment in the entire mosaic of the ancient world's civilization's construction. according to Anthropologist Mitchell S. Rothman regarding the extent of discoveries and specially on the quality of horse bones proved, According to him, that it was from the Shangavit Armenian 6000 years ago that the culture of that area spread around to the ancient world... Professor Jensen also says. ‘For almost everything that is known in the Hittite language is Old Armenian in form..Historian Sayce 1845-1933) also consider Hittite and Armenian to be one and the same’. what some historians say...H.V. Hilprecht(1859-1925) a Clark research professor of Assyriology and scientific director Babylonian expedition at the University of Penn. argue that the Hittite tongue is Armenian and the Hittites themselves were of Armenian stock...according to Ellis (1861) through language analysis we observe that under the names of Phrygians, Thracians,Pelasgians and Etruscans spread westward from Armenia to Italy and Elis claimed that the closest affinities of the Aryan element are the Armenians ..other historians that agree are..Hellenthal, Busgy, Brand, Wilson, Myers and Falush...let me quote Merrick (2012) All religions are descended from and ancient Vedic cosmology described in the Rib - Veda, originating in Armenia near Mt. Ararat at least 6800 ys ago and the basic concepts of a transcendental mountain extending into space and populated planet Star-gods were developed...he further says...This Astrotheology then migrated with Armenian Aryans to found the Sumerian Ethiopian/Egyptian and Indian civilizations and religions...from Language as a fingerprint Setyan..

@infectedinfantry1887

8 ай бұрын

​@@hikeoganessian9729whole lot of crap hahahaha

WELL this is complicated to understand...but amazing at same time wow...we need to learn much more about this that way we teach not to make mistakes and learn from this great past.

what movie is that footage at the start of the video taken from?

I like your video

Sea people were to those ancient people of that area, like vikings were to the people of Britannia? Strange we do not know so much about the sea people.

@Karthagast

6 жыл бұрын

Good comparison. Not only to "the people of Britannia", but to much of Western Europe. Remember the vikings attacked France, Spain and even Sicily, in the Mediterranean, as well.

@JuniorJuni070

5 жыл бұрын

Invicta Magerit It’s a american.. all they know is Britain Take it with a grain of salt

@jasonbourne9819

5 жыл бұрын

They were the Philistines. Not vikings.

@christianriddler5063

4 жыл бұрын

@@jasonbourne9819 Ah, you must be the village fool.

@gearlord8506

3 жыл бұрын

@@christianriddler5063 , he was right, but no one claimed that the ancient sea visitors were Vikings, he just wasn't paying attention

What's the title of the b/w film the vid shows?

@davidrossa4125

4 жыл бұрын

M - Its from the silent movie Intolerance made in 1916

@bad_23_r50

3 жыл бұрын

@@davidrossa4125 do you know what it's called ?

@davidrossa4125

3 жыл бұрын

@@bad_23_r50 The movie is called Intolerance, however the scenes were also released separately as The Fall of Babylon.

Where is the footage at the start of this video from?

Thank you

Where is the classic film from? It looks amazing.

@EpimetheusHistory

6 жыл бұрын

Intolerance 1916 Probably the most impressive looking silent movie IMO

I am Chaldean/Sumerian and I really love to learn about all this thanks and it makes me know more about the history of the land I was born in.

@michaeladeeb4401

4 жыл бұрын

Noah The Celt I am half from both

@yaruqadishi8326

11 ай бұрын

Chaldeans are Babylon branched not Sumerian and tooo far from Sumerian.

@samtheman4931

10 ай бұрын

How are you Sumerian they are extinct. What is your religion and what language do yo speak?

I would really really really appreciate if anyone would tell me what are those background videos and how I can find them? Are they taken from a film or something?

Is there a full length film on KZread to the clips being used to depict the city and it's people in the video

Actually Babylonia is Iraq, or the former name of it. The 10th century Arab Muslim geographer al-Maqdisi said that most people forgot the Babylonia and only knows it as Iraq.

hey epimetheus, make another syrian civil war update about afrin's takeover by turks

Wow thanks youtube for reccomending this to me today not yesterday when i was writing an ancient empires essay

Small question, why was there a small flash of the quote "To thee, oh Ishtar, all praise for the victory" at around 0:23-0:24? I couldn't find anything in this video talking about Ishtar or anything relating to Ishtar.

Babylon wages war on babylon.... 😳😳😳😳

@civishyperboreum6853

3 жыл бұрын

The head bites the tail, in death they are born.

@bdbailey

3 жыл бұрын

Babylon vanquishes the evil of Babylon, Babylon falls and Babylon rises, The wars aren't real but the genocides of your people are, How they massacre you like cattle! How God weeps for your misguided souls!

Do a video on the sea peoples

@ValdezJu

6 жыл бұрын

Atlantis?

@aldhizak

6 жыл бұрын

lol atlantis

@cjheaford

6 жыл бұрын

It wouldn’t be much of a video. Nobody knows for sure who the Sea peoples were.

@roha1329

5 жыл бұрын

Don't forget about Austronesians.

@braxm7632

5 жыл бұрын

Minoans?

What are your sources for this information, if I may inquire? Sounds about like what I've read/heard here and there, including particularly in the Bible's Old Testament written scriputures. Quite mind blowing.

What's the name of the song? I seriously can't find it anywhere

What is the silent movie playing through this video. Whatever it is, it's beautiful.

@EpimetheusHistory

2 жыл бұрын

intolerance 1916

@secondcomingofbast9908

2 жыл бұрын

@@EpimetheusHistory Thanks for answering.. I managed to look it up on Google just by typing in "Silent film about Babylon." I recognized it immediately. Say what you will about D. W. Griffith, he had an artistic flair matched by few. Btw, I really enjoy your channel.

Good video. It covered 3000 years of history. But I think the map is a bit off in the beginning of the video. Assyria and Mari were WAY up north, and around 610 BC, Assyria was controlling Egypt, and also they helped the Assyrians against Babylonians and Medes. I think it would have been interesting if you had mentioned it. Still, a very good video. Keep it up! Love from Iran.

from where did you get the footage from the start of the video ?

@norgepalm7315

5 жыл бұрын

Name says cod boss, pfp is from bfbc2..

Excellent

Make Babylon Great Again thanks for the good vids

@hassanbassim4007

6 жыл бұрын

Soon we will rise again .

@Narrowcros

5 жыл бұрын

I will

@kristindandy3077

4 жыл бұрын

Mystery Babylon the Great is destroyed never to rise again according to Revelation.

@futurehendrix1186

4 жыл бұрын

Kristin Dandy mystery Babylon is America

@eyeofthepyramid2596

4 жыл бұрын

@@mohannadabdulkareem4626 never, once it fell, it will never rise again.

too bad everyone who lived in that area lost their language. The only people from that area who saved their language are Assyrians who are Christians and speak Aramaic. during the Persian Sassanid empire Iraq and Syria were completely Persianizd and they spoke middle Persian but after the Islamic conquest their language changed to Arabic.

@alexdenton7199

6 жыл бұрын

wz I miss the persian culture. The Arabic culture doesn't compete by any measure.

@usaisraelukaresourceofallp8650

6 жыл бұрын

I, Libertarian You miss something that is still alive?

@alexdenton7199

6 жыл бұрын

wz Still alive? Aside from maybe ethnic ties how so and where so the culture?

@usaisraelukaresourceofallp8650

6 жыл бұрын

I, Libertarian Nowruz, Yalda night, Fire festival, Iranian month names, Iranians still use the Zoroastrian word for God and ...

@usaisraelukaresourceofallp8650

6 жыл бұрын

I, Libertarian Also I was talking about language of Akkadians and Babylonians and Sumerians not Persians, Persians are still alive and they Live in Iran, Afghanistan and Tajikistan.

History is most important to mi:thank u for doing what ur doing love it.

It's a bit nit picky but Susa was more to the Northwest- where the blue-tunic wearing dude's right ankle is. It was a lot closer to Babylon and also a major rival in the area. Susa was extremely powerful but now is a mere indistinguishable bump in the terrain like a lot of other failed city states. I'm liking the videos though- keep'em coming.

IN YOUR SHORT VIDEO, I LEARNED MORE about Babylon's history than from all "world history" classes I ever attended !

Anyone else here after Lady Gaga's Babylon?

@gagaalejandro1988

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, obviously...

@mercyanyangu5129

3 жыл бұрын

Wake up wake up....time is short,the black Messiah is coming soon

@gagaalejandro1988

3 жыл бұрын

@@mercyanyangu5129 can you explain it?

How do I donate???

Where do the movie clips come from - what is the name of that movie. I haven't seen anything to match those sets, not even in "The 10 Commandments". They are amazing