I am heavily read on this subject, and have multiple shelves on it as well. These videos are pretty darn good for anybody starting from scratch. Nice job.

@HistorywithCy

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much, I appreciate the kind words. I love this subject too...have a few shelves myself but now also have collected many kindle ebooks so that I can take them anywhere lol. One of the greatest thrills for me though is to go to some of the larger university libraries and see their collection of history books... leaves me speechless every time! Thanks for stopping by, more to come soon!

Excellent overview of the main earliest cities of Sumer and their deities, well for beginners like me to memorize.

@HistorywithCy

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Don't worry, I was a beginner too... just give it time, before you know you'll be quoting Sumerian literature and knowing which king did what... if there's anything I can do to help, don't hesitate to ask...thanks again for stopping by!

@Redtail-ye9wv

11 ай бұрын

Ggtbbt

These are so helpful!!! We use them for ancient history homeschool. You are our current history professor as we learn about mesopotamia :)

The Sumerian civilizations fascinate me. So ancient yet still amazingly advanced.

@HistorywithCy

4 жыл бұрын

Oh I love 'em too...I can't stop making these vids! Thanks again for stopping by, appreciate it!

@amberswafford9305

4 жыл бұрын

History with Cy By all means, do carry on. 😎 I have a lot of time w no one else around during my day and whenever I’m not enjoying the sounds of the outdoors, I’m watching KZread or listening to Audible. I honestly have no need for any of this information in my daily life, I just genuinely enjoy learning about history.

@HistorywithCy

4 жыл бұрын

Awesome!

@kevwillsulai7885

4 жыл бұрын

Me2..

Man... For your next entry in the mesopotamian saga, you should DEFINITIVELY talk about "The exaltation of Inanna", written by the great En priestess "En-hedu-ana". And you should talk about her too. Cause she is a pretty fascinating figure. 💁

@hermescarraro3393

4 жыл бұрын

@Barb Mulvaney She was an extremely important figure in mesopotamian history. She was the daughter of the akkadian king Sargon the great after all. Also. This poetry mention something that happened in the city of Ur. Probably a rebellion.

@HistorywithCy

4 жыл бұрын

Oh, I'll be doing a video on her soon...putting out a few vids on the Akkadian Empire. First episode will deal with Sargon, next will be Rimush and Manishtushu, then Enheduanna, and finally Naram-Sin. It's all coming up in the next month or two!

@HistorywithCy

4 жыл бұрын

it's on deck!

@hermescarraro3393

4 жыл бұрын

@@HistorywithCy Great. (/◕ヮ◕)/

Great presentation ! As always. I’m so fascinated with ancient history. I saw to come across the Sumerians and Babylon and many others in the Bible . I always was fascinated what life was like .

@HistorywithCy

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you, I'm glad you liked it! Yeah, ancient history is my favorite too. More to come soon!

My favourite video so far, thank you.

@HistorywithCy

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much, I really appreciate it... more (hopefully better) episodes to come!

You have achieved something many KZreadrs would be a bit envious of. Your content in extremely rewatchable, now we just need to get you in front of more eyes.

@HistorywithCy

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for the feedback and words of encouragement. Yeah my goal is to make a little video reference library for all of you who are into this stuff to use whenever you want. Glad you like the content and more coming soon...thanks so much for stopping by and stay safe!

Love your videos. Some of the best researched stuff I've watched and I've watched them all. That BCE stuff drives a little crazy. Historians participating in revisionism in real time is sad! But keep up the good work, I've subscribed and will be watching..

@HistorywithCy

4 жыл бұрын

Hi, thanks for stopping by and the kind words, I really appreciate them. More to come, stay tuned!

Mesopotamia's history is generally quite confusing imho, but your videos manage to explain major topics in a concise and very interesting manner.

Something that sets this channel apart. In EVERY image there is a description of date, name, museum, etc. That way we can fact check every claim and source. This channel is very profesional.

@HistorywithCy

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for stopping by and the feedback, really appreciate it! Glad that the captions help! More on the way, stay tuned!

Great as always! You do keep a steady stream of great quality episodes!

@HistorywithCy

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you, great to see you on here again! Glad y'all are into this stuff as much as I am!

Mercy dude, all your stuff is great. Thanks!

@HistorywithCy

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much, I appreciate it!

This is fantastic video, enjoyed every second of it, you deserve more followers, and yes my favorite city is city of UR. Just one notice you forgot to mention city of Larsa

@HistorywithCy

4 жыл бұрын

Hi, thanks so much of stopping by, I really appreciate it! Glad you liked the video! Yes, there were a couple of other cities that were not included in this particular video. I actually talk more about Larsa in the Old Babylonian period and there are couple of videos on that I made a few months ago. Check out the Babylonian playlist and the videos on the Isin-Larsa Period and Hammurabi, master of Mesopotamia. kzread.info/dash/bejne/noJ-sZOrj7TRh7A.html kzread.info/dash/bejne/oYOAxaeqgZm6Zco.html Any questions, please don't hesitate to let me know. Thanks!

I love the very informative work you’re presenting, thank you. I’ve subscribed and looking forward to future presentations on ancient Sumer.

@HistorywithCy

2 жыл бұрын

My pleasure, thank you for watching, really appreciate it! More on ancient Sumer and Mesopotamia on the way, stay tuned and safe!

I know I'm late. But I love Mesopotamian history and I'm binging this Playlist. It should be mentioned, though, that the Ziggurat of Ur has been partially refurbished or reconstructed numerous times by numerous people, the most recent of which, surprisingly, was Sadaam Hussein, who had the lower levels and the staircase rebuilt. Because of that, we still have a beautiful, accurate piece of original Mesopotamian architecture. I still want to visit it one day.

Thanks for all your hard work in making these videos!

@HistorywithCy

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for stopping by and watching them, I really appreciate it!

Your videos are really good and I hope you keep getting more and more subscribers! One suggestion though - the volume is not constant across your videos and sometimes changes even within a single video. It is not difficult to normalize the sound volume via sound editing software and it would make it a lot more comfortable to watch.

Very informative and enjoyable. Excellent video, looking forward to the rest.

@HistorywithCy

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for the kind words, I really appreciate them. Definitely more to come, on Sumer and Mesopotamia in general...stay safe!

Cy, your videos are staggering. It’s obviously a labour of love.

@HistorywithCy

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I do love making them...wish I could put them out faster!

@paulannable3734

4 жыл бұрын

Hey Cy, how did you do this? I have this terrible Euro (so far) centric preconception that North American education isn’t the greatest (although I always knew, obviously, that there are enquiring people like you in the US). I’m interested to know where did your interest in this come from, and just how did you become so learned? And while I’m here, can I recommend a new BBC Series presented by Dr Janina Ramirez, ‘Raiders of the Lost Past’ (terrible title, great programming. I love watching archaeology material that makes my jaw actually drop and this does.) 3 episodes, the first in the Sutton Hoo boat burial, the 2nd on the 10 000 year old Ivory Lion Man carving, the 3rd on the Olmec. Check them out if you can, I know that they’re right up your street. I’m so glad that you enjoy doing these - it guarantees lots more in the future. Keep it up! All the best Paul

@HistorywithCy

4 жыл бұрын

@@paulannable3734 Hi Paul! To be honest, this all started when I was in high school and wanted to know more about the origin and meaning of my own name, which is Cyrus (Cy is my nickname); all I knew was that he was a great Persian king who created a vast empire. As I was learning about all of this, I became extremely interested in the peoples and regions that made up that empire - Babylonia, the eastern Mediterranean, Egypt, Central Asia, Anatolia and others. That's really how this obsession started. After that, it was just reading every book that I could find on the subject, whether from the nearby university libraries or the book shop down the street. Then I discovered Amazon, and well, there went all my free time. About two years ago, I got a trial subscription to Adobe Premiere/Photoshop and, well, now we're here! I think I've heard of the the BBC series by Dr. Ramirez that you're talking about but haven't seen it. Since you've recommended it, I'll definitely check out! Sounds really cool, especially the third one since I'm really interested in learning more about the Olmecs and ancient Mesoamerica. Anyway, thanks again for stopping by! If you have any questions or video requests, please don't hesitate to let me know. Honestly, I'm thrilled that there are others like you out there who really enjoy learning about this stuff!

Awesome Great highlights!

@HistorywithCy

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, glad you enjoyed this! More on Sumer coming up, stay tuned and safe!

While I adore all of your videos, allow me to make a quick observation: when it displayed Eridu, it correctly indicated the god Enki (Sumerian), who in Akkadian is Ea. However, when you later described Enlil at Nippur, you also provided the term "Ea" (which, again, pertains to Enki). I believe Enlil in Akkadian was just "ELIL." Enki (Sumerian: 𒀭𒂗𒆠EN-KI) is the Sumerian god of water, knowledge (gestú) He was later known as Ea (Akkadian: 𒀭𒂍𒀀) or Ae in Akkadian (Assyrian-Babylonian) religion and is identified by some scholars with IA in Canaanite religion. Enlil, later known as Elil, is an ancient Mesopotamian god associated with wind, air, earth, and storms.

@HistorywithCy

Жыл бұрын

Ah, that must have been a slip on my part, thanks for pointing that out! It's bee a while since I've viewed this view, one of my first! Next video is a long one...on Babylonia! Thanks for watching!

Great videos. Couple suggestions though. I would like more info on lifestyle stuff, like how the regular people lived, their economy, their culture, more than religious and war info. Also I would like to see the dates displayed more, to keep it more clear.

Very good information

Now i can have a nice day, thanks

@HistorywithCy

4 жыл бұрын

Awesome, thanks so much... comments like these actually make my day!

Quite great video. Lagash being composed of three surprised me. I'm wondering, though; I've read Urukug of the Sealanders might have been Lagash. How plausible is that?

Really enjoyed the video. Hope to see more. However, If I'm not mistaken, I think Abraham, father of the Jewish nation was also connected to Ur, perhaps born there.

@HistorywithCy

4 жыл бұрын

HI, thanks so much for stopping by! Yes, you're correct, Abraham did come from Ur. In the Book of Genesis, it's called "Ur of the Chaldees." I love how all these places and peoples are somehow linked together... thanks again for visiting the channel...more to come soon!

@Ermek57

3 жыл бұрын

They have no connection but they born in a land of Canaan: their mother was hittite and father ammorite - the tribes of Canaan

@zabaleta66

3 жыл бұрын

@@Ermek57 WRONG!!

@Ermek57

3 жыл бұрын

zabaleta You are wrong they are mothers are hittite and it is completely visible) Are you blind or something their women are certainly not central asian turkic people, who are heirs and speakers of the Sumerian language because turkic and sumerian language are the same and they don't look like Kazakhs or Mongols at all But canaan identity is 100%

Great video, love the coverage of our most up to date information of Predynastic and Dynastic times. A neat Facebook page about Predynastic Egypt is "time shadow history" strongly recommend it for anyone who likes this beyond ancient stuff

@HistorywithCy

4 жыл бұрын

Oh cool, thanks! I'll check out the FB page....thanks for stopping by, I really appreciate it!

Enki in eridu was is the oldest sculpture we’ve discovered?? Do we not count the structures at govleki tepe, which are almost twice as old?

You should do one on Shuruppak home to ziusudra!

@HistorywithCy

4 жыл бұрын

Oh that would be an interesting topic... I'll look into it, if not something on Shuruppak, then at least the story of Ziusudra. Thanks for the suggestion!

im addicted to this channel

Sumer is the land that was called later (2000 BC). The name of the country of Babylon. It is the lands of Mesopotamia, the twin, Tigris and Euphrates. The Greeks called these lands (Mesopotamia), a word that means Mesopotamia

Thank you for these great videos about my civilisation (MESOPOTAMIA) , i hope you visit Iraq some day and see the Iraq museum in Baghdad it is amazing , please if you can do a video about the great queen of assirya ( Shamorammat) but in real storry not in the alegentry tell of greek writers .. thanks alot

@HistorywithCy

4 жыл бұрын

Salam, great to meet you! YES, actually Iraq is the one country I really want to visit...all the ancient sites - Uruk, Ur, Babylon, Nineveh, Calah...so many of them plus the museums! One day Inshallah... And I agree with Barb... Iraqis are super hospitable people. I know many here in the US and they're amazing people! You are really lucky to come from such an amazing culture and civilization, both past and present! About Sammuramat, I believe you mean the wife of Shamshi-Adad V, right? Yes, I will touch up on her history in the future ... I'll be starting a whole series on Ancient Assyria in the next few months...it may take a bit of time to get to her but I will definitely include her. Thanks for the suggestion and stopping by the channel, I really appreciate it!

@HistorywithCy

4 жыл бұрын

Totally agree with you Barb!

It is an ancient Kurdish civilization in southern Mesopotamia whose history is known from the fragments of clay tablets recorded in cuneiform writing. And the name Sumer appeared in the year 3000 BC. But the beginning of the Sumerians was in the year 6000 BC. be the kurd

From what archaeologists have found in that area, I believe the ziggurat in Uridu was the Tower of Babel in Genesis, and that Sargon the Great of Sumer was called Nimrod in the Bible, the great-grandson of Noah. (Noah....Ham....Cush....Nimrod)

@carlosaugustodinizgarcia3526

3 жыл бұрын

Nimrod fits more Naram-Sin (Sargon's grandson).Naram-Sin not only was as great as Sargon but he was famous by his hubris-he declared himself a god.

I'm pretty sure the city in the beginning is modeled after Babylon and not Uruk or Eridu ;)

@HistorywithCy

4 жыл бұрын

Hi, thanks for stopping by! You mean somewhat animated ones? How so? They're pretty consistent with depictions of Sumerian cities and ziggurats I've seen in several books...maybe the ziggurats though are a bit taller. Let me know what you think...thanks!

This is where Egypt got all their ideas from.

Is the cuneiform script a "morse code" for several languages? If so, then wasn't it an invention by the scribes of a singles dictator who meant to unify the cities under one linguistic "umbrella?"

Hi, I love your videos. I never miss an episode. I love history so your videos help. But you failed to mention that Abraham, the patriarch of the Jewish people, a man very vital in 3 of the worlds biggest religions is originally from the city of Ur.

@HistorywithCy

3 жыл бұрын

Hi, thanks so much for stopping by, really appreciate it. I actually do mention that in the beginning of a separate video on Ur, which you can see here: kzread.info/dash/bejne/o3mow9WdZZXJlso.html Any other questions, please don't hesitate to ask. Thanks!

What years (approx) would Abram of the Old Testament lived in Ur?

Enki rules:).., my next pet has a big chance of having the name Enki;)

Wish we knew more

@HistorywithCy

2 жыл бұрын

Me too!

Abraham was from Ur. You should have mentioned him.

And until it was invaded by the Semitic King Sargon I (2335), who is in Akkadian Sharru-kinum BC. - 2279 BC. The meaning of his name is the firm or honest king (a Kurdish word meaning head, chief, ruler or king) and he established a new capital, which he called Agade, in the far north of Sumer. And his days were the strongest and richest city in the world at the time. The Semitic invaders merged with the Sumerian Kurds in northern Sumer and fused to form the Akkad people. And their country became called the country of Sumer and Akkad. Akkadian rule lasted about a century

There are many gods but only one Most High God and he sent his beloved Son as a perfect sacrifice for whole world. Please believe his gospel he’s coming again. To them only belong all the praise and honor. Shalom

@HistorywithCy

4 жыл бұрын

Shalom!

Hahay! Did you label the South Sea for me?

@HistorywithCy

4 жыл бұрын

Well, you did bring up the question and got me to think about it, so I guess yes. I definitely think it's an improvement and I'll continue to label it as such...at least until the mid Iron Age when it starts to be commonly known as the Persian Gulf! Haha thanks again!

@killthecensors58

4 жыл бұрын

@@HistorywithCy You're the best, Cy! And this is a wonderful video. Completely unique so far as I can tell. It puts ancient Mesopotamia into perspective.

@HistorywithCy

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you, really glad you liked it!

Isin, Sippar & Eshnuna eventually? Sorry if im annoying, I'm binging your channel, you don't have to reply man.

@HistorywithCy

4 жыл бұрын

Yup, want to do them all! I'll be doing a revamp of my Old Babylonia: Isin-Larsa video soon. Sippar I don't know if I'll do a separate vid on that...Eshnunna would really cool, though I've talked about it in relation to Shamshi-Adad and Hammurabi (check out the video Hammurabi, Life beyond the Law Code)...or just wait a month...I'll be putting out a better version of that video soon. And no worries man, I love discussing this stuff...I'll always do my best to reply to fellow history enthusiasts!

@HVLLOWS1999

4 жыл бұрын

@@HistorywithCy A W S O M E

Larsa not mentioned

@HistorywithCy

4 жыл бұрын

Hi, thanks for stopping by. Larsa wasn't really a prominent city at the time, so I didn't include it, just the major ones that we hear about in documents and king lists. Thanks!

Enlil is Akkadian Illil

Enki and his brother enlil are the god that is in the Bible. You ever wonder why sometimes god was forgiving then full of vengeance next? They were giving commands behind each other's backs.

@carlduffin

3 жыл бұрын

Do you think these are the gods that Abraham took with him when he led his people across from Mesopotamia toward Jerusalem? I understand the gods Abraham become familiar with were taken away with him in the name El?

In Sumerians, 600 words were found in Turkish. In addition, the main place of Sumerians is today's Turkmenistan region. and the biggest proof is the presence of mountain goat symbols and bones. because mountain goats were not grown in Mesopotamia, where the Sumerians lived. In addition, the Sumerians were a geography where Turkish tribes dominated, but other nations also lived.

@someone-wi4xl

3 жыл бұрын

“We Wuz Kangz”

@evindareteme

2 жыл бұрын

Diğer milletlerin medeniyetlerini çalmak yeterlidir.Bu alanda geçmişiniz yok Siz sadece tüm ülkelere saldıran canavarlarsınız

@evindareteme

2 жыл бұрын

Civilizationaristaniya Sumer şaristaniyek Kurd e, ne Tirkiye, kûçik

It is mean that people from Mesopotamia migrated to Asia?

Enki is annunoki

Ur means city in Old Turkic

@jinjunliu2401

4 жыл бұрын

Turkic?? Isn't Turkic more a language family that originated from the steppes more in the east of Asia?

@motro1301

4 жыл бұрын

@@jinjunliu2401 possibly old turks might have adopted mesopotamian vocabulary when they migrated to the middle east in a much later period than the uruks

@Ermek57

3 жыл бұрын

Jin Jun Liu The turkic language and sumerian very similar to each other and matches In most cases

@Ermek57

3 жыл бұрын

And mongolian - it is means that the Turks and Mongols used to be related in ancient times

The original people of Assyria were not Semitic. Before 4000 BC, Southern Babylon was the original home of the Sumerians from India and Northern Babylon originally came from central Asia. The modern name Mesopotamia came from the original Madhya Vedi, according to the Historians History of the World (Vol 1 and 2, 1902). One of the most famous Kings of Babylon was Asur Bani Pal, a pure Sanskrit name. Both Hittite and Mitranis used to speak the Indo-European language. Their gods were Vedic gods. HR Hall, curator of the British Museum wrote (Hall, 1939), “The ethnic type of the Sumerians so strongly marked in their statues and relief was as different from those of the races which surround them as was their language from those of the Semites; they were decidedly Indian in type. The face type of the average Indian of today is no doubt much the same as that of his race ancestors thousands of years ago. And it is by no means improbable that the Sumerians were an Indian race. It was in the Indian home, perhaps the Indus valley; we suppose for them, that their culture developed. There their writings may have invented and progressed from purely pictorial to simplified and abbreviated from which afterward in Babylonia took on its peculiar cuneiform appearance owing to its being written with a square-ended stylus on soft-clay. There is little doubt that India must have been one of the earliest centers of human civilization and it seems natural to suppose that the strange un-Semitic people who came from the East to civilize the West were of Indian origin, especially when we see with our eyes how very Indian the Sumerians were in type”. There was a linguistic and ethnic resemblance between the Sumerians and the Dravidians, people from South India. Both Rig Veda and Mahabharata mentioned the Deva-Asura war, which lasted 32 years in which Devas, the Aryans of North India, driven other tribes. In both Harappa and Babylon, an unknown script was discovered, demonstrating a close connection between the Indus valley and Babylon. Woolley in Ur found a similar seal with a very early cuneiform inscription (Woolley, 1929). Indus culture is older than Sumerian and Egyptian culture (Hall, 1939, 1928). References: Hall, H. R., 1939, A Season’s Work at Ur, Al-Ubaid, Abu Shahrain (Eridu) and Elsewhere: Being An Unofficial Account of the British Museum Archaeological Mission to Babylonia, London: Methuen Hall, H.R., 1928, The Discoveries at Ur and seniority of Sumerian Civilization, Antiquity, 2, 5, pp 56- 98; Williams, H.S., 1902, Historians History of the World, Edinburgh: Morrison & Gibbs Woolley, C., 1929, Ur of the Chaldees, London: Ernest Benn ( This is quoted from our forthcoming book, Ethics, Morality and Business, to be published by Palgrave-Macmillan.

@KaanSoloTraveler

3 жыл бұрын

How did you learn this who teach you?

@KaanSoloTraveler

3 жыл бұрын

Do you believe Proto Turkic people lived there?

why do they look so greedy with hands clasped like mister burns all the time

I am from Iraq, from the city of Nasiriyah. Ur, the capital of the Sumerians. Iraq contains enormous monuments and is the cradle of civilizations. Unfortunately, no one is interested in her. Nobody cares about the antiquities department in Iraq. You know that the antiquities discovered in Iraq are only 10/100. If you excavated, there would have been a great change and a look at the ancient Iraqi civilization. With you is one of the archeology students in Nasiriyah, Abbas Rahman. Ur, the city of the Prophet of God, Ibrahim, pbuh. Thanks, my dear

of course gilgamesh is real , he was in fate stay night , so he must be real kkkkk , anime fans Will understand

You gotta know the ziggurat of Ur was rebuilt by Saddam around its melted core

@HistorywithCy

4 ай бұрын

Yes, much of it today is a reconstruction.

There was more Gods and Goddesses than there was people. lol

I built the city of ur

Sumerian belong to china ancient time .

@HistorywithCy

4 жыл бұрын

Interesting, thanks!

@Ermek57

3 жыл бұрын

It is mean that people from Mesopotamia migrated to China??

Sumeria = Where Judaism came from! 👍👍

@Ermek57

3 жыл бұрын

No

@greaterbharat4175

3 жыл бұрын

Hell no judism is very new religion ,judism is mixed of Indo Europeans ( zoroatrianism ) religion