Love the fact that you cover these more obscure figures from the Bronze Age. Really drives home the fact that humans aren't much different now.

@HistorywithCy

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks... that is a big part of why I enjoy studying this period - lots to learn from it that can be applied even today. Thanks for watching, really appreciate it! More on the way, stay tuned and safe!

@Colicab83

2 жыл бұрын

this is as close to immortality that humans can get. Absolutely amazing!

@anto-sk4ce

Жыл бұрын

​@@HistorywithCynow talk about the goat ea nasir

What makes this channel so special are these extensive presentation of the old text. I love getting this glimpse into how the ancients lived the events. It feels amazing that we are able to still understand something that was written thousands of years ago. I hope Sharruwa had a healthy life

@HistorywithCy

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks my friend, glad you enjoy such stories... have another one coming soon that takes place in nearby Amurru and instead of a statue will include texts from the Amarna Letters! Haha I'm sure Sharruwa is fine. Thanks for watching, really appreciate it!

@JonnoPlays

2 жыл бұрын

Totally agreed 100% it's absolutely fascinating to read the actual texts. I've never seen any other channel that focuses so much on the readings. I love that part the most because the thought process of the ancient people is so much more alive in their writings than in other artifacts we see focused on generally.

Another Mesopotamian story, great! I admire your great knowledge and hard work, thank you!😮❤✌

@HistorywithCy

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, glad you enjoyed this! I'll try to find similar stories from the region as well. Stay tuned and safe!

@yaruqadishi8326

2 жыл бұрын

Canaanite not Mesopotamian. It's my people and my king and my forefather as a Palestinian. Shalam Salamu Khadish.

Going in depth on a figure like this really helps modern humans conceptualize the sheer vastness of human experience that talking about conflicts on a large scale just can’t get across as well. We need both obviously but it seems that too often we discuss things only on a macro scale. love the vid!

Amazing story indeed. I'm happy we managed to find it and even an another document corroborating part of it. Makes you wonder what other stories are still there waiting to be discovered.

@HistorywithCy

2 жыл бұрын

For sure! So much much under the surface of all of these sites. Thanks for watching!

Always fascinating to dive into a new video on this channel that features a list of amazing facts I didn't know before. Thank you!

@HistorywithCy

2 жыл бұрын

Great to hear and thanks for watching, really appreciate it! Lots more on the way, stay tuned and safe!

It never ceases to amaze me that we have this incredible knowledge of an ancient figure and his life, knowledge which no human would have had access to until about 1 to 2 centuries ago when all these tablets and inscriptions were found and cuneiform was deciphered. Amazing that his story was corroborated by another tablet of another king, Pilliya. I wonder what language they were conversing in? Some form of Northwestern Semitic would be my guess, maybe Amorite, Canaanite, or Aramean? I think they were all pretty mutually comprehensible around this time. Also, it is interesting that he met up with some Hapiru “warriors” in Canaan. The Egyptian Amarna letters paints them in a different, maybe even negative, light. Looking forward to the next one!

@il967

2 жыл бұрын

Yup, NW Semitic languages during this time would've been mutually intelligible. I'd say that you could even call them divergent dialects of the same language

@LuisAldamiz

2 жыл бұрын

In that area it would have been Aramean or its immediate precursor. It was influential enough that, later on, the Assyrians, themselves native speakers of Akkadian, adopted it as official language, usage which persisted even in Persian and Hellenistic times to a large extent.

@HistorywithCy

2 жыл бұрын

Interesting comments. For the language, they probably spoke or had interpreters that conversed in Akkadian. Kizzawatna was a Luwian area, so though it's not stated, Pilliya probably spoke Luwian or maybe Hattic. The Hapiru reference is really interesting. Yes, you are correct in the Amarna letters they're viewed in a negative light as basically unsettled drifters and troublemakers. There could have been many reasons for that... they probably didn't like Egyptian influence in their neck of the woods and also were probably looked down upon by the wealthy, coastal cities of Tyre, Byblos and Sidon (all under Egyptian jurisdiction at the time) much like urban dwellers sometimes look down on rural folk. Great points though and thanks for watching!

videos on obscure figures/stories like this is a constant reminder to me how underrated History with Cy is, thank you

Sharruwa the scribe was, in the king's opinion at least, seemingly one hell of a guy. I love how these ancient texts give us little looks into the smaller facets of life.

Thanks so much for you hard work, Cy. You're doing a fantastic job. Just so you know, I give your channel address to my learners every semester. I second *Guido* *Stefanuto* (below) when he says, "What makes this channel so special are these extensive presentation of the old text.' Reading the actual texts, helps to bring history to life.

@HistorywithCy

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks my friend, glad you enjoy listening to the primary sources...discovering and reading them are one of my favorite things about recording these videos...for me, it adds a new dimension to these stories. Thanks for watching, really appreciate it and lots more on the way, including another story from the region dealing with the area known in antiquity as Amurru. Stay tuned!

I love being made a part of history and can feel the blessings of the past thank you cy.

Thank you for retelling his story, Cy. It reminded me of the story of Sinuhe, Similar to "'local boy makes good in Canaan". In his case, among the Mitanni as well.

@HistorywithCy

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I might do something on Sinuhe when I get to the 12th Dynasty in the Egypt series... it's a story at least worth mentioning. More on the way, stay tuned and safe!

@artkoenig9434

2 жыл бұрын

@@HistorywithCy Keep up your great work, Cy!

Amazing video. Do you intend to make a similar video about the exploits of the hittite rebel Piyama-Radu? He was mentioned in various letters and even made an aliance with the Mycenaeans.

@HistorywithCy

2 жыл бұрын

You know, I had thought about this some time back when I had done a video on Ahhiyawa and completely forgotten about it... glad you brought this up as I'm writing it down on my list of future videos to do. Piyama-Radu is a great story and I think I'll cover it later on in Spring. Before that though I'd like to cover Abdi-Ashirta and Amurru, which has similarities to the story of Piyama-Radu. Stay tuned and thanks again for the suggestion!

Both I and, I'm sure, Idrimi, thank you for this fascinating history lesson.

@HistorywithCy

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, glad you enjoyed this story! I have another one from the region that actually comes from the Amarna letters about a sort of pirate king/thug from Amurru named Abdi-Ashirta. Stay tuned and as always, thanks for watching!

Absolutely delightful, thanks for the upload! Until now I had never heard of Idrimi; as such, I must also thank you for that.

One of the coolest episodes so far! I love the focus on the artifact and the prince who made it. Amazing!

@HistorywithCy

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, glad you enjoyed it! I'll do some more mini bios soon, stay tuned and thanks for watching!

@user-bi9wm2cw8b

Жыл бұрын

@@HistorywithCy // please make videos about the Gutians-lullubi-Kassite-ururtu Hurrians-Manneans-Turukkaeans. How they were and their adventures and conflicts with the Semites…

Thank you for the fascinating story of Idrimi!

@HistorywithCy

2 жыл бұрын

My pleasure, thanks for watching... may you receive blessings like the scribe Shuwarra!

Epic story. The kinship bonds here are also interesting as it shows how widespread those are.

The videos in which you explain historical and archaeological topics are very wonderful. I hope to see what reveals the Kardukh in these videos. Thank you very much.

Probably the best ancient history youtube channel.

@HistorywithCy

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, appreciate the kind words! More on the way, stay tuned!

This feels so real thank you so much for posting

So interesting . Thank you !!

Great Video about such an interesting individual. All the history of Bronze Age Near East is just so fascinating.

Interesting stuff!

@HistorywithCy

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, glad you enjoyed it!

I hope everyone is well.

👍👍👍Thanks Cy, that was fascinating!!

@HistorywithCy

2 жыл бұрын

You're welcome, glad you enjoyed it!

Another video! Great job Cy. Pumping out the uploads 😉

@HistorywithCy

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks my friend, glad you enjoyed it! More on the way, stay tuned!

You’ve done it again, another great video! Thanks for posting Cy!

@HistorywithCy

2 жыл бұрын

Thank YOU for watching, appreciate it and glad you're enjoying these. More on the way, stay tuned!

I just love this channel. Thank you

@HistorywithCy

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Lots more on the way, stay tuned and safe!

Congrats on hitting 100k subscribers! Have you received your silver play button award yet?

@HistorywithCy

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks man! Not yet, still waiting for it but will post it when I do. Thanks for watching these, 100k is because of all of you!

Fantastic story! thanks Cy!

@HistorywithCy

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, glad you enjoyed it! Similar stories from the region on the way, stay tuned and safe!

thanks for the video

@HistorywithCy

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Thank you Cy. Always a pleasure to view your programs.

@HistorywithCy

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching, really appreciate it!

Remarkable find, very interesting channel, subbed! 😊

@HistorywithCy

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, really appreciate it! There will be a lot more, stay tuned and safe!

Thanks a lot for the great video! It's a very interesting story!

@HistorywithCy

2 жыл бұрын

My pleasure, thanks for watching! Yes, and it's just one such story. I'll have similar ones for you all throughout the year, stay tuned!

Greetings from Tokyo mate 🙏🎌❤️ I love all your brilliant works and of course amazing narrations too You are genius in so many levels 🙌

@HistorywithCy

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks my friend, hope all is well in Japan! Lots more on the way, stay tuned and safe!

Excellent, especially with proper narration (emphasis, pronunciation). I think I have seen Idrimi tagged as the king of the Hapiru?

Damn missed the last video or two! I’ll have to catch up in the morning!

@HistorywithCy

2 жыл бұрын

No worries, watch whenever. Thanks for stopping by, appreciate it!

hi History with CY as always this video was was interesting thank you and thank you that it was captioned so i could injoy you're channel video and have very goodnight CY and good Friday and coming weekend :-)

@HistorywithCy

2 жыл бұрын

My pleasure, glad that you enjoyed it! More on the way for sure, stay tuned!

@colewebb1425

2 жыл бұрын

@@HistorywithCy hi History with Cy and thank you for you're reply i'm glad to hear from you and yes I do Injoy you're channel and yes I Wil be looking forward to you're next video's and you Cy have very goodnight :-)

Fantastic.

@HistorywithCy

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

thanks!

@HistorywithCy

2 жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

Best spiritual service of 1/7/2022, probably of The New Year, maybe ever if everything is always getting better and we more true to reality, because of course I don't mean that this is anything bad or worse than getting people interested in historical information and better retention there of, this did feel special though, I did place my hand to my heart.

This is very exciting to all viewers i also get some information about the place

Happy New Year!!

@HistorywithCy

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks buddy, you too! 🎉

all that on that statue thanks again.

@HistorywithCy

2 жыл бұрын

My pleasure, thanks for watching!

Please do on bronze age warfare like how they fought ,how were they inspired weapons etc

@LuisAldamiz

2 жыл бұрын

That'd be quite interesting indeed.

There's a lot going on there that seems so familiar. Like something out of Acts in the bible maybe? Great video! Thank you for your hard work and teaching the masses.

@HistorywithCy

2 жыл бұрын

My pleasure, thank you for watching...stay safe!

Love your story telling. Such great characters being brought back to life. Be careful about splitting your infinities with your howevers. Lol. Keep well.

@HistorywithCy

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, more to come! Next one like this will be take place in nearby Amurru...stay tuned! Also, gone some new books on the pyramids - one is called "The Red Sea Scrolls" by Tallet and Lehner and the other "Giza and the Pyramids" by Lehner and Hawass. They are the most recent books I could find on the building of the pyramids so I hope to have something on it next month or in March to complement the past DIV vid. Thanks again for watching, really appreciate it... stay safe!

What's the song that starts around 3:00? Last time I looked up Epidemic Sounds I just couldn't skim through all of their work, I just want to know about this song in specific.

Powerful

@HistorywithCy

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@Cy You should plan to do an detailed review video of the Iran exhibition at the villa in April. Also, the Nubians will be the exhibition in August , after the Persia one

@HistorywithCy

2 жыл бұрын

I hope to visit it...went to the Mesopotamia: Beginning of Civilization one in May of last year and it was great! I was bummed about not being able to visit the British Museum or Louvre in the summer as I'd planned but they brought a lot of artifacts from those places, along with the MET, to the Getty Villa, so it was a pleasant surprise! Hope the same will be true for the Persia exhibition. Thanks for watching, really appreciate it...stay safe!

And with this you receive the king's and gods blessings. Sweet.

@HistorywithCy

2 жыл бұрын

I can't complain about that... great way to end a story. Thanks for watching and stay tuned for more!

Fascinating, but isn’t it kind of weird how often the number 7 came up in this story?

@mikeappleget482

2 жыл бұрын

In the Tanakh the number 7 constantly comes up too. David’s narrative, Jacob’s narrative, Joseph’s narrative, etc. There’s a lot of other parallels too. Like how he fled to his mother’s relatives seeking safety. Jacob did that too. Or while being a fugitive Idrimi joined up with the Habiru. David did that too while a fugitive. Idrimi felt a divine calling to leave and go to Canaan. Abraham did the same. Idrimi’s brothers were shocked to see Idrimi return as king after his exile. Joseph’s brothers were also shocked to see his status in Egypt after his exile. Idrimi uses stories of ancient bonds between their people to convince enemies to seek peace with each other. Abraham did this too. And Idrimi’s story is written in prose (which is very rare for that time) very similar to the style of the J and E sources (the most ancient sources) in the Torah. Idrimi provided a “safe haven” for fugitive slaves. Ancient Israel did the same. There’s a lot of other things that are noteworthy similarities and parallels between Idrimi’s text and the Old Testament but I don’t feel like writing walls text right now. Everybody should read the entire text (available on Wikipedia’s page on Idrimi) for themselves because this video left out quit a bit of the text.

@HistorywithCy

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, that's interesting... I didn't think of that. What Mike says is really interesting too. I had read an article once comparing Idrimi to Abraham some time back that sort of tells more about what he wrote. Thanks for watching, appreciate it!

@HistorywithCy

2 жыл бұрын

@@mikeappleget482 thanks for this info, I'm sure others as well as myself appreciate it! I had read an article once comparing Idrimi to Abraham which mirrors a lot of what you said comparing him to Joseph. In retrospect it would have been nice to have made this longer but I thought that I might bore the audience so I focused on the main parts and paraphrased the others. The translation I used was from Edward Greenstein and David Marcus from the Journal of the Ancient Near Eastern Society published in 1976 which seems to be the same one the author of the wikipedia page uses. Thanks again for your comments, really appreciate them... stay tuned for more!

@mikeappleget482

2 жыл бұрын

@@HistorywithCy Another interesting thing I read was that there’s documents that Idrimi help fund Shasu dwellings in the Transjordan (probably because it was beneficial to have the Shasu clans on your side Lol). And the Shasu were closely aligned, and maybe synonymous, with the Habiru. But what intrigues me the most is one particular clan of the Shasu labeled by Egyptians sources as the “Shasu of YHW”, which is the oldest mention of the ancient Israelite G-d, “YHWH”. I was thrilled to see you do a video on Idrimi! Looking forward to more! There’s hardly anything on KZread about this subject. This is the most in-depth content I’ve seen thus far. And as an added bonus, all that have viewed this video is now blessed by a YUGE number of Canaanite deities!😁

@alissa6

2 жыл бұрын

@@mikeappleget482 Canaanites had many Gods. If you mean't the Abrahamic God then he was called El/Al/Il(in Canaanite/Arabian/Mesopotamian) not Yahweh/YHWH

I live in the tartous in the Syrian coast near the arvad island at your map and i would tell you that there is a great forgoten city beside arvad named amrite and i think it was the real capital of amorits would you please tell about it.

سلام عليكم أخي المحترمة أحسنت النشر بس _الحضاره التوحيد العقرب هو آمون رع مصر العوليه من سوهاج إللي جبال النوبا جنوب كروتفان آخر شمال السودان العاصمه دنجلا وادي الملك بالسودان نطاق حكم حورس الملك العقرب طبقا اكتشفات العام الماضي من قبل البعثه المصريه وعلماء من جامعه بون الألمانية. وكمان ابحث في ا الحضاره السوماريه عن سركون الأول( سعرقت )و الملك العقرب الاكادي ملك كش ترجمة كوش من الفرعونية الي العربي كش والنهر إسمه القديم نهر القش وهتلاقي نينوس بمعني سيدة البقر البري ذوجة لوغال زاغيسي بنت كوشاور ذوبابه (حتحور)عشتار ) وهتلاقي ابو سركون بالتبني لوغال زاغيسي الاومي وهتلاقي نرام سي حاكم جهات العلم الاربعه(نرمر )مسلة النصر نرام سي في حرب شعوب اللولوبنم اللولوئ والبنط حضارة يوغاندا و الصومال القديم الحضاره شرق وغرب النهر الأرض العوليه من مصر العوليه بس الله اعلم تبداء من سوهاج أو من أسوان إللي آخر إفريقيا بعرض كل إفريقيا شويه الجزيرة العربية كمان الأرض السفلي بقيت مصر وشمال وشبه الجزيرة العربية وفلسطين بطول والساحل الشمالى الافريقي حتي بلاد المغرب طبقان للخريطه الإفريقية الأقدم علي المقمعه دبوس قتال الملك العقرب نعرمر هو أوزوريس لوغال زاغيسي الاومي هو نرام سي نت حتوب هي حتحور القاب متعدده آمون رع هوالنمرو إبن كوش أوزوريس هو زي القرنين سورة الكهف الإله ست هو سيدنا إبراهيم إبن اوزور (أوزوريس ) الابن الشرعي والملك الشرعي لكن النمرود كان إبن متبنيه الإله ست إسمه في الحضاره السوماريه جلجامش بمعني إله النار يا نار كوني برد وسلام على إبراهيم(والله أعلي واعلم ). دي البدايه في باقي ابحث لو اقتنعت في حاجات أكتر عملوه عيد ميلاد أوزوريس في الكريسماس وكان بيستخدم فيه شجرة الكريسماس صح هتلاقب ذو القرنين بشجرة الكريسماس في حضارة العراق بس ده مش معناه ان إللي بنه الهرم سودانين أو مصرين أو حبش أغلبهم مصر السفلي إللي اخرها بلاد المغرب وفلسطين عافكره بس كان إفريقيا القديمة بس بعدين نوضح ده لكن الاهم الملوك من فين وده إللي إنتا هتوصله علي فكره قبائل الجوتي في وادي اومو في إثيوبيا الحاليه مش الكويت إللي لسه دوله مالهاش ٥٠ عام لغال زاغيسي الاومي هو نرام سي حاكم جهات العلم الاربعه ( أوزوريس. نرمر)

جاي منشان حلقة بحث يجماعة من قلب حلب وجامعة حلب😹😹💔

I can't help but to think that Idrimi is Abraham of the Bible even the Arabic translation Ibrahim seems related to the word Idrimi.

Cool story. Didn't want to be a powerless vassal but a lord and ended being a powerful vassal, well, guess fair enough. It's unclear if he regained Aleppo though. At first I thought Emar was the same city as Mari but, after checking, it seems it's another city further northwest, much closer to Aleppo. I wonder if Mittani didn't control that city as well and why does Idrimi say it was inhabited by the Hapiru, generally associated to Canaan instead.

@HistorywithCy

2 жыл бұрын

Hi, thanks for watching! He actually ended his days as a vassal king of Alalakh...not sure if he ever visited Aleppo again as he never mentions it nor has there been any evidence uncovered of him doing so. With regard to Emar, that is where Idrimi's mother was from and east of Aleppo on the Euphrates. The Mitanni eventually did take that city over though not sure exactly when. As for the Hapiru/Habiru, he met them when he was in Canaan at a town called Ammiya whose location is currently not known. It's likely that it was in the region of Amurru south of Ugarit which at the time was a relatively lawless, sort of pirate's den - a good place for a political exile to hide from the authorities! In addition, many Hapiru/Habiru are known to have lived there and he may have recruited many of them when he went back to take over cities such as Alalakh. Thanks again for watching, really appreciate it! Lots more on the way, stay tuned and safe!

@LuisAldamiz

2 жыл бұрын

@@HistorywithCy - TY for the extensive reply, Cy. From the video I understood that he proclaimed in Ammiya that he had been seven years among the Hapiru warriors and that I took as being the same as his exile in Emar. Then in Ammiya he took other seven years learning to tame pidgeons and the noble art of butchering so the omens would favor his designs and only then he moved to Alalakh. As the Hapiru were an undetermined kind of people, meaning possibly something as "Bedouins" in terms modern or otherwise as "raiders", "bandits", maybe they also existed elsewhere, incl. Emar, or maybe he had a period of "journey through the desert" in which he lived with them. In any case the "seven years" figure seems rather stylistic and only means "some time", "several years" (would it be "a long time" then it'd be "40 years" as happens in the Bible over and over). I'm not sure which term is actually used in the original text (Canaan is a later word, Egyptians called the wider area "Retenu" and used "Djeny" for Palestine or Southern Canaan, possibly the same word as Canaan but spelled Egyptian style) but Amurru should be a different region, the one of the Amorites in Northern Syria, i.e. Idrimi's own homeland, the parts of the Levant later controlled by the Hittites. If the concept is clearly "Canaan", then it should be Lebanon-Palestine or Arwad (in modern Syria, close to Amurru), which also belonged to that ethnic Canaanite area. But I'd go (always tentatively) for Byblos, which is relatively to the north and a very old city, which, unlike Arwad (founded in the Iron Age only) would have been of some importance in this time frame and also a port where Idrimi could have gathered his fleet for his journey northwards. Byblos is the city that later on in the Bronze Age will complain the most to their pharaoh overlords about Hapiru raids, so, tentatively, I'd argue that Byblos might be Ammiya and that the Hapiru phase happened earlier, maybe not in Emar but rather in the journey between Emar and Ammiya/Biblos. Cheers.

👏🙂

@HistorywithCy

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Moving in with his wife's parents. That is usually a bad career-trajectory indicator.

The scribe writing blessings for himself is my favorite part of this

@HistorywithCy

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, we today are all blessed that he wrote Idrimi's story for us to learn from! Thanks for watching, really appreciate it... more stories from the region on the way including one from neighboring Amurru. Stay tuned!

I tried to search in your series on civilizations for the Gutien, but I did not find it. Are you hostile to the Gutien?

@HistorywithCy

2 жыл бұрын

Hi, thanks for stopping by. Watch the big video on the Sumerians, they're mentioned there in the last third of the program in between the Akkadian and Neo-Sumerian periods. Thanks.

What a major sphincter this self important, cruel man was. He revels in himself and the suffering he caused.

@il967

2 жыл бұрын

Can't be an effective and efficient ruler without at least a degree of cruelty

@anirudh177

2 жыл бұрын

sounds like your average ruler

It seems like all they ever did was fight. Did any of them ever have any peace?

So........feeling blessed yet ?

@HistorywithCy

2 жыл бұрын

Haha I think so... channels have been up this week so maybe there's a correlation? Thanks for watching, appreciate it and stay tuned for more!

Spoiler: Idrimi dies, because he was not immortal and this happened over 3000 years ago.

Hopefully first

@HistorywithCy

2 жыл бұрын

Yup, I think so! Thanks for stopping by!

0:18 huh u think he is a man……well this vessel only….what he woke up in that tomp is really bad

Idrimi = Ibrahim

Excellent work! You're the f*cking best dude!

@HistorywithCy

Жыл бұрын

My pleasure, glad you enjoyed this and thanks for watching!