The Mitanni - History of an Ancient Mesopotamian Civilization

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The Mitanni, called by the Egyptians the Naharin, first entered the world stage around 1500 BC. In the decades before, the Hittite King Mursili I conquered the Yamhad rulers in Aleppo and sacked the city of Babylon, damaging the Amorite leadership in Mesopotamia. The weakened state of the nations surrounding the Hurrian lands made it possible for the rise of a new Kingdom. The first in the line of rulers is thought to be Kirta, an Amorite King who travelled to new lands following the death of his family. He was followed by ... Read the entire transcript on hwyn.org
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  • @samroconnor
    @samroconnor4 жыл бұрын

    Nice video! Always found the Mitanni the most fascinating of the ancient near east, especially as many of their leaders had Indo Ayran sounding names.

  • @hikeoganessian9729

    @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..

  • @ag7736
    @ag77364 жыл бұрын

    The Mitanni Kingdom was the Kurds ancestors. The tribe still living in the area between SareKani-Xabur Rojava and Southern Kurdistan

  • @DipanjanPaul

    @DipanjanPaul

    3 жыл бұрын

    Very unlikely. Kurds are Iranic branch of Indo Iranians and Mitannis were Indic branch of Indo Iranians, although Iranic and Indic were also related but Mitannis were close to north Indians than Iranians. You can say Mitannis were later assimilated with the Iranians

  • @kurdekibedin1347

    @kurdekibedin1347

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@DipanjanPaul yes. Search "myheritage Kurdish". You will notice that almost every Kurd gets "south Asian" (India and Pakistan) as one of their results

  • @UsefulCharts
    @UsefulCharts5 жыл бұрын

    Happy to have discovered your channel. There are so few female history youtubers out there. Will be interested to see how your channel grows and evolves!

  • @historyswhoyesterdaysnatio5197

    @historyswhoyesterdaysnatio5197

    5 жыл бұрын

    I'm a fan of your channel and have been a subscriber for a while on my personal KZread account. Thank you so much, I appreciate it. I'm just getting started, but I hope to grow and improve in the coming months.

  • @Etic335
    @Etic3354 жыл бұрын

    Fascinating, Thank you for the effort you put in. Mittanis were great civilisation. 🌹

  • @mafabarzani9621
    @mafabarzani96214 жыл бұрын

    The current Kurds who defeated Isis in Syria are the ancestors of Mittanis and also the Hittite. They are the one who are protecting still the epic, legacy, belonged of indo- eourpean race.

  • @erickruger6604
    @erickruger66042 жыл бұрын

    Interesting sites, beautiful presentation.

  • @historyswhoyesterdaysnatio5197

    @historyswhoyesterdaysnatio5197

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you!

  • @kishansingh-nr6xk
    @kishansingh-nr6xk3 жыл бұрын

    This is a very good information of Mittani You should give more information about Tushrath one of the Mittani rulers and his family

  • @papazataklaattiranimam
    @papazataklaattiranimam4 жыл бұрын

    Vedics

  • @Eumenis
    @Eumenis4 жыл бұрын

    Can you please put your sources? History without sources is nothing.

  • @historyswhoyesterdaysnatio5197

    @historyswhoyesterdaysnatio5197

    4 жыл бұрын

    Good point. I will leave sources in the description in future videos.

  • @Eumenis

    @Eumenis

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thank you very much and thanks for the content!

  • @stephenrioux6821

    @stephenrioux6821

    4 жыл бұрын

    Public libraries, Internet, used book stores. My personal favorite is archives.org. Always remember. Data is where you find it.

  • @hikeoganessian9729

    @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..

  • @hikeoganessian9729

    @hikeoganessian9729

    2 жыл бұрын

    Mitanni means One Home in Armenian..It was one of the many Armenian kingdoms, Hurrian too was an Armenian Kingdom meaning Fire in Armenian.. there many books on the subject...in English and Armenian and Persian..