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@Autobotmatt428

6 ай бұрын

Please stop using bce

@veritasintegrity5054

6 ай бұрын

You forgot to mention that it was Parthians who first converted to Christianity, since the ruling class in armenia were Arsacids and were actually iranic Parthians, as well as Gregory the Iluminator also known as Gregory the Pahlav (Parthian) was also from Parthian Suren Pahlav Clan and caucasian albania was controlled by another Parthian clan Mihran Pahlav. And the reason why they converted to Christianity was exactly what you mentioned about Sassanids who were Zoroastrian centric, so the remaining Parthian branches who were opposing Sassanids and who still controlled areas known as armenia and caucasian albania, decided to use popularity of the new religion to remain in power, portraying themselves as protectors of Christianity. Therefore, after the fall of Parthians in Persia to Sassanids they still remained in control of armenia and caucasian albania for the next 400 years. And because of this, I think you haven't completely told the story of Parthians... so no like from me :)

@calculator-sd5370

6 ай бұрын

also the wars between the safavids and ottomans are very interesting

@user-ny5hh9wv3l

6 ай бұрын

​@@ArmadilloArmadaSeconded. This is still a great channel that get people interested and excited about history of all eras and locations, and I have switched to watching purely for enjoying the production value, or watching along with criticisms and my own readings for a while, but it is ultimately in the best interest of this channel and its viewers to improve at least the citation if not overall accuracy. They're just pumpimg out contents way too fast now.

@nick31111111

4 ай бұрын

21:07

Parthia deserves a series of its own definitely. Also, would be magnificent to see episodes on the Seleucid empire and great Sassanians. Well done, guys, as always!

I have always found confusing the difference between achaemenid, persian, sassanid, parthian, but now it is so much clearer. Cool to see that nationalistic revolts existed already 2000 years ago.

@KingsandGenerals

6 ай бұрын

I wouldn't call it "nationalistic", but rather "tribal" or "dynastic".

@gabbytay

6 ай бұрын

​@@KingsandGeneralsso you mean parthians achaemenid sasanid are all iranian tribes that just ruled the same area or are parthians a separate people? I mean chinese dynasties were mostly han exept jin and qing dynasty. Is it the same circumstance as ming and han dynasty?

@javadasaadi8430

6 ай бұрын

parthian, persian, Scythian and medians were 4 tribes of aryans. achamenid were persians+medians ( and later parthians ). Ashkanian ( which didnt mentioned in this video and i donno why ? ) were the pure Scythian + parthian+ medians, and Sassadnid were Persian+median and later parthians :D

@KingsandGenerals

6 ай бұрын

@@gabbytay some historians classify Parthians as a different, more nomadic Iranian tribe, others as just another dynasty.

@gabbytay

6 ай бұрын

@@javadasaadi8430 @kingsandgenerals it is very complicated. Especially in the steppe area. Are Saka and sarmatians aryans too?

Parthia; least understood, but most interesting of the pre-Islamic Iranian Empires. The fact they managed to hold off and make gains against the Romans speaks to their innovative statecraft!

@michaeldunne338

6 ай бұрын

The gains seem to have been more around the shifting fortunes of who controlled Armenia, at least in the first and second centuries. Note, the Flavians, Trajan, Antoninus Pius and Marcus Aurelius appeared to have exerted a good amount of influence if not outright control of that kingdom during their reigns. Then there was the question of Osroene (the client kingdom/territory in the Euphrates reentrant) up to the second century, in which the Parthians seemed able to hold the Romans back to the Euphrates frontier. Then things changed by Trajan's time and over the course of the second century.

@raysanele5751

6 ай бұрын

@@michaeldunne338 they understood Calvary was superior than infantry that’s important.

@michaeldunne338

6 ай бұрын

@@raysanele5751 Well they needed a good cavalry arm given the eastern territories and their exposure to various mounted, nomadic peoples. Then the Parthians had a nomadic lineage themselves, as per the video here, as well as a number of the families of the Seven Great Houses I believe. The Suren exemplified that, or a strong cavalry tradition, in their defeat of Crassus.

@shanewoody4232

6 ай бұрын

​@@raysanele5751the Romans were able to defeat the Parthians multiple times with mass infantry and missile troops not too different from the English in the hundred years war but sometimes the Parthians would win. There's many factors for victory

@raysanele5751

6 ай бұрын

@@shanewoody4232 but still Calvary is superior than infantry. Calvary was still used in ww1. If it wasn’t for machine guns Calvary would still exist today. Tanks and armor vehicles replaced horses. That’s why I always wonder why Rome didn’t adopt to calvary early on. Roman army in the 4th century was still dominated by infantry smh. I guess in Europe at the time finding men were cheaper than horses?

The Parthians, defeaters of the Seleukids, enemies of the Romans, and defeated by the Sassanids? That's pure suffering!

@mohamadnuriman4815

6 ай бұрын

What a cycle of life empire

@tahajalot9837

6 ай бұрын

Then the Arabs defeated them

@javadasaadi8430

6 ай бұрын

only Iranians are Iranians bane ... :(

@artinrahideh1229

6 ай бұрын

You speak like Sasanians didn't make Romans shit their pants

@shadowmere3587

6 ай бұрын

hey dont say it like that the Sasanids were also a great empire xD and they were the descendants of the Achaemenids

one thing that was not mentioned in the video is that although the Arsacid (ashkanian) dynasty was overthrown by sassanids, many parthian nobles sided with ardashir in the process and these nobles continued to be core parts of sasanid empire as prominent houses. house of mihran was one them and one of its famous figures, bahram choobin, had claims to the sassanid throne through his parthian ancestry.

@michaeldunne338

6 ай бұрын

Yes, the Seven Great Houses. Mihran as you mentioned, plus the Suren, Karen, Varaz, Zik, Ispahbudhan and one other .... And the Arsacids would remain in Armenia for some time after the overthrow of the Parthians, as I recalled.

@alessandrogini5283

6 ай бұрын

​@@michaeldunne338parthians could had survived if Alexander severus had Better military advisors

@michaeldunne338

6 ай бұрын

@@alessandrogini5283could or could not survive? The Parthians? They lost a big battle to the Sassanids in 224 (Hormosdgan), and were driven out of Mesopotamia by Ardashir around 228/228. So Hormosdgan was just 2 years after Alexander secured the throne as sole emperor. Are you suggesting that Alexander Severus, or his mother, Julia Soaemias, should have anticipated the Parthians getting badly beaten by 228 and lend a hand? Say to secure a Parthian client state in Mesopotamia (and maybe Susa and regions near/along the Zagros mountains)? The grandmother, Julia Mamaea had died around 224 so there maybe was a transition period. Then the type of support would have to be selected wisely given elements of the army were acting up (murdering Ulpian at some point, possibly rioted against the citizenry of Rome for three days or so, etc.), and the empire's frontiers were possibly still stretched in terms of commitments.

I feel like the perception of Rome and Parthia being implacable, relentless enemies is somewhat overplayed. People often think of the battle of Carrhae and Antony's campaigns as well as the Roman invasions of the Second Century CE (Trajan, Lucius Verus, Septimius Severus) but they forget that, between Augustus' settlement towards the end of the first century BCE (the one where he supposedly secured the return of Crassus' lost eagle standards) and Trajan's invasion in 113, the Romans and Parthians enjoyed nearly a century of peace with the exception of Corbulo's war in Armenia from 58-63 CE. There was even one source which suggested that a few years later, Vologases I offered Parthian assistance to the Romans in their efforts to put down the Great Jewish Revolt of 67-73 CE. The image of the implacable enemy is far more appropriate for the Sassanians, with whom the Romans were nearly constantly at war. While conflict was certainly a major element of Roman-Parthian relations, their relationship is closer to that of tense rivals (think US and Russia during the Cold War) rather than embittered enemies (such as Rome/Carthage). At least that's my own view of their history. I'm happy to hear other people's perceptions on the topic. The subject of international relations in the ancient/classical world has always been fascinating to me.

@llspeciiskylark8008

2 ай бұрын

Even the Sasanians were not seen as diehard enemies. Justinian spoke well of them and was friends with their ruler, and the house of Sasan which ruled the Sasanians had marriages into powerful eastern and western Roman family’s (as well as the Chinese) It’s less that the Romans and Persians where die hard enemies, and more so they saw each other as one another’s greatest rival, no other was able to reach their level of glory, strength, and sophistication in each others eyes.

Awesome video! Would love to see one covering the Sassanid Empire in the future as well as the rise of Manichaeanism and the religious nature and solidification of Zoroastrianism and its doctrines.

@michaeldunne338

6 ай бұрын

Reviews of Manichaeanism, Mithraism and the Cult of Sol Invictus together, with maps showing their spread over time, would be great to see.

Great episode, as an Iranian I always praised parthians they established one of the first congress in the government through the ancient times (the congress was called Mahestan), they were more mithraic than zoroastrian, they never invaded anywhere and just defended their borders

Loved this video, well done. There is very little known about Parthian history, but wanted to point out that the irrigation techniques were there from Achaemenid times originating in the Pars province and adopted by later empires including the Caliphates and the Chinese, it was known as Qanat. A real contribution of Parthians was their Nisaen Horses, who allowed the creation of Cataphracts, since these horses were large and strong enough to allow both themselves and their riders be covered in heavy armor, the Romans started breeding these horses after their defeat in Carrhae, the last recorded Nisaen horse was extinct during 11th century in Constantinople.

@Soap_bubbles591

5 ай бұрын

Well it's not strange since the Arcasids were descendants of Arcases ( Artaxerses II ) according to Marry Boice, in Parthian manuscripts they called their empire " Shahriarie Pars " which means the Persian Empire " .🔴The Arsacid dynasty of the Parthian empire claimed to derive their lineage from Arsaces/Artaxerxes II, according to Georgius Syncellus (1.539.16f. D.). This claim can be taken seriously, considering the name Artaxšahrakan applied to a royal vineyard mentioned in the Nisa documents (P. Gignoux, Glossaire des inscriptions pehlevies et parthes, Corp. Inscr. Iran., Suppl. Ser. I, London, 1972, p. 46b).

I find the Parthian and Sassanid Empires to be fascinating. Surena (the Heroic one) is one of the great underrated generals in history

Great! Would love to see more videons on Seleucid and Sassanid as well

Never thought I'd hear the words 'Scrooge McDuck' in a video about the Parthian empire

@jozzieokes3422

6 ай бұрын

haha same

@8000jk

2 ай бұрын

Also never expected to hear “Simpson’s style hit and run tactics”.

Can you guys make videos on the Sassanid and Kushan Empires too.

@franciscovelasco5422

6 ай бұрын

They already did one on the Kushan.

Yes finally someone going into detail about parthia

Fun fact: The word partisan comes from "Parti-zan" which in Farsi means hitting like the Parthians. (Hit and run)

@sepandarmoeeni9299

5 ай бұрын

also the phrase Parthian-shot is added to dictionaries because of them.

@alihani1830

4 ай бұрын

Woah

@czechmeoutbabe1997

3 ай бұрын

I can't find a source for this, even though it sounds pretty cool. Do you have one?

@miladeskandari7

3 ай бұрын

@@czechmeoutbabe1997 Yeah, It seems to be false. Thanks for the correction.

@federicom2565

3 ай бұрын

​@@czechmeoutbabe1997 It's clearly false. Partizan derives from the Latin word "partis" meaning portion or side. A partisan in one who takes a side, in fact you can say that one is partisan of a cause.

Parthian and the sasanid empire were basically one empire (iran) and these 2 were just different dynasties. The latest studies on ancient iran do label them as just one empire. Thanks for the awesome video as always

@greywolf7577

6 ай бұрын

The Parthians were nomadic people from the northern areas who conquered most of the Seleucid Empire. The Sasanids were from Southern Iran. They seem like very different people. It's sort of like how the Assyrians and Babylonians controlled much of the same area, but are seen as different empires.

@MM-dm4xj

6 ай бұрын

@@greywolf7577 Again, the latest studies do label them as one empire because the structure and organization didn't change much when the transition happened. The sassanids werent as centralized as earlier studies suggested and also relied on the parthian noble houses for suppport. The empire was called Aryanshahr in the parthian language and Eranshahr in Middle Persian and both mean Land of the Aryans/Iranians and Iran is another variation of this empires name.

@turg1714

5 ай бұрын

Yeah, Ardashir's conquests were more of a coup

@Soap_bubbles591

5 ай бұрын

​​​​@@greywolf7577lol, Parthains and Persians are both western middle Iranian people, but most Parthians were still maintaining the nomadic lifestyle , Parth and Pars are two different pronounciation of the Persian term " partava / Parsava" meaning borderland( pahlavi/ pahlava ), parthian and Sassanid Persian are northern and southern branches of Middle Iranian, Parthians literally called their empire " Shahriarie Pars " ( Persian empire) 🔴The Arsacid dynasty of the Parthian empire claimed to derive their lineage from Arsaces/Artaxerxes II, according to Georgius Syncellus (1.539.16f. D.). This claim can be taken seriously, considering the name Artaxšahrakan applied to a royal vineyard mentioned in the Nisa documents (P. Gignoux, Glossaire des inscriptions pehlevies et parthes, Corp. Inscr. Iran., Suppl. Ser. I, London, 1972, p. 46b).

achaemenids > sassanids > Parthians These 3 are my favourite persian empire dynasties. I sometimes even prefer sassanids. They improved on almost everything achaemenids and parthians gave them.

@johnxina5126

6 ай бұрын

Shoutout to Nader Shah for being one of the best military commanders in Iran's history. And especially the Safavids for creating the strongest empire since the Sassanids.

@Mikebumpful

5 ай бұрын

It's kind of incorrect to call the Parthian empire «Persian». While all three are 'Iranian' civilizations, only the Achemenid and Sassanian empires were Persian.

@arioarashdadkhahaseman1889

5 ай бұрын

As an Iranian i don’t like these comparisons at all ;in fact there could be no superiority between these three Iranian empires as they rised completely in different conditions and time line and based on differences of contexts the Parthians would gain the greatest honor as they were the true liberators of Iran in hellenistic age,revive Iranian ideology and politics and didn’t surrounded to foreign invaders like their Persian cousins Achaemenids and Sassanids +Parthians were more interested in liberty ,aristocracy and democracy while Sassanids were the most authoritarian and theocratic.

@likquidsteel

2 ай бұрын

Agree but the Sassanids also suffered from hubris. Unfortunately, it contributed to the empire's downfall at the hands of Arab invaders.

@muhammedesen2196

2 ай бұрын

Parthians were Median ( Kurds ) and Scythian, not persian.

Awesome & informative video. Please more on ancient Iranian Empires.

Always love the colorful maps. Detailed enough to inform but easy to understand at quick glance.

Awesome I’ve been looking for a video on Parthia and here it is from my favorite channel. Ty

Already watched and man is it a great video. Really gave me insight into Persia and their background

Love these one episode overviews of empires! More of these please!

Another awesome video! Thanks for sharing and helping us all learn more

"Simpson style hit-and-run tactics" - lol brilliant

There's needs to be a video covering the rise and fall of the Seleucid Empire as well.

@jarjarsithknight9058

6 ай бұрын

the alexander the great videos on this channel cover some of the seleucid origins.

@lacviet8728

6 ай бұрын

This video basically just did that. The fall began with the rise of Parthia

@sepandarmoeeni9299

5 ай бұрын

they rose by treachery and civil war, had some ups and downs. then unlike Parthians lost to some barbaric foreign power. And doomed Iranians up to this day and age because of Islam. Also the way they conduct religion was far worst. there's ur video :)

Amazing video, i hope in the future we see more of persian history, you could do a video similiar to this but for the sassanid empire

Amazing work, thank you for all your work

Rome: we defeated everyone we ever invaded Parthia: how many times do we have to teach you this lesson, old man!?

@Ekaustonian

6 ай бұрын

The Parthians beat a few Roman glory hounds and regional governors. Trajan showed the true might of Rome when he invaded and took their capital. They only withdrew because Hadrian didn't think it was worth keeping. Did you not watch the video?

@ramtin5152

6 ай бұрын

@@Ekaustonian Did YOU watch the video ? Because they clearly said the Parthians retook Mesopotamia Trajan didn't face any formidable Parthian army in his campaign other than a small militia force south of Mesopotamia LOL Plus the Parthian empire was divided in two with one fourth of it, where Trajan raided, being taken by the usurper Osroes I And Trajan lost all territories He only besieged cities in Mesopotamia Mark Antony who had so much experience with Caesar, was a glory hound ? What the emperor at battle of Nisibis 217 ? I never read Romans beating an Iranian army 4 or even 3 times their own army's size They faced smaller Parthian armies most of the times Largest Iranian armies they faced outnumbered them only 2 to 1 at max and that was only few times during the Sassanid era

@cyrusthegreat7030

6 ай бұрын

​@@EkaustonianRomaboo copium Remember shapur l?

6:10 Ashgabat is the modern city founded by in 19th century, the Parthian settlement was called Nisa.

@Shahanshah101

6 ай бұрын

Ashgabat was the name in Parthian Ashk-Abad (the city of Ashk/Arsaces) Nisa was a Hellenic name

If I could give two thumbs up I would. I love you videos covering an historic nation-state. Hope to see more on Iran in the future.

A great video about a great but lesser known major power. Great work once again.

Great work as always!

Would you consider making a video (even a short one) on how the Sassanids rose to power and their war of independence against/ overthrow of the two Parthian factions that were currently engaged in civil war?

good video, can't wait for the sequel on the sassanid empire!

Great content as usual

Another excellent video, love the Nomadic content

Thanks! So it was Elam then Persia/Achaemenid then Alexander’s Greece then Seleucid then Parthia then Sassanid. Cool.

(Before video comment) so excited to see this, many things mention the Persians, but usually as their enemy and I hear they were defeated, yet they prop up throughout a long period of history, so their culture must have been strong to have existed so long through so many defeats, there's very little information about Persian history from their prospective, very excited for this video

Great job mate.

Love this stuff! Good job

I love how Kings and Generals fully embraced the crassus memes 😂 Great video

Great video. A companion one on the Sassanian empire next?

Thanks for the video

Man i have been waiting for this!

Parthia's strongest military force, the Cataphracti, was entirely composed of its aristocratic elite. If they ever lost a battle, then they lost the ruling elite of their empire. For similar reasons the Spartans were very, very reluctant about deploying all of its elite Hoplite infrantry, as they were also their ruling elite.

@sepandarmoeeni9299

5 ай бұрын

Parthia had 7 rulling houses, each were in charge of a vast teretory. These houses were consisted of a growing and large family. They mostly wanted to end the fight as soon as possible to go back to their lives. They did experience defeat several times. But they were always ready to defend the homeland against any foreign threat and they always succeed in defending or recapturing after a temporary loss of territory or settlement.

@thenoobprincev2529

Ай бұрын

The same thing was true about medieval European knights, Who were btw influenced(indirectly, via Byzantines)of Cataphracts. Did not limited the number of European knights that much, eh?

"Simpsons style hit and run tactics" lmao, subtle but made me laugh.

Well done. thank You!!!

Great video!

Amazing 😍🤩

But they were Iranian people, that's what matters. Even if they adopted Hellenistic aspects along with Persian aspects, nothing detracts from the truth of their identity and nationality. Alexander also adopted many Persian aspects and was fascinated with Persian culture, but he was still Macedonian (Greek). Anyway, thank you for your efforts, it was just a small parenthesis😅

Loved it thanks

I loved this series, Good One!😇

Appreciate Kings And Generals

I wish they mentioned how the Parthian dynasty that was in Armenia continued on for a while longer than the Parthian dynasty in Persia. Also to Kings and Generals...I think a great video would be something about all these mixed dynasties/countries in the indus river valley. Seeing the indo-greeks, indo-sythians, and indo-parthians was cool and I'd love to see a video about that.

@aregevoyan676

6 ай бұрын

The partian dynasty in Armenia was Armenized very quickly

@danielzhang1916

6 ай бұрын

they have made videos on them before, just search it

@Soap_bubbles591

5 ай бұрын

​@@aregevoyan676google the Achaemenid Orontid Daynasty

I would love a series about the Seleucid Empire! is there any chance, you'll make videos about them?

Awesome !!

Would love to see a video on their successor, sassanids. ❤

YES! Always happy for more Persian content!

Thanks for doing this empire 😊 very interesting

Nicee I have been waiting for more historical persian videos

This feels like one of the older videos on this channel (neither better nor worse than current ones, just different)

Please tell us more about the history of Persia

You should do a video of every faction of Rome 1 total war, awesome video!!!!

Sehr gutes Video ❤️

It's funny that history repeat itself. When Parthians comes from region of Parthia between Aral sea and eastern Iran would also the very spot where Oghuz Seljuk clan would established the Great Seljuk Empire that mirroring old Persian empires including Parthian themselves.

Love that you made the clothing of iranians accurate. im so tired of hollywood portrayed iranians as arabs and indians.

@AL_AFGHANI1

6 ай бұрын

Your pfp looks like Arab and Indian

@AL_AFGHANI1

6 ай бұрын

Indian Arab and Iranian look same to me especially the man in your pfp

@ramtin5152

6 ай бұрын

​@@AL_AFGHANI1 The man in his pfp is a Sassanid (probably a Shah) His look and outfit doesn't look anything like Arabs

@AL_AFGHANI1

6 ай бұрын

@@ramtin5152 he does look like a Arab 🤣 the fact you deny that is hilarious

@Arima.p

6 ай бұрын

​@@AL_AFGHANI1afghani is arab!!!? What are you thinking about

Thanks!

Thank you for all these amazing works of art Kings and Generals ,truely appriciate what youre doing for the human history ❤

As an Iranian who grew up studying my country's vast history in school, I admit I didn't know much about Parthia. Thank you Kings and Generals!

@Ggggggggg631

6 ай бұрын

Because they are not Persians 🤦🏻‍♂️ even at that time when they rose, your country was ruled by synthuans who were Greek. Get it over with please

@ItalMiser117

6 ай бұрын

synthuans? and he didn't even mention persians once. he said iranian.@@Ggggggggg631

@ramtin5152

6 ай бұрын

​@@Ggggggggg631 Persian or not, still Iranian like Persians And the Scythians as mentioned in the video were Iranian people Btw we Mazanis are the descendants of the Parthians and brothers with Persians

@Ggggggggg631

6 ай бұрын

@@ramtin5152 Iranian is not the monopoly of Persians who suddenly decided to name themselves Iran 88 years ago 🤦🏻‍♂️ it is a way broader region than todays Iran

@ramtin5152

6 ай бұрын

@@Ggggggggg631 Iran is an old word which was used by the Sassanids who called their country Iran or Iranshahr and Parthians named the country the same with an older version of the name, Aryanshahr or Eran

This video is accurate in that my knowledge of Parthia up to this point has been almost entirely comprised of their antagonism with Rome lol. Thank you for expanding my horizons. I would enjoy more videos on the Parthians in the future! God be with you out there everybody. ✝️ :)

Finally a defining documentary of Parthia. Somehow I knew it would be K&G. Thank you friends!!!

Loved this episode didn't know about them...

17:48 I think it's worth mentioning that it wasn't only the 20th century Iranian nationalists who chastised the Parthians for their Hellenophilia, but also the 3th century Persians/Sassanians, who used this as propaganda against them.

11:18 - "Simpsons-style Hit and Run Tactics". Oh, yes, I remember that episode, about the Springfield-Shelbyville Wars.

@philipzahn491

6 ай бұрын

True archenemies! 😅

awesome

It'd be great to see a video... one like this about the Sassanid empire

Not bad, a good introduction for new people to Parthians. They had their ups and downs, they even lost their capitals. But they have never accepted defeat nor surrendered to their numerous enemies. Parthians were one of the very few in the history of the world, and at least the only one in Iran's 3000 written history, to always overcome their foreign enemies. Even in their decline, even in the last year of their rule, they defeated the Roman Empire, their arch-enemy. Unlike the Achaemenid empire or Sasanids, who were overthrown by Macedonians and barbaric Arabs. Parthians also were a more defensive nation, and they preferred to end the fight soon and go back to their lives. Their number of casualties was always at a minimum. And their armies were so effective. You can check the numbers on battles. For instance, in Carrahe, they defeated the 40-45000 Romans (20k Legionnaires) with a mere 9000. And their casualties were less than a hundred men. Unlike the Sasanid empire which were proud to go to 20-year-long wars, lose thousands, and come back empty-handed to suppress their own people. Also, the Parthians were the only ancient or even modern empire that practiced democracy, when it came to their ruler. Their senate or "Mahestan", was a combined gathering of the 7 ruling families (Vaspooheraan), that decided on who was more qualified to become King of kings. This was more than 2000 years ago. There was no rule that when a father dies, his elder son "should" become the ruler, NO! Maybe his 70-year-old uncle is fit to rule the country the best. As it did happen and thus generated good results. If it weren't for the treacherous Sasanids, they would defend our lands against the barbaric Arabs. as they always did in their 500 years of proud history.

Thank you, Kings and Generals! You guys got me interested in the Parthian Empire now due to its religious tolerance and diversity. Also, is it wrong to say that some Parthian institutions did revive during the time of the Safavid Iran? After all, it did practice religious tolerance and diversity to a certain degree. Heck, one certain Shah even found it out the hard way that forced conversion means no jizya and no jizya means no salaries for his officials and military.

Thank you for this erudite video. I have a question: What language was spoken in the Parthian court?

Thanks

Please make a video on Vijayanagara Empire

@user-it1ek5ok7w

6 ай бұрын

Pajit empire great saaar

thank you for all the great videos . much love from iran . always love to see that us persians are not demonized by west like how they do in media and movies.

It would be very useful to see the corresponding dates to the changing maps

i love history ;) thank you

Please do sassanids next

11:56 Marcus Licinius Crassus, The Great Sponser of the First Triumvirate KZread Channel

Interesting!

I'm picking up Imperator Rome again and I was having trouble deciding who to play as....thank you for the campaign inspiration.

@meeeeeeeeeeee

2 ай бұрын

I like playing as Armenia in these kinds of games cause you're in a rough spot and have to rely on diplomacy.

*K&G* 👋👋 *Can You Guys Please Make a video on the Land of Punt* *These peoples known as the proto-Cushites Have been known as a great civilization by even Egypt itself* *Would love to see how Horn of African Peoples Had managed to become a the centre of Trade between west and east and the later Successor states of Macrobia and the Trading emporiums*

You forgot to mention the way they put out Selucid was the first Iranian Revolution after Alexander, they took their land back. Iranians would go and take their land back from Arabs, Mongols in the future. I would love Kings and generals covering that, absolutel epic come backs of Iranians after Alexander, Ghengis Khan & Islam. It is the oldest existing nation state in the world, Sassanians have "Iran" on the coinage and they're still speaking farsi inside Iran so many people don't know how much old and epic Iran is. Their fall is other people's triamph.

@johnxina5126

6 ай бұрын

Another important point to mention is the eventual Persianization of the conquering peoples. The Greeks,Mongols and Turks all became Iranian after all. And as for Islam, in India for example it arrived as a Turko-Iranic effort rather then an Arab one. While Egypt and the Levant became Arab, Iran remained Iranian despite converting to Islam.

Always wondered what happened to these Iranian Nomads. Thank You for showcasing this to us.

@Soap_bubbles591

5 ай бұрын

They still exist but as small tribes, most of them choose modern lifestyles so they got out of nomadic tribal life. Those ancient tribes who lived in the satrapy of Parthia in what's called Turkmenistan today were probably relocated into the Iranian heartland by the Caspian sea or khorasan region , some might have gone to extinct by the turkic invaders ,and some might have mixed with them .

Nice ❤❤👑

Parthians were the original Knights in history!

You know that what i love the most about parthia history even when they look down upon their own people (being barbaric) and steppe nomad, they still manage to show them all they more civilized then people in this time believe I just love iranian history

A video on Seleucids is necessary too !!!

11:17 "Simpsons style Hit-And-Run tactics" amazing.

I imagine your sponsors appreciated the Parthian shot there at the end...

It's a shame we never got a HBO Rome season on the Parthian campaigns.

@ramtin5152

6 ай бұрын

Because they either didn't wanted to show the disaster at Carthage, and the Parthian retaliation for Ventidius victories, during Mark Antony's Atropatene campaign which was also a humiliating defeat for Rome ... Or maybe the budget wasn't enough for those great battles

@johnxina5126

6 ай бұрын

How could the glorious Greco-Romans be shown being rivalled and even defeated by Middle Easterners?

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