What Units of History do you want to see covered next?

@ramenbomberdeluxe4958

2 жыл бұрын

The Arcanii which TOTALLY exist, Roman Ninjas baybeeeeee- Okay, jokes aside, maybe you could discuss a unit from Hawaiian history or units from Majapahit?

@Dronaddict

2 жыл бұрын

hmmm , the chosen hoplites of Athens, or the egyptian chariot, or the mobariz / the early muslim veteran solider

@jrsdt2ndaccount30

2 жыл бұрын

Cretan Archers

@AskiatheGreat64

2 жыл бұрын

The Kushite - Assyrian wars in the 8th and 7th centuries BCE. Very much like the Punic Wars.

@Sev3370

2 жыл бұрын

The Polish winged hussars

The adventures of a Nubian mercenary as he fights across the Persian and Hellenic world would make for a fascinating novel or series.

@mikaelafpetersens

2 жыл бұрын

Yes Please!

@davidcervantes9336

2 жыл бұрын

But no, they preffer to replace European historical leaders and characters with African people....

@ramenbomberdeluxe4958

2 жыл бұрын

@@davidcervantes9336 Okay, literally this isn't happening as often as you think. For goodness sakes, I know of two examples personally (the Joan of Arc thing that happened a while back? Also Isaac from Castlevania, but the difference is, the latter is a different continuity from the games and Isaac was at least written well)

@davidcervantes9336

2 жыл бұрын

@@ramenbomberdeluxe4958 “a couple” of examples, right? So Anabelle Mandeng as Atora and Caroline Henderson as Jarl Haakon (a norse MAN) in Vikings Valhalla, Jodi Turner-Smith as queen Anne Boleyn, David Gyasi as black Achilles (although I know this is from mythology, it is GREEK mythology, and Homer describes him as a man with long, BLONDE hair), and the Roman Governors and even CELTS depicted as black people in the BBC Britannia cartoon don’t count? I mean, I could go on, but I detect a clear tendency of denying the “blackwashing” of History that is the trend nowadays coming from you. So idk.

@blackcar1

2 жыл бұрын

@@davidcervantes9336 you do realize that Nubians are black? So your theory is moot!

I've heard a lot of history channels talk about the Cataracts of the Nile already without really explaining what they are. The Cataracts are parts where the Nile becomes shallow and uneven, with lots of waterfalls and a very fast flow. This is why it's so hard to navigate them with a boat. Hope this clears things up for anybody wondering.

@nightlightabcd

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I was going to look that up!

@miss_baphomet

2 жыл бұрын

yeah, think whitewater rapids, basically.

@Sakattack2023

2 жыл бұрын

Nautical knowledge I doubt even the people spouting it understand.

@icantthinkofaname940b2

2 жыл бұрын

At the Egyptian fort of Mirgissa, based at the 2nd Cataract, archaeologist found a slipway over 2 km long. It was used to bypass the cataract. The Egyptians would use teams of oxen to pull the boats overland and were able to wet the surface of the track enough to lower the friction. Unfortunately the site and many others are under the waters of Lake Nasser/Nubia.

@FusionCoreHoarder

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you

"When the Persians can draw a bow of this greatness as easily as I do, only then should they bring overwhelming odds to attack the long-lived Ethiopians. But till then, THEY SHOULD THANK THE GODS FOR NOT GIVING THE SONS OF THE ETHIOPIANS A MIND TO WIN MORE TERRITORY THAN THEY CURRENTLY HAVE!" - that is one of the most bad ass quotes Ive ever heard

@Celestial_Souljah

2 жыл бұрын

My thoughts exactly.

@jeromebowers7510

2 жыл бұрын

That's why I love Nubia more than the rest. They seem like some badasses. they bow 🏹 to no one. I like the queen's badass verse better. The one she told ROME. "These golden arrows are gift from the queen. You can accept them as token of peace. But if you choose war....you can keep them. Because you are gonna need it". That just seem a little tad bit harder. Especially coming from a queen in that time.......🤔

@sundiego565

2 жыл бұрын

Creators never seek the conquering of others, that is the sickness that destroyers cling to.

@verlandezjones9168

2 жыл бұрын

@@sundiego565 GREAT STATEMENT!!!!💯

@ESFDragxnFistGamer

2 жыл бұрын

The Nubians were smart they acted as mercenaries to the Pharaohonic dynasty while singlehandedly maintaining ties with Kush and Kem it wasn't until the 25th both Etiopian and Egyptian political parties collided forming a superpower withing the North African and middle eastern borders.

Most empires that tried conquering Nubia always come to a realization that it's easier to hire them as mercenaries then to subjugate them or dictate them.

@Amoury_Abdo

Жыл бұрын

I am Nubian from southern Egypt, Aswan. We have never been mercenaries. It's peace treaties for defending the borders

@desmass1

Жыл бұрын

​@@Amoury_Abdo History says otherwise The Nubians were the medjay the elite bodyguards to the pharoah. also nubians fought in the Egyptian there is formations of nubian statues with the classic hairstyle of egypt with bows also the greek have stories of you fighting against the romans alongside them . and so much more since that you nubians will probably have to discover like meriotic which is only dicipherable by probaby yall peace love and good vibes brother !

@angelicaterry3367

5 ай бұрын

@@Amoury_Abdo what was the name on the history textbooks that you were taught from?

@Amoury_Abdo

5 ай бұрын

@@angelicaterry3367 I'm Nubian from Aswan we don't need forged books 💯

@angelicaterry3367

5 ай бұрын

@Amoury_Abdo how did you come by your knowlegde? Was no institution involved?

What I like in these videos is that they appeal to historians. Its not just a bunch of "great, cool facts" without sources and any proof but they are actually researched and backed up by historical documents.

@TheOneTrueFett

2 жыл бұрын

Gotta love the quality of these channels

LOVE THIS! African history is getting more recognition by the day PLEASE DO Aksum (Axum) empire next!

@mwanikimwaniki6801

2 жыл бұрын

This would be fun

@MichaelBirks

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed, love to see something non-fictional about the Sarwen, if they were a real thing.

@pitaandhummus7643

2 жыл бұрын

Most Axum videos doesn’t include when they had control in Yemen and parts Saudi Arabia

@accountretired9479

2 жыл бұрын

@@pitaandhummus7643 I have also noticed that, I have only seen one video on KZread mention it, the video was about the history of Arabia before Islam

@ATheMansa

2 жыл бұрын

@@MichaelBirks Never heard of the Sarwen, who or what were they?

all this series of units of history is so interesting and captivating to watch, you guys are making an incredible job

@jonbaxter2254

2 жыл бұрын

These people are like elites

@MrRepsie

2 жыл бұрын

These people spread lies about Egypt and the piramides. Dont believe these people! For them it is all about the money! The piramides are far older than the farao's!!!!

@xarmanhsh2981

2 жыл бұрын

If only it didn't have a 50 seconds add

@zeusdagreat241

Жыл бұрын

Showing black people would have been better they showed them invaders digging up our riches...

Why Kerma? Because Kerma was at the confluence of the Nile and the Yellow Nile, which at the time was a major contributor of Nile river volume, making the site favourable for agric & fishing. The Yellow Nile was also once a conduit to the Lake Chad cultures. Kerma was also the town that dominated the natural & strategic passageway between the bulge of West Africa and the Nile Valley called Darfur. Kerma was thus able to combine Southern & East African trade(from up the White & Blue Niles) with West African trade and move it northward to the Mediterranean basin through Ta-Meri or eastward toward the Red Sea. They were middlemen traders who eventually made a shining international and holy city of their town. Africans of various ethnicities beyond Kerma and Nubia felt they had a stake in Kerma's defense.

@rapidsqualor5367

2 жыл бұрын

Was there gold in this part of the Nile ?

@frankscott1708

2 жыл бұрын

Just as an fyi to Siddiq Alam and others who may be confused: Kerma is not at the confluence of the WHITE NILE and the Blue Nile. That confluence is called Khartoum. Kerma is further north at the confluence of the already combined Blue & White Nile and yet another major tributary called the Yellow Nile, which has been an extinct river for 2000 years. All that is left of the Yellow Nile is Wadi Howar, a seasonal Wadi. Some estimate that the Yellow Nile, originating in Chad once provided the largest volume of water to the Nile. At any rate it still was featured prominently in Ptolemy's map.

@yousifabdalhalim514

2 жыл бұрын

@@frankscott1708 The yellow Nile thing never featured in curricula of our hearing although we Sudanese are very proud of our ancient history! thanks for the trigger to a deeper dive.

As a nubian thank you for representing our civilisation and our excellency with archery well. And also thanks for giving african history representation.

@Atribak

2 жыл бұрын

Kalim nuba?

@Atribak

2 жыл бұрын

Can you speak nuba?

@garesonc9672

2 жыл бұрын

@@Atribak Guess not.

@Atribak

2 жыл бұрын

@@garesonc9672 lol

@yungslash8616

2 жыл бұрын

@@Atribak Well yeah I can speak Nobiin but not very well. My parents know how to speak it much better than I do. Ever since I’ve been living in the west it’s been harder to speak it. But I understand it perfectly.

Sweet! Always love to see history channels do topics on the peoples of Africa and other less talked about cultures! Now if we could get more of Southeast Asia and the ancient/native Americans you guys would be more of the legends you already are. Keep up the good work!

@hamiltoneu

2 жыл бұрын

Someone give me an episode on the Basque!

@MrRepsie

2 жыл бұрын

These people spread lies about Egypt and the piramides. Dont believe these people! For them it is all about the money! The piramides are far older than the farao's!!!!

@calvinneal213

2 жыл бұрын

The reason they don't talk about them is because they show up European history and also show who's connected to who more closely.

@nathanieldavis5231

Жыл бұрын

The history of this planet is fascinating , although punctuated with tragedy

@politicallyincorrect2564

Жыл бұрын

@@calvinneal213 it is because there are not a lot of sources around them. All we know about these type of cultures comes from Europeans.

I swear these drawing and animations keep getting better, yet still maintain their cohesion to earlier episodes

@massdisruption3437

2 жыл бұрын

@Solace Cleaning yeah that’s bs. It’s 110 to 120 degrees. No light skins.

@kgkg4118

Жыл бұрын

I have to disagree, they made the Nubians look like Native Americans...wtf?

@AntonsClass

Жыл бұрын

I was wondering why the Nubians, which the Egyptians depicted as very dark skinned, are depicted as quite light. The remarkable dark skin would have been a nice, realistic touch, imo.

So refreshing to hear African history explored in this way. Was enjoying the videos on Rome, enjoying your channel even more after seeing content like this. Really good, thanks

@o-wolf

2 жыл бұрын

I need a movie focusing on an army of African Legolas, that shooting for the eyes passage was wild!

@uncharted7againblackking256

2 жыл бұрын

Appreciate u saying Africa history

@ESFDragxnFistGamer

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah we need more historical movies on Africa... Ancient Kem was such an advanced civilization

@thegadflygang5381

2 жыл бұрын

@@ESFDragxnFistGamer Kemet? Are you referencing the board game or the neo huxsterism found on the street corners of the Bronx by a strange combination of ankh and kente clothe fellows who despite being barely literate feel the need to scream at pedestrians? Great "movement" there. They told me Mozart and King Henry IIV were both Bantus. Never knew that

@ESFDragxnFistGamer

2 жыл бұрын

@@thegadflygang5381 What? Kemet was the name of Egypt before the Ptolemaic dynasty. Egypt is a roman word meaning bondage.

It is so satisfying to see obscure units get the spotlight! For other units, what of a video exploring the Byzantine Akritai (Frontier Guard)?

@flaviusbelisariusthebasedl3116

2 жыл бұрын

Either the Akritai or the Bucelarii or Varangians

@mikaelafpetersens

2 жыл бұрын

@@flaviusbelisariusthebasedl3116 Although I love the latter.. They aren'tn that obscure and already get quite the attention.

@mackycabangon8945

2 жыл бұрын

@@mikaelafpetersens yea varangians are cool but they kinda take the spotlight in byzantine armies..

@misaelfraga8196

2 жыл бұрын

@@mikaelafpetersens Bucelarii don't

Just bought civ 6 and got the Nuria civ as a bonus. I've never heard of this civilization before that point and I'm shocked because they're amazing

@SkatersHeaven

2 жыл бұрын

Their archers are the best in the game!

@LotusFlyer

2 жыл бұрын

Good luck in the game, cheers from Sudanese Nubian

@TheMinecraftandblueyfanlol900

2 жыл бұрын

nubians. 😡🏹😡🏹😡🏹😡🏹😡🏹. Egypt 😱

@JustaJimmy98

2 жыл бұрын

@@LotusFlyer appreciate it my friend!

@gutss8608

2 жыл бұрын

@@LotusFlyer what tribe bro

What an Awesome civilization. Hopefully you guys can do some more videos on them. Their kingdom doesn't get talked about enough.

I saw their figurines in the Cairo Museum, an amazing story! ❤I'm in Egypt every year, lately I've been shooting videos of ancient sites on my channel, thanks, greetings!

@marcmarc7454

2 жыл бұрын

I love your channel :)

@ancientsitesgirl

2 жыл бұрын

@marc marc Thanks

@agrippaofrome3297

2 жыл бұрын

I am from Nubian origins so yàay

@ancientsitesgirl

2 жыл бұрын

@@agrippaofrome3297 Nice. In winter I will be in Nubia ;) I'm going to Aswan!

@agrippaofrome3297

2 жыл бұрын

@@ancientsitesgirl nice have a great time

I’m glad my Nubian compatriots are finally getting some recognition

@antonioboss298

2 жыл бұрын

I agree 100%. The Nubians seems to be finally being recognize for their greatness. It's about damn time if you ask me.

@AIA1990

2 жыл бұрын

@@antonioboss298 fun facts Nubian Egyptians still speak Nubian language.

@antonioboss298

2 жыл бұрын

@@AIA1990 Awesome 👍😎

@greatwhite3676

2 жыл бұрын

You guys still piss in the drinking water?

@AIA1990

2 жыл бұрын

@@greatwhite3676 you guys still believe trump won ?

Played as Kush in Total War Rome II and stacked my armies with Kushite archers, very satisfying on the battlefield!

@miliba

2 жыл бұрын

Played as Nubia in Civ 6 and had Pitati Archers as special unit

@kadirkaita4862

2 жыл бұрын

Didnt know kush was a playable faction

@DirtyMardi

2 жыл бұрын

Ethiopia perhaps? I can’t recall Kush being a faction.

@Hambokuu

2 жыл бұрын

@@kadirkaita4862 It's a dlc. Think they're in "Desert Kingdoms". It also has the Numidians and Nabateans. They're quite fun!

@kadirkaita4862

2 жыл бұрын

@@Hambokuu Oh thanks. I think I'll install Rome 2 again. Was hyped for Rome remastered but the UI makes my eyes hurt

Always refreshing to see Africans in the spot light. We history buffs prob no everything up and down about European units since uni.

@mrroberts7828

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I always love to see information about historic Africa, but I find a lot of it turns either into flights of fantasy or going on some weird propaganda spin about how they were ACKSUALLY better than Europe. I want to find out for myself what the go was with Africa, how was it different, how was it the same, is there something about the geography, culture, technology that means something has to be significantly different about they structure their society or interact with other cultures. But it's all really hard to find amongst the African equivalent of those people who are obsessed with pseudohistoric hyper-advanced cultures.

@sniperdubey

2 жыл бұрын

@@mrroberts7828 Or, even worse, they simply take medieval Europe - turn half of them black, then call it a day. Personally I really want to see some media set in the Kongo with their internal political struggles. The kingdom of cloth deserves some more recognition!

@mikamwambazi3807

2 жыл бұрын

@@mrroberts7828 You'll be surprised that the myth about hyper-advanced Europeans civilizing the known world was the first fabrication to make it to the history text book. To make it worse, it was then inserted and plugged into the histories of the rest of the world - which gave it legitimacy. In Africa it was done via the hamitic hypothesis. (I have elaborated on this in my previous comment 👆🏾) In India, it's the Aryan vs the Dravidians. Europeans first propagated the pseudo-science that forms the framework for the academic practice in this century. When the study of history is reduced to a matter of identity politics, it puts everybody else on the defense. If you're going to claim that you are the birthplace of civilization, then ancient Egypt, Nubia, Aksum - Ethiopia, Timbuktu, Babylon, Persia, Sumer, China will have their say. So, when the enthusiasts say that Africa has the baddest civilizations, we are not saying anything Egyptologists and Western scientists aren't saying. They just have a bad habit of utilizing the "hamitic myth" to claim Africa's civilizations to themselves. And when African scholars engage with African history, they are dismissed and branded "Afrocentrics." This is what makes studying Africa from an African perspective impossible. It's the Europeans that claim to have the monopoly over Africa's history and when we speak for ourselves - they are offended. Because to fair, African history completely undermines Greece and Rome. If you don't know what the hamitic hypothesis is, Google is your friend.

@mikamwambazi3807

2 жыл бұрын

@@sniperdubey The reason African history is relatively unknown is because Europeans did exactly just that. They took all the ancient Ancient civilizations and made the greater part of them white, via the "hamitic hypothesis." A myth which suggests that all of Africa's history must be attributed to foreigners: i.e White tribes called "hamites", Arabs...heck even Aliens get some credit. You'll be surprised that Egyptology and pretty much any studies relating to Africa are predicated on this myth. This is the myth that creates the foundation for the artificial discourse of North Africa vs the rest of it "Sub-Sahara," Negro vs Hamite, White Africa vs Black Africa. All myths and binary oppositions unrelated to pre-colonial Africa's geography, ethnography or linguistics. Supposedly the ancient Egyptians, the builders of ancient Nubia / Meroe, the Somali, the builders of the Great Zimbabwe, the craftsmen of the Benin bronzes, the Tutsi in Rwanda and the Khoisan are all part of these foreign hamitic tribes. In other words, the hamitic myth created "quasi-European" peoples and attributed all of the continent's heritage to them. Which then legitmizes the second myth: that Africa has no history or indigenous civilizations to sing about. Which finally justifies colonialism and the 'white man's burden.' In Rwanda, the hamitic myth led to a genocide...when the Hutu's thought of the Tutsi as foreigners or "less African" thanks to the Belgians classifying them as Hamites.

@joshchung2178

Жыл бұрын

@@mikamwambazi3807 “White” is not a group child. Hamites are Hamites and Nubians are HAMITES and they are people of Color...

I love you made a video about the Nubian archers. There are so many cultures that need more exposure.

No mention of the Kingdom of Makuria and the First and Second Siege of Dongola where the Christian Greek Orthodox Nubians defeated the Caliphate...

@ktheterkuceder6825

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah. Those defeats were a huge shock to the arabs after winning battle after battle against romans and persians.

@masonarmand8988

2 жыл бұрын

Makuria is easily my favorite society in history, they were supposed to arrange a marriage with Aragon I believe but they never replied. History could've arguably went way different during and following the crusades.

@digenesakritas8234

2 жыл бұрын

@@masonarmand8988 What I find absolutely fascinating about the Makurian Nubians is that apart from their bravery and tenacity in battle is that in their literary and liturgical culture they voluntarily absorbed the Greek language and adopted the Greek alphabet for the Nubian language without Greeks ever having occupied Nubia. And they preserved the Greek language for more than 8 centuries. Its perhaps to me the greatest peaceful exchange of culture in history between two peoples. Furthermore it is an example of Africans achieving higher cultural development than many Europeans who would take centuries longer to become Christians. Its a great testament I believe to both the military and diplomatic prowess of the Nubian people. My only regret is that Constantinople did not give the Makurians autocephaly (self-governance) for the Makurian Greek Orthodox Church before contact was cut off between Makuria and Eastern Rome because of the Muslim Invasions in the 7th century and the expulsion of the Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria with the effect being that after almost 100 years the Nubians turned to the Monophysite heresy because they could not consecrate hierarchs (bishops) anymore from Constantinople because of the interference of the Muslims.

@randomelite4562

2 жыл бұрын

Because that isn’t relevant to a group and unit of history that existed centuries prior?

@digenesakritas8234

2 жыл бұрын

@@randomelite4562 Well it certainly was the finest example of Nubian Archers performance in History (last 2,000 years) which is why the absence of the First and Second Siege of Dongola is a notable non-mention of the operational history of the Nubian Archer. The video author did of course mention the long operational history of the Nubian Archer and the challenge to fit it in one video so we can give him a pass I guess for not mentioning it.

This is great. Thank you so much for this amazing vibrant insight into ancient Nubian and Egyptian history. Please please please could you continue the story into the Makurian and Aksum era.

You do such a amazing job with these videos. I have had a real interest in the Kingdom of Nubia and this is exactly what I have wanted to see. Thank you!

This is great. Here in the West, we tend to ignore the history of Africa. And yet, up until about 1500, the African civilizations were fully the equal of any other civilization in the world, in terms of culture, technology, and administration.

@deshawnmoore67

2 жыл бұрын

Some where, And some weren't remember we shouldn't generalize Africa because it is not a United Nation but one of the largest continents. Ashanti= Advanced While Dahomey= Barbaric

@cavaugnsharkey2699

2 жыл бұрын

@@deshawnmoore67 right on

@joshchung2178

Жыл бұрын

No “Equal”foolish pale Man

@politicallyincorrect2564

Жыл бұрын

No we don't. Whatever you know for Africans comes from the West. West archaeologists saved African history from being lost forever

I love learning about archery-dominated cultures. It's always inspiring for me as a traditional archer to futher improve my skill.

Despite a few inaccuracies it's good to see this type of black history illustrated so well.

@reds20009

2 жыл бұрын

black history ?? cringe

@kiritugeorge4684

25 күн бұрын

@@reds20009 All history matters😭😭🙄

This is utterly amazing and wonderful. Thank you so much!

awesome… would love to make a nubian style bow

African history is often looked over. Thank you.

@TD-ug4mg

2 жыл бұрын

Much of it is actually taught, many people just don't realize that the countries being named are not Mediterranean but African. The history of Rome is deeply linked with the African continent.

@landsknecht8654

2 жыл бұрын

@@TD-ug4mg well yeah dude the Romans was an Empire that spread to three continents and left a huge impact in the world you have hard Roman influence as far as India.

@reds20009

2 жыл бұрын

north african

@mikamwambazi3807

2 жыл бұрын

@@landsknecht8654 And you have North East African influence as far as the Middle East. As well, as North West African influence extending to the Iberian peninsula. (Spain and Portugal)

My wife has wrote her bachelors on Amarna correspondence. The Egyptian vassal rulers of the modern Levant (most notably Rib Hadda, of course) all too often ask for the archers, with the words like: "Just send a few dozen, and all the enemies of the Pharaoh will disperse in fear". The archers were, of course, the Nubians. Oh, and the aforementioned Rib Hadda apparently had Sardinian (or, rather, Sherden) bodyguards. But this is another story.

this is so well made, thank you for all your hard work!

Great video! Thank you for covering this topic.

Gotta say, seeing the pyramids like this really puts their beauty in perspective. Great thumbnail.

This was a good video but I don't recall any evidence of the Shotel being used by the ancient Kushites. The Shotel was a more East African weapon more so common with the warriors of the region of modern Ethiopia and Eritrea. Kushites had the khopesh and short straight swords.

@overdose8329

2 жыл бұрын

On the surface I don’t see much of a difference between a Shotel and a Khopesh. Mind explaining the difference?

@admirekashiri9879

2 жыл бұрын

@@overdose8329 the Shotel is double edged, tradtionly the hook side of the sword is what's used on foot, but you can also use it like a saber on horseback. The khopesh on the other hand is single edged and went to be used like a saber. Also the shapes are a little different.

@afrinaut3094

2 жыл бұрын

Nubians aren't North East Africans?

@overdose8329

2 жыл бұрын

@@admirekashiri9879 Thanks

@gnb_2476

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah if I remember correctly the shotel came to be used more so by the successor kingdoms to the Nubians, such as Axum and Makuria.

Thank you and your team for these 🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿. Please keep up the great work!

Thank you so much. I've been looking forward to this.

Ancient Nubia fascinated me when I was self-studying Egyptology! I want to know more about Ancient Egypt's neighbors in Libya, Phoenicia, Canaan, Philistia, and Anatolia!

@maxxmabemwe4859

Жыл бұрын

If you are interested in studying ancient Alkebulan, you must first address the lands and the people by their true names and ethnicities. The ancient civilization that you call Egypt was in reality ancient Kemet. The land that you call Nubia was actually called Kush. Next, the rulers of Kemet were not called Pharoah, they were referred to by their subjects as the Ky. After Alexander, the thug, and his gang defeated the Persian thugs and took control of Kemet, the Greeks renamed the land, the monuments, the Medunatcher, the Kys, and everything else because the Greeks did not speak the language of Kemet. It is said that Cleopatra was the only Greek who could speak the language of the ancient kingdom of Kemet.

@atticusrussel3485

Жыл бұрын

@@maxxmabemwe4859 i disagree. adress them as what makes sense, if that means calling it egypt, call it egypt. sorry, but every poeple groop does this/

This was a piece of history i never heard of. Good job!

I love that you are coming back to Nubia and their history

really amazing story.. Thank you for another great history lesson 👍

Years of playing Skyrim make me reflexively wince when I see bowmen with less than 50 arrows in their quiver! Very cool video topic, as I had just listened to the Tides of History podcast cover then history of Kush/ Nubian archaeology.

It is so refreshing to see a level-headed depiction of early Egyptian and Nubian history delivered in a mainstream format. Having ancient Egyptians illustrated with dark skin would be extremely rare even in the early 2000s. I know it shouldn't matter, but when you see the Egyptians presented as light-skinned quasi-Europeans in film and TV so consistently, it does begin to grate

@Usammityduzntafraidofanythin

2 жыл бұрын

Don't egyptian paintings show them with brown skin?

@alm4655

2 жыл бұрын

@@Usammityduzntafraidofanythin Exactly. Not brown enough, apparently. This fresco of Ramses II fighting Nubians also has both peoples with dark skin. Some Nubians are depicted with the exact same coppery hue as Ramses himself, others jet black. upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a5/Ramses_II_charging_Nubians.jpg

@indridcole7596

2 жыл бұрын

@@Usammityduzntafraidofanythin that’s what I don’t get they depicted themselves as black and brown not white or tan

@RaizanMedia

Жыл бұрын

It begins to grate because it's a fairly accurate representation? Egyptians had large amounts of light skinned population, especially after the middle eastern migrations.

@lf1496

10 ай бұрын

​@@RaizanMedia That's actually not true. I lived in Egypt in Aswan. I did my Masters in Ancient History, spending a year studying the tombs and wall paintings of Egypt. What people see on Google images as "Egyptian" is mostly from the much later foreign invasion period of Persian, Roman and Greek rule which is 3000 years after the foundational period. The Old, Middle and much of the New Kingdoms are populated mostly by indigenous Africans with dark brown to black skinned people. They on tomb walls represented themselves with Afro hair down to the Afro pics left in their burials. The Fayum paintings on mummies during the Roman period are not indigenous Egyptian people. The modern Egyptian population are descendants of Romans, Greeks and Arabs migrants. The people in Southern Egypt today are still the indigenous Black population that once inhabited the entire country. They carry on the ancient traditions like keeping crocodiles in pits in their homes for goodluck in homage to Sobek the crocodile god. You don't find this ancient cultural connections among the light skinned people in Cairo

Loving this one thanks for sharing very information blessed love to all knowledge is power hopefully everyone pays attention keep up the good work 🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲

Whoever does the art for you is doing an amazing job

@kgkg4118

Жыл бұрын

Have to disagree....they made the Nubians look like Native Americans. They should look like South Sudanese instead they look racially ambiguous with Native American attire. Even when talking about African history they still try to exclude the African ppl that created it....crazy...

@spider-mv6442

Жыл бұрын

They made Queen Amirenas look black

Tbh I didn’t think I would live to see the period when African culture and History are brought back to life. This will have an effect to cause alll humans to respect one another knowing we all come from rich powerful wise and skillful people!

Well done documentary. It's amazing the world knows all about the English longbowmen but little about the Nubian Longbowmen who were not only over 4000 years older, but had quite a list of legendary enemies that they fought off successfully. These guys took on Persians, Egyptians, Assyrians, Forced Rome at it's height under Augustus to the bargaining table, and successfully resisted the Arab Islamic invasions for hundreds of years, after also forcing them to the bargaining table after several decisive beatings. One could argue that parts of east Africa to this day that never fully submitted to Islamic colonization, was due to the arrows of the Nubian Bowmen.

Fantastic documentary. Love it.

Thank you so much for this video

Awesome documentary!

Proud Nubian here. I try to keep the longbow/archery tradition alive with my 60lb bow incase the Persians or Romans come for round 2

@VainerCactus0

2 жыл бұрын

If you do see any Persians or Romans, try to capture the ones that look like they invented the time machines, you can steal their ideas and make tons of money!

@yungslash8616

2 жыл бұрын

Hello my fellow nubian brethren. I am also a Nubian 👋

@darkzi1431

2 жыл бұрын

@@VainerCactus0 Good idea. Kingdom of Kush 2.0

@darkzi1431

2 жыл бұрын

@@yungslash8616 Hello. I hope you are practicing your archery fellow Nubian. What tribe are you from in egypt or Sudan

@garesonc9672

2 жыл бұрын

@@darkzi1431 They go silent whenever anyone asks them where they are from...check other comments on this video.

Very well done video on a fascinating unit

Great documentary! Very well done!

Yay! I think they were known as the pupil smiters by the Arabs for their formidable accuracy!

@Sekou156

2 жыл бұрын

There was no Arab in Africa until 7th century Islam revolution

@thesudaneseprince9675

2 жыл бұрын

@@Sekou156 apologies I should have specified, even the archers of the later Christian kingdoms was also reputable

This is a really great channel with superior visual aids and information. Other channels simply take their works from wiki and summaries of articles and the likes.

This is great stuff. Keep it going please.

Thanks for the content

Beautifully constructed history lesson👌🏿 i came out more enlightened than when I arrived 💯

Napoleonic Cavalry would be dope! Great video, on a subject that I did not know that much of!

@landsknecht8654

2 жыл бұрын

@Nicolas B. Henry Yeah the Polish Heavy Cavalry and knights somehow were able to defeat gunpowder armies in the 17th century. It's crazy. I think Knights are over looked a bit too. Sure we hear about them but they leave a lot of details such as one example as many knights especially that in central Europe & later on in Poland were able to jump horse to horse while on the move with a full suit of armor on!

Love to see this very informative video on africa. One thing i notice about all ancient culture and people. They all have that look with skirts, feathers on heads and body markings. Very interesting

BRAVO! Very well, extremely well presented! BRAVO!

The size,scale and splendor of those buildings is mind blowing wen u think of how long the Nile valley Kingdoms ruled which is over 3 millinia,the African mind never gets it due. ,

Thank you. Please do more videos on African history!!

The grapics are so good. I love the style

Invicta keeps me sane

Awesome work! I am loving these videos on less well known but certainly not less successful warriors from history. I would love to see some of these videos on Indigenous American warriors!

@chadsknnr

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed!

@kaiza9184

2 жыл бұрын

Nice nice

@YaBoiDREX

2 жыл бұрын

I’d love a video on the Comanche Empire

The kushites had some of the best horses and archers of the ancient world.

@HAYAOLEONE

2 жыл бұрын

They wuz the best in everything 30K years ago.

@charlestaylor8355

2 жыл бұрын

@4Life.. That's true. Before The Assyrian & Kushite war, Assyrians asked for Kushite horses and horse trainers because Kush was known to have the best domesticated/trained horses across the known world.

@HAYAOLEONE

2 жыл бұрын

@@E-E.ADVENTUREGEARS And still are today! and foreveeeeer

@soundsoftranquility2300

2 жыл бұрын

@@HAYAOLEONE *was*

@soundsoftranquility2300

2 жыл бұрын

@@HAYAOLEONE actually, *were* since you're referring to a group (plural) of people.

Well covered and explained.

So dope! Great video!

Thanks for the history lesson being a wood bow builder myself and listening to the multiple collapse of there complex society and rebuilding it over and over again is interesting they were surly skilled in everything to maintain a civilization no civilization has that skills today if the electricity goes out we done I’m still find out who made the first lamentation of bows on a large scale

This is outstandingly awesome, very impressive narration with fascinating soundtrack and sophisticated graphics. Thanks

Thanks for making this great documentary about my ancestors 😊

Bless, learning more here about my ancestors and culture than in school

Great video guy's 👍😉. Very impressive bit of knowledge in this documentary. Sometime in the future, when you guy's get a chance. I would like to see a deep dive into the Nubians conquering Egypt and starting the 25th Dynasty of Egypt.

@mikamwambazi3807

2 жыл бұрын

The indigenous early dynasties of Egypt are also Nubian. It's not just the 25th dynasty.

Good to see black history as Warriors and kings instead of slaves

A deeper look into roman auxiliary troops would be awesome we always see and hear about the roman legionaire but very rarely about the auxiliary troops

Yeah there level of prowless with the bows and arrows are great in pure archery skills

A lot of obscure units need the spotlight.

Yes I love and enjoyed it thanks

The Sudanese people were the original Egyptian.. Nubia developed many dynasties before Egypt came into existence..

@SeanMichael-yt4ps

22 күн бұрын

That's a fact as well as habesha migrations north

@Invicta According to Shadiversity in a recentish video, Left side arrows allow for more precise shots which makes it popular with current precision shooting at he cost of speed of knocking (1-2 per minute) that is now common. Right side arrows were the historical normal according to countless artistic depictions and allowed for much more rapid notching and firing that was used and needed in warfare. After all, they only had to hit the target somewhere at distance, or close up when they wanted to hit the target as often as possible.

@gregpickett8816

2 жыл бұрын

Worth mentioning that while ancient bowmen were no doubt accurate, they also typically had several targets in close proximity to one another thus could afford to sacrifice some accuracy for increased output. Not suggesting they just let em fly without aiming, but they definitely could have and still had a decent hit rate.

thank you for making this video... these amazing warriors are almost lost in modern day history teachings

fantastic series guys

Nubia is also in Egypt, 350 kilometers 45 villages, old maps of Arabs, Romans, Persians and other foreigners prove it ♥️❤️🎉🎊🥰😍

Good to see some more African history! Good stuff man!

Fantastic documentary.

Very Intresting! Great to learn about african history👏

This is amazing 👌 would love to see one about the Aztec Jaguar 🐆 warriors or something about the Zulus

@ktheterkuceder6825

2 жыл бұрын

Zulus have been overdone by now. I want something new like the ashantis.

@chadsknnr

2 жыл бұрын

I agree with you both!

@antonioboss298

2 жыл бұрын

@@ktheterkuceder6825 Or the Aksumite Empire, which is modern day Ethiopia.

@YaBoiDREX

2 жыл бұрын

Zulu are overrated. They aren’t the best Africa has to offer at all. I want to see the Farari which was the Malian equivalently a Knight or Samurai.

@uyilol4557

2 жыл бұрын

Or the Benin warriors.

Thank you 👍🏽

I adore these subjects.

I would love to see an Invicta deep dive into Colonial Minutemen structure and logistics.

@TheRaulmt

2 жыл бұрын

Yea, I would love to know why their settlements always need help

It seems whoever did the research got confused between the early modern Ethiopian steel shotel sword and the ancient bronze khopesh used in the Nile River civilizations.

@chrisb1906

2 жыл бұрын

Do you know how early the Sotel goes back?

@penguasakucing8136

2 жыл бұрын

Well 'ello Ghost. Indeed, Shotel are Early Modern Ethiopian, late medieval at best. The Nubian swords unearthed at Ballana and Qustul are straight, leaf-shaped swords, nothing like a Shotel. See Salem, Y., Oudbashi, O. & Eid, D. Characterization of the microstructural features and the rust layers of an archaeological iron sword in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo (380-500 A.D.). Herit Sci 7, 19 (2019) Later Nobatian swords are straight, so does the swords depicted at Nubian church frescoes. At the time Shotel appeared in Ethiopia, the Sudanese used Kaskara instead.

@enrico7474

2 жыл бұрын

Shotel dates back to 1000bc i think it was driven from the sabaean swords and kopesh combined, it started with bronze not steel there are many shotels excavated in yeha (800bc) temple

@theghosthero6173

2 жыл бұрын

@@enrico7474 do you have proof of that I can look at?

@enrico7474

2 жыл бұрын

@@theghosthero6173 History. Evidence for the shotel dates from the earliest Damotians (Damites) and Axumites or the Medri Bahri kingdom, used by both mounted and dismounted warriors. After the Solomonic restoration of Atse Yikuno Amlak I and Bahri negus, the resurgent Emperors began to re-establish the Medri Bahri and Aksumite armies. This is from google

Great video very informative

excellent work, thank you man! I'll check your patreon!

You probably mean kopesh. The shotel is from further down south in Axum ( modern day Ethiopia/Eritrea )

@makeytgreatagain6256

2 жыл бұрын

It was also used by the kushites. Both weapons were used

@penguasakucing8136

2 жыл бұрын

@@makeytgreatagain6256 No, Shotel only appeared in the Early Modern era or Late Medieval era at best. Since this video discusses the ancient era Nubians, I'd say the bronze khopesh is more likely. The Nubian sword specimens unearthed at Ballana and Qustul are nothing like a Shotel. Neither the Medieval or Early Modern Sudanese used curved Shotel, their swords are the straight Kaskara.

@makeytgreatagain6256

2 жыл бұрын

@@penguasakucing8136 hmm I didn’t know that I’ll look into it to verify it these claims are true thanks for the information brah.

@admirekashiri9879

2 жыл бұрын

Ye that's what I was thinking. I've seen no evidence of the Shotel in Kush.

I always love seeing the slow evolution of equipment in early history, so much of it was very alot like how natural evolution happens between animals, slight differences and improvements and changes being adopted over time due to things like word of mouth and the exchange of knowledge and practices and inheritance, this is what makes humans truly special. that we can make small improvements and ideas and our knowledge as individuals and over time it spreads and gets adopted by others which undergoes its own evolution and trials to create even better things.

Informative and very interesting.

I always wondered about these guys🙌🙌🙌🙌

What type of wood were the bows made off? Do we also know the poundage of their draw weight?

@levantexarch5258

2 жыл бұрын

Usually Acacia Nilotica and Zizyphus Spina Christi. Draw weights ranged from 40 lbs all the way into the 80-120 lb range.

@kakerake6018

2 жыл бұрын

Acacia nilotica is an invasive species here, nice to know I can make a bow out of it

@levantexarch5258

2 жыл бұрын

@@kakerake6018 they used the reddish heartwood for their bows which were round in cross section, and much much shorter than depicted here in this video (not longbowman, in fact Nubian bows resembled an even shorter version of their Northern Egyptian counterparts). They were also deflexed at the tips (tips bent back toward archer), not reflexed as presented here.

@salkincan7508

2 жыл бұрын

i think they used wood from tree

@levantexarch5258

2 жыл бұрын

@@stormlord2178 There are numerous sources. Wallace McLeod, Yigael Yadin, AC Western, and JD Clark that document the self bow in use throughout the Near East, Arabia and parts of Africa as having been either a simple self bow or another one with a 'biconvex' profile. Eventually when the composite bow was introduced to the area it had a similar unbraced profile to the latter type of wooden self bow, causing alot of confusion with modern researchers. Actual examples have been excavated in Egypt at places like Saqqara and Naga Ed Deir, etc. So we know quite a bit about them, not just from the reliefs. Look the Egyptian military 'Pitati' relief to see an example of one type of Nubian selfbow and it's size in proportion to the Archer. In fact the Maasai of today still make bows very similar if not identical to the old Nubian ones.

Hell yeah, more African history on Invicta. You should discuss the Dahomey Amazons aka the Mina warrior corp of the Fon Kingdom.

@Menno_3

2 жыл бұрын

DAHOMEY?!

@admirekashiri9879

2 жыл бұрын

@@Menno_3 it's the name of a West African kingdom that used an all female unit called the Mino.

@Menno_3

2 жыл бұрын

@@admirekashiri9879 Even though I was referring to a meme, that's quite interesting