when the kushites and romans dapped each other up, that was pretty cool.

@Chris11825

2 жыл бұрын

Best moment in history

@jmgonzales7701

2 жыл бұрын

@@Chris11825 weird that they were someone allies

@workinprogress6504

2 жыл бұрын

Allien?

@Christian-fg1ff

2 жыл бұрын

Which dap?

@chairwood

2 жыл бұрын

@@Christian-fg1ff dap at 3:32

"Dad look, it's the good kush." "This is Egypt, how good can it be?"

@lucasmartin9511

2 жыл бұрын

This is so good

@bag3lmonst3r72

2 жыл бұрын

Goddammit, beat me to it. Have my like

@Lone-Lee

2 жыл бұрын

This is the second comment I've seen, with reference to _'good Kush'_ . Can anyone explain me what it is?

@blueblaze27

2 жыл бұрын

I knew someone would make this joke the moment i saw the thumbnail, nice

@Jackson33miller

2 жыл бұрын

@@Lone-Lee weed is sometimes referred to as kush, OP was implying Egypt’s weed is not very good

Stealing the bronze head of Augustus and burying it under your temple so your worshippers can walk on it is a pretty baller move. Also, these animations are gorgeous - bringing me strong Age of Empires I vibes.

@thomasbishop7284

2 жыл бұрын

Wololo

@nomadiccheese4911

2 жыл бұрын

Im suprised augustus didn't go all out with them because of that insult considering his status as Emperor or "Princeps"

@origaminosferatu3357

2 жыл бұрын

@@nomadiccheese4911 he probably didn't even know about it.

@artsylovelylady

2 жыл бұрын

@@nomadiccheese4911 He was probably too busy hunting down Cleopatra's children to worry about it.

@Albimaristan

2 жыл бұрын

The thing is, they did not. In fact, the Romans humiliated them later in the war and sacked their empire as far as Napata and then returned home only for the Kushites to raid southern Egypt and steal some statues which the Romans later reclaimed -mostly-. The Bronze Head of Augustus is probably the only statue that remained. I ahte when some African American "historians" polish history to suit their political motivations. First they say that Egyptians were the same people as those who were sent to America as slaves from the West Coast and that all current Egyptians are Arab invaders -which is absurd to any one with a few brain cells-. And now they claim the Kushite rule over Egypt was gentle and beautiful. I do not expect you to say the same thing about the Egyptrian rule over Kush, but do not make it look as if Egyptian princes betrayed anybody when they wanted to expel Tharqa. An interesting thing though, Taharqa fled from the Assyrians leaving women of his household behind him.

As a Nubian from Sudan, it's so amazing to finally see our history being talked about and enjoyed by so many. It's often overlooked or grouped in with Ancient Egypt when it fully deserves its own focus

@tima.478

6 ай бұрын

The Europeans (Whites) wanted your ancestors history to be lost forever. They never wanted this great story to be told.

@garbonomics

5 ай бұрын

The problem is that Nubians themselves are not taking, writing and making information about thier culture known. Instead they are waiting for westerners to do it for them.

@sandrahales9103

5 ай бұрын

As a history teacher at a middle school, I have argued that the study of the Kush civilization is crucial, but 4 pages in a historical text makes the study of Kush nearly impossible. I have had to find outside sources to teach about the Kush.

@tima.478

5 ай бұрын

It was a truly amazing dynasty!@@sandrahales9103

@tengia7927

Ай бұрын

​​@@tima.478That's gibberish, you said. You have also great history. But that just not so popular as European, or Egyptian history.

I cannot believe Snoop Dog lost his own kingdom.

@timbuktu777

2 жыл бұрын

Hope they saved the kush.

@mothboy420

2 жыл бұрын

he got too high and forgot where he put it

@Wertsir

2 жыл бұрын

Now that’s a dank river valley.

@Midnightv

2 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

@junreybade1738

2 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂👍👍👍😉

As a lover of history, I think all African history is grossly under studied and taught. There are probably many great discoveries and lessons waiting for the western world.

@djinnjax3274

2 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/eJaC1deiZcKrY6g.html

@alohaXamanda

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah I'm just now starting to learn about the huge influence of African civilizations during ancient times (outside of Egypt), and I have a degree in anthropology. We barely breezed over African civilizations in my western civ classes and only focused on the modern groups and tribes in my cultural anthro courses. It leaves me asking why, because I went to a very liberal school that focused heavily on decentering european perspectives...apparently not enough!

@napolien1310

2 жыл бұрын

@@alohaXamanda because we still don't know about these civilisations we don't know a lot about them, did they leave a writing system and we broke it!!? No we still don't know about them and were these African civilisations (a side from the northern or western Africans) border another civilisation that wrote about them!!? Yes or no!!? So how do u want to learn about these civilisations where we only know their names and a couple of things about them.

@hohesC24

2 жыл бұрын

this is mainly due to the history of historical science, which in the 19th century originated in Europe. without these pioneers we wouldn't have any systematic historical research. :)

@djinnjax3274

2 жыл бұрын

@@hohesC24 I believe the word you’re referring to is Historiography.

Lovely animation would love more on ancient African civilizations, like Benin, Wolof, and Axum, there's so much to explore

@bixmcgoo5355

2 жыл бұрын

lol africans mastered the art of ancient civilization so well, they're still living in it

@innitbruv-lascocomics9910

2 жыл бұрын

@@bixmcgoo5355 I love how you guys like to take comments about wanting to.learn more history as a scapegoat to troll. Never stop being sad trolls, just uh....never stop, I guess.

@miguelrodriguez-pineroriva6713

2 жыл бұрын

Kanem, Zulu

@nyanSynxPHOENIX

2 жыл бұрын

I agree! Both ancient and modern Africa is so rarely learned about that people legitimately think that Africa still is like an ancient civilization today. Sadly, we typically only learn about all of the horrible outcomes of European imperialism within the last few hundred years, and refuse to think of cultural, political, and environmental destruction as an inherently European trait of the modern day nations across the continent.

@abhinavneoharysvarma8551

2 жыл бұрын

True, I'm genuinely interested in learning more about ancient African civilizations.

3:35 that handshake though

@sammybore944

2 жыл бұрын

I was half expecting the handshake from Predator

@shamarlewis9419

2 жыл бұрын

@@sammybore944 lol

@booshoe2000

2 жыл бұрын

Handshake everyone makes after hitting Kush

@shonkeymoulder6972

2 жыл бұрын

The old pound and point

@gibraltar0553

2 жыл бұрын

Kush gang gang

The first time I ever heard of Kush, was aged 17 when Nas released “I Can” and speaks of “Empires in Africa called Kush”. Imagine learning about this via hip hop and not Bia the curriculum

@boterham7144

2 жыл бұрын

Dont under-estimate the knowledge that can be found in true hip hop culture

@Buttercup697

2 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately what history we learned in American schools is anglo-centric … even our “World history” curriculum.

@datboiisforreal

2 жыл бұрын

Well... it's impossible to learn about everything there is to know just from school. Also it makes completely sense that unless you study in an African school, you are not going to learn about African countrys histories. I think it is extremely important to learn things on your own. Most of the things i know from history, science and so much more, is from me studying on my own, one google search, youtube video, book, documentary (etc.) at a time. Hardest thing of course is to know what information is reliable and what is false, so studying really requires a mind that is sharpened everytime a "truth" has been discovered and a lie has been exposed.

@michaelterrell5061

2 жыл бұрын

15 year old here. I learned about it when I was 13 in the 7th Grade. I had a white teacher and I went to private school. So, it just goes to show that curriculums are different.

@dorcaselohorodidi8602

2 жыл бұрын

Just like it make no sense for African Americans to learn about European history.

There were also three smaller Nubian kingdoms; Nobatia, Makuria, and Alodia, that existed after the fall of Kush and continued its legacy throughout the whole Medieval period, while successfully resisting the Muslim powers to the north. One of the precursors of serious research in this area, Prof. Kazimierz Michałowski (1901-1981) from Poland coined the term "Nubiology", suggesting that the history of Nubia (including Kush) is so long and rich that it deserves to be its own specialized discipline, like Egyptology.

@blue.orangeade

2 жыл бұрын

screenshotting this to remember to research about this, I'm sudnaese and I didn't even know this!

@Artur_M.

2 жыл бұрын

@@blue.orangeade Thanks! Also sorry, I've got the name of one of those kingdoms wrong, it should be Nobatia not 'Nabatia' (I apparently also wrote 'research' twice and didn't notice it). It's fixed now.

@semregob3363

2 жыл бұрын

Kushitic Kingdoms* not Nubian.

@riAN1337

2 жыл бұрын

the did indeed NOT continue the kushite legacy! those were 3 christian petty kingdoms under the influence of southern realms. this is clearly visible in material culture. think before you post such nonsense.

@djantouahmed7319

2 жыл бұрын

@@semregob3363 kush =nubia

"What happened to the lost Kingdom of Kush" - did it go up in smoke?

@ricofico

2 жыл бұрын

They were conquered by the Aksum. The people intermingled with other tribes and cultures. They are now the Somali, Ethiopian, and Eritreans!

@MrSimonw58

2 жыл бұрын

My mate Dave smoked it all

@jimgsewell

2 жыл бұрын

@@MrSimonw58 Dave's not here

@julianshepherd2038

2 жыл бұрын

To be blunt, yeah

@WilliamGarrow

2 жыл бұрын

@@ricofico Kush is Sudanese and Egyptian nubians. Ethiopia/Eritrea and Somalia are not the people of Kush.

That was fantastic. So many have never heard of this ancient and prosperous civilization. Thanks, TedEd. And thanks for the awesome James Baldwin quote, too.

@gabrielgarcia7554

2 жыл бұрын

You may have also known of this region as “Nubia”. Kush was the name the Egyptians gave this region. Nubia refers to the Noba people who settled the region in the 400 AD (much later after the events in this video that are discussed). People have referred to the Kushites anachronistically as the Nubians, so you may be more familiar with that term.

@theblackpearlofbraavos

2 жыл бұрын

@@gabrielgarcia7554 I have, thanks! Soooo many amazing and wonderful histories and civilizations in that part of the world we know very little about. It's about time.

@destingray2613

2 жыл бұрын

Kush predates Egypt kush had alot of influence over Egypt in the early days of both empires and kush even conquered Egypt it wasn’t till the Syrians like she said helped and thats when Egypt became like a melting pot kinda like American today because Egypt and kush was basically one in the same made by the same ppl and don’t forget about Ethiopians they have alot of history that they don’t want the white man getting hold of

@destingray2613

2 жыл бұрын

There a reason like she said the west doesn’t speak on kush cause in all reality kush is where Egypt started

I did a group presentation in high school about Kush/Nubia. This was one of most meaningful projects I’ve ever done.

@blue.orangeade

2 жыл бұрын

I'm sudanese that means alot to me 💗

@tychocollapse

2 жыл бұрын

If it was so meaningful to you, you must have a big emotional investment in racial identity. Too bad we can't all be humans nor give credit where credit is due.

@masonarmand8988

2 жыл бұрын

@@tychocollapse like you're doing by not giving credit to a society they identify with sheesh

I’m Nubian from north Sudan Thank you for this beautiful video and for recounting part of our history. Today, some Dutch scholars discovered a very old church in the Kerma region.

I went to Meroe, the ancient Kingdom of Kush, in 2018. Amazing site. We were the only ones there. However, it is not receiving any support for maintenance or restoration. I hope it endures, and that Sudan calms, so that more can witness its beauty.

@hohesC24

2 жыл бұрын

i don't understand why sudan itself is not interested in it

@riAN1337

2 жыл бұрын

completely wrong. there is a major project called QMPS working on restoring and preservating those sites. in 2020 they restored a funuary chapel of Beg.N. 07 i think. at least i did the photogrammatry on it. did you ever think of sudans GDP an the huge amount of archaeology there?? currently there are more than 20 missions working in sudan.

@riAN1337

2 жыл бұрын

@@hohesC24 they are, lots of archaeology students are working together with international missions as we speak

@hanstar29

2 жыл бұрын

@@riAN1337 @Hauke Gering that's great. I hope that's the case. When I was there, we didn't see anyone working on preservation, or any signs or warnings to stop tourists from destroying the site. There was graffiti from people who had been there a year before. I'm just relaying what I saw.

@hohesC24

2 жыл бұрын

@@riAN1337 Interesting, and are these Missions led by the Sudanese themselves? Or do they come from America, Europa, Asia .. to do research there?

I’m glad I’m alive in the time period where these overlooked civilisations are slowly being brought to light I’d love to see a video on the Nubian Empire

@HeyNonyNonymous

2 жыл бұрын

Nubia is the name of the region that includes Kush. I think the Nubian Empire might be another name for Kush.

@erikpetersen-chinguacousys1943

2 жыл бұрын

Overlooked by whom? Anyone who has studied, even briefly in passing, any classical Mediterranean history knows about the kingdom of Kush. In fact, in certain circles, I would say it even has near legendary status!

@RojaJaneman

2 жыл бұрын

Me too. Learning history with my kid.

@astro9286

2 жыл бұрын

@@erikpetersen-chinguacousys1943 kush isn’t often recognized in the mainstream, even though it shared the same culture with Egypt, and was pretty powerful and older than Egypt to the point where it’s history should be studied similar to Egypt which today doesn’t seem to be the case.

@meocean5499

2 жыл бұрын

@@astro9286 exactly. Egypt is always dissociated from Kush and the rest of Africa. On purpose ofc.

Didn't know I had a kingdom!

@finneasclarke7624

2 жыл бұрын

😂😂

@stevensamuel4634

2 жыл бұрын

Such a lost kingdom that you forgot about it

@HeyNonyNonymous

2 жыл бұрын

Plot twist: you ARE the lost kingdom.

@RojaJaneman

2 жыл бұрын

That ‘Kush’ comes from ‘Hindu Kush’ mountains in Afghanistan where the Cannabis has been cultivated for centuries. It translates to ‘Killing/slaughter of Hindus’ in the Pashto language.

@user-ft3ep1ep8y

2 жыл бұрын

@@RojaJaneman yup

The Kush were badass. Why did I never learn this before?

@sparkman1314able

2 жыл бұрын

It tells you at the end. Racism Cant have millions of blk people in the west proud of blackness

@shakalalalalkh1098

2 жыл бұрын

Maybe you never *ehm* researched it? 🙁

@MALIK-sx2qq

2 жыл бұрын

Racism within anthropology separates Egypt from Nubia and Kush when in fact they originated from the same early civilization . Even in this video they are portrayed as ethnically different .

@RojaJaneman

2 жыл бұрын

Because the church doesn’t want its people to know that pagans weren’t worthless savage pests. Vast majority of useful and fascinating history of pagans all over the world is misinterpreted and mocked by design. Usually by academics. Or considered alien tech, because u know how could they possibly have figured anything out by themselves. This was church can prove that they were the saviors.

@hasspass8751

Жыл бұрын

Those were my ancestors 🇸🇩💪

I'd read about Kush in the Bible, it was awesome even then, when I was only able to read fragments of their history. Now that I know a little bit more, it's amazing.

@saywhat7077

2 жыл бұрын

@@ario4795 I see. Thank you for telling me that 😊

@hohesC24

2 жыл бұрын

The kushites even appeared in cinema, e.g. The Ten Commandments (1956).

@riAN1337

2 жыл бұрын

yeah, the bible is a great history book....

@hohesC24

2 жыл бұрын

@@riAN1337 actually the bible is not a history book, it is much more a collection of contemporary texts, mainly jewish writings.

@NubiansNapata

2 жыл бұрын

@Justin Y. No... Somali are not from kush...

Gotta give it up for Queen Amanirenas. Thanks so much for this, Ted-Ed!

I’ve never really bothered to learn much of Kush for fear of being disappointed by the little western literature that exists on it, but as someone that speaks a Cushitic language (Somali), this has inspired me to look more deeply into this history. I’m sure some of these folks were my ancestors, if not only loosely due to their relations with East Africa.

@aijaeugene2858

Жыл бұрын

cushite is not the same as Kush the people of the nile valley were Nilotes

@dasstud5023

Жыл бұрын

@@aijaeugene2858 No they were not!!!

@dasstud5023

Жыл бұрын

You are not related to us be proud of your own history!! Kush is north sudanese people not you or nilotics

@halimasafimohamed3587

Жыл бұрын

@@dasstud5023 Kush were started by the C-Group, they spoke a Cushitic language. There is also a new study of a 4kya hair that had an aDNA, this aDNA came back as one that can be "indistinguishable" from the one of Early pastoralists in EA.

@theblackhat9769

Жыл бұрын

@@halimasafimohamed3587 so does that mean kush is just shared history between sudan and the horn of africa?

I'm pretty sure the kingdom of kush was in my college dorm room

@RojaJaneman

2 жыл бұрын

That ‘Kush’ comes from ‘Hindu Kush’ mountains in Afghanistan where the Cannabis has been cultivated for centuries. It translates to ‘Killing/slaughter of Hindus’ in the Pashto language.

History is littered with forgotten civilizations. I remember reading about the Kushite pyramids, how they have a steeper angle to that of the Egyptian pyramids and usually have a temple at the front. They do look wonderful.

@riAN1337

2 жыл бұрын

its called a funuary chapel, its not a temple.

The narration gives me a bedtime story vibe. So relaxing

@FaizCaliph

2 ай бұрын

Using it for that right now

I love this narrator. And the graphics **chief’s kiss**

@lonestarr1490

2 жыл бұрын

@Rafael Dejesus **Pharaoh's kiss**

@justforrow

2 жыл бұрын

Her voice is personally too aggressive and scratchy for me

@veryberry39

2 жыл бұрын

@@justforrow I feel like I haven't minded her in other videos, but this one really aggravated me. It was very monotone, I don't really know how to describe it, but it definitely was not my favorite narration.

@justforrow

2 жыл бұрын

@@veryberry39 Yeah I agree, I wonder where that old narrator guy went, I liked his voice better

@Mlovesfashion62

2 жыл бұрын

Her name is Safia Elhillo and she's actually a poet from Sudan (where Kush used to be)! I really love her work and I think she was a great choice for this video, look her up! she has some videos on youtube!

Not long ago I started to suspect that I have adhd or I just have a short period of concentration, but glad I found your channel. The designs and colors help me focus on what you say and I can finally learn something. I hope you keep doing this amazing videos

@WhatIsSanity

2 жыл бұрын

I find it's the same for myself. My OT tells me I simply respond better to multi-model learning.

i'm extremely proud to have participated in two digging campaigns at the royal cemetary of meroe and the urban site of hamadab. geoff is right, when stating that this cultural context has been overlooked for too long. a shame that most of the sites where allready axcavated in the 1920s and very poorly documented...

African history is something that should be studied more.

@megalol3625

2 жыл бұрын

honestly what do they have of valuable? i dont see anything

@midimusicforever

2 жыл бұрын

@@megalol3625 That's because you don't know any of it.

@megalol3625

2 жыл бұрын

@@midimusicforever i asked whats valuable of it

@midimusicforever

2 жыл бұрын

@@megalol3625 All history is valuable, because it can be learned from.

@megalol3625

2 жыл бұрын

@@midimusicforever oh, ok whatever

"They built temples to a new god", what happened to the old god, did he die?!

@freakymoejoe2

2 жыл бұрын

He became the main guy in egypt, and didnt have time for the kush anymore

@ESCL2004

2 жыл бұрын

@@freakymoejoe2 :(

@aminulhussain2277

2 жыл бұрын

Both were invented lies.

@nyanSynxPHOENIX

2 жыл бұрын

@@aminulhussain2277 All gods are invented, lol. Just like all gods, they die and are replaced by new ones (usually by a foreign and violent force).

@Wyatt19961212

2 жыл бұрын

I didn’t even know he was sick!

The origins of Kush Cannabis are from landrace plants mainly in Afghanistan, Northern Pakistan and North-Western India with the name coming from the Hindu Kush mountain range.

@gregmiller9710

2 жыл бұрын

..o wow....man....^^

@enrico7474

2 жыл бұрын

Hindu kush means hindu killer I think

@Endothermia

2 жыл бұрын

@@enrico7474 Just looked it up, and yeah, it's the most popular explanation behind the name. Thanks for the info. I'd no idea

@RojaJaneman

2 жыл бұрын

@@enrico7474 yes. Slaughter of Hindus is the exact translation, from its Pashto origin. Millions of Hindus were killed there over the centuries, until only Islamic population survived and remaining Hindus were pushed into India overtime.

@limaabdulla2970

11 ай бұрын

Bruh

It's another awesome video from Ted Ed! Thank you soo much 💖

Reading the title I thought this was about the Kushan Empire, The Indian Step Kingdom. Never heard of this one. Interesting video.

@mojojojo3682

2 жыл бұрын

Even i thought it is about some indian kingdom

I heard that whenever the Bible mentions "Ethiopia" it's actually talking about Kush. Is that true?

@gabrielgarcia7554

2 жыл бұрын

Yes that is true. The name comes from Greek, which literally means the land of the burned faced people.

@wisewigga7129

2 жыл бұрын

@@gabrielgarcia7554 no one is 100% certain that that's what it's called by greeks since it has a meaning in ancient languages spoken in ethiopia

@AskiatheGreat64

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, in 2 Kings 19:9 & Isaiah 37:9 (KJV) it mentions Taharqa King of Ethiopia is coming to fight against King Sennacherib to defend his ally Kingdom of Judah, and we all know that Taharqa was the King of Kush located in what is today Sudan. And in the New Testament in Acts 8:27 it mentions the Ethiopian Eunuch was working for Kandake, Queen of the Ethiopians, whom we all know that Kandake is only referred to the Queens of Kush, the Ethiopian Eunuch was also the first gentile to convert to Christianity in 34 CE when he was baptized by Philip the evangelist in 1st century Judea, the Ethiopian Eunuch became Christian before Saul (Paul) was a Christian, during this time, Saul was on his way to Damascus to persecute more Christians and to find Peter the Apostle.

@Stonerface

2 жыл бұрын

I am surprised everyone on this thread is giving serious replies

@Maxipadtriplesix

2 жыл бұрын

Modern Day Ethiopia is the descendents of the Kingdom of Axum, which in this video, is said to have pillaged Kush. However, because the Bible was written so long ago, and has gone through many translations, they could in fact be referring to Kushites as Ethiopians. Modern Day Ethiopia claims to have a temple that holds the Ark of the Covenant to this day.

Thank goodness we can learn real history that was hidden from the masses! Thanks for sharing!

@hohesC24

2 жыл бұрын

Hidden? The kushites even appeared in cinema, e.g. The Ten Commandments (1956)...

As someone who is currently studying Western Civilization I so excited to ask my teacher about this! So cool!

This needs to be a gritty HBO drama. The meeting where the women negotiate could be a cool bottle episode with all the female characters. Someone call Hollywood, tell them we got some good Kush.

Kush still rules today, and it's the same Kush. That's why the myth is gone.

We’re here now with a bad case of amnesia; having parents as gods seems to be a threat to the modern society.

@januszpawlacz1488

2 жыл бұрын

Elaborate

@malismarma_5040

2 жыл бұрын

There is only one God

@Viople

2 жыл бұрын

@@malismarma_5040 yeah sUrE

@winzyl9546

2 жыл бұрын

We wuz kangz and godz

@alessandro.calzavara

2 жыл бұрын

@@malismarma_5040 Keanu Reeves

There are more pyramids in Sudan than there are in Egypt.

@darky5780

2 жыл бұрын

The difference, is that Egypt has good looking ones

@chrisez3188

2 жыл бұрын

@@darky5780 another difference is that there are more pyramids in Sudan and they are basically the starter pack pyramids of the Kush Empire

@christaylor7709

2 жыл бұрын

@@darky5780 a greedy Italian explorer destroyed a lot of the Nubian pyramids with dynamite looking for gold. That's the main reason why, they look the way they do today.

@Hi5Ripon

2 жыл бұрын

Ancient Sudan and Egypt was so fascinating

@AskiatheGreat64

2 жыл бұрын

@Zeyad Zestro Thats not false though, that's a well documented history, an Italian explorer named Giuseppe Ferlini destroyed 40 pyramids of Meroe in the 19th century by using dynamite to search for gold.

Always been interested in this kingdom and history. So little is known but I find it fascinating.

This was a great video and I learned a lot that I hadn't known before! I am a bit confused though, isn't Egypt part of Africa? The ending notes about how it doesn't qualify as an African culture shocked me.

@MelMelMelDrMEL

2 жыл бұрын

Americans tend to think of Egypt as Alexander the great and Elizabeth Taylor Kush was more Sub-Saharan (dark skin) Egypt was thought to be more white people (European got there late... Near East is more likely what the Egyptians were)

@Jackieman

2 жыл бұрын

@@MelMelMelDrMEL Is that to say, Americans should, moving forward, not consider Egypt as part of Africa? As a Canadian I always considered it part of Africa, and one of the cultures to show the strength of African history.

@scarletkingdom2359

2 жыл бұрын

@@Jackieman this is why Canadians are awesome 🇨🇦😎

@nyanSynxPHOENIX

2 жыл бұрын

@@Jackieman I don't think we should consider Egypt as separate from Africa. But we do have to consciously be aware of the differences between most of Ancient Egypt and the Egyptian Empire. As a Mediterranean empire, it tends to be grouped with the Greeks and Romans, and actually share a lot of cultural similarities with those empires.

@christaylor7709

2 жыл бұрын

Yes! Egypt is in Africa and it was as an African civilization. Period.

Don’t feel bad, western schools don’t teach a dine about Asian histories either, making political matter from historical conflicts very hard to explain and easily skewed…

@megalol3625

2 жыл бұрын

and they should? no

@nhandinh7404

2 жыл бұрын

@@megalol3625 Asian history is very influential. The first civilization was Asian.

@johans7775

2 жыл бұрын

Dont feel bad, asian scholars don't teach a dime about western histories

@megalol3625

2 жыл бұрын

@@nhandinh7404 Not it fokin wasn't, ever heard of sumerians?

@jk-gb4et

2 жыл бұрын

@@megalol3625 Well Sumeria is in the continent of Asia but i (kind of) get what u mean

Everything's great in this video topic/narration/editing...i could watch 1 hour of this easy... thanks

I've heard the name Kush before, but I never thought too much about it, glad this video changed that!

Egypt/Kemet was an African culture. I never understand why ppl try to separate Egypt from its African origin

@empronyxx1982

2 жыл бұрын

Isnt egypt in the north of africa?

@antonioboss298

2 жыл бұрын

@@empronyxx1982 North East Africa.

@menamilad3199

2 жыл бұрын

Stop it bro Egyptians were not the same people as Kushite’s/nubians get a hold of yourself

@yourmother5810

2 жыл бұрын

@@menamilad3199 nobody is saying that lol

@silmsadie

2 жыл бұрын

Ask an Egyptian and he'll tell you he's not African.

From what was said in the video, it gives the impression that Kush defeated Rome but in reality the kingdom was at serious risk, the Romans occupied half of its territory and seized its old capital. The Kushites in the end resisted well, Amanirenas called for an end to hostilities and peace was more convenient for both parties, there was trade and military support. The history of Kush is very interesting

@ero6056

2 жыл бұрын

Somehow this reminded me of thailand

@astro9286

2 жыл бұрын

The kushites attacked many Roman capitals and stolen the augustus head before signing treaties with them.

@sentidocomunvg

2 жыл бұрын

@@astro9286 Strabo is the only source of this war. Aswan and File are mentioned as the areas affected by the Nubian attack, but not Alexandria, the capital was much further north. The thing about the statue is rather symbolic, that gesture did not affect the empire at all. On the other hand, the conflict was a border war that was dealt with by the Roman prefect of Egypt. The Kushites risked a lot (the war was started by them) because they almost lost their kingdom; luckily for them their country was harsh and their warrior spirit too. And although a tribute was not imposed on them, they did have to pay war reparations. In addition, Kush became an ally of Rome. This is demonstrated by the rich African trade and the military support that Kush gave to Rome on several occasions.

@lanceclarke7069

2 жыл бұрын

@@sentidocomunvg Hey, Can you point me towards some books and easily digestible youtube videos for kids? Thanks in advance

@w.s.b.3529

2 жыл бұрын

@@astro9286 😆😂😆😆😆

*LETS GOOOO 15M TED-Ed well deserved!*

Congratulations for 15 million Subscriptions Ted Ed!

1:48 Piankhy - the original horse girl.

I have been learning about the Kushite empire over the last few years and I love it! The Kush were a strong empire who continue to be underestimated to this day. Thank you for this video.

Amazing video thanks for spreading more Knowledge and Awareness 🙏🏾

Oh my gosh this animation!!!! I'm in love!!!!!

God I hope we can decipher Kush's writing one day. There's so much I hope scholars can learn about Kush. It's one of my favorite African civilizations to study. Also brilliant art style in the video!

@alexfoote8518

2 жыл бұрын

I hope it isn’t European scholar because they are famous for misrepresentation and lies

@alexfoote8518

2 жыл бұрын

It’s not like it was hidden they purposefully skipped over this civilization

@enrico7474

2 жыл бұрын

Axum is to blame for the loss of the kushite script and culture

@alexfoote8518

2 жыл бұрын

@@enrico7474 what do you mean

@enrico7474

2 жыл бұрын

@@alexfoote8518 they destroyed it and Christianized it

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@russelljensen9454

2 жыл бұрын

I totally agree with you

@franksmart3826

2 жыл бұрын

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@bentleybraxton8531

2 жыл бұрын

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@abigaillucas9741

2 жыл бұрын

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2 жыл бұрын

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This is awesome to know! I just want to study more now. Thanks for the video!

@mrnord4096

2 жыл бұрын

I recommend kings and Generals it couvers everything there is about the history of the World it did even do a Detailed Video on kush

I am from sudan and I love it ❤

@toffee4013

2 жыл бұрын

Ikr🥰🥰🥰😍😍😍😍🙌

@alaae.5565

2 жыл бұрын

samee, sudanese-american

Kush was the precursor to Kemet, not the other way around.

Me encantó el vídeo, de lo más claro, entretenido y colorido 👍

Marvelous ted ed no other channel is like you

Loved it! Since the idea to the video itself.

I hope to be able to visit the pyramids of Kush one day. African history is fascinating and unfortunately not spoken about very often. Lalibela in Ethiopia and Lamu in Kenya are also super interesting.

Fun fact: Atem was the most famous pharaoh in history.

@Vugen18

2 жыл бұрын

who ?

@alexfoote8518

2 жыл бұрын

It’s criminal that they don’t even know the true history

@lonestarr1490

2 жыл бұрын

@@Vugen18 Some Yu-Gi-Oh! stuff, I think.

@ricofico

2 жыл бұрын

@@alexfoote8518 here we go again

@megalol3625

2 жыл бұрын

prove it

Extremely Nice and High Quality Animation and Topic by Ted-ed

The animation is just amazing.

channels like Ted-ed and their stories inspire, enlighten and brighten my day !!

🍁In the multitude of my anxieties within me, Your comforts delight my soul.” Psalms 94:19

What Netflix "Cleopatra" documentary should have been.

Great video love the animation.

Ted Ed please post more videos about -Aristotle teaching Alexander the Great -Aristotle works (metaphysics,four causes,potentiality and actuality) -Thales of Miletus -Empedocles -Parmenides -Hippocrates -Heraclitus -Anaxagoras -Epicurus -Plato works -Al Kindi -Al Farabi -Islamic golden age (achievements,discoveries) -Ottoman Empire astronomy and ulema

@mojojojo3682

2 жыл бұрын

Islamic golden age 😂😂 you mean when they force everyone to follow Islam and if they Deny this killed them. That's great 👍

@altinmares8363

2 жыл бұрын

@@mojojojo3682 just curiosity

@mojojojo3682

2 жыл бұрын

@@altinmares8363 that's good that you are curious, but you could also learn about the Asian culture, spl like indian sub continent, hindu mythology, Sikhism

@altinmares8363

2 жыл бұрын

@@mojojojo3682 I want to learn everything,about all cultures

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2 жыл бұрын

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2 жыл бұрын

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@tessacote5769

2 жыл бұрын

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@isaacgauthier1019

2 жыл бұрын

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@isaacbarry5666

2 жыл бұрын

I believe your view

thank you for telling this story

I remember we learned about this kingdom in the 6th grade. Had to do a project near the end of the year about the different civilizations we learned about that year where we had to do a power point presentation or something with over 100 images. My partner and I were the unlucky winners to get the Kingdom of Kush. Where we found literally nothing but the eight page chapter of the kingdom that was in our history book and a lot of images of marijuana from Google. I'm still really salty about that to this day.

The writing system used by the kushites is what the Egyptian writing system is derived from

@ThePawcios

2 жыл бұрын

How can you be sure about it? If they said that it is still not deciphered?

@megalol3625

2 жыл бұрын

how do you know its not reversed, that kush took from egypt?

@megalol3625

2 жыл бұрын

@@ThePawcios bingo, its called confirmation bias

@alexfoote8518

2 жыл бұрын

@@megalol3625 kush kingdom is from an earlier civilization called (ta seti) or Land of the bow which is far before Egypt was unified and became a civilization hence it can’t be reversed

@alexfoote8518

2 жыл бұрын

@@megalol3625 ^^

Let’s just say this Kingdom is lost in my lungs 😎

@rennite9266

2 жыл бұрын

Pipe dreams 🤣

It was the handshake for me!! ❤️🏆

Lovely video 💛

I am liking what TED Ed is doing to rediscover the history of a misunderstood part of the world.

Why do any of these videos have dislikes they are so fun to watch. I already turned on notifications and get to see them right as they come out

Thank you. I've learned new things. Guess who's making a trip to the library tomorrow.

@antonioboss298

2 жыл бұрын

Nice, there's a ton of information about The Kingdom of Kush online as well.

Never been more proud of being sudanese!

@AbdulatifSalat

2 жыл бұрын

They were actually Cushites. The cushitic people currently live in Somalia, Kenya, Ethiopia and Djibouti

@mohamedali-ge8vq

2 жыл бұрын

@@AbdulatifSalat no they werent and never will you guys were Axum and Punt Kush was us aka Nubians

never been this early

I am from Meroe, Sudan. The kingdom of Meroe broke down into three separate kingdoms which adopted Christianity. Nubatia, Almagarah and Alwa. I would like to see a video how the Egyptians statues lost there noses. The answer is ......

@maragolihistory2118

Жыл бұрын

It's funny how our Kenyan Bantu's ancestors taught us that they came down from Sana, Alwa, kuruu and Soba and were fleeing from the red clothed alien's(Roman's) that had invaded their lands. Until internet, Europeans played down those claims and insisted that all Kenyans came from West Africa. However, much to my surprise, the very names our ancestors taught still exist in North East Africa and are unknown to the current Settlers!! Today, most DNA companies would rather call Kenyans "Eastern Bantu" yet we know very well, there is nothing like Eastern Bantu but people of the Nile River. One day, Europeans and Turks will be conquered and the whole truth will finally come out.

@Mimi-mq2wj

Жыл бұрын

@@maragolihistory2118 all of africa claim they have some relation to egypt and north africa. Useless claim really

Very cool! I’m playing Total War Rome 2 right now and very interested in the Kush and Saba factions so I came here!

Gorgeous graphics.

great animation!

Never thought Egypt as an Western civilization, but more as a Middle Eastern/ North African one.

Ted ed will never gonna let me down

The animation is perfectttt

I don't think I've heard about the Kush :(( and wow 1000+ years of ruling that's amazing why aren't we learning this

@halimasafimohamed3587

Жыл бұрын

They ruled Egypt 150 years, the rest is make up.

please make a vid on Why you should read The Art of War by Sun Tzu

@reinebautistamercado4286

2 жыл бұрын

The "Why You Should Read" series is not really good. They just give a vague summary of the book, not tell you why you should read it.

Amo este canal I love this Chanel

Really amazing. Who else wants to be there?

Egypt was a COLONY of Kush. This is backed up by the ancient Greek historians. Diodorus and Herodotus stated that the culture started in “Ethiopia”.

@hohesC24

2 жыл бұрын

So by that logic the USA is still a "colony" of England ... ?

@annaki525

2 жыл бұрын

@@hohesC24 yup

@sagittariusbeauty

2 жыл бұрын

@@hohesC24 Duhh

@fathesuliman222

2 жыл бұрын

كوش ممتده من جنوب مصر وحتى أثيوبيا وجيبوتى كسكان وسحنات متشابهه، لكن للتوضيح كوش كمملكه وملوك على أرض السودان الحالى وسكانها النيلين

The Bible talk about them too. Moses wife was a Kushites, Miriam started making rumors about how can he married kushites. But God came in a form of cloud and gave Miriam leprosy how talking bad about Moses and Zipporah. I does get excited to hear kingdoms in the Bible who was once great. I always wonder how the kingdoms look like and why Israelites obsession over them

Amazing vid.

The kush ppl moved downwards the Nile river and formed a new kingdom called LADO, it was taken of the world map by British in recent years. It’s actually another great history from the lado kingdom in equatorial east Africa

I loved this video! But these are just my thoughts. 1. Why start the video, with Egypt’s invasion & influence into Kush? The cultural/religious exchange between Nubia & Egypt was not one way & predated Egypt’s occupation. While, Egypt influenced Kush, the Nubians historically influenced Egypt as well, influence flowed both ways. Why not talk about Nubia’s influence on Egyptian technology & religion/culture? Apedemak was not the only god unique to Kush (how is Apedemak “new”). 2. Nubian people’s homeland stretches from “upper Egypt” (Aswan) through Sudan (the borders making up South Sudan being found in 2011). 3. The Nubians are as old as the Egyptians, although the Nubians unified together later than the Egyptian unification. 4. “Some have argued”, is a borderline lie in & of itself. It’s been documented that Kush was (is) intentionally “overlooked”. Nubia was removed from history by not only American & European historians, but also by many Latino, Arab & modern-Egyptian scholars. While some scholars attempted to paint Kush as a Middle Eastern or Arab civilization, most resorted to segregating it from mainstream history or simply ignoring it. According to a WBUR article, George Andrew Reisner an American Egyptologist, born two years after the end of the US Civil War, (unsurprisingly) pushed the false idea that Africans could not create civilizations. According to Denise Doxey -“Reisner certainly got wrong this idea that the Nubians were never able to create any wonderful art or important monuments on their own. And he attributed everything that was really of high artistic value or really monumental as being Egyptian influence at work, which now is known to be incorrect.” The implications of this are extremely disturbing, but this crime is finally being seen for what it is, brings hope for the future & additional discoveries concerning Nubian heritage. The Nubians were a originally a diverse matrilineal African peoples, Arab mixture & patrilineal descent of family came much later in their history. B) The reason Nubia was & is, usually erased from history or mainstream history, was because it’s existence disproved ideas of African racial-inferiority. Nubia disproved the idea that Africans were not native to North Africa. It disproved that Egyptians were the only Nile-Valley-culture. It disproved that African peoples had no civilizations. It disproved that Africa had no civilizations outside of Egypt (a common narrative even today). It was one of many civilizations that disproved the idea that Blacks were lessor than Whites, Arabs & other groups (not that any of that required “proof”, human equality is always inherently obvious). 5. Why not talk about the institutional racism (including the destruction of ancient artifacts) & land displacement modern-Egypt has committed against Nubians to this day. #NubianLivesMatter The building of the Aswan dam & other “projects” have contributed to the drowning of Nubian land, destruction of archeological sites, & desertification. Activist such as Nubian rights & women’s rights activist Fatma Emam Sakory, have been pressuring Egypt to make Nubian culture/traditional religion, history & language apart of main stream Egyptian educational curriculum (as well as bringing awareness to other issues affecting Nubians of course).

@fathesuliman222

2 жыл бұрын

Trilon like

@jzk2020

2 жыл бұрын

The only true Egyptians are the darker skinned descendants of Kush African people in the interior of the country. The white middle eastern ones are not native to that country. They want to pretend like Arabs didn't invade north Africa around 614AD and never left. Those people are new to the country and region, they are not the people that built the pyramids.

@Mai_TS--_--

2 жыл бұрын

We learned about Kushites in History in Egypt, idk what you mean by saying kushtic kingdom is overlooked, although we don't learn alot in detail we learn about having relations with them and the invasions and wars and current halaib conflict

@afrinaut3094

2 жыл бұрын

@@Mai_TS--_-- modern-day Egypt is a country after all. So I’m not disagreeing with you. But like most other countries, the nation has disparities in class, wealth and opportunities/education. i’ve heard Nubians talk about how (where they live) within Egypt, the main stream education on Nubia can be lacking to say the least. It sounds like that’s different, from whatever part of Egypt you are from.

@atenmohammed

11 ай бұрын

It's disingenous to paint it this way. Egypt was the mother culture that influenced all of it's neighbors in every direction. In fact it continues to be in it's modern state.

Egypt is considered western because it was on the Mediterranean and it had much more contact with the Romans, Greeks, and Phoenicians through trade, war, and conquest. Kush is also downplayed due to racism because racism touches every facet of society.

@mrnord4096

2 жыл бұрын

Kush is downplayed because it was for the most Part not relevant for the time they rarely did go to War and raiding and small scale scirmishes were more their thing also the egyptian side saw much more war and change and it was more relevant then

@TheKh65

2 жыл бұрын

@@mrnord4096 funny how people claim the history of certain ancient kingdom are irrelevant because they were not invaded and subjugated by western empires

@mrnord4096

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheKh65 but then it would be relevant because it was both invaded and subjugated by Western Empires. the swedes germans and Slavs, all three very Western, too play a very little role in that time or do yoj know more about the anicent german or slavic tribes then you do about kush? Think before you Speak

@astro9286

2 жыл бұрын

Egypt was clearly South African in origin, many Egyptians of the time had said their ancestry became from the beginning of the Nile. Egypt is simply a colony from kush. Egypt has many cultural similarities with kush than any other civilization.

@TheKh65

2 жыл бұрын

@@mrnord4096 I think you need to read before responding. What relevance has your most recent reply have to do with mine? Why are you talking about Swedes, what have got to do with Kush? How would any Slavish empire be considered western Europe?

Nice video 👌

I love the animation in this video..