Secret Codes: A History of Cryptography (Part 1)

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    Codes, ciphers, and mysterious plots. The history of cryptography, of hiding important messages, is as interesting as it is mysterious. I hope you enjoy! PART 2 COMING SOON.
    Sources:
    This video is primarily based on The Code Book by Simon Singh.
    Chapters:
    00:00 - Intro
    00:20 - The Ancient World
    04:44 - The Islamic Codebreakers
    08:09 - The Renaissance
    Music:
    Thatched Villagers by Kevin MacLeod
    Link: incompetech.filmmusic.io/song...
    License: filmmusic.io/standard-license
    Mastoom Mastoom/ Asmar Asmar by Turku, Nomads of the Silk Road (Creative Commons License)
    Allegro by Georg Philipp Telemann
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 55

  • @Renwoxing13
    @Renwoxing13 Рік тому +5

    This is an amazing episode ! If you continue doing interesting content like this then your destined to blow up !
    First video I have seen 9n the ancient history of cryptography !

  • @sarahmanchester4510
    @sarahmanchester4510 9 місяців тому +3

    Fabulous! Can't wait to incorporate this video into some lessons for my students this fall. I learned a lot!

  • @skycandy_806
    @skycandy_806 3 роки тому +5

    Loved your video. Please make more such content!

  • @VictoriaOtunsha
    @VictoriaOtunsha Рік тому +4

    Thank you so much for this much needed breakdown. It gave me a new appreciation for cryptography.

  • @joethebassplayer
    @joethebassplayer 3 роки тому

    Great video! Great channel, I am enjoying them all. Thank You

  • @alziropereira874
    @alziropereira874 3 роки тому +3

    I saw a post on Reddit, congratulations on the excellent video.

  • @justincassablanca5479
    @justincassablanca5479 3 роки тому +4

    Amazing video! Great job!

  • @FusionDeveloper
    @FusionDeveloper Рік тому

    This is the video content I was looking for, at this point in time.
    Thanks.

  • @freddiesharman7873
    @freddiesharman7873 Рік тому +2

    Absolutely magnificent

  • @AbuYahya24
    @AbuYahya24 2 роки тому +28

    I really appreciate how respectful you were talking about my faith. It’s often that the Islamic golden age, the prophet Mohammed and his Hadith are not talked about so positively from a western perspective, so to hear it from you is refreshing. Thank you

    • @Jeffrey314159
      @Jeffrey314159 2 роки тому +2

      So very much of Arab Muslim science and mathematics is of Hindu origin

    • @FaysalElAddouti
      @FaysalElAddouti 2 місяці тому +1

      You want to know a language that will give you depth whereby you'll be able to figure out hidden meanings? Classical Arabic. Arabic has diacritics and dots, but in the past, they used to write Arabic without diacritics and dots. If you learn Arabic, then learn it first with dots and diacritics, but if you're done, then go to the next level by understanding Arabic without diacritics and dots. This way you will maximize your depth. Your contextual comprehension will become better. Why is this? For example; without dots, the Arabic B, T and TH look exactly the same. So if you read without dots, you'll have to figure out the context by digging. It's like a code language. A secret language. Lots of letters will resemble each other without dots in Arabic.

    • @us3rG
      @us3rG 21 день тому

      ​@@Jeffrey314159I like their writing but there is not much they didn't steal. All they did was steal

  • @freaxfilm
    @freaxfilm 3 роки тому +4

    love this video, teached me a lot. I am new to this, but I love it!

    • @mohammedusama5869
      @mohammedusama5869 2 роки тому

      Read "The Code Book" authored by Simon Singh. It's a perfect book for people entering into this cryptography field. He gives detailed explanations of how a particular cryptographic technique developed, it's historical background and how it can be broken. He also narrates interesting historical stories regarding encryption

  • @user-nu5fj2vz4f
    @user-nu5fj2vz4f 2 місяці тому

    hey hey! Great video and fluid presenting! Just a friendly reminder about the findings of Ancient Egypt my friend:
    1900 BC - The earliest known implementations of the use of cryptography date back to the Old Kingdom Of Egypt circa 1900 BC. Found carved into the wall in the main chamber of the tomb of a nobleman Khnumhotep II, were non-standard hieroglyphs. These are not thought to be serious attempts at secret communications, however, but rather to have been attempts at mystery, intrigue, or even amusement for literate onlookers. Though the inscription was not a form of secret writing, but incorporated some sort of the original text, and is the oldest known text to do so.
    1500 BC - Somewhat later, clay tablets were found from Mesopotamia with inscriptions of enciphered writing that is clearly meant to protect information. The oldest dated at 1500 BC and was found to encrypt a craftsman’s recipe for pottery glaze, presumably commercially valuable.
    So grateful to be able use and innovate with tools left by the ones who came before us and, I am so grateful for insightful and informative videos like yours :) Keep up the great work!

  • @joeygretler6074
    @joeygretler6074 3 роки тому +1

    Wow that is quality mate!

  • @razarasool_
    @razarasool_ 3 роки тому +2

    This is brilliant!

  • @muskduh
    @muskduh Рік тому

    Thanks for the video!

  • @firemonkey1015
    @firemonkey1015 2 роки тому

    Fantastic video!

  • @blaz2892
    @blaz2892 2 роки тому +6

    Great video! Quick error that I saw though. You put Sparta on the wrong side of the Peloponnesus. It should be on the bottom right, not the bottom left.

  • @LateStageCapitalism
    @LateStageCapitalism 3 роки тому

    Excellent content! I’ll subscribe to you channel before you blow up. Keep it up!

  • @FusionDeveloper
    @FusionDeveloper Рік тому

    3:05 to 3:06 and this is why I love Monospaced fonts.
    The example doesn't use a mono-spaced font, so the letters do not properly align. (as P and Q in a normal font, use a different amount of space)

  • @freedomfight1933
    @freedomfight1933 9 місяців тому

    Nice job, thanks

  • @SC-ze3nh
    @SC-ze3nh 2 роки тому +1

    7:27 “This is such a good cipher no one will ever break it never ever.” I used to do this stuff as part of a school club

    • @mauilogic1679
      @mauilogic1679 24 дні тому

      All that 1 might need is a left hand monkey wrench🎉🤙🌡

  • @jws1948ja
    @jws1948ja 2 роки тому +1

    Philosopher a lover of knowledge. A scientist.

  • @ahmedelshafey7602
    @ahmedelshafey7602 9 місяців тому +1

    There was once a wazir who eas fluent in STANDARD ARABIC, the Caliph wanted to bring him immediately for a trial.
    The Caliph writer who was a friend of that wazir made just one subtle intended grammar mistake. Once the wazir read that message, He quickly understood the trick and fleed for his life. They say the Caliph pardoned him ans said laughingly:
    If he is that genius, we need him here, and whipped the writer, then gave him some golden coins😂

  • @freddiesharman7873
    @freddiesharman7873 Рік тому

    Made my timbers shiver

  • @homo_sapiens_sapiens
    @homo_sapiens_sapiens 2 роки тому +3

    lol i though this video had at least 10k views, really well done, you deserve more recogniction

  • @Jeffrey314159
    @Jeffrey314159 2 роки тому

    1:25 No mention of NULL CIPHERS, why?

  • @mini6447
    @mini6447 3 роки тому

    3:47 is how your keyboard is ordered
    lol

  • @filmfan4
    @filmfan4 9 місяців тому

    What about the Peasant's Revolt use of coded messages?

  • @hannamakela6989
    @hannamakela6989 2 роки тому

    The Gallic wars took place BC, not AD, right?

  • @yaori6359
    @yaori6359 3 роки тому +2

    Can you share with me some references concerning the algorithm RSA

    • @zeevtarantov
      @zeevtarantov 3 роки тому

      The most famous asymmetric cryptography algorithm is extensively covered by any resource on cryptography.

  • @husamminawi
    @husamminawi 2 роки тому +1

    6:16 Yaqub is Jacob

  • @tedtolliver572
    @tedtolliver572 2 роки тому +4

    1:37 It's pronounced "sit-a-lee" (rhymes with Italy), not "sky-tale".

    • @r3dpuma
      @r3dpuma 2 роки тому

      I stopped the video to comment. I was going to say that is pronounced 'ski-thale".. Without doing any research I was positive that, sky-tale is wrong for sure

    • @user-im1nk2xr4g
      @user-im1nk2xr4g 3 місяці тому

      Nope. It's ΣΚΥΤΑΛΗ (skitalee) and the tonation goes like "italics".

  • @user-hz8mt4tn1j
    @user-hz8mt4tn1j 2 місяці тому

    Look Morse code in the red line . It could be a cipher

  • @yousefalabdulghani5309
    @yousefalabdulghani5309 2 роки тому

    Abu yusuf, I wounder where i heard that before

  • @gemsoft2607
    @gemsoft2607 10 місяців тому

    4:37 you mean the 9th century?

  • @talisikid1618
    @talisikid1618 2 роки тому

    They were the dark ages compared the past & the future.

  • @sundhaug92
    @sundhaug92 2 роки тому

    Old CGP music

  • @MrBrownnn696
    @MrBrownnn696 2 роки тому

    Lmfao funny

  • @Jeffrey314159
    @Jeffrey314159 2 роки тому

    5:01 That Islamic Golden Age was based on Hindi science and mathematics

    • @comment420
      @comment420 2 роки тому

      Make toilet by hindi science in india

    • @iska103
      @iska103 Рік тому

      That age isn't for one nation ots for all Muslims
      not arabs wich what you think

  • @XXXXXX-cb7by
    @XXXXXX-cb7by 2 роки тому

    do you know that arabic people was the best at it cyphering cendy or so many many arabic people and the zero was made by arab

    • @Jeffrey314159
      @Jeffrey314159 2 роки тому

      Wrong, the concept of 0 was invented by the Hindi

    • @XXXXXX-cb7by
      @XXXXXX-cb7by 2 роки тому

      No i am in my school so bye

  • @jerrydolejs7657
    @jerrydolejs7657 2 роки тому

    Why do you think that Caesar was a dictator? Greta educational video spoiled by dumb statements.

  • @EasyEqn
    @EasyEqn 4 місяці тому

    do you recommend books like "Cryptography for Kids - Kids' Guide to Secret Cipher" to help my kids to understand cryptography?