The Mitanni…The Greatest Ancient Empire you have never heard of

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  • @joechill9747
    @joechill9747 5 років тому +947

    Wow how fragile civilization is, even the greatest of their time can be forgotten the next day

    • @EpimetheusHistory
      @EpimetheusHistory  5 років тому +78

      So true

    • @jitsur5012
      @jitsur5012 5 років тому +55

      I feel like the Assyrians had a similar downfall as well. Rapid expansion to the "peak" of their territory and then internal fighting leads to a surprisingly quick defeat out of nowhere.

    • @sagendobi446
      @sagendobi446 5 років тому +13

      .unless you are china

    • @joechill9747
      @joechill9747 5 років тому +1

      @@theatlantean39 cool experience you got there m8

    • @DarkLordOfSweden
      @DarkLordOfSweden 5 років тому +34

      @@sagendobi446 eh, China have collapsed multiple times and come back in a new form

  • @EpimetheusHistory
    @EpimetheusHistory  5 років тому +673

    The Mitanni capital city of Washukanni has never been identified although there are a few locations “mounds” where the city is most likely located. It will be one of the most exciting and illuminating discoveries when this ancient capital is unearthed-(I hope it happens in my lifetime)-if there are tablets there (maybe even a library!) that could very much rewrite the history of the middle east and civilization. -I have been fascinated by the Mitanni for quite some time and I am very happy to share this video with you all 😊 I hope you enjoy, and it stirs your curiosity!

    • @gameboyhotline3712
      @gameboyhotline3712 5 років тому +2

      Epimetheus when referring to Egypt why don’t you say kemet ?

    • @barraganimperator4420
      @barraganimperator4420 5 років тому +1

      What was the name of the film in black-white colors you took some scenes from
      Also exelent video

    • @nathanaelsallhageriksson1719
      @nathanaelsallhageriksson1719 5 років тому +2

      Well. That setles it. I now know what my favorite bronze age empire is.......
      The mitanni are so cool. Is it possible that you do more videos on them?

    • @covjekapsurda2673
      @covjekapsurda2673 5 років тому

      In university im studying history. But we basically just mentioned them.

    • @joban8177
      @joban8177 5 років тому +3

      Make a video on "Sikh empire..."

  • @yungmalaria
    @yungmalaria 5 років тому +380

    Of course I know who the Mitanni are, I saw a video by a guy named Epimetheus about them.

    • @LorisTheUntethered
      @LorisTheUntethered 5 років тому +8

      I rate this joke I N C R E D I B L I S

    • @Nechirvankocherneko
      @Nechirvankocherneko 4 роки тому +15

      yung malaria
      Mitanni = kurds

    • @anthonyfox585
      @anthonyfox585 4 роки тому +2

      @@Nechirvankocherneko yeah okay but what does that have to do with her comment? 😕

    • @avtaras
      @avtaras 4 роки тому +5

      @@Nechirvankocherneko What the fuck this is factually incorrect
      No, Kurds are known to be the descendants of Median immigrants

    • @deljeenomar789
      @deljeenomar789 4 роки тому +11

      mitani are kurds ancestors

  • @Fricasso79
    @Fricasso79 4 роки тому +297

    The lost kingdom that always interested me is the Urartian civilization that preceded Armenia, but there are so many others - Dilmun, Yamhad, Elam... Millions of people lived out their lives in those societies, and today we know hardly anything of them.

    • @vadergamerboss6660
      @vadergamerboss6660 3 роки тому +30

      And that's all thanks to the Assyrians completely and utterly decimating them! Seriously, Elam was squished by Assyria (but tbh, as an Iraqi, idc since Elam was responsible for the destruction of the III dynasty of Ur and constantly fought Babylonia and sumer, so they had it coming) and Urartu was Assyria's arch nemesis and sadly it was a matter of time before the neo-assyrian empire would wipe them off the face of the earth.

    • @xpena7420
      @xpena7420 3 роки тому

      So crazy to think about!!!

    • @Calyrekt
      @Calyrekt 3 роки тому +10

      @@vadergamerboss6660 “they had it coming”
      Lmfao, don’t we all?

    • @ajaxtelamonian5134
      @ajaxtelamonian5134 3 роки тому

      Yeah Urartu has some crazy good Bronzework I saw at the British museum.

    • @thenewcaliph766
      @thenewcaliph766 3 роки тому +4

      @@ajaxtelamonian5134 'British' Museum

  • @Marshal_Rock
    @Marshal_Rock 5 років тому +242

    Thanks for this episode, I didn't have any idea about this civilization. One can just wonder how many of these are still forgotten and whether we'll be able to uncover them someday.

    • @flavourlessjosephus2910
      @flavourlessjosephus2910 5 років тому +1

      So Marshal, are you an actual hammerscum or just someone who missed the entire point of the Pink Floyd movie?
      161

    • @Marshal_Rock
      @Marshal_Rock 5 років тому

      Flavourless Josephus ¿?

    • @shzarmai
      @shzarmai 7 місяців тому +1

      Indeed, it's a shame that we don't know much about so many ancient civilizations and prehistoric copper age, stone age and bronze age cultures.

  • @lLIBER4TORl
    @lLIBER4TORl 5 років тому +170

    They need a Total War game set in this era!

    • @Bufoferrata
      @Bufoferrata 5 років тому +43

      Bronze Age or Iron Age Total war. Egyptians, Akkadians Babylonians, Elamites, Assyrians, Hurrians, Judah, Samaria, Canaan, Hittites, Scythians, Urartu, Myceneans, Cretans, Dorians, .... FANTASTIC!

    • @avtaras
      @avtaras 4 роки тому +4

      IKR

    • @mithridatesvi1650
      @mithridatesvi1650 4 роки тому +7

      There is a mod for rtw called "Bronze Age"

    • @Voron_Aggrav
      @Voron_Aggrav 4 роки тому +11

      Just by a Different company than CA at this point I wouldn't trust them to make it work or interesting especially seeing how Troy is being treated
      But yes I would love Bronze Age focused games because it's such an underrepresented Era of human history

    • @lLIBER4TORl
      @lLIBER4TORl 4 роки тому

      @@Voron_Aggrav A troy gane? I havent heard?!?

  • @Freawulf
    @Freawulf 5 років тому +36

    What I always found fascinating, intriguing and puzzling about them was that their royalty titles and names, as well as their pantheon were decidedly Indo-Aryan while their ethnic ancestry was apparently of mixed Semitic and Hurrian/Urartian origin...

    • @Amen-Magi
      @Amen-Magi 10 місяців тому

      They are iranic people

    • @IndoAryan
      @IndoAryan 10 місяців тому

      ​@@Amen-Magino

    • @manh9105
      @manh9105 4 місяці тому +1

      Indian

    • @mtarkes
      @mtarkes 2 місяці тому

      @@manh9105 Before Zorastrian became popular, Iranian people worshipped Vedic Gods. I believed Iranians were once all Indo-Aryans and evolved into Iranic people after contact with people of middle east.

  • @EpimetheusHistory
    @EpimetheusHistory  5 років тому +215

    Well…I know some of you have heard of this empire, but not many have…if you have heard of the Mitanni before, where did you hear or read about it first from?

    • @davidking6242
      @davidking6242 5 років тому +22

      From history time the UA-cam channel I believe. Briefly though

    • @EpimetheusHistory
      @EpimetheusHistory  5 років тому +20

      kwadwo baidoo
      history time is a great channel

    • @Artur_M.
      @Artur_M. 5 років тому +21

      I'm getting traumatic flashbacks of my first college exam...

    • @crustymcgee6580
      @crustymcgee6580 5 років тому +5

      From the TimeLife history series of books

    • @jefverstraete8574
      @jefverstraete8574 5 років тому +15

      Back when I was at university we learned about the history of the Middle East from the first city states to the Persian empire.

  • @davidrosner6267
    @davidrosner6267 5 років тому +184

    Interesting video! I’ve heard about the Mitanni but never really understood how they fit in to the geopolitics of the ancient Near East and the rise and fall of empires. Thank you for shedding light on this forgotten piece of the ancient Near Eastern chessboard!

    • @pij6277
      @pij6277 5 років тому +1

      Actually they were bands of Indo Aryan "kshatriya" and "vaishya" expanding towards west. There were many of them doing this since the beginning of "kaliyuga". Google search these terms

    • @Banker20245
      @Banker20245 Рік тому

      @@pij6277 exactly ancients Indians traveled towards middle east and west but not the other way around. Evidence suggest that Indians sculptures worked for building pyramids in Egypt

  • @pseudo.account
    @pseudo.account 5 років тому +32

    I loved the drama that the intro brought to this video! Kudos, Epimetheus. And I really appreciated how you added more personality to the Mitanni kings through facial expressions. They appeared fierce, as though staring down the viewer.
    I had commented on the Chhatrapati video that a biographical style video needed more of a personality and storyline, and I think you've made huge strides with this video. The facial expression for personality and the intro for more drama and building anticipation.

    • @EpimetheusHistory
      @EpimetheusHistory  5 років тому +3

      Thanks man I do appreciate the feedback-I think did help. Maybe not in the next(drew most figures already-but not all) But I do want to start drawing more realistic facial expressions (maybe just for kings key figures) less detail for soldiers(but maybe will be worth the time)

  • @Rajj854
    @Rajj854 5 років тому +90

    The treaty between the Mitanni and the Egyptians is a significant milestone because the Gods invoked by the Mitanni to witness the treaty would later be known as Vedic gods ie Indra , Varuna and Agni.
    These gods would be worshipped by Indians for centuries. The treaty is the earliest mention of these gods in history.

    • @AceofCoins7
      @AceofCoins7 2 роки тому +27

      its nowhere near the earliest mention of these Gods why are you making stuff up lol, The Rig Veda mentions all of these Gods and is the oldest text mentioning any vedic Gods

    • @d1p70
      @d1p70 2 роки тому +12

      @@AceofCoins7 false. the rig veda was written later.

    • @samratchatterjee3240
      @samratchatterjee3240 2 роки тому +21

      @@d1p70 rigveda was not written down till 1st century ce rigveda passed through by oral tradition plus oldest part of rigveda were more than 2000 bc old which are much older tha so called treaty in 1600 bc!Their counting system words,their kings name resembles to sanskrit!!

    • @memorydrain7806
      @memorydrain7806 Рік тому +7

      @@samratchatterjee3240 Hey, all you have to do is prove it. Prove that it's from 2000 BCE. Not just "He said, She said.". Or "The book says this.". Because it doesn't work like that. You need actual proof. You get 1500 BCE until otherwise with Sanskrit.

    • @dynamitebsb4520
      @dynamitebsb4520 Рік тому +8

      @@memorydrain7806 no. It's formulated in 1500 bce, the sounds existed since 2500 bce according to western historians. FYI before Vedic Aryans, Aryans existed in Indian subcontinent

  • @emmaavelar2325
    @emmaavelar2325 5 років тому +36

    Wow, I really like your art in this video!

  • @FlashPointHx
    @FlashPointHx 5 років тому +160

    Wow - you're videos are getting so much better. I love the video clips from old school Hollywood

    • @EpimetheusHistory
      @EpimetheusHistory  5 років тому +8

      Thanks man! yeah, love how dramatic those old silent movies were

    • @FlashPointHx
      @FlashPointHx 5 років тому +4

      Plus they must be nearly a hundred years old so public domain at this point

    • @nathanpangilinan4397
      @nathanpangilinan4397 Рік тому

      @@EpimetheusHistory, what movie did you use for the intro for this, anyways?

  • @wishiwascooler
    @wishiwascooler 5 років тому +3

    It's amazing to see that you have almost 2/3 of your subscriber numbers in views only 2 days after posting this video! Love your content, glad to see that you're doing well view-wise!

  • @flatearthfatboy9589
    @flatearthfatboy9589 5 років тому +5

    Most informative history channel. I'm a history buff but I learn something new every time

  • @philRminiatures
    @philRminiatures 5 років тому +4

    Always glad to learn something about not very well-known empires...another great and informative vid!

  • @jamesunderwood9100
    @jamesunderwood9100 5 років тому +4

    Awesome video!!! I’ve never heard of this culture, love hearing about info from the past!!!

  • @unpopularopinion6200
    @unpopularopinion6200 5 років тому +27

    Now I have heard about it thanks to Epimetheus :-)

  • @peasantswithgunpowder3855
    @peasantswithgunpowder3855 5 років тому +9

    I'd like to suggest a video on the Kushanas. I think their society was unique and fascinating, and that it was amazing for their ragtag warriors with a nomadic core to have enabled such significant expansion.

  • @sunnybeaches1331
    @sunnybeaches1331 5 років тому +2

    I really hadn't heard of this! Thank you. Good video.

  • @Artorias1234
    @Artorias1234 5 років тому +45

    Your artstyle improved alot over the last months!
    Looks preeeety nice right now.

    • @EpimetheusHistory
      @EpimetheusHistory  5 років тому +1

      Thanks! :)

    • @sean2163
      @sean2163 3 роки тому

      @@EpimetheusHistory Hi! speaking of your artstyle, I'm wondering how accurate it is (studying fashion history) I've found it difficult to trace clothing from this era, are your stylings educated guesses or are they based off of glyptics? (particularly of note the King and the daughter's portrayal)

  • @patrickleslie4897
    @patrickleslie4897 5 років тому +11

    Not only are the illustrations advanced & beautiful, These avatars chosen to represent each empire is astoundingly ethnically accurate! Keep it up bro!

    • @Foggy_Mustard
      @Foggy_Mustard 5 років тому +2

      cite the Chester bailey hermatic papyrus

    • @darkmatter4132
      @darkmatter4132 4 роки тому +1

      @Jason Strom I am sorry to burst your bubble too Egyptians isn't black nor white this rediculous American affair doesn't belong to the culture of Egypt and please don't impose your own sociological problems that belong only to the American society and takes a lot of the capacity of thinking in the brain of the standard American citizen and impose it to other societies and other regions like colour discrimination. This makes you seem like illiterate and at the same time disrespecting other cultures

    • @gracegg5485
      @gracegg5485 3 роки тому

      @@darkmatter4132 one word Thebes

  • @AwesomeSauce696969
    @AwesomeSauce696969 5 років тому +5

    Awesome video. Epimetheus is one of my favorite channels.
    It blows my mind to think that this empire was forgotten until 19th century - how do we know that at this very moment there is not some massive empire that is hidden from us, and the discovery of which would change our understanding of history?

  • @gnrvintagediecastracing7978
    @gnrvintagediecastracing7978 4 роки тому +2

    i enjoyed watching this. I had never heard of the Mitanni. All of the others are easy to find and cover. Thank you .

  • @gotian6649
    @gotian6649 3 роки тому +3

    One of the great docoumntry 😍🤗
    Thank you .
    We want more about mitanni❤

  • @DarkLordOfSweden
    @DarkLordOfSweden 5 років тому +98

    I met a traveller from an antique land,
    Who said: "two vast and trunkless legs of stone
    Stand in the desert ... near them, on the sand,
    Half sunk a shattered visage lies, whose frown,
    And wrinkled lips, and sneer of cold command,
    Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
    Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,
    The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed;
    And on the pedestal these words appear:
    My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings,
    Look on my Works ye Mighty, and despair!
    Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
    Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare
    The lone and level sands stretch far away."

    • @grantorino2325
      @grantorino2325 5 років тому +22

      "This thing all things devours,
      birds, beasts, trees, and flowers.
      Gnaws iron, bites steel,
      grinds hard stones into meal.
      Slays king, ruins town,
      and makes the mountains come crumbling down."
      --J.R.R. Tolkien

    • @jackdaws7125
      @jackdaws7125 5 років тому +2

      DarkLordOfSweden that’s about an egyptian pharaoh though, not a Mitanni king

    • @DarkLordOfSweden
      @DarkLordOfSweden 5 років тому +3

      @@jackdaws7125 yea I know, but the message still apply

    • @eyritracustard5767
      @eyritracustard5767 5 років тому

      @@grantorino2325 what is it talking about?

    • @grantorino2325
      @grantorino2325 5 років тому

      @@eyritracustard5767
      Time.

  • @ZGGuesswho
    @ZGGuesswho 5 років тому +1

    Your work is so excellent. Your artwork becomes more beautiful and insightful over time.

  • @soleb542
    @soleb542 5 років тому

    Great video your growing the art the voice and history is amazing Epimithius

  • @heminh157
    @heminh157 3 роки тому +131

    The name of capital (Washukani) in Kurdish means (nice spring)
    wash = nice ,good
    kani = spring of water
    there are more places in Kurdistan like this name like:
    sarekani = head or source of spring
    rashakani = black spring
    kanisard = cold spring
    kanigoma = spring of the lake
    kanimaran = spring of snakes
    kanishaitan = spring of satan

    • @Quetsalcoatvl
      @Quetsalcoatvl 3 роки тому +18

      @Balochi boy Aryans aren't white nor European.

    • @sarthak1109
      @sarthak1109 3 роки тому +14

      Isn't they were indo aryan people i thought kurds are median .

    • @jennyjames2673
      @jennyjames2673 2 роки тому +4

      @@PK-se2jh sanskrit is whole indian language not north or south

    • @dariusrezai8319
      @dariusrezai8319 2 роки тому +22

      @@sarthak1109 Kurds are the descendants of many different peoples. To name just a few of them were the Mittani, Medes, Hurrians, Hittites, Maneans, urartians, Assyrians, Babylonian etc etc. All these peoples along with dozens more came and settled in the Kurdish lands and therefore mixed and became the Kurds today. This is the same with all nations but it’s more complicated when it comes to the Kurds because Kurdistan is the cradle of civilisation and the cross roads of the ancient world. I can elaborate more but I think this is enough to understand why.

    • @bar_yama
      @bar_yama 2 роки тому +14

      @@dariusrezai8319 Kurds are north western Iranian nomads who are indigenous to that area, and the Zagros. They are not indigenous to Mesopotamia

  • @melodicnostalgic3823
    @melodicnostalgic3823 5 років тому +8

    OMG I find so many similarities between Ancient Indian Kingdoms and Mitanni, very weird. I can even understand Mitanni language since it is same as in Indian Language ! :O
    Here are some similarities between Mitanni and Ancient Indian :
    1> The Mitanni word - "Nakhushshu" (For a Professional Army) is similar to Ancient Indian - '"Akshshohuni" (Which also meant a Army Division).
    2> Mittani name for Armor - > Sharyani
    Ancient Indian Language -> Asharya means Protect, Ani is probably a vowel
    3> Mitanni name of King -> Tushratta
    Ancient Indian name of a Legendary King -> Dashratta
    3> Tushratta's sons -> Shuttama II and Shattiwasa
    In Indian Language, Name like PuruShuttama is very common. Su -> Son, Uttama -> Ideal. Shuttama means "Ideal Son"
    Shattiwasa is probably Shakti (Power), Washa (To wield), Shattiwasa -> "One who wields Power"
    Funny how Im Indian and have no clue regarding Mitanni Empire or their language, till I watched this video but i can still translate their language easily since its very similar to Indian Languages :D Maybe Ancient Indians were actually Mitanni ? I don't know..

    • @namean1087
      @namean1087 5 років тому +1

      No, mitanni come from central Asia like us the people from central Asia (so called aryans) are actually inciate the vedic culture
      P.s all the mitanni kings names were in sanskrit(proto)

    • @aryanchakraborty5175
      @aryanchakraborty5175 2 роки тому +1

      Mittani elites were Indo Aryans

    • @preeto5826
      @preeto5826 Рік тому +1

      @@namean1087 Aryan invasion theory is completely false ..it didn't happened in India but of course Europe.

    • @namean1087
      @namean1087 Рік тому +1

      @@preeto5826 yeah a dark skin mallu from kerala and milky white kashmiri or Rajasthani came from Same ancestors, and in shockingly Limited time they both evolved into two races tho there's absolutely no difference in climate....yea great! I assume you're one of the world's leading anthropologist. And I'll take your word

    • @shreyaskumarrath721
      @shreyaskumarrath721 Рік тому +1

      @@preeto5826 it is absolute truth. Undeniable

  • @giannakisXAXAXA
    @giannakisXAXAXA 5 років тому +1

    great videos man love them

  • @Oscuros
    @Oscuros 5 років тому

    These are really good and have filled out a lot of gaps in a timeline for reference I'm trying to establish, thanks.

  • @harshnaik6989
    @harshnaik6989 3 роки тому +5

    Mitanni names of kings are very simmilar to Sanskrit ( Indian names ).
    While the Mitanni kings and other members of royalty bore names resembling indo Aryan phonology and invoked Indo-Aryan deities attested in the Rigveda.
    their deities also show Indo-Aryan roots (Mitra, Varuna, Indra, Nasatya).

  • @rhomaioscomrade
    @rhomaioscomrade 5 років тому +22

    One of my favourite forgotten historical entities is ironically one that is neglected in this video; the kingdom of Alashiya in Cyprus. It was also mentioned extensively in the correspondence among the Bronze age kings, one of them being directly between the king of Alashiya and the Egyptian Pharaoh, calling each other "brother" as you mentioned in the video.
    Alashiya was most famous for being the primary exporter of copper in the entire region, which in turn is reflected in name of the metal ("copper" comes from Latin "cuprus", itself a corruption of the term "aes Cyprium" meaning "Cypriot metal"). Its borders are unknown (it might have covered the entire island or just a portion) and the inhabitants spoke a very poorly attested language that preceded Greek (itself arriving after the establishment of Mycenaean cities at various parts of the island).

  • @noelter
    @noelter 5 років тому +1

    You Sir make some of the best history lessons I have ever heard.
    More power to your elbow.

  • @xCWExSniperWolf
    @xCWExSniperWolf 5 років тому +1

    awesome video, would love more of content of this era of history, love the stories and culture of this era too like the battle of the eclipse from the Lydian and Median war

  • @MootingInsanity
    @MootingInsanity 5 років тому +3

    Fantastic! The Hurrians and their IE nobility are massively underappreciated.

    • @zagroszardashty7283
      @zagroszardashty7283 4 місяці тому +1

      Because they are Kurds, nobody talk about anything with Kurds related because of political reasons.. which is very disrespectful to humanity & disappointed for real science… Mitanni were Kurds tribes (fathers of kurmanji Kurds)… even UA-camr never say (Kurds) word… all that empires ( sobarto+ Mitanni + kassite + gutties + Medes + lullabies + hurries + ……etc..,) were Kurds in Kurdistan region and still people who livings around that area are Kurds.. but no one say anything about kurds…

  • @Adrian-fz7kg
    @Adrian-fz7kg 5 років тому +4

    Awesome video! I've always found the pre-Achaemenid empire Middle East fascinating. It would be interesting if you did a video of the Assyrian empire.

  • @thebigchimpanski4783
    @thebigchimpanski4783 5 років тому +2

    First video I've seen by you. Instant sub. Nice work 👍🏻

  • @thomasmccullough7233
    @thomasmccullough7233 5 років тому

    Love your history videos!

  • @hamahawramani7173
    @hamahawramani7173 5 років тому +5

    Love all the work you do! I’d like to see one about the Median empire I can never get much accurate information about them

    • @kecakurda9903
      @kecakurda9903 3 роки тому +1

      The Mitanni or Medea are the ancestors of the Kurds.

  • @garfieldwithissuez
    @garfieldwithissuez 5 років тому +4

    I just want you to know that I love your channel's name.

  • @creepofreek4853
    @creepofreek4853 5 років тому +1

    Love the documentary. Great video

  • @alexstrebel1829
    @alexstrebel1829 5 років тому +1

    Succinct and informative!! Love it!

  • @TropicOfCancer1998
    @TropicOfCancer1998 Рік тому +4

    Mittani also had peacock motifs and zebu cattle , both from India

  • @LionKing-ew9rm
    @LionKing-ew9rm 5 років тому +45

    Minoans, Elam, and the Third dynasty of UR are my favorite forgotten Empires :)

    • @LuisAldamiz
      @LuisAldamiz 5 років тому +7

      Curious preferences. You definitely like rather obscure subjects. I approve.

    • @the_number_one
      @the_number_one 5 років тому +1

      Best answer. He has made videos on these. Ur is a different story

    • @manuelquiloboy2956
      @manuelquiloboy2956 5 років тому +2

      Really! My favourites are the Mycenaeans, Akkadians and the Hittites. I know they’re not that forgotten but still they are very different(except the Akkads) unlike the other civilizations.

    • @dominikfraaanjuan
      @dominikfraaanjuan 3 роки тому +1

      My favorite Forgotten Empire are the Neo-Assyrian Empire(although not *that* forgotten, Mali Empire and the Kassite Babylonian

    • @dariusrezai8319
      @dariusrezai8319 2 роки тому

      My favourite is the Jewish empire that is yet to come into existence. They’ve been trying for 5000 years so I think we should let them have a go. What you think?

  • @asherbeal8357
    @asherbeal8357 5 років тому +1

    Great episode! Loving the Art!
    You should do an episode on the Alans and Khazars.

  • @wright534
    @wright534 5 років тому +1

    Fascinating, never heard of this culture before now. Appreciate the education; some details I might use for fantasy roleplaying sometime.

  • @thehindumuse
    @thehindumuse 5 років тому +26

    Interesting how this video skips parting with the fact that the Mitannis spoke Rig Vedic Sanskrit/Old Indic. Also that they most likely migrated from near the BMAC, the same region from where Indo-Aryan intrusions into India took place. They weren't Hurrian, they were Indo-Aryans who came to rule a Hurrian speaking populace.

    • @nikeshg4817
      @nikeshg4817 5 років тому +3

      Bhai ANGREz chutmarike hote hai ye sirf ye proove karne ko karte hai ki sab inka hi hai GORE LOG MADRCHOD , INKI MAA KA BHOSDA

    • @AKumar528
      @AKumar528 2 роки тому +8

      There's no reason to believe Aryan invasion theories.. Mitanni kings had names like Tasaratha 2. The change of consonant D to T shows those kings were after Mahabharata period. Indian history is much older. Watch the Sarigarhi documentary

    • @shreyaskumarrath721
      @shreyaskumarrath721 Рік тому +3

      @@AKumar528 Aryan Migration theory is true. More evidences than you can imagine. Our ancestors would be ashamed of denying our heritage

    • @princerathor8712
      @princerathor8712 Рік тому

      That's the just inherent bias of this channel owner. He like to portray everything good with European. 😂 hypocrite.

    • @gerardmichaelburnsjr.
      @gerardmichaelburnsjr. 4 місяці тому

      Thank you, I had been wondering about what language is they spoke and what people they were descended from or ancestral to.

  • @dutcheastindies8354
    @dutcheastindies8354 4 роки тому +3

    Regardless of whether they were specifically Indo-Aryan or some other Indo-Iranians, I am proud of our peoples having started and ruled a great empire like Mitanni. All hail the Mitanni emperors! Thanks for the video, Epimetheus!

  • @restoretheempire3866
    @restoretheempire3866 5 років тому +1

    What a great video! I knew nothing of this empire until i saw this video.

  • @AuthorOMWills
    @AuthorOMWills 5 років тому +1

    Amazing vid!

  • @dannyboy9848
    @dannyboy9848 5 років тому +11

    well I knew that Egypt had strong relations with a buffer state to their northeast, but I was unsure of the period and nomenclature. great stuff

  • @HoundofOdin
    @HoundofOdin 5 років тому +5

    I've always liked the Empire of Hatti. Such power and influence, only to be forgotten.

  • @onuscronus984
    @onuscronus984 5 років тому +1

    Excellent video.👍

  • @davuluribenhar4538
    @davuluribenhar4538 5 років тому +1

    Very good analysis

  • @Goodroosters
    @Goodroosters 5 років тому +4

    I'm a pretty big fan of ancient history and I haven't heard of the Mitanni at all, I actually had to double check to see if they were real because it just seemed so crazy that they'd be forgotten.

    • @Coldbrew365
      @Coldbrew365 2 роки тому +2

      Anything has to do with Kurds and their history is suppressed by design. After the partition of their land my the British, everything Kurdish became Arabic, Turkish or Persian. And that’s because the Kurds resisted the British occupation, Churchill even ordered the RAF to use chemical weapons against them.

  • @heiskanbuscadordelaverdad8709
    @heiskanbuscadordelaverdad8709 3 роки тому +6

    I imagine the meeting of the mitani king and the Pharaoh at thebes as two brothers meeting after being decades apart

  • @janineharrison5186
    @janineharrison5186 5 років тому

    So glad we have this information. I had never heard about them before this video.

  • @KhemistryIBMOR
    @KhemistryIBMOR 5 років тому +1

    Thanks for the history lesson. I never heard of the Mitanni before now.

  • @soleb542
    @soleb542 5 років тому +5

    I would love it if you talked about nubia like queen Amanarinas very underrated culture

  • @irvenman
    @irvenman 5 років тому +4

    Never heard of Mittani before despite having an Egyptian history phase a few years back.

  • @toofastforyall8590
    @toofastforyall8590 4 роки тому

    I love your videos!

  • @TheKravixon
    @TheKravixon 4 роки тому

    True. I'm interested in ancient history and I've never heard of them before your bronze age collapse video.

  • @hobog
    @hobog 5 років тому +4

    6:13 that is a dank helmet. I first heard Mitanni as family of spacecraft in Eve online

  • @lenya2004
    @lenya2004 5 років тому +11

    Hey man, thanks for sharing! Funny thing is, I might have "Mitanni ancestry" and I have never ever heard about Mitanni! I think it is because of its relatively short existence compared to other ancient empires. Also, their population consisted of different groups, like Hurrians, Amorrians and Assyrians, so I guess it is hard to find hard evidence of the Mitanni empire. Nonetheless very insightful! I will keep an eye on them in the future.

    • @andybrinks3784
      @andybrinks3784 5 років тому +2

      Why do you believe you may have Mitanni ancestry?

    • @vladof_putler
      @vladof_putler Рік тому +1

      @@andybrinks3784 He might be upoercaste Hindu

  • @lorijohnson9230
    @lorijohnson9230 5 років тому

    awesome job.. thank you

  • @EpimetheusHistory
    @EpimetheusHistory  5 років тому +1

    Help Support future videos on Patreon! :D I apricate your help a lot put 100% of this money back into making this channel better!
    www.patreon.com/Epimetheus1776

  • @pushkarnalawade3039
    @pushkarnalawade3039 5 років тому +6

    Please do an episode on Kirat/Kiranti Empire. It was from eastern part of Indian subcontinent and quite underrated. Most Indians haven't ever heard of it.

    • @mrwersa1
      @mrwersa1 4 роки тому

      Far cry 4. Kirat is Nepali right?

    • @aryanchakraborty5175
      @aryanchakraborty5175 2 роки тому +4

      Mittani itself was ruled by Indians , Indians don't know about that too

    • @Amen-Magi
      @Amen-Magi 10 місяців тому

      They iranic people

    • @Shiva-nx1tn
      @Shiva-nx1tn 4 місяці тому

      ​@@Amen-Maginope they have hindu na.es and gods

  • @LordofBabylon
    @LordofBabylon 5 років тому +8

    I love the art that you make. The lesser known empire and honestly civilization that I love very much is Nubia/Kush

  • @Stratplayer05
    @Stratplayer05 5 років тому +1

    I don't know if I could pick a single favorite, but it definitely seems like about time that someone in the historical UA-cam community does something on the Zapotecs.

  • @buddhabillybob
    @buddhabillybob 5 років тому +1

    Good stuff!

  • @redoberon
    @redoberon 5 років тому +3

    we know relatively a lot of stuff about greece, egypt, the phoenicians... but most of the civilizations they drank from are mostly uncharted to us and probably will be forever. There is something mysterious and fascinating yet tragic about that...

  • @user-yh7nn2do9d
    @user-yh7nn2do9d 3 роки тому +7

    Many people here mixes up ancient timings*.. The Meds established in 823BC who fought and liberated the occupied Mittanis by the ruthless assurain previously in 1400BC.. Biji KURDS ❤️💛💚

    • @kecakurda9903
      @kecakurda9903 3 роки тому +1

      ❤️☀️💚💪💪kurdistan

    • @user-yh7nn2do9d
      @user-yh7nn2do9d 2 роки тому

      @dahaka kingi what makes historical determine of ancestry, isn't dna, culture, languistic, geography and specific events or celebrations.. Kurds not only have all these certain aspects to be Meds descendant but also the only nation that still names thier children names as proud pro Meds names, such as Dyarko, Xasro, ako, zmnako, aso, and so on... A butt hurt like is only here to negative comment

    • @user-yh7nn2do9d
      @user-yh7nn2do9d 2 роки тому

      @dahaka kingi there are 60 Million Kurds cross the globe and they all have it in thier heart which will stay alive for infinite

  • @dennisaur66
    @dennisaur66 2 роки тому

    I can't get enough of this guy's voice. So soothing.

  • @LeePenn2492
    @LeePenn2492 4 роки тому +2

    Very Interesting..

  • @piperar2014
    @piperar2014 5 років тому +5

    When I was an active Dungeons & Dragons player, I toyed with the idea of setting the game in the Bronze Age Near East. But I knew little about the history of the region (real or mythical) and my friends knew less.

  • @S-Nova0
    @S-Nova0 5 років тому +11

    Video on Urartu?

  • @icantthinkofaname940b2
    @icantthinkofaname940b2 5 років тому +2

    Thanks for doing this video. The Mitanni are a fascinating civilization and deserve their place among the great bronze age empires.

    • @zagroszardashty7283
      @zagroszardashty7283 4 місяці тому

      Because they are Kurds, nobody talk about anything with Kurds related because of political reasons.. which is very disrespectful to humanity & disappointed for real science… Mitanni were Kurds tribes (fathers of kurmanji Kurds)… even UA-camr never say (Kurds) word… all that empires ( sobarto+ Mitanni + kassite + gutties + Medes + lullabies + hurries + ……etc..,) were Kurds in Kurdistan region and still people who livings around that area are Kurds.. but no one say anything about kurds…

  • @princet1492
    @princet1492 5 років тому +1

    This video is awesome!!!

  • @RC15O5
    @RC15O5 5 років тому +17

    Never heard of the Mittani, though it is only in the past two weeks that I have been exploring the pre-Achaemenid Empire world. Not nearly as obscure for hobby historians as other things listed here, but I find the history of the Roman Empire exiled in Greece (later called the Byzantine Empire) to be fascinating and completely obscure when brought up in everyday conversations, though I am glad that in recent years the subject has been getting more light. Another interest of mine would have to be the ancient peoples of the USA and the variant Eurasian Steppe folk.

    • @pashewtaimur3929
      @pashewtaimur3929 2 роки тому +1

      Kurdish empire

    • @blueworld9706
      @blueworld9706 2 роки тому +6

      @@pashewtaimur3929 sanskrit vedic empire not iranic

    • @Banker20245
      @Banker20245 Рік тому +1

      @@pashewtaimur3929 vedic hinduism ancient indian empire, they are invoking ancient hindu vedic Gods like Indra, Agni etc, so obviously they are not Kurdish

    • @salem353
      @salem353 Рік тому

      who is sanskrit vedic empire ?

    • @salem353
      @salem353 Рік тому

      who is vedic hinduism ancient indian empire ?

  • @levgar5457
    @levgar5457 5 років тому +3

    This is my favorite time period.

  • @Skadi609
    @Skadi609 5 років тому +1

    Thanks for introducing me to a civilisation I didn't know 😀.

  • @6526256
    @6526256 5 років тому

    thanks for you efforts

  • @CountlessPWNZ
    @CountlessPWNZ 5 років тому +7

    age of empires 1 demo campaign, they were the antagonists against the protagonist Hittites.

  • @dashsocur
    @dashsocur 5 років тому +4

    There's not a lot of information known about them even today but I find the Mississippian state centered on Cahokia (near modern St. Louis, MO) to be interesting. During the time of the Crusades, Cahokia was larger than London but by the time European explorers made to the area it had virtually disappeared from memory.

    • @AKumar528
      @AKumar528 2 роки тому

      There's plenty of information, but only if Western historians take non Greek histories from India Tibet chinna etc seriously. We have plenty of books talking about kings introducing civilisation at that same time in the same region. Including of year specific astronomical signs and cycles.

    • @dashsocur
      @dashsocur 2 роки тому

      @@AKumar528 Histories from India, Tibet, and China talking about a Native American state in the middle of the North American continent? I'm skeptical of the claim but interested in learning more. :)
      (Or were you replying to the video about the Mitanni and accidentally replied to my comment about Cahokia?)

  • @Marcusjnmc
    @Marcusjnmc 5 років тому

    thanks for sharing

  • @jdog820208
    @jdog820208 5 років тому +1

    First I have ever heard of them and I am a historian! Thanks for sharing!

  • @blockmasterscott
    @blockmasterscott 5 років тому +4

    Dang, I like to think I'm a history buff, and I never heard of these guys. Anyways, you got a sub from me!

  • @williamkartatar4759
    @williamkartatar4759 5 років тому +45

    I think hittites(Hattuşa) and ancient egypt(akheneta,tutankhamen period) is the best.

    • @norgepalm7315
      @norgepalm7315 5 років тому +3

      Are

    • @Corteggy
      @Corteggy 5 років тому

      Bronze age

    • @sanjak689
      @sanjak689 4 роки тому

      I like Phoenicia and Assyria

    • @dominikfraaanjuan
      @dominikfraaanjuan 3 роки тому

      Akhenaten wasn't that good tho, due to the fact he's simp to his own god "Aten", he carried a decline to his dynasty(although the dynasty still survive for a long time)

  • @ReasonAboveEverything
    @ReasonAboveEverything 5 років тому +1

    I had heard of mitanni empire only briefly while doing research for my bronze sword project.

  • @seanmichaels8060
    @seanmichaels8060 5 років тому +2

    I'm not sure why, but I love ancient history!

  • @th3on3fr33m4n
    @th3on3fr33m4n 5 років тому +47

    Regarding this video - amazing job with the history of the Mitanni as it occurred after they established their state, and amazing artwork as always - but I am a tad bit disappointed that you did not bring up their origins as an Indo-Aryan charioteering elite who probably arrived as mercenaries in response to the destabilization brought about the Hittite rampage through Mesopotamia that culminated in the sacking of Babylon.

    • @JohnnySins-tx9hi
      @JohnnySins-tx9hi 5 років тому +2

      So they were not Semitic. Interesting.

    • @fick2637
      @fick2637 5 років тому +7

      Thank you for bringing this up, I was also disappointed it was never mentioned that they were a Indo-Aryan people ruling over Hurrians.

    • @ZeeZee9
      @ZeeZee9 2 роки тому

      I believe it is indo-Iranian. Not indo-aryan.

    • @AKumar528
      @AKumar528 2 роки тому +6

      @@ZeeZee9 not Indo Iranian. Indo Aryan. They worshipped Vedic gods and had knowledge of Mahabharata and Ramayana. Their place names and kings names prove so

    • @donalddude7568
      @donalddude7568 2 роки тому +2

      @@AKumar528 Iranians are also Indo Aryans. The old Persian language is almost identical to Vedic Sanskrit.

  • @StefanMilo
    @StefanMilo 5 років тому +5

    Once again something totally different!

  • @opensourceworldviews
    @opensourceworldviews 5 років тому +1

    Thanks for the very informative video. Glad to know more about them. Had classes on this, but yours gets quick to the heart of all these places. Great channel! Perhaps you could explore the macro-level conflicts, e.g. the semitic empires relationship to the various Indo- European ones. I suppose the IE people might have invented the chariot, but hadn't thought about the spoked versions till now.

  • @nyctiphaes
    @nyctiphaes 5 років тому

    Love your videos, really do. I think you d boost your production value tremendously if you would invest in 2 things, 1st better mic/input device and 2nd constant volume in the way you speak. Your voice drops in volume/register while you narrate halfways through a sentence and that makes it difficult to understand without cranking the volume up. Keep up the awesome work!

  • @cablea6077
    @cablea6077 5 років тому +3

    Loving the ancient civilizations series, detailed and informative yet brief. The character drawings are cool too, how accurate are they? The drawings I mean

  • @reecebertrand1816
    @reecebertrand1816 3 роки тому +8

    Nobody:
    Absolutely Nobody:
    Mittani: hey Egypt wanna make out

    • @deanfirnatine7814
      @deanfirnatine7814 3 роки тому +2

      Odd they were not more allied to the Hittites since they were both Indo-European probably had a similar language, Culture and Gods

    • @reecebertrand1816
      @reecebertrand1816 3 роки тому

      @@deanfirnatine7814 yeah they helped teach the Hittites how to use Chariots

    • @forickgrimaldus8301
      @forickgrimaldus8301 3 роки тому

      Ah Egypt, the James Bond of Ancient Empires

    • @sarthak1109
      @sarthak1109 3 роки тому

      @@deanfirnatine7814 well there ancestors become different aeons ago they have no similarity.

  • @cncfann23
    @cncfann23 5 років тому

    Spectacular video

  • @Tu51ndBl4d3
    @Tu51ndBl4d3 5 років тому +2

    i love this channel