History Explained Videos (Chronological Order) Narmer | The First Pharaoh Ancient Egypt | 3100 BC ua-cam.com/video/e_ByLv949-8/v-deo.html Imhotep | The First Pyramid Builder Ancient Egypt | 2650 BC ua-cam.com/video/gpL5TgIRukQ/v-deo.html Sargon | The Greatest King of Akkad Ancient Mesopotamia | 2300 BC ua-cam.com/video/kkSwK59CwF8/v-deo.html Sobekneferu | The First Female Pharaoh Ancient Egypt | 1800 BC ua-cam.com/video/TaI3MawgKNE/v-deo.html Hammurabi | The First Emperor of Babylon Ancient Mesopotamia | 1750 BC ua-cam.com/video/jPn-Lxuilw4/v-deo.html Hatshepsut | The Greatest Female Pharaoh Ancient Egypt | 1470 BC ua-cam.com/video/L_A8B_MdAdY/v-deo.html Thutmose III | The Deadliest Pharaoh Ancient Egypt | 1450 BC ua-cam.com/video/-2XS3vmVGjU/v-deo.html Amenhotep III | The Wealthiest Pharaoh Ancient Egypt | 1370 BC ua-cam.com/video/j5Oua9WNo8c/v-deo.html Akhenaten | The Most Hated Pharaoh Ancient Egypt | 1350 BC ua-cam.com/video/Gdcu2g5uM7o/v-deo.html Nefertiti | The Most Hated Female Pharaoh Ancient Egypt | 1340 BC ua-cam.com/video/bLWD3bVhSbM/v-deo.html Ramses the Great | The Greatest Pharaoh Ancient Egypt | 1250 BC ua-cam.com/video/TeESSvut5xA/v-deo.html Lycurgus | The Lawgiver of Sparta Ancient Greece | 750 BC ua-cam.com/video/zfC1ZnTKOJU/v-deo.html Ashurbanipal | The Cruelest King of Assyria Ancient Mesopotamia | 650 BC ua-cam.com/video/LOCm2G0R4PY/v-deo.html Nebuchadnezzar | The Greatest King of Babylon Ancient Mesopotamia | 600 BC ua-cam.com/video/WX4sTXOKRcY/v-deo.html Draco | The Lawgiver of Athens Ancient Greece | 600 BC ua-cam.com/video/sqOxqv_yIzE/v-deo.html Cyrus the Great | The Greatest King of Persia Achaemenid Empire | 550 BC ua-cam.com/video/CMc1rF8u4ro/v-deo.html Cambyses II | The First Persian Pharaoh Achaemenid Empire | 530 BC ua-cam.com/video/pXOjOcTqU5w/v-deo.html
This is the history of the new world....in the old world ( the Americas ) human homo sapiens we're living in organized societies thousands of years before the Egyptians ... Taking nothing away from so called ' western' historical narratives but we also have our own historians and narrative of human history that goes back further than any other culture on the planet . Humans crossed the Bering Straights from the Americas into Siberia not that other way around... Remember that the European Enlightenment occured as a result of knowledge of art science mathematics , human hygiene , medicine , law and government , sculpture , astronomy , agriculture ,biology , ect brought back to Europe to be studied and copied ..thus the term ' enlightenment '....even the US Constitution was copied from the Iroquois Confederacy after being discovered by Ben Franklin...
@@feereel bruh, bring your proofs to support your claims your shi. 'Amr bin Shu'aib narrated from his father, from his grandfather, that during a Khutbah, the Prophet (ﷺ) said: *"The proof is due from the claimant,* and the oath is due from the one the claim is made against." Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1341
11:27 " I took pleasure in reading stones inscribed before the flood" ...Man, we need those tablets! This proves, the ancients had knowledge of humanity going back further than we thought.
Current Human History is only 3598 years...just short of 3600 yearly Nibiru (Not real) cataclysm on Earth...! Current Humans are CARBONS...because...this is the Age of CARBON...All life is Carbon...! Previously...it was not the case...! Ashurbanipal knew or understood this from the texts he read... Giants / Nephilim / Anunnaki were SILICONS...Silicon Man of SILICON AGE...All life was Silicon...! There was more...LEADs / FLEROVIUMs / TINs / GERMANIUMs... Elemental Parts of All Ancient Scripture is taken out before presenting it to the public (As in this video) therefore; Most of the stuff sounds like a mish mash of who's done what to whom...?
Yes, and my research has shown that the 4 ancient civilizations as we were taught are survivors of the flood. And one can see that the Egyptian(Wiped out by Assyrian Babylonians possibly, although teachings survived by the Greeks), Zoroastrian (Persian Babylonian), Hindu and Daoist traditions all kept part of the antedeluvian knowledge in the form of astronomy, metrology, music, medicine and ritual magic. In fact British imperial sysyem is another evidence why I stated in another comment that they and their German ancestors of Assyrian Babylonian origin also kept part of the ancient knowledge.
He crushed his enemies, saw them driven before him, heard the lamentations of their women, and recorded it all in stone with pride as a memorial to the eons. His empire lives on in the nightmares of an entire region, and wins the admiration of countless imitators. AND he was a man of art and literature.
I love how so many writings from that region back then included all the things that the king had done for the person who was rebelling/conspiring/etc. "He rebelled against me. ME, the guy who did x, y, z, for him! The audacity!"
Wow. To think that the Assyrians looked to civilizations more ancient than them (before the flood), the way we look at Assyrians and ancient Egyptians.
It’s an endless string of which we know only a shoe string’s length about. The further you go back in history, the more questions arise and the more blurred the picture becomes. But thankfully God gave humans brains so we can figure it out.
*The Assyrians were so hated by their vassals and neighbors that they united the entire Middle East against them in the first Grand Coalition in human history.*
@@HistoryExplained Here is an excellent quote: "The Assyrians ruled by terror, they created a legacy of hatred, they ravaged the Near East, and they gave nothing in return, not their language nor their culture, not peace, only a kind of terrorized security..." This level of sustained imperialism was possible because the Assyrians created the world's first standing national army of professional, career soldiers.
@علي ياسر Nebuchadnezzar II never made such commands, the Neo Babylonians used Assyrian centers to further their imperial ambitions, they never destroyed the Assyrian people
Yes,they exaggerated the semitic level of cruelty ,semites being the creators of all evil ancient emipres and civilizations full of cruelty and sadistic behaviour But these assyrians were the epithom of semitic and human cruelty.
Imagine a great King named James Campbell Smith is found in future and future people deny that he had any connections with England or English culture or Christianity.. That is how Hindus feel today. Ashur bani pal is a clearly Sanskrit name but today's historians Deny it
Also known as Sardanapalus -details of his death occur in the works of the Greek historian Diodorus Siculus and as such inspired a poem by Byron.,a cantata by Berlioz and a famous 1827 painting by Delacroix which shows all his concubines being killed so they could accompany him to the after world.
He was NOT "also known as Sardanapalus." That's just what the later Greek historians called him. In fact his real name in ancient Assyrian is pronounced "ASHUR BANU APPAL," which means "ASHUR (the god) has created an heir."
@@mrlefty1276 I'm talking about what later people in the west called him obviously -if you were to quibble at that then most names from ancient history are wrong as they were largely filtered through Greek eyes later -most names of Egyptian identities,gods,pharaohs,place names etc have Greek names as does a lot of middle eastern ancient nomenclature -e.g.Koreish(or something like that)not Cyrus!
@@kaloarepo288 lol that only applies with some names. At no point outside of the Greek speaking communities was he ever known as "Sardanapalus". Outside of the Assyrian community he was always known by his abbreviated, Hebraic name- Ashurbanipal. Also, many names of ancient kings, queens and legendary figures of antiquity do not necessarily have hellenized names as you claim. Many have Hebraic forms of their names for example : King Sargon, King Esarhaddon, King Sennacherib, King Ashurbanipal, etc
@@mrlefty1276 The western world has received a lot of the names from the ancient Middle Eastern world via Greek historians and writers.The exceptions are those figures that are mentioned in the bible but even many of them have hellenized names like Cyrus-these could be from the Septuagint Greek translation.Of course more recent discoveries preserve the more authentic names and the names of many have been changed away from Greek style names like pharaohs-Cheops is back to Khufu,Sesostris etc but a lot of Egyptology and Assyriology maintains the hellenized names -e.g."Egypt" the word itself,Nubia and Mesopotamia,Assyria,Babylonia,Phoenicia -these are all hellenized and latinized names like it or not!In western high culture -art,poetry and music "Sardanapalus" has always been used except for more recent writings when his "real"name has been restored
The leader of the Asuras who were considered very vile and ridiculously hostile to all others are still considered demonic in hindu scripts. and so were told that they were annihilated by the gods and their personas.
lol try again. they were not annihilated at all. assyrians still exist to this day. if you read the old testament, God had many chances to annihilate Assyria, yet instead blessed it as the work of his hands. i’m not about to allow a pagan call my people demonic lol. that is rich. don’t hindus worship kali, a violent demon? PS there are many hindu assyrians in kerala, and we have several assyrian churches which perform services in ancient aramaic in india
@@fluffydrunkpanda729 kali is no violent demon. I have no idea about assyrian in present day si wont comment. Please dont comment on on ideas u hav we not grasped adequat ly.
Ashurbanipal does not honor you, but you dream of becoming like him, so you stole his traces, and if he existed, he would have made you slaves in Great Assyria, like the pharaohs and the Jews.
I guess u know him personally then? When did you guys meet ? Also if he existed today, he would be dead broke in Syria somewhere scavenging or pumping gas in europe for minimum wage.
@@concernedhomosapien9807 First, he is from Nineveh, and Nineveh is an Iraqi, an Iraqi, not a Syrian. Second, if he was present, he would not have made Islam come a meter close to Iraq to become in this state the third, and how did you know that he wanted to see his effects in Britain, knowing that Britain did not exist at that time, just a land, no civilization, no history, no culture To rule, no laws, his ignorant people chase animals, unlike Iraq during his reign Fourth, he does not honor you, as he remains an Assyrian and remains loyal to Nineveh Fifth: Let us leave this talk a little and tell me why the Great United Kingdom, as you call it, of course, a coward that cannot fulfill its promises, why did it not fulfill its promise with Iraq that they will expel the Ottomans With us and they go out. Why did they betray Ukraine and make it a Russian conservative? You are just cowards. Weapons you had, and now the weapon is in Russia. Ashurbanipal does not have the honor of a cowardly country like Britain.
It says something about you if your traitor brother was like, “Should I let my family member capture me and see what happens? Nahh I’ll play it safe and just light myself on fire.”
NO ONE WOULD VOLUNTARILY SET THEMSELVES ON FIRE, IN FRONT OF THEIR KIDS AND WITH THEIR KIDS. IT WAS MURDER BY FIRE, IF TRUE. BARBARIC AND SADISTIC. AS ALL WAR IS.
Before Cartlidge finally felt to Rome., they try to stay off this collapse by sacrificing 500 of their children. It was a different time and they had different beliefs.
Ashurbanipal is the strongest and smartest king that the world has ever seen. The video does not desbribe his greatness and the important details about him that should never be forgotten.
Ashura doesn't means demon, the closest thing would be rakchasa. Ashura are just the race of gods. Devas are the Ashura who are worshipped. The rest of remaining Ashura are simply called Ashura who wage war against their Deva siblings. Indra, varuna, Agni are all called Ashura in Vedas.
@@Vajrapani108 The word demon in its original and truest connotation means "being between gods and mortals". The Judeo-Christian doctrine borrowed the term and then gave it the negative connotation is has nowadays as Judeo-Christian demons are beings in-between god and humans, but unlike angels (literally "messengers" of god) they antagonise god and are therefore evil.
This channel is real great. It has a lot of details information about the characters of the historical figures. I guess the research on it is tremendous, to be able to bring us all these informations. Congratulation, young man!
The European people are in Middle East today, continuing with stealing others land.. This time they are using fairytale history and fake archeology to steal others land.
Would be great, but I hope he refrains from using religious texts as "resources". in this video he put "judea" in the map. Something that historians and archeologs agree that didn't really exist but in Torah. So I hope he stats neutral and unbiased
@علي ياسر you clearly don’t know your history because: 1. It was nabopollassar that beat the Assyrians not Nebuchadnezzar. 2. Nestorian isn’t an ethnicity it’s what people in Europe called the church of the east and some other churches in the area who didn’t follow Greek and Roman Christianity. It’s a religious sect just like Catholicism or orthodoxy. Saying someone is ethnically Nestorian is like saying someone is ethnically Catholic. 3. The Assyrians were not all wiped out. Many survived under various empires and had autonomy in some provinces and some times even independent kingdoms who were vassals. Examples are the province of Athura of the Achaemenid empire , Greek province of Syria ( which is a corruption of Assyria), kingdoms like Adiabene under Parthian rule, Roman province of assyria and Asoristan under the sasanians. Some cities like Assur and arbela were even fully rebuilt during the Achaemenid era and flourished under the Parthian era. People there also kept worshiping ancient Assyrian gods even centuries after Christianity was born. It was only around the 1300 ad that Assur was fully destroyed and never inhabited again. The people fled further north to ten mountains to avoid being massacred by the timurids. 4. The Brits and the west had nothing to do with the name of modern Assyrians if anything they divided them further by calling catholic Assyrians Chaldeans when they split from the church of the east centuries ago. That just shows how they really didn’t know much of anything about the modern Assyrians.
Thank you so much for assembling this precious summary about my favorite king - of my preferred empire - of antiquity: Aššurbanipal (Ashurbanipal), the ruler of the most powerful, cruel, and (yet) cultivated realm on Earth during the Eighth Century BCE! The Assyrians represent, for me, an intellectual dilemma, for despite their unrelenting, abominable deeds, I am unable to follow suit with some other cultivated individuals, who share my enormous admiration for Ancient Mesopotamian history and its magnificent cultures, but nonetheless display unrestrained, antagonistic sentiments towards Assyria. Those who condemn the brutal historical legacy of the Neo-Assyrian empire (911-612/09 BCE) should be reminded of the fundamental necessity of appraising the acts of our archaic ancestors within the context of the bloodthirsty environment where they existed. A quick glance at our equally heinous Contemporary History (from 1945 to the present) suffices to demonstrate that Putin, Stalin, Mao Zedong, and particularly the monstrous Cambodian Pol Pot (ruled 1975 - 1979), were equally (or even more) ruthless than Ashurbanipal or any other members of the Sargonic Dynasty. Quite frankly, the main distinction between these historical groups lies in the modern despots' avoidance of "bragging" about their cruel behavior; actually, instead of gloating, our contemporary dictators re-write historical events to fit their underlying ideological and/or geopolitical aspirations... Just watch CNN, BBC, or Deutsche Welle this week, for their broadcasts are filled with incredible Russian fabrications!
no ,there was no excuse for crimes against humanity they crushed the bones of their enemies's babies they did it with the hebrews the fresco of hebrew man the sword over his head forcing him to crush the bone of his own baby or they will do it to his other kids it's written in the fresco they were monsters and god punished them
@علي ياسر Evidence of economic and security stability was established across the middle east because of the Assyrian empire, the Assyrian provinces turned against the Assyrian rule because of tax exemptions and internal strife, not because of "brutality", which the Assyrians did not commit against its provinces.
@@messianic_scam Crushing Human bones...? Well...For the ordinary John Doe of Silicon Age, being crushed to make Cement or Geo Polymer was the FATE...! When Silicons die, they Petrify, turn to stone...! Only the Elites were saved to be adored in museums as masterful pieces of Sculpture or Art in another Age such as ours the CARBON AGE...! Current Human History is only 3598 years...just short of 3600 yearly Nibiru (Not real) cataclysm on Earth...! Current Humans are CARBONS...because...this is the Age of CARBON...All life is Carbon...! Previously...it was not the case...! Ashurbanipal knew or understood this from the texts he read... Giants / Nephilim / Anunnaki were SILICONS...Silicon Man of SILICON AGE...All life was Silicon...! There was more...LEADs / FLEROVIUMs / TINs / GERMANIUMs... Human Life did not matter for Ashurbanipal, HE KNEW...the Elemental DIFFERENCE...! Elemental Parts of All Ancient Scripture is taken out before presenting it to the public (As in this video) therefore; Most of the stuff sounds like a mish mash of who's done what, where, when to whom...?
@@elsascridon7256 how do you even compare hebrews who were persecuted minorty among other nations to monsters assyrians or romans... ?! bni israel never killed kids and civilians even if they attacked others, every nation in some point in history attacked other nation but cause of their abrahamic laws they had boundarie kids families civilians were excluded they were first humans who gave animals rights when people used to eat them alive and make the poor animal suffers for days they made laws concern animals right ; don't kill the animal before his mother , don't let it suffers sharp your knife if it suffers it's forbidden to be eaten as punishment for not having mercy on the animal, don't cover its mouth while use it for plowing so it can eat from earth ,don't cook the meat in its mother's milk this is where the Jews came up with not mixing milk with meat hundreds of merciful laws the jews still apply to it they even give prayer to the animal before killing it nobody at that time thought about giving animals rights as hebrews did, they loved animals they where soft hearts what are you talking about
I wonder how many passes he would have had to garrison in the Zagros to prevent resettlement of Elam by anyone, and how much it would have cost to keep them in supply? Seems like it would have been worthwhile, though his real problem was crappy sons.
Thank you so much I enjoy ancient history and I'm almost ancient history myself,58, keep up your videos there are people that has tryed to change the past but we're better off learning from it instead of destroying it. I hope you do some on sumerian history it's good reading.
Ancient you are not. Your mind is vibrant and still thirsting to know. I’ll bet you are a wise person. Knowing history helps us understand the present, anticipate the future. Hearing people bang on about now, without knowing what came before is tiresome and sometimes scary. Cheers (51, call myself a crazy old witch but young at heart. A lot of questions I have about today have been answered by learning about before) best wishes to you x♥️
@Linda Saunders , thank you so much for uplifting I really needed it today. I wish I was smart like you said but in truth my mind is going I keep forgetting things the doctor a aid I had scardious stage 4 and my home palitive care nurse said I haven to long left she says 6mo.to a year I hope she is wrong so we will see and thank you once again for lifting an old man's memories. Thank you so much
@hoskinmage i hope you have good care and good people around you. I am thinking of you. Your reply was a sad one but your replying at all was lovely and I will remember it and keep it close. It has made quite an impact on me and the way I think. Your earnestness is a sign of a beautiful soul. Love to you always xx♥️
Assyrians were the bravest people that's y such a vast empire. Ashurbanipal was such a foresighted intelligent ruler. Only the learned knew the importance of preserving history for the sake posterity . Lovely documentary.
Look at 11:35 where he says "I Took My Pleasure in reading stones inscribed before the flood" which is another example of many civilizations describing an ancient apocalypse of devastating floods. Civilization is waay older than people think.
You should take a closer look at his father, Esarhaddon! We have his personal letters preserved and you can really see what kind of man he was. Esarhaddon’s oldest brother was killed by the babylonians, so his father Sennacherib sacked Babylon and destroyed it. This was a big deal because Babylon was a holy city, kind of like the Vatican. Sennacherib’s destruction caused political instability and a few years later he was stabbed to death by esarhaddon’s other brothers. Esarhaddon then fought his murderous brothers, took the throne, and REBUILT BABYLON. It was a huge, decades long reconstruction. He wanted to forge a single national identity between Assyria and Babylonia. Esarhaddon’s life’s work was shattered when assurbanipal destroyed Babylon to kill his own brother. If assurbanipal hadn’t pissed off the babylonians, the neo Babylonian state wouldn’t exist, and Assyria might not have fallen in 612 BCE. Crazy stuff!
I have read that some of Ashurbanipal's warriors who took part in the slicing, dicing and torture of captured enemies ,had episodes of PTSD ,and would be kept woken ,haunted by the screams of their victims as there being skinned alive !
Sometimes I yearn for the days of old where the earth was barely inhabited, with vast swathes of untouched land, where humanity was so young. Then I read your comment and remember how brutal it was back then and glad I’m in modern day. Lol.
One of the Bible prophets rejoices when he hears of Nenevah' s destruction and the collapse is the Assyrian Empire. He talked of their incredible cruelty and how all the nation's clapped their hands because of the Assyrian fall.
Excellent video. Very interesting, informative and worthwhile video. Ashurbanipal also built the first zoo on his palace grounds. The zoo had stone inscriptions carved in Assyrian and fragments survive in museums.
Actually your thinking of Ashur-bel-kala, whos reign was 1074-1056 BCE, which was during the bronze age collapse 400 years prior, so while his people suffered through armenian and other nomad raids, drought, and famine, Ashur-bel-kala decides to make a zoo.
Can you make a video about the life of Utnapishtim, the hero of the legend of the great flood in Mesopotamia Thank you for your efforts in documenting history
history is written by the victors. Assyria ended at the siege of Haram, after the battle of Armageddon in 609bc when the neo Babylonian empire invaded along with the Medes and others. What starts to make the whole thing interesting (beyond the profound nature of the event itself) is the fact that in 600bc was the invention of financial coins in Lydia, Greece. Shortly after the Persian Empire was formed with all the lands conquered in Armageddon and the fall of Assyria as well as the Neo Babylonian lands and others, including Lydia. This also heralded the start of the financial system we know today as the 'daric' became the first real international coin coming out of Persia. When you look at it, there is the very real possibility that the whole of Assyrian history was manipulated shortly after it fell in Armageddon, especially when you start to see that its also possible that they had an advanced form of palace economy happening allowing them to build wonders. I theorize that the whole of history before Armageddon 609bc has been very seriously manipulated in an attempt to protect the financial system, and to stop of from realizing the profound knowledge that was within humanity before then.
The Duduk music in the background is wonderful. The destruction and end of Nineveh was described in the Book of Nahum, about 100 years after the prophet Jonah was there. Elam, was total war, scored earth policy. Medes, later allied with Persians, helped destroy the Assyrian and Babylon empires.
Definitely ancient Sumerian history and mythology fascinating. Thanks to Ashurbanipal, today we know about the Anunnaki and the ancient stories about them described by the Sumerians. Though the amazing library of Ashurbanipal which contained knowledge from all over the world was burnt down, the records of the ancient Sumerians survived. But how so? Well, actually, thanks to the cuneiform tablets being on clay in the fire, they were actually baked and preserved intact until their discovery. However, the more interesting fact is that many of the stories described in these tablets relating to the religion and beliefs of the ancient Sumerians in the Anunnaki came from the planet Nibiru , who appear to be deities of the Sumerians are contained in the Bible and the Pentateuch of the Torah, which is the original source of the Old Testament. Only the names of the characters are different. So the question follows , were biblical accounts copied from ancient Sumerian history? This we can ask today thanks to the Sumerian, Ashurbanipal and some of the earliest written records surviving in his personal library.
I still prefer Sennacherib because in his annals, he wrote about how he made the enemy commanders so afraid in battle, they shat into their chariots while they fled, making him the only ruler to ever brag about how his enemies shat themselves.
AshurBaniPal could actually mean "The Protector(or carer/defender) of (God)Ashur's Words(or commands/instructions). And all the evidence of his zealousness, his perception of Gods' aiding him in defeating his enemies and referring to them as "evil" & "sinners", i would say that's the more accurate description of that name(he probably chose when he became king)
@@sameerthakur720 The Assyrians used Indo-Iranian languages too and we all know they had constant contacts for centuries. And people who understands Hindi and the story of the Vedas would come to the same conclusion. In the Early portions of the Rig Veda, Asuras were kins/brothers and only in later verses, possibly due to a schism, that they are represented as "bad people".
@@amitexoTrue. The Asuras were like the old gods of Greece. They were the sons of Aditi, while the Deva were the sons of Diti. But my question was, "In which language?" It was not disbelief of what you said, but a genuine desire to know the language in which we get this meaning. Was it Assyrian or some other language of Mesopotamia?
@@sameerthakur720 Asuras were not Greek Gods as far as i know. They were the gods(or demigods rather) of the Levant and of the indian subcontinent. They remained the demigods in the levant and the devas became the demigods of the Indic people. I am suspecting ASSYRIAN or MITTANI but the history of that region is so intermingled that its difficult to tell unless you're an expert, which i am not. All i know is, all those languages are either Indo-Iranian or heavily influence by it, therefore those who understands Sanskrit or Prakrit(Indic languages) would notice those similarities. "Experts" sometimes do not understand how linked India was to those regions, linguistically, culturally, religiously, economically, artistically etc Because it doesnt suit them. The fact is ancient Indians and ancient Levantines at one point considered themselves as one race! Languages, religion, politics, wars, etc divided them in time but look closely and you'll see the links.
@@amitexo I said, LIKE the older Greek Gods (Titans).....meaning they were worshipped in India at some point of time. Later they were supplanted by the Devas. Mithra is a daitya who was worshipped as representing the Sun (or light from the Sun). Later replaced by Surya or Aditya (similar to Helios being replaced by Apollo). Some of them continued to be worshipped. Varuna (originally a Daitya) continued in the pantheon of the Indian Gods as a Deva. BTW Varuna is specifically mentioned as a deity of the Mitanni.
14:06, just wanted to say that there is no evidence that the Assyrian empire was broken up between the Medes and Babylonians, the Medes played the role in pillaging and looting, and then returned to the Median heartland after their battles, while the Neo-Babylonians played the role as new rulers of the Assyrian heartland.
don't forget that median destroyed city of Ashur so fast that Babylonians missed the opportunity to attack with medians, it was in the ruins of city of Ashur where they first established their alliance.
Great video as I am an Assyrian myself…. And yet Hollywood has yet to make a motion picture of this great king…shame on you Hollywood, you’ve made a lot of movies about nothing, but not one on the greatest civilization ever constructed.
They are not assyrians, they are just Christian refugees came from outside Iraq, they are not related to us even their appearance don’t belong to our land… they call their language as Assyrian but its not, all their believes have been build on a big stone of lies
Only an an unjust and truly wicked king punishes the citizenry of a nation for the crimes of their leaders. He was too smart to not know the difference, he just enjoyed cruelty.
@@HistoryExplained oh well thank you for the update that seems like an interesting video. But I was referring to your Egyptian videos it'd be interesting to see one about Cleopatra or whoever it was that built the Great Sphinx lol
That quote on how Ashurbanipal devastated Susa, is the most hardcore, badass gangstershit quote ever, by any ruler. Compare this quote to previous Assyrian kings, it becomes obvious that Ashurbanipal was an avid reader of literature, I mean it's almost poetic. Previous Assyrian kings only boasted about how they killed the king and slayed this and that, and praised Ashur and so on, but this particular quote by Ashurbanipal, is easily the most powerful, self-aggrandizing victorious quote ever uttered by any king, emperor or ruler. Always loved that quote.
The Bible is the best source of ancient history, but it is noteworthy that these ancient tablets appear to be in agreement (e.g. mention of the flood) with the Bible. Very well done! In the book of Jonah, God tells Jonah to go to Nineveh and preach, but Jonah hated them because they were so cruel. So he disobeyed God, ended up in the belly of the whale (large fish) until he decided to reluctantly obey God. He preached to them, they repented, but Jonah was angry that they did.
As a Sunday School teacher, my ears perked up when I heard Sennacherib and Nabopalasser (pardon my spelling). I said out loud “there he is!!!” And knew exactly what time period we were in. If you, the channel owner, believe the Holy Scriptures are true and accurate as they are and intersect with World History, would you do videos on some of Israel and Judah’s kings, like Josiah, Hezekiah, Ahab, Jehu, Omri?
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Akhenaten | The Most Hated Pharaoh
Ancient Egypt | 1350 BC
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Nefertiti | The Most Hated Female Pharaoh
Ancient Egypt | 1340 BC
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Ramses the Great | The Greatest Pharaoh
Ancient Egypt | 1250 BC
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Lycurgus | The Lawgiver of Sparta
Ancient Greece | 750 BC
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Ashurbanipal | The Cruelest King of Assyria
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Nebuchadnezzar | The Greatest King of Babylon
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Draco | The Lawgiver of Athens
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Cyrus the Great | The Greatest King of Persia
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Cambyses II | The First Persian Pharaoh
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Who's next? Nebuchadnezzar? Cyrus the Great?
Nebuchadnezzar, Cyrus, Darius, Alexander, Ptolemy, Cleopatra
This is the history of the new world....in the old world ( the Americas ) human homo sapiens we're living in organized societies thousands of years before the Egyptians ...
Taking nothing away from so called
' western' historical narratives but we also have our own historians and narrative of human history that goes back further than any other culture on the planet .
Humans crossed the Bering Straights from the Americas into Siberia not that other way around...
Remember that the European Enlightenment occured as a result of knowledge of art science mathematics , human hygiene , medicine , law and government , sculpture , astronomy , agriculture ,biology , ect brought back to Europe to be studied and copied ..thus the term ' enlightenment '....even the US Constitution was copied from the Iroquois Confederacy after being discovered by Ben Franklin...
@@feereel bruh, bring your proofs to support your claims your shi.
'Amr bin Shu'aib narrated from his father, from his grandfather, that during a Khutbah, the Prophet (ﷺ) said: *"The proof is due from the claimant,* and the oath is due from the one the claim is made against."
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1341
@@elmajraz6019 You forgot people from China and India, like Confucius, the Buddha, Ashoka, and Qin Shi Huangdi.
11:27 " I took pleasure in reading stones inscribed before the flood" ...Man, we need those tablets! This proves, the ancients had knowledge of humanity going back further than we thought.
It’s so fascinating to think about!
Current Human History is only 3598 years...just short of 3600 yearly Nibiru (Not real) cataclysm on Earth...!
Current Humans are CARBONS...because...this is the Age of CARBON...All life is Carbon...!
Previously...it was not the case...!
Ashurbanipal knew or understood this from the texts he read...
Giants / Nephilim / Anunnaki were SILICONS...Silicon Man of SILICON AGE...All life was Silicon...!
There was more...LEADs / FLEROVIUMs / TINs / GERMANIUMs...
Elemental Parts of All Ancient Scripture is taken out before presenting it to the public (As in this video) therefore; Most of the stuff sounds like a mish mash of who's done what to whom...?
Yes, and my research has shown that the 4 ancient civilizations as we were taught are survivors of the flood. And one can see that the Egyptian(Wiped out by Assyrian Babylonians possibly, although teachings survived by the Greeks), Zoroastrian (Persian Babylonian), Hindu and Daoist traditions all kept part of the antedeluvian knowledge in the form of astronomy, metrology, music, medicine and ritual magic. In fact British imperial sysyem is another evidence why I stated in another comment that they and their German ancestors of Assyrian Babylonian origin also kept part of the ancient knowledge.
@@shengsun5916Is mythology your field of research?
@@HoriaNeagu Theology and Chinese medicine.
He crushed his enemies, saw them driven before him, heard the lamentations of their women, and recorded it all in stone with pride as a memorial to the eons. His empire lives on in the nightmares of an entire region, and wins the admiration of countless imitators. AND he was a man of art and literature.
AND he has a more impressive account in the Hebrew Bible than that given of his grandfather.
Well said!
@@randomobserver8168 who is he in the bible?
Crom....
he was a man of his time...and they were bad times in that part of the world...genocide was socially acceptable.
I love how so many writings from that region back then included all the things that the king had done for the person who was rebelling/conspiring/etc. "He rebelled against me. ME, the guy who did x, y, z, for him! The audacity!"
They look like the Mongols. Thank God, the Babylonians and the Aryans killed them
This is exactly the reaction of Donald Trump today. The point being that Trump never did anything for anyone but himself. It is called narcissism.
some people just don't appreciate the grind 😔
There were receipts even BC!
NARCESSISM has always been a problem of bloodline royalty - elected officials too.
They make the worst leaders...
Wow. To think that the Assyrians looked to civilizations more ancient than them (before the flood), the way we look at Assyrians and ancient Egyptians.
Yea that’s so interesting!
It’s an endless string of which we know only a shoe string’s length about. The further you go back in history, the more questions arise and the more blurred the picture becomes. But thankfully God gave humans brains so we can figure it out.
@@SonofChrist77 God. My foot. Soon He will face a heavy attack.
@@quantumtoaster5224 Back to streets please.
Yup
Imagine filling rivers with dead bodies and wiping cities off the map and accusing other people of plotting evil
Yea it’s unreal
That's exactly what the descendants of the Assyrians- the sharesholders of the Anglo-Saxon milittary industrial complex, are doing.
Nothing compared to WW1 and wars after
To the winners go the spoils and the history.
Soft
It's all fun and games until your brother starts sending secret aid to the kingdom of elam.
TY FYI
Lol
😅
Always keep an eye on your brother... and on your kids ! That's where the danger lurks... they kill you and take all your stuff 😡
I HATE when that happens!
*The Assyrians were so hated by their vassals and neighbors that they united the entire Middle East against them in the first Grand Coalition in human history.*
That sounds so good Monad! I wish I put that in the video 😅
@@HistoryExplained
Here is an excellent quote:
"The Assyrians ruled by terror, they created a legacy of hatred, they ravaged the Near East, and they gave nothing in return, not their language nor their culture, not peace, only a kind of terrorized security..."
This level of sustained imperialism was possible because the Assyrians created the world's first standing national army of professional, career soldiers.
@علي ياسر Nebuchadnezzar II never made such commands, the Neo Babylonians used Assyrian centers to further their imperial ambitions, they never destroyed the Assyrian people
Yes,they exaggerated the semitic level of cruelty ,semites being the creators of all evil ancient emipres and civilizations full of cruelty and sadistic behaviour
But these assyrians were the epithom of semitic and human cruelty.
because they were cruel monstrs attacked everybody
So Ashurbanipal's library lay abandoned and unmolested from 612 BC to 1849 AD, that's 2460 years! We are indeed indebted to him.
We are. Thanks for sharing :)
if only we still had alexandria and the libraries of india before the moslems...
36,000 tablets! There must be a lot that hasn't been translated.
How come Islamists did not destroy the Books and Tablets it has never happened
Imagine a great King named James Campbell Smith is found in future and future people deny that he had any connections with England or English culture or Christianity.. That is how Hindus feel today. Ashur bani pal is a clearly Sanskrit name but today's historians Deny it
man, this really demonstrates how fatal a civil war can be to any ruling nations. imagine losing it all simply due to fighting of 2 siblings..
Damn, ashurbanipal has no chill
None at all!
Some of his cruelty is not mentioned in this video. He impaled or flayed alive many of his enemies also.
Same as middle ages
I wish I mentioned that
Awful.
There were pictures of it though
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Also known as Sardanapalus -details of his death occur in the works of the Greek historian Diodorus Siculus and as such inspired a poem by Byron.,a cantata by Berlioz and a famous 1827 painting by Delacroix which shows all his concubines being killed so they could accompany him to the after world.
Thank you for sharing Kalo!
He was NOT "also known as Sardanapalus." That's just what the later Greek historians called him. In fact his real name in ancient Assyrian is pronounced "ASHUR BANU APPAL," which means "ASHUR (the god) has created an heir."
@@mrlefty1276 I'm talking about what later people in the west called him obviously -if you were to quibble at that then most names from ancient history are wrong as they were largely filtered through Greek eyes later -most names of Egyptian identities,gods,pharaohs,place names etc have Greek names as does a lot of middle eastern ancient nomenclature -e.g.Koreish(or something like that)not Cyrus!
@@kaloarepo288 lol that only applies with some names. At no point outside of the Greek speaking communities was he ever known as "Sardanapalus". Outside of the Assyrian community he was always known by his abbreviated, Hebraic name- Ashurbanipal. Also, many names of ancient kings, queens and legendary figures of antiquity do not necessarily have hellenized names as you claim. Many have Hebraic forms of their names for example : King Sargon, King Esarhaddon, King Sennacherib, King Ashurbanipal, etc
@@mrlefty1276 The western world has received a lot of the names from the ancient Middle Eastern world via Greek historians and writers.The exceptions are those figures that are mentioned in the bible but even many of them have hellenized names like Cyrus-these could be from the Septuagint Greek translation.Of course more recent discoveries preserve the more authentic names and the names of many have been changed away from Greek style names like pharaohs-Cheops is back to Khufu,Sesostris etc but a lot of Egyptology and Assyriology maintains the hellenized names -e.g."Egypt" the word itself,Nubia and Mesopotamia,Assyria,Babylonia,Phoenicia -these are all hellenized and latinized names like it or not!In western high culture -art,poetry and music "Sardanapalus" has always been used except for more recent writings when his "real"name has been restored
The fact that he clearly found a great pleasure in cruelty, makes his scholarly endeavors even more amazing
I totally agree
I dunno if this is true.... How do they relate to one another?
This was true of other despots as well Nero comes to mind...
in the modern day, that makes him a chuuni edgelord that read too much guro
@@mirzaghalib8659 it means he wasn’t single minded to cruelty for cruelties sake, he was rational. Hence, a more complex ruler
As always one the best videos explaining history and also being entertaining. Keep it up!
Thanks very much!
Always amazing old friend!!! Thanks for making some of the best vids on UA-cam!! :D
Thank you Tim! I’m glad to see that you’re still around!
So great to see another video!
Thank you, excellent as always. And the artwork..
It's so vivid...
Thank very much Steve!
Absolutely great video!
And I love the map!
This channel is the definition of
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Winner owns the History.
Magnificent!! Keep the great work up 💖👍
Thanks for your support Mag!
“Everyone who hears the news about you claps his hands at your fall. For who has not felt your endless cruelty?”
Nice quote
Almost to 100k, great video as always, keep it up dude.
Thanks Bruno! I really appreciate it
The leader of the Asuras who were considered very vile and ridiculously hostile to all others are still considered demonic in hindu scripts. and so were told that they were annihilated by the gods and their personas.
Thanks for sharing
The resemblance is intriguing... Asuras in India.. Ahuras in Iran.. Assyrians further west
lol try again. they were not annihilated at all. assyrians still exist to this day. if you read the old testament, God had many chances to annihilate Assyria, yet instead blessed it as the work of his hands.
i’m not about to allow a pagan call my people demonic lol. that is rich. don’t hindus worship kali, a violent demon?
PS there are many hindu assyrians in kerala, and we have several assyrian churches which perform services in ancient aramaic in india
@@fluffydrunkpanda729 kali is no violent demon. I have no idea about assyrian in present day si wont comment. Please dont comment on on ideas u hav we not grasped adequat ly.
@@fluffydrunkpanda729 khayet khon don’t let these fools put our people down. We exist and have enough to retake Erbil
Thank you for this wonderful, fun, and entertaining video!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Wow, I stayed hungry for more. Thank you History Explained for this magnificent works.
Happy to hear that. Thank you Henry!
Wow what a ruthless king he was but also a king of knowledge as well would like to see his library in the British Museum some time
So would I!
Shouldn't the people where he once ruled get first dibs on that? Haven't you guys stolen enough from other people/nations? Fuckin parasites
Ashurbanipal does not honor you, but you dream of becoming like him, so you stole his traces, and if he existed, he would have made you slaves in Great Assyria, like the pharaohs and the Jews.
I guess u know him personally then? When did you guys meet ? Also if he existed today, he would be dead broke in Syria somewhere scavenging or pumping gas in europe for minimum wage.
@@concernedhomosapien9807
First, he is from Nineveh, and Nineveh is an Iraqi, an Iraqi, not a Syrian. Second, if he was present, he would not have made Islam come a meter close to Iraq to become in this state the third, and how did you know that he wanted to see his effects in Britain, knowing that Britain did not exist at that time, just a land, no civilization, no history, no culture To rule, no laws, his ignorant people chase animals, unlike Iraq during his reign Fourth, he does not honor you, as he remains an Assyrian and remains loyal to Nineveh Fifth: Let us leave this talk a little and tell me why the Great United Kingdom, as you call it, of course, a coward that cannot fulfill its promises, why did it not fulfill its promise with Iraq that they will expel the Ottomans With us and they go out. Why did they betray Ukraine and make it a Russian conservative? You are just cowards. Weapons you had, and now the weapon is in Russia. Ashurbanipal does not have the honor of a cowardly country like Britain.
Great video as always. Hope you keep growing!
Thanks a lot!
@@HistoryExplained np
Amazing History content mate!!
Thank you very much!
It says something about you if your traitor brother was like, “Should I let my family member capture me and see what happens? Nahh I’ll play it safe and just light myself on fire.”
Haha yea it does
NO ONE WOULD VOLUNTARILY SET THEMSELVES ON FIRE, IN FRONT OF THEIR KIDS AND WITH THEIR KIDS. IT WAS MURDER BY FIRE, IF TRUE. BARBARIC AND SADISTIC. AS ALL WAR IS.
Before Cartlidge finally felt to Rome., they try to stay off this collapse by sacrificing 500 of their children. It was a different time and they had different beliefs.
Great work! I enjoyed it alot.
Thank you Dal!
Ashurbanipal is the strongest and smartest king that the world has ever seen.
The video does not desbribe his greatness and the important details about him that should never be forgotten.
In Sanskrit, this name means that "the asura(demon) who became pala(king)"
That's why it sounds india, thanks for information.
Bani => Power of speech
Ashura doesn't means demon, the closest thing would be rakchasa. Ashura are just the race of gods. Devas are the Ashura who are worshipped. The rest of remaining Ashura are simply called Ashura who wage war against their Deva siblings. Indra, varuna, Agni are all called Ashura in Vedas.
Ok , but in Iranian culture ashura is the opposite of asur.
@@Vajrapani108 The word demon in its original and truest connotation means "being between gods and mortals". The Judeo-Christian doctrine borrowed the term and then gave it the negative connotation is has nowadays as Judeo-Christian demons are beings in-between god and humans, but unlike angels (literally "messengers" of god) they antagonise god and are therefore evil.
This channel is real great.
It has a lot of details information about the characters of the historical figures. I guess the research on it is tremendous, to be able to bring us all these informations. Congratulation, young man!
I really appreciate it! Thank you Marin!
reallly
I love how these videos are made ❤
I appreciate that!
I most certainly agree
The European people are in Middle East today, continuing with stealing others land.. This time they are using fairytale history and fake archeology to steal others land.
Great video👍
Thank you Saul!
Great Video! Ashurbanipal sounds like a Smart, but Dangerous Man! Anyways, I guess the next video will be for Nebuchadnezzar II?
Nebuchadnezzar, Cyrus, Darius, Alexander
Would be great, but I hope he refrains from using religious texts as "resources". in this video he put "judea" in the map. Something that historians and archeologs agree that didn't really exist but in Torah. So I hope he stats neutral and unbiased
Yes Nebuchadnezzar either next or right after. Thanks for your interest!
@@baidon3613 cringe Atheist moment!
@@baidon3613 it does, but you're searching it in the wrong time.
- David Rohl
I wonder if the tablets recovered from the library were properly and systematically studies and what information was found on them.
I hope so!
Elam never deserved its fate 😢🇮🇶🇸🇾 .... glory to Ur-Dak 🇮🇶🇸🇾🇵🇸🇯🇴🇱🇧
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@Nurul Haque Aryans are strong
He really put the “pal” in Ashurbanipal
Here to visit the past and the rich history it conceals. Thanks for unearthing these precious treasures!
Glad you found it informative. Thank you for watching and commenting Hosea!
I’m going to name my son Ashur and I’m proud of it ! Great video
Awesome name! There was an Assyrian character named Ashur on the Starz show called Spartacus. I always really liked the name
Ashour , this is the right way of spelling the name .
An Assyrian past over 🌹
Wow I had already heard of the Assyrians' brutality but this guy took it to a whole other level. Thank god it didn't last for long
@علي ياسر Assyrians are not annihilated
He really did! Thanks so much watching Mica!
@@HistoryExplained you're welcome
@علي ياسر you clearly don’t know your history because:
1. It was nabopollassar that beat the Assyrians not Nebuchadnezzar.
2. Nestorian isn’t an ethnicity it’s what people in Europe called the church of the east and some other churches in the area who didn’t follow Greek and Roman Christianity. It’s a religious sect just like Catholicism or orthodoxy. Saying someone is ethnically Nestorian is like saying someone is ethnically Catholic.
3. The Assyrians were not all wiped out. Many survived under various empires and had autonomy in some provinces and some times even independent kingdoms who were vassals. Examples are the province of Athura of the Achaemenid empire , Greek province of Syria ( which is a corruption of Assyria), kingdoms like Adiabene under Parthian rule, Roman province of assyria and Asoristan under the sasanians. Some cities like Assur and arbela were even fully rebuilt during the Achaemenid era and flourished under the Parthian era. People there also kept worshiping ancient Assyrian gods even centuries after Christianity was born. It was only around the 1300 ad that Assur was fully destroyed and never inhabited again. The people fled further north to ten mountains to avoid being massacred by the timurids.
4. The Brits and the west had nothing to do with the name of modern Assyrians if anything they divided them further by calling catholic Assyrians Chaldeans when they split from the church of the east centuries ago. That just shows how they really didn’t know much of anything about the modern Assyrians.
@@MNN1991 That was a very interesting & informative read. Thank you for posting.
Thank you so much for assembling this precious summary about my favorite king - of my preferred empire - of antiquity: Aššurbanipal (Ashurbanipal), the ruler of the most powerful, cruel, and (yet) cultivated realm on Earth during the Eighth Century BCE!
The Assyrians represent, for me, an intellectual dilemma, for despite their unrelenting, abominable deeds, I am unable to follow suit with some other cultivated individuals, who share my enormous admiration for Ancient Mesopotamian history and its magnificent cultures, but nonetheless display unrestrained, antagonistic sentiments towards Assyria.
Those who condemn the brutal historical legacy of the Neo-Assyrian empire (911-612/09 BCE) should be reminded of the fundamental necessity of appraising the acts of our archaic ancestors within the context of the bloodthirsty environment where they existed.
A quick glance at our equally heinous Contemporary History (from 1945 to the present) suffices to demonstrate that Putin, Stalin, Mao Zedong, and particularly the monstrous Cambodian Pol Pot (ruled 1975 - 1979), were equally (or even more) ruthless than Ashurbanipal or any other members of the Sargonic Dynasty. Quite frankly, the main distinction between these historical groups lies in the modern despots' avoidance of "bragging" about their cruel behavior; actually, instead of gloating, our contemporary dictators re-write historical events to fit their underlying ideological and/or geopolitical aspirations...
Just watch CNN, BBC, or Deutsche Welle this week, for their broadcasts are filled with incredible Russian fabrications!
no ,there was no excuse for crimes against humanity they crushed the bones of their enemies's babies they did it with the hebrews the fresco of hebrew man the sword over his head forcing him to crush the bone of his own baby or they will do it to his other kids it's written in the fresco they were monsters and god punished them
@علي ياسر Evidence of economic and security stability was established across the middle east because of the Assyrian empire, the Assyrian provinces turned against the Assyrian rule because of tax exemptions and internal strife, not because of "brutality", which the Assyrians did not commit against its provinces.
@علي ياسر The Assyrians only tortured nobles and rebellious leaders, not regular civilizans, torture methods was rare in Assyria
@@messianic_scam
Crushing Human bones...?
Well...For the ordinary John Doe of Silicon Age, being crushed to make Cement or Geo Polymer was the FATE...!
When Silicons die, they Petrify, turn to stone...!
Only the Elites were saved to be adored in museums as masterful pieces of Sculpture or Art in another Age such as ours the CARBON AGE...!
Current Human History is only 3598 years...just short of 3600 yearly Nibiru (Not real) cataclysm on Earth...!
Current Humans are CARBONS...because...this is the Age of CARBON...All life is Carbon...!
Previously...it was not the case...!
Ashurbanipal knew or understood this from the texts he read...
Giants / Nephilim / Anunnaki were SILICONS...Silicon Man of SILICON AGE...All life was Silicon...!
There was more...LEADs / FLEROVIUMs / TINs / GERMANIUMs...
Human Life did not matter for Ashurbanipal, HE KNEW...the Elemental DIFFERENCE...!
Elemental Parts of All Ancient Scripture is taken out before presenting it to the public (As in this video) therefore; Most of the stuff sounds like a mish mash of who's done what, where, when to whom...?
@@elsascridon7256
how do you even compare hebrews who were persecuted minorty among other nations to monsters assyrians or romans... ?! bni israel never killed kids and civilians even if they attacked others, every nation in some point in history attacked other nation but cause of their abrahamic laws they had boundarie kids families civilians were excluded they were first humans who gave animals rights when people used to eat them alive and make the poor animal suffers for days they made laws concern animals right ; don't kill the animal before his mother , don't let it suffers sharp your knife if it suffers it's forbidden to be eaten as punishment for not having mercy on the animal, don't cover its mouth while use it for plowing so it can eat from earth ,don't cook the meat in its mother's milk this is where the Jews came up with not mixing milk with meat hundreds of merciful laws the jews still apply to it they even give prayer to the animal before killing it nobody at that time thought about giving animals rights as hebrews did, they loved animals they where soft hearts what are you talking about
I wonder how many passes he would have had to garrison in the Zagros to prevent resettlement of Elam by anyone, and how much it would have cost to keep them in supply? Seems like it would have been worthwhile, though his real problem was crappy sons.
I agree.
Crappy sons doesn't just come out of no where. He contributed to that.
I love how his face seems to be smirking or shows anger at the same time
I agree! The artist is so talented!
@@HistoryExplained Kudos to him!
Thank you so much I enjoy ancient history and I'm almost ancient history myself,58, keep up your videos there are people that has tryed to change the past but we're better off learning from it instead of destroying it. I hope you do some on sumerian history it's good reading.
I appreciate that and thank you for the suggestion :)
Ancient you are not. Your mind is vibrant and still thirsting to know. I’ll bet you are a wise person. Knowing history helps us understand the present, anticipate the future. Hearing people bang on about now, without knowing what came before is tiresome and sometimes scary. Cheers (51, call myself a crazy old witch but young at heart. A lot of questions I have about today have been answered by learning about before) best wishes to you x♥️
@Linda Saunders , thank you so much for uplifting I really needed it today. I wish I was smart like you said but in truth my mind is going I keep forgetting things the doctor a aid I had scardious stage 4 and my home palitive care nurse said I haven to long left she says 6mo.to a year I hope she is wrong so we will see and thank you once again for lifting an old man's memories. Thank you so much
@hoskinmage i hope you have good care and good people around you. I am thinking of you. Your reply was a sad one but your replying at all was lovely and I will remember it and keep it close. It has made quite an impact on me and the way I think. Your earnestness is a sign of a beautiful soul. Love to you always xx♥️
This is so good, your channel is one of the best when It comes to documenting Kings and other people of note.
I appreciate that!
Great video!
Thanks Rob!
Assyrians were the bravest people that's y such a vast empire. Ashurbanipal was such a foresighted intelligent ruler. Only the learned knew the importance of preserving history for the sake posterity . Lovely documentary.
Wonderfully explained. Thank you for the history lesson that enriches all of us
His name in sanskrit literally means Bani Pal of the demon clan
Thank you Michael!
Look at 11:35 where he says "I Took My Pleasure in reading stones inscribed before the flood" which is another example of many civilizations describing an ancient apocalypse of devastating floods. Civilization is waay older than people think.
The Flood referred to was 2450bc, not too old, only 4500 years ago.
You should take a closer look at his father, Esarhaddon! We have his personal letters preserved and you can really see what kind of man he was. Esarhaddon’s oldest brother was killed by the babylonians, so his father Sennacherib sacked Babylon and destroyed it. This was a big deal because Babylon was a holy city, kind of like the Vatican. Sennacherib’s destruction caused political instability and a few years later he was stabbed to death by esarhaddon’s other brothers. Esarhaddon then fought his murderous brothers, took the throne, and REBUILT BABYLON. It was a huge, decades long reconstruction. He wanted to forge a single national identity between Assyria and Babylonia. Esarhaddon’s life’s work was shattered when assurbanipal destroyed Babylon to kill his own brother. If assurbanipal hadn’t pissed off the babylonians, the neo Babylonian state wouldn’t exist, and Assyria might not have fallen in 612 BCE. Crazy stuff!
Great content 👍. This channel deserves millions of viewers.
Thank you so much!
I have read that some of Ashurbanipal's warriors who took part in the slicing, dicing and torture of captured enemies ,had episodes of PTSD ,and would be kept woken ,haunted by the screams of their victims as there being skinned alive !
Very interesting
Sometimes I yearn for the days of old where the earth was barely inhabited, with vast swathes of untouched land, where humanity was so young. Then I read your comment and remember how brutal it was back then and glad I’m in modern day. Lol.
Thank you so much for this great Video. I am assyrian and always glad to see other being interested in our history
Happy to hear that an Assyrian enjoyed my video :)
Khaya Ashour 👍🥇
@@HistoryExplained I'm sure there's plenty of us Assyrians who enjoyed this one. Great video man, love the quality!
@@descendedofrigvedicclans2216 small ethnic group of Iran
@@Vibe_Nomad read a book please , I am begging you.
>cruelest assyrian king
"do you have any idea how little that narrows it down!?!"
Hehe
This guy was one of the most out of control -brutal kings in history. He was a king who would have made Hitler blush.
But he was a scholar.
I am profoundly sad that my brother the assyriologist died over 30 years ago to discuss this video with him.
This is great!
Thanks very much! I appreciate you stopping by!
One of the Bible prophets rejoices when he hears of Nenevah' s destruction and the collapse is the Assyrian Empire. He talked of their incredible cruelty and how all the nation's clapped their hands because of the Assyrian fall.
Interesting. Thanks for sharing Jeff.
This land iraq now
You mean Nahum
what verse?
@@sweetgal7644 the whole Book of Nahum contains a middle finger dirge on Nineveh
Excellent video. Very interesting, informative and worthwhile video. Ashurbanipal also built the first zoo on his palace grounds. The zoo had stone inscriptions carved in Assyrian and fragments survive in museums.
I wish I mentioned this. Thank you for sharing!
@@HistoryExplained Thank you for your comment.
Actually your thinking of Ashur-bel-kala, whos reign was 1074-1056 BCE, which was during the bronze age collapse 400 years prior, so while his people suffered through armenian and other nomad raids, drought, and famine, Ashur-bel-kala decides to make a zoo.
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Can you make a video about the life of Utnapishtim, the hero of the legend of the great flood in Mesopotamia
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history is written by the victors. Assyria ended at the siege of Haram, after the battle of Armageddon in 609bc when the neo Babylonian empire invaded along with the Medes and others. What starts to make the whole thing interesting (beyond the profound nature of the event itself) is the fact that in 600bc was the invention of financial coins in Lydia, Greece. Shortly after the Persian Empire was formed with all the lands conquered in Armageddon and the fall of Assyria as well as the Neo Babylonian lands and others, including Lydia. This also heralded the start of the financial system we know today as the 'daric' became the first real international coin coming out of Persia.
When you look at it, there is the very real possibility that the whole of Assyrian history was manipulated shortly after it fell in Armageddon, especially when you start to see that its also possible that they had an advanced form of palace economy happening allowing them to build wonders. I theorize that the whole of history before Armageddon 609bc has been very seriously manipulated in an attempt to protect the financial system, and to stop of from realizing the profound knowledge that was within humanity before then.
Xenon and Thucydidies both wrote histories as "losers".
his library is the biggest library about 65000 tablets found in Ninawa
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Thank you so much for uploading this video. It is helping me get through the pandemic!
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The Duduk music in the background is wonderful. The destruction and end of Nineveh was described in the Book of Nahum, about 100 years after the prophet Jonah was there.
Elam, was total war, scored earth policy. Medes, later allied with Persians, helped destroy the Assyrian and Babylon empires.
How terrible is it to discover that your own brother wants you dead? I can’t imagine the sense of betrayal that Ashurbanipal must have felt.
It must’ve made him very sad :(
They all did it back then, competition for the proverbial throne.
No wonder the man had no chill and went balls to the wall against his enemies
An evocative and researched narrative!
Thank you very much Rama!
Some insane maniac kills people in mass scale and today he is still remembered as some kind of “great ancient ruler” instead of brutal mass murderer.
Well hitler and his nazi kill millions of people and people still talking about him today
It’s interesting how we view ancient figures through a different lens
The releif showing Ashurbanipal dining with the head of the defeated king in the tree always makes me smile. Yes I am one sick puppy :-)
Definitely ancient Sumerian history and mythology fascinating. Thanks to Ashurbanipal, today we know about the Anunnaki and the ancient stories about them described by the Sumerians. Though the amazing library of Ashurbanipal which contained knowledge from all over the world was burnt down, the records of the ancient Sumerians survived. But how so? Well, actually, thanks to the cuneiform tablets being on clay in the fire, they were actually baked and preserved intact until their discovery. However, the more interesting fact is that many of the stories described in these tablets relating to the religion and beliefs of the ancient Sumerians in the Anunnaki came from the planet Nibiru , who appear to be deities of the Sumerians are contained in the Bible and the Pentateuch of the Torah, which is the original source of the Old Testament. Only the names of the characters are different. So the question follows , were biblical accounts copied from ancient Sumerian history?
This we can ask today thanks to the Sumerian, Ashurbanipal and some of the earliest written records surviving in his personal library.
I still prefer Sennacherib because in his annals, he wrote about how he made the enemy commanders so afraid in battle, they shat into their chariots while they fled, making him the only ruler to ever brag about how his enemies shat themselves.
What about Sargon the Great??? Also another badass ancient emperor right?
I wish I made a video on Sennacherib :/
Indeed Khai!
Love them all Sennacherib, Esarhaddon, Sargon II, Ashurbanipal, and Ashournasirpal with his capital city of Nimrud or Calhu.
@@HistoryExplained When you have a chance please make one, along with Ashournasirpal, Esarhaddon, and of course Sargon II
AshurBaniPal could actually mean "The Protector(or carer/defender) of (God)Ashur's Words(or commands/instructions). And all the evidence of his zealousness, his perception of Gods' aiding him in defeating his enemies and referring to them as "evil" & "sinners", i would say that's the more accurate description of that name(he probably chose when he became king)
In which language???
In Hindi, "Vani" means words and "Pal" means the protector.
So Ashurvanipal or Ashurbanipal could .ean what you said in Hindi.
@@sameerthakur720 The Assyrians used Indo-Iranian languages too and we all know they had constant contacts for centuries. And people who understands Hindi and the story of the Vedas would come to the same conclusion. In the Early portions of the Rig Veda, Asuras were kins/brothers and only in later verses, possibly due to a schism, that they are represented as "bad people".
@@amitexoTrue. The Asuras were like the old gods of Greece. They were the sons of Aditi, while the Deva were the sons of Diti.
But my question was, "In which language?" It was not disbelief of what you said, but a genuine desire to know the language in which we get this meaning. Was it Assyrian or some other language of Mesopotamia?
@@sameerthakur720 Asuras were not Greek Gods as far as i know. They were the gods(or demigods rather) of the Levant and of the indian subcontinent. They remained the demigods in the levant and the devas became the demigods of the Indic people. I am suspecting ASSYRIAN or MITTANI but the history of that region is so intermingled that its difficult to tell unless you're an expert, which i am not. All i know is, all those languages are either Indo-Iranian or heavily influence by it, therefore those who understands Sanskrit or Prakrit(Indic languages) would notice those similarities. "Experts" sometimes do not understand how linked India was to those regions, linguistically, culturally, religiously, economically, artistically etc Because it doesnt suit them. The fact is ancient Indians and ancient Levantines at one point considered themselves as one race! Languages, religion, politics, wars, etc divided them in time but look closely and you'll see the links.
@@amitexo I said, LIKE the older Greek Gods (Titans).....meaning they were worshipped in India at some point of time. Later they were supplanted by the Devas. Mithra is a daitya who was worshipped as representing the Sun (or light from the Sun). Later replaced by Surya or Aditya (similar to Helios being replaced by Apollo).
Some of them continued to be worshipped. Varuna (originally a Daitya) continued in the pantheon of the Indian Gods as a Deva. BTW Varuna is specifically mentioned as a deity of the Mitanni.
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Hey I am Trinidadian too!!
That's definitely saying something
Yea. Thanks for watching!
Says alot in fact
I am an Assyrian and I approve this message !!!!!
Khaya Ashur !!!!!!!
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In Hindu/ Vedic texts ,Ashur are called Monsters Called Asur.
@@holyfool3012 Hindu Puran Texts..
@@holyfool3012 right
@@holyfool3012 Not "monster"
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Love your channel.....such amazing content
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Interesting that Ashurbanipal would have used the word hurricane (quoted at 4:06) since that word is attributed to western hemisphere natives.
Just a translation hurricane typhoon monsoon etc I doubt he spoke English lol
@@kuntakente...7356 good point
It's a translation... of course he wasn't speaking english. You think hurricanes didn't exist back then?
Who among us will say, "I have enough. Thank you for what I have." Certainly not the richest nor the most powerful.
Certainly not!
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I really love this channel. Keep it up! You're doing a great job!
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Heard the name Ashurbanipal. Liked and subbed immediately.
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14:06, just wanted to say that there is no evidence that the Assyrian empire was broken up between the Medes and Babylonians, the Medes played the role in pillaging and looting, and then returned to the Median heartland after their battles, while the Neo-Babylonians played the role as new rulers of the Assyrian heartland.
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don't forget that median destroyed city of Ashur so fast that Babylonians missed the opportunity to attack with medians, it was in the ruins of city of Ashur where they first established their alliance.
Holy fuck, this guy was a goddamn gigachad. He deserves to be more famous.
Incredible! Thank you for this excellent presentation!
Glad you liked it
Ashurbanipal the headcutter😂
I would run away if i met him
I can think of another much more prominent head cutter who also started a religon, and is adored by hundreds of millions of people today.
@@user-to8ki3dv6x they lost their heads after breaking the Medinah Covenant. A treason that was punishable by death
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Great video as I am an Assyrian myself…. And yet Hollywood has yet to make a motion picture of this great king…shame on you Hollywood, you’ve made a lot of movies about nothing, but not one on the greatest civilization ever constructed.
I agree. He should have a movie
@@HistoryExplained no
Excellent work. The churning empires of the Iron Age .
Thanks very much!
Thank you, professionally done and detail. Will you make a video about the great Assyrian king Tiglath-Pileser I?
Fun Fact: Assyrians still exists today in Northern Iraq
They are not assyrians, they are just Christian refugees came from outside Iraq, they are not related to us even their appearance don’t belong to our land… they call their language as Assyrian but its not, all their believes have been build on a big stone of lies
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Only an an unjust and truly wicked king punishes the citizenry of a nation for the crimes of their leaders. He was too smart to not know the difference, he just enjoyed cruelty.
History is life thanks for the video✊✊✊
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they relied too much on hard power and cruelty there was no velvet glove that covered the steel glove
Well said
Does anyone know when the next video is going to come out I've been waiting to see who the next video is about
It’s on May 18 on the Athenian lawgiver, Draco.
@@HistoryExplained oh well thank you for the update that seems like an interesting video. But I was referring to your Egyptian videos it'd be interesting to see one about Cleopatra or whoever it was that built the Great Sphinx lol
@@HistoryExplained i thought the next video is on Nebucanazzar
@@darrylerren8185 Next one after that I promise. I already have the script complete.
@@HistoryExplaineda Nebucanazzar video would be a great continuation from the ashurbanipal video.
That quote on how Ashurbanipal devastated Susa, is the most hardcore, badass gangstershit quote ever, by any ruler. Compare this quote to previous Assyrian kings, it becomes obvious that Ashurbanipal was an avid reader of literature, I mean it's almost poetic. Previous Assyrian kings only boasted about how they killed the king and slayed this and that, and praised Ashur and so on, but this particular quote by Ashurbanipal, is easily the most powerful, self-aggrandizing victorious quote ever uttered by any king, emperor or ruler. Always loved that quote.
The ancient equivalent of teabagging
The Bible is the best source of ancient history, but it is noteworthy that these ancient tablets appear to be in agreement (e.g. mention of the flood) with the Bible. Very well done! In the book of Jonah, God tells Jonah to go to Nineveh and preach, but Jonah hated them because they were so cruel. So he disobeyed God, ended up in the belly of the whale (large fish) until he decided to reluctantly obey God. He preached to them, they repented, but Jonah was angry that they did.
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The bible is literature, nothing more.
As a Sunday School teacher, my ears perked up when I heard Sennacherib and Nabopalasser (pardon my spelling). I said out loud “there he is!!!” And knew exactly what time period we were in. If you, the channel owner, believe the Holy Scriptures are true and accurate as they are and intersect with World History, would you do videos on some of Israel and Judah’s kings, like Josiah, Hezekiah, Ahab, Jehu, Omri?
I’m sorry, but I’m not planning to cover any of those figures. Thanks for the suggestions though Daniel :)
@@HistoryExplained I understand the scope choice. Just thought I’d ask. Keep in mind though!
@Fredrick Frederickson its all memories of people with adding some "exageration"
The bible is literature, not a historical record.
I didnt thank you yet for adding the year to every scene. Hopefully it will help other like me, having a hard time associating numbers with events
I’m glad it helped
Fantastic video. Well done 👍